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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-21
THE WEATHER.
Snow, Followed by Clearing Weather
Fair and Warmer Tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, Dee. 2l. = The
weather forecast: Snow, followed by
clearing tonight. Slightly warmer.
Tuesday fair Strong south winds,
shifting TO west.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-21

Barber-Very sorry, sir; but I'm
afraid We made small cut on your
chin.
SubJeet-Ah! it must have been a
sharp patch on the razor-Punch.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-21
PRICES RIGHT FOR
FIRST CLASS BEEF
Abbott & Son Say They Have Charg-
ed No More Than Has Been Nee
essary-Invite Comparison.

Editor of The Reformer:
In reply to the item in your paper
OF the 18th insinnating. that the public
mas been overcharged for meats in the
past we simply ask you to inquire Of
any reputable dealer in first class beef
III any or all surrounding towns and
compare their prices with ours.
We feel this to be a fair way to
prove that We have charged no more
than we have been obliged to.
q. o. ABBOTT & son.
Brattlehoro, Dec. II. 1914.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-21
PERSONAL.

Miss Sadie Benson came Friday
night to spend her vacation with her
mother, Mrs. Ann Benson.
William Haigh of the New York
military school at Cornwall-on-the Hud-
son is in town TO spend the holidays.
Miss Marion Murphy and Miss
Katherine Guiheen spent yesterday in
Chesterfield. guests of Mrs Walter
Thomas.
Miss Alice Jones is expected We'd
nesday from Bethel Conn, to spend a
week 5 vacation with her parents Mr..
and Mrs. V. O. Jones'
Miss Jennie Rose left Saturday af-
terneon for Cleveland, Ohio, called
there by the serious Illness Of her
brother, Francis Rose.
John Manley, jr, came Saturday
from Duxbury, Mass, where he is at
tending school, to spend his vacation
at his home on North Main street.
Portugal is an agricultural and not
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-21

Portugal is an agricultural and not
a manufacturing country, and its pros
perity depends to large extent on
the success or failure of the crops.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
Post Christmas Packages Earlier.
From the Washington Star.

Iiptl lliS III Va oSGt
There is good reason for the apprehen-
sion of the postal officials that the Christ
mas use of the parcel post system will
cause a serious congestion unless the Ieo-
pie take the p~recaution not only to shop
early this season, but put their packages
in the mail well in advance of the holt
days. A year ago, before the parcel post
was established, the mails We're seriously
overburdened with Christmas goods and
their handling and delivery put the s@rv-
ice to it's severest test. 1t follows almost
inevitably that there will be o much
greater use of the mails for the sending
of gifts this year. in view of the extern
sion of the mail limits on packages, and
if his use is concentrated within the few
days prior to Christmas requisite for de-
livery on the basis of normal conditions
the result will be a choking of all the
channel and delays of many days in the
delivery of a large percentage of the par
cells. 1t is impossible to extend the facili-
ties temporarily to accommodate this
extraordinary rush of business, and the
wise prospective user of the mails for
holiday gifts will double or treble the
time allowed for deliveries. Packages in
tended for Christmas gifts may be marked
to give warning of their natures SO that
the may be left unopened by the receiv-
ers until Christmas morning. The post
office department has sounded its admini-
ton for the convenience of the public and
1t should be needed universally.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24

e Santa Claus Following his his
tory OF st. Nicholas, he SAYS:
1T seems strange at first that ws
English speaking people of the old
world should 1--WE our Santa Claus to
our cousins in the new world. But SO
1t Is, and when one comes to think
OF 1t. 1t is not uniting. From each
country of Europe, north and south.
the early colonists took with them to
America a different Santa Claus. and
out of them eli the Santa Claus OF
today was, as it were, gathered and
created anew. The Dutch ~colonists
gave him the name of their w Sinter
klaas. From Norway and Sweden
came h white horses and lyina
sledge that carry him over the house,
tops, to drop his gifts down the CHM
ney stack. From Germany came the
Christmas tree, with its and
it's cleaning fruit. of which he was
to become high priest. But it was the
little southerners, from Spain and
Frame and Italy, who, forgetting all
about st. Nicholas and his own day
three weeks before, made Santa Claus
part of the Christmas feast itself. and
led him by the wise mems stat to the
cracleside at Bethlehem. Thus. only
a few generations ago, Santa Claus
came back again across the Atlantic.
with all that he had learned in the
lonely, snow-bound homesteads Of the
west"
And Mr.. Littlewood should have
aided h a 1t was to America that the
Engiish-speaking world owes the ia
a that enabled Santa Claus
to make his visit athe night before
Christmas" to every hearthstone In the
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
SANTA CLAUS MARROW ESCAPE.

he slides down that board" said Will
liam; but that will keep him there
until we u downstairs and ask for
my gun and knife and your pistol and
sword"
DO you suppose we can keep awake
until ne comes?" asked Thomas. You
know they say he does not get around
sometimes until next morning"
III course we can" replied William.
They sat up as long as their mother
Wouid let them. and then hung UP their
STOCKINGS and went to bed. 1t was
hard work keeping awake. Then they
listened n after a long time they
heard someone walking around in the
yard.
There he is" said William; 'let US
go to the top of the stairs and wait"
Just as they reached the stairs they
heard a terrible noise. and the window
closed with a bang.
Their father heard it. also. and ran
to the stairs. but the boys were at the
cellar cellar door; You 60 back" called
Santa Claus: and we want to see him
alone. Hold on. Santa they called,
opening the cellar door and turning on
the light; Well be down and let you
out again" But instead OF Santa
there was just an ordinary mar lying
on the cellar floor. grooming.
WHO are your" called Thomas; you
are not santa Claus. / know"
The father pulled both boys away
from the door and closed it: then he
t~elephoned for the police. and in a
short time the officers came and went
into the cellar. They found that the
burglar a broken his leg. and that
was the reason he had not escaped.
we soaped the board, so it would
be easy for him to slide to the bottom
said William. Il bet Santa would have
slid all right"
You boys go to bed said their
father. when the officers had gone;
IAN IL You don't go to sleep, you will
not get any Christmas presents"
We had fun. anyway. didn't we?'
said Thomas.
Yes" replied William; next to
catching Santa. I think catching a
burglar is best"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24

Once upon a time there was a little
boy who didn't believe in Santa Claus.
While with his mother on shopping
tours he had often observed four diff
ferent Santas OF as many street cor
ners. Thu child had been taught to be-
lleVe that Santa Claus was ubiquitous
In q n of speaking. but seeing
him so many times at once was stretch
ing the point a bit, ne thought. More
over. at home in an old dresser drawer
he had discovered some hemp whis-
kers and a red coat with bits of cotton
sewed on 1t, Stimulating snow flakes.
This had not strengthened his faith in
the Kris Kringle legend materially.
And being remarkably quick at figures
he had added up two and two and got
the correct answer. You will see that
he was no ordinary child.
One day he approached his parents
while they pored over the department
store ads and addressed them in this
fashion:
Kind folks cried little Allwyn, for
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
Copyright. 1918 by the Mcclure n

Copyright, 1918 by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
Thomas and William were about Z
years old. They were twins. and no
one could hin of more mischief tina
they could.
The day before Christmas William
said: Il hope Santa Claus brings that
gun this year. l wrote him a letter
asking for it. and a knife with two
blades. and he didn't a any atten-
ton to the latter"
HE did not bring my pistol or
sword. either" a Thomas. Perhaps
he thinks we are too young
HE is not supposed to bother about
that" said William. HE ought to just
take care of the asking part"
81 wish we could see him." said
Thomas. "If we ask him instead of
writing to him. he might give them to
u.s."
William. He comes in late at night,
and so softly vol cannot hear him:
and mother never would let US sit up
and wait"
we could set q bear trap and catch
the Dear trap"
ooh, that would hurt him." replied
William. 81 should not like to do that.
for he has been very good to us. even
IL he did not leave the things we asked
for last year. I'll tell YOU" he con
open: az very likely will be glad to get
in SO easily"
what good will that do said
Thomas: 1--WE will be asleep"
Come on in the cellar. and ! will
show you" said William.
All the afternoon they worked. and
when night came they had completed
the trap to catch Santa Claus. The
window was left open. and in front of
it was a long board. One n rested
49, -, -sr M A. - -
cellar floor. This they covered we'll
with soap. and at the end Of the board
was q stick. to which was fastened a
piece OF strong Irvine. which would
close the window when Santa slid
down the board and hit the stick.
IT guess he'll be some surprised when
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24

Copyright. 1918 by the lecture News
paper Syndicate.)
Santa Claus had been working hard
all day, and o he sat doing by the
fire. His pipe had dropped from his
mouth and he was almost asleep when
a voice said, Wake up, Santa; didn't
you know Thanksgiving had passed
and it will SOC be Christmas? The
letters have begun to come already,
and we have not been over your list"
Santa picked up his pipe and looked
at the little creature standing on his
knee. It was the Fairy who seeks out
the very good children, and tells Santa
about them and, 1 am very sorry to
write 1t, but also the naughty girls and
boys. santa Claus tool a book from
laid it on the table before him he
opened 1t and began to read.
"A. Allen. Abbott, Ashley"
"Oh. the AS are good this year." in
terrupted the fairy. Il am sorry though
that the Beason children have quarrel
ed terribly"
but they have a month in which to
improve" said Santa IN put a faint
mark beside their Names"
&C, d and e are all good" said the
fairy, b u the Fuller boy ran away
from school"
BAD, very bad" said Santa, shaking
his head. Il shall q to put one black
mark there. G's," he asked, how are
they?"
All good" said the fairy, but in the
H line the Hill girl-the oldest one
did not help her mother willingly last
Saturday"
But she may do better next Satur-
day" said Santa. Il will wait before l
mark her name"
THE next three letters are all
good" the fairy told him, but the
Lawton girl did not practice at all last
Saturday; she went out to play and did
not come in until dinner time"
"Oh, dear, 1 am sorry for that" said
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24

sent his son with a switch on Eckmas
morn and a large tough rawhide one
at that. You see. Allwyn's papah was
real sore about it.
Dear Old Santa upon receipt of the
letter laughed in such a way as to
cause his principal organ of digestion
to shake like a bowl Of jelly as related
in the poem. This" aid the popular
hero of childhood lore, ~readjusting his
whiskers, lis rich!"
Christmas morning little Allwyn was
up early. He had arranged his stock
ings on the mantle merely to humor his
indulgent parents. Reaching down to
the tipe toe he drew forth a crumpled
note. Eagerly he read it, as follows:
Dear Allwyn Gt read): OF course
o are right, but why tell your par
ents about it? Any child that would
tell his folks that he is wise, would rob
an orphan. I am for grown-ups, too.
S. Claus"
And Allwyn marveled nightly.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
Christmas Morning in the Home.
From Mothers Magazine.

Just how to celebrate Christmas In
the home after the children have
grown too big for a tree and too wise
for Santa Claus, Is a question that
puzzles many parents.
A plan that works beautifully In a
household composed of five grown peo-
pie and four little folks In the break
fast table gathering.
The bell is rung exactly on time
though 40 one is ever late-and they
all come down to find a prettily decor
eted table, but no food in sight. IN
stead, at each place the tissue covered,
oeribboned packages are piled up with
cares telling where to find articles too
big for table.
The opening does not begin until all
are seated; then it lis great fun Aft
or all have been 'peeped at" and he
children have run around the table
several times to kiss the giyers of their
special delights, breakfast is served.
{ ana quickly disposed OF, SO that ali
may get away to enjoy The new pos
This plan has been ollowed for i
nninper OF years, SO that Christmas
will ever be among the han
pest memories of tina circle.
q JOINER pan is the hiding of gifts.
m.IIh II practiced every year BY a
10y 81 SIX run loving grown ups.
SH.s W. There Is all sorts
u TO put presents where thew
MI Pc hidden until searched for. and
~ lalher declares everybody must he
downstairs In time for PRAYERS .nd
presKIast. fully dressed for the dav
AIter she meal the hunt begins s;r3,,1-
taneously. list has beer taclaa -
"a lhe naanfel bearing the names. and
Spposlte them each marks the mn
eeI 9 package he or she has b;dda,
tor q person, so that thev viii is,snr,
EnenS they have found all that &c cnu,
fag to them. s i is COM
AFTER the real gifts are
oke thought Of and nrana rad many
months before. and these make lots ts'e ~
iun when they are broughf .o = o.
1aole and opened one bv ona mn sne
motner IA this household r.. NJ
trouble in locating ono ~ ~ lad no
huge hump under tha s presents,
<ug proving to be q twnsh.pls parlor
- peanuts from the farm ei sack
q course every package WIZ
1en must bear the name ~ " tE Md
plant on the outside. III tins reci-
nnds II, he or she so,,iat,,, = an
1I pys 2 nothing Is reaIi,:s passes
E1akll lney gather at the tahls opened
etsnd1y peeps are s,,,nN !lNlnough
then, after this ~ .ltlousl
80 exprsss boxes are brought 4 maii
& sslssiy Is i Merry chrs.,n..
gEat3a3s house. srnnas at
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
SANTA ola U.s. RECORD.

Santa, tapping on the table with his
pencil. How about the Ms?"
Il am going to give the naughty ones
another chance" said the fairy; they
were not very a and there are no
more marks until you get to the is"
The Taylor boy, the Oldest one,
would not let his little brother play
with him last week and this summer
the Thompson boy took birds eggs"
They will have to have a black mark
both of them, and I will make them
very light, for, as I said before, there
is a month for Improvement U, ""
said Santa.
The fairy held up her wand. 1.-THE
WIS" she said have so many marks
that I dread to tell you. The Wheeler
boy told a fb this summer about swim
ming and the youngest Wilson girl
plagued her big sister when she had
company, and the Walton boys took
apples from a tree that did not belong
to them and the Wright
"Oh, dear, do not tell me any more"
said Santa, closing his book; Il think
I'll rub out all marks and begin from
now. You come next week and we will
go through the list again and from
then the mark will count / really
think it must be very hare to be good
every minute a whole year. I'll give
the kiddies a chance"
Inc larry look at MIN Slyly n
laughed.
Why do you laugh?'' said Santa,
Il was thinking" said the fairy, that
you probably remembered how it was
when you were a boy"
NO" replied Santa. Tive always
been an old man, but 1 have known
many boys, and girls too he added.
Good night" called the fairy as she
disappeared UP the chimney.
Good night" answered Santa Claus,
see vol neXt week."
Copyright, 1875 by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate, N. Y. City.)
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24

so he had been dubbed at birth, kind
folks, may I ask you in future to cease
to outrage my childish c%redulity. 1 re-
gard this Kris Kringle gag Is mon
strous equivocation. Loath as I am to
spill cold water on the blessed season,
1 must refuse to fall for hat line of
con. Well consider the matter set
tied
Naturally, as o may well suppose,
his proud progenitors We're unspeakably
dismayed. The father sought reason
with his heir as follows:
My son." cried his father, think
what you say! Is 1t not written that
the unbelievers shall receive switches
in their stockings?"
Il should bibble," rejoined that young
one stoically.
So the father finding words were
less thar futile sat down and wrote
a letter to Santa Claus about it. He
explained the situation and recon-
mended that the kindly old saint pre-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
A Small Order TO Santa.

RMS is all that / expect
Santa Claus to bring to me:
One large boat-my old one's wrecked:
One large, lovely Christmas tree;
Then ! need a larger drum,
That says boom instead OF 'ttum:'
And ! want a nice long whip
That Will make u tomcat skip:
Then I hope TO get a ball
h will dent the hardest wall,
a bat that will not split
Ev'ry time that it is hit:
Next I'd choose a pair of skates
Just as nice as sister Hates,
And a bright large monoplane
That will carry ragdolI Jane;
Then I'd like q lot of things
That are run by hidden springs
Rats and spiders, and the like;
l need a brand new bike
With a coaster brake tina will
Make work easy down a hill.
There! that's all T asked him for,
still I'm hoping (since he's Dutch
mat he'll bring a few things more
AS l have not asked for much.
st Nicholas Magazine
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24

SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS :


Little minds are tanned and subdued by
misfortune but great minds rise above It.
Washington Irving.
When men grow virtuous in their old
age they only make a sacrifice to God Of
tie DEVILS leavings.-Pope.
Only a thought but the work it wrought
Could never by pen or tongue be taught,
For 1t ran through a life like a thread Of
gold,
Anon.
A man has as much religion as he can
command in the time of trouble.-Anurew
Fuller.
To be angry is to revenge the faults of
others upon ourselves.-Pope.
Low is the Intel of our dear Lords door.
And who would enter In
Must the new life begin
With little children, and the crouching
poor. Mary A. L~athbury.
Beloved. let US owe one another: for
love is of God: and every one that foyeth
is begotten Of God. and knoweth Cod
John Nv. z.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
Colonel eaiIIard's Monument.

Colonel Gaillard,s death is so clearly
the result of his unremitting toll at
the Isthmus that one is disposed to
rank him very high among the heroes
of peace" 1t was his special1task. as
an engineer. to dig the Culebra cut
and solve the problem of the slides,
which even now are delaying the open
ing of the Panama canal. He was
stricken Just before his victory was
comnlete and he came homo to die.
HIS monument for all time will be that
tremendous excavation through the
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24

An %aeroplane flight, from En,,.,a
to India. will be attempted next 6cto-
per by G.. M. Dyott. who is now mai
ing cross country flights. in So1th
Ainerlca. The undertaking, however,
Is contingent on the completion Of a
- abar fqn oa, which now amounts
Is bv Do Wnv a : The proposed route
CAIRO. khartum. Suakim. Aden Ia
harachi; At the end of the fligh+ I, 4n a.
proposed to present the ~aeroplana ~
the government of India, 70
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24

\ !
= CHRISTMAS SHIPS coMINGI IN. \

= CHRISTMAS SHIPS COMING IN. =
FroEi the Baltimore News.
No matter how hard that part of the
population to whom Christmas means
care and labor tries to put off the in
eVltable preparations for the greatest Of
holidays, the arrival of toy-laden ships
from Germany calls it sharply to at
tentiOn.
While the American mind has been
occupied with the Fourth Of July, base
ball and other things associated with
summer, patient fingers in that that
faraWay land have been busy fabricat-
ing the charming nothings which will
delight American children under the
glamour Of the Christmas tree. And
now the fruit of their toll and in
genuity is beginning to pass through
the custom houses in huge cargoes,
which will soon be distributed among
the toy stores and hence pass into the
possession of eager little ones in thouS-
ands of homes.
The B~ramdenburg's arrival at Balti-
more the other day with 1000 tons Of
this joy bringing freight warns US
vigorously that it is time to shake off
our sloth. "shop early" is a good slogan
and now is the time to begin to let it's
meaning sink IN.
Everybody knows that the worry
which is unfortunately associated with
Christmas in the thoughts of many per-
sons would be largely done away with
if the period of desperate rush and
anxiety at the end could be avoided. If
the procrastinating individual were the
only victim of his carelessness, he
might consider it his affair and take
the consequences. But, unfortunately,
the accumulated burdens which are the
result of delay often fall upon others
more heavily than himself, and an
army Of clerks, delivery wagon men,
messenger boys and others are de-
prived of the full enjoyment of Christ
mas by the dilatoriness of comparative
ly few.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
ADD Raisinn

It's remarkable how much better
cranberry sauce and jelly are II some
aaisins are added when the cranberrics
tse, cooked, writes q contributor
70 Good housekeeping. 1t removes the
liter taste that children and some
kkown people dislike.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24
French Families.

From statistics Just published by the
French ministry of labor 1t appears that
there are 11,317,424 families in France. IN
al of which there were ID or more chill
dren, and 81 families with II children each,
the number steacily decreasing, 80 that
1851, s78 families OBS per cent? have only
two children. and 1.H06,f44 S9UlbAs COB
per cent no children.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24

mountain backbone Of the Isthmus.
Colonel Gafllard was reare in South
Carolina and, as his name indicates,
he was OF h old French Huguenot
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24

The trolley lines Of Great pr,t.
1912. carried 3,127, 00O. 900 nassanaa 10
ts,v4o thousand cars and 2,s4a niles On ~
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24

IN france last year She births AZ.
ceeded the deaths by $1,000. -
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-12-24

Ball bearings have been used In a
railroad car in real service In Sweden.