The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-12-21

In my last l had something to Say
about the snow that we always had
on Christmas morning in the good old
| days. And how l used to go rabbit
hunting and track the poor beast to
his lair, and how was interested in
my rabbit gums that l used to set
alongside the old rail fence where the
rabbit had gnawed the rail, which was
evidence that that was the way ne
travelled. l see that the young man
who writes the paragraphs for the
State and his mind running along the
same channels, and am satisfied from
what l have heard of him that he is
not old enough to now about the
beautiful snow that We used to have
on each Christmas morn in the good
old days, but it shows that he is de-
scended from the right sort of stock,
and he gets mis- by intuition, and he
| has the thing down about right. Listen
to this:
"If the weather man wants to get on
| the good side of local kiddom, all he
has to do is come across on Christmas
day with good, heavy fall of the
beautiful. There are kids and kids,
but if there is one of 'em who isn't
praying hard for snow on that happy
occasion he isn't normal and he ought
to be taken to the doctor"
That fellow T. J. W., who wrote OF
the old school house and the old
schools Of the days long gone will ap-
preciate this 1 know, because he will
remember about the snow on each
i Christmas morning that used to come
regularly.
And then listen to this from that
same paragrapher of the State, in MS
letter to his friend Al. am gong
to hang up my stocking, also, on
Christmas eve night, and l want to say
here and now that there will be no
"1in1p in it, and I want it to be full
Of something else when l get up On
Christmas morning. And don't want
any "pokerdot neck tie" either, De-
cause | couldn't tie it if l got one.
But l want to say, merry Christmas to
YOU old pal, and all the other fellows
who may hang up their sox, ana IL
mine has nothing in it, not even
"1im," I will go on the even tenor OF
nv x,av, and not complain, because
long ago have come to the conclusion
that II is best to take things as tney
come and say nothing about thena' ana
TO believe that whatever is is pest OF
it wouldn't be. But I have not given
YOU the letter to his friend Al guess
7 better give it to you because IN
tended to do i; before. Here it is:
-F7riend Al: Well old pal I wisht as
Won could be with l and the foxes Oh
the 25nd of the NO. which is Xmas
IN sted of haveing to go way down
their +o Ala. & montgomery etc. I'M
going to hang up my sock gain this
w hut l don't except to get in my
cock but probily the same old poker
dot neck tie which I've al redy got
ahout 35 or so of them & it looks llAe
as if the wommen all ways give you d
poker dot neck tie for Xmas When pnes
could give you of the nessysaryS o.
lifo like a bear opener or some tnlng'
Joe sparks says the girls is all so go
mo n hang up their sock for xmas
and T saws Joe I don't want to see no
girls sock unlest they got their Inn III
them I says, pretty good hey AL. al
reckon Xmas is going to cost me So'oO
or 81 90 this yr. I got to give presence
TO a bout 35 or so people & l thlnS
thew ought to of abolish Xmas os
law when a mans got to spend all tna'
money on people & he don't get 0 ou'
a old poker dot neck tie or some tnlns
"Well mary Xmas to you olo pa
& he good & don't take no bad nlcAoiS
& l got new ford joke to tell you
when you come back Al.
And this reminds me that received
letter from this paragrapher OF tn
State, which 1 appreciate more sn"-
any letter that I have received IN :
long time, but as he has marked
personal I am not at liberty TO us
Il want to say to him that When
wrote what I did I had no idea Una
,,,a u,rita me a letter, because