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Show YULE TIDE. Editor Globe: "Hang up tho baby's stocking; Be sure you don't forget; Tho dear llttlo dimpled darling Has never seen Christmas yet." Christmas comes but once n year. This Is the time when tho parents, tho children child-ren and tho grand-children gather round tbo well lardcrcd board and partako sumptuously of that which labor and prosperity when tho latter abounds bring to tho dwellers in these valleys. Then there aro the social gatherings whero the aged und Infirm, the less fortunate fortu-nate and less provided for gather and arc furnished with the good things of this wor'd by hands more blessed than their own, nnd their hearts nre mado to rejoice aud the words: "Good will to all men" ring in their cars and they feel they nro not forgotten, and to thauk.God for the Christ. The children! .Inst think of the mlllons of children llttlo hoys and girls that have dwelt on the earth durfug tho last 2000 years who have been told of Christmas; Christ-mas; why It is so called and have learned to reverence the day nnd to adore Him who wns boru on that day (according to present reckoning) aud because of whom tho day is observed. Think of tho millions mil-lions of llttlo stockings, ayo and big ones too, that have been hung, year after year in the chimney corner on Christmas eve; bow tho owners havu wondered for days what old Santa Claus would bring them and how their eyes have glistened in the morning when they found their stockings stock-ings full, ami Christmas trees bending to the tloor. How they chatter, and how they laugh even the little dimpled dar lug that has never seen Christmas yet partakes of the spirit of hilarity and will not remain in bed nor ou mamma's knee but slides to thu tloor, gots among the horses, dogs, dolls cradles, etc, aud then there is trouble But what a multitude of presents Santa must have to be sure; and how sly ho must be to get Into the houses without with-out being liuard; how quick he must be and what a uhoro for him to get round to all tho houses and fill all the stockings, no matter bow many; but the good Lord has helped matters very much by having It day on ono sldo of our globo whllo It Is night on the other; otherwise he would hardly get through with his task before morning. With all his good deeds, ho has some fallings, and I havu complaints to make against Santa Claus porhups some of my young friends will not like me for this; but I will tell you why. The old rogue takes hU beat presents red sleds, big wax dolls, fine candles, nice clothes to the large houses whoro tho rich peoplo who aro able to buy thejr own presents live; and the poor children get tho tin whistles, putcr dishes, mixed candy and rag dolls. This Is not fair of tho old follow. fol-low. I have heard of llttlo boys and girls ivrltlng to him telling him what they wanted, but all to no purpose. Communities ran do much to obliterate this difference. Those who lmvo had a good business year, raised good crops and mado good sales have it within their reach to make glad the little hearts' of tho children whobo parents have been less blessed or more unfortunate und whom Santa seems to slight. Get a big tree, load It down with presents, Invito in all the children rich and poor alike let them pick fruit together from tho same houghs und feel on this day and in the sight of the Great Maker they arc equal and born heirs to all tho privileges and opcrtunltles of a free country. Charity llko mercy Is twico blessed: "It blesses htm that gives and him that receives." In n few years these llttlo people will bo fathers and mothers, the farmers and managers, the preachers and teachers, tho heroes and heroines and will havo their sorrows and troubles as all generations gener-ations lmvo had Dark clouds of disappointment will rise, hurricanes of slander and abuso will beset their way, fogs of distrust And misunderstandings mis-understandings will envelope them, aud It will bo a relief to bo able to look backward back-ward In llfo and get a gllmpso of tho sunny days of childhood. ' "Hang up tho baby's stocking." Jauntcr, West Portago, Dec. 21, 1000. |