OCR Text |
Show THE PAYS0N1AN, rrrr Under UTAH, DECEMBER 16, 1921 PATSON. tKe Hollj) BougK E WHO have scorned each other. Or Injured friend or brother. g In this year; r Ye who by word or deed, Have made a kind heart bleed Come gather here. Let sinned against and sinning Forget their strifes beginning. And Join in friendship now; Be links no longer broken, Be sweet forgiveness spoken. Under the holly bough. closed To most everybody. has brought a great Joy; to others a great sorrow; to many, both grief and gladness In full measure. Many of us have gone along the regular, uneventful path, filled with the happiness of love and work and the Joy of everyday things, which, after all. Is the best baplpness. To youth the New Year means a long, pleasure-filleevening and the writing of a new date on their letters. They look neither forward nor back. They make resolutions because it seems the correct tiling to them to do. They keep them sometimes and it helps make them better men and women, but it Is not a serious matter with them just as Is natural for youth. Older folks Involuntarily look back a bit on the even of a new year njit systematically, but with a general sweeping glance that usually makes them a bit uncomfortable at things left undone or failures to make good as they bad Intended. Maybe there has been just one thing accomplished that gles them a little warm feeling round their hearts maybe not. The great sorrow or great Joy stands out with more meaning to them than to youth. Tis another milestone passed. The New Year may not present very bright prospects to some, but these same older folks know that there Is something better In store than what the immediate future seems to offer know that unhappy things cant last that they are pretty sure to lead to something greater and better know that even if they cant understand the reason for sorrow and trouble that there Is a reason know It deep down within themselves, though outwardly they resent and rebel against fate. It Is not blipd faith or optimism that teaches this, but reason and knowledge of life. Older folks know that the yea Is bound to bring happiness and relief to those who are now hearing sorrow and trouble. Mrs. J. E. Leslie, in the Detroit News. to some have loved each other. Bister and friend and brother, . g In this year; fast-fadin- Mother and sire and child, Young man and ma den mild. Come, gather here. And let your hearts grow fonder. As memory shall ponder Each past unbroken vow; Old loves and younger wooing aAre sweet In the renewing, Under the holly bough. it io brtnga great btgbdgfffa rm gotnk Ahv iQ'be tohirh.and say d have nourished sadness, Estranged from hope and gladness. g In this year; Ye with mind Made aliens from your kind Come, gather here. Let not the useless sorrow Pursue your night and morrow. If eer you hoped, hope now Take heart, uncloud mr faces, Ye who fast-fadin- And Join in our embraces. Under the holly bough. ' Charles Mackay. ""t that has Just Ijjy means something different Ye who ,w:.vw.v.v..y.y.w.v.;.v.;.jJS-y'W:-TXAHW- UK year yif fast-fadin- ;V t . ' ' the merry" sea of snowflakes.' were too selfish to With Just stockings to fill St. hear the song of the snowflakes and Nicholas fiad time to rest, and h left the great baskets as they always grew strong and well, and the spirit had done. But when they aaw the of Chrlstmaa lived. So this la why great Joy the unselfish children hsd nowadays we bang up our stockings in their gifts and how contented and on Christmas ere. All this we are happy they were these selfish ones told by a writer, who learned It from were ashamed, and they, too, began a Christmas fairy. to hang up only their stocking! when The Belligerent Blade. Chrlstmaa eve came round. When St. Nicholas found stockings In place of the great baskets and The Toledo Blade proposes a Tell barrels the twinkle came again Into tlio Truth Week. What do they want his laughing eyes, hls cheeks grew to do start another wart Cleveland red, and hq sang ns he drove through Plain Dealer. sfockillgs. Some children - i i Birds and Animals Share Christmas Is not merely a by and for man Among the folk lore of CilItlSTMAS alone. other countries are several quaint stories In which animnls and birds give n evidence of their adoration. A Bosnian legend offers a version of world adoration they claim that on the holy day the sun in the east bowed down, the stars stood still; the mountains and forests shook and touched the earth with their summits, and the green pine tree bent ; the grass was beflowered with the opening of blossoms; .Incense sweet as myrrh pervaded upland and forest ; birds sang on the mountain tops and all gave thanks to the great God. In Bosnia on Christmas day a sheaf of rye is put Into birds nests and bird houses for the birds Christmas, A stranger, stranded in a Michigan town was once startled to see a sheaf of rye In a bird box. He knew Immediately that one of his kind lived there and was keeping Christmas in the old way. An old Indian legend tells us that on Christmas ' night all the deer in the forest kneel in adoration before the Great Spirit Woe to him, how- ever, who tries to spy upon them. g He la punished with perpetual of the knees. Many people of the old world claim that on Christmas night animals are .gifted with speech, but none must trespass or eavesdrop. well-know- stlff-enin- The Greater Need. Little Horace My mamma says maybe youll give my papa a safety razor for Christmas, Department Store Santa Claus Yes, little man, I think I will. Little Horace Hadnt you better keep It and use it yourself? Puck. BLACK NEW YEAR PUDDING Ingredients: One cupful black molasses; one cupful thick sour milk; one dessertspoonful soda ; beat well. Add one teaspoonful salt ; one grated nutmeg; pound 'citron, chopped fine; pound suet, chopped fine; four dry figs, chopped fine; one dozen aitnonds, minced fine; one cupful seeded raisins; three raw tart apples, chopped coarsely; three cupfuls flour. Mix all together, steam in a buttered mold for three hours and dry for 15 minutes In an oven. Serve with any good pudding sauce. This will serve 15 persons. one-eight- h one-fourt- h RESOLUTIONS. - Resolved: To save my money And lead a frugal life. Resolved: To do my duty And still abstain from strife. Resolved: To give up smoking And never touch a drop. Resolved: To heed the speed laws And ne'er offend a cop. Resolved: To quit complaining can. And smile wheneer Resolved: To cease from knocking And praise my fellow man. Resolved but what's the use of My plunging in so deep! Ive made more resolutions Than any man could keep. 1 CENTER PIECE HINT. To launder heavy embroidered round or oval center pieces, wash and starch quite stiff. While wet, divide Into fourths or eighths, place paper on rug and pin to floor, as you would stretch curtains on a stretcher. When dry remove pins, and you will have a center done up beautifully, without any ironing. "Jaus, please j h OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCf la Candies X-m- as each Christmas .. a Irttlepunc' in you dear friend I tuishjhc'best Good health, Special on Box Chocolates and twalthciffafame, aridJo'Ve, $3.75 2.20 search ye closely eVejbrqndh hen candles brighitfie treesCf And you trill find my bit of Ip Gied 1.50 .50 trith a memory . 'j tW. In Handsome Holly Boxes Ftrm.ru Michigan Hurst Bros. Confectionery, Story of the Christmas Stocking Jus! r stocking-ha- ng seemed to slug: a stocking up on Christmas eve." Just a stocking just a stocking, rang through the hearts of the children on Christmas eve. And in place of leaving the great vessels aa they once h: done they just hung up fbaM KARS and years ago stockings were not hung on Christmas eve as we hang No one ever them now. heard of such a thing as hanging up a stocking for And If Christmas gifts. children had thought of such a thing they would have said, What a foolish Idea ! A stocking wouldnt hold half the things we want So the children throughout the worW placed crocks, big brass basins, and copper kettles on the hearth on Christmas eve and left notes In them telling Santa to fill them to the brim. Each year the children left larger tessels to be filled, children left larger vessels to be filled. Up In the great white north Santas reindeer no longer pranced nDd pawed. Impatient to be off on Christmas eve, as they once had done. They hung their heads and a tired look came Into their big brown eyes, for they remembered how heavy the loads had grown and how many more trips they were forced to make year by year. St. Nicholas no longer rested now through the summer months, as he once had done, but labored every day throughout the year, and often he built toys late Into the night, for a great many gifts had to be made to fill the baskets that the greedy children left. The twinkle left hls tnerry eyes, and he no longer sang about hls work, for he was sad and thought of the time that would come when he could no longer build enough presents to go around. Late one December day St. Nicholas stepped from his workshop Into the Facing the south, he deep snow. stretched out his tired arms and called : Hear, oh hear, children of the earth, my loved ones, can you not see you are becoming selfish and that your greedy demands are too great a task even for St. Nicholas, king of the Christinns spirit? Cant you see, mj hildren, that you are killing the spirit of Christmas?" Hls chin sank upon hls chest and tears glistened In Ids kindly eyes. A soft white snowflake fluttered down nestled against hls cheek, and a , and tiny voice whispered Into hls ear; Santa, I will help you." Who are you? asked St. Nicholas , I am a snow fairy, answered the tiny voice. As my sisters and 1 have about the air we have often , danced about your sleigh on Christ-- i , gwlrled mas eve, and have seen the great ! loads you have always carried nnd how tired you have looked. What. O what, shnll I do? asked Santa. Just go about your work as usual, I and all my answered the fairy. sisters will help you." "Oh, thank you thank you, cried St Nicholas. And the fairy floated out among the other snowflakes. As the children went about the snowflakes whirled around them, and i It seemed as If they heard the chanting of liny wlces, and as the snowflakes nestled against their enrs they Formerly Smith Bros., MAIN STREET, PAYSON, UTAH OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO mi We Take this Opportunity to Extend to All Our Best Wishes (or the Holiday Season. New Schedule of Prices On Repair Work Will Be In Effect January I . oooooooox B B Flat Reduction on All Blacksmithing and Auto Work 000000000 n H m m m E P n Our High Standard of Work Will Be Maintained Regardless of Reduction in Price. 000000000 We Handle the Case Tractors and Farm Machinery! Which We Are Selling on the Most Liberal Terms S H lOOOOOOOC M J The Smpty, Tfaggedy Stockings - k Whst of the empty, ffgdy ttodrinp That will Kui by tKe chimney on Qirietme rve. With their mute eppeeU from the poor little owned To the deer old Sente ux whom they believe? For their there of hit preeenta they eak nuh e little, Just e dolly to hold in my erms while I eleep, A little cm euto that runs when you wind it, A sounding red drum or a woolly white sheep." The only light in their dim, dark existence It that wonderful day when old Sente will coma With hit treasure filled peck that he brings on hia beck From his fairyland, snowy land, toy lend home. Whet beautiful dreams will come to them sleeping Under the coverlet shabby end worn ; But whet of the empty, raggedy stockings That will hang by the chimney on Christinas mom? MRS. H. C SEARCY, in the Chicago Tribune. ; ; 1 Payson Implement 8 Auto Repair Co I m M Bt w n m H. S. TIPTON. Manager I ; We Weld Everything But the Break of Day. fSl i laiamsiizi iHSsaRmiinnuHiniiiu11 |