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Show THE true spirit cf the occasion and with due Christmas appreciation of all it implies, we extend of tins publication. Christgreetings to the readers mas has a meaning possessed by no other holiday throughout the world. America has its national and is special days, other countries have theirs; Christmas the only cne Cilllk3 in spirit and celebrated in all Christian lands. So pure is its principle that it commands who worship respect and admiration among people their Creator in different ways from ours. Christmas typifies all that is best in mankind. It is the culmination of the human mind throughout the ages dwelling upon the wonders and mysteries of existence, turning to a reverence for God and His representative on earth. It expresses the ascendency of spirit, the realization! of men of their interdependency and their duty to one another; and so it is marked by the bestowal of gifts and other sentiments of benevolence mid well wishing. The makers of newspapers, concerned as they are with the doings, manifestations and thoughts of their and tuo world at large, and respective communities recording them in their mere important aspects for the information, mayhap tne education of readers, are brought into an intimate sense ot the spirit and meancould express to you ing of Christmas. Would that we alf the good that we see in the hearts of men and the increased brilliancy bemnd a few shadows of the light which has upheld the world for so many centuries. In the happy auguries we see for the future, there is everv reason to be merry. T7N Our Y uletide thoughts go out to the people of this comand kind munity and our thanks are due the patrons extended friends who have given us practical support or be the best encouragement during the year. May tnis wish is to all. our Christmas you have ever spent, The Publisher (Copvrifil.t, 921) What would make a better gift, for that relative or friend away from home, than a subscription to The Home Town Paper ? 1.50 Per Year |