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Show Tlie lllldnst ! Clsui. Ht, Nicholas, tlm,troii saint of chll dreu, was bl-hop of M)ra, mid ilmd aliuiltA II, SW. Ho wot fond of dill ilreri and young iieople, and many charitable char-itable deeds hi their Uhidf nro recorded ot him. Ho It tho rccoguUcd patron of Iho Chrlitm u xasoui but rlniln Clius or Knecht ltux rt, Is a pnsluct of l r-mnny, r-mnny, whero It wan formerly tho i us loin for the vmuts of n vlllugo to put all the gilts deslgnisl for their chll In n Into tho binds nt n luati who, ills-gulscd ills-gulscd In long nilies, u mask nud n monstrous wig, wtut from tioiiso to house, ripped, wiw admlttisl, and s. unl nuiYtloiml thu iwinuittnt totho lahavlorof tlm little ones during the pst C.ir Judiciously hauling tho ques-Honing ques-Honing up to n iolnt win ro tlm Intend ed present could li appropriately lu troditcod. The fiction of hit descent thnmgli the thlmiiey accountoil for his absence whin the nuntiul routi I of this maskcil lM'tiwinngo coomsI to bo made, -.St I -mils UlolwDcmocrat. |