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Show THE HELPER TIMES, HELPER, UTAH Gold That Keeps the G erman Mark Stabilized f.- it K Of 1 1 & I i I if'- -- . ' ? Si ' A I r ' t 4 mH " - ..... t Kf K v -- ' i if if M K4 - jN A d it: It came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from sar Augustus, that all the world gid be taxed. md this taxing was first made when enius was governor of Syria.) ind all went to be taxed, every one j his own city. ind Joseph also went up from Gal- , ont of the city of Nazareth, imo iea, unto the city of David, which la ed Bethlehem; (because he was of house and lineage of David:) o be taxed with Mary, his espoused 'e, being great with child. ind so it was. thatwhile they were re, the daya were accomplished that i it i should be delivered. she brought forth And and The Battle of Trenton in-L- p 0 !hes, rtf vrt Christmas Day on the Delaware, 1776. ELMO SCOTT WATSON ARTICLE about "Historic Christmases" would be complete without mention fj0 of the first and most Us-Pt- f toric Christmas of all. For bad it not been for certain events in the little town of ' Bethlehem in Palestine some teen centuries ago there would no Christmas to be cele-e? been each year, hence no Chrlst-- n to be characterized as "historic." jkat those events were have best a recorded by "the beloved physi-1- " St. Luke, who, more than any who have of the four apostles :ten the story of Christ, has given historic background of those its. And this is the story of that historic Christmas, as St Luke a her first-bor- n him in swaddling wrapped and laid him In a manger; was no room for them In re inn. isd there were in the same country y in Seventy-Si- x ragged troops, with bayonets fixed, For Trenton marched away The Delaware seel the boats below! The light obscured by bail and snow I But no signs of dismay. Wo , Christmas-da- Our object was the Hessian band, That dared invade fair freedom's land, And quarter in that plaoa. Great Washington he led us on. Whose streaming flag, in storm or tun, Had never known disgrace. In silent march we passed the night. Each soldier panting for the fight Though quit benumbed with frost. Greene on the left at six began, The right was led by Sullivan Who ne'er moment lost. the alarm was spread, That rebels risen from the dead Were marching Into town. Soma scampered here, some scampered there, And some for action did prepare; But soon their arms laid down. Their pickets stormed, Twelve hundred servile miscreants. With all their colors, guns and tents, Were trophies of the day. The frolic o'er, the bright canteen. In center, front and rear was seen Driving fatigue away. Now, brothers of the patriot bands, Let's sing deliverance from the hands Of arbitrary sway. And as our life is but a span, Let's touch the tankard whUe we can, In memory of that day. -- Old Ballad. sherds abiding in the field, keeping cb over their flock by night, the anpel of the Lord came n them, and ihe glory of the Lord 3( round about them: and they ind !o, ..'e sore ad afraid. the angel said unto them, Fear for, behold, I bring you good tid- -' of great joy, which shall be to S " 5 . 1 1 By 1 ' V- - 'V '" M 'v I j V 4 swftwi "2 -r-- - . . wople. ur.to you Is born this day In the David a Saviour, which is ;st the Lord. nd tills shall be a sign unto you; shall find the babe wrapped in swad-i- g clothes, lying in a manger, "ir of suddenly there was with the of the heavenly host saying, the highest, and on ib peace, good will toward men. 'id it came to pass, as the angels s gone away front ihem into ven, the shepherds said one to an-sLet us now go even unto Eeth-m- , and see this thing which is e to pass, which the Lord hath :e known unto us. id they came with haste, and found 7, and Joseph, and the babe lying manger. nd when they had seen It, they le known abroad the saying which a told them concerning this child, 'nd all they that heard It wondered 'hose things which were told them the shepherds. at Mary kept all ihese things, and 'tiered them In her heart, nd the shepherds returned, glorify-:an- d praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, as it told unto them. Those were the events, then, which fe dest.lr.ed to bring about the celebration of December of each year. However, this did not begin at once, for the 7 first evidence of a fenst having n liold In honor of the birth of 'ist was In Egypt about ihe year Although the regular observance 'Christmas began sometime in the Mb century, It was not until the irteenth century that the celebra-became a general custom. It lb interesting to note that the Christrras celebration in the New "Id took place only a little more two months after that event 'th is usually referred to as "the Soon after overy" of America. "istoiihor Columbus set foot upon 'soil of the New world he started )0 n exploration of the group of "ids which he had found. During 'time he anchored his ships In a of Haiti, to which he gave the 18 of a Mint whose oay (3 cole-:- J on December C and who In the 'ds of children Is Inseparably con-with Christmas day St. tnd a multitude sing God. and !ory to God In el r, 1 e a 't The first Christmas in the New world and surely it was a historic one was an eventful day for Columbus and his men. They spent it in a vain effort to save the flagship, the Santa Maria, which had been beached on Christinas eve. Finding that their efforts were doomed to fail, they took what goods they could from the ship and carried them on board the Nina. Since this vessel was too small to carry all those who had been on board the flagship, Columbus found it necessary to leave some of Ms men in a fort which was built on an island and which in honor of the season was called Le Navidad, "The Nativity." Although Christmas was, no doubt, celebrated by the early Spanish and French settlers in the New world, there is no record of any outstanding events on that day connected with these settlements which would make tlieir Christmas celebration worthy of the characterization of "historic." Christmas must also have been' a joyful occasion for the settlers of the first English colony at Jamestown, Va., even amidst the privations and troubles of the early days of that colony. For they doubtless brought with them the English tradition of the Old country Yuletide with all of its feasting and merrymaking. Quite different was the first Christmas of that other English colony founded "on the stern and coast" of New England. The Pilgrim fathers landed from the Mayflower at Plymouth on December 21, 1G20. But Christmas day that year brought with it no thought of revelry or gayety to these Englishmen. This first Christmas day found them without shelter from the piercing winds, since the day before was Sunday and no one was allowed to labor and disturb the sanctity of the Sabbath even for the purpose of building some sort of shelter from the Icy blasts of a New England winter. So, instead of observing Christmas in any such manner as their descendants do, these pioneers celebrated the day with the swinging of axes, the felling of trees and the clearing of ground upon which their rude log cabins were to stand. When the second Christmas in New England came around there was no Joyous celebration, for still another reason. During the preceding year an rock-boun- d Is nothing to prevent the ultra-viole- t rays, which cannot penetrate ordinary unlight and Rickets ."nfirmation of the medical teach-sunlight is the best preven-;l"f rickets, the disfiguring and Wiiig bone disease of childhood. bp found abundantly In China, to Dr. A. ilnrtman, a German 'siflnn who has hnd long experl-'hi ihe land. The , 'n,'H' houses, especially of the i rarely have glass In the life report, and therefore, there "iiit fiir-enste- poor-clans- win-'V8- glass, from pouring Into the houses. Cases f rickets are exceedingly rare anionic the poorer Chinese In spite of the malnutrition and lack of sanitation all too prevalent among them. Won Fame as Poet Jacques '.luMiiiu. the lasl of the troubadours, who begun life as n bar her in Germany, was called the "bar her poet." He was well known, and rfiimmr-- r- S " U?1 r e 1 n sMfflftsmsttlMrrniii iliisnH An unusual view, taken by special permission of the German government, of the vaults in the Kelehsbank containing tons and tons of gold. In order to keep the value of marks stabilized, Germany is compelled to deposit aa amount of gold equal to the amount on each paper bank note issued. other ship had brought a load of emigrants and of this colony William Bradford, a stern Puritan, was gov- ernor. He formally outlawed Christmas, as the Puritans of England had done when they had gained control of parliament, because it was looked upon at least so far as the Old English celebrations with their strange mixture of ancient Druid customs and Christian ceremonies as a "godless and pagan rite." More than that, the Court of Massachusetts, General frowning upon the idea of making the Christmas season a time of enjoyment, passed an enactment which stated that "who Is found observing by abstinence from labor, feasting or In any other way, shall pay for every offense five shillings." For more than a century the stern Puritan Influence prevented anything but a most joyless observance of Christmas until the gradual growth of Episcopal Influence In Massachu-set- s and its association with official power, when the colony came under .- -v v , f the direct control of the crown, the of relaxation brought about a sentiment of the Purl-tanIn contrast to the Massachusetts type of Christmas was that celebrated In the great manor houses In Dr. SL Louis Estes of New York city, a "raw food" specialist, his wife and their five children have been fed Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia and a natural raw food diet The youngest Is just two weeks old. In those only days Maryland, especially unwhen George Washington was known to fame except as a prosperNEW CARDINAL ous Virginia planter. And it was this same George Wash" ington who was the central figure In I what is perhaps the most historic America. annals of in the Christmas On the evening of December 25. 1776, the Continental army, led by this former Virginia planter, was drawn up for evening parade near Newtown, Penn., nine miles above Trenton on , ft the Delaware river. Instead of returnwere ing to their quarters they marched toward McKonkey's ferry, where Colonel Glover's fishermen from Massachusetts bay were manning boats and trying to launch them in the river. It was a cold raw evening and a snow storm had set in. The wind was from the northeast and beat in the faces of the ragged, barefooted soldiers, who were about to embark upon one of the most desperate enterprises in history. For Washington was planning to cross the Delaware that night march and lead themon a nine-mi, Jf $ ovr snowy roads to Treuton where A thft Hessian troops of Colonel Rahl weve celebrating Christmas with feasting and merrymaking. Ihe crossing had begun at six o'clock. Washington had planned to have his entire army on the Jersey sldo by midnight, begin the march to Trenton by one o'clock, so that he cotjld make his attack just at dayIll ll.Hfflf light. But the river Ice threatened to spoil his whole program and Gates His Eminence Cardinal P. E. Filippl I and other generals declared that the who was nominated to succeed the whole scheme was Impossible. The late Cardinal Lualdi of Palermo, Italy. It's a long way from raising foxes to singing in grand opera, but youug iron will of Washington was not to be Arthur Farney, fox farmer of St. Mary's, Ontario, has scaled these heights. daunted, however, and although the GETS NAVY CROSS While in Canada last summer Edouard Albion, director of the Washington crossing took no less than ten hours National opera, heard young Farney sing and was so Impressed with his bariit was finally accomplished. tone voice that he engaged him for his company. Then he set out for Trenton, and after a terrible march, with some of his men leaving tracks of blood in the snow and others struggling along with $ ' their guns wet and useless, he arrived c in Trenton and Immediately attacked. As he had anticipated, the appearance of his army was a complete surprise. Although the Ilessians rallied and put up a stubborn resistance for jj short time, the determination of the -- -r II J.k I.j f Continentals could not be denied. Hahl, the commander, and seventy of his men were killed and 1,000 of the ilessians surrendered. So Christmas day, 1770, is a red letter day In American history because on that day a 1 great commander pave to his country one of the finest Christmas gifts that has ever been bestowed a brilliant victory at a time when the cause oi freedom seemed all out lost Children Brought Up on a Diet of Raw Food III : iri V' XJ s. From Raising Foxes to Grand Opera l1 if" -- TJ Is le II" rrfu fciJ rii I Calles' Son a Military Student in U. S. i h in A) versemaker of Pari? once said he "left his presence trick ling all over with poetry and vibrating like an Aeolian harp." a contemporary Weasel Supplies Fur I'ahuil fur comes from hiiIihuIs of the weuwl family. Theli habitat I central China. The pelt Is heavy iiricht yellow and silky underfur. top hair (rrnylsti brown. A white Hue runs down the buck along the nhhlle from It neck to tall and ali.na the sides, Is also known as Chinese marten. t Commander Charles M. Austin, U. S. has been awarded the Navy cross for distinguished service In Nicaragua, according to announcement made by the Navy department Largely through Commander Austin's tact, Judgment and ability good order was maintained and disarmament accomplished la his district without bloodshed N OH? ' I II Commandant David B. MacCready of the reekskill Military academy President of Mexico, who la a (left), and Alfredo E. Calles, son of the student of the school. |