Show CHRISTMAS CAROLS christmas is at band hand with all ita its festivities including fua fun frolic eating drinking and miscellaneous nonsense it is not generally celebrated in la accordance with the origin and of occasion bat but no matter now it ii is meet and proper that we now consider congi dir if we are well eno enough ugh provided for how it is or may be with others lot has been cast in less pleasant places than oar our own etisa it is a well based upon the soundest and ripest of experience that there is no happiness in this life BO so lasting last as the knowledge of having ceased others to ba bo happy the theatre tho the dance the lecture the s social ocial assemblage the meeting with ion bon vii vi ants tants all th these ese are more or lees pleasurable for a time only and when the time is end ed they also cease to exist in so far as physical gratification goes bat to know that some por pl eoal soul whose avenue through life has been blocked from the cradle up with difficulties to him insurmountable that someone beyond the limit of self care or come orphan in whore life the gentle treatment of a kind father and an indulgent mother were never known or worse still having been known have gone oat out for dver ever to know that some of or these have been made to smile a joyous smile for once during the dreary year BO so nearly gone that their hearts have been for once made light that the smile of gladness has once more dimpled their cheeks is a satisfaction which only actual experience can tell us the value of TUB tux STANDARD desires to remind its readers of the occasion for the pur poses herail suggested most of hem we doubt not need no lecial re minder but all as a rule require a gentle Bort sort of admonition and will receive it in a becoming manner you can not be entirely happy on christmas with the knowledge that there Is any buffering suffering near you and if you do not know of any those of you who are most capable of alleviating it should inquire for be assured it exists in one form or another somewhere lit let the day consecrated sec rated to sacred memories because ol 01 the birth of him who died that we might live find so much of substantial bial and sympathetic recognition in our acts as our circumstances and opportunities 0 p port unities will permit and then we shall have a day of general h hap ap phinees as well as its general rejoicing A at newcastle en gland commemorated its centenary by republishing its first issue daring the day a country couple called at the office to answer an advertisement for help on a farm they were informed they were years late either the newcastle newspaper made little progress during its century or its readers profited little by ita its intelligence mr fzli sends greetings through THE tire STANDARD to old oil friend friends in 0 oden den lie ile writes that be has come into possession of a juvenile porker beautifully spotted and that bo he proposes now to demand stockyards stock yards etc for the thriving young metropolis 0 midway in the kingdom of the wasatch I 1 0 MIES whose whole beautiful poem appears in this iesue issue is a young lady utah born and bred her verse has his already won her a place in the front rank of home pools poet and ani the future is full of bright promise promie for her tier GEX Gazi mity has something serl oua ous to answer for this time when a baptist elder in sedalia mo ile read the predictions of a cold ware wave ho he postponed the baptismal services eer vices of ten candidates to some more propitious time to TUB farmers of weber county we submit the answer ofa of a kansas agriculturist who made a email small fortune in potatoes when poked how he hedidia hedi did dit it bo he answered 1 11 I planted alem them and then I 1 tended t them 11 i tag tait STANDARD force will e et it drink and be merry today to day like lne other folke folks and tonight to night they mill will met rest from their labos we wo bow ourselves out until saturday morning F roa 1 this beats beate the record ia in thirty four counties oun ties the peach trees are thinking think mi of budding out A GRZIN christmas makes a waite easter written forth or th tut |