Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 8, Number 293, Decatur, Adams County, 13 December 1910 — Page 6

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PBimcaWWW ' THE QUALITY STORE Only 15 more days left to think of your Christmas present you are sure to buy. Now is the time to do your shopping, come early and get the first selection. We can suit you in the King of all Christmas presents -Furniture. <J Do you know of anything more useful, last longer, give more pleasure and tone up the room better for a present than a nice piece of Furniture. Our floor syace of 14000 square feet is crowded with all new and “Up to date” anything in furniture. <J Come to our store, pick out something we will deliver any time you say at Christmas time. Two Classes of Customers Invariablv Buv the Packard CTThe first class are those who buy the instrument for daily companionship, for actual constant use. The musician whose judgment is of the tone of action, whose ear has been trained. The teacher Whose experience with many different pianos enables him to judge of the durability of a piano; with this class price does not determine the choice-it’s the last minor detail. <1 The other class is the long headed, true business man the successful man who makes his selection by common sense reasoning that has guided him in all his affairs. He selects a Packard because he knows the price. He never invests his money in uncertain and unknown values-anything with a mysterious secret price. Packard pianos have a standard fixed value, an advertised price. Everyone knows it-that makes the investment safe, fl Call and see them, fl Sold on easy terms. Yager Brothers & Reinking Opposite Court House. Decatur Indiana. MMHMaaMHmMMnMKaBOKMMSBUKIMUHHanBaiNMnHMiMMaMManBavnHMvr KHL ---11 — r : mwmm—rUTmi—rTnTMmJ—W “■nrw—w- .- -

THE VETERAN’S CHRISTMAS TALE I NEV ER think of Christmas but I think of the one I spent when on detached service down in Virginia in ’O2. I was a captain then, and, being on apodal aervice. 1 happened to be temporarily attached to the command of General Cox at Gauley Bridge. Va. I was warmly welcomed as I arrived on Christmas eve and brought some letters to both officers and men, the first many of them had received for nine months. The command was the First Kentucky, and a flue lot of fellows they were. Captain Ralph Hunt invited me to share his tent, and as we sat smoking together after taps he threw me a letter, saying, “Read that" Dear Ralph-1 have sent you a turkey and some fixings and also some new underwear. and 1 hope the box will reach you in time tor Christmas. “That’s enough." be said, for there was a lot more in the letter, and it was signed Susie. "The box is under my bunk, and as you are to leave tomorrow night you are sure of a good dinner anyhow.” So we turned In, and Christmas day dawnpd clear and cold, and when it came time for dinner the captain’s orderly had done himself proud by cooking that turkey in fine style. "The pickets are driven in,” said Captain Hunt as be stood in the tent I opening with a turkey leg in one hand, I and the next moment be was ordered to take bls company, make a reconnoi- , sauce and report the strength of the i enemy. The country about Gauley bridge was thickly covered with scrubby I "THE PICKETS ABB DBTVEX tX." pine and cedar. Pushing through this until be obtained a position commanding the road by which the Confederates must advance, the captain halted his men. He sent a few men

In advance as scouis. and then lie and I and a corporal went forward about twenty yards. The scouts, bewildered by the underbrush, got luto our rear, and as soon as we heard men advanc Ing in our front Hunt at once said it was bls scouts returning. "That tur key isn’t cold yet. and we ll finish it when we get back." In place of our scouts the advam Ing party was the advance guard of Confederates. Hunt recognised theoffi cer In command ns Captain Loughborough, nnd the three of us jnm|*d to cover. But Loughborough, who was in advance of his men. had caught sight of Hunt, and, with a volley of oaths, he cried: “Come out. you Yankee, nnd be shot!" As he cried this he covered Hunt’s hiding place with a long Mis * 01 THB COSFEDEBATE DKOPPSD. slsslppi rifle and fired. Hunt had grabbed the corporal’s ordinary I smooth bore musket and so quickly had he acted that both shots rang out at the same instant. I was looking ' out at the whole thing through the branches of a thick cedar, and the two : men were not more than fifty yards apart The Confederate dropped in his tracks and never moved, and at once a volley was poured into the captain's bush, but not a bullet hit him. Hunt’s men, supposing that the three of us must have been killed, beat a retreat and made good their escape, and we were surrounded and capj tured. At first the Confederates were for wreaking vengeance on Hunt for ; the death of a favorite officer, but the gallantry he displayed and his perfect coolness while in their power finally won their regard. When asked to give his parole he refused, saying: “You fellows spoiled my Christmas dinner that I and my friends here had just sat down to, and I propose to get back and finish it if I can. You get no parole from me." I and the corporal gave our parole, but Captain Hunt was mad clear through. He was ironed and. after marching with our guard through several towns of Virginia. we brought up at Richmond and were thrown into Libby. We never heard who ate our Christinas turkey.—J. A. R. in Brooklyn Eagle.

A WHITE CHRISTMAS. THERE is one way to make a white Christmas even though there may be not a flake of snow in sight. Let the whiteness be in your heart. Put aside all thoughts of guile. Forget all the big or little bitternesses you may be entertaining against some other person. Cast out all envy, all 1 covetousness, all unkindness. Endeavor to harbor in your heart only such thoughts and feelings as the Nuzarene knew when he dwelt by Galilee. Cultivate human brotherhood. Practice Christian charity. Look beyond and above your workaday horizon. Get out of yourself. Get into the hearts of others. Then you will be sure of a white Christmas this year. The Geese Were Duck's. The following little incident took place awhile ago at a Northeastern station in Yorkshire: Some geese bad strayed on the railway and were observed by a traveler, who. fearing that they might be run over, said to one of the porters on the platform: “Who owns the geese, my man?" “Them’s Duck’s.” the porter replied. Again the question was asked, with the same reply. Somewhat annoyed, the traveler called the station master and told him the story, stating that he full well knew the difference between geese and ducks. The station master laughingly replied: “The man is quite right. Those geese are Duck’s. They belong to Mr. John Duck, the farmer.”—London TitBits. Ros* to the Occasion. Mr. Kajones. who happened to step into the parlor while looking for a book, was just in time to see somebody slip hastily off somebody else's knee. “Ah, Bessie.” he observed pleasantly, “this is a merger, is it? Or is it a limited partnership?” “Neither, papa.” said Bessie, recovering herself instantly; “George is my holding company—that’s all.”—Chicago Tribune. The Christmas Story. Oh. the bells, o’er hills and dells, ringing warm from heart to heart; Every stroke the story tells, every chime proclaims Its part. Pleading low with those in doubt. Sternly chiding those about To lose heart. Oh, the bells, like living wells, throbbing with the life they bear. Softly each the story tells, eager for the world to share. Thrilling Hearts that have grown cold. Pleading with the young and old Everywhere. —New York Herald.

girls wanted To do sewing and Glove Making. A good chance if you want work. Inquire at once at the factory in Decatur. WARING GLOVE CO. DO NOTREAD THIS 0T ~ N Extras. Life, sick, accident and fire insurmation where to buy the best stoves, | g N sth sL ■’phone 266 gain, on a month a tnai. J ’ SPE6I/YL : FARES : WE.ST Via Clover Leaf Route, 1910. FROM DECATUR’ TEXAS AND RETURN, Homcseekers’ rates S SX P” to Houston. Ft. Worth, Galveston and other CJ/ | |k principal points in Texas, in proportionate low I fvj rates to intermediate points in the West. Tick4/wV/eWW etg on sa|e Dec . 6th . and 20th, 1910. WINTER TOURISTS TICKETS to San Antonio, Texas, and return.. . Proportionately low llf 1 ra tes to Mexico City, New Mexico, Florida, . nTjJj l fl J and Louisiana, on sale daily until April, 30th„ W |jrnited f£)r return June , tst, 1911. I ALL YEAR TOURIST TICKETS to California. Oregon and Puget Sound Points, on sale daily. Limited nine months returning. .. Courteous passenger agents meet all through trains, assist in the care of transfer of passengers’ baggage. A letter or postal card to H. J. Thompson, Agent, Decatur, Ind., or to this office, will get you time-tables and complete information as to service, sleeping car reservations, etc. .. E. L. BROWN , Dist. Pass. Agt. 6 Erie and Krause Sts., Toledo, Ohio. ————————r

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