Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1937 — Page 9

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Afore jOwstms <=>, \J ty Clement C. Moore x ;tEE Z/mjjt cj y ~ ' ■ wST w» - ( )\-i 7 VIVA V7 \ \ x Twas night before Christmas, when all through the housd/ ,■ -/ V / \ \ f z . X. vX Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; [ W :'.?■ The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, , HB < y\jßJ X, WAz/J \ In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; | Hz/ \WKz — f' ~\ The children were nestled all snug in their beds, < J / ln{ i \\w *\ ( While visions of sugar plums danced in their heads; > w Jy 0 W/ / t'/A \ vBjW \/9JL )) And Mamma in her kerchief, and lin my cap, , ( j I x /z /'ll i / \ A \T_ ' -■& . U// Had just settled our brains for a long Winter nap; /) / / \ /\ \\\ ( When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, (/ ✓ W/v /C. /\\ ■ \ I Al v I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. /TZz /// \ V k \\Pk K l/\ w *» Xr zfzrt Ul \r> ! • // A y/ \ W X r '1 h Away to the window I flew like a flash, // J/ \/<' - '// 11 / VB \ \ . /f\ jE. Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash, / \/Az /Z/ \ ZU* \ \\ \ // \Z ' • The moon, on the breast of the new-fallen snow, ' // 7 \® i I\'■ I // V& ) Gave a lustre of midday to objects below; / / / // \ '■> \ W’MW~ ! \ \ I / \ / / When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, \ j /// \i JBS ' A \. ,71/ / But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer, / //' / V //' \ \■ ) y\\ Jm\/ //j \ J V, With a little old driver, so lively and quick, / / \\/l/ \ A ‘ Y \ \ fRWiw~ I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. / // ■ J/Z' \ I k AAv’ V More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, I IA ~ ) And he whistled, and shouted, and " l / "Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Vixen /XX Z ‘ /"> \\ / On! Comet, on! Cupid, on! Dur t der Blixen— V— . H&- A | Lto the top of the porch, io/jifetop/of wall! \V< \XA ,\ 1 - - \\lkjy Now, dash away, dash awXy, dasnaway all! ‘ <’ z \> _ \y' /—-'• —--—As dry leaves that befepZ theylld hurricane flyr x ~ —""'A X I . «VWhen they meetwfk'anj>Bstacle, mount to the sky, \ i \\L < f'Jv'So, up to coursers they flew, j M I \ -*h€ of toys—and St. Nicholas, too. j \\ in a * heard on the roof 7> ‘7/ C' A A The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.. r/ 1 Av (y V y'' As I drew in my head, and was turning around, j '' wX AVy J// y/ Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. Aji 1 y f/( xC) i And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot; W- W' X// '1A 1 - J A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, y/w \ . bT And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack. j J Q ■ His eyes how they twinkled; his dimples how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry; / / | \ A ifeaaWlwl • His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, vXvAA I 1 y \ V / 8 ‘ And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow. ■—y/l\ \A /|V \\ \ J | MBftv }y ,) The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, -./A ViH I 1 \’\ Z” 7 I A 7u< n// / y And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath. A) i\ , v U \ \ y //yi/ 1 yyyjK /y He had a broad face and a little round belly X/ x \ Av' V/ Ax pAw shook, when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. //A / ' \'x I l“v // \ \ / FZ A -XTVT«||mI waTchubby and plump—a right jolly old elf; / /,\ i J/ Cf ~"K V--Z-| gLI 11^ / And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself. / //]! I W\ V / JL. /■ v V" . } his eye, and a twist of his head, Zv / V I ». aL, V</ “ r y < ./ me to know I had nothing to y IW, kXIk ' V y/ I X_Hej;ptoke not a word, but went straight^ijhis work, / / .I\ * 'T A’l ‘rVX/[ // k / And Md all the stockings; then a jerk, / / // 5?/T zl' V\ 1 > '/A ~ /( /.V*S Ujio, his finger wide of>S A / ' /R\i Z/j/ rTvCv?/ \ a nod, up the phtmney ne rose. ,, 7 M jt # n B ■ / //]■' Zp ] > spdng to hjrsleigh, to fiis team gave a whistle; ? 9 And away all flewdik&ihe down of a thistle; ■—/- —* 7.7 BA I heard Kim he drove out of sight: r yy'' / ■J By \SKgGh\"\ XjHapby Christpnds to all, and to all a good night!" C Bw Iff ' /r / i\j)K /y /vSwm,.' yff * m\ ~~"vy / * A/ ' "WiViM / txV joWtet, y/ /fl/l/RkX 13/ <’ KxkZ Tk ■ "''A / / z nhrC z v y« Ar\s v\l M 1 £ wA X "'"'Out K\\ -j® I’■ ■>■ - Al A /V '\ ——.A.-4 rxifl «« x - • -

Decatur, Indiana, Thursday, December 23, 1937.

CHRISTMAS EDITION

SECTION TWO.