Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 300, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1947 — Page 9

■CHRISTMAS I EDITION

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B®s r WpA Jb s >\ ' <md lin my cap, \ I \I ’ Had settled our brains for ’I Hi a ton? winter's nap, 11 When out on the lawn there i» «• r o ** ucti & clatter, I 1 sprang from my bed to BflhJ jlissffl what was the matter. Away to the window I flew dHKS like a flash, ■MMd Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash, S My S| | Q i ma. (® The moon, oh the breast of / ./>■ (F the new-fallen snow, fW 27 \ Gave a lustre of mid-day r? > a V to objects below; J \j When what to my wonder* A fl a in? eyes should appear, v But a miniature sleigh and L I 'HHr eight tiny reindeer, With a tittle ok! driver so Iwety ai ** <|uick» CSJy I knew im a moment it must be St, Hick, w x K®g?lWr 1 \( j |r|A\ * r □ PB \\ -?r r *H -w' - r V ' IKMMLzV —_MM I More rapid than cables his i coursers they cawie, ) bi ; He whistled and shouted, % I i and eairdthenr by ■ll jd *Mow, basherl now,Ttancerl now, Vrancer! naw,Vixen! ImmM On,Cotnetl on,Cupid i der aM< * Blitzew i—• To the top of the porch,to the top of the wall*, - Now,dash away,dash away, lH MptJ dasii away all’/' i» r . dry leaves that before r7 the wild hurricane fly, \ 4 . Whew they weet with an oby/Z 5b sfacle, mount to the sky, \ So,up to the house-top the I coursers they flew, J 1 1 s's With the sleigh full of toys * /A 2 ohd St,Hicholas too> // <Ahd then in a twinklin? I // heard on the root, 0

MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1947

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»^^^WTZ —. >-■ jmiwbW VA' ~ l *Ks J drew in my head and Im 3 aSwS was turning around, ®PrmrA Bowk the chimney st,Hich - CL U t olas came with a bound, [ JU he was dressed all in fur front his head to his toot, X And his clothes were al I far- 1 nish'd with ashes and soot, smm A bundle of toys he had tlung'on his back, , r And he look'd like a peddler just opening his pack, Y^-Z/ 1 iJ mL\ His eyes how they twinkled! I \ \\wHM his dimples how merry! \ Hischeeks were like rases, lSx his nose like a cherry, F His droll little mouth was k> T zZ drawn up like a bow, mw And the beard on hi> chin HLeffl K was as white as the show, The stump of his pipe he ! held tight in his teeth, And the smoke, it encircled I • his head like a wreath, iLLJm Gt- \ d /A‘ ; ,___i/ LSm L A OjMWmB He had a broad face and a gpaM» l|! little round belly That shook when he tough'd SFgRMB. like a bowl full of jelly, mI He was chubby and pumpa right jolly old <?Bf — w And I laugh'd when 1 saw I him in spite of myself, I A wink of his aye and a twist of his head, Mm Soon gave me to know I had ? > J nothing to dread, hm. He spoke r.ot a word but went straight Io his work, And filled all the stockings; 25 then turned with ’»Owmb[ 1 p// ■ - -- M|Uk 4Kl|lßwl||l V) i^B'. ’ jt And laying his finder aside ~ HTy Ji of his nose, M v And giving a nod,up the BV /, chimney he rose, L He sprung to his sleigh,to his team gave a whistle, — And away they all flew like -- the down of a thistle; But I heard him exclaim,ere "-Pf he drove out of sight-, Ifcppy Ckr/sf/was to all and to all a gbod-hifirt!"

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