Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1909 — The Deacon's Christmas Lve. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The Deacon's Christmas Lve.

7* bls very nlgbt they're coming borne. Cbelr faces will appear Once more around tbe Yuletide feast, Our sons and daughters dear. Cben tbere'll be all tbe babies, too, Co Jolt upon my knee And make our big, old fashioned bouse A scene of revelry. T*be hemlock wreaths bang on tbe wall. Chat spray of mistletoe Recalls, old dear, our sparking days, Some fifty years ago, Cttben first I kissed you underneath Cbe bougb of fateful pearls. I seem to see you once again, Cbe sweetest of all girls.

BY GERALD PRIME.

COPYRIGHT. 1000. BY AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION

7"* be pantry shelves are loaded down Cttltb every kind of cake And pies of mince and pumpkin such As only you can make. Beyond tbe close shut parlor door An angel bright and fair Is looking down upon a tree Chat stands all ready there. Put up your knitting, mother, dear. “Che tinkle of the bells Across the snow clad upper road In welcome warning swells, for here are Dick and lack and 7ess And Molly, Com and Sue And all tbe merry, dimpled, cute, Mischievous youngsters too!