People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1896 — For Christmas Charity. [ARTICLE]

For Christmas Charity.

Some of our leading people have interested themselves in the laudable object of affording relief to those in our midst needing the common comforts of life, of whom it must be acknowledged there are many, some even now permitting themselves to suffer from the actual necessities of life, rather than let their sad

condition be known. Many homes there are, in our own small city, so the investigating committee reports, where the necessity of rigid economy will prevent any outlay to gladden the hearts of expectant childhood at Christmastide. Of all the days in the year, this one, so appropriately consecrated to gifts of friendship and deeds of iove, should be made an event so joyous and free from the sting of want, that each recurring anniversary will be anxiously awaited, and will forever remain a memory green as the years of youth gradually pass into those of maturity and finally fade into the twilight of life. No one is so poor that he cannot afford some gift or deed of kindness to some one else, and it is a duty we owe ourselves to practice at least once a year the precepts of the One Great Giver; we will be the better by stopping to think of humanity for even one brief day, and tne greater the benefit to ourselves the more truly must our gifts come from the heart. As a means of realizing money with which to carry out the proposed charities, the services of Mrs. Annie Ward Foster of Detroit have been engaged, and under her direction local talent has been organized into a Ladies Minstrel Show, to present the laughable entertainment, “Smoked Pearls,” Mrs. Foster is an accomplished reader, impersonator and manager, and no one can be disappointed by anticipating a rich minstrel treat. The total proceeds will be devoted to the object mentioned above. Price of arbn‘%* sion 25c and 85c, Seats reserved at Huff’s. Remember the date, Monday night, Dec. 21. - _____ To cure ail old sores, to heal an indolent ulcer, or to speedily cure piles, you need simply apply DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Srl ve according to directions, its magic like action will surprise you. A. F. Long. Mrs. Beishman will dispose of her wliole.line of new millinery at greatly reduced prices. Some beautiful pattern hate. Everything fresh and seasonable Lots in the Leopold addition adjacent to the court house ale the choicest of any in the city. Remember the best wagon on wheels is for sale by C. A. Roberts. Its the Studebiiker. A.L. Willis can do your bicycle repairing. Shop opposite Newels block. Parties waating corn buskers r.nd shreaders call on C. A. Roberts. Key Stone Corn Shelter for sate by Robert Randle.