St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 23, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 26 December 1891 — Page 1

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VOLUME XVII

Swf I I ■ 3 o't ■ f ■ [The following lines appeared, «n 0 ’ I ( vn *2 n u K Jy. twelve years ago. Their republication is perhaps appropriate Just now:] W Christmas-Day, just after dinner, eighteen ■Li hundred and seventJ-nine, . > f • El Dear old Santa ; Papa says that maybe 1 I To you down hi Sm ta Claus’ land you will get M h safe anti sound. • And perhaps you’d bring an answer when you Mg fetch the presents round. f We are perfectly discouraged, little Paul, and

Prink, anti me, , „ . . gp We’re jus: as poor! "hat we shall do for New Year’s I don't see. Where we used to have who e dollars we Lave h rd work c nximr dimes, Jt's bard times, Paia tells us. Now ..anta, V hat 6 ba.d limes? . - One day. when we wer- asking what he Imped WE Old Santa'd bling. , > He kissed us three times round, and then ne .« - sirhed like anything: • i (Little Prink v a-on his shoulder, wheiC She ■W always clan s) tK ••Christmas wo t bring much to Papa, lin utraid, except bard times. - ’ **S N w we want a lot of money, because-why The s’ops'are^leaut ful —you’ve no idea, San aCaus! ■ Ksb We’ve speaki d and speakod al out it just as sweet us p< ppermiiit. But ii ain't a bit ot use; they don t know ho v to lake a niut. ■k So Sants, when we're sleeping and you re creeping a I about. ■Eb. Ri member! PuiTa's presents in, but lei vo the I nr ! times out! gW Please i<> < xcuse ties letter (rur first with pen And Mep'a iot« nnd lots of love from me, and S Paul and Prink. TWO CHRISTMAS BOXES It wa® Christmas Eve and only Santa v corns imseif, the nimble old fellow.

d the stove on w( ,i c h the bright Conner tea-kettle was singing merrily and on in his big chair. inx j tJiDg j j r hile on t,,e ° ther his forU> C . O!nfort:ibl y back and forth as she knitted budlv. Tom the big tortoise-shell cat, lay stretched ®u upon the rug and the tall old fashioned clock in the corner ticked Kita, 1 "’ ooked very pl easaat J ' ly. so , uust |„v„ th h[ « u'a nst ,1!“ )US ! lhe “ P re!Sed wiX ill " 'P'iou'-paue, peering in «eaL I I “ g m s ll "" «»s?rly Maimed the room and | ts uncousdoua I ' I \- r ; = 7 I ——-—V

“«««- •«««»«ber l» am „^ staraat Mr. Bartlett. ruSi„?° is '““'"“d g ‘ "Velr "M"’ < "°!' k “"» S P»““ thrown open no one was to sX Ihesnow was drifting into the little covered porch, and as Mr. Bartlett stepped out into it he tripped and nearly tell oyer something. Upon examination this proved to be a wooden box in which lay a large bundle. “A Christmas box. I’li ’be bound, wife, exclaimed the tinder, as he picked it up and carried it into the kitchen while his wife locked and bolted the Uoor. “Now, who in the world could have sent us that?” she ejaculated, ‘ and •what can it be?" “We’ll soon see,” answered Mr. Bartlett, placing the box upon the table. “If I’m not much mistaken it’s that soap-box of mine that was in the Corm rof the pore . Here’s a shawl, i anyway,” he continued, as he lifted a large newspaper off of tlie top of the box. disclosing to view a thick ’ plaid shawl but as he started to take ! this out something moved underneath < it aud the next instant a weak little >

"W^KERTON, ST? JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA, SATUKDAY, DEC. 26, 1891,

cry was heard. At this sound the good old couple dropped into then seats and gasped with astonishment and dismay. , | ••Bless my soul! Smeon, what , does it mean?' 1 ventured Mrs. Bartlett. . ; J 'if I ' r i - What does it moan?” responded the old man wrathfully. “1 hat’s what it means;' 1 ami he rose and, peering

into the box, gingerly took hold of a corner of the shawl and pulled it back, uncovering a baby face, which staled at him gravely out of a pair of big brown eves, and then, with a quiver about the mouth, began to cry. j ••There! there! Bless its little heart! began Mrs. Bartlett soothingly. At si7it of the motherly face tie baby changed its mind, and stretching out its tinv hands, smiled sweetly at her. : is- was too much for the kind-heart-ed woman, and siie snatched it Up and kissed the dimpled face again and a’'ain. whiltyeven the stern face of het husband relaxed into a smile as the little one crowed and laughed. 1 here I were no marks on the clothes oy w hie i the child could be identified. and there was nothing else in the. box but an ivory rattle, curiously carved, which • the babv had dropped. On the rattle some queer characters were inscribed. i and this was the only clue there was. Os course there was nothing to do I but to keep the baby that night. And then it was so cunning and seemed so I happv that they decided tokeop it until | inquiries could be made. But ad efforts to End the parents of the child. ’ Me son bv whom it wa< aband-

' i-i r<> .hi»ice Mt. Bartlett shook his head S-’we i my";'-” *«■? Mm Seems hko giv,™" present. ir % >t(K . r? .‘ 1 ] '-O«« a ii-"-Cliris ferdet ” 01.1 eoupl'e. “ Ikd - reu ‘ ll “ o ' l " i‘l> Ui. J“?’ sllmlnv A" i ' li .'-'»’fk.r's. One Simoon.''as ChA sat readino- the SnnJ.,,. , lt ' and having’nbtdne S ^"spaper. •’Children's Pao,. (hewimimv sijit’ to"^^^' I ^' iV m7i UoniCnt ^ j ,,ln ped down and Kanleu’sT 5 ‘ OOIU Mrs ' -Aunt jinria." | le bo „ .... have a St. Nick box? ’ a - 1 ^'■llave what?” exclaimed Mrs. Bart-

Ahern* 'mils about Rs® , give it to moJX lort ““ d “'»y “\\«H Im sure, von can have one if in it W? 1 ? " wi “ Hod to pm you n^t.^ ‘ 'oUt ««,• during thlXk" ^‘tßat'r^" not long before his box' was full rummagingover the drawer „ t little bureau he came :l( rnJU e “ved j' ory rattle which Aunt M aria had told i a^aby’ t 0 ° Uj ° y WUch when 110 i warn pU i l t! ' aH ? ‘ ny box ’ rn never I Jan t() play with n again, and may abli^ti g S ‘" y box "ill have I & baby brother or sister. Aunt. Maria i won t care, aud that will just make niy box full, so I’ll write a note and P 1 ’n^le and then I’ll surprise Aunt t i । bavin ? k seut ° n before she Accordingly, with much m > a “ d man y bloLs llie following note was written: ° Old ammi N ‘ Ck . ‘ ! " n " lit "” b °y rears k““ n ' 1 this is f-or sum Poore hov f l)r i I p™V'-'"-' ‘A: । ta"K£m” u £Vsi™ .... . Chris Bartlett. i -t his epistle v.as placed in the box » ^' Cb V 3 U P in brown pa- ' , ’ and Chris proceeded to write t4ie audress. “I didn’t notice just what it said m the paper about tiie directions, v m," 111 write ‘ Io St - Nick. New | un lk ’ au 'l that will be enough.” icn Aunt Maria came in from the 1 owing Society the Christmas box was nn its way to the great metropolis. I £

13 - ■K ■ I. . M - - ! “it do^ ln'at all, how many parcels ' people send only half lied up or misdirected’." said one of the post-otlicc i clerks wearily as he ran his fingers through his hair. “Now what do you make of that?" he asked a gentleman who stood bv, pointing as he spoke to a pasteboard box whose sides were crushed and broken, and from whose top a tin horse protruded. , ; “It seems to be from i child, replied ■ the wentieman, reading the address. <ml

UIP 'yvni i’ r . . •St Nick’ is a rather indefinite person , at this season. The box is full of toys; here is a rattle.” a id he drew it from . the box bat the next instant he turned > d();l( llv pale as he saw the carving and curious Chinese characters. In another moment t e contents of < iins s box were being hastily overturned m I an anxious search for some clue as to ; i the sender. The blotted little note ! was soon found, and an hour afterward the gentleman was on the tram for Cherryville. > peraans you can guess the rest. Air. > lUrvev. for that was the gentleman a name.’ was Chris’s father. 1 hrongh the carelessness of a nursery maid ..is baby sbn had been stolen several years before bv gypsies, it was thought, probablv'in the hope, of a reward but thev had evidently been frightened by the tmbliciiv ot the search ami had got • rid Os the child as soon as posstble i and though rewards had been ottered I ami most' diligent limit instituted no trace had ever been discovered until the rattle was found. A friend ' of the father had brought it from ( num I nnd given it to the baby, ami Mr. । Harvey t>ad recogn z d it at once, and ’ i now. full of hope, he was following up ~ , - ... tl .. ii । -a npmuted.

! i .^^’OH.stmas Bay wiil be a y^V t ! ’•; U o,lc tr ( IHI ' (nr Philip Harvev as we must now cail hiin j f Hc b • ’ vm mope laid awav, whie । he takes out ™v'-v .andtmn. ami tium^i^ ! conHm - d"' • 7 f " s l K,r you that it ’en -d>. Butlett and his wife have y d for so many years. Ami this will 1 bibp s ( hnstm is gift [(l t| IOMS who tn i Chri " h, ’“ he Cau,e lo lh ^ in a v in Ist mas box. J I

J U yi/i : -77 '.y- ' // t a plum ‘ “Mi;xOpiums About Horner s deed awry. ""WtKK pull out au But whydUiic],™! l ■ with his thumb? L’ 7, v mu awakwrd, his Huger or fork7 D-m • •'^"battLS^^ j j Such.-nanner of feeding shows very Hl breed . J His fehows-but fame is a crank. I ^J^Stedmga, | The Last Call. . indebted. ?"■ 7 ,r ''- I' EntUey are hereby '"'’7 lor the last time to call and pa ' ""y at th,.. isuEnßNj,. £/' Y' 0 ' '‘'“ '-s m 'ot be Settled by . I "'ls, . l ; , n . 10 , 189 n after wMc - unpaid a „,,„„ ts will be put in^1 'an.ls of a collector for settlfunent. •iß'b J. F. ENDLEt. Fine holiday goods at Endly’s drug store. ill be sold below cost.

LOCAL BRIL&S. Born, to the wife of Allen Jackson, t son, Dec. 23. ' A large assortment of Jewelry for the holiday trade at T. J. AV olio's. Those Picture: ill make such nice Christmap presents. At Vincent’s. Go to Emily’s drug store for holiday goods, where you can buy them below cost. TheX** WPvh schools closed last weeks holiday vaeaInduk'l ' at for a basket of fine' apples. *• Charl y Sheateh y is agent for sweat b’ axle cutter for LaPorte and "’ i >e counties. See tl »se chairs at Vincent’s. They will >; ke such nice Christmas present's. | Big k’■ of neckwear consistin of , 1 mutllers In all grades and ties of all

desert] msatT. J. Wolfes for the holiday trade. Havk.’C bought the Hunsberger A Pitzgi rihl at a bargain. Noah Rens^ -••ger is selling goods below cost. I). believing. Ai l ('ripe is learning the barber's trad.lelth Mart Tuttle. The latter has r-'ded ””.other barber chair and outti| to his shop. Tift reu ains of Cloyd, the si vutyearb;d son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Cow. p, were taken to Napp. nee last "at pla.. morning v. i-re the funeral aud I ’rial services were held. I Mnv thanks to the Epworth League , for 'he basket of fruit given me. Sw c^nd det'ds will never be forgot tee ‘He that giieth to the poor lei / n to the Lord and they shall be p ns r d at the resurrection of the Ml S M, M.Vs 11 HMiN. ► | vHr Th U. her for. I rfC

I i । oioa-.v, & ■ « t deceive anybody, though. ,* s o*g . H I%^ ~~ I : i I h .AbV Mb*" ’NB.TX. I ~1 .^4 t JE k ; / r, --- '' a. ■ , j ^lre you going to you me'!

j J. EXDLEY, The Druggist. • ■ ' . ? n j ’ H * K, Ai ■ 1. c “/■ U □1 j H f Ip h , ® ■■■ j CJ iF ■«-. "h ’ _'- m. IX • ‘ 19 . < of D > ' / « i F ™ s' : i . ..... w u ' ' ■ ■ A ! in lx q ■■ ' .r •

Come and See T. J. WOLFE, Clothier & Merchnt Tailor, 05? ?RTON AND For Your Men's and Boys’ CLOTHIN O Hats, Caps, Boots- Shoes, Trunks. Valises, Jewelry and Gents’ Furnishing GoodsA BIG SACRIFICE will be oilerol for the next Thirty Pays in my line of Men’s and Boy's OVERCOATS jßoots and Shoes I ■ Mfi Mu Hb.

Harin a iu^t placed a new Ptocl: of about ,000 woith , pctfloT^at place, I wish to inform the people of z -r j . “ I believe I am well enough known through this country I< r loir prices, good goods and honest dealing to secure gour patronage. 1 ietSt. bO state to you that everything you pzirchase of me is gt'.a:-a;::cea to beytst as represented in every respect. '“' l . •, J v l ./o ... nsr Oj my places before making year purer.ases mmy line, I remain Yours for Business, T. J. WOLFE, NOAH RENSBERGER, General Salesman at Walkerton CHAS. L. GRANGER & JOHN H MILLER, General Salesmen at North Liberty.

GOLD DOLLARS FOR raDETY-gEnTS THE STEPHENS STORE CO. Joel Xufflers from og cfs. io So. 1,000 H an-J kerchiefs g to go cents. 04 cplush Wraps from jgo to S2O. Wiso an elegant line og packets r rom SP.PO to So. (Boots and SW\g, tmobcr Sood::. Ladies' and Gents' Underwear. Xn elegant line of American Serges g 6 inches wide, 6 I^4 to i 2 cents per yard. An Elegant line of horse Blankets from 82 to 84.50 a Pair. Shaw Is from $1.50 to $6. 7 ’ ’ TTom / 7 nn iy

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