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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1889)
WEST SIIOKK. 4M rr m&m'0M a.m m Ann 7t ' ria ' faeU- - There', a little dillow aeked me, Jurt a llllta wlilU ito, If I wouldn't plfeae to tell lilm, It I only chanced to know, Why Hunt Clau. don't coma, ol late, tin wjr In tIM before, And why he don't bring preeenta down the chimney ny more, Well, the wy It Ii at our hoiwe I will hilly toll to you, Why we don't hang up our .locking. In the way we ueed to do, We think St. Nick doei not come 'round, with Imlli a-ehaklng Ioom, And attempt to enter chlmneye, Vauee it len't ny ue. W hen t flnit Ht Nick he etartrd out, hli Chrlatmaa work to do, K.yry houne had got a chimney, with t great hlg on flue, And good St. Nick hid loteof room, aa down the flue he eprung, And the .tocklng. all were hendy, m they on the mantel hung. Hut the people ell got tired of Ute wye that long liad been, And the chimney placee liad to go, and atovea and grata came In, And the Hum were all made entailer than any'd len before, And Rente Claue could not get down the chimney any more. lie came, one Chrlatmaa midnight, with the preernU.eaof yore, And he found a kind of chimney that he'd never eeen before, And hie foot got etut k and tautened In a patent chimney cap, And he never quite recovered from thle eeriotta mlehap. If the children wonder why Ht. Nick rtaye 'way up In the eky, And don't come down with prewnta, I uaa- Gueei 2 track a patent chimney cap he never eaw before, And tore hie clothe., and hurt hie foot, and don t come any mn- J, II. Hmiav. WEATHER TOO GOOD FOR HIM. " Thie la mliihty ellrk weather," .aid Johneon, cheerily, aa he mc t J.ckeon on the etreet the other morning, aa the warm ray. of the aun were beginning to lick up the frot from the aidewalk, " mighty allck weather lor una umi .... .. . . . t . 1.1 II nn anil NOT All WAITEItM. JoMxuv-l'e, what Joea the receiving teller do at the bank? I'.-Why, he walla on you when you leave your rmmey. JoiiMV-Whet doea the paying UIW do T I'.-Ile la the fellow who walla on you wnen you uriw ,w v ..! i v,. l,kln. h merU op ana wiping " thehoarfroetfromhlacoat,"tooconfoumleuaii. ! I' (hllUrly)-IIe'i the fellow who won't wait on you when " your note la due, confound hlml I'llBEXOLOGY A (JRKAT KCIENCR. A OKNTIbTasW IDI.IWIt. Littliwit Gml.ll, d. r In . u a,.h , u, OBEATwrr-Yee, I bellove In It now. w 7 ' J 1
