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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1899)
TOLEDO LEADER 111 MEBKlf'P ON HISTORJ'S PAGE. ' ' DRESSING THE TREE. lY M BTiSTf,M A fw t' Some Notable Events that Hart Talced InCoP Ov. It Can Re Prettily becoratert with Ma- Ci f.. jfT" t. fftamm 4 TTVfc V A&fAa B Bficff ll I trA 7 I rf Some important events in the world's One form of Christmas giving that al- JIbSJm fl H" Alf ! lh.'.V V 1 SS, Vl I hisitm-v hnvn tnkr,n n nrn nn nhr atmai y'' -"V-iJ .,,,. a,, nk;U . h llms-hnnnr. 1 M i o il ISM WW H HmW IMWSJW f jfll day- . Two notable coronations occurred WValMA ed but ever-new Christmas tree, with its Mfcjft 1 J m f Ov iMjK 5 naments. It is a marvelous creation, and MWkfjT v w .TIJ XrtW ' r rv 2T TaT To A CHRISTMAS BELL, wasn't a very big belfry, but roomy e r n o u grh for the bell, For It swung away out to the breezes when It lied auythla' ter tell, An' often It seemed ter sing for me, when I pulled tlier worn old rope, soundlu' gome holy message that was full uv blessed hope, An' Its tones was sweet a woman's when she ones cuddlln down, an lullaby that an soft-like tries bush the wee close their sleeny eyes, Yogi Tender as some soft mother used to sine. 'Twould ninke or boy uv me again, to bear the ol' boll ring. On ChrlBtmas we ins wedded, an 'twas then the boll vm hung. X recollect Uow full uv Joy It sounded when It rum?. Bo mnnsr tlilna It nld. to u o nn" Some Notable Events that Have Taken Place on the Christmas Date. Some important events in the world's history have tukon place on Christmas day. Two notable coronations occurred on Christmas, that of Charlemagne, as Emperor of the West, in the year 800, and that of William the Conqueror, at Westminster Abbey, in 10CG. Clovis, the first Christian King of France, was bap tized on Christmas day, 400. Sir Isaac Newton, whose grand discov ery of the law of gravitation resulted from the simple fact of his seeing an ap ple fall to the ground, was born on Christmas day, 1042. In 1770 Gen. Washington celebrated the day by performing one of the most hazardous and most brilliant maneuvers in the annals of war. Under cover of the night he crossed the Delaware at Mc Konkey's ferry, amid the perils of storm and ice, and marched his brave little army to Trenton, where on the following morning, he routed the Hessians. It is a significant fact that no great battles were fought on Christmas day. They have occurred on the 24th and 20th gyidkll w "pin ftm It Can Be Prettily becorated with Ma terial Found fn Every Ilome. One form of Christmas giving that al ways pleases the child is the time-honored but ever-new Christmas tree, with its myriads of twinkling tapers, its gift laden branches, its shining, sparkling or naments. It is a marvelous creation, and the children's joy and delight repays the elders for their work. It is not so much work to dress a tree, either, and one pities the parents or the grown-up mem bers of the family who begrudge the la borthat is a pleasure, too required to prepare it. Expensive decorations are not csjoh tiaJ: a tree can be very prettily decorated out of material found in every home. Yards upon yards of popcorn can be strung in circles, or in long lengths for festoons; and the ruby red of iranherrios contrasts very prettily with the white. while the children will make a pastime of stringing them, and of making chains of many-colored papers for the same pur pose. Cotton batting laid on some of the branches and. frosted with mica pow der will resemble snow, but do not use THE TWENTIETH CENTURY SANTA, CLAUS. OLD YEAR, FAREWELL! LfcETING year! Ah, met how swift! The heavy clouds of memory lift And gleaming through their leaden bnze The changes of past hours and days Teer out, like pic tures, rich In tint. Somber, or bright with sunny glint: Brief visions of past Joys and woes They rail me at the old year's close- Call tne once more to turn and dwell On days cone by. The nd farewell Comes slowly from my aching- beart And Bllontly the tear drops start. A picture bere of merry times When life rii tig out lis tfolilen cblmos, WJion frlendM ami welcome, boine and Dftwrr. jollied wltll dcltirht eacli pavalnr bour. 'aits?