Gold Hill news., December 17, 1910, Image 5

BABES IN T H E WOODS.
bnULt SAhi S CHKISTMAS.
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R rvanga and P u n ish m en t of a M a in e
S c o u n d r e l In 1679.
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UH U N C L E S A M . ih . i b u .y w lghl
Who»« dull«« never Id h im p-iuie,
Approved on ChriM nte« eve, bediglit
In m erry gerb ol Senle Cl«u>.
O
•N a w in u U lh aa t«,*
c r ie d U n c le
Sam,
“Lett I lo r gel
•ome chick or
child
O l m ine, h it slock,
ing» l u l l
Io
cram,
From out m y pack
w ith treasures
p ile d ."
T h en swilt through
io r l y « seven
•talcs.
A n d territories
three or lour,
H e «routed, leaving sleds and skates
A n d kilderols at every door.
• H a l Up to **>8 or so,*
Said Uncle Sam, " m y work was done
W ith this, but now 1 lea f ho. ho i—
M y task is scarcely yet begun I"
So oil he sailed across the sweep
O l sally waters, m ile on mile,
A n d gladdened every chick asleep
In Porto Rico s placid isle.
T h en swilt and lar
his airship (lew.
T ill every Filipino
tot.
O r black or blond,
or
brown or
blue.
A bundant C hrist,
mas p r e s e n t s
got.
And
sailing back
above the isles
W here swart K a,
nakas Irisk and
play.
TllKi< BWIFT AND FAK
H e poured H a w a ii
HIM A III»IIIP F I .KW.
piles and piles
O l gewgaws made for Christm as day.
• I'm through.” cried Uncle Sain, "at last!**
A n d than the jolly rogue spidt “Pshaw I
1 wonder 111 ought Io cast
Some ballast e h on Panama?**
R a a t i th a C h ria ttn a a C a r o l,
A
c o n l i n u t d i t o r y in th ia p a p t r
In 1679 James Adam» of York
! became affronted with one of his
' neighbors, Henry Simpson, and de­
termined to avenge himself upon
i two of Simpson a children, whose
ages were six and nine years. In a
solitary place four or five miles
I from the dwelling houses of the in-
| habitants he built of logs beside a
ledge of perpendicular rocks a pen
C o p y rig h t, 1910. b y A m o r lr a n P r« M A M o r ia lio n .
or pound several feet high, with
walls inclined inward from bottom
H K t o o g h a r o n a d a y in h i t a u l e m e k l l t ,
to top. After he had built this he
A n d h a t i a t a m a f n u l i in ir o n a n d t l i t l .
decoyed the children into the woods
H a r t> a ry i u l n e l t n t i a t a c h e a p l i t t l e l a t i n .
under a pretense of searching for
H a t h t r f a c t tv u s a t lo-V aly a n d f r o t h a t th a dabort.
birds’ nests ami caused them to en­
H e h a d h o r t a t a n d c a t t l a a n d a c r a t o f la n d
ter within the pound, where he left
A n d u r V a n l i to t i a i l o n h i t t l l g h t a t t c o m m a n d .
them confined to perish. The place
A h o u t t in th a c o u n t r y , a p a l a c e in t o t i n
has since been called the Devil’s
( H u t th a a y a t o f h i t c h a t t f f t u r tia r a g e n tl e a n d b r o tin ) .
Invention.
The children were soon missed,
and the alatmed inhabitm ts search­
ed for them more than forty-eight
hours. The boys, when aware of
their wretched situation, made va­
rious attempts to get out, and at
length, by digging away with their
' T ' H I S c a p t a i n e t f i n a n c e . ha t i o o t d IIKa a
f~ yH . y o u t h u n to y o u t h i t fora-V ar th e
hands the surface of the earth un­
1
nm g.
derneath one of the bottom logs,
S o th a d id n o t t o y ” f i o " tih a n h a b r o n tih t
A t th a to r c h t o th a t o t i . a t th e m o th t o th a
effected their escape. They wander­
b a r a rin g
f la m a .
ed in the woods three days, being at
H a t h o t i t r a d h a r t i l t h p r a t a n t t o f d ia m o n d t
S o th a j a t i a l t a n d r in g , t i l t h a m a tta g a
last attracted to the seashore by the
a n d p a a r lt
c o n tr it e .
A n d c r o tin a d h ar t i l t h r o ta t. th i t f a i r a t t o f
W ant bach
to
th a
e ld e r ly
tio o a r ona
noise of the surf, where they were
n ig h t.
g ir lt.
found.
H u t th a g li tt e r i n g ¡ a t i a l t tia r a t o o n p u t h a d
A n d t i l a n t a n d d a r g t l o o d th a a u to m o ­
The depraved criminal was con­
a tid a .
b ile .
demned to have thirty stripes well
A n d h i t r o t a t . n e g le c te d . t o o n tiH t a d a n d
W ith n o H g h tt o 'e r th a b o n n e t, n o h a n d o n
; laid on, to pay the father of the
th a t i h a t g .
d ie d .
' children £5, the treasurer £10, be­
f ' o r th a m a g n a te t o o t f r i t t l i d a n d to r in g la d
f ' o r a m a id e n in l a t i n a n d a to-Var in
sides fees and charges of the prison,
le a th e r
a n d o ld .
A n d th a l o c h o f th a c h a u f f e u r ti a r a y a l l o t o
W a n e d C h r i t t m a t e-va t o th a p a r t o n ' t to ­
and remain a close prisoner during
g e th e r .
a t Hold.
the court’s pleasure or till further
order. The same month he recog­
nized before two of the judges,
“conditioned to send him, within
Ills W e M ig h t H a v e .
Good Enough.
The Science of Botany.
H is C h riatm o s G ift.
twenty-one days, out of the juris­
A
famous
writer
said:
“Man
in
“Is your name Goodenough?”
Thu following story Is told o f a little
Botany in generally understood to
diction.”
have originated with Aristotle, boy. three years eld, who lives In asked a bill collector of a man on genera,, or, as it is expressed, on
“ Y o u r H u m b le S o r v a n t.”
the
average,
does
not
live
above
two
whom
he
was
calling.
about 317 II. C. But it was not Atlanta:
Anthonv Trollope was at one
Ills
mother
had
been
tel.Ing
hltn
the
and
twenty
years,
and
during
these
“It
is,”
answered
the
man,
with
a
untildhe fifteenth century that the
of the birth of Christ.
two and twenty years he is liable to time appointed a surveyor or inspec­
look of surprise.
science began to assume anything story
The next morning he went to the
“Then I have a bill against you.” two and twenty thousand evih, tor of taxes, and Mr. Worsfold’s
like ita modern aspect. But the trunk which contained his clothing,
friend was one of a deputation who
real founder of modern botany was took out a cloak and then put his cap And he handed him a slip of paper. many of which are incurable. Yet
“That is not my name,” said the even in this dreadful state men will waited on him. After a very heated
the justly celebrated Linnaeus, who on.
strut and figure on the stage of discussion Trollope said to them:
in 1735 made known hi» “system,”
“Where are you going?*' he was man.
life.
They make love at the hazard “Look here! I want you to uuder-
“But you said your name was
which has ever since been recogniz­ asked.
of destruction and intrigue, carry j stand one thing. When I write to
And the little fellow replied: "I'm Goodenough.”
ed as the foundation of the science.
“So it is,” said the man as he pre­ on war and form projects just as if you that I am your humble and obe­
Aristotle merely started the in­ going to God. and you hare all got to
quiries which received their full an­ go with me. I’ve got to take that pared to close the door. “I t ’s good they were to live in luxury and de­ dient servant, I am d— well noth­
poor little baby aome Santy Claus!”
ing of the sort.”—London Tele-
light for a thousand ages.”
enough for me.”
swers in the great Linnaeus.
browns 3
i graph.
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