Vol. 3.
Florence, Lime County, Oregon, Friday, Decemlier 23. liW2.
THE TRUE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.
serpent in Paradise, may work lam ent- would wend mv tt-»v <■» <
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|ace in the m a n n e r of celebrating
treasures • . M-mv Joys and i many
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Christmas w ithin th e la st c e n tu ry o r presents are essential features of a « true
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sorrows linqueut tax es—or in a tauter term ,*ir-
two and it cannot be g ain said th a t th e j ce^®6ra6on of Christinas. Y ear by year myltfe has known since then, hut no h a p s - to collect the costs for trying to
lestival i« observed in m uch less f e r v e n t' ^ ,e preparation of “ holiday goods,’* of
*,a8 etP»»ded that 1 experienced in get the taxes. To illustrate the point
a,»d picturesque
fashion th an it was I ^'»rietma« specialties,” of “ elegant U.c possession of the gifts of SanU Claus most clca.lv . a gentleman in this pre
wont to be. We no longer begin our : noveltle8’’ has absorbed more of the on that cold, gray Christmas morning, d n e t Mas assessed $5.00
taxes, and
e lry o n th e 10th of D ecem ber, (de- . t,n ie - and thought and capital of those Lehthe children enjoy the sweet belief although he took alt the precaution*
^.¡bed in th e prayer-book calender ae : * h ° Help us to perpetuate th e fame of -while they may; disenchantment will necessury to find out the amount to be
D ¡¿api/alia) and keep it up u n til tw elfth ‘S anta Claus, and year by year th e de come soon enough. \\ hen I realise that fuiid, nothing could lie learned until it
night. The Lord of M isrule no longer mand upon the purses of parents and Santa I Ians was a myth, my childish l*>- was seen adi'citised in the G’»i«i..f u*
others his m otley crew of boisterous children, of brothers and sisters, of lov lief was shaken in many things, and the “ delinquent.” Then tin» sum to easo
muunners about h im , a n d sets out to ers and friends, has grown heavier un vanishing of the cherished idea sad* the grip of the tax law was easily dis
disturb the neighborhood. In fact th e til w hat was at the start a beautiful }d ||e d in my hours.
coverable, and it figured up to $2’.’.50.
whole past of pagan rites, an d baccha- CU8^om threatens to become ere long a
In the days of old, an English so|ter- If it costs $17.50 to collect a $5 .00 «lelilí
nalian excesses, w ith th e ir bew ildering burden too grievous to be borne. It is stition taught that the cattle bent their quent tax, it is not a hard mathemi'ti-
mixture of C h ristian legends, mediieval certainly time th a t a halt should be .-knees at the mystic midnight wlum we cal problem for the Jiotntnl to deter
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celebrate the coming of the
fancies, and su p erstitio u s n otions of all
C h r is t c h ild ,
m in e
th e
c x | n > iik c
to
c o lle c t
o ne o f
a
sorts, which afforded som e justification
pod, stra igely true, the Micniae Indian $1000. Hut suppose ami it is a reason-
lor the P uritan a b h o rren ce of C hristinas
m arket value of the a rtid e, should surely Isolds the same belief. “ Me watch to able supposition that the party here
festivities as th e S a tu rn a lia of A ntichrist
constitute its chief virtue in our eyes.fcco deer kneel,” the savage replies, who* was a-'tessed for $5.1X1 had no prop
lias fallen into d isre p u te an d disuse,
go j b e tte r by far th a t this incident of the
ben encountered
stealthily creeping erty in sight to raise the ««xpenr.-s, to
that the season an h d as becom
lost m uch
its I i u^
Christm
as celebration
should
fall in ’o through
the to-night
forest; “ is me
w a tc as."
h to see sa
y nothing
about
pay«
the costs?
We the
com prim-ipal,
e to the who
eon-
decr kneel;
Christm
boisterousness,
e a far of
more
er desuetude
than tliut
the commer-
decorous observance. B u t is th is change cial point of view should lie generally I Toone, nerthern-born, who is spend- elusion that it is the count v that would
accepted. ’Twere a thousand pities for^fo? » »inter in the south, Christinas foot this cost bill, ah it is quite evident
a matter for reg ret? B ecause we con
th a t most of the $17.50 was for a«lvei-
iine our C hristm as celebration to a sin Christendom to forget th a t the most ^brings but few charms. They long for
Using, and the liiianl, we think, doet
gle day, and th e n c arry it o u t in a way joyous of her festivals commemorates ¡.d'c pure, white snow, the keen, frosty
ir, the stars blazing in the d e ar vault not print these list* for fun, or glory,
that would h ard ly call forth th e con the greatest of all gifts ever bestowed (
bovc, an<l inside, the great roaring nor in the fond lnqie of getting its
demnation of Ile z e k ia h S traight-and- upon hum anity, and th a t this was ft
res that are one of the delights of our |my if the debtor settles Ids account.
narrow-path h im self, does th is neces giving of Himself by the Son of Go<|
orthern homes. Thia southern sullr»/ It is not our intention to liml fault in an
sarily imply th a t we have lost th e true These wonderful lines of Lowell have 1J'
niglti esnnof be our Ch rlSfTmini.
** W nrteav«r o» M»« pa. t> of the a u tb o rfU j?
' spirit of C h ristm as, an d should set our- peculiar force in this connection, altho’
The very name has a magical s o i l i n ' — to collect the taxes, nor with tlm f/m ird
their immediate meaning lies elsewhere:
helves to seek d ilig e n tly u n til we find it?
Merry Christinas to all. It is a time of for collecting its pay for Its labor per
“ The Holy supper is kept Indeed
Far from it. “ Tim es ch an g e and w e 1
In whslso we share with another’s «eid; j j
.a,a ,.e :,,y Lav aside the old feud, formed, but only cite tills case to show
Not whut we give, but what we share
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change with th e m ,” an d th e change has
For the gift Without the giver is bare.
bury the ¡s tty strife -Je t heart in-ot the Journal that It w ill take twenty live
iieen for th e b e tte r in b o th . W e are
Who gives him self with his alms feeds three. | H,a r t ¡„ ,»|a,| r e fra in .
T h e year just mills to settle the costs of collecting the
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Himself,
his
nelghlxir uild
ami 1I1
me.'
most decidedly of th e opinion th a t the
s,lent has borne with it many joys and delinquent tuxes th a t have bean rnn-
T hat fourth line contains the true sc-
Christmas of good Q ueen V ictoria is
inanv sorrows. Old friends, it may la*, ning for a term of years th a t we cannot
c
ie
t
of
Christm
as
giving,
and
il
the
surpassingly m ore in h arm o n y w ith the
have passed away to the silent land. name.
true intent and m ean in g of th e festival principle it enshrines he only adhered
Soma new faces are about us, ne w , JJ baiil lias thrown liar gates wltlu
than the C h ristm as of good Q ueen Bess, to, one may safely join with Charles
,
• ,, i .i:„f nlllt ,.vprv
gre,,t
' M<‘rry ( ,' riMn,a" j open and Invited Chinam en to partake
The vivacious C hroniclers of th a t pictur- ( Dudley W arner in the belief that
y
j j a ,,.,v \ e w Year.”
of the blessings of the Bepublie.
v e a r a t C hristm as time the windows of j
’ I have read a quaint
. . and ,
av v u iisu n a s u
Somewhere,
esque period, w hile th e y have dilated in year
T iik legislature can prim e ita ears to
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glowing term s of how it was “ m erry in li6AVcn will open wide** than evtsr lie*
• ■I j pretty German leg •ml, that told of
hear from Lane county some broad ami
f < ii’p
u l l i l Illo FC IllCU 1IIK1 W O llltill W ill
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the kail w hen th e beards wagged a ll,” foie, anu more
Elise standing to greet the New \e a r ,
pointed liiuta on the m atter of a lietler
with a gMr|aI,(| „( bright-lined flowers in
have discreetly o m itte d to m en tio n how hear the song._____________
road law.—Springfield
matters fared in th e hut. We have |I
her hands. They were the good resolu
CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS.
T iik Southern Staten produce mow
other sources of in fo rm atio n , however,
tions for the year woven together, la-t
Once again it is with us, that glorious o u r good resolves greet the year, ami, than three-fourth« ol the cotton re-
and from these we g a th e r th a t the rev
feast of old.
Once again that grand no t as a rope of «and, let them endure, quired to keep at work the cighty-flve
elry went not far beyond th e homes of
song of the Angels is sounding in our Onward a n t ever upward; cbee.ing as million spindles in existence In th e
the well-to-do, am i that, th e re was little
ears—“ Peace on earth, go si will to we go, some waywanl brother. I art. our t ’nited State* »ml Europe.
effort m ade to e x te n d it to those who
m en.” The crisp froet sparkles «"'lor day« I*’ filled with a «wwt content that 1
E x < ii . axi > alone more than ten mil-
could not provide it for them selves.
foot, th e bells jingle merrily, and all
so many plesslngs are ours.
lion oil lain|w are used nightly. 1 bey
This is one of th e m ost im p o rta n t points
tilings herald the coming of a joyoi s
The Star of Bethlehem shine« brightly (.au-e t | irM hundred deathe annually,
of difference betw een th e oid C hristm as
of old. It illuminates »H U“’ wo,l'*l | *„<1 | n bm don alone one bundle«! ami
and the new , for one m ay safely affirm C hristm astide.
us
To th e children particularly shoal and a« our heart» glow with love for
fifty-six fires in a single year have been
that in co n nection w ith th e C hristm as
this be a tim e of enjoyment. Park n
Him
who
died
to
«are mankind, the old trace«I to them .
of the year of o n r Lord one thousand
deed m ust have been the childhood«. J
eight b u n d le d an d n in ety -tw o th ere will
I i. ypar <^ e* 'nn< I acroea the «now—through
Bv aaraaai»»« to nor local page it will
lie a m ore g eneral and generous effort the man or woman who cannot
Uu> (roMty Mir_ ,.onR.H the glad re fra in :
lie seen th a t th e Ito*« Hill cannery w»m-
"ii the p art of th o se who have enough ' back to the pleasures of (Jiri
pMiiy lias pai«l its tuxes. Notices for the
ami to spare to m ake glad th e hearts of vague uncertainty ami bliss u »
j,
sale, ol the canned salmon attarl»ed,
those who have little o r no th in g than tion of the stocking an
.Ull| tjie
were |*s»ted In conspicuous place« in
this world of o u rs has ever w itnessed contents— the i n » h i g
lorence, aism t tbe only place where
before. Ami not only so, b u t th a t each merry romping 11 *
reniem
ueb property could be wdd. It is safe
succeeding C h ristm a s will w itness a this hippy s u to ii.
gray o
o say th at if thia attachm ent l»»«l been
wider illu stra tio n of th e beautiful tru th her emerging from Is
pattering
made in Eugene, the notieee wool«»
that it ia m ore blessed to give th an to the Christm as morning, am
have appeared in «<ene p a |* r published
rv,ive.
Vet eve...... .re. ... prone i, ha- d o . n the Jerk .« ¡ ..- T
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’"an out.ire io clien t iteelt n t th e ch o iew t corridor» ol the ia .............
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v childhood’« ho"*’
th ere house
th a t »as
"f th e blessings w ith in o u r reach, mere-
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lies eoneealed a , enl which, like th e ' Out Into the «¡..¡ng
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tin th a t city.
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