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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1912)
_—— » » ANOTHER LETTER FROM I. K. * » DOWN AT Prices Are Right AND YOU WILL FIND MORE BARGAINS THAT AT ANY OTHER STORE IN THE CITY OR MULTNOMAH COUNTY E. L. Rayburn & Son’s Oregon Double Value in Stamps Given on All Goods Sold Saturday December 21 N. N. NYGAARD Boots, Shoes and Rubber Goods Florsheim and Selz Shoes $2.50 TO $5.00 * Ladies’ Shoes The Apex Button $1.50 TO $5.00 Repairing Done Neatly and Promptly at Popular Prices Green Trading StampsGiv en On All Orders Corner of Main and Foster Streets Be Spent at Home * « VJCKONA, ITALY. MOV. 16. 1»12. I most pophlar productions. Price 1. 8. J Reached this interesting old place pslay. That’s the way they write prices la-re. • •wwswww******************* Wlien 1 got into Milan it was snowing, I. standing for lira (20 cent») divided in T Is the fashion nowadays, alas, to but stxtn changed to a cold rain. 1 to 100 parte, co that ft cents with them cry down Christmas, and It Is fast don’t believe Portland ever had a worse becoming a "can't be both-red here means 1 cent with us. day at the same season of the year. The with It' sort of day It M looked Back from the opera. It was surely second day, however, whm some better. grand. The costumes and upon as a nuisance because Christmas- setting wert- Today has l»»-n rather cold but Ix-aiiti- | the must gorgeous I ever saw, while the tide brings with it a necessary Increase | music would hold on» almost spell- of expenditure in the form of tip* and The cathedral al Milan is surely won- presents. It is becoming more and more the <l« riiil, lii.t not I, nd « f marble at al] 1 leiiind. It waa eqiial in every way 1 t bought, to the grand opera in Pari». fashion—fashion to be ixtthered to ar I had Hiipp<H-d. but of -and»tone. I’ll Ix-t thi» town bar the crookedert take less noth e of Christmas ami spend Even the statues are of that material and narrowest and shortest streets of‘ It away from boms where there will 1 w .i- up to the sj>ut near the top of th» any city in tlx- world. Rome of them ! bs "plenty of fun spire, and since the city in in a level In the good old days spen litg Christ are hardly long enough to write the plain, 1 could ~-e practically every house i name on. My room is only one half of mas anywhere but at bomk was never in it. Wliat a n>ii»i the architect must a I4<x-k from St. Mark» square, while for one moment dreamed of. Prepara have had! There isn't u particle oí ¡the theatre is alxait one-eighth of a mile tions were made month* fieforeband wood in th«- whole structure ami all the , away, so 1 was on tlx- square a little af- ! tie«*e and turkeys were fattened, plum thousands and thousands of pieces of puddings were made, prospective ¡ ter 8 and followed the crowd and marie guests were borne In mind, and the stone had to Is- studied out and shaped I it alright, but we must have crossed at girls of the home fell to thinking of la-fore hand and it is amazing how least a dozen canal» aud passed through f new sehernes for decorations Now. snugly they fit in their places Its cost more than 20 stnets in getting there. ( could anything be more delightful than was spreiy enormous, hut it has made I never mw anything like it in my life | making Christmas plans at least two the city famous. However, the old ts-fore and began to think that 1 should ' months beforehand so as to keep the arena here is more interesting to me I never find my way back again, but I I festive season right royally? All this than the cathedral. It waa built during look pretty g'xxl note of things and sort of thing kept the family together, tlx-reign oi AugnstusCaesar, and is yet in made it alright, but whenever I wasn’t for when the winter evenings brought a perfect state of preservation. In fact, sure of my position I would »imply say them nearer and nearer to Christmas they could use it for their H[xjrta today to a passerby, St. Marco, and be’d point day It made them see how necessary as well aa they ever could. The seats each one was to the other tn the way are solid blocks of stone about 16x20 out the street to me. It’s wonderful st • of helping and suggesting as regards times what meaning there is in just a presents for So and-so.’ holly for this inches and from three to six feet long, single word. I’ve noticed that so often ' room and mistletoe for that Grad all cemented together. The old stone since being in Europe. ually it dawned on every one how dear cage- with their iron gratings for doors Have al way» got nice rooms so far in ‘ the home waa te al! and bow still more are yet there. Those openings are the precious were the parents and children entrances to stairways by which tlx- peo Italy for L. 2, but living in considerable to one another. higher. These Italian» are a set of ple came and went. Beneath the seats are When Christmas day did come it natural born grafters. They make me three broad corridors running around was a time of perfect happiness, har tired. Just to illustrate: I stepped in the structure, and between .hese corrid mony and satisfaction to every guest ors were the animal cages, etc. The to a restaurant this morning to get some and every member of the family. If stairways led down to these corridors, so breakfast. There wasn’t an umbrella Christmas Is not spent at home what you see they could enter by fib or K0 rack, coat or hat hook or anything of' becomes of the family gathering, the tlx.- kind in the room, but the moment I' delight of decorating, the care and places at the same time. November 16th was spent in Venice, stepped in a waiter snatched my um thought the happy mother has exp-nd- ed on the cooking of the dinner and. I thought I had seen some interesting brella out of my hand, and a.- I took off to crown all. the praise of the Christ my hat he grabbed that also, so I gave things lately, but they must all take a mas pudding, which by the consent back -eat compared with this place. him my overcoat and he packed them of one and all Invariably la "the finest off in another room, (tip 1). Then a The whole city stands on a stretch of tide pudding I have ever eaten?" No second waiter came up and took my or- I praise of a Christmas pudding ever land as level aa a floor which has been der (bread, butter, oflee, and two fried comes amiss to a housewife’, heart, sinking. I suppose, for the last 1500 or eggs, (tip 2) then a third waiter brought and If Christmas Is not spent at home 2000 years, so that now only the higher the ortler, (tip 3) then when I got the dinner will fall flat There Is no jxiints are almve the water, forming through with my meal a fourth waiter family gathering, no noisy, good hu islands There are something like 70 or 80. I should say, crossed by at least brought me my bill (tip 4). Bill L 1.85 mored chaff, and there Is not that sub twice that many bridges. The city is and as I left the table I placed 2ft cents tle. Indefinable something at work reached l>y an immense stone bridge or by my plat«- and allowed they might which binds the family closer together, mole, 3600 meters long, so the guide scrap it out among themselves, so my heals up old sores, opens up new book says, and resting on over 400 arches breakfast cost me L 2.5. Everything friendships and wipes away all bitter which tn their turn are supported by was nice except the bread, which is ness. that Is *o marked a feature In a KO.OtM) piling driven into the mirey, surely punk. They generally bake it in ' good, homely Christmas gathering. movable bottom of the laguna (as the long spindle shaped loaves, and it would , There have been more reconcilia marsh is vailed.) surely give one the dyspej>sia, only it’s ' I made at once for St Marks square, so hard he can’t eat any of it. I some- tions. more "divided houses'' brought which is the very heart of the city. It times think maybe I’ve got hold of the together again, more eyes made dim is alstut 280x600 feet, hemmed in on all arm or leg of an old statue and wouder through a mist of happy tears at some difference or misunderstanding made sides by stores, palaces, hotels, and St. if I could be accused of canibalism. Mark’s church at one end. The Camp I must tell you alxnit the pigeons in clear by a Christmas gathering at home anile (recently restored) stands atxiut 50 | St. Marks square. There are hundreds' than at any other season or place feet from the corner of the church, ami and hundreds of them, and street hawk Charles Dickens, the novelist of had the old one fallen in that direction, ers do a thriving business selling little Christmas, who did more for Christ it surely would have cut .the church in packages of corn to visitors with which mas than any one can ever guess bad two! The square is completely sur to feed them. The little fellows will rounded by a Ix-antiful arcade about 20 flock around you so thick you can’t move had a alight difference with Thack feet wide, supported by massive pillars without stepping on them, and I’ve had eray. He met him on the steps of bis and arches, ami opening on this arcade as high as six perched on my arm axd club on Christmas morning, hesitated, are all the leading and most beautiful eating out of my hand at one time, then held out his hand, which Thack stores of the city. shall leave for Florence tomorrow if 1 eray grasped with all the warmth of Well, I have a ticket for the opera and can get up in time. I send you seme his great heart. Both men returned to as it is after 8. I must be going. The views under separate cover which you their family gathering at home, feeling play is lxthetiengrin. one of Wagner', can divide tip among yourselves. better and happier men. Without a doubt a family gathering at this festive and joyful seasou units the bond of love and good fellowship i closer than at any other time Old •lights and hurts are forgotten: hard men of business relax and soften at the sight of the children who many a time have drawn out all that is best tn them after It has lain dormant for ■f years until they have forgotten they had a tender side to their nature at all. Yes. without a doubt home is the place for Christmas. “Oh. it will bo so dull and untuteresting at home!" is HAVE enlarged my often the cry. It wrill only be dull to those who make It so. Salesroom, Feedroom And If there is a vacant chair or two which, alaa. can never be refilled dash and Warehouse. I am away the silent tear and be thankful that you are spared to taste the joys better able than ever to of still another homely Christmas. take care of the trade, Your example of spending the festive season will moot assuredly Instill the especially in Hay and love of the yearly family gathering into the younger generation, who will Grain. I buy in Car emulate your Ideas in future yeans Load lots thereby saving Posterity will be Indebted to you for showing how to keep up a good old the middleman’s profit for my customer. Christmas which was suffering from I make a specialty of Chicken Feeds and a slump In the twentieth ceniury. By all means, then, spend Christmas Seeds in bulk. I carry a complete line of st borne, decorate your house, remem ber the poetman. the butcher, the serv staple and fancy groceries which are ants and even your wife's or busbsnd '• marked as low as is consistent with legiti i relatives. However poor you are you can be rich In mind, thoughts and mate business. My motto is: “Live and cheery words. When you sit down to Let Live.” I am permanently located, the table—I don't care whether ft groans with turkey and plum pudding owning the property I occupy, and having laid for twenty or thirty or whether it improved it during the past year at an ex merely trembles under the weight of much scantier fare and places laid for pense of $2,500. I expect to stay here, only three or four—if your heart is In and the business we ask we hope to make the right place you will say. “Here’s to a happy Christmas! permanent. This should be taken into I Thank God we are at hornet”—Pictorial Magazine. consideration in selecting a place to do I Rayburn’s Big Cash Store Ix'nts Why Christmas Should : Lents, Ore \XXOUXCEMEXT your trading. I give Gold Bond Trading Stamps, good as gold, for they are re deemable in cash or merchandise, at the option of the holder. An After Dirge. Broke, broke, broke. Of my hard earned 'bones." oh. reel But It brings some relief to utter The thoughts that occur to me Oh. well for the beautiful gtfta Aa they rest tn a tatr array! Oh. well for tha haunting thought That latrudea. Does the whole thing pay T WILEY And the giving still goes on As It has in the years gone by. But the last of the merry holidays Brings again tha same old cry: Cnwli SUore The Herald $1.00 Per Year I I Broke, broke, broket Not a single cent. oh. gee! And the dough that 1 spent tor tha Christ mas gifts Will never come back to me -Judge,