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About The Forest Grove express. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1916-1918 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1917)
wondering what was tho cause o f that strange light, a beautiful shining angel came neur to them nnd said: “ Fear not. I bring you good tidings which slmll be to nil people. This day Is born u Savior, and ye shall And the buhe lying In a manger." And suddenly Die angel was Joined hy n multitude o f the heavenly host singing praises to Ood. This wus their song: outside of the walls of our own bom* wo still observe our Yuletlde In a more or less conventional manner. W e may escape our relatives, save ourselves the bother of home preparations, pretend that we have cut adrift from the old fashioned methods, hut It all amounts In reality to the same thing. We are animated, after all, by the same spirit, whether we are In a country bouse, a flat, a restaurant or hotel. ' i SHEEP TO MOW LAWN Have Labor, Make Ideal Play matee for j ! Children and Are Profitable Aid Against High Coet o f Food. Olympia— According to E. F. Ben son, state commissioner o f agreuliture sheep make the beat lawn mowers in <!lory to Ood In the hl*h»st, nnd on earth I'ra r«, good will toward men. the market'and he urges every home to When the angels had gone hack to have at least one ewe and a little lamb heaven tin- shepherds said they would next year. He declares that at a mod go to Ilelhlehem and see this Savior erate price they can be secured and o f whom the angels sang. They went and found him, a little baby, In n sta By H ARRIE T PRESCO TT8PO FFO RD will result in much saving o f labor, the ble, with no cradle to lie In. only a U K tree grew green in the forest, j furnishing o f an ideal playmate for the manger for his bed. That little baby Grew green In the «un and the children and a profitable investment. wus Jesus, who when he grew up suld : dew; His statement follows: “ Ijct the little children come unto me Ills branches reached for the shadows. “ An old, grade merino ewe, with and forbid them not, for of such Is the He feathered his tops In the blue, kingdom of heaven.” ills birthday her lamb probably can be bought And happy the air about him was the first Christmas day, and ever next spring for about $12 to $15, de Wherever his balsams flew. since that time we kept that day as a pending upon the age and quality o f Joyful and happy one.— New York Drenched with the rains of the sum the ewe. The lamb at five months Presa. mer. Fine from his stems spun the show should weigh 80 pounds and sell for ers. $10. The ewe should become fa t be Raft dropped the snow on his mantle, fore fall and bring $10 fo r mutton Dream work of silver and flowers. from the local butcher. I f the ewe is And over Atm white light trailing By J. C. OLIVER. The stars swam through darkling good enough to carry over another MONTH far famed! For /««five hours. year, she should be bred in November. day« and nights renowned, The following April she should have Groping where great rock pillars Joy fraught, with hallowed bene one or two lambs. Her fleece should Stand shouldering rank on rank, dictiont crowned His roots at the cold sweet sources weigh nine to 12 pounds and be worth Life's annual clearing houte for ret The ancient juices drank, rospective thought, $5 to $6. And he swept with the earth compan Where pensive memory recalls the “ One or two ewes, with their lambs, ion smiles, the tears. could be pastured >n a ctiy lawn and As the vast skies rose and sank. The hopes and fops of youth, the loves parking strip in a movable pen about of vanished years, His boughs brushed low on your fore And sighs to see the havoc, sad, that four feet high built o f woven w ire head Time has wrought. fencing, with a board trip on the top As a passing wing m ight brush, j When night winds made shrill music and on the bottom, the size varying 0 hoary m onth! In regions the In the heavens, and hush, oh, hush I from four to 14 feet in width and 10 north and cast F or deep In At« depest covert to 16 feet in length, according to the The song of bird and rippling of the He hid the herm it thrush. brook have reased, tract to be pastured. The cost o f con d And Nature's thousand charms of OME thirty years ago there lived Low have they laid the giant, struction would be trifling. The chil summer days have fled. And they hale him home with mirth. In the city o f Washington a young dren could move this pen around so There Uoreas reigns, fierce Ood of % girl, the daughter of Itichard T. And they fan the fires that twinkle. the sheep would graze where desired, And sing round his mossy girth, wind and storms Merrick, a distinguished lawyer, says be kept at home and out o f the gar- And make with a m ighty magic And winter all of verdure, into the 8urvey. A serious Injury, due to HE Dutch K'lrU slug u pretty little dera. The life of the Christmas hearth. brown and white transforms nn accident, had left her an Invalid, song od the feast o f Ht. Nicholas And leaves no trace of life and beau I confined to her couch. The Christmas F or his dames give the spicy fragrance Instead o f w riting a letter to Of the summer atmosphere. ty sped. 1 season wus fast approaching nnd amid Funtn Claus: tho preparations for the holidays, While the breath of the woody hol Kant» Claus. you gno<1 nattired man. O happy m onth1 When keen anticipa i which the happy fnrplly were busily lows, dive nm sortio nute and awretmeat»— Not too much, not too little. The luster and light of the year. tion, sweet. making, this young Invalid, reared In Throw thnrn Into my apron Flies swift on uHngs of ardent love to luxury, conceived the desire o f clothing The blossom, the bird song, the Wheat— Bulk basis for No. 1 grade: For n Christmas without gifts would breezes, greet In tho name of the Christ Child some Hard white— Bluestem, Early Bart, lie no Christmas nt nil. Ho ulwnyH He sheds through the Christmas Wtra gifts the friend, the I over or poor babe who was to come Into the Allen, Galgaius, Martin Amber, $2.05. there I n u gift bringer, nkln In uiiture, cheer. the kindred near. world In poverty. She made a simple If different In name, to the good gt. Soft white — Palouse Bluestem, forty As W inter closer draws his icy fet but complete layette, sent for a friend fold, W hite valley, Gold Coin, W hite NlehohiH. one« bishop of Myra, who And the message of peace and bless tered chain« who she knew could find the very Russian, $2.03. W hite Club— L ittle loved children and whose memory liven ing m The heart expands and love unselfish mother who needed such assistance, club, Jenkins club, white hybrids, So vitally today through Its association In the great fire's glow they mark, reigns and one small child wus clothed In the W ith the lad from the war and the nora, $2.01. Red Walla Walla — Red with the great Christmas festival. Krlss And speeds Its largess to the ones nutne of the Christ Child. i Russian, red hybrids, Jones fife, Cop- Krlngle, Father Christmas. Hantn sailor most dear. Tho Christ Child, society, founded Chius. HunderklooN, are Identical. The 1 pei, $1.98. No. 2 grades, 3c less. No. Home from At* tossing bark holy Christ child comes to tlermany. Illustrious month of most illustrious 27 years ago, distributed 139 layettes E re the Christmas bells come chiming 3 grade, 6c less. Other grades handled Inst year. Not one request has ever In mystical Ilrlttany the Christ him Like the touch of the frost on the by sample. birth ! self |s thought to come to bless the Good tidings, peace and joy to all the been refused to nn applicant Indorsed Flour— Patents, $10. dark. i by Its visitors. And from this has M illfeed — Spot prices: Bran, $33 households of the pious, especially the earth developed the material relief depart And widely on pane and ceiling homes of simple shepherds. per ton; shorts, $36; middlings, $44; A heavenly choir announced when Sparkles a fiery foam. ment, which clothes and shoes chil rolled barley, $57(359; rolled oats, $59. In Spain on “ Twelfth Night" all the Christ was bom. And the children dance with their dren, furnishes u fortnight's outing, Corn— Whole, $84 ton; cracked, $85. people, young and old. put their shoes No other birth such mighty portent shadows | a brace for a crippled leg or a book Hay— Buying prices, f. o. b. Port and slippers out on the bnlcony out bore, Like the forest sprite with the land: Eastern Oregon timothy, $27 side the window In order that the three This Prince of Peace whom heaven from the library. There are no religious gnome. qualifications. Active members con- per ton; valley timothy, $25@26; al kings journeying hy may see nnd fill and earth adore. W hile the great log roars and blazes, falfa, $24; valley grain hay, $24; : tribute n definite number of hours’ them. There are nlso grotesque Christ How thrills the heart at thought of The heart of the foy of home. j work each week, nnd anyone may be- clover, $22; straw, $8. mas visitors. Knnve Itnprecht, terror Christmas m ornI i come n member by promising to nn- Butter— Cubes, extras, 44(8.45|c per o f Teutonic hnhyhood, has a load of — Los Angeles Times. And the cheek that has long been with I swer the Christmas letter of a poor pound; prime firsts, 42Jc. Jobbing nuts and apples nnd other goodies with ered child. Washington numbers 1,000 mem prices: Prints extras, 46(348c; car him. as well as his traditional bunch of W ith an old rose blooms once more bers, and there are more thnn 4,500 In tons, lc ex tra ; butterfat, No. 1, 52@ switches. As memories glow like the embers 53c delivered. j all. Including the branches In 22 eit- The "Julbok" or “ klnpperhok,” a tall, Whose flashes sink and soar Eggs— Fresh ranch, current receipts, I les. thin beast, with goatskin covered head, i j WitA the Christmas fire’s warm glory 47c per dozen; candled, 50c. From her eou v h, where she has lnln Is after naughty Punish children. Just ! •TVAere the log bums red at the core. Poultry — Hens, large, 18(320c per for more thnn 25 years. Miss Mer- as the "hahersack" Is after those In the j — Woman's Home Companion. pound; small, 17c; springs, 17(318c; | rick directs and leads all the soci i _________________ lla rtz mountains. Hundorklooa sends ducks, 17(320c; geese, 12(814c; tur ety's work. sometimes a goat laden with presents. keys, live, 20(3 22c; dressed, choice, The nnlmals which the saint of 27(3 28c. Christmas uses for his carriers arc S t Nicholas Day and Christmas. Veal— Fancy, 15i(316c per pound. quite as various, ponner nnd Rlltr.en A w rltçr lb the Pull Mall Gazette Pork— Fancy, 18J@19c per pound. and the other fleet reindeer come first. thus speculated concerning the amalga Vegetables— Tomatoes, $1(3 2.10 per Santa drives a span o f reindeer In Swe mation of Christmas eve and St. Nicho crate; cabbage, 2(32Jc per pound; let den. In Alaska lie comes hy dog team. las eve : "Perhaps the amalgamation tuce, $1.75(32.50 per crate; cucum Camels, so the story goes, bring the bers, $1.35(3.1.75 per dozen; peppers, of the two festivals was brought about three kings Into Spain on their gift by motives of economy, the giving of 15(3 1 Tic per pound; cauliflower, $2.25 bringing errand, though sacred art (32.50 per crate; sprouts, 10(3 11c per j presents on December 5 nnd again on would show us that horses might be pound; artichokes, $1(31.10; garlic, 7 I December 25 constituting too heavy a used as well historically. @ 8 ic ; squash, l j c ; pumpkins, l j c ; toll on parental purses. That this was In Holland, on the Zuydor Zee, St. celery, $4.25 per crate; carrots, $1.25 the case appears to be proved by the Nicholas comes on skates over the fro per sack; beets, $1.50(5:1.75; turnips, custom prevailing in Catholic Germany, zen wastes of wnter. In England thero $1.50; parsnips, $1.75. where St. Nicholas duly appears In are In use for Christmas several Imita Potatoes — Oregon, $1.25(31.60 per each home on December 5, nnd. Inquir tion horses, the hobby horses o f the hundred; Yakima, $1.75@1.85; sweets, ing into the conduct o f the children, Morris dancers, which caper still In 3J(33|c. rewards the worthy with fruits nnd Staffordshire, according to their an © > I t o t Green Fruits— Apples, $1(32.25 per cakes and lectures the unworthy on the cient habit.— Chicago Tribune. box; pears, $1.50(5:2.25; grapes, 6@7c duty o f obedience. He then asks the per pound; casabas, 2Jc; cranberries, Christ Child to bring them nt Christ $14.50(515.50 per barrel. mas, nnd on the morning o f that day Wool— Extra fine, 50(360c pound; they usually find the desired nrticles In coarse, 55(5,60c; valley, 55<360c; mo the shoes which they plnced overnight hair, long staple, 55c. on the hearth. This variation of the Told For tho Littlest Children December 17, 1917. original Nicholas eve custom, for so Cattle— long obsolete In England, probubly nc- Med. to choice steers.. . .$ 9.35(310.00 <*>uuts ¿oç ÿuj posjtesÿçn of Santa ISTE N dear little children, and Good to med. steers........ 8.50(5) 9.40 Claus In his présent rortp. lie Is you shall hear about the very first Com. to good steers........ 7.00(3) 8.15 supposed to have been rin ipiportntlon Christmas day. Choice cows and heifers. 6.75(g) 7.60 from America about 40 years njfo It was In n country across the sen, Com. to good cows and h f 5.50(3) 7.00 (ns a little earlier we had derived the far away from here, that some shep Canners.......................... 3.00@ 5.50 Christmas tree from Germany on the herds were watching their flocks ohe Bulls................................ 4.50(3 6*75 Initiation of the prince consort, hus night. The sheep wero resting on the C a lv e s ............................ 7.00(8) 9.50 band of Queen Victoria.)” grass, the little lambs were fast asleep Stockers and fe e d e r s .... 6.00(g) 7.85 Big Contract beside their mothers, but tho kind shep Hogs— “ Now, daddy, I want a rifle ant herds were not asleep. They were Christmas S p irit Crime light h o g s ............$15.65(315.80 wntohlng that no harm should happen drum for Christina*.” Prime heavy h o g s .......... 15.70(5:16.00 However It may be, when Christmas , “ Üm." to tne sheep. P>K9................................ 13.75(315.00 “ "And And t a nmchlne gun and a swe comes it finds us all to a greater or Perhaps they were looking up at the Bulk .............................. 15.75 you know." less degree ready to cry “ A merry stars nnd tho beautiful moon above Sheep— “ Eh." Christmas to nil" nnd to the best of thero when suddenly thero appeared a Western lambs................ $13.00(313.50 “ And n soldier suit nnd two | our ability keep It with good cheer. ] wonderful light In the sky, brighter Valley lambs................... 12.50(313.00 Deep down In our hearts every one of i thnn tho moon, or stars, as If the sky tol«— '" Yearlings........................ 12.00(312.50 “ Doth, kid, you want as many mi us cherishes what may bo called the ! had opened and they saw the glory Wethers............................ 11.75@12.25 tlona as a foreign power."— Loulsv Christmas sentiment. Even if we go, within. E w e a .............................. 8.00@ 10.00 as so many have done o f past years, t While the shepherds were looking up, Courler-Journul. 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