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IlERONENEVYEAR : RESOLUTiOfi. J ID 1 make any. New Year res-. olutlons?"' repeated the bacn elor elrV "Yes, one. Want to know? Ob, well, I. 'don't .mind telling you. I've made up my mind to epend pext Christmas dlffer- ently. v .' : : "I intend to make an altogether Oil' -' ferftnt disposition of my presentfl here. after. The places that knew them ' shall know them no more, and the wilderness, where no presents have ever been, Is going to blossom with mine. . . ''; ' V ' ' V " ,TYcm see, U is this way: When I sat ,' down to think it all ver-the worry and fuss and the money I spent-I came to the conclusion that, outside of the nearest and dearest, I gave only three or four gifts that were really wortS whlfe-tbot Is, that gave me any actual happiness to give and brought real joy to others. , ; - ' . . "These three or four were the things I gay to well, It doesn't matter "OH, WELL, ft MIND TELLING YOU. ........ a uey .were peopio wuo uu- i, I 'JoX'i whom, but they.w aeiitbera. who, didn't expect tlicm and wno couiani mane uuy ic turn except a broken gratitude that hurt you to listen to. ''' 7 "Why, no, certainly I'm not crying," and the bachelor girl smiled dashingly through moist eyes. "But I don't mind telling you it was the happiest part of my Christmas. And hereafter those are the sort of people I'm going to give to. "I think I shall write a Jolly little note to each of the relatives and friends with whom I usually exchange pres ents. I shall send these notes long enough before Christmas to forestall anybody's buying presents for me. "In the notes I shall convey my best love and my Christmas wishes. I shall also explain why I Intend to send -no present this year-that I purpose mak ing all my gifts to those whose only 1 ta nanA 1 shfllt uuu tuat-l am cermri-M?r-it -nir . this original method of disposing otU :rv" k"is- Ana l snai furthef that if they want to mnyY py nud to enjoy th"'"Cst k,nd of Christmas tberr-8 they w,It Plcnse take tliQjj-ofley they had intended to Fptind ou me and do likewise with it In this way every dollar we give will ; bo well spent and make somebody really glnd. ' ' . "So that'B my New Year resolve. Dn. sclflsh? That's all you know." The bachelor girl laughed. "It's horribly - solflsh. Didn't I tell you I was going .yuo it merely because It made me ' : "-Philadelphia Bulletin. THE POWER OF ONE EGONOG. prvhK about thft trials of a wo . J rnnn whose luiskuid is late II for dinner or doesn't come '';:. ..f : when he Is expected," says the woman who has bad experiences; "it Is annoying enough at any time, but It is nothing in a civilized country to whnt it Is when you are off In the wilds somewhere and dinner and din ner getting are two of the most impor tant things In life. . - "When Mr. Blank took me and the baby some years ago to try life on a Texas sheep ranch 'we found there were a good many things in the world that we had no conception of before, and life took on a different" nspccfc It was a happy life, but If was not an easy one. I had to do all kinds of housework, the hardest kind of house work, and cooking in a house situated in a Texas chnpnrrnl is not cooking as It. is done even In a New York flat We lived chiefly on gnme which Mr. Blank shot as we needed It. Our veg etables were, all canned -peas, corn and a certain number of things we kept always on hand. c "I 'suppose I made myself a great deal more work than wns necessary and did (wire, ns much cooking, but I was used to everything in eastern style, and It did not occur to me that I could have things' In any other way. We always had dessert every day for dinner.- I made cake, and practically we lived In the wllda of Texas exactly as we could here; i'Vell. the day when Mr. Blank did not conic home to dinner was New Year's. There was not so much differ ence between the daysthey were all working' days 7 but I had prepared a special dinner. Mr. Blank was going off, to Hie dipping vnts. but Ife wus to be bark at 2 o'clock for dinner, and I prepared a good one.. It wns rabbit, I think, that day. Our nearest neighbors were n family of Alsatians whom we knew very well and who had been very kind to lis. That morning before breiikfaMt Mr. Blank had ridden over there. on Imxiiiesx of some kind. They hud made oggiiotf.to celebrate the day, and of course he must accept their hospitality and lake a glass. "Now, a good strong eggnog Is not exactly a before breakfast drink for a man who Is not accustomed to taking It nt that hour In the'morulng, and the eggnog was a, strong one. It was New Year's day. and eggnog Ingredients can tie found In Texas when potatoes can not. When Mr Blank came home he KfcAli lifcSULUfc. S IT RRYING EN MASSE. t New Year's Cuitom of Plou . 1-1- n.:n ,:uie curious and distinctive inar ago customs prevail among the Plou gastels, a strange race of people (thought by some to be of Asiatic orl . gin) Inhabiting Tlougastel Daoulas, In Brittany, who are great strawberry growers. They are also noted for' In termarrying exclusively with each oth er. The alliances, which are engineered by an intermediary known as the bas ralaine, all take place on one day, usually tuo first Tuesday of the new . year. The basralalnes start their cam paign in September as soon as the bar vest is gathered -iti, demanding pn be b&li of the intending bridegroom the t hand of bis bride elect ; The courtship is then authorized and proceeds with ardor during the dark months which follow. Last year twenty-three couples were married la the parish church on Jan. 8. After tbeceremony come dancing ' , and feasting. The great dinner which Is served at the numerous inns begins at 2 o'clock and lasts well on to mid night The favorite dish is tripe, and au" inordinate quantity of alcohol la consumed one would like to know M'lta what results. .The whole place is en fete, and there are never fewer than 2,000 guests. - After the orgy the united couples re pelr to their separate homes. They do not take up their Jolut life until the following evening (after tuo service for tho dendund a second feast), when they are escorted to tlte bridal cham ber by a large contingent of grooms men and bridesmaids, to whom soup nd cakes are presented by the newly "warried. Sphere. njma" -qua E liUltlll . rm. MV TjV.'1 I -1J 1 1 tat DB MANAGED TO CRAWL TP. could not eat bis breakfast and only took a few swallows of coffee and mounted his "horse and rode away. "I went to work and cooked dinner In my best style. I had a little oil 6tove, for it waa always warm where we were, except when a norther came up. Everything was done to perfec tion and ready to put on the table at 2 o'clock, but Mr. Blank did not come. I looked out, but be was nowhere la eight Two o'clock passed, 2:30,' 3 o'clock, and still he did npt come. "Any one would have supposed that I would have, been frightened and think something had happened to him, for he is one o the most considerate of men and this was a most unusual occurrence. But I was not frightened. If anything bad happened probably the men would have brought me word. I bad a good dinner prepared, and be did not come, and ou New. Year's day. I grew more and more angry as the time passed, until by night I was hard ly in a condition to speak. By and by he rode up. Ue seemed to feel my mood. Anyway, his first words were: " 'I suppose you are provoked.' "'Yes,' I said. 'I am. "lie was angry then, and he went off to stake out bis horse without an other word. , It didn't last long, how ever, and we came to an understand ing. . ' "It seems that that eggnog. taken the. first thing in the morulng, had been too much for him. He had hard ly left the bouse before he was over come with an irresistible desire to eleep, lie says be never knew how he reached the dipping Tats, for be slept most of the way on his horse's back. When he got there he found working was simply an impossibility. The men had a little shanty, and he managed to crawl up there, throw himself on the floor, and there he slept all day long without stirring until night, when he had slept oft the effects of the egs-ne-g. - '''. " "I do not look upon egguog now as such an Innocuous drink ns I tiki at one time, and 1 know there was never a wife who lived through such a long day as I did waking for Mr. Blank to come borne that New Year's day In TjyEas."-New York Times, MY life has been the queerest one " that ever man has seen. I do not think in all this world its like has ever been. - No natter what I try to do, in spite of all mv wit. The thing that truly happens is its very opposite. 4 "1 MAKE THE WITTIEST REMAKES." sit down to write a verse that's brimminsr o'er with elee tarns out to be serious, though whv I cannot see, " if. upon the other hand, my . .'musines would be sad My readers read it and they smile 1. r as if it made tnem giaa. 1 4HENE'EB I meet a woman who -''"' is brieht enoueh for king's And try to talk I cannot think of aught but stupid things, ' - -But when I have a vis-a-vis at din ; ner dull and slow ' 1 ; - ; I make the wittiest remarks, though she would never know. When I was but a baby I had not a . " baby face.. '.' I Jooked the most all knowing kid i" of an all knowing race, But as I neared maturity a change came over that, : . t ; And now I -look as innocent as any ; - pussycat. -.""..' J .. ND people, when they see me anywhere, are not impressed With the idea that I've a; mind that's different from the rest . Of ordinary mind they meet, wher cverrTiiay be. ..' i is not the thing-, wat'i most distressing un me. j The thing I hate tht most in all my ' weary span of life f v " Has happened to me since I wed my tender little wife. w J, She's tender, and she's pretty; but, by jingo, in my house , Meies4hlwhole establishment whilst I'm nixcumarouse. , tn the' Olue-v Cays. ; wiv;; j 1,a Vnf rpf HvaiI woii heater ! Atf Wi"'' " fcf fan; for the time tban Alexander's. Luelan tells the story. ;ApolloMus, a master of the magic arts, hadfrnany disciples, among whom was a practic ing physician who lived in Abonoti chus, a small town on the shore of the Rlflpk sea. There Alexander was born of humble parentage and imbibed from the old doctor all that he baa learnea from Apollonius of medicine and mag ic, lie was a lad of striking appear ance, tall, handsome, with a fine bead of hair, lustrous brown eyes and ! a voice sweet and limpid. ."God grant," wrote' Lucian, who knew, him, "that I may never meet, with "such another. Ills coming was wonderful his dex terity matchless. His eagerness for knowledge, , his capacity for learning and power of memory were' equally extraordinary." ; Such was the ; well . favored young peasant who sallied. forth from his na tive town in search of fame and for tune. Soon he fell in with one Co connas, a shrewd tipster for the races and somewhat of a Juggler. The two rogues Joined forces and meandered nhnut tellintr fortunes. Arriving , at Pella, they found 'a great number .of huee. harmless snakes Which uvea in the houses, played and slept with the children and destroyed poisonous rats. Alexander promptly purchased one" of the largest, a veritable monster, so tame that it would coil about his body md remain in any desired position Then he mnda a human face for it out of linen, painted it Ingeniously and shaped it so that: the moutn wouiu open and shut by an arrangement of horsehair,, lotting . tho forked tongue shoot dn and out at the will of the moetor TTnvtner no further Use' for nvf.nnns. he either admlnisited poi son to him or let him dle'fiom some Infection and returned with bis snase n Ma nnfWo fmn. There he declared himself a prophet'and announced that the god Aesculapius was aooui xo ap pear; The people were credulous, ex- rttnHle'and easrer for a new. divinity ; ''When the great day arrived Alexan der pretended to discover in a puaaie of water a goose egg which he had nlaeed there after removing the con tents, substituting a small embryo snake Just born and carefully sealing the shell with wax. When the multitude had gathered he broke the shell and nroduced the tiny creature, wnicn on a tartr mnmonta crew ta ha the monster irom Jreim oy we BLuiyua jjivtcoo vi substltntlon. Thereafter the big snase. believed to be Aesculapius, led a busy, life. lie gave seances, toia rorranes in writing and even Bpoke freely, with the aid of the prophet's ventriioquiai -nowers. Alexander erew rich and pow erful, kept a small army of retainers and spies wielded no little , influence- over the government even at Home ana died at a ripe old age In" the fullness of his renown. What became of the snake nobodyjsntfws. ' Trobably at the last th '"prophet dlspatclied the faithful "creAture to prevent the discovery of his deception after his death. George Har vey in jNortn American ltevlew. i - - orriCERS I . : 'SfifeCT a .T.J. EIHK, President. IT. J. liiitii. xv. o. l. ... I .. V D. fl. PRESTON, Vice President, I H. FBESiOIT, F. 1 K - ' F. S. Le GROW, Cashier, EDW. E. EOOJSTZ. ' 'V, I f . J EDW. E. 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Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. A. O. Hammond. Pastor. H . Sunday services: Sunday sobool at 10 a. m. ; preaching service 1J,- Ep worth League devotional service 6:30, pieuohiog servioe 7:30. r . , Ladies Aid Society every Wednes day afternoon at 1 p. m.. Prayer meeting , every Thursday evening at 7:30 p. m. Professional S. F. Sharp PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special attention given to all calls, both night and day. Calln promptly answered. Office on Third Ptreet, Atliena Oregor V. R. BILYLU, Dentist Athena, Oregon Office in Post Building. Hour s, 8:30 .'-a. m. to 5:00 p. m. 8HS 11CLE3 TUB WHOLI ESTAELiaUMEST." There's but one remedy for me, and now that it is here, This very first of all the days of all " the glad new year, I'm going to try it; I'll swear off " essaying for to do The things I think I ought to and try, what I oughtn't to. Harper's Bazar. An Echo of Tennyson, "lUngr out, wild Iwils!" a poet Bans. "Ring oft!" wns hissed lnt his twih. 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