The farmer's boy . - om- had to >howall his things to each of llie rest, and see all the othershad, and spring the baby> Jac k in-lhe-bo.\ about half adozen times till ihev ml used to the fright of it. i6o The Farmers Boy Thcv had better things to eat that day than usual, andmore of them, and with the food and the sweetmeats andextras some of the children were nearly sick and whollyquarrelsome before the day was A puzzle In the e\ening there was, pcrha])s, a Cliristmas tree atthe schoolhouse. There had been a turmoil of ])repara-tion in the neighborliood for several f
The farmer's boy . - om- had to >howall his things to each of llie rest, and see all the othershad, and spring the baby> Jac k in-lhe-bo.\ about half adozen times till ihev ml used to the fright of it. i6o The Farmers Boy Thcv had better things to eat that day than usual, andmore of them, and with the food and the sweetmeats andextras some of the children were nearly sick and whollyquarrelsome before the day was A puzzle In the e\ening there was, pcrha])s, a Cliristmas tree atthe schoolhouse. There had been a turmoil of ])repara-tion in the neighborliood for several fhn-s ])re\ious; forthe children had to Ix sul learning ])i(.(.cs, and practising,and fixing u]) costumes; and cake and lookies and all thegood things to eat had lo \)v made read}, and some onehad to collect the dimes and niikels and (|uarters lo get(and\- and oranges and Christmas tree trimmings with. C(>iintr\ Chililixn in General i6l Then some two or three had to make a journey to the woodsand chop a good branchy hemlock or s])ruce of the rit^htsize, and set it up in the corner of the schoolhouse. Pi-nally, the green curtains had to be hung to separate theaudience from the stage, where the small people woulddo their acting and s])eak their ])ieces. The whole \illage turned out in tlie evening. They cameon foot and the\ came in teams. Usually, each groupcarried a lantern to light its way, and the lanterns werelef
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