St Nicholas [serial] . bottom of thewhole, a large box of candles and a box of Phila-delphia bonbons! t Elizabeth Eliza and Solomon John could scarcelykeep from screaming. The little boys and thesmall cousins knocked on the folding-doors to askwhat was the matter. Hastily Mr. Peterkin and the rest took out thethings and hung them on the tree, and put on thecandles. When all was done, it looked so well that exclaimed: Let us light the candles now, and send to inviteall the neighbors to-night, and have the tree onChristmas Eve ! And so it was that the Peterkins had theirChristmas-tre
St Nicholas [serial] . bottom of thewhole, a large box of candles and a box of Phila-delphia bonbons! t Elizabeth Eliza and Solomon John could scarcelykeep from screaming. The little boys and thesmall cousins knocked on the folding-doors to askwhat was the matter. Hastily Mr. Peterkin and the rest took out thethings and hung them on the tree, and put on thecandles. When all was done, it looked so well that exclaimed: Let us light the candles now, and send to inviteall the neighbors to-night, and have the tree onChristmas Eve ! And so it was that the Peterkins had theirChristmas-tree the day before, and on Christmasnight could go and visit their neighbors. )• A RIDDLE. Johnny looked down in the spring, one night,And what did he see but a dipper ! The handle crooked, the bottom floating as trim as a clipper. It wasnt broken; twas good as new;Yes, fit for a monarchs daughter. Ho ! you re a funny old dipper ! said • You cant hold a drop of water. John ; 142 JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT. [December,. cil JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT A BUSY December to you, my youngsters! Abusy December, full of plans for making other peo-ple happy; and then a merry Christmas ! Theholiday St. Nicholas, I m told, will reach youthis year before Christmas Day. If thats the case,why Christmas, too, will come in ahead of time,thats all. The fact is, Christmas is nt a golden flash in thechildrens sky. No, its a sort of goldy way, bright,beautiful, and holy, that shimmers into view earlyin December, grows brightest on The Day, andthen fades slowly into the New Year. Christmasshines in some hearts as soon as they know it iscoming. Lets see. We must start off with a holiday sub-ject this time. Ha ! I have it ! A BIG PLUM PUDDING. Now and then, the Little Schoolmaam readsthings to the children that make your Jack almostjump out of his pulpit. Now what do you thinkof this account which the little lady lately read outof an old book to a hungry group of youngsterswho had crowded about her because t
Size: 1473px × 1696px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthordodgemar, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, bookyear1873
