After Forty
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_ yl CArwfmaj- ~/~tory by
Elizabeth E. S'totn>
[Copyright, I'JOS, by Elizabeth E. Stow.]
SOMEHOW she looked out of place
among the gay throng of Christ
mas travelers that enlivened the
dull waiting room. Whenever
the station master's stentorian voice
rang through the room she started
tensely, only to settle back stiff and
alert, as before.
She was small and slightly bent, llcr
decent black dress, tin i:: !. far from the
latest cut, had a naUlu >s ot its own.
She had probably passed and
ten, yet there was a youthi'ulncss about
her that had detied hard work and
trouble and sorrow. 1 felt sure that
she had experienced .".II thn At last
she glanced shyly in m; din ion.
"It's tiresome waiting, is it not?" 1
ventured.
"Oh, no! It's all so new and strange
to me, and then I've only an hour to
wait." Her voice, like herself, had a
pleasant alertness.
"Perhaps you're unaccustomed to
traveling." I suggested tentatively.
"This morning is the second time
since I was ten years old that I've
been on a train of cars," she answered,
with suggestive accuracy. "I didn't
used to mind staying at home, but the
longing togo somewhere has seemed
to grow on me. Why, one time I even
thought of setting in the milk train that
makes up at our station. It backs up
and switches round for 'bout an hour,
so I could imagine I'd started for no
body knows where. I even got so far
as hoping a cinder'd blow in my eye,
like when I was a little girl and went
to the city with father. It's a mercy
I never told my idee. Folks would
have thought I was getting in my do
tage. I ain't tiring you, be IV" she
asked anxiously. "I don't know when
I've talked so much about myself."
I hastened to reassure her, remark
ing that home cares had doubtless pre
vented her getting away.
"How did you know?" she said, with
a birdlike turn of the head. "Why, I
was only eleven when I began making
bread and pies. 1 was the only child,
you see, and mother began to be lame
then. She kept right on growing worse
and worse till finally her joints all
stiffened up, just like the bones be
tween. She suffered dreadful till the
last fifteen years or so, when the soro
fiess kind of left."
"How long did you say it was since
you rode on the cars?" I asked.
"Just forty years ago this morning.
It was on my eighteenth birthday. I
was born the day before Christmas.
I'm fifty-eight today."
"I wouldn't have thought it."
"That's what .folks all tell me. I
should think I'd look as old its Me
thuselah, though somehow 1 don't feel
it. I remember that day, forty years
ago, just as well, "fwas just such n
morning as this, the snow all a-sparklo
and crisp underfoot. Goodloe said
'twas like fairyland. It was Goodloe
Morton" —a faint flush came on her
faded cheek—"who took me on the
Christmas excursion to Buffalo. We
was going to the falls, lait something
prevented. It was the next spring he
asked me t•> marry him. Dear nie!
i'ou wouldn't think to hear mo running
on that you're the flrst person I've ever
told it to. I wouldn't let Goodloe tell
It neither, 1 was that afraid mother
might hoar. She was growing worse
fast, and it would have worried her
to think 1 couldn't leave home and
marry like other girls. Goodloe felt
quite worked up for a spell, but iiually
lie married Sally Skinner. She's raised
him a big family and been a good wife."
I fancied a si-h escaped her. but aft
er a moment she went on in her cheery
way: "Well, as I was saying, the last
time I rode on the cars was on my
eighteenth birthday. By pushing a
chair in front of her, mother could
walk a little yet, but I got Susan Ann
Buggies to look in on her once in
awhile, for father couldn't he depend
ed on if he got after a new patent idee.
You see, he was always going after
patents. Were they a success? Oh, my,
no! lie spent pretty much all mother
had. Her folks was pretty well off, you
know. The only one of his idees that
was ever any good was a machine for
lifting mother. I don't know what
we'd have ever done without it It
turned wiih » crank, like a windlass,
so I could lift her alone, just as easy,
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"ITS T1 UF.BOMK WAITING. IS IT NOT?"
for all she was such a dead weight
Our doctor said we ought to have it
patented, hut 1 made him promise he'd
never lisp it to father.
"One time the doctor had a young
doctor up from a New York hospital
to see mother, and lie thought the ma
chine was great. 'Why,' he says, turn
ing to me, 'you'll let me get out a pat
ent on it, won't you?' 'Oh. yes,' says I.
'get out all the patents you want to
and welcome.' So lie had a photo
graph took of it. Afterward I felt real
kind of sorry 1 let him d<> it lie was so
young and green looking.
"Well, you can see, what with moth
er helpless and father patenting, there
Wasn't much chance for me to get
uwaj but 1 always had a hankering
to see Niagara falls. It's a 'tght once
seen stays hy, tliey saj Wlieu our
money was more plenty I laid out to
go a number of times, liut something
or other always turned up to prevent.
The first time father was took with a
crick in his back. The next time the
daughter of the woman who was com
ing to take care of mother had her leg
broke in a runaway. Once everything
seemed moving favorably. Clarlssy
Stringharu had come to take care of
mother. 1 had my ticket there and
back, and even my lunch was put up,
for I was to start at 5 in the morning.
That night there come up the worst
thunderstorm you ever see and wash
ed out the track on our branch, so the
trains couldn't run for two days.
"Yes, mother died a little more than
a year ugo, just a year and three
months after father. I was so thank
ful she went before me. You see, she
had been sick so long, and then she
was naturally pretty high spirited (she
said I'd just let folks run right over
me), so she used to speak out pretty
sharp, and sometimes 'twas awful
hard to please her, but I never minded,
for I knew she meant all right. Oh,
you don't know how lost I was after
she was gone. Why, there hasn't been
a night sence I don't wake up 'bout
the hour she used to ask me to pull her
a little to one side or lower the cushion
under her knees or do something to
make her easier. Sometimes 1 find my
self setting right up in bed. thinking
certain she's calling me."
She was unable togo on for a mo
ment, and though I'm called easy in
conversation I could think of no com
forting word.
"And I'm so thankful," she contin
ued, regaining her sell' control, "the
money held out till she was gone. I've
had to let the place go. Last week
after everything was settled tip I had
just $25 left. Through it all every
body's been just as good to me as they
could be. t often wonder why, for
I've never had time to do anything for
them. Well, 1 had plans ail laid togo
| to work for Mrs. Jennings at a dollar
a week when one evening—it was just
a week ago—l was setting alone feeling
pretty blue and thinking '(wasn't likely
now I'd ever see the falls, and in
stepped Dr. Brown. 'Well,' lie says in
his offhand way. 'Miss Fannie, can you
bear good news';'
"'Why, I don't know, doctor,' says
I I. 'l've never had much experience at
it.' You see I was feeling blue yet.
"'Well.' he says, with a twinkle in
his eye, 'I guess you're going to have
a chance now. I've just heard from
the young doctor who wanted to get a
• patent on your mother's lifting appa
ratus.'
i"He gave me a letter which had a
j check in it and which said I'm to have
$lO a week my lifetime, it's half the
| royalty he gets for his patent on moth
er's machine. Well, when 1 realized it
I wasn't a story out of a book I never
! waited to have a dress made nor noth
| ing, for fear something'd happen. And
so here I am on my way to Niagara
! falls. The falls are pretty badly froze
; up, of course, but I ain't going to take
j any chances on not seeing 'em. Be-
I sides'"—
"Train going west!" came in steu
! torlan tones.
A warm hand clasp, and the last J
! saw of my little friend was a cheery,
I expectant face lost in the hurrying
| crowd of Christmas travelers.
CUrStmiiii at I lie Nnrlli I'ulr.
| The candles burn on the Christmas tre«;
l They burn with a ruddy flame,
And the little Eskimo looks with glee
T'pon picture book and gnme.
j He dances In ecstasies of delight,
And he claps his hands for Joy
And then climbs Into the branches bright,
Where Jingles the rosy toy.
Then with an expression of peace supreme
And a twinkle of heartfelt fun
Die candles he plucks In a lotos dream
And gobbles thern one by one.
-R. K. Munklttrick In Itew Ycri. Herald
New Veiir'n In CacNiir*N Time.
At the Roman festivals of the god
Janus, held on the calends of January,
Cifts and good wishes were exchanged,
friends met together, and feasting and
dancing, masking and mumming were
the order of the day. January derives
Its name from the god Janus, who was
represented with two faces looking hi
opposite directions, as the month was
considered both to look back upon the
past year and forward to Hint which
was coining.
In lite ScoKlmli lllkliliiikln.
In the Scottish highlands the new
; year Is ushered In by the tolling of the
i auld kirk bell and the playing of the
{ bagpipes, in a clear, frosty night to
hear this milch maligned instrument
! played by a thoroughbred hlghlander
! uiuoiii; the hills and from a distance
! the notes are stripped of their harsh
j ness and seem to lie wafted across to
you l>> the clear atmosphere In one
harmonious melody. It Is beautiful
1 and liiMplrlns. Philadelphia l.islger.
Krre v ill 1 i, o tile llliertjr to do
whatex I' I: . . hilt He |H\vrr of
Uolrg ' 1 ' r i ie set ought to he
llfit, I- t! fact of others. : ••
over • ![ oils,. There lie*
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CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1905-
r The
Christmas
Carol
TTTK Christinas carol as a feature
of the holiday observances in
ail English ratlier tlian ai|
American custom, ami the "waits'
who siiiK tlieui under the windows oi
English houses or on street corners arc
quite unknown with us. Vet the Yule
tide carol plays some part in tlio
Christinas exercises of almost all our
churches, one in particular, the favor
ite, "Cod It est Von, Merry Gentle
men," belnn used 111 all Episcopal
churches. It is included in the hymnal
hut lest any one may have forgotten i"
we give it here:
Goil rest you, morry gentlemen;
Let nothing you dismay,
For Jesua Christ, our Saviour,
Was born upon this day
To save us nil from Satan's power
When we are gone astray.
Oh, tidings of comfort and joy,
For Jesus Christ, our Saviour, was
born 011 Christmas day.
Curiously enough, carol sinping at
Christmas time came in part from
heathendom. The Anglo-Saxon Gnle,
or Yule, was an ancient pagan festival
which in the wisdom of the early mis
sionaries was retained with a new sig
nificance when Britain was Christian
ized. The season's merrymaking then
had its influence upon the carols,
which developed Into two classes, one
of Joyous expressions of the Saviour's
birth and the other singing of wassail.
Though carols are said to have been
sung in the primitive church, the ear
liest one extant Is of the thirteenth
century. Its manuscript is now in the
J *=» O
TUB ' WAITS," ENGLISH CAROL SINOEKS.
Kritisli museum. It is written in An
tflo-Xorman. and the first stanza, freely
translated, is as follows:
Now, lordings, listen to our ditty.
Strangers coming from afar.
Let poor minstr* l.t move your pity;
Give us welcome, soothe our care;
In this mansion, as they tell us,
Christmas wassail today
And, as the king of nil good fellows#
Reigns with uncontrolled sway.
CHORUS.
Hall, Father Christmas, hail to thee;
Honor'd ever slialt thou be!
All the sweets that love bestows.
Endless pleasures wait on those
Who, like vassals brave and true.
Give to Christmas homage due.
A modernized form of their carol was
used at Oxford up to a recent time.
Another carol which was sung at the
beginning of the sixteenth century and
which shows a true religious feeling is
this:
When Chry.st was born of Mary fre.
In Bedlem, in that fayre cyte,
Angellls Bong ther with myrth and gle.
In ExeeMs Gloria.
IJerdmen beheld thes angelles bright.
To hem apperyd with gret light,
And seyd "Goddys tone Is born this
night"—
In Kxcelsls Gloria.
Theys keng ys comyn to save (man) j
kynde.
As yn Scriptures we fynde,
Therefore this song have we In mynde,
in Kxcelsls Gloria.
Then, Lord, for thy gret graee
Graunt us the blys to so thy face.
Where we may s.vng to thy solas
In Kxcelsls Gloria.
Among the many carols of later date
are many of exquisite beauty—Nullum
Tate's "While Shepherds Watched
Their Flocks by
"Joy to the World, the Lord Is Come,"
Kharles Wesley's "Hark, the Herald
'Angels Sing" and I'hlllips brooks' "Oh.
Little Town of Heililehein." Of an
other UKO are tiiese Christmas verses
of Hubert Ilerrick, the quaint old l-lng
lish poet:
Tell lis, thou clear and heavenly tongue.
Where i< the Hnlie that lutely sprung?
I.ieh he the Illy hunks utimriK "
Or say If Ihls in w Hlrlh > 112 (»u r-
Hlirps. I ild wllhln some .irk of flowers,
S|Ktiigled Willi il'-w light? Thou eun,t
■ leur
All duubts and manifest the where.
IIK IUM to US, lniKht 1 IR. If we .-hall seek
11 tin In the morning '» lilnriilnii ehe< k
Or until ll|i* beds of |li • Ihrough
Tu find him out?
Miltou's "I |\ 11111 oil the N it|vil> "lnu*t
of course, be ranked 11 Mk •1 : llu be-il of
Clili 1 liiilK » 'lu; while I lie "<}|iit-|tt hi
KX'elsls" uf Ihe Kill I; mi Mllde will
lilw.ty* |i» -uui; w Inn t• r tl > KoulUh
In uu unite luiikej lis tt i'v.
VI \ III* 'N H lilt M»I.KY.
PLUM PUDDING.
Plain I) 1 reel 1011 H For MUUIIIK Tills
CliriNt m.-i* Luxury.
Place in a vessel one pound of beef
kidney suet, very dry, free from libers
and chopped very line; one pound of
seeded Malaga raisins; one pound of
currants, cleaned and washed in plenty ■
of water: one pound of bread crumbs, |
sifted through a sieve; a quarter of a [
pound of lemon peel, chopped very
line; one pound of powdered sugar,
four tablespoonfuls of Hour, a quarter j
of an OUNCE of nutmeg and allspice, N I
pint of brandy and six eggs.
Mix the whole well together. Kip
a strong cloth in cold water and wring J
it out to extract all the moisture. ,
Spread it open on a table anil butter it ;
liberally with butter softened to the T
consistency of cream. Dredge over :
witli sifted Hour and shake the cloth !
to remove any excess of tile Hour that I
failed to adhere to TLIE- butter. Lay in J
tlie center of the cloth the prepared j
mixture. Form it in the shape of a 1
ball and raise up the edges of the cloth, |
bringing the four ends together all j
around, so as to inclose the preparation j
well, then tighten and lie firmly.
Have on the fire a high saucepan
three-quarters full of water. When
tills boils plunge in the plum pudding
and let it cook for three hours. THEN
remove it and have it stand for live
minutes before cutting the string. Un
do the cloth carefully and invert the
pudding 011 a hot dish. Sprinkle it
with sugar. Pour over some brandy
or rum and set it 011 fire. Serve imme
diately with hard sauce. St. Louis
Post- 1 Hspatch.
Snuee For I'itiin I'ntldliiis.
hour tablespoonfuls of butter, whites
of two eugs, one cup powdered sugar,
one gill of brandy ind one gill of boil
ing water. Cream the butter, add grad
ually the sugar, and beat until white
anil light. Add the whites, one at a
time, beating all the while. When
ready to serve add the brandy and wa
ter. Stand in a basin of boiling water
over the fire, stir until creamy, and it
Is ready for use.
A sauce without brandy is made as
follows: One tablespoonful of corn
starch. one tablespoonful R.f butter, one
pint of boiling water, one egg. one-LUILF
cup of sugar. I'M cornstarch, egg and
sugar in a bowl and mix them well.
Pour over tlieiu the billing water and
stir over the lire trilil thick. Add any
flavoring.
Ira 11 berry «n«I Apple Sauce.
Take one quart of cranberries, two
cupfuls of sugar, two cupful- of wri
ter Pick over the berrlcn carefully j
and wash in cold wati r. Put them ;
into a porcelain lined saucepan, with !
enough water to cover, and cook until J
tender, I'hen add the sugar and re
move from the stove just as soon A>
the sugar has been dissolved. Servo
hot or cold. Select the berries careful
ly; boil them slowly without stirring.
If treated in this way they will retain
their shape and the sauce will be clear
and transparent.
Apple sauce is for roast goose. Peel
aud core six tart apples. Put them in
to a saucepan and just cover with wa
ter. I toil until tender, then press
through a colander. Add a teaspoon
fill of butter, a dash of nutmeg or cin
namon and sweeten to taste.
i'l-esoitlH For Men.
In silvenv.tre there are toilet articles
such as talcum jars, cold cream jars,
silver mounted brushes, combs, clothes
brushes, whisk brooms, flasks and shav
ing brushes
ltath robes come in the most attrac
tive guise, :> 1111 the man who lias uiiu .■
will surely bless the sister or mother
who giv- ■< him one.
<}org: ous heavy silk mufflers, cm
broiden il suspcmhTs, neckties of white
silk, linen or silk handkerchiefs and
chest protectors are some of the things
men must expect, as they generally put
off buying them until after Christmas.
Other decorations for a man's den an
the hideous but picturesque Japanese
masks, swords and bayonets. Panel
decorations in oriental design will sure
ly please if they are well selected. A
wastebasket would not be amiss, and
one of the new corkscrews, with a horn
top, silver trimmed, would be highly
acceptable.
Kind Old Man.
Ascuni — What did that rich old uncle
of yours give you for Christinas? Some
thing useful, I'll bet.
Ilauskeep Yes; a little device for sav
ing coal bills.
Ascum — Ah! An arrangement to at
tacli to the heater.
Ilauskeep— No; to keep 011 my desk, I
It's a bill lile. Philadelphia Press.
The Only Our In <U|>livlty.
Museum Patron Well, what new :
freak have you for the holidays?
Manager The rarest thing on earth
the man who doesn't buy more Christ- 1
feint* presents than lie can afford.
Tlioit ll«* Took Another,
Comfort Itrown Hon't you think it
Bonscusical all this kissing under tie
mistletoe V
Thomas Tttiib. Sure thing! Hut a
little nonsense miw in id then is rel
ished by the lies! of men and UOIIUMl!
\ HUH yen.
Sparer lilve tin 11 synonym for 1 lit '
lion! < lirlstKiiiH
popper Miiootlilyi Itroke!
\l Uui % ill* Ul**,
All hull tl. niul tuto ft v«ur
Win a • \ fy h* rl 1 Mini
Whri fat tiiii A* 11 * 1 PMM! 1 LIUFI
A li«l • .ft- 1M I* 11 l>< liilcl
fllit 112» IHIh forip-t nit! Inl* .
ll". rl lln |»rt *»f 1... i»*|,
Wltll* t 1.1 wit- 1 * % hri «tmuiitiiifr
l«uv*' r , lh ■ i'ti.'u Hi,
K»»rr4v. F« 1 r | a IV 1 1« •* L«» |OI»|»',
11 * *1 • ail fri> l*hl|» » rifts.
At *■ » > \ ' I' tl«l* Oil II I i"I tc
IV »» "v. IK * I » -I * 'hi HI 111 » FC.fti
N» w Y*»rk JturuiU.
I i A. J. TV■ i
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j®; Has opened a store in liis building 011 West |J|j
Fifth street where he ofTers goods at moderate
wi ■ ■ Ir
prices. If you wish to make a saving on
lijj your grocery expenses yott should give liiina |j|j
trial order.
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A Few of the Many I
Bargains
1
itr Granulated Sugar lb 6c
pjl Red Salmon, can 12c ji®||
Dried Reef, lb 20c
Arbttckle's Coffee, lb 15c ||k
Pork Sausage, lb 10c ®
Pork Loin, lb 12 '-jc j^jj
Crackers, 3 lb 25c s|
All other goods proportionately low. [J|)
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•J;| Goods Delivered Free anywhere in Borough
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Nobody ever saw such a Grocery Store. jj|
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I: | The Food iw at its Hest. CEisr j]
| 'l Special Days are Kvery Hay.
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| OUR SPECIAL SfiLE TIiESDAY. DEC. 26. j
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During the busy days, Thompkins Xorris 1 is the L|
II store that can serve you best. All our new goods are in jM!
I) splendid condition for Holiday trade—our low prices
jfi same to all. Mj
I til) Mince Meat, Perfection Brand per lb 10c fp
1| Raisins, seeded, extra fine new goods, Ilb pkgs . . 11c jjji
Jf Currants, best grade thoroughly cleaned, per lb . . 9c p
-ijj All our new canned vetetables are now in stock.
t New corn our sale price to-day 70c doz =3
pl Sugar cured hams 11 '/jc lb t
p Granulated sugar 25 lbs. . . . , $1.40 ||
0 Malaga Grapes, large, heavy, sound clusters a lb. . . 18c 111
Jil Butter, the best Creamery in the market per lb. . . 28c |j
H Oranges, California and Florida. Pj
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It pays you to call on us;
anything we offer saves you
money, both in Dry Goods,
Notions and Hardware. Ji
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f| Mail and Phoiu orders receive our careful attention. |1
Tompkins 6c Norris'. lj
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