Mountain Library.
~ Village Blacksmith Shop,
small horizontal boiler turns the
~ paddlewheels of
“steamboat.
| Everviling Yon Need From A
Puggy Bank To A Steam Engine
A spring catalogue of games and
home amusements issued by See-
chow and Righter, New York, in
1889, is on display at the Back
It came out
from a box of out-dated magazines
stored overhead in a loft.
A child of these modern times
would wonder about some of ‘the
mechanical gadgets. No electricity
in ‘those days, so a small steam
engine furnishes the power for the
and a
the miniature
But there is the good old “Pin
the Tail on the Donkey” game, a
hardy perennial. Quoits and ring-
toss games are shown, and of course
croquet.
Boys are encouraged to use a
. sling-shot on the grounds that it
kills game without injuring the pelt,
very useful if you want the taxi-
dermist to stuff the squirrel. Needs
no powder nor caps. Neatly finished,
durable, and crowning touch silent.
There is a battledore and shuttle-
cock set, and plush-wound hoops
i with plush handled sticks.
Remember that old pug dog with
a pink plush tongue lolling out of
the corner of his mouth? Illustra-
ted is a puggy bank.
If it’s a hammock you need, there
are hammocks in all sizes from
baby and Junior Miss up to Grand-
pa. The text does not recommend
any method of keeping the baby in
the hammock, just explains that no
baby should be without one.
There’s a Sun Kite, guaranteed
to float on the slightest zephyr,
complete with tail. It costs ten
cents, and a spool of white cotton
number 8, will fly it. Along with
it is a reel, but at a slight addi-
tional cost.
Right this way for an abacus.
Invaluable in teaching children to
count and master multiplication.
Improved game of Fishpond con-
tains six poles and lines, with hooks,
and forty blocks of fish.
Make yourself popular with that
maiden aunt by demonstrating the
extension mouse. The extension
mouse, lifelike and lifesize, is fas-
tened to the end of a wooden
frame. Squeeze the scissorlike
handles, and the mouse leaps at
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ee We bring to you the
hs warmest of wishes for
- Christmas
“. .«. a greeting full of
food cheer for the
entire New Year.
HISLOP'S
ECONOMY MARKET
“Where Quality Prevails”
Main Street
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Dallas
| How Christmas
Cards Started
The whimsical curiosity of
American children, it seems to me,
has never been any keener than it
is today. At least, I got that im-
pression a few days ago, when my
ten-year old son abruptly asked:
“Where do Christmas cards come
from?”
It stumped me, but good. And
my wife, I'm afraid, wasn’t much
better informed. To the same ques-
tion, she had answered:
“Oh, from friends and relatives
usually. People you don’t see much
anymore.”
So I, realizing that it’s easier to
answer these questions as they
come up, did a little Christmas
card research and found:
1) Contrary to a fairly general
supposition, the history of Christ-
mas cards is not centuries-old. The
first known Christmas card having
been published in 1842 in London
by William Maw Egley, Jr., a 16-
year old engraver’s apprentice.
2) The first American Christmas
card was published in 1875 by a
Boston lithographer, Louis Prang.
3) Early Christmas card de-
signers met wide-spread public
ridicule. Like Fulton and his steam-
boat, they were warned that the
custom of sending Christmas cards
“could never win popular support.”
Then the urge to. splurge took
hold of me. I began to wonder:
What did the first Christmas
‘card look like? How does it com-
pare with the 1951 Christmas
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the victim.
The electric chestnut bell is an-
other sure-fire gag. Hang it on your
vest pocket and invite your friends
to give it a push. Does it ring?
Don't be silly. It gives you a
shock. When your own friends all
wear out and avoid you when they
see you coming, you can lend it to
somebody else and the joke will
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Merry
Christmas
DALLAS SHOE REPAIR:
§ Main St. Dallas
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A Christmas Visit . . .
More than the fine gifts that delight our
hearts on the coming of the Yule, we all
look forward to the visits of neighbors
and relations, and of friends who come
from near and far.
glad tidings, we would like to add our
own wishes that you enjoy a Merry
Christmas and a full, rich life in the
New Year to come. : .
Whitesell
Brothers
GEN'L CONTRACTORS - FERNBROOK
In the exchange of
_ THE POST, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1951 _
May the joyous
Christmas season fill
your home with a spirit
of hearty good cheer that
promises to endure throughout
the year.
Anthra-Flo Automatic Heat
Coal-0-Matic Company
TRUCKSVILLE, PENNA.
The
Our greetings go out to you for the merriest Christmas
ever. May yours be a holiday overflowing with happiness
and good cheer. With our Yuletide greetings and
best wishes for a happy New Year go our heart-felt thanks
. for your kind patronage of the past — for your
“+ continued patronage in the future.
R .
COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE CO.