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will be upon us with all - its festivities
and merriment, as well as with its more
serious and most earnest duties. To
the yang, it always brings mirth and
jollity in its merry train. It is the
grand gala season of the rear—a time of
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of unrestrained enjoyment, when the
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ted by "Young America" to stand aside,
and give place to the romp, the sport
and the dance. Jest about this time
i
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p ire. their biggest stockings, for the ex
pected visit of their ancient friend, San
ta Claus, who always manages to creep
through the most diminutive keyholes,
and steal down the smallest chimneys,
expressly for the purpose of_filling their
baskets with all kinds of treasures.
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made happy by his annual visit—what a
sleepless night this will bele thousands
of little ones, anxious for the "good
morrow" coming—how many 'innocent
hearts will beat high with delight, as the
happy dawn arrives, which unveils the
promised gifts of the munificent St.
Nicholas
For the second or third time we re
publish in, "The Mariettian," Professor
Moose's charniing poem : "The Night
before Christmas," and tf it be true that
" a good thing bears re-telling "—then
indeed, will these beautiful lines bear
repeating every Christtnas morn.
We also again find room for the parody
on Prof. Migire's piediced - titled " The
Night after Chrietmas." They have
both become inseparably associated
with Christman times, and which are al
ways read with pleasure by old and
young. We also add this time a very
neat cut from Johnson's Type Foundry,
of St. Nicholas just entering a chimney.
Night BEFORE Obristmas.
BY CLEMENT MOORE.
'Twas the night before Christmas, when
all thrOngh the house
Not a creritare was stirring, not even a
mouse,
The atonkinga were hung by the °him•
ney, with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would
be there
The children were nestled all snug in
their beds,
While visions of sugar-plume *iced in
theirheada
And Manima in her 'kerchief, and I in
my cap,
Had just settled down for a long winter's
nap,;
When oat on the lawn there arose such
t wilatter,
I arose from my bed to see what was
the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and.threw up the
sash.
The moon on the breast of the new fat
' len snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects
Whenr what , to my • wondering - eyes
should appeir,
4ultrytOtitt Vousgibatha gountal for tt fame ark.
MARIETTA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1864.
But a miniature sleigh; and eight tiny
reindeer,
With . a little old driver, eo lively and
quick,
I knew in a moment it must be old Nick,
More rapid than eagles his coursers
they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and call
ed them by name,
"Now Dasher ! now, Dancer ! • now,
Prancer and Vixen !
On, Comet! on, Cupid ! on, Donder and
Blitzen !
To the to,p of the porch ! to the top of
the wall !
Now dash away 1 dash away 1 dash
away • all I"
As dry leaves that before the hurrimine
fly,
When they meet with an obstacle mount
to the sky;
So up to the house-top the coursers they
flew,
With a sleigh fall of toys and St. Nich
olas too.
And then in a twinkling, I heard on the
roof,
The prancing and pawing of each little
hoof—
As I drew in my head, and was turning
around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came
with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur from his bead
to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with
ashes and soot;
A brindle of toys he had flung on hie
back,
And he looked like a pedler just open
ing his pack.
His eyes how they tainkled, his dimples
how merry !
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like
& cherry ;
His droll little month was drawn op
like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white
as the snow ;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his
teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his bead
like a wreath.
He had a broad face and a little round
bdlly,
That shook, when he laughed, like a
bowlful of jelly.
He was chubby and plumb, a right jolly
Old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite
of myself;
A wink of his eye, and a twist of his
head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to
dread.
He spoke not a word, but went straight
to his work,
And filled all the stockings, then turned
with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he
rose,
And sprang to his sleigh, to his team
gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down
•of a thistle,
Bat I heard him exclaim, ere he drove
out of sight,
"Merry Christmas to all and to all a
Goodnight !"
CHRISTMAS EVE :---Was not that a
happy winter-night long ago, dearread
er, when you closed your eyes with the
glad anticipation that to-morrow's arms
would be laden with stockingefull of
toys, and cookies, nuts, raisins,.candies,
and whatt-not ? Yon fell asleep—didn't.
you ?—uncertain whether 'Santa Clans
did wear a furry coat and trowsers, or
smoke a pipe, or drive his team down
the chimney; itfwas not clear- how he
could get dosin the smoky doe.. Then
you were licit -a littLQ Toy, antryim need
not be ashamed confess`" hat when
the morning.brought a bumming top and
a whistle, -you Telt richPl . '4elight than a
fat army . 'contract can yield to you now.
Ye men, of igravity, pompousness, and
years—ye Ateachers and preachers, ye
governafs.:!ilidi judges rT speak we' not
the truth'? .Certainly 70. do; though it
does seem so[newhat odd and prepOstni ,
oils that inlportant persbnagai such
yon are were once oha time bat _little
shavers who were tinkled with toys;
BY SIR WALTER SCOTT
Reap on more wood ! the wind is chill IS
Bat let it whistle as it will, •
We'll keep our Christmas merry still.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest tiinelor festal cheer :
And well oar Christian sires of old
LOQed when the year its nonzWeliad,roll
ad,
again,
With all his hospitable train.
Domestic and Religions rite
,otsve hopor to he night;
On Christriass Eve the bells were rung ;
On Christmas Eve the mass was'sting ;
That only night, in all the year,
Saw the stoled priest- the chalice rear.
The damsel donned her kittle sheen,
The hall was dressed with holly green ;
Forth to the wood did merry men go,
To gather in the retitle too.
Then opened wide the baron's hall
To vassel, tenant; serf, and all:
Power laid his rod of rule aside,
And Ceremony doffed his pride.
EZII
IMIN3
And brought blithe Christmas back
The heir, with roses in hie shoes,
That night might village partner choose ;
The lord, underogating, share
- -
The vulgar game of "pot and pair."
All hailed with uncontrolled delight,
And general voice, the happy night,
That to the cottage, ae, the crown,
Brought tidings of salvation down.
The huge halttable's oaken face,
Scrubbed till it shone the day to grace,
Bore then upon its massive board
No mark to part the squire and lord.
Then w•is brought in the lusty brasvn,
By old blue-coated serving man
Then the grim boar's head frowned on
high,
Crested with bays and! rosemary.
Well can the green-garbed ranger tell,
How, when, and where, the monster fell ;
What dogs before his death he tore,
And all the baiting ofthe boar.
The wassel round in good brown bowls,
Garnished with ribbons, blithely trowls ;
There the huge sirloin reeked ; hard by
Flom Porridge stood and Christmas pie ;
Nor failed old Scotland to produce,
At such high-tide, her savoury goose.
Then came the merry maßquers in,
And carols roared with blithesome din:
If unmelodious was the song,
It was a hearty note and strong
White shirts supplied the masquerade,
And smutted cheeks the visor's made ;
But, 0:! what maSqueri richly dight,
Can boast of bosoms halt's° light,
England was merry England, when -
Old Christmas brought his sports again,
Twas Christmas broached'the mightiest
ale ;
"Twas Christmas told the merriest tale ;
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer
The poor man's heart through half the
year.
glAh S ants
Awake, dearmamma! and do come and
see
What Santa Claus left in my stocking
for we':
I've a doll, and a a6fa, and many fine
things ;
What beantilarpresents old Santa Clang
brings ,
There's a whip and a bone for dear
Johnny, and more
It moves like a Jive ons, all: over the
floor ;
The eyes of my dolly, they shut and
-, they open,
Mach better, you see, than the old one
that's broken.
Do, dearest mamma l do wake up and
see !
How strange that on Christmas you
sleepy can be I
And sissy pulled out of her own little
stocking , :
A tiny. bit chair, all cushionimiland rock-
Last night when old nursy had put us to
bed,
And bid us "good-night" when our prep
era were all said,
I
• • •
0 thought would listen, for I
,wanted
to hear
111 Santa Clans come with' his , tiny
; reindeer.
tried veryhardpreyes open to keep,
t the funny old man to steal a sly
peep ;
So .I leoliod,l4the chimney as hard as I
could,
o watch till the fire had burned up the
w,ood ;,
ker: I wondered, mamma, how it ever
could be,
..
FrOm'the soot end the 'fire he'd keep
the thingii free.,
So I lOoked "arid I lo'oked, se hnilftia I
could''
Forninny had told ue if we woald be
good, •• • •
He'd come .down 'the chimney, ae sure
as Jae
And fill up' each stocking; fez' he knows
-'—well the name • ; . • -
Of every good child, and the house where
' he lives
And tnOlftet 141pves preVjoresenta.
he gives,
Bo I tried very hard to keep open one
eye,
But it kept shutting up as fast as I'd try ;
And the first that I knew was Johnny's
loud call,
"Merry. Christmas I dear sisters, dear
nursey and all."
Then I ran to my stocking as fast as
could be,
And found it filled up with nice things,
as you see.
.
lam very sorry ! indeed ' I am so '!
For I wanted to see them all dash
through the snow,
Little Dasher and Prancer, and Dancer
and Vixen,
Little Comet and Cupid, and Donde?
and Blixen.
0 ! nursey has told me such wonderful
things,
Of the sleigh, and the deer, and the pres
ents he brings ;
Of Santa Claus, too, and his funny'fur
clothes ;
His red cherry cheeks, and his pipe, and
red nose— '
Where he places his finger with a`blink
'of his eyes, '
And away up the chimney in a moment
he flies.
0, dear I don't you think, when I'm old
er next year,
I can keep wide awe to see the rein
deer ?
04 2 N
_ ista AFTER. etristmaz
•
'Twas the night after Christmas, when
all thro' the house
Every sad was abed, and still as a
mouse, •
Those. Stockings, so late St. Nicholas's
Care,
Were emptied of all that was eatable
there. •
The Darlings.had.duly been tucked in
their b,eds-- •
With very full :stomachs, and pain in
their heads.
I was dozing away in My new cotton
cep,
And Nancy wee rather fer gene in a nap,
When out in the Nnre'rY areas such a
clatter.
relprang from my sleeP, crying, "What
is the matter ?"
I flew to each bedside, still half in a doze,
Tore open the culteins and threw off the
clothes ;
While the light of the taripiseryed chief
ly to show
'rhe piteous plight of these objects be
low,
Foi what to the food father's eye'should
appear;
But the little pale face' j
of each sick it=
tle dear
For each pet 'that had crammed itself
full as
I knew in a monient now felt like old
' ,
Their pulses were rapid, their breathings
the tame,
What their stomachs rejectbd•l'll. men
tion by name —4•/,.
Now turkey, now Stuffing, phial pudding
or course,'
And custards; and ortkllers, and cranber
ry sauce,
Before outraged.nature, all ,wentf to the
• wall, ' - .
Yes—lollypops, flapdocidle4inner and
all, '
Like pellets ; which -.nicking from' pop
' guns let By, • ; •
Went• figs, nuts and raisins, jam, jelly,
and pie,
'Till each error of dieting's brought .to
my view,
To the shame of Mamma, and of Santa
Claris too.
I turned from the sight, to my bed-room
stepped back,
And - brought oat a phial marked "Pali.
!pimp"
When my Nancy : exclaimed (for their
suffering shocked , her)
"Don't. yon think yon had better, Ipve,
_ run for the Dootor
I ran—and was scarcely back , under nor
When I heard the sharp clatter of old,
.Talap's hoof,
I migli,t say ,that.l . rhardly, had tarried ,
myself 'round ..
%Viten thc t rtoct or came into, tht.room
with a baund, , ,,
He was covered,witkumd (rpm his head
to hie T , ;
And Ake. salt he had ,
,hisVW
w 9 4 14 P it t , :.; d •• , • ,
He 14ii,hardly,Itad timein i pat ;that 01)
his back .
P., sr t
And he looke d like ffalotafr. , half AUL
i dled with sack, .
His eyes h4l4keytwialgEldl, , ll4,ol the ;
Doctoikiii-merry
VOL. XL-NO. 21.
Hie cheeks looked like port and his
breath emelt of sherry,
He hadn't Been shaved for a fortnight
or eo,
And the beard on his chin wasn't white
as the snow.
But, inspecting their tongues in despite
of their teeth,
And drawing his watch from his waist
coat beneath,
He felt of each pulse, saying, "Each lit
tle belly
Must get rid"—here he laughed—"of
the rest of that jelly."
I gazed 'on each chubby, plump, sick,
little elf,
And groaned when he said so, in spite
of myself;
But a wink of his eye when he physicked
our Fred,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to
dread.
Ho didn't prescribe, but went straight
way to work.
And dosed all the rest—gave his trow
ners a jerk,
Arid adding directions while blowing
, his nose—
He buttoned his coat—from his chair
he arose,
Then jumped in his gig, gave old Jalap
a whistle,
And Jalap dashed off as if pricked by a
thistle,
But the Doctor exclaimed ere he drove
out of sight,
"They'll be well by to-morrow—good
night I Jones, good night !"
ANYTHING FOR AN EXCUSE.-A few days
ago, a young and pretty girl stepped into
a store where a spruce young man, who
had long bar enamored of her, but dar
ed not speak, stood behind the counter
selling dry goods. In order to remain
as long as posiible, she cheapened every
thing, at last'ahe said, "I believe you
think I am cheating you," "Oh no,"
said the yoringster, "to me you are al
ways 'fair." "Well," whispered the
lady,' blushing, as she laid an emphasis
on the word, "I would not stay here so
long bargaining if you were not so
dear."
sa- How true that Brevity is the soul
of 'Wit. The commandant of Libby
Prison issued a stringent order that
Union prisoners must limit their letters
to six lines. The following is a speci-
men :
"My Dear Wife:—Yours received—
no hope of exchange—send coru.starch
—watitoclts—no money—rheuma-
Cam in the left shoulder--pickles very
good—send saneages—God bless you—
kisath.e'baby—'Hail Columbia 1.
"Your devoted husband."
lair "Peter, what are you doing to
t boy i t" asked a schoolmaster.
"He wanted to know, if you take ten
from seventeen, how many will remain ;
I took ten of his apples to show him,
and now he wants I should give 'um
back."
"Well, why don't you do it ?"
"Cos, sir, he would forget how many
are left !"
lir A Western 'lawyer, addressing a
jury, .said : " would- you set a mouse
'trap to catch a bear, or mane fools of
'yotirselves by trying to spear a buffalo
with a knitting•needle 7—Then how can
'you be guilty of convicting my client of
man el - lighter fOrlaking the life of a
woman:i" The prisoner was acquitted.
oar Bachelors are not.quite so stupid
as involuntary maidens would make us
believe. One of the inveterates being
'asked the other day, why he did not se
cure soma fond one's company in his
'voyage on the ocean of life, replied, "I
would if r was sure that ocean would be
Pacific."
larAii . honest grazier, who bad seen
"Richard" performed in Cincinnati, wait
ed upon the manager neat morning, to
,saYlliat if the gentleman who wanted a
,hdiaa on the p - reirious evening held his
; mind, he had got an' abundance of tidy
na in hismeadows, and should be hap
ly, la have a deal With him.
7 I
ilitVi,iliirosopher writes to a tailor
Io ha C Ts'
wh failed to get ready his wedding
=snit: "It was no serious disappoint
onut.; °WTI should have been married
if ,I .had j rcceiveii, the goods." That
,man will.never •be seriously disaypoin
f9d.,
W A rich man one day asked a man
of wit what, sort of a thing opulence
"It ista thing," replied the phil
dsopher,‘iiiliich can t give a rascal the
advantage over an honest man."