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34 THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL SUNDAY MORNING DECEMBER 19 1909i

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EFS IMPRESSIONS OF DIXIES CHRISTMAStBy Hilliard Bruce o

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Ilof the Yankee Christmas Can

rficllvfiieres more fuss and feathersmaddbver the Yankee Thanksgiving-

wIt s gigantic Rhode inland turkeypbsthe kindits Hormous mince

th 7Jent to the R bit House to thenewspaper notoriey of the portlygr

test whod just gottn off the spethat torious eating

Stalking trip of 1000 milesitsframed cakes its nuts s oldfashionedui2lasses sweets its pme good dinneraid Its agonizing aerclaps in thefffm of three days ofnmitigated indi

Mstton than ever MS made overChristmas the most yful day in thewhole calendar of C stendom

How ThanksgiPQ StartedThe early Purtta the most sturdy

the most resolute tl most Godfearingthe most unlov-

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and at the sanro titpeople that e came over here-

to the settleint of thisaid in wonder11 North AmerICacontlnent

in the Norththe Thanksgivingre was a year otcastfamine In Massa setts Bay Colonyyou who are ban at history can re¬

and thear of famine wasAllowed In ightys own gooa

time by a year twenty Then it wascoloni overnor sent overthat the

by King George be His Majestyschief stool iigd on Boston commonby and with thtlricebut of course

he didnt havenot with the Oentto ask that l1C local clergy pro¬

claimed the dp feasting and satis ¬

faction then and since known-

as the Day oanksglvingcourseS ought not so to be

Thanksgiving on the whole a dayessentially h In Its origin It isthe day wh>°st people are prone

thefwn backs and shaketo pathands wit own fingers inter-laced in sofnsratulation at the ex-

istence of good vices

tuals tjjj rtball gridirons of thecrowds onNorthern P see greater

Thanks forenoon than do the I

churchesa the dominie rcad the I

oelamation and admongovernorihes lus to walk worthily of all

prosperity so iiihljwepoured

pjjvsi11 lap of the scarce think I

Chnstmas the day ofi ng POP

i o to all of us should bo J

l < irt ai earnestly and consistentt1 tCl1e1i But I am telling you tf

ro diti s I have found them andand 1 perforc would berot ns

rr ti91set themTurkey Man

be interested when I tellYou never quite so much onyou tlam when I am in the great-

turkethorn 1

of southern Now Englandfrom which comes eve-

ryTharthe the big and juicy go-bblerien 50 pounds he weighed

goes to Washington to-

othis White House table Thegraidon a particularly magnificent

ot the turkey family to everypsince Gen Grant in 1S69 i-

si Horace Vose that uniquecharacter of Rhode Islands

Bounty who has been writtea-a new paperwi e and magazine

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wise so many times on account of thispresidential turkey racket that I shallnot undertake to impose upon yourtime by further detailed informationconcerning the now whiteheaded butruddyfaced old fellow who counts it apleasure to set em up for the chiefexecutive once in every twelvemonth-I know him well Pages have beenwritten about him books large OUSmight be filled to tell the story of hisvaried experience as farmer business-man politician and of course raiserof turkeys for the consumption of dis ¬

tinguished citizens But I forbearMy Most Notable s-

Talking about the first Christmas aman can remember you see I noticed-in the preliminary pr nfsheets thatwere mad as this Christmas editionwas going through the mill that mygreat if not good friend Don Lallanhad sat him down to tell about thefirst tree and the first sweet stork¬

lug he could recall I often think notof the first Christmas had ever hap-pened

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to me but of the richest jokethat ever came my way on a Christ ¬

masThat waslet me seeIS92 It wasthe year and almost the month thatmarked my entry into the somewhattouchy and hazardous job of newspa ¬

permaking I was the cub reporter-on an ultradignified old sheet thatthen was and still is shouting blackRepublicanism to the believing multi ¬

tudes in a moribund little Connecticut-town where the census of 1S70 and thecensus of 1910 are to be identicalThe paper though was and is an ableorgan of the dominant party in thatstate It is the paper that gave IkeBromley to the New York Tribune

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and E Jay Edwards to the oncefamous syndicate that was named lorhim and Allen T Baer to the city 1

desk of the New York Herald and a I

score of other lesser journalistic lights-to heavy jobs on solid papers allthrough this vast country

The presiding dignitary of that edi-torial

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room although a G O P hartshell was a man of some parts and j

considerable humor He never caleaany subordinate worker of his a fooleither with or without that disagree-able

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prefix of four letters but Iveknown him to rake some of us ovfr I

the hot coals of his righteous indigna-tion

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by denouncing us as mentally de-ficient mod not possessed of sufficientintelligence jn the premises and all j

such backhanded complimentsWell I had my Christmas assign

tmenta pretty fair one I thought it I

was for the cub of that 1S92 offi I j

was sent to look after the holidayservices at the principal I

church in that city bossed by the Con-gregationalists I was fitted oat withfive pads of paper six brand newpencils a knife to sharpen any pencilthat might get dull in the good causeand nobody knows how much other j

paraphernalia for this high and mightyjob of covering the biggest church I

the bestdressed congregation the mostcostly as well as the most eloquentpreacher is the city I worked hard

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Ion himl mean by that of course thepreacher whose tongue was a bitspeedy for a beginner even with six-

I pencilsand after the benediction andthe postlude I put on the boldness ofa lion as I interviewed the man in thepulpit the man at the organ the manwhose stunt of chief usher made himthe most conspicuous figure in all thatgreat bellow ered and bescontPd Christ ¬

mas sanctuary I took notes enough-I expect to reproduce the EnglishBible or Miltons Paradise los incase alt the copies of those two im-

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productions should suddenly gothe way of tir or flood Then s rcnoin the selffonhdpnc and satisfaction

I of the youngster who thinks he under-stands

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the trade that his elders havespent a who hTetm of patient ef-forts

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I and experiment to reduce tosomething like a workable basis 1

went to the office of my paper andthere consumed the short Decemberafternoon putting on paper the fruits ofthat forenoons rpportorial strenuosity

My Great Newspaper ChiefFine fairly exploded my chief in

one of those outbursts of wellsunnhated enthusiasm that were the delight-of young newspapermen and youngpoiitcians anti the cause of sarcasticsnickers on the part of older men atboth games Son youre a wonderHow did you get so much By theGods boy but you must have a won-derful memory a spread eagle imag-ination

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the most remarkable facir yfor transcribing a gigantic volume ofmatter that falls o the lot of few meneven among the most trained and prac-ticed of or noble profession Yessir this is great Im sorry my spatis so short tonight but a story withall the earmarks of greatness stand-ing

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boldly forth all over it is to theadvantage of ths paper and Im gladyou wrote it And now sir tH tellyou what I propos to do Im goingto pull the column ruls out longerstretch the forms out a couple ofinches to make the B s pages a =

big as they should be to carry a story-of this magnitude get the pressmanto enlarge that ma iine of his down inthe bas urnt until itll print 24incn i

columns and tomorrow morning joul i

notice the paper is a little longer fromthe top to bottom than we usuallymake it lust wach for it

Cub Meets the Common Lot-I wat bed Th j story of the Christ-

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service and the report qf the j

Christmas sermon occupied about I

much space to use The familiar exp-

ression of the Northeastern coast ayou could put in your e> e and seeclear And the 2ftinch column ratesthat had been on duty since IkeBromley started that sheet one wind > j

March day in 1S5S were still on thejobSince I

that Christmas day in Con-necticut

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17 years ago my newspaper I

predilections have caused me to see j

much coming end going I have i

known Christmas days that found m-

in Massachusetts and Ohio and NewJersey and West Virginia with pos-sibly

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a suite or two beside that I

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have unmeaningly omitted But speak-ingI of West Virginia it was that highquaint isolated Cumberland mountain

I state which is neither North norSouth nor East nor Vest in its poltical and social sympathies that pame my first taste of a Southern Christmas

In Old West Virginia-In Vest Virginia where Grandpapa

Gassoway Davis is growing older anaricher where moonshine whiskey Is yetpretty freely manufactured In tho oldstills stowed away among tho moun-tains

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where Katherine Elkins has noyet been borne altarwnrd by the Duke-of the Abruzzi and where Col Fredirosscup lost the United States TIpforship because President T cljfloes everlastingly hate the sign oT

Judge Peter the brother of Col Fredand the backer of Col Fre 0

bitions for a cut of federal pi I

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little pig pork instead of aland cranberry sauceand all th-

I heard those heavy 12 inebcrackers roaring in the sire <

the way they roar at home on Fpof and the way they rri

November night in ISU2 whet >

Cleveland camd that norm upublican state of mine and li Inby it back to the Whit lo

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though Christen ir I I sland isnt always wri tn nhay had them in the lak oiL rx 01

the Midd Vet-Why Not hristmas Crackers-

I miprut that certain of im dicni-P d Northern neichtor ii uht roT

Pi r ihfinselvfs ft r uaiizd> I should writ the e zitrider commotion no I 1 a i tnrr-oidiiarily mark a Ct L 115 eel f-

braon in the lount < ow ih < 1c-

tcnac and th Oliic Titj is tillmua Puritanism stiTT inz nJaToast a-

New England the old timers in tnrn rk of wools are shocked beyond aildescription to learn that in the aver-age

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Western state the man that cantalk the loudest and spend the most j

money foolishly is counted far andaway the best fellow And for that-rcasou Im inclined to harxjr the helit f that they would think firecrackersand Roman candles something theynrfr see sao on the nation birthrJoty and at stated political periodswere a piers of gross impropriety

iFor myself Im not opposed to thecrackers and the candles Ciristmasthe happiest and most hopeful day inall creation can be forgiven for a littlesurplus noise especially in the countrythat has been lifted to elation on the i

wings of recent cotton with th IS i

rent kin l on the nottoo far aw- i

horizon and where the average manunless he be afflicted with th mosschronic case of the lazy hUhmar-

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I dont call it hookwormcan-earn a generous remuneration by his

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labor during hours that are not exI essive and under conditions more-I congenial to a majority of men thanthose that obtain in the more cold ¬

I blooded selfish states to the Northand the East of us

I TheLive and Stirring ChristmasXo Im for the live and stirring-

I Christmas not for the sedate andsanctimonious Christmasso long aswe keep our festive hilarity withinrational bounds I can see no reason-why Pensatola and in fact the entire

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Florida should not make merrv totheir hearts content at this Christ-mastide of 1 >09 Your home and myadopted city is on the thresnold of a

I great business and commercial act ivitv We think the Deep Water Cityhas seen a tremendous progress with-in the past vear and this is true but

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I the best of Pensacolas history it I

seems to me is ahead of her She isa city with unsurpassed harbor andshipping facilities she is a city atlast completely in the grip of that in-

tense local pride which makes citiesi progressive and presses them to thfront in every reasonable undertak ¬

ing she is I am led to believe a citwith a maximum of boosters and a

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minimum of knockers among far populaticn I Iwlieveand the most con-servativeI Pensacola citizens with whom-I

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have talked the matter over belie3that in 190 say when Uncle Sams

counting of noses once more is com-pleted

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the Deep hat er City of Vest I

Florida may find a population of 100 I

000 souls stowed away in her Christ-mas

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stocking

The Correct Time-to stop a cough or cold is just assoon as it startsthen there will beno danger of pneumonia or consump-tion

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Just a few doses of MallardsHorehound Syrup taken at the startwill stop the cough If it has beenrunning on for sometime tip trea1mcnt will Se longer but the cure issure j

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ONE HUNDRED TREES BORE 2000BOXES A REMAKAELE SUC-

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FOR ONE TREE PRODUCED

30 SOXES SUPERIOR ORANGESI

Wauchula De 1aWhea it cometo large yields of fruit DeSoto countycan invite comparison with other sec¬ I

tions of the state S L Grim hasjust completed shipping the fruit froma tenacre grove which yield d morethan rO i boxes One hundred treesyielded f4t boxes of fruit whileone-tree had thirtyfour boxes of ovariesOB i-

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GOODTHINGS-TO EAT

In at Will Moyers 283032 West Government street Be-

low we mention a few articles which ought to suit alltastes Atmores Mince Meat and Plum Pudding Ar¬

mours Mince Meats Cranberries New California Canned

Fruits Jellies and Preserves Nuts of all kinds Raisins Cur-

rants

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Citron Oranget

and Lemon Peel Fruit Cake Itfact everything to make up the necessaries for your Christ

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I We wish all a Merry Christmas andextend to you the seasons greetings

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Burke BrotherElectric Home Bakiry9th Avenue and LaRua

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ins a hanes as well as the rranggrowers D C Sams has shipped merethan 450 crates of cucumbers from anacre of land J L Hauch has sni-ped 613 crates from TWO acres of en-cumbers The cukes have netted thgrowers from 7G cents to 1 per crate

J C Bennett shipped 0 > oral s otbeans from two and a quarter ar reslast week He expects to set gunorates from the field J L Edrdh-as one acre of beans which ji N l100 crates the first picking A bUHare netting the growers uthirglike SI 50 per crate it can ia scPIthat the growers are in clever

W C Hcwett parking hous in percr for the Florida Citri Eo ran

la hell in Wauchula ipectinI-r1king houses and he foaud oif ofthe best equipped houses in the stathaving Aaule ld Califnrra sizegasoline engine power and oth r nfil-CTI pronrnt5 A fw j rn afo itwas not unusual to see oranges haulIB wagon boxed the driver SitT n g nnthe oranges but that mode of haujneoranges is passed in this country andnow both grower and packer are doingtheir best to grow and pack fruit inthe best possible manner

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Could Not Be BetterNo one has ever made a salve on1met lotion or baiiji to <Oomar wri-

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Arnica Salve Its the onperfect healer of Cuts Corns RumpBruises Sores Scalds Boil UlcersEczema Salt Rhtntn For Sore EyesCoW Sores Chapped Hands its su-preme

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Infallible for tiles Only Sicat all druggists

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hNE CANDYI sell exclusively in this city these superfine con ¬

fections HENRY MAILLARDS CHOCOLATEMENIER IMPORTED ITALIAN NOUGATSFRENCH GLACED FRUITS-

I also have the finest bulk confections in thecity at 50 cents per pound If you can find a bettercandy or one as good as mine at the same price I willgladly present you with a box of mine

FIREWORKS NEAR COSTI have a lot ofFireworks which I am sell ig at near cost You cansave money here on that Christmas item

IMPORTANTNo orders taken for Neris IceCream for Christmas after December 23 a116 North G Q QtI rPalafox S-

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