The Ohio Chronicle.

THE OHIO CHRONICLE.
-Published by andfor the Ohio Injiitutionfor the Education of the "Deaf and Dumb.- ——————————
VOLUME XXXVI.
COLVMBVS, OHIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1903.
Vottft Bnfe*f
NUMBER 16.
there were wide differences ut to the
Good Cheer all the Yea.r
date selected On this holiday,
CURRENT ITEMS
"Merry
Christmas!" we say, when
Make it u hicl one, Thou dear L rd.
however, all business was suspended,
the
pealing
bells
announce
that
the
To whom the years lielong;
mid evp;v one felt that it wns his
Make U a happy year, all crowned
duty to ent»rt.uin as elaborately as »!ad anniversary has come back | Lasr, year Switzerland was visited
With love, sind praise, and song.
his means would permit. On that -gain with the rolling year. "Merry i, ove /L>00 traveling saleswomen.
And we give to our! ,,
,
....
,
.,
Fill it, yes, l<'t it overflow
dity, therefore, visits were made from Christmas
loved ones the tokens of remem-1. * "«?« hars' »»thni8ix months,paid
With loving gifts from Thee ;
house to house, everyone made merry brnnce am affection which we have ' m subsides for new shipM'»,oOO,000.
And best of all, dear patient Lord.
and all old scores of enmity were prepared for them.
j All the conductors on the tramA grateful heart would be.
considered cancelled. Every where
''Happy
New
Year!"
we
say.
when,
! ways in Valparaiso, Chile, are wothe cry wns one very sim ilar to the
A heart to thank Thee for the gift
"Ilappy New Year'' salutation of a week later, the old yfiir has taken men.
its departure, bearing with it the reOf each new year of life ;
Buenos Ayres proposes to erect a
our own times.
A heart to trust tin; Hand which sends
It would be interesting to know cord of our struggles and triumphs monument in honor of the memory
and failures, and the new year is of Garibaldi.
Each joy, or care, or strife.
just how customs originated, 'or rec- standing
on the threshold.
A heart to pray (and to believe
,ords of them have been found in alItaly leads Europe in the number
That Thou dost answer prayer),
''Merry
Christmas!" and "Happy of feminine murders; Russia in the
most every country on the globe,
A heart to hope, !i heart to love,
several of which wero practically New Year!" The wish springs to number of suicides.
A heart to keep and share.
out of reach of any of the Roman our lips easily during the holiday
The curious custom of taxing
j empire. It is somewhat a mystery, i season of peace and good-will. For beards prevails in certain districts
<) tender Christ, Moss Thou this year!
therefore, how such custom*- could , the time, love reigns; the voice of of the Mikado's Empire.
Bless Thou its cinwn. and bless
have penetrated from one end of the l anger and impatience is hushed ; our
Its noon-tide und its evening, Lord :
Orders have recently been executed
world to the other. Trackle^ moun- , selfish selves hide away, and the in Japan for a'supply of fishing nets
And let each heart confess,
!
noble
nature
within
us
is
seen
in
all
tains and deserts or limitless oceans, .
As days and weeks and months go liy
were no obstacle ; everywhere : he one ! u,9 beauty. But many times, when for Alaska, valued at $30.000.
To help the year grow old.
At a Johannesburg mass meeting
salutation was heard, and everywhere ! l le ™*"™y* have faded into the past,
That of Thy glory, King of Kings.
and
women
exchauRed
tne i r ; the better traits that showed them- the element favorable to the impormen
and
women
exchanged
The half not yet is told.
also fade away. As we go tation of Chinese labor gained the
-Ex.
gifts at New Year's.
to the
round of every- ascendency.
In old England the occasion of the | back
' mokl .t:)
the ordinary
"
A large part of the machinery now
birth of a year was always cMebrat- '< ^ j lff: to 9cho" 1 or to work, theed with great festivity. Centuries \ ol(1 fw»1 " 1 K" come back, and before being used to re-establish destroyago it was the custom to enjoy an in- j W know it we are speaking angrily led sugar mills in Cuba is coming
tho?e wl "">1 we hliv° from
terchange of gifts and it was no un- |l>r.
common thing for the nobility to wished a ''Happy New ^ ear so re- The American Agriculturist reports
join with the officials of the Mute in cently
a short yield of broom corn 13,150
l» the wish,
then, only-. from
the presentation of some valuable ,..,,
,
. , the, i tons in three states of production,
From Earliest Times Men Have Celebrated the Day as an Oclips, loo often, we tear, it is. Such j agaillst 19>iS74 tol)8 a year ago.
gifts to the sovereign.
casion for Congratulations and Good Wishes
Scotland is another country that a wish is only an empty form, unless
In Kotirbon county, Ky., recently,
always has made a great denl of New back of the words there is an earnest, a tobacco grower sold 18,000 pounds
Year's. In thni part of the w-rid the i heartfelt desire to do our part toof tobacco, grown on 1'2 acres, at 10
LL
nations of celebrating the first day of the day was made an official holiday and '. wanl '""king the new vear indeed a cents a pound straight, amounting
new
vear
also
antedated
all
history.
happy
one.
To
do
that,
we
must
i
seem to have
even to-day the pomp and ceremony
It was un old Druid festival that
keep a tight rein on selfish impulses, to $1,SOO.
agreed, siuce had been handed down the cen- of the olden times have not been for- as well as on hasty tempers and ton-, It is estimated that nearly all the
esthe memory of man turies to be celebrated as a religious gotten. At the present time,
pine timber now growing in Minnepecially in Edinburgh, crow* s gath- glies.
runneth not to the anniversary, On this occasion the er to hear the bells at the <>M Tron
It seems almost to be regrelted,' 8°ta (about thirty million feet) will
though our renders may n-it perhaps 'je cut and marketed within the next
contrary, to ob- priests went into the woods on the church ring out the passing vear.
fifteen years.
last
night
of
the
year
to
cut
mistle. .
,, - , -r
mi t
i When the church clock eh"\vs mid- agree with this view, that the glad
serve the first day
European commercial bodies are
Christmas-tide
is
so
taken
up
with
toe with a golden knife. 1 he twigs ! , ,)t n mi ,, ty (. llwr is ! .,, haild .
of the year as an occasion of festivity with ttwit berries were then d.stri- 8hftkil te*nn»* gei.«r»l,.*»the old thoughts of gifts and gift making. > encouraging the production of cotand mutual g< od wishes. When or buted among the people on New Sttlutat!0 ., A ,,* ,)V new year " is Oirr minds are so occupied with pre- ton in Asia and Africa, because of
how thU custom originated history Year's morning and it was the heard on every side. On New Year's partitions forcelebrating the holiday the reduced production and higher
merrily that its message of ''peace : prices in the United States,
does not tell. It antedates history popular belief that those gifts if
i
on
earth, good will towards men,"
D r . Charles Steggall, lately reworn
as
an
amulet,
would
preserve
for bands of young men to go about
and extends far back into the age of
its wearer against the danger of the country hinging songs suitable : cannot betaken in our hearts and tired from the organ at Lincoln's
fable. Hundreds of years before the battle.
for the season and begging alms, lives as it should be. We realize i m , Chapel at London, is 77 years
dawn of the Christian era it was beFrom this it can be seen that the which are afterwards to be distribut- this higher meaning of Christmas,;,,^ a , 1(j | ms made music in the
but we do not catch enough of its ! chapel nearly half a century,
ing celebrated with considerable custom of observing the first day of ed among the poor of the district.
spirit
to last us through the long; Fjftv . folir thousand acres of timthe new year is almost as old as hupomp in many parts of the world.
While New Year's is somewhat of
weeks and months that follow.
manity
itself.
The
customs
of
wisha
religious
anniversary
in
Scotland,
ber land in Taylor county, Fla.,
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,
Before universal calendars had
Good cheer all the year; the
ing
each
other
a
happy
new
year
and
i,,
France
it
has
been
o'hserved
under
|, ave been sold for $378,000, to a
been thought as a remote possibility
of presenting gifts upon this occasion j very different.circumstances, the day ing unselfish spirit of Christmas, the Minnesota firm, it being the largest
and the beginning of the year varied are almost an ancient. Both origi- being conspicuous chiefly for the ex- good wishes of New Year's carried ; 9 i,,gi e deal ever made in the State.
as to date in almost every pait of the nated with the Romans, and from ',. esses of those who are observing it. , forward into the new year of 1904.
ij ur i,,cr the fruit season on the Pamen and i Is it not worth trying for?
world, this first day of the new year that country extended to other parts j n the old days in Fran
' '!".' cific coast, 22.WJ cars of oranges and
women were fn the habit of dressing w« endeavor, in every way possi i e, | pinon8 WHfe ^hipped from Southern
was recognized as the one great fes- of the world.
In the days of Titus Tatius, kingiin fantastic costumes and going'to make the year indeed a happy on- California, as compared with 16,34:2
tival of the twelve months.
of the Sabines, it was the duty of the country begging money for the . to those whom we have wished hapTradition telUus that Numa, who evervone to dismiss all enmities from j"sick lady." Large gifts were given pmess. By the time the circling cars,in 1902 and 24,453 cars in 1901.
Nearly 23,000 persons became inlived nearly eight centuries before his heart upon this day and to wish as often as possible, and, as in Scot- year brings around another holiday
sane
in England and Wales, last
Christ, celebrated a festival that was all with whonrhe came in contact a i land, the money obtained was after-1 season with its glad greetings, the year a higher number than in any
happy
new
year.
j
ward
divided
by
the
benevolent
beg''Happy
New
Year"
that
springs
so
dedicated to Janus on the first day of
,<>,-.
easily'to the lips will carry "with it n i>'eftr 8 > lice records have been kept,
At this time it was also custoinnrv gars among the needy poor,
customs for deeper meaning than ever before. Hie n^rease over the previous year
the month sacred to the god. On
to exchange gifts in honor of the
In a similar manner cus
this occasion all Romans joined day, but these gifts usually consisted j thecelehration of New Year's prevails ' In the cordial greeting there will be wae *5,_.>1.
__ _______
g~^
^ss*
together to make the day a merry of a few sprigs of vervain (an aro-i in all countries. Some of the cus- the echo of a year's patient endeav- : ^sg^gg- - one. Sacrifices were made to Janus, matic shrub closely resembling toms are imposing, picturesque or ; or to create happiness for others, and
and all mechanics and men of letters rosemary), which was gathered in novel, but in almost every case the! a i.-ew note of promise for the year
began something in line with their a wood sacred to Strenia, the goddess j old familiar salutation is V/ill used ; that is to eome.-Young People's
of strength. These gifts were called i and the occasion is made one of gift i weekly.
trades or arts. The corner-stones of
giving.
Stremr, or gifts of strength.
buildings were htid, new enterprises
In the course of time this custom
COMMKKCIAL NKVV VKAUS.
Then a.nd Now
were inaugurated, books and poems changed and more elaborate rememIP the commercial world there are
were commenced and the consuls brances took the place of the simple
To-day
0,000,000
women of I he
Nww Year's days by the score, and it
who had already been elected took tribute At first grapes, honey, tigs is not an unusual thing t" find sev- United States are at work in 400 difand other fruits were presented, but
ferent occupations, says the Mintheir seats.
Tiio ..
i r.
i i
n
I finally even these prHsenls became eral concerns in the same building neapolis Tribune. A hundred years
Tho anc.ent Greeks began the year j^ 8mal , t() be ng^A with favor . who all date tjieir correspondence in , llgo loss than 100 women were em*
about the summer solstice, or June
During the reign of Augustus :th« usual lorm, and accuid , g to e- iJ
t'actories of the coun21. The Persians also began their {that emperor expected such gifts as
k-t<re not many women
y»r in June, the Chinese in March j a right, the custom having bee^n a ferent days for beginning their
teachers and not many women work-j
year
and the Abyssiniansin August.. The i ancient one,even at that time. When
.
,
ers
of any sort outside of domestic
'
These
ancient people
pe<
of Mexico had a caj- \ Caligula was ruling in Rome he even
1 »«8e New
«« w Year's
»»» r « «*>*'
was not a
m life. In
at fixedl
he beginning of (he j wen
went HO far as to issue an edict Ri'a tlie ' llcl OIUlelr
f inthe
ne W(>r
endar that
fixed)he
W(>rld <>pen
< pen to<> women 50 years
commanding the Roman nobility to the result, partly of the »atuie ot ,
year in February.
co-educational
resents of considerable; the business, and sometimes of the j coM ges anil
ll|d 170w(
,
Kurly in t}>e history of the Roman make him ,,presents
Id) women's
colleges,
partnership agreements.
New Year's, day was celebrat- value on each New Year's day.
and only 127 for men. In 1000 there
In
Greece
the
New
Year's
saltitaj
«-»-»~
ed in January. There are traditions
31,407 women in college and 08,4(57
A Swift Bird
men, and in the same year degrees!
"f that age that are almost as reli- tion wns almost as old as the festival i
able as history. To say that the itself. As soon as the day dawned j Though the petrel is swift, the were given to 4,298 women and to!
day originated at the time, however, j crowds of people hurried from house j frigate bird is far swifter. Seamen : 10,994 men more thai, one-third as
W(>uld be a mistake. Long before I to house crying out their wishes for j generally believe that the frigate bird ; many women as men.
that period when the Roman calen- a happy and successful year. At j can start at daybreak with the trade
dar was in such an uncertain condi- this time it was also customary winds from the coast of Africa, and
t|01> that the year sometimes began that presents should be exchanged. roost the same night upon the Ameri-! Though music has no charms for
M March ancJ sometimes in April, but as in ancient Rome, the gifts lean shore. Whether this is a fact the lion and tiger, it has been disf'u» festival was known and cele- were of a simple character, bits of] has not yet been conclusively deter-1 covered by u naturalist that these
uated.
infections or mined, but it is certain that this bird ! animals are powerfully affected with !
fruit, packages of
is the swiftest of winged creatures, the smell of lavender water. Under j
bunches of (lowers.
DKUTD FESTIVAL.
At about the same time similar and is able to fly, under favorable its influence they become as docile
as lambs.
I" northern Earope the custom customs prevailed in China although conditions, 200 miles an hour.
GAe New Year
HAPPY NEW YEAR GREETING
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and sad memories, and the midnight
hour that ushers in a new year not
infrequently brings intruding ghosts
of the l>t>af anil Dumb.
from the realm of the past.
There is room at such a season as
this for something else besides hopes.
ROBERT PATTEKSON, EDITOR.
There is a feeling of uncertainly as
C: W. CHARLES, MANAOKK.
to the future. And especially in the
. case of those who have passed the
as a mwuis ol
I his naner la
mn.artinginduHtri.Uin.tru.-tiontoa.HHn- middle milestone of life, who live
Columbus Notes
old-fashioned kerchief and cnp, Wns
seated by the mantel knitt ng
Miss Preda Dreyer has gone home
Brownie Beautiful, in a brown ( |
in Findlay to spend a month with
spangled with white tufts of cotton
her parents.
Miss Alspach and Miss Lamson and with a holly crown on the bend
Miss Nora I'alterson has been
entered from underneath the num.
spending the happy holidays with have been enjoying the company of
tel and touching Grandma Cheerful
their sisters this week.
her folks at Barnesville, Ohio.
on the shoulder, recited :
Misa Margaret Henry, mother, of
Mr. Puttergon left for Washingher of pupils of the School. It aims to ; more in the past thnn in Ihe present! Mrs. A. H. Sohory, came last Mon- ton, I). C., Wednesday evening. He Oh I Christmas! Merry ChristIIHIS,
it has really come once more,
furnish interesting and instructive reading mid future, there is a predominant : day to stay with her for a while.
will be gone for a week.
for and to encourage a habit of reading : fw.|j n ,, ,,f sadness which nothing can
With its memories and greeting,
Bertha Dreshack made a visit
afnonc our nunils and deaf subscribers,
with the joys it has in store!
Mr. Ira Hook spent Christmas
to he a medium of communication relieve but the consciousness of a to her home at Johnstown on Christbetween the school and pnrentsand friends | heart reverent towards God and lov- mas, returning Monday. She may here with old friends. He likes the Let Ihe bells in all the steeply
usher in that blessed morn,
of JJUyllK
l»l
pupils now
[IUW 111
in the
lllf A11SI
Institution,
II'ULIUII, those
UIV'OC«UVI
who Ij ing
Illg
towards
IO \V It I U P
man.
IIIIIII.
While
\l IIIItT
making
lllftltll!^
f
^
V »
dental college in Cincinnati.
were formerly pupils, and all who are in- |
, ro8O | ve9 f,,,. tne new yenr< | et U8 K'> "gain lor Aew i eai s.
When Jesus Christ, our Savm r .
tested ,n the education of the deaf.
, ^^ t]](j import8ll(.H
j,, g
Onorge 1'. Bard, son of tliram
in Bethlehem waa born.
importance of
ot ' r,,form
reforming
Mr. and Mrs. Win. Smith, Mr.
Snhrii»r!nt.mn is Seventy-five
Spvent v-five Cents
Cent 8 per
»ei- '• at
... once
....... and
.....l not
...» be
i... guilty
...,:it.. of
..<• the
i I... folf..l
Bard of Clevollllld.
veliind, was
Was visiting
VlSltl
his
Subscription
For the world is full of gladiHw
and
Mrs.
1'ratt
and
Mrs.
Atwood
school year payable in advance. Hubsciipand our hearts with love o'erllow
ly of making a possible future good- relatives in and about Columbus
tions may commence at any time.
As we listen to the music of ih H
ness an excuse for present evil. Ex during the Christmas holidays. He I spent Wednesday at the Home,
Subscribers failing to receive their pareturned two years ago trom cavalry
bells across the snow.
Mr. Schory went up to the Home
pers regularly will please- notify us that
service in the Philippines.
mistakes may be promptly correcttxl.
Grandma
Cheerful arose and re.-itlast
Sunday
morning
and
conducted
The Word January
Generally papers are stopped upon expirMr. Alonxo Kingry has secured
ed:
a
service
He
found
the
inmates
ation of subscription unless otherwise " Tis h ! The two fnc'd .hums conic;
employment with the Kinnear Mfg.
ordered. The date on each subscribers'
\ iew !"
Upon n iv word, who would
;Co., where his brother Simon alao happy and contented.
label is the time when the subscription
thought,
Accord
in.'
to
mytlrulogy,
Janus
j
works.
Mr.
K.
came
in
in
time
to
rung out.
Mr. Steward conducted the chapCorrespondence, is invited on matters [ was the god of gates and avenues share in the Christmas distribution el service last Sabbath afternoon, What Santa Claus they say
brought
pertaining to the deaf. Communications I and in that character held a kev in of V's to each man by the firm.
must be accompanied by the full name his right hand and a rod in his left They say Alonzo was always lucky. taking for his subject, "Christ, the Around with him this Christinas
and address of tne writer.
Best Friend," founded upon Prov.
time,
to symboli/o his opening and ruling
Mr. and Mrs. Siegwart are in FindAddress all communications to
the year; sometimes he bore the lay to spend the holidays with the 18,14: "A man that hath friends The roofs and chimmeys high to
climb.
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number three hundred in one hand latter's brother, Kzekiel Bard, and must shew himself friendly: and
COLUMBUS, OHIO.
and fifty-live in the other, the num- family. Mr. Burd moved back to there is a friend that slicketh closer He scatters presents, the good
ber of its days in the ancient lunar Findlay from California last Sepmakes glad,
Entered at the poitofflce at Columbus as second | vear.
At other times he was repre- tember, after a residence there of than a brother."
And help him switch the very
olu* mail matter.
sented by four heads and placed in | only three months, the climate not I
Mr. Pope, mperintendent of the
bad;
a temple of four equal sides with a j being beneficial to his health.
School
Exhibit of the deaf and blind Here he comes now, I hear his
Thursday, December 31. 1903
door and three windows in each side,
sleigh
at the S!. Louis exposition, called on
1 as emblems of the four seasons and
Jingle, jangle, coming Ihis way.
Cleveland, Ohio
Superintendent
Jones
Monday
morntwelve months over which h
Christmas Offerings lo the Home the
Santa Claus entered from under.
presided.
\ A seivice was held on Christinas ing in regard to the proposed exhibit.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Ohlemacher . $1 00
Vestigau states that the Siixmis; L)ay at 10: HO a. m. at St. Agnes' He addressed the children in the neath the mantel and walking up t<>
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Schory ......... 1 00 called this period wolf mount, or j mission. The Kev. Mr. Mann preach- i ,
,
.
1 00
Miss Bessie Edgar
Mr. Jones showed him Grandma Cheerful, recited:
Mr. and Mrs. Win. II. Zorn. . ..... 1 00 wolf month, because the wolves of |ed from Isaiah ix, 2, "The people I clla Pel °" ll Jacob H. Snider ......... ........ 1 00 ancient forests, impelled by hunger , that walked iin darkness have 'seen a Through the Institution and then he Heigho! kind dame, good cheer to you !
.Fames A. Boyd . :..... .......... 50 during the season, were wont to great light : '' and St. John i,G, 7, took the noon train for Indianapolis. Health and happiness blessings too.
Since last we met on the journey of lift50 prowl about human' habitations and "There was a man sent from God,
Samuel W. Oorbett. ... ... ......
I have fallen in love and married a wife.
A. A. Monnin
... ....... ......
Uur
bum
Sundnv
n>
school*
school
was
as
stspenrt
snsnendFrank Mmepi . . ... . . ...... 1 (XI attack man himself, the inferior whose name was John,, who came for
A
bachelor's life was a poor excuse,
witness, to bear witness of the t ed last Sunday morning. All the
Muster Leo Prater
........
animals on whom they usually preySo I hurried away to Mother Goose,
Yoiingstown. »>.. and Warren Co.
ed having retired or peribhed from ! Light, that all men through him pupils assembled in the chapel and
is useless to say, I found her soon,
through William Smith, Treas. L> 00 the inclemency of the weather. It I might believe." The sermon aimed j the fallowing program was carried j It
Hurrying back from a trip to the m«
August Odebrecht ....
... ..... 1 00
50 is an established fact that expanded , to show the love of God to man in i, out:
August Beckert . . . .
. ...
I'll call her in f rom our reindee
.
_>:> civilization ban moderated the rigors : enlightening him through Christ,
11.,I. Blickensderfer ...
...
To. tell you more of our runaway iiiarriiipThanks
be
to
God,"
A
1
bertha
1.
J. M. Slusser .....:... ... ......
25 of winter.
; and the duty of returning this love
Introducing as well three fairies dear.
Hannaford and Omer Cox.
Who follow us both to scatter good C!IIMT.
The Saxons, in a more poetical in affectionate obedience of His
2. "Ring out the Bells," Hattie
love me,
Cash on pledge ....... . . . .... 10 00 sense, called it Guili Aftera or Aeft- commandments.
If
Mother Goose came forward from
Stotller and Jennie Fetter.
WM. H. ZORX. Treas.
er Yula, signifying "after Christ- keep my commandments," are the
underneath
the mantel and signed :
8.
"The
Wondrous
Birth,"
Susie
mas." In illuminated calendars words of Christ, Himself co-equal Boettner.
with
God.
|
Howd'ye
children,
howd'ye do!
The Misses Feseiibeck of Cincin- prefixed to missals >r servicH books
4. Short address, Supt. Jones.
One of the evidences of this love
What
Santa
Claus
says is very
depicted
as
January
was
nati kindly remembered the Home
5. Doxology in concert.
rii»v ««nt ! u "»"» wi" 1 fagots or "a woodman's is the doing of good to others. The
true.
inmates on Christmas,
i iiev sent
.
" , , ,
.
,
.1 i i.>,,„..,] ,,f •!,„ i4i,,,.,.. t ;r.,i i,.,,,.i" ......
breath
j legend of the "beautiful hand" was
The deaf visitors from out of uid now since we are happily \M-I|
sufficient money to buy each a little ax, shivering and blowing in his jtold by the preacher. Four young
go with him everywhere on
upon
his
fingers.
Spenser,
in
ins
<*
*
j^
^...-..
.
j"""*
,.
present, and we are sure the recipi- "Fa-rie Queen.'," thus describes the iI »-«
women,pre,dmputmg an to who had '<'"' »n Christmas
^nruinins were
were Frederick
ireaencK
sled,
ents appreciated the offering.
popular illustration:
the mO?t»*Veautiful bunds
An aged j Koehn of M. Mary f, Patrick Con- iright-eyed fairies ride with
woman, 'careworn and decrepit, j nolly of Bellof-Jiitaine, Harry RomThe Cleveland Aid Society sent Then came old January, wrnpp°d well
too,
leaning Upon her statV, came asking | 08er o f Uhrichsville, Lorenzo Young
each person cared for at the Home In many weeds to keep the cold away.
Thoughtful, Generous, Kind nil
a Christinas reminder in the shape Yet did hcquake and quiver, like toque!!. for a gift. Only one ministered to of Wapakoneta, Ray Black of Ada, rue.
of a fine linen handkerchief, and also And blow his nayles to warm them, if he her needs. The aged woman then
The fairies came forward and
said, "The hand is most beautiful William Gracey of Fostoria, Ernest
five dollars with which to purchase Fur may,
they were ninub'o with holding all
Craig of Toronto, Andrew Schwartz igned:
that
gives
to
the
poor,
and
does
otha very much needed article for the
l he day
As she then spoke, of Steubenville, and Mr. and Mrs.
Home as its Christmas offering.
An hatchet keene with which he fell'd er kind acts.'
Three small fairies bright and guy,
wood
her musk fell i iff, her stuff was William Smith of Yoiingstown. The
Always round on Christmas day.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Colum- And from the trees did lop the needlesse i thrown U8 i de |, er wr inkles vanished
Helping Santa all we can,
latter was a teacher in the Instituspray.
'
'
bus as usual remembered the inand she stood before them an angel
Carry out his Christmas plan.
tion
in
the
sixties.
mates with candy, fruit and nuts.
The gentle, loving Charles Lamb of God.
Mrs. Laura Wing Dryer, a for- ^airi/ Thoughtful.—
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Stevenson of in quiet differentiation thus begins
Fairy Thoughtful that is I,
one
excellent
[taper:
"Every
man
Findlay sent the Home a fine dammer teacher in the Alabama School
Tries
into your hearts to spy.
ask table cloth and a large gasoline hath two birthdays; twodays, at least
for the Deaf, and Mrs. Jessie SkinThinks and thinks what will be
lamp. Somebody must have told in every year which set him upon reI iest,
r Morrisou of Indianapolis were
them what was needed. The Home volving the lapse of time as it uffects
To give to Christmas proper zest.
his mortal duration. Theone isthat
callers
at
the
Institution
Wedneshas received a box containing
[The Chronicle ini'itrg it* readert to tend
most acceptable assortment of glass-I which, in an especial manner, he in itfini ofinterett for tlti* column.]
day morning. They are the guests Fairy Kind.—
ware from Mrs. Townsend's son Ed- j termeth his. In the gradual desueAt your service Fairy Kind,
John Slusser'ti address is now Route of Miss Rhoads of this city. The
ward.
tude of old observances, this of
I in brotherhood would bind
three began their first year as teach
solemnizing our proper birthday 1, New Berlin, Stark Co., Ohio.
Rich and poor, the bad and go<»',
Mrs. Safford of Piqua spent Christ- hath nearly passed away or is left to
rs of the deaf in Ihe Rome, N.Y.,
Keeping Christmas as they should.
Mr. Richard K. Stout of Connells- School, and they attended their first
mas at the Home. Sho brought a children who reflect nothing at all
Fairy
Generous.—
fine doll for Maud and also kindly about t he mat ter nor understand any- ville, Pa., came to visit his friend, :onvention of the teachers of the
Fairy
Generous I would pour
remembered several others.
Mr.
Joseph
W.
Atcheson
of
Pittsthing beyond the cake and orange.
.leaf h«re six years ago.
Christinas gifts at every door,
But the birth of a new year is of an burg and Mr. Sawhill on Christmas
Make the stockings overflow,
interest too wide to be permitted by Day.
New Year's Eve Reflections
With the presents I bestow.
king or cobbler. No one ever regardMr. Arthur H. Kibler of Kensing- Christmas Festivities
New Year's Eve is the favorite time ed the first of January with indifUpon the mantel were nine boxes
for making good resolutions, which ference. It is that from which all ton. Ohio, came to Pittsburg la^t
HRlSTMAS was
with
stars cut out of the bottom and
unfortunately in the majority of date their time and count upon what week. He ate his Christmas dinner
observed at the
red crepe paper pasted over the hol>'S
instances are only made to be broken. is left. It is the nativity of -mr comInstitution last
But where the need for making mon Adam." Albert P. Southwick. with Mr. and Mrs. C dlinsS Sawhill
thus cut; a letter in each was arFriday
in time-honof Braddock, Pu.
such resolves is felt, whether kept
ranged so as tospell, when lighted, the
ored fashion. No efor broken, the good intention is in
word "Chiistmas." The follow ing
Story-telling
was
indulged
in
by
Alumni Notes
too many cases regarded as a suffort was spared to
Clionia
last
Saturday
evening.
Mr.
verses were recited as the candles in
ficient excuse for greater indulgence
Olive, the little daughter of Otis
make it the greatest day of the year
the boxes were lighted :
in the meantime. Such weakness is Vance and wife, aged not quite four Odebrecht was to give'u lecture, but for the children.
veryjiuman, and even good men are years, died at the I'niveisity hospi- for some reason he did not come.
Lewig He<-8—
A Santa Claus entertainment was
not exempt from the folly of draw- tal at about 4 o'clock this morning Misses Neldon and Froehlich and
C stands for children who are alwnya
Messrs Sloltler. Romoser and Grigsready.
ing on the future where they have She and an older sister had been
given in the chapel Thursday even
To welcome St. Nick with his sleitfli
no assets.
Readers of Dickens' taken to the hospital because the by were among the story-tellers.
ing. When the stage cur'ain rollec
full of toys.
"Bleak House" can doubtless recall mother who had nursed them until
He never forgets to come round PVITJ'
up, a brilliantly lighted and beuuti
BO
YEARS'
the case of the character who gave she, also taken down with typhoid
winter
EXPERIENCE
fully trimmed Christmas tree came
With lots of nice thingH for good girl*
himself much credit for thrift and fever, could take cure of them no
and boys.
into view, standing on one side o
was more hopeful when on any parti- longer.
cular day he spent foolishly a little
an
old-fashioned
mantel
piece,
whicl
John BoBtwick
The other girl is do ng nicely at the
H HtandH for the holly with bright ticarleas than he had previously thrown ho-pital. It is feared that the mothwas appropriately decorated
let lurries.
away.
er, who was better this morning lie"Santa'8 Honeymoon," by Fannie
How fresh its green lea\es looks upon
He also was drawing on the future fore she heard of the death of the baTHADC MARKS
the gray wall;
Lee Leverettes, in the Teachers
DESIGN*
when ho imagined he would become by, will have a i-erious nit^e. The
Other lreen ureall bare and spread llu'ir
Institute,
wag
presented.
The
char
COPVRIOHT« Ac.
brown bi HMclien
rich, because he was less of a spend- funeral of the little one will take
Anyone ien<1ln( • iketrh and dencrlntlnn mar
acters were:
(tlli'kly iwrertatn our opinion free whether an
But the dear Clirintmnit holly keeps
thrift than he had been before.
InvMillon
u
prohably
piileiitsMe.
Conimuiili-aplace from Trezise's undertaking
green for us all.
tloim HI richly ronndentfRl. HANDBOOK oil PatenU
Hnnta Claim .... . . .
Albert Hanmi
It is natural when passing one of parlors to-nmrrow afternoon at four
lent f r«e. olrieat aiiency fur ae<niriittf uatenu.
(iertrude N> Ido
Mother (loose
I'iilnnu taken through Munn & Co recolrc
Fore»t
Moore
the milestones on the journey of o'clock
ifteial nottct, *u hout charge, lu tbe
(iriindinu Cheerful AI her I hu llHiiimfort
H, IN the roast turkey, the biggest unit
life that even the unreflective should
The sympathy of many friends
Brownie Beautiful ..
... Bensie 8hul
brownest
Fairy Thoughtful
.... .hi I in lllelm
That ever came out of an oven 1 trow :
become thoughtful and seriously and especially of the entire Herald
A Imndmmelr tllimtraled weekly. I.nrv<»t clrFairy Kind
lo Magho
With cranberry miuce, nut*", raisin^
onUtlon of any aolenimn Journal. Tenon, »3 a
ponder upon the evanescence of life. force is exten'ded to the bereaved
;enr: four tnontha, »L. Bold bj all newtdealera.
Fairy (!eneruun
.
Klhel Hixo
plum puddingM,
The knell of the closing year is apt parents. Boulder County Herald,
It makes my mouth water to think of
to suggest some very serious thoughts Dec. 19th.
Grandma Cheerful, dreued wit
it now.
BoMb OOiSt. i
S|iccl»l corrcHpondenoe
n
Scientific American.
MJilJCp,
Charles Pope
I stands for ice on the pond in the meadow.
Hurrah for the skater* as swiftly they
glide.
Kadi season in turn brings its full share
Rip Van Winkle
A Drama in Two Acts
ACT I. 1763
of pleasures;
How rich are the blessings the Lord
doth provide.
j,,hn Walker
S stands for sleds as they shoot down
the hillside
Like swift winged birds o'er the glistening snow.
The cold frosty air fairly makes our
cheeks tingle.
But we climb to the hill lop with
faces aglow.
Chnrlei Richard
T «t*nde for the tree now so heavily
laden,
The gay Christmas tree, with wonderful fruit;
V liatever you wish, you may pluck
from its branches,
Ymi're indeed hard to please if there's
nothing to suit.
.Inciib Schwartz
M is the dear mother who never forgets
us
She knows what we want old Kris
Kringle, to bring;
I think each December she writes
him a letter
(»r else now and then he would have the
wrong thing.
Edward Hetzler
A is for appetite, every boy has one,
And we ve each laid in an extra supply.
So pass round your oranges, nuts, cakes
and randies,
And we'll eat them all up. or at least
we will try.
ACT II. 1783
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Kip V'nri Winkle, n Ihilrlimint.
Knickerbocker, n xrli<n>l imwtfr.
Derrick Vnn Slaus, the Jiiiriion
Herman Van Slaus, hi* nni . . .
Nicholas Vedder, frimilin llii*
Clausen, minir. ..... ... .
Kory Vnn Clump, n Imidlui'il
Gustaffe
Dome Vim Winkle
Alice, fur nixti'r-iit-l<t•< .
Lcirrenna
Swaggrino )
Gauderkin :)
Icken
Villagers, etc.
.Spirits of the
Augustus B. Greener
..
.
Parley -P. Pratt
... Fred Hoss
Roy Conkling
Wm. II. Xorn
1{( seoe Lichty
Albert Steele
Win. H. J5orn
Olivia Baldwin
Gertrude Neldon
Winnie Jones
Oiner Cox
(
ills.. -. Leon Jones
f John (ireiner
(A lapse nf twenty years is supposed to occur between the
First and Second Acts.!
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Hip Van Winkle, tli?
Herman Van Slaus
Seth Slough, thr Inndlont
)i nxlin ntl
Knickerbocker,
The Judge
Gustaffe
Kip Van Winkle, Jr
First Villager
Second Villager
Alice Knickerhockei
Ixirrenna
Sophia. .1 <(..,/ >»;,
SYNOPSIS
SOKSK I. A village. The jolly Germans in song and
dance. Looking for the schoolmaster, Knickerbocker. Are
you jealous? "Sweet blossom of the valley." "Alice! Alice!
I'll give it to you when I catch you." A hasty retreat.
"Where is Hip?" Hissnddenappearanee and story. Temptation. Alarmed. A chase. Hip under the table, ('aught.
Explanations. Hough treatment.
SCENE II. Derric Van Sinus' parlor. Hnin stares Van
Slaus in the fiu-e. His son's sudden return. Herman's
scheme. An unpleasant duty. The contract.
SfKNR III. Hip's cottage. Knickerbocker's dream of
love. Wooing interrupted. A handy basket and cloak. Hip
brought in. "Where's the rent money?" A search.
"Help! Murder! Fire ! Thieves !" A sudden shifting, and
concealment. "Mybeautiful china destroyed!" A ghost
in the chair. Hevived. The burgomaster's arrival. The
contract, twenty years and a dny. The woman in the chair.
A strange discovery. A chase and sudden exit.
St'KXR IV. The Catskills. Missed again. Asleep and
midden awakening. A strange meeting. A heavy load.
SrKXE V. The Sleepy Hollow. Grotesque people.
Dutch pins. Too much drink. A dance. Ho, ho, hot
Abraham Goldberg
S is for Santa Claus, jolly old fellow,
Who creeps down the chimney so sly
and so still.
And is up and away again while we are
sleeping.
I>et us give him three cheers with a Tena Miller
John Fryfogle
hearty good will.
Augustus B. Greener
.. .... .Hoy Conkling
.. ... Albert Steeie
Parley I 1 , pi-att
Albert Tiannan
Wm. H.Zorn
.......... Leon Jones
............ Omer Cox
........ Hoscoe Lichty
.... Gertrude Neldon
....... Winnie Jones
....... Olivia Baldwin
SYNOPSIS
I.- The Ciitskills. What a transi'nrmntion'.
II. Knickerbocker's parlor. Bewailing Lorrenna comforted. The contract must be Ihed up to. No insult, sir! Gustaffe's arrival.
SfSNK III. Kips town of nativity. The temperance
question A strange arrival. "Do you know me?" "I'm for
King Oeoive HI." "A Tory! kill him.' 1 "Duck him!"
Gustaffp t» the rescue. "Take me to my child."
STEM: IV. Knickerbocker'saparlments. Klected tothe
legislature Notice served.
SCKM-. V. The court in session. The verdict. "My
hand ! K 1 " er." Knickerbocker wrathful. The tables turned. "Kip stands before you." A familv reunion. Congratulatii us.
TABI.I M "All's well that ends well
HIUKA TOR Mr. Wm. 11. 7,oni.
COKMIITKK Mr. A. (ireener, Miss Wittenmeier, Miss
Keese.
Ye scribe WBH much pleased to
receive a visit from hie brother Orin
on Christmas. Orin staid till Saturday afternoon, when he left for
home, bearing with him the impression that our Institution is a fine
one. lie brought ye scribe several
useful presents, also things for the
"inner man."
Ernest Wellington Craig, the reporting mate, and chum of ye scribe,
who graduated in the class of 1901,
was visiting at the Institution on
the afternoon and evening before
Christmas. He was on his way to
;Chicago where he intends to visit
for a while, and greeted old acquaintances heartily. Ernest lookled well and hearty.
Good Santa brought Mr. Carver,
our D supervisor, a great many things
and as result Mr. Garver is wearing
!a broad grin. The best of his presents was a little cute safety razor
I which delighted him very much.
j Though not a profound believer in
| Santa, still he likes the presents that
| Santa brought him.
Jim Naylor's natal day came on
Sunday. He managed to keep still
about it till evening when it got out.
The boys pounded him nice and
hard, and while trying to escape
them, he turned a somersault on the
stairs, lighting hard and solid and
seeing the greatest number of the
solar system imaginable.
I On Chirstmas evening Friday, the
__ ^m^mm ! boys of Rooms 5 and (i C left the
i windows of their sleeping room open,
~
.....
John Host wick
A social was had in the recreation the girls w is h to extend thetr thanks aml went i|lto the chape , tf) the San .
Genia Gardner
halls from two until four o'clock in to her through it for her kindness t< ta Claus entertainment. While they
Willie Dreyer
John Miller
them.
were there, the wind blew the falling
Santa Claus called forward Ji.hn Benjamin ChalTee Leona (ietzendanner the afternoon. Mr. Beckert had
John Hiley
J. H. Kennedy
very glad to see snow into their sleeping room in
was
Albert
Grace
Mr.
and
hall
girli'
the
of
charge
and
Craig
Homer
and
Wiggenhorn
Hay Ximmerman
Fred Hoss
her father on Xmas. He took her large quantites. As a result they
Olivia Baldwin
Garver of the boys' hall. Superin- with her friends Jennie Fetters and'could not bleep in that room, but
requested them to carry from un- Ariston Evarts
Mal>el Clementson Kdna Moyer
tendent and Mrs. Jones alsi divided Qi|j e Baldwin to the city where they had to take up their bed-ticks and
derneath the mantel baskets con- John Slack
Joseph Shaw
Lauretta Ober
their time between the two.
took dinner in a hotel lust Saturday. Coverings to their sitting-room,
taining oranges and boxes of candy Albert Klsass
Kmmn Kckb-r
. , I Naorni Miller
,,
,,......,
They then were taken to the depot where they spread the ticks and
enteran
was
there
evening
the
In
and distribute them among the girls. | j,Mna n\\\ nn
Win Mayer
where both girls watched him go oil'. | coverings on the tables and floor.
was
Georgine Saw hill
tainment in the chapel wind
Charles Hess and Oiner Cox were i William Hich
Bingamau and
IThev had a fine time while he was Chester Huffman,Rav-^^
,, ,
..
.
,
/oe Stebelton
., I Perry McMurray
, .
..
,,.,,.
ftnd the
Ed Uurke ^ 'Qn
very much enjoyed by all who were' rj
detailed to a similar duty on the j/,|ijnn Buzzard
G llomrighauseii
Lily Sworden
i rest.....
.
present. The program is given else-1
hovs' side. Leslie Oren and John Kdna Culp
they
day
next
The
lloor.
the
on
Among the girls who received were objects of much merriment
Christian Morlock
~
,
Henry Tudor
Riley,the blind deaf boyp, were taken Willie Walter
Willie Donglass
visit from their homes on Xmas: uniong the II. C. boys. The room in
Viola Hichard
All who took part in th ' l> ! »y were:
up on the platform to feel the Christ- Hazel lingers
!
'
Brown
J
and
('
which they spent the night looked
Cora Uhl
deserve commendation for the it-good
Delia Snyder, father
mas tree and to shake hands with Ada Hyan
Hazel Lewis
like a fishing camp. Hereafter they
parents
Clark,
Alice
comBurton
Irven
and spirited acting, and the
banta and receive from his hands Willie Arras
will be more careful about the winLewis Kuhbander Norma Schweim
Clara Neuner, uncle
8UC1,
up
getting
in
pains
for
mittee
their presents.
dows.
Archambo
Theresa
Kichard Bridges
Tena Miller, friend
Agnes Orzeehowski an excellent entertainment.
Christmas morning dawned clear Leslie Oren
| Edna Kyle, father
Albertha Hannaford Cleaver Howell
Ki'|><vrittl liy "A Printing-office FU-nrt."
and cold. Aa th« day advanced, the .1 Schelusta
Kula Hotzler. mother and little;
Hobert Parker
Minnie Ziegler
sister
sun showed out brightly, but the Philip Reiss
Do not forget to date your letters
Florence Swart/
Delliert Knapp
Martha Guiidee, friend and two! 1904 hereafter.
thermometer stood about 80 degrees H & M Stottler
Charles Sheets
sisters
Stephenson
Charles
Lamliert
C
&
M
above zero. It did not snow as was
Harry Halm went home on a visit
Dovie Radabaugh, parents and
Jacob Place
Sidney Smith
Thursday, returning Monday. He
expected until after nightfall.
Grace Kvans
Willie Kichler
sister
Ask Rose Long why she always
had a very nice time.
Pelagie Wachowiak
Animation and merriment ruled Mary Miller
Lizzie Xeal, mother
says "Thank the stars."
Howell H Stottler Ida ((wens
sister
and
mother
Johnson,
Lovia
supreme among the children. The Willie Kichler
Willie Neff's parents, who came to
Clyde Settlemire
Many of the girls received boxes
Jennie Gardner, aunt
ChaM Richards
see him on Christmas, kindly gave
departments were all decorated ap- Otto Kloeppel
From their homes on Xiuns.
Krlie Hoss
Chester Huffman
Mary Holmes, father
each of the C boys a nice handkerpropriately in various ways. Chester Nellie Gies
Homer Craig
Mary Gourley, friend
chief.
/endunner
Get
Grace
of
mother
The
Hedman
Walter
Burwell
A
David
Antonio
and
HutVman, Homer Craig
Mary Miller, friend
Susie Boettner
Willie Case
Sunday.
last
her
see
to
here
came
Tuesday afternoon, at about 8:30,
Ciresi, dressed in white jackets, were Frances Tallin
Mary Junkins, father and two
Kddie Schenck
it became very dark and a heavy
Gco H Higgle
Emma Eckel's birthday came off friends
kept busy carrying boxes and parcels Kva Fend
Jason Foulk
Frank Deal
snowfall with plenty of wind followHelen and Clara Harris father
last Thursday and she hud a good
from the reception room. The fol- Kdward King
Anna Sorenson
ed. The pupils had fine fun battling
sister
and
father
Eckel,
Bertha
time.
Harry Williams
lowing children were made happy Lewis Hess
with the elements, though they were
Vernie Warner, f riend John Black
Laing
Ollie Baldwin received a gold
with such remembrances from home: Kftie
nearly blind-d by the thickly falling
Nettie Alien
Mamie Dille, mother tind sister
Hoy Bark
watch and chain from her folks as a
Kuln Het/.ler
Nettie Farrow
snow.
Lillian 1'eets, aunt
N'mbert Pilliod
Hazel Hice
Kmma Kckel
Florence Collier
Xmus gift.
lirover Shinier
Maude Hyre, father
Charles Pope
Florence Hoobing
Monday evening, as Chester HufClarence George
Anna Young
Elsie T'aing
Pearl Butler, parents.
McKibben
W.
McNally
Katy
enbeen
have
sisters
Stottler
The
fman was sitting in his room, Ray
Olura Bussey
Flora Moore
Anna Kemp
Fannie Humsey
joying a visit from their deaf aunt
Isrni'l Crosseri
Frances Hapgood
Black came in and handed him a
Hobert Marcha
Hose Long
Anna Stocker
Kva Fe'id
and uncle for a few days.
pud and pencil and told him to write
S.-agrove
Fannie
Blazer
Kdith
I'Ucy Cundiff
Fred McClish
Sarah Goldberg
his niin.e and address and he would
Kthel Ilixon
Allies Kinsell
Charles Matthews
The birthday of Naoini Miller was
Alta Hensinger
Bertha Karlen
send him something of interest to
C'ora Laws
Shirley Newcomer
received
she
and
Sunday
last
on
Harvey Wetter
Bertha Wenger
Hubert Sheeter
printers. Chester took the pencil
Carl Slovens
Grace Conarroe
Calvin Wetter
several presents from her friends.
/uhi Bratton
Ida Millard
and tried to write with it but instead
Keported by • \Vi-lliiiKtoii II.
Devier
rover
G
Schoenberg
Norma
James Callavvay
Hoss Mohr
Kngene Herrig
., of graphite he found it to be of black
M. Johannson
The Hotisholder sisters were surHafford Hetzler
Stanley Cottrell
Thomas Salter received a
(label
Arthur
Hetzel
Kdward
rubber. The boys had a good laugh
to
come
father
their
gee
to
prised
l*roy Mockler
Arthur Joflers
and chain Christmas, which pleased 1 at
Hosa HolTman
Irene K rouse
Clara Bishop
Chester. Tuesday morning LorCarl Long
Xmus.
before
day
the
on
them
see
Xilch
Hosa
Herman Smith
him very much.
John Walker
Charles Fry
Young tried the same trick on
enzo
Newniann
Moses
John Andrews
\Villie Morris
Ada Adair
Rosa Zilch was much disappointHarry Dix and Harry Homoser Mr. Steward but he refused to bite.
Fred Crooks
Myra Wilt
Jennie Graham
Fred Zeigler
David Gerner
Aldon Carr
ed because her brother did not come are visiting here from I'lirichsville.
Curl Tron
Anna Shellhaas
Tho following boys have received
Antonio Mascari
Louis Bin in
to see her on Xmas as he intended The former is longing for the apJohn Wondrack
Jacob Kaler
Hay Haney
Klmer Conaway
since Wednesday:
visits
Clara Weber
Thomas Salter
season.
baseball
the
of
proach
to.
Gladys Clapp
Angina Faulhaber Kdwin Hazel
Ellerhorst, sister
Clifford
Ask Robert Marcha how he likes
lau-ile Kdwards
WilJie Huebner
Lillian Ranb and Alice Clark are
A service was held in the chapel
Elmore Cottrill, mother
skating
a
of
Hugh Wright
floor
the
Lloyd N umes
on
down
sit
to
at 9:15 a. m. by the Principal. The proud now, because they each were rink when skating on rollers, and of
Carl Gapp, brother
Uruver Long
1-ester Borchert
with gold watches as Xmas
Forest Moore, father
1W1 Burr
Tony Wagner
following order of exercises was car- presented
him.
on
leaves
it
impression
the
presents from their parents.
Edith Armstrong
Martha Kichler
Burton, aunt
Irven
ried out:
Olive Flanders
Bert Tossing
Charles
Mr.
met
Anthony
Ed.
mother and aunt
Parker,
John
Grace Albert, Ollie Baldwin and
A. C. Nisbet
Mona KofTer
1. Prayer.
Robbing, n deaf-mute of this city, at
Ch'arles Pope, father
John /oiler
at
play
the
attended
Fetters
Jennie
Charles Moose
g. Scripture reading, St. Matt, ii,
Lizzie, Hoobing
John Parks, father
Jesse Inmcn
the Empire theatre last Saturday the Union Depot on Christmas, so he
1 to 11.
"«nk Bauer
Charles Fark
states, and enjoyed a chat with him.
Joseph Shaw, aunt
very
it
enjoyed
they
and
afternoon
Gertrude Wallace
8 Hymn, 'Hull all the Blessed
Frank Dement
Harley Dille, parents, brother and
weathcold
having
been
have
We
much.
Anionio Cireai
K. Goldenschwager Morn," Euna Boyd and Bessie McHoy Hockenbratigii Fadden.
er ever since Christmas night when sister
Bla/er
Frances Hapgood was invited to
Alva Cowden, father, aunt and
O.aiid N, Niswonger Alice Hartman
4. Address, "Christmas Thoughts" dine at the home of her aunt in this the wind blew, like a hurricane. uncle.
Myers
Park
Whetsel
Mury
......
Hose '
one
cold
a
be
will
winter
this
Surely
Bells,"
"Christmas
Hymn,
5.
Bessie Mhull
Andes
city on Xmas. She, with her aunt
Leo Frater, cousins
nest Thomas
M. HiddlebaiiKh
Blanche Coppock and Willie Arras. and cousin, attended the entertain- if it keeps on this way.
Williams, sister and uncle
Harry
Thomas (juilligan
Snediker
0 Doxology in concert.
Happy New Year! May it be a
ment in our chapel in the evening.
Albert Render, father and sister
Oscar Stammel
Clara Dettling
prosperous and happy one! We
Dinner was served at half-past
»«la Myers
Klla Hoth
Wm. Harris, father
The brother and two friends of our hope the Chronicle will become
jfiui Froehlich
Joseph Turvey
looked
tables
The
o'clock.
twelve
Hetzler, mother and sisHatt'ord
I'li-riet Mt)ody
Thurshint
her
see
to
came
reporter
Bessie Boy or
more and more bright each New ter
a
and
napery
white
with
attractive
I-'llif kaiib
Nancy Me.Michael
day and staid with her for a few days.
Willie NetT, parents and brother
carnation laid at the side of each She showed them through the school- Year and that more interest will be
Martha Turvey
Sanford Mapes
taken in it.
'jillie Bagan
Lucile Alexander
Frank Neal, mother
plate. The menu was as follows:
building and they were pleased with
Miller Criswell
John (ireiner
Sun ford Mapes, uncle and aunt
Christmas lias come and gone and
Hoast Turkey
what they saw.
^'"'istian Bellstedt Joseph Dobe
David Klepinger, grandmother,
New Year's Day comes next. All
J - »'id A. Davis
Dressing
Gravy
Muriel Conn
The mother of Ollie Baldwin re- seem to have had a tine time on mother, sister and cousin.
William Baker
Mashed Potatoes
l«alei, Swwher
lo Bash or
Raleigh McMurray, brother, sismembered Ollie's roommates with Christmas. The entertainment givCelery
Cranberry Sauce
V' i»nd L. Case
Koscoe Lichty
and friend
ter
OHie's
As
Xums.
and
on
one
tine
a
presents
was
nice
evening
the
in
en
Butter
Bread
Mince pie
J. C. Kndlich
Ortolf
Charles Fark, two auuts
mother is a reader of the Chronicle, all were delighted with it.
Coffee
Newman
Mary Bateman
_
Grandmother's Boy
Carl Porter was sitting on the arm
of his father's chair, after tea on
New Year's eve. "Boss and I,"Raid
Carl, "were out in the woods getting
mistletoe and holly, and what do
yon think we saw? Bob Ray carrying home a great bundle of wood.
Squire Cannon said he could have
all he could take, and Bob has carried home twenty bundles a day all
the vacation! Two an hour he
makes it, and at night he breaks
them up, and packs and piles them
in the woodshed. They have a big
fire-place, and he says they like fine
big fires. But wasn't that a dull
way to spend vacation !''
"Hf> did not look dull, he looked
jolly!" cried Bess, "strong and
jolly, as if he had as good fun as we
do!"
LEARN THE ALPHABET.
We would like to impress on every parent who has a deaf child in
this School, and not only parents, but friends of the deaf, the importance
of learning the manual alphabet. Frequently we see parents who do not
know how to spell to their deaf children and therefore do not tell them
many things they would like to, perhaps things the child ought to know,
because a pencil and paper is not at hand.
Did you ever think ho* easy it is to learn the alphabet? You can
had forgotten, reminded him of it. earn it in a few hours, and after a very little practice be able to spell
"No,1 ' said Cyrus, "I did no! taste it well. It is not necessary that you should spell rapidly, but slowly and
on purpose, because I was afraid it distinctly, it is a duty that you owe your deaf child. Georgia Helper
hud poison. When 1 was at an entertainment horo >uce before, the
ords who drank it talked s.o loud
and acted so rude that 1 thought
they were poisoned." Selected.
SociaJ Customs in Mexico
Ohio Stats School lor the Deal
1»O3
acob Calm, President
ieorge P. Tyler
Villiam A. Uipt*on . .
arl Norpell
... . .
«'rank Tyler .... ... .
Uussellviiie
bandimky
Claringt on
John ^V. Jones .... .... Superintende nt
A. E. Earhart
Steward
I. A. Burgoyne .
Phygicin n
"ora A. Jones ...
Matron
Deborah Evans . .
Assistant Main n
Vlariii Kerch
Assistant Matron
Kliziibeth Felix
.Girls' B Man,,,,
Vlary E. Schenck ..
. Boys' B Mat n.n
Kate Atkinson
Girls' 0 Matron
Harah E. Monahan
Boys' C MII iron
Maria Cross .
Girls' 1) Matron
Mrs. Ira E. Garver
Boys' 1) Mm ron
Ira E. (tarver .......... Boys' Supervisor
A. J. Beckert ........ Boys' Supervisor
Cloe Kipley .........
..
Nurse
,1. \V. Barkhurgt
. .Night Policeman
William H. Ainsworth .... 8torekei>it>r
Ida M. Moore .
Housekeeper
Laura Arbaugh Superintendent'sCI>Tk
Kathrine Mitchell . .
Steward's (Jl,. r k
Annie Maize ....... Visitors' Attendant
L.ulies do not attend thw funerals.
Children U:-- the hand;- of their
parents.
The host is served lirst at table.
Tiin hrid*>gr<Min purch.-i^cs the
Robert Patteraon ....
. Principal
LidaMansur,
bride's trousseau.
Supervising Teacher of Speech
Feminine friends kiss on both
Leonce A. Odebrecht,
cheeks when greeting or taking leave.
High School and A Intermediate
Robert P. Me
JcOregor
High Sch.,ol
Gentlemen gpoak first wh»n passAugustus Greener
B Intennediaie
ing lady acquaintances iv.i the street.
James M. Steward. B Intermediate' >r:il
Albert H. Schury
C Intermediate
The sofa is the seat of honor, and
Mary Grimes
C Intermediate' iral
a guest waits to be invited to occupy
Ralph 11. A (wood
D Intermediate
"And ho wasn't a bit ashamed of
Olivia Bruning ... D Intermediate Oral
it.
William
H.
Xorn
First Primary
our knowing the way he did, and seeMen and women in the same
Louise M. Greener . First Primary Oral
ing his little house, and all."
Nellie
Arbaugh
.First Primary Oral
social circle call tjach other by their
Kathryn F, Sites
First Primary <>ral
"Why should he bt> ashamed,
Mary
G.
Dickerson
Second Primary
first
names.
Carl?'' asked the father.
Frances 1. Walker. . . Second Primary
Whmi
a
Mexican
speaks
to
you
o?
Eliza
O'Hara
Second
Primary < i
"Oh, well it was so well shabMargaret Schumacher, Second Prim. < >rnl
his
home,
he
refers
to
it
as
"your
by, you know."
Bessie M. Edgar
Third Primary
Minnie B. Young
Third Primary
"I think it was manly and honour- house."
Belle Young ...... Third Primary 11:al
When
you
move
into
a
new
localable and noble for a boy to work
Bessie Hunter ... Third Primary Oral
Rose Marsh
. Fourth Primary Oral
cheerfully to help along. How do ity it is your duty to make the neighElsie L. Kenney .
. Fourth Primary
borhood
calls.
you know him?"
Margaret A. Long Fourth Primary Or.il
When friends pass each other on
Louise Berry
. Fourth Primary Oral
"He goes to our school. I heard
Anna Lincoln
Fourth runary
the
street
they
say
adios
(
good
by).
some one say that his father left a
Ella A. Zell ............ Fifth 'riniary
Even the younger children of the
Carolyn M. Feasley
.Fifth rimary
little money for him, and his grandUloa (r. Lamson
Fifth ritiiary
mother keeps it all to educate him, family are dressed in mourning upMaude Hedrick . .
Fifth rimai-y
OlgaC. Wittenmeier Fifth Primary ' ira!
he is so fond of his books. -He don't on the death of a relative.
Nora M. Hisey
Fifth Primary oral
Young ladies never receive calls
wear nice clothes, but he is way up
Anna Snader
Sixth Primary Oral
Anna B. Steelman
Sixth Primary o.-al
at the top of the class, over boys of from young men and are not escorted
Irene Boggs..........Sixth Primary ' )ral
fifteen and sixteen, and he's only to entertainments by them.
Ida M. Lutz
..... Sixth Primary Oral
Daily inquiry is made of n sick
Lulu Evelyn Alspach. .
Sixth Primary
thirteen! He just digs in school."
Hazel Ret-se
Sixth Primary
friend,
and
cards
are
left.or
I
he
name
"Cousin Paul asked him to the
Ada Lyon
Teacher of Deaf-blind
Grace Hodden.... Teacher of Deaf-blind
party," said Bess, "but he said he written in a book with the porter.
Ernest Zell
......
Art teacher
Dinner
calls
are
not
customary,
could not come; his clothes did for
Albert Ohlemacher
Physical director
Maria Lerch
...
Physical culture
school and church, but were not fine but upon rising from the table the
Gertrude Hatfield ..... Normal student
guest
thanks
his
host
for
the
enterenough for parties. And he laughed
Anna Hoeffler... . ......Normal student
and said: 'You ask me when I'm a tainment.
George C. Schmelz........ Book bindery
Mexican gentlemen remove their
great lawyer or a judge, and then I
Clarence W. Charles .... Printing-ollire
hats
as
scrupulously
upon
entering
a
Joseph H. Neutzling .... ... Shoe shop
will come.' Do you believe, pupa,
August Odebrecht ........
Tailor >h'>p
business
office
as
in
a
private
residhe'll be that?"
C. B. O'Bleness .... . Carpenter shop
ence. After a dance the gentleman
H. Apgear, Painting and Paper-han^ng
"From what you tell me I should
Mrs. Klla Sellers . . ... ..Dressmaking
returns his partner to her seat beDescriptions of the Most Common Si^ns of the Deaf-Mute
say he might. I fancy he is one of
Susan Corwiii Hoover ........ Cooking
side her chaperone, and at once
Gmstavus S. Grate............. Engineer
the boys that will stand at the top
leaves her side Modern Mexico.
Uureton...... .... . Electrician
Below we give a few of signs used by deaf-mutes. Parents and others Thomas
of the ladder. Brave, honest, inWilliam H. Schwartz .
..
Florist
interested in the deaf can easily learn them, and will find them useful
dustrious, bright good to his grandTERMS OF ADMISSION.
in communicating with a deaf child at home:
A "Sunshine Boy"
mother. That's the stuff men of
1. No charge u made for pupil* who are
For
"good,"
kiss
the
hand
toward
the
object.
"Billy is a 'sunshine boy,' " exresident* of the State of Ohio, except foi
mark are made of," said Mr. Porter
For "bad," bring the hand to the lips and then throw it from you, clothing, traveling and incidental ex"At school for a whole week we plained his mother one day. "Ho palm downward.
pense*.
played court," said Carl, "and part Iways sees the bright, happy side of
2. Pupils cannot be received until they
For "glad," pat the heart rapidly with a pleased look.
are seven years of age, must be of
of the time he was> a judge, and hings, and shuts his eyes to all the
For "sorry," rub the clenched hand over the heart with a sad look.
intellect, free from immoralties of coinl'ict
For "black," draw the end of the forefinger along the eyebrow.
part of the time he was a lawyer est." This was easily proved that
and from contagious and offensive dice isFor
"red,"
touch
the
lip
with
the
forefinger.
es. By the statute pupils may remain mn'b
We had a whole lot of whiskey cases ery day. Baby brother had, in
For ''blue," form the letter "b," and turn the hand rapidly and in portion of nine years aa their progress
up, and he was terrible hard on the ome unaccountable way, got hold of out.
seems to justify. If at the end of nine
years, their proficiency be such as qualiwhiskey folks. Paul said to him. Lilly's much-prized picture-book",
For '"green," form the "g,"and move the hi.nd the same way.
ties them to enter the intermediate depart'Carl, you're silly to be a temper- nd had almost wrecked them.
For "white," place the tips of the extended fingers upon the breast ment, they may remain three years longer 1
3. Application for admission should he
"Poor Billy! What a pity, your and move the hand away, gradually closing the fingers.
ance crank, for when you get to be n
made to the Superintendent of the InstituFor "love," cross the hands and press them ovtr the heart.
lawyer, you'll find that half thf teiiutiful books are spoiled!" said
tion, who wilt furnish a blank form of apFor "hate," push both.hands, the palms out, from the heart as if re- plication, with the questions about which
cases in court come some way from a sympathizing friend.
information is desired, conveniently arsiling something.
"Of course, I am sorry they are
whiskey, and if there was prohibiranged for answering
For "lie," move the forefinger across the mouth horizontally.
4. The session commences on the tl.ird
tion, there would not be nearly so orn," answered Billy, "but they are
For "true," place the forefinger perpendicularly across the lips and Wednesday in September and closes on
much work for lawyers; maybe you lot entirely spoiled. Just look,
the second Tuesday in June. The best time
niHt it forward in a straight line.
"d starve!' And Carl said he'd there are lots of pictures left."
For "I like/' point to yourself and move the palm of the hand over {or admission is at the commencement of
the session, ami pupils will not be received
"But one side of the book you have the heart with a pleased expression.
rather starve than make his living
at other times except in extraordinary
For "I want," point to yourself and move the fingers of your extend- cases
out of saying wrong is right, and >n your hand has the picture torn off
5. No pupil can be removed from the
ed hands quickly several times.
making it legal to make men crimi- entirely. Doesn't that spoil it for
For "think," place the end of the forefinger upon the forehead with an institution during the progress of the setion without permission of the Superinyou, Billy?"
nals by drink."
xpression of thoughtfulness.
tendent and Board of Trustees. The puFor an instant the sunshine in
"I am pretty sure that your little
For "forget," draw the palm of the hand across the forehead.
pils are not permitted to go home at the
wood-carrier will come out at the Lilly's face darted behind a little
For "know," pat the forehead two or three times with the ends of holidays.
6. Parents and guardians will he dulyforefront a successful men," said loud ; then it came out again bright- the fingers.
notified of the day on which school closet,
For any word expressive of an action, imitate the action as, for that they may make arrangements for conMr. Porter, "many 'temperance er than ever, and he said, ''No, that
"sleep," imitate the act of sleeping; for "eat," the act of eating; for veying their children home. Kccept in
cranks'come <>ut there." National doesn't spoil it. I'll just shut the swim," the act ol swimming, etc.
cases of sickness, pupils cannot be perto leave before the specified tune.
eye on that side, and that will fix it
Temperance Advocate.
The sign for "God" is made by raising the extended right hand slow- mitted
The frequency with which arrangement'
all right." Virginia Farley.
ly and reverently toward the heavens.
are made for pupils to leave a few days beThese written signs will suggest many others to one anxious to com- lore the close of school renders it necessary, to prevent disappointment, to direct
The Poison ii\ the Cup
municate with a deaf child.
special attention to this rule.
What
They
Do
Man.
All
civilized
men
wear
hats,
and
the
majority
in
bowing
reCyrus, the great king of Persia
7. Parents and guardians are required to
move their hats. Therefore in signifying a man, the mutes generally motion provide their children with the necessary
What does a grocer sell?
once when he was a child, being ir
the removal of the hat, then place their hand high or low, according to clothing and books when they are able u>
What does a butcher sell?
the court of his grandfather, Asty
do so; when they are not able do to this,
the person's height.
county in which the child's home in. '
What does a dressmaker make?
ages, oifered to be the cupbearer a
Boys. Is the same, but is always represented as shorter in stature.
required by law to pay for tbe same,
What
does
a
tailor
make?
Woman. In the old times bonnets and caps were tied under the chin dollars should be deposited with the
the table. The duty of the cup
Hence in representing a woman a thumb is passed along the edge of the ard by parents who pay their own bills for
What does a carpenter make?
bearer was to pass around wine o
incidentals
cheek to the chin, the hand as in man held higher or lower.
What does a printer print?
some other drink on a gold tray
8. Pupils are required to spend the v"'
Girls. The same, but shorter of stature.
cation at home, or with their friends.
What does a baker bake?
He must also taste the drink befor
Dress. Pass the hand downward from the neck.
9. The Institution is not responsible f«*
What does a milkman sell?
giving it to the king. Cyrus hande<
Chickens. Placing finger and thumb together IIHUI the lips, open pupils in their coming to or their K">"K
it or when they are truant. In n»ctl
What does a florist sell?
and close them as fowls do their bills; next, with thumb and two fingers from
the cup to the kingwithout doin
cases,
reasonable assistance
i*w»u», however,
nwwoToi, all
«
scratch tbe palm of the other hand, thus representing one of their habits. will be rendered.
What does u druggist sell?
this. His grandfather, thinking h