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The Saline   Observer.
A: J. WARREN. Publisher.
SALINE, WASHTENAW CO., MICH.,   THURSDAY,    DECEMBER 27,  1894.
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VOL. XV.-NO. 9.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
T W.GAUNTLETT, D. O.
Graduate o£ the
Chicago OpWhalmic College and Hospital
Will call and test your eyes if you address
meat
MILAN, - MICH.
T> F. SHEEDER, A. M., M.. D.
Physician & Surgeon.
From the V. of M. and Jefferson Hospital Col
lege, Phidelphia. Lateassistantto the Bliss Eye
Hospital, Springfield, O.
Special attention given to tbe eye.
Eyes tested aud glasses fitted.
Office and Residence—the Marsh house, Chica
go St.
SALINE - - MICH.
rjR.B. E. HATHAWAY,
Dentist
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Office over Nichols Bros, drug store.
SALINE, -       - MICH.
P   E.JON ES.
Attorney at Law.
Business attended to with Promptness and
Care.   Office on McKay street.
SALINE,
MICH.
Q IR. WILLIAMS
Attorney at Law,
Especial'attention paid to Pension Claims ot all
kinds.   Newcomb Block,
MILAN, - - MICH.
C   W. CKA.'iOLER, M  □.,
VjimcuNjw* SUUGBOU
Hipe qn 4dr|an Street, first dpnr south of the
"' Wallace HIqpH,
gALJNE, = MICH.
p   O. SLASHT,
Veterinary Surgeon.
MACON, LENAWEE CO., MICH.
Connection with Tecumseh by  Telegraph
and by Mail.
AU. CALL* PBOUPrLV ATTENDED TO.
yyATERMAN'
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
(Miss Gillett's old stand.)
a^d shall be
'-*- '—-* (ine.
F
ISH'S
Barber Shop.
Mr Cutting.   Shaving,  Shampooing and   all
WorK in the Baroer Line,
SALINE,
HOMER FISH.
MICH.
A. J. WARREN,
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notice and at prices within the
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General Fire Insurance a Specialty,
m 11TIMIE
«. A. LINDENSCHMIDT
Is still at the old stand, where he is always pre
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IN THE MARKET in the line of
Fresh and Salt Meats of all Kinds,
Mj« fflk SfflHW. ^"
£% aQBULAg PRICES.
Cggiplpte sff^ra outfit for  manufacturing sau
wbb, .Hememner the old stand."
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Why Children Sans Their Stockings.
The custom of hanging stockings on
Christmas eve, like that of preparing
the Christmas tree, is derived from the
Germans, -who have a fable that -while
the stockings of good children are filled
with toys and sweetmeats by Khris
Eingle—a corruption of Christ Kindlin,
or jGhrist Child—those of bad ones receive nothing but a small rod or switch,
which is placed in them by another personage, known as Pelsnichol, literally
Nicholas with fur, meaning St. Nicholas
dressed in fur. It is a'rare sight on
Christmas morning in a German household to see the expression of abject misery and broken heartedness on tho face
of some poor little Wight who, having
been disobedient or otherwise naughty
on Christmas eve, finds in his stocking
only a small birch rod, while the hosiery
of his brothers and sisters is filled with
bonbons and playthings. The dread of
getting the rod from old Pelsnichol on
Christmas keeps many a German child
in order throughout the entire year.
Burning the Christmas Candle.
We are inclined to pity the Puritan
little one of New England who mows
nothing about merry Christmastide,
with its rollicking games of ulindnian's
buff, hunt the slipper, snapdragon and
the like, but some of them enjoyed the
practice which they called "burning the
Christmas candle." This taper was a
homemade affair and differed from other tallow dips only in being larger and
having the wick divided at the lower
end to form three legs, while at its heart
was concealed a quill well filled with
gunpowder. On Christmas eve it was
lighted, and the quaint little Puritan
folk sat around telling stories and riddles until suddenly the candle went off
with a tremendous explosion, making
a delightful excitement and giving the
children of the colonies their only taste
of uproarious holiday fun.
The Birds' Christmas.
Hon. W. W. Thomas, Jr., formerly
minister to Sweden, describes the Swedish Christmas thus: "One wintry afternoon, at jul-tide, I had been skating on
a pretty lake, Dalsjon, three miles from
Gottenburg. On my way home I noticed
at every farmer's house we passed there
was erected in the middle of the door-
yard a pole, to the top of which was
bound a large, full sheaf of grain.
'Why is this?' I asked of my comrade,
'Oh, that's for tho birds, the little, wild
birds! They must haye a, Christmas,
too, you knp;w..' T/fteye is not a peasant
fe. al} Sweden, -who. will sit down with
hjs children. tQ ft CTtWfmas dinner within floors till he has f ,t raised aloft a
Christmas dinner for the little birds
that live in the cold and snow without. '"      	
The Way It Was Accepted,      x
Clara's, Sister=Qh, this must be Arthur's present!
Clara—Open it, quick! I'm so afraid
it won't be from Tiffany.
Clara's Sister—Well, it is!
Clara (critically)—Yes, so it is. It
isn't a case, though; only a box. That's
awfully shabby!
Clara's Sister—But see what's inside!
A lovely necklace!
Clara (coldly)—I don't call that very
lovely. A last year's design, not half
as rich as Polly Thurston's. I think Arthur was very skimpy indeed.
They Felt Badly.
Susie—Papa, did you get mamma a
new pair of slippers for Christmas?
Papa—No, my dear, but why do you
ask that question? asi
Susie—Well, Tommy said, that ^
old ones were-sick. ° •    v"  '• '     ""
"'Papa—S^f'tgb\v $Q you make that
Susie—That's what he meant anyhow, for he said they felt badly.
Bather Tart.
Mr. Kanoodle—And now wouldn't
you like mo for a Christmas present?
Miss Alert—Certainly, if you'll hang
yourself on the Christmas tree.
Christmas Jingles.
Get the banjo from the pegl
Tune the fiddle, fling TPUtUea^
Christmas cornea $eV-'(wCT. fan.-
Balance ^yifSr.partners,'all! '
*■'•'' ''•'    " '■",;,-94tlau«i!Constitutlpn.
The problem that is causing
Old Santa's worried look
Is how to show up in good shape
With flattened pocketbopk.
-SflRSflS £$jJf°ur-na.l.
fhpflgh, boughs, hy hitter- "winds are tossed.
fha cfdd. n>'ej> ohills our glee.
It nlwnys takes a little frost
To sprout-a Christmas tree.
—Washington Star.
Winter o'er the Bmlllng land
His cold, bleak way has wended,
And Christmas time is al.rnp.st h.ere=.
The footba)l season's ended.
»=LoutsviHe Courier-Journal.
QUAINT ENGLISH SUPERSTITIONS.
mas day is supposed to be accompanied
by dire results.
Many old country people still adhere
to the preposterous belief that a loaf
baked on Christmas eve never gets
moldy. It can only be supposed that
healthy appetites have been the cause of
this effort of the imagination not having been exploded long ago.
An individual who dies on Christmas
eve is, paradoxical as it may seem, both
pitied and congratulated. He is pitied
on account of his lease of life having
expired and congratulated because folk
who shake off this mortal coil on Christmas eve are supposed to be sure of eternal happiness.
In several parts of Devonshire and
Cornwall tbepeople are exceedingly superstitious. On the evening preceding
Christmas day cattle are commonly believed to fall down on their knees in
adoration of the infant Saviour. A visit
to the meadows would, of course, at once
disprove this strange assumption, but
considering that in the eyes of these folk
the very act of going out for the purpose of witnessing the spectacle is an
unpardonable crime, the rash perpetrator of which brings down upon himself
and tho animals the Wrath of the Almighty, the superstition appears in no
way likely to die out.
Christmas eve was regarded as the
holiest night in the year, on which the
Wandering Jew slept once every year,
and when Pilate, whose spirit haunted
Mount Pilatus, in Switzerland, in the
vain endeavor to wash its hands clean,
had a brief rest.
On this night the quivering aspen
tree ceases the motion of its leaves,
which have continued since its wood
was used for the cross, the respite given
because from the same wood was made
the cradle in which the Holy Child was
rocked.
A Christmas Sermon.
There are two sweet things in human
life—to be happy oneself and to make
another so. When the first is gone, the
next, thank God, is always left.
Do not lock yourself in your room too
soon, too often or too long. Dash away
the tears. Play the waltzes for the children. Put away your crape. Wear a
white dress and a high mien and the
smile of those who conquer the selfishness of pain on Christmas day.
The best friends of the tempted, of
the young, of the erring and the overlooked are those who have known the
sorest anguish and have achieved the
sweetest peace.
Such, too, are the most sacred flowers of our festivals and the dearest angels of our happy homes.—Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps.
Origin of Christmas Greens.
The custom of decorating churches
and houses with evergreens, branches
and flowers is of very early date. The
Jews used them at their feast of tabernacles and the heathens in several of
their ceremonies, and they were adopted by the Christians. Christ permitted
branches to be used as a token of rejoicing upon his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It was natural, therefore, that at
Christmas time, when his birth was celebrated, this symbol of rejoicing should
be resorted to. Some of the early councils, however, considering that the practice somewhat savored of paganism, endeavored to abolish it, and at one time
it was enacted that it was not lawful to
begirt or adorn houses with laurel or
green boughs.
The Birth p.r Christ,
The observance ot^he ^5^ of. Decern,-,
ber as,th,e. birthday. o£ oiJe. 'Saviour,, is.
^sc^h^c^ ~(jp( J^.ins, bishop, of 5om4^ A.
B, 33'7-52. * The eastern church had
previously observed the 6th of January
in commemoration both of the baptism
and the birth of Christ. The exact date
of Christ's birth appears not to have
been known in the early church and
canno>iiow be determined. Between the
middle of December and the middle of
February there is generally in Palestine
an interval of comparatively- dry weather, preceded and fo.Uawed by the early
and later ra^n. Thus there might have
tjee^ $n.epherds on the plain of Bethle-
£ein patching their flocks at night
Fat Turkey—I've been living high
lately.    Wonder what s the matter?
Thin Turkey (who is to be saved for
another year)—You'll know before
night.    Ta, ta.
Implicitly Believed by the Simple Folk,
Acts That Are Unlucky.
In some districts of Northumberland
and Durham, and also in Scotland, the
country folk are extremely superstitious
as to who first enters the house on
Christmas morn. If a fair haired person
crosses the threshold first, misfortune
will attend the family. If a dark haired
person is the first visitor, all may be
well.   The explanation vouchsafed for   every synagogue in Russia.   The fact is
this  queer belief is  that the hair of
Judas is supposed to have been red.
In some counties, if on Christmas hni,CA n«T^ck5«i?J.^T>Ui3uaS
morn you ask a man to oblige yo.t, with P# f>M*^%*™P&
a wax vesta to light ^toj^|^M   ft*^siah;goveft^enfpr'de?lo.
p^lely^'i ^Tntay^declme.^lie giv-i
ing of a%-matoh out of (doors onTChrist--
It was a strange spectacle indeed, after all the persecution of the Hebrew
race by Czar Alexander, that of prayers
for his recovery offered by the Jews in
every synagogue i
they had to do it.   It wrs, m*<*fftclal or^
' der that sucli a, servie^ be. held, in every
'     house of tcoTRhin ^vri> this tamHiiiJ ' tpVloiJ"
subjifec"
to do
mlbVeSntt&YprJde^o^
r:rs ev^gt t<£say^us? prajerX ><«»«*<=
it'or-ga'to^Siferia. «s"«  l ■
SOBERING UP IN TURKISH  BATHS.
'he has
S"H.'. i :-':l>- '•'-•
The Bibulous Bounder's   Sure  Method of
Having a Clear Head Next Morning
"Hardly a week passes," said the
manager of an up town Turkish bath
establishment, the doors of which are
never closed, "that we are not called
upon to certify to the fact that some
gentleman has passed the night with
us. The all night business is to a great
extent made up from gentlemen who
have drank a little more than is good
for them. They do not want to go home
in that condition and are anxious to be
all right in the morning.
"They come in here, take a sweat, a
shampoo, a plunge and a ruhdown and
are then prepared for a refreshing sleep,
awakening in the morning little the
worse for the indiscretion of the early
evening before. That the explanation of
their whereabouts is not satisfactory to
wives or parents in many instances I
judge from the frequency of application
for proof of the same.
"Not long since a lawyer's clerk went
over the register of our patrons for a period of two years, and, fortunately perhaps for the gentleman in wliose interest the research was made, found his
autograph (written quite frequently in
a very unsteady hand) over 50 times in
that period. I have since heard that
this proof prevented the filing of a divorce suit that would have created a
sensation within the select 150 of the
chosen Four Hundred. I am thinking
very seriously of getting up a printed
form, like one I am told was once used
in a Denver bathhouse, which when
filled up would read something like this:
;    (Seal.)    Scrubhard's Turkish Bath, i
New York, Oct. 6,1894. :
: This is to certify that Mr. Small Jag :
: entered this establishment at 11 p. m., :
; Oct. 5, and left at 10 a. m. of this date. :
: A. Nightoto, Clerk.     :
:    J. Bromide, M. D., :
: Besident Physician. :
—New York World.
To Whiten the Hands.
Coarse and red hands may be whitened by using a few grains of chloride of
lime added to warm soft water for
washing. All rings and bracelets must
be removed before this is used, as the
chloride of lime will tarnish them. A
soap containing this ingredient may be
prepared as follows: White powdered
castile soap, 1 pound; dry chloride of
lime, 1% to 2 ounces. Mix and beat
this np in a mortar to a soft mass with
a sufficient quantity of rectified spirit.
Divide the mass into tablets and wrap
it up in oil silk. It may be scented by
adding to the mixture a couple of drams
of oil of verbena. In using chloride of
lime it is very important to be careful
to avoid getting any of the powder into
the eyes, as it is exceedingly irritating
and may even cause blindness.—Popular Magazine.
Xamont's Hobby.
Politics is Lamont's hobby. Dan
would rather talk politics than eat.
Mrs. Lamont once told me that she was
frequently awakened at night by Dan's
talking politics in his sleep. His knowledge of New York politics is encyclopedic. He knows every politician in New
York city of any note and could offhand give a good biographical sketch
of them all. He knows the name of every member of every congressional,
state, senatorial, assembly and county
Democratic committee. He's thoroughly familiar with the political history.
not only of this cou^try'ajacl '.$few York^
but of every. QtherT statei yi the 'Onion,
aij4 q$ 'every co'un.try. in^ Europe. La--
Biont is-.not in politic? for what there is
^n, it-. iB; a financial sense. He's in it
simply because he loves it. It's his hobby.—Rochester Post-Express.
Warmth In Old Age.
In old age remember that warmth and
an even temperature are just as essential
to tho welfare of the aged as proper
food. Many old persons die from bronchitis, for example, induced by exposure
to a temperature which, harmless to
the young and middle aged, acts severely on the lungs of the old. The bedroom
of an old person should be kept at a heat
of not less than 60 degrees, and naturally chills should be especially guarded
against. In respect of the feeding of the
aged, second childhood is like tbe first
childhood. "Little and often, "is the
motto, and old people should have their
food given them in a state of easy digestion, above all things.—New York
Dispatch.
Not at Breakfast.
English Sparrow—Mr. Swallow, join
me at breakfast tomorrow. I have invited a company of gay birds, and we
•will have a jolly time.
Mr. Swallow—Make it dinner, and I
will accept. Look at my swallow tail.
I don't want to be taken for a Chicago
bird.—New York Herald.
Beassured.
"Jonah," expostulated the whale,
"'do keep still."
"Certainly," answered the famous
man, "now that I know where I am. I
wasn't sure but I had been caught in a
folding bed, don't you know."—Detroit News-Tribune.
The most splendid pair of shoes on
record were those worn by Sir"WaIter.
Raleigh "        ^ "-i       Tm
were
ciou^
In shipping ";pb'tatbes'~'in extremely,
cold weather paper inside' and outside
of the barrel affords the best protection"
known.        • *l•*       *"•'; ' .*
THANKS
We desire to thank the people of Saline and vicinity for the
largely increased patronage accorded us during the past year
and also to wish them
A Happy New Year
Hoping to make the acquaintance of many-
others during the coming year~we remain
Yours truly
E. F. MILLS & CO.
20 Main St.,
Ann Arbor.
No Matter
Whether you ride on business or for
pleasure.
We desire to announce that wo have purchased the Livery Business of A. Miller & Son and shall endeavor to work for your interest as
well as our own. Farming is our business, which we shall continue in,
end with the livory in connection can work both onds to a greater advantage.
For a time at least, we shall remain at the old stand where we
shall be pleased to wait upon the many old customers,and any new ones
that may come our way. No pains will be spared for your convenience
and our prices will be reasonable.
In a short time we shall add several new rigs to our stock   which
will then enable us to meet any demand for something nice that   may
come.
Thomas Baty, Supt.
H. O. LAMKIN,  Prop.
«MDERWE„R»«
We have the largest and most
complete line of underwear in town.
A full line of Men's,
Boys', Ladies',' Misses, and
Childs' in white and  colored.
Our ladies 25c Jersey is
a hummer.    Others ask 40c for it.
COME AND SEE THEM
Chas. Burkhart
Heavy and Fine Harness,
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