May England and France, with Turkey and Greece,
All contribute to your pleasure and mirth,
And chickens and quail, with turkeys and geese,
Make you feel as if you owned the whole earth.
And when you’re happy as happy can be,
Think of your parents so kind and clever,
And live such sweet lives you always can see,
Merry Christmas, merry Christmas forever.
TEMPERANCE.
Lord, hasten the day, pray hasten the day,
When supported by righteous laws,
We will win the fight, for virtue and right,
And the glorious temperance cause.
THE FOLDING PUZZLE.
The first line was written on the outside, the rest on the inside.
Open this quick
And see the trick,
If there’s a trick about it;
This thing is nice
And low in price,
But one could do without it.
Some rack their brains
With toil and pains,
In making things fantastic;
But soon they’ll find
If they’re not blind,
They’ll need a purse elastic.