Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 219
ra-tion. In some of the towns the brass bandscome out and add to the jollity of the day bymarching around and playing My Marylandand Dixie; while the soldier companies pa-rade up and down the streets to the strains ofjoyous music and fire salutes with cannons andrifles. To the girls and boys of the… … HIONED CHRISTM. a holiday that was invented for their especialhappiness. They take it for granted that allthe white folks they know will give thempresents; and with grinning faces they areup bright and early, asking for Christmusgif, mistah; Christmus gif, missus. No one thinks of refusing them,…
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