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and
Holidays
excepted)
by
G.
Jokansen
at the Avis Ofjice.
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monthly
1n ad-ance,
:
2 cents
per single
copy.
atered
as
second-class
matter
Say
26th
1917 at
the
Post
Office
al
Christian-
"'.f(""l ShoCraco
V. Lot thell.
5. A,
un-
der
the Actoi ilarch
3.
1879
Contribution
to this paper will be glad-
ly received
when the same
deals
witl mat-
ters of general
interest,
and
is
acec
mpa-
nied with
the
author’s
name,
as
a
Juar-
antee
of good fuith.
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can
10t b
responsible
for the views of his corrcspon
dents
nor does
he necessarily
endorse
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On
Saturday
the 27th
Deec.
1919.
RUECEIVERS:
;
in Caristiansted
A. E. STAKEMANR
Trustee.
inFrederiksted
R.
K. HIGGINS
Trustee.
Balance
of
deposits
to
20th
Dee.
1919
-
$ 68,051.12
21 Leposits,
of wnich
11
in Christiansted
& 544.00
(—new)
:
o 0 in Frederiksted
$
48.30
(1
new)
‘
:
$532.30
;
:
$68,633.42
10 withdrawals
of
which
;
:
Bin Christiansted'
§
143.00
2 in Frederiksted
3
8.00
:
$ 131.00
RE
e
- Balance
of deposits
to date
$ 68.52.42
Receivers
for Saturday,
the 3’ Jan.
1920.
in Christiansted
A. E. STAKEMANN
Trustee.
:
In Frederiksted -
R
K. HIGGINS
‘Trustee.
:
A. E. STAKEMANN
;
-
Presiden..
CHRISEIANSTED - V.l U S 5 A.,
SATURDAY,
3rp JANUARY
1920.
WHERE
BRIDES
\TUST
WEEP.
The wedding
day in
most
eountries
is
the
bude's
day.
It is
her
part
to
look
happy,
however goiigga
face
the
groom
may pull. Only in Lirhuania
is it-a day of
ostentations
gleom
for
her
when,
after
being-led trough
the lighted
church
by
two young
raen,
followed
by
her
brides
maids,
she
takes
hor stand
in front of the
altar, to be joined by
the
groom,also
ac-
companied
by sevaral
youog
men.
Behind
the
wedling
party
come
the
two mothers.
While
the priest
performs
the ceremo
.y,
the
bLuoide
5t
weep
in-
¢essantly.
If she
1.
unabl:
to
hide
her
real jubilation andy:=nnol
:queeze
out
a
tear,
she
is consideyed
guiltyol a
serious
breach
of etiquette
and
@#®e ceremony
is
rendered
more
inte ¥ing
H!
a
vigorous
scolding
ad
linister:d
by thi= t ¥o mo-hers.
Thus
“he maid-nlis
expected
to show
the
hoon
she
i=
confering
upon
mere
man
by becomin:;
his
wifoy
'
{'he same
attituds
towa:ds
the Lithuan-
ian
woman
is provel
by all
the
customs
of the little Baltie
<tate
tha! has
declared
itself
a
republic.
41t
is
shown,
for'
™
stance,
in
old
pFotogravhs.
In
th..
2
the
woman
is
nct
sianding
with
her
hand
on
the should:r
of
her
seated
lord,
iike our own photokrans
of
a former
pe-
riod,
but
threoned
In
state,
with
her
husband
and:
sori:
staading
gallantly
beside
her.—FEvery. oy Life.
“ANNYTHINGFOR
THE
MURPBYS?V
Kansas
n:wspapers
are "‘passing
on’’
his storv
w ich is
zoing the rounds
and
the unanimcus
verciet
is that it
ils good.
it is to the
offect
that
a
tfreckled: faced
cirl stopped
at the
vost office
and
velled
**Anything forth 2 Murphys?”’
“*No, thel2 is not
”’
'
‘“Anything for:Jane
Murphy?”’
:
“Nothing.”’
‘““‘Anythinzfor Ann Murphy?”’
'"No.
“Anythingfor George Murphy?”’
‘*Nothing."’
§
‘“‘Anythingfor’fom Murphy?”’
**No; not
a bit."”
‘‘Anything for Bob Murphy?’’
“NO-”
.
‘.‘Anythin;ffor Terry
Murphy?’’.
“*No.
No- for
Dennis
Murphy,
nor
?
Feter Murply, nor Paul Murphy
nor any
other Murply living, or dead,
born,
or
unborn, malc
or feriale,
native
or
for-
eign franchi:ed, naiuralized
orotherwise.
-No there
is positively nothimg for any
of-
;"VO. 2.
the Murphy’s either individuallv, jointly.
severally,
now and forever one
iv
separ-
able.
e
The gir!l iooked
at
the
postmaster
in
astonishment.
and
said:-
""Please,
is there anything
tor Clarence
t
Murphy?”’
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1920
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hy
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from
the 20th
January
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the
10th February
1920, both
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