Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; And The First Christmas Of New England

BETTY’S BRIGHT IDEA. “When He ascended up on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.”--Eph. iv. 8. Some say that ever, ‘gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour’s birth is celebrate, The bird of dawning singeth all night long. And then, they say, no evil spirit walks; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, no witch hath power to charm,-- So hallowed and so gracious is the time.