| The following letter from a
Sidney youngster was published in The Sidney Daily News,
Dec. 21, 1899.
Dear Santa, I thought I would
drop you a few lines and tell you a few things what I want. Well, I want a pair of skates,
because I think by the time Christmas comes it will be frozen up. And for another thing, I
want a pair of leggings so that it will keep my feet warm and I want them so that they
will come up above my shoe-tops, and I want a little slate like those that have pictures
of cats and rabbits and dogs on and like those that are almost like a slate, and if it
don’t cost too much I would like a large doll, so large that it would look about four
years old. I will tell you where to find it. If you look in the basement of the Arcade on the place where the dolls are, you
will see a large doll with real long curly hair and it is jointed and it is as pretty as I
am. And I don’t think I want much, but dear Santa, I know that I want more than you
can afford to give, for there are more little boys and girls and they want something too.
But I would like to have so much a nice tricycle that would cost three dollars and that is
too much, I think, to pay for anything, but that is really the price of it because I saw
the price on it and it said $3.00 as plain as this letter is written and I think it is
written pretty plain. Well Santa, I must close because it is getting late and I think if I
don’t close you will not bring me anything. I have got as much as I can think of.
Goodbye, dear Santa. Jeannette E. Linn, 509 south Walnut avenue. |
