Do not confuse with Troy, N. Y., where they only take in washing
and provide a domestic finish for collars and shirts.
VULCAN. The Olympian blacksmith, who always had his hammer with
him.
But not all who carry hammers are blacksmiths.
Legal and Local Holidays in the United States.
JANUARY 1, New Year's Day. On this day the Flowing Bowl is filled--
and emptied--and the Genial Palm circulated in forty-three States
and Territories out of forty-nine. In Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Arkansas, Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory there is no celebration. The natives are too busy
collecting good resolutions and bad bills.
FEBRUARY 22, Washington's Birthday. (George, not Booker), is
remembered by thirty-eight of the States. On this day, in the
public schools, are shown pictures of George Chopping the Cherry
Tree and Breaking Up the Delaware Ice Trust, Valley Forge in
Winter, and Mt. Vernon on a Busy Day. The Pride of the Class
recites Washington's "Farewell to the Army," Minnie the Spieler
belabors the piano with the "Washington Post March," and the
scholars all eat Washington Pie, made of "Columbia, the Jam of the
Ocean.
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