Daily Gazette & Comet [Baton Rouge, LA], December 22, 1860
Will the ship of the driver be heard this year, will his footprint be found on the chimney side, and the tap at the door when the new year comes, clothed in the garments of promise? Santa Claus, will come, young folks. He will visit you just as others in the time gone by. Even now, he is filling his pipe again, and his rein-deer team is waiting to be loaded with the handsome things at Capdevielle’s, Bogel’s, Heude’s, Rauhman’s and Stewart’s. He will bring all these things to the house-top and down the chimney, as he has done before, and will not mash the trumpets, or soil the white satin dress of the doll for Nelly.—Jolly old fellow he, and yet not old, for his face wears no wrinkles; it is smooth and bright with the smiles of delight gathered here and there, as he drives his car, to distribute the things selected. He gives at the tightness of the times, but not to sadness; his face is as bright as ever.—Look for him little folks—go to bed early and dream that you see him when he comes at the hour of twelve, or sleep with an eye open and realize the fact.