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* J PAKINC the times and the fa cilities for dlnner-grving into account, the Thanksgiving feast which loaded the rough-hewn tables of the Pilgrims was no mean one. Served on the dainty linen tablecloths which hud come over in the Mayflower with their owners, the viands and meats must have looked' fit for a royal ban quet. There were turkeys, bigger and fatter than their descendants of today, nod with a gamy flavor which the bird of the domestic barnyanf lias lost. Whole sides of venison hobnobbed with denizens of the briny deep. In dian meal ap|ieantl <*n the table in many forms, evohed by the Ingenuity of the doughty Pilgrim mother. It wss about three hundred yesm it go (hat Thank •CMing was first rete* hmted in this <t>unir> by the Pllgnma. In grateful ■■ kn.>« tedgnetit of the Aral barvewt In the ■ ohuiW-ak. and pee- ban* *n all tbe varied pna^^u tbewnnn aiMrti (he day baa paaaad tbeea vaa nraer tarn mane pe> laraukinar in aa^- n—lel agi ar aaaetr beiany M ibnnba TW faaailWe M Vbe Ittfte f^ynaenlb rabukt a ere •*arv«4| aameeama meafilb Sat haate ta»Sr enn base faa> >*a an Vbey an aie and dnanb napMSee. MMn pamus* Senid b*ng Wanaiaawd and aavr*> «aar baassaed tadbnna ad Ma ‘llAJIKS for Iba Util* iMngv Lard TW bahya fvsvarlng ■mil*. May'e tl»*f ahoea heneatn her bed. Hound ariaa utdtung aboMt her head ,, (She aleeyNng aweet (he whtU). Thanks for (he ktndty thing*, dear Lord— ‘ n. The kitchen’s westward view, Bill’s patience wli-en^e meats a»*e lata. The goidenrod beside the gate. The old cat’s friendly mew. Thanks for the human thing*, dear Lord— t ' N \ Bill's rough ehd^k on my arm. The funny dent in baby’s nose. The backward way May’s red bale ——grow* Like her own perverse charm. The btg things are Thy keeping. Lord- Life, Truth and Love and Peace, ■But little, kindly, human things Are like the touch of angel wrings, Whose blessings never cease. —Margaret W. Jackson, in Farm Llf*. Pie frolic Mis. D Jones tm fmnu/y H*rm!<£ T WAS the night before Thanksgiving. -—■*- On the pantry wlndow-siti a long row; of pumpkin pies lay, rich and mellow, wait ing the next day’s feast. The well-picked turkey lay on his platter in silent maj- . esty and from the cookie Jars certain spicy odors wafted proph ecies of happy satisfaction for keen appetites. All was still, for everyone had gone to bed. Through the window, pres ently, the golden rays of the autumn tuuou stole, pausing gently to rest on the pumpkin-pies. “Ah. me,*’ sighed a plump, Jolly-lookin? pie, “How often s»e have watched that same moon from our plate In the fields! How I wl«h we were bark there again !** As lie s|M>ke. they all heard a noft fluttering of Angs, and when be bad finished, tbrffe alights*! un the window- sill tbs prnttewi Utile fwfry I bey bad v’er assn Her eysa were aa Wwa an tbe take «n a rtnaT aaswwiag. and bee bnir aa bsvsfy a* tbe allksw fiaaa af the **sm «m be* bend naa a irwnn •twddrd «Mb fkwet see rats* and bee dhres we* irtnunM nsb tn*e ftwan tbe tasan af tbe kdnrb ntsrb kneen an tbe flfiskS’r "Al* > * i abnc ten aane base ■% ipMI im. Wssisre wteabss** Ca»« I T IS through tha gates of thaake- - giving 4 That ws snter tha cowrta of pralaoi Our tbanka for the llttlo beuntlaa That compass ua all our daya Shall bring ua to greater bleealnga And lead ua to larger waya. k , x • ' 4 • , O, Lord of the manifold merclea As we number them one by one. From the least of Thy loving kindness To the uttermost gift of Thy Bon. Lead ua on from our selfish gladness To the marvelous Things Thou Hast dona —Frank Herbert Sweet The Pig Eyed Them With a Sleepy Oruwt. broad field where all summer they had hidden under the broad leaves from the hot rays of the sun, and where they had been so happy till that dread ful day when they had been taken sway and put into pies. Then the Pumpkin Pie people took hand* and danced and «ang. So happy were they, and tbetr music had so muck migtc |n it that men tbe frwsem leaves «.f tbe Putupkla vine* turned green again and waved in time wttb tbetr damtng. Tbe mbMte and field mice came frwm far and near and atewd ab "dt wttb tbetr arm* fatded. grs**4- wai*bmg tbe p^wwa acwme. 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Wo bant egg cntlng holiday per ana ly, Easter—-which comas In tho We have one holiday devoted eating of fried chlckeaf and ico —namely, the Konrth of Jnty. Tbo Thankagivlng holiday In tha fait In sacred to turkey and pumpkin pint and Christman to plant pudding and mines pie.” ‘‘One festival sacred to now hats and flowers,” burst out the poetic boarder, “one devoted to speeches, pa triotism and picnics, one for faanlly reunions, and one for the giving eC presents.” “As I said before,” resumed tbo timid Reorder, ‘Thanksgiving la Inst the right distance from ChrtntnML Wo,can say t# ourselves: ‘Wo cant get a turkey or a new suit of dotben or s new Imase or a new aatoosoMln this Thanksgiving, hut Christman wfB •oun he here, and then ws ll have ow> erything! Well havo moro mousy at Christmoo time than wo havo now, and things will he Th* ho*i ami tha bv that wa were •» kind to will u« a ■ k F« ery t^dj I mp at fbr»v>mns tfsas if over. 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Lincoln's proclamation wa* fol low etl by prt»clnmallon* by the g«»ver- nors of (he slates, and this rust ntn ha* been a yearly one since. It is claimed that the authorities of Harvard colleK* were the first pro moter* of the movement to fix a set date for Thanksgiving in the New England states. Until lt!80 the holi day had been celebrated, off and on, in winter or summer, just as tbe spirit moved the colonists. In consequence of this all sorts of disorder prevailed among tbe college students because some portion of them was celebrating Thanksgiving the whole year round. When a day was set for the feast in the place where a student lived, of course he wanted to he there, and equally of course his parents wanted him. There was no. way to prevent this state of affairs, so the wisdom of the Harvard professors was levied upon for a way to abolish it Their cogitations resulted In the pro|M>aition to advocate a fixed date, afid they gave It whU-spread pabl»t*Hy. TW emi- Malsee saw |W g<»»1 mum af lb* J 'hsAgr. gbd iba csisulal gwv ema*a» M ,t !** eeeveusk w *« » Iw 'Hm 4m Aw • w mrXaeeg % | •be ekrtaey af iba vuiauae** geev tW Hegaa- Ttw firvi us turns l Tbeuk*giv mg day. j by grwtsaaatieu *f gieeideai Wasb> , fbgtiu. uas UK fa* Thursday. Severn- • her 31. 1?*A. la the luierlar varlaua days lb vaH- euv months were vet aslti* by stata gm ••»-»« »r*. j Knua time to time ••ffier grwldenrs of the United Stale* proclaimed tlisiik-glving day*, and for nisay years past ii hs* been the nunual practice 1 of the exe« uflvp ofllclal to name the l«*t Thursday of November for a na tional day of rejoicing and expression; of gratefulness to the Giver, of all good and perfect gifts. — Brodklyn Eagle. His CTime Has GT - I m « e* NEW tewl HAMPI arranfment I Your opportunity to sffcirifHbon "Iral K>fi"ol »ew Ovrrldjui Oumptoo —*Ammca • , • moti vrrvmle car" Swerpinf public intercut and demand irad ua to hold a Champion Demonstration TJJeek Nov. / 1'1 to Nov. 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