The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, November 29, 1923, Image 5
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
AH lew aaadl tbe aamad wf tbe Miser
trumpet ruaae aaer tbe bstd Tbe
pumpbtn vibes *«mevd «p and lay
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gerw -rtmt, that Thankaflvtac In
near Christman; eerond. tbnt
giving la ao far from
Tm thankful that It
Bear the Paurth af July, 1
fat and-nancy boarder. *Tbo
ment of our holidays throughout
year la exactly right. 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
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I mp at fbr»v>mns tfsas if over.
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g garmaai at naiianat stains until 2an
years afterward, wham, an tbo Jtwh af
virtuher, )Urt. Abraham lubewhi. la
grateful acknowledgment *»f air*aries
arbieved by the I nion army, sad the
“tropes of an ultimate sad happy tie
liierunt-e from all nur ilangers snd
afllu tiona.” asketl all of hi* fellow
Htlseu* to Jtiln him In thanks to
Cod. 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
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•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.
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