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Graffiti lllatfifieal »o«l*»r • , ' V THE STAY 20th Year, No 43. MÄIL STAYTON, MARION COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1914- Thanksgiving's Boys POLLY’S THANKSGIVING How a Little Girl Got a Holiday Ail For Her Very Own. UCH a funny little roly poly Mot ly ns she whs , with her big china blue eyes, that w ere fo r ever seeing som ething to w o n d er about, and her round, red cheek*, th a t nlwuy* grew redder when a n y body s p o k e to her. nnd her crin k ly , flaxeu hair, that never would sta y In pluco. Such a queer dumpling of a I'elly: All th e sam e, «he liked nice th in g s to eat u« well a s any one could, and w hen once upon h tim e som ebody g av e her tliv m easles Ju st In season for T h a n k sg iv in g day sh e felt d re a d fu l a b o u t It nnd cried ns h a rd us sh e knew bow beenunc »lie c o u ld n 't b a r e any tu rk e y nor p u dding nor mim e pie for d lu u e r - n o tb in g a t uII but o atm eal gruel Mot cry in g d id n 't help th e m easles n uilte. ns, o f course. Molly knew It w ouldn't. Mut sh e co u ld c t b o re help ed cry in g If sh e w a n ted to. a n d sh e d id n 't w a n t to. “ M ost anybody 'd cried, I w o u ld u 't w onder," sh e said a d a y o r tw o a fte r, w hen th e uieusles b ad begun to go aw ny a g a in .'" n o t to h av e n m ile o f any T h u u k sg lv ln g for d iu n c r - o o t an y pie not any c ra n b ’ry sauce, nut n n y —ob. de-nr!” “ W ell, w ell." s s ld Molly's m other, laughing. "I g u ess w e'll h av e to hav e a n o th e r T h a n k sg iv in g day rig h t olT.” “Oh. can w e?" cried Molly, b rig h ten Ing up. "N o t UDless th e g o vernor any* so " an sw e re d h er fa th e r, w ith a tw in k le "T h e g o v ern o r m ak es T h an k sg iv in g days. P o ly a n th u s." “ W h ere doe* he live?" asked Molly, w ith an e a rn e s tn e ss th s t w as fu n n y E verybody lnughed "A t th e c a p ita l," said Polly's U ncle Ben D avis. “ Do you kuow w here th a t Is?" “ I g u ess I do." sa id Polly, an d she a sk e d no m ore q u estio n s B u t w h a t do you guess th is funny P olly d id ? By nnd by. w hen sh e felt q u ite Uke h e rself a g a in , sh e borrow ed pencil a n d p a p e r a n d sh u t h erself m g, tn h e r ow n little room nnd w rote a le tte r th a t looked a little queer. 'f|s tru e , h u t still tn sd e h e r w ishes know n: S OUNTRY boy with cheek of tan* £S8 (So the old time poem ran), You’re the one to catch our turk; Hope you find it easy work! Hold him tight as you are able, Lest he never reach our table! ? D oH e P to A s a Serial N o 97$ p ain ted picture* of all kin d s of speci m ens of th e finny trilie. and th e china used fo r gam e bna p re tty p ictu res of wild fow l In th e a ir or sta n d in g am ong tb e reed*. T h ere Is even a p la te which once belonged In tb e C onfed e ra te W hite H ouse and odo given to W ashington by th e Society o f tb e C in c in n a ti All of th e silv er a t tb e W hite Y friend.- T h a n k sg iv in g day H ouse Is m arked '•The M resldent’e H ouse." com es, by s ta tu te , once a O ther th a n having a m o n ster ta rk e y y ear. T o tb e ho n est m an It to g race h is table, tb e p re sid e n t's d in com es a s fre q u e n tly as tb e ner will be ab o u t th e sam e a s th a t of h e a rt o f g ra titu d e will allow , w blcb an y o th e r well to do A m erican.—W ash m ay m ean every d ay . o r once in seven ington S tar. days, a t le a s t Now. I propose, my frien d s, to » tata W hen th e A ncient Jew* Gave T hanks. a few of tb e th in g s fo r u s to be th a n k T h ree th o u san d y e a rs ago w itnessed th e Je w ish fe a st o f tabern acles, w ith ful fo r—w hen w e a re In th e mood, o f Its m agnificent ritu als, m elodious course, fo r w hen w e ar« n o t Inclined choirs an d p ictu resq u e festivities. For w ho ca n m ak e us give th a n k s fo r any A ll, to th e chief!" T h a t p a r eight day* th e people ceased th e ir th in g ? W e should be th a n k fu l th a t tic u la r line o f th e p a trio tic w ork to “e n t d rin k and be m erry ." w e know m ore th a n anybody else, for a re w e not cap ab le of ta lk in g an d glv hym n certain ly ap p lies a t D uring th e tim e g re a t th ro n g s g a th e r lng lectu res upon ev ery su b je c t ever ed In nnd nround Je ru sa le m for sev th is season to th e n atio n al ta lk e d of? b ird —th e tu rk ey , a n d not th e eagle. eral d ay s, living In booths form ed of W e should be th a n k fu l th a t we a re th e b ran ch es o f th e olive, pine, m yrtle F rom th e stin kissed san d s of th e g u lf aDd palm and decorated w ith fru its all good looking. A in’t w e? J u s t look to th e snow clad m ountain cre sts of and flower* G ran d public p ag ean ts aro u n d th is audience a n d see If you A laska, from th e b u rn in g d eserts of w ere held, nnd. In ad d itio n to these, can "sp o t” tb e person w ho la. In bis A rizona to th e bleak, storm w ashed every household had Its w orship. Its ow n estim atio n , not good looking. It w ould be a cu rio u s stu d y , to be su.w, rocks o f Maine, th e tu rk ey Is king. sacrifices a n d Its b a n q u e t to Ond In w h a t p a rtic u la r som e people M illions of A m ericans will pay him a re good looking, b u t It's none of o n r trib u te. On th e plain d in n e r ta b le of p erso n al b u sin ess If a m an baa carro ty th e farm house, on th e sliv er laden b alr. ey es like a new moon, nose like a sp lit p ear, m onth like a p a ir o f w attle board o f th e city h anker. In th e cabin. iro n s, cbln like a D utch ch u rn , neck In th e mine» nnd c a rs w hirling along like a g a n d e r's an d a body like a cro w th eir tra c k s of steel, benteath th e glow b ar. C o m p arativ ely b e Is good looking of e le c t r ic lig h ts and th e so u n d s of —th a t Is, th e re a rc hom elier m en nnd m usic floating from behind palm s o r a n im a ls th a n h e—so everybody Is good By LYDIA MARIA CHILD . w ith th e gleam o f th e tallow dip, th e looking a n d h as a rig h t to p u t on airs. V E R th« river and through th« wood sovereign Is th e sam e, proudly re stin g W e should be th a n k fu l th a t w e are To g ra n d fa th er's b ou se w e go. m o re pious th a n an y one else. T h at T h e h orse k n o w s th e w a y w e a re pious is ev id en t from th e man To carry th e sleig h Through th e w h ite and d rifted snow. n e r In w hich w e tr e a t poor creatu re« w ho hav e m ost u n fo rtu n a te ly been Over th e riv er and through the wood— d riv en to sin ; from tb e fa c t th a t w e Oh, how th e wind d o es blow! It stin g s th e to es pay o u r p re a c h e rs occasionally a n d al And b ites th e noae w a y s re q u ire th em to be unexceptiou pie Instead o f “su p erstitio u s m eats,” such as a baron of beef, boar's bead nnd plum pudding. Many funny stories a re told o f th e early T h anksgiving day*, such ag th e •own o f C olchester calm ly Ignoring the governor's appointed d ay and ob serr- Ing It» ow n festival a week la te r In o r d er to allow tim e for th e arriv a l, by sloop from New York, of n hogshead of inol i <•» for pies.—F rom "C ustom s an d F ash » 1 « In Old New E ngland,’' by A His* Morse Earle. A THANKSGIVING DAY “ SERMON” THANKSGIVING AT THE WHITE HOUSE AN OLD THANKS GIVING FAVORITE O A s o v er th e ground w e g o O ver the riv er and through th « wood T o h a v a a first ra te play. H ea r tb e bell« ring, “T ln g -a -U n g d in g !” H urrah fo r T h a n k sg iv in g d a y ! IW M lsT eH OUVNEK will y o u M a k e A n o T Ite R TH A N K RO TV - EAST INDIAN MAGIC. T he C lever D ry Sand T ric k «nd the W ay It 1« P erform ed. A v ery c lev e r trick o fte n seeu in In dia Is tb e follow ing. w hich is know n a« th e “d ry san d tric k .” T h e fa k ir b rin g s fo rw a rd a pall, w hich he proceeds to fill w ith w a te r H e th en sh o w s som e o rd in a ry gaud, q u ite dry. T o prove Its d ry n e ss he ta k e s u p » ha»iffnt and. la tiw iu g s h a rp ly tifion It, s c a tte rs It In all d i m tio u . H e th e n ta k e s up- .m o th er han d fu l am i d ro p s It Into the. w ater. tVe ca n all sec It lying In th e bottom o f th e pall u n d er th e w a te r. N ext, sh o w in g hia han d s em p ty , be places one in th e pail and b rin g s o u t a h a n d fu l of tb e rautl. B low ing ui>on if. it still s c a tte r s in all d irectio n s, show ing it to be a s dry as ev er. T h is Is refiented se v eral tim es u n til all tb e san d is ag ain e x tra c te d T h is c lev e r trick Is p erfo rm ed iu th e follow ing m an n er: F ine, clean san d is selected, w ashed carefu lly In hot wn te r several tim es a n d d rie d in tb e sun. Som e of th is san d is th e n placed in a fry in g pan w ith a lum p o f fresh lard and is cooked u n til ail tb e la rd is b u rn ed aw ay . T h e re s u lt is th a t ev ery p ar ticle o f sa n d is covered w ith a thin co a tin g of g rease, so th a t w hen th is sa n d Is dro p p ed Into th e w a te r it re m ains d ry .—Scientific A m erican. r v o DAT be Caws I hsD THR MEKST.K* the LAst One. Polly I’lnkhnm T h e n sh e folded th e lettc*r an d put It attg, In an envelope nnd scaled It nnd took 2 c e n ts o u t of h er h an k for th e post ag o nnd ra n aw a y ns fa s t as sh e could run. ' Mr. W illey k ep t th e postoffloe. and If h e h im se lf hnd lieen behind th e g la ss boxes th a t d ay I dou’t believe P olly’s le tte r w ould e v e r have gone o u t o f T ln k erv tlle. B ut S ir W illey’s niece w a s th ere. She rend th e ad d ress on th e en velope Polly handed tn. nnd 1» TH* STATE DINING ROOM OF TH* h e r ey es d an ced . It looked so funny: WHITE HOUSE. M ister UuvNEU, a t the CAPtTLE. through th * whit * AND DRirrKD SNOW. ■ O ne o r tw o q u estio n s bro u g h t out th e In his bed o f brow n g rav y , his portly sides c rack in g w ith dellclousness. w hole sto ry . O ver the rlv«r and through th« wood T h an k sg iv in g Is a g re a t day a t th e " T h e g o v e rn o r sh all hav e your let Trot f a s t m y dapple g ray! Spring over the ground ter. P o lly ," roguish Miss Molly said W hite H ouse. T he tu rk ey Intended Like a h u n tin g hound. aa sh e sta m p e d it a n d po stm ark ed It. fo r th e p re sid e n t each y e a r Is a m ag N atu ral R esults. F or th is It T h a n k sg iv in g day! A nd so he did. for. not q u ite n week nificent one. w eighing ab o u t twenty- "W h a t a m etnlllc to n e th a t y o n n f la te r, a le tte r c a m e In th e innll for eight pounds. It reaches th e W hite Over th e river »nd through th e wood lady has In her voice!" And stra ig h t through th e barnyard gate. P o lly —a g re a t w h ite le tte r w ith n pl>- "O h. th a t com es from h er being A H ouse a few d ay s before th e g reat W e seem to go tn re In one co rn e r th a t m ade Molly's d in n er by express, alread y killed. E x trem ely glow — belle!” - B a ltim o r e A m erican. tt is so hard to w ait! fa th e r open his eyes. W hen ro a ste d It Is tru ly a sig h t to "W h y . It’s th e s ta te 's nrm s!" said tie m ake L ucullus’ m outh w a te r w ith O ver the river and through th e w ood — Yes. Do. j " W h a t u n d e r th e s u n " — Old T im e look s slow , but he is sly. « N ow gran d m oth er'» cap 1 spy! envy. H e k n o w s lu st how to g e t you r g o a t, I H urrah for the fun! B u t l th in k he su spected. Oh. how T h e tu rk e y Is cooked in a kitchen And if you w a n t to se e him fiy ! Is the pudding done? red Molly cheeks w ere nnd how her w hich Is a model fo r clean lin ess and J u st sig n a p rom issory note. t H urrah for th e pumpkin plel sm nll fingers tre m b le d w hen sh e tore com fort. On one side of th e room Is —C in cin n ati Enquirer. * open h e r le tte r! It w as p rin ted so th a t nn Im m ense range, a t least tw elv e sh e could read It h erself, all h u t the : feet iu len g th , uud abo v e hangs a large long w ords: Iron hood, w hich c a rrie s ofT any odor D ear M iss P olly—Tour letter received. I T h e ta b le s a re tw o tn n u m b er and am very sorry you w ere s o 111 * s not to be Above them Is n CHARLES N. LURIE. ab le to en t nny T h an k sg iv in g dinner. It covered w ith zinc. w as q u ite too bml I hereby appoint n h anging rod full of hooks, from w hich sp ecial T h a n k sg iv in g day for you—n ext depend ro w s of sh in in g sau cep an s of Th« King of F estivals. ab le In all re sp e c ts; from tlie fnot tlinl T h u rsd ay. Dec. *—w hich I trust m ay be nil sizes. T he floor Is covered w ith T h e king a c d high p rie st o f nil fe s ti kept with due form w e d o n 't w ork on S u n d ay an d e a t th e Tour friend nnd linoleum in n p retty design, an d th e A N D R E W C O l.U U R N . hi« dinner* w hich It ha* m nde th e vals w as th e a u tu m n thnnksglvlng. w ellw lsher. w om en folk* u lm ost tire d to d en th to W hen th e ap p les w ere all g ath e re d "O h. oh. oh!” said Molly, hopping on whole place Is lighted by electricity. prepare. W ho I* th e p erro n In th is an d th e cider w as all m nde a n d th e one foot. “ W ill you, m other? Oh. T h ere a re th re e cooks, b u t th e num fo r all that God (n mercy sends, room w ho U n o t plouii? I do n o t enre yellow pum p k in s w ere rolled In from m other, will you? I w ro te to him m y ber of “h elp ” a t th e W h ite H ouse 1« sixteen, w hich Includes th e m aids m any a hill In billow s of gold an d th e self. Oh. Mm so g lad!" to know him fo r th e p resen t. fo r health and children. home and friends;, W e should he th a n k fu l th a t th is corn w as husked an d th e lab o rs o f th e "D id yon ev er!" cried Molly's m o th lau n d resses an d w aiters. fo r comforts in the time of need, T h e d ish es a re w ashed In a (latent w orld w as especially c re a te d fo r o ur season w ere done a n d th e w arm Into er. "W h y , Molly M lnkhnm!" B u t Tol fo r every kindly word or deed, ow n co m fo rt, conven ien ce an d u se; d ay s o f In d ian su m m e r c a m e In ly's fa th e r slap p ed his knee and nfTntr My m ean s of a dum b w a ite r the fo r happy thoughts and holy talk, m eals a re tak en rig h t up to th e b u t th a t w e h av e n p erfe c t rig h t to life, d ream y and cnlm a n d still, w ith ju s t laughed. fo r guidance In our dally walk. liberty an d th o p u rs u it o f hnpplness, enough fro st to crisp th e gro u n d of n “Good fo r G o v ern or C olburn! Pll ler's p an try , w hich ad jo in s th e dining no m a tte r If th ese do conflict w ith m orning, h u t w ith w arm tra c e s o f lie In everything, give thanks. vote fo r him ns loug ns he w a n ts a room nnd co n tain s th e p resses full of sum o o th e r person'* w ish es an d h ap p i ulgunuL su n n y h o u rs a t noon, th e re vote A nd Polly shall have a special china of all a d m in is tra tio n s nml of e v cam e o v er th e co m m u n ity n so rt of T h n n k sg lv ln g w o rth tellin g of. so she ery v ariety of b eau tifu l design. T here ness a n d right*. I hope you w ill tkrtnk m e fo r th is genial repose o f sp irit, a sen se o f so m e shall!" a re h isto ric sots w hich have com e recognition o f y o u r good q u alitie s, y o u r th in g accom plished a n d of n n ew go ld fo r beauty in this world of ours, A nd so sh e did have, th e very best ; dow n from the e arliest d ay s, for n e a r rig h ts, y o u r glory a n d tr u s t. I sh a ll ho en m ark m ade In ad v an ce, a n d th e she ev e r rem ein lw red .—A. C. S to d d ard ly every p resid en t's w ife has added to o <2> fo r verdant grass and lovely flowers, im rm ttted to say o f m y self w hen I re deacon began to say to th e m in iste r o f In Y outh's C om panion. th e collection O f ch in a used by L in fo r sotfgs of birds, and hum of bees, a S unday, "I suppose It's a b o u t tim e tire : coln th e re are nbout 100 pieces left, fo r the refreshing summer’s brccae, " H e re lit* a n h o n e st y o u n g m an .” — for th e T h n n k sg lv ln g p ro c la m a tio n ."— th e figuring and coloring being q u a in t F a stin g and F easting. F rom H a rrie t B eech er S to w e's "O ld A u th o r U nknow n. fo r hill and plain, for stream and wood, and the d ish bordered by a rippling de A fa st nnd a feast k ept close com T im e Folks." fo r the great ocean’s mighty flood— linny In P u rita n calen dars. A fa s t fre sign Inside o f w hich Is a broad hand T h anksg iv in g A m ong th * G reeks. In everything give thanks. q u en tly preceded T h an k sg iv in g day and of color. T h e G reek s held th e g ra n d e s t fe a s t O ur F irst N ational T h an k sg iv in g . w as so m etim es ap p o inted for th e day T here a re n b o u t tb e sam e num ber T he Im m ed iate oecnslon of th e first o f all th e y e n r In honor o f D em eter, the goddess o f th e h arv est, a n d th e th a n k sg iv in g w as th e su rre n d e r of «neeeedlng th e fenst. a clever plan of pieces loft of a set w hich w as bought nnd used by th e G ran ts. Itom nns, w ho borrow ed m oat of th e ir G eneral R urgoyne to G en eral O a te s In w hich ha 1 Its good hygienic p'jhits. fo r the sweet sleep which comes with night, T hough In the m in i of the P u r ita n j R oosevelt paid th e su m o f $22.000 for cu sto m s from th e G recian s, also h eld n th e fall of 1777. T h u rsd a y , th e 18th O h rl'tm a s sm elled to heaven of Idol fo r the returning morning light, a set of w h ite and gold china, w hich g ra n d cele b ratio n In honor of th e sam o of D eeeniber, w as d esig n ated , an d In fo r the bright sun which shines on high, goddess, w hose n am e th ey ch an g ed com pliance w ith th e o rd er of congress atr.v. w hen his ow n festival. T lvinksglv | num bered 3,000 pieces. One of the p re ttie st se ts ts Mint p u rch ased by to C eres. T hey w e n t in long proces th e arm y a t Valley F o rg e duly o b se rv In«, l-i'cauie a n n u al, it assum ed many fo r the stars glittering In the shy— Mrs. B en jam in H arrison. T h e edge Is sions to th e fields, w h ere th ey engaged ed th e d a y —th e a rm y th a t had tr a c k of the fe a tu re s of th e old English fo r these, and everything we see, It w as sim ply a day of a w ide h in d of blue, a n d In th e w hite fn ru stic sp o rts a n d crow ned all of ed Its w ay In blood. It w as ordered C hristum * O, Lord, we lift our hearts to thee; fam ily reunion in X ovem lier Instead of c en te r of th e plate a p p e a rs an e x th e ir household gods w ith flowers. by th e C o n tin en tal congresa. In everything, give thanks 1 D eeendier, on w hich P u rita n s a le tu r quisitely d a in ty p ic tu re of th e A m eri Ito th of th ese fe a s ts w e re held In Sep key uni ludi.iu p ad .lin g and pum pkin can eagle re stin g on a shield. —Clipper. tem ber. 1TY kids who hold the bird Never of his birthplace heard, But they know how good he tastes, How he makes expand their waists! Fowl that joins us folks, of all ranks, For your toothsomeness we give thanks! tellhaàMfeart & The fish sets are all decorated with