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"IT’S THE CLIMATE”
with some 90 men, whom for three
The breaking waves dashed high
On a stern and rock-bound coast.
•lays we entertained and feasted, and
And the woods against a stormy sky they went out and killed five deer,
Their giant branches tossed.
which they brought and bestowed on
his famous poem comes to our governor anil u|M>n the cuptain
mind with
each recurring and others.' ”
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Many Causes for Gratitude.
Thanksgiving day. and carries
us back to 1621 when the land
Wo have reason to be grateful for
was young and our pilgrim forbears our abundant horvwta, which «office
were laying the first foundation stones to feed us at home and empower u*
of our great American republic. To to give substantial aid to the starving
them belongs the credit of having cele war-wasted peoples abroad; to be hum
brated the first Thanksgiving day in bly thankful for the wealth that en
New England, but not the first in ables us to succor those who have lost
North Agierica. Historians remind us all that is so precious In our own eyes.
of the fact that in the year 1578 an In gratitude for our manifold national
English minister named Wolfall con and jiersonal blessings we all have oc
ducted a Thanksgiving service on the casion to “bless the Lord, and forget
shores of Newfoundland. The min not all His benefits.”
ister was with an expedition under
Our rural ancestors with little blest.
Patient of labor when the end was rest.
Frobisher which brought the first Eng
Indulg'd the day that hous'd their annual lish colony to settle on those shores.
grain.
It was in this pious spirit or grati
With feasts and offerings and a thankful
tude that the Pilgrims on the "stern
strain.
—Pope.
and rock-bound coast" of Plymouth
The favorite way of celebrating “pra.vsed God" in sincere gratitude for
New London, Cetin.—The State of
Thanksgiving in New England was, of the way in which he had delivered Connecticut, through G. Harold Gil-
course, first with prayer and a sermon, them from all the dangers of the deep patric, state
treasurer,
has
pur
in which the minister told his congre that the Mayflower had gone through. chased $100o worth < f W. S. 8. as an
gation the many things they had to be We of the luxurious plenty of our day Investment for state funds. They will
thankful for. The church was generally would feel that we had little for be held until the date ot maturity.
decorated with fruits and grains, and which to be grateful If we had no The purchase is to oe credited to the
when the custom became national this more than the Pilgrims had on their j city of Putnam, of which Gilpatric
was continued. The idea of the Thanks first Thanksgiving day. Dangers known is a resident
giving dinner in New England was to ■ nd unknown encompassed them round
The Connecticut stale treasury sub-
hare all of the fruits of the harvest, about, and their days were filled with Krlbed for $1.250,non worth of Vic
uncertain.
and turkey became the principal meat hard labor, while their fare was
of the lory notes during the last campaign.
course because this bird was so plenti plainest and the future was in which This brought the total of the state's
ful and was caught in the wild state But they had stout hearts American investment in government war secu
and prepared most appetizfngly by the hope ran high.
rtties up to more than $2,000,000.
Of the says :
housewives.
Thanksgiving one historian
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“The annual celebration, as we have
Then there was pumpkin pie. and as
With the purchasing power of the
cranberries grew in great quantities in it in its present form, is essentially of
New England states the sauce of that American conception. The settlers of lollar lower than ft has ever been, it
berry was a fitting addition to the .Jamestown, the Dutch of New York, ■ the part of wisdom to put Home of
turkey course. Plum cake, or, as It has the Pilgrims of Plymouth, and the Pu ;hem to work, earning Interest, until
come to be known, fruit cake, was a ritans of Boston were in every respect ;he time that money is worth mor>.
favorite for the Christina« holidays In devoutly religious people. They were Rar Savings Stamps enable the wage
England and was brought over with cornerstones in the great temple of tarner to do this«. Save what you can
other dainties by the first of the set republican government on this side of ind invest ft In W. S. S.
tlers, and the recipes for making treas the Atlantic. The first written consti
ured by the housewives.
tution in all history was an American
Meat pies, or, as we call them, mince document, in that it was written in the
pies, came later In the list of good cabin of I he Mayflower on Saturday.
Nov. 11, 1620, as that unique cruft
things for Thanksgiving.
With the very earliest settlers the swung at her anchor in Provincetown
day was. Indeed, a day of prayer, and harbor, the first six words being Tn
little else besides, but later it became the nume of God. Amen.' This phrase
a feast day, as well, and it was a poor laid the foundation stones of our
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civilization.
These men
family, indeed, In New Englund that western
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could not afford a turkey for Thanks- brought but little with them, but left
much to posterity. If this were the
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giving dinner.
only thing they left us, the American
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Thanksgiving day, their names would
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he Immortalized. It gives Joy to the
humblest of peoples. On the follow
200 Acres, Price $2,250.
ing autumn there was held a ‘grand ■
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thanksgiving.' The most condensed ac
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count of this 'grande thanksgiving' can
be found In a letter written by Ed
120 Acres, Pri e $1,100
ward Winslow, sent to a friend in
Ix>ts 1, 2, 3, and 4, Sec. 36-
England, as follows: ‘Our harvest be
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ing gotten in, our governor sent out
137.18 Acres, Price $950
four men on fowling, so that we might
Confiden’I-’l Omm n!r’t on
after a special manner rejoice togeth
"T promhi il Matilda no* to mention
•r. after we had gathered the fruits of
this to anyone, bccniise «lie got ft <n
mr labors. They killed as much fowl
strletcst confidence from sonie one who
is with a little help beside served the
vas pledged to absolute secrecy, «o be
•ompany about one week. At which
fore I tell voil yon must give me votir
times among other recreations we ex
Roseburg, Oregon
word of honor you won't even breathe
ercised our army, many of the Indians
a hint of It.”
coming amongst us, and among the
rest of their greatest king, Massasoit,
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Connecticut
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earlier just to start stoking your pipe or rolling cigarettes,
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feel like getting a flock of dictionaries to find enough words
to express your happy days sentiments 1
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