The Daily Reporter, D. C. IRELAND A CO. PUBLISHERS. Subscription Hates. 10 cent« ( Bv Carrier per week............................ (Payable on Saturday.) Single Copy.................................... '.... 2 " By Mail 40 oents per Month (In Advance.) Rate» for Advertising Will be made satisfactory to all applicants. McMinnville, Or THE DAILY REPORTER. was these wild birds of the woods that served for the first Thanksgiving dinner of the Pilgrim Fathers. This gallina ceous fowl was consequently domesti cated that it might become a part of everj- Thanksgiving, and»it follows as naturally that every American eats tur key on Thanksgiving day, as that he observes the day itself. It is to our narional feast day what boar’s head and rosemary were, and plum pudding is, to the English Christmas. It is said tneKnickerbockers of New Amsterdam observed days of annual thanksgiving, and it is possible to imagine the pious Dominie Bogardus chanting in the old Dutch church on Thanksgiving day:— 4 51 | the point, it is to be assumed that it | H7/F 117? .4 RE THAN KEPI. " e of this region have much to be thankful for this year. If men ever have desire*! tv l»e good and advance the interest of his country and fellow men, here is the place for it. Our so ciety is good ami when compared with cities of other lands and the prisons which adorn them, we are licensed in saying It is exceedingly good. Our people are the most hospitable in the world, ready to give a helping hand to every emigrant,'and bid them welcome. In saying this, exempt us from the charge of flattery. V ! WHF.KKk*. Wh Hl I« h ilMVcrlck. »* To «lav we present an interesting oolumn of paragraphs titled ‘•Maver icks.” We do thia because it is not convenient for us to tell the source of each separate item. In a literary sens*« they are Mavericks, and thia term expresses it better than any that could be selected The word "maver ick'' is derived from a man of that name. A few years since Sam Mav erick went from Massachusetts to Tex as, where he entered largely into stock business. After buying several herds he neglected his range and left hit stock to shift for themselves. Mr, Marverick, with humanitarian feeling, refrained from branding his young stock, believing in the implicit honesty of his neighbor*. When the genuine stockmen of the region ran aer«>sa an unbranded animal on the round up they would say, "There's one of Mar- verick’s; let's brand it.” The word sprang into popularity, and its limited meaning was broadened and enlarged by constant us* throughout the cattle ranges and mining camps of the fron tier. The won! has not yet been in troduced into the language, but w* expect it will be soon after thia; it is so much nicer than chestnut* : *N I C * ■ We must be pardoned for alluding to the Reporter this week, but just take a glance over the columns of our "But truth is truth wherever found, paper to-dav and compare it with any On Christian or on heathen ground.” thing which has ever appeared pre Whatsoever we sow brings forth its viously from a printing office in a town bountiful harvest Turn out stock, no larger than this, then you must say 1 his fair and beautiful heritage of ours, whether in summer or winter, and 1 his island on the bosom of the deep, when you look for it, you find it fat. our pride is pardonable, and share it This land of birds and fruits and flowers. Fish wherever you will, and you are with us. We claim that this one issue Where their vigils, angels keep. sure of a bite. Government land is will be worth more to McMinnville How blest indeed is she among the nations. 1 lothed with heaven’s goodness, nature's still obtainable convenient to schools, than $5,000 invested in any kind of churches and a market, with sbecial smile, business. It is less than 18 months God-made, a book of bible illustrations. privileges to exercise the homestead since the present management took Where man alone is vile. rights, with the purest sparkling charge of the Reporter. We point to The first proclamation in America, of streams profusely scattered through the result for the most satisfactory evi ficially recommending public observ out the land. In a word, hunger or dence of the worth of this journal to ance of the day, was made by Wash thirst are foreign to us. Excessive the whole community at large. We ington, January 18th, 1795, designating heat or destructive drouth is un have increased the paper too per cent, 1 hursday, the 19th day of February known, although we have winter and in worth, and reduced the rate from following, as a "day of public thanks- summer, rain and shine, but every sea $2.50 to $1.50, with an average circu giving and prayer, and on that day to son falls upon us so gently and mild, lation of 1,250 copies weekly. We are meet together and render sincere and it is difficult to ascertain where au proud of our success, and proud of hearty thanks to the Great Ruler of tumn ceased or spring began. In the Move* in the highest circles— fla those patrons who have made our suc nations for the manifold and signal fruit line we know not whither to turn our eye upon the map of the whole turn. cess possible. We are glad to say that mercies which distinguish our lot as a Plain English—Th* females of that globe and point out a spot which our paper has very few enemies, and nation, particularly for the possession will excel. Of grain we need not country. even those who do not like the pub of constitutions of government which speak. It speaks for itself. The land The ocean is like a good house wife lishers are proud that Yamhill county unite, and by their union establish lib is filled with admiration for our fertile —very tidy. can sustain such a wide awke and suc erty with order; for the preservation of grain fields and the ocean bears ample A hard thing to sharpen—the wat cessful local journal. Thanking our our peace, ioreign or domestic; for the testimony of our cereal wealth, by the er’s edge. A sole stiring subject—a nail in patrons again and again for their aid reasonable control which has been burdened ships which plow their way given to a spirit of disorder in the sup across its stormy bosom and advertise your shoe. and assistance, we assure them that our It tnkos an Irishman to pick his greatest ambition is to make it in the pression of the late insurrection, and in letters of gold the glory of our country and its agricultural resources. way through the world. future a still better paper than it has generally for the prosperous condition The idea of Boston being the hub, of our affairs, public and private; and In giving this brief and lucid sketch ever been in the past. tires us. We have spoke. of the "land we love, ” we trust that it at the same time humbly and fervently THANKSGI VINO. The age that women desire to ap will lead no one far away from the to beseech the kind Author of these scene, into mischievous errors. Men proach is marriage. Thanksgiving day has become the Messings graciously to prolong them who come here, must come willing to The largest room in the world distinctly American feast, but as yet it to us; to imprint on our hearts a deep work and prepared to stay and create room for improvement. is almost without traditions and conse and solemn sense of our obligation to homes, for all those who come with A recent comic song is called "Soap.” lim for them; to teach us rightly to any other intentions will leave again, It comes in bars. quently has no literature of its own. In Always on time—wings in the pict its associations there is little which the estimate their immense value; to pre disappointed ami despondent. There serve us from the arrogance of pros- never was a day when idle men were ures of the aged scythist. imagination can grasp, and the very lerity, and from hazarding the advan in demand; on the contrary they Molasses is sometimes put on the origin of the day has something of the tages we enjoy by delusive pursuits; to were always more a drug in the mar table syrup-<lishes-ly. hard, stern reality of pioneer life. But dispose us to merit the continuance of ket, but industrious, hardworking and The old chaps who wore armor were like Christmas, the occasion has its sa lis favors by not abusing them, by our J honest |>eople, whether rich or poor the first mail carriers. lient features which poetry may soften A printer never want* to have his gratitude for them, and by a correspond old or young, soon make their mark into song, and custom invest with pe ing conduct as citizens and as men; to upon the assessors roll and never re fingers in another man’s pie. culiar attractions and observances. If render this country more and more a gret the hour in which they drove the A fair exchange is no robbery, but we inquire into the history of I hanks- safe and propitious asylum for the un-1 peg in good old Yamhill. Volumes the bucket shop is full of danger. giving day, the story will be found an fortunate of other countries, to extend may lie written upon the resources of Cleveland will please sluff the va exceedingly meagre one, but generally among us true and useful knowledge, Oregon in general and our fertile val cancy in Turkey before Thanksgiving. its celebration is traced back to the to diffuse and establish habitsof sobrie ley in particular, but let this suffice, The professor of a swimming school is very properly a doctor of dive-in-ity. first harvest of the Plymouth colony. ty and order, morality and piety, and to yet not the half has been told. There is one thing to be said in fa It was in the depth of a hard winter finally impart all the blessings we pos You can get a pretty good idea of a vor of cider. It works right along When a baud of exiles moored their Lark sess or ask for ourselves to the whole man ’ s character by noting how h* On the wild New England shore. without striking. acts toward hi* poor relations. With the warmth of summer came amily of mankind.” The ages of spring chickens and Imitation statesmen should be women are the most doubtful subject* smiling fields, and in the autumn was A baby weighing twenty-on* pounds stamped as well as imitation butter. in the world. gathered a rich crop of golden grain. is the latest boast of Tacoma, and th* They deceive the honeet voter. “J passed some 'queer,' ami here I Then it was that the heart of the set mother is congratulated on having W »men ar* so fond of trimmings am in prison, all on accounterieit,” he tler turned instinctively to God in the given birth to the "biggest baby on an« finery that they even have th*ir sigh*<l. spirit of thankfulness, and old Gov. the Pacific coaet.” Th* special merit tempers ruffled once in a while. Some Americans ar* too proud to Bradford sent four men into the woods in the case is no* pointed out. Fubecribe lor the Reporter, and pay beg and too honest to steal^othsy get Floor manager* have been »elected for it when you subecribe, and we will to search for game, that there might be for the Firemen’s ball who ar* of them pledge our*elvee to giv* you more trusted. a day of special rejoicings. In this news, for lees money, than any other) Whatever a New Englander gets fact is probably the explanation of the selves a guarantee that perfect satis paper in the Willamette valley. The The ' dyspepsia he knows that hi* etomack turkey becoming an emblem of Thanks faction may be assured to all partici- | Daily will help the weekly 100 per cent. ia noj ;n apple pie order. giving. Although history is silent on pant*. I I d r ■« T3 4 ■a M r « i; 11 C* r hi& K 5 ■ 3Ì I I 1 I i 9 J F. fc < HI I I 1 / / -