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About Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1901)
CCCODOOOOOOOCSOOOOOOOOOOOOO O a a. aavsi nil ii ! Itll C U ; My set Apt i tifly u i T'Res (or Reowtta. Q O J o CCCOOOOOOOOOOIOTOOTOOWTOUO 8 ODD THAIS W Thanksgiving, though commonly re garded as being from its earliest be ginning a distinctively ?'ew England festival and Puritan holiday, was originally neither. The first New Eng land Thanksgiving was observed by the Popham colonists at Monhegan, in the Thanksgiving service of the Church of England, "Giving God thanks" for safe arrival and many other liberal blessings, says Mrs. Earle in her "Customs of Old New England." Days set apart for thanksgiving were known In Europe before the Ref ormation, and were In frequent use by Protestants afterward. But the first New England Thanksgiving was not a day of religious observance, but a day of recreation. Edward Winslow writing December 11, 1621, to a friend in England, says: "Our harvest be ing gotten in, our governor sent four men out fowling so that we might, a!ter a spe;ll rran r, rejo ce together after we had gathered the fruits of our labors. The four killed as much fowl, as with a little help beside, served the company about a week. At which times among our recreations we exercised our arms, many of the Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest their greatest king, Massasoyt, with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted, and they went out and killed five deer which they brought and bestowed on our governor, and upon the captains and others." As Governor Bradford recorded that dur ing that autumn "beside water fowle ther was great Btore of wild turkles," the Pilgrims fared better at their Thanksgiving than their English cous ins, for turkeys were not plentiful in England at that date. The Indian visitors joined in the games. These recreations were doubtless competi tions in running, leaping. Jumping and perhaps stool-box. Probably the wom en of the colony had little time to Join in the recreations as the four women, with the help of one servant, and a few young maids, had to pre pare and cook food for 120 hungry men. There is no record of any spec ial religious service during this week of feasting. On February 22, in 1630, the first public thanksgiving was he'd in Boston by the Bay State colony in gratitude for the safe arrival of shifts bearing food and friends. On Novem ber 4, 1631, Thanksgiving day was kept again in Boston. From that time till 1684 there were at least 22 public thanksgiving days appointed In Mas sachusetts, Rhode Island and Con necticut People do not seem to have celebrated Thanksgiving in the early days. In Connecticut the festival was not regularly observed until 1716. Thanksgiving was not always appoint ed in early days for the same token of God's beneficence, nor was it al ways set upon Thursday or for any special season, but the frequent ap pointment in gratitude for bountiful harvests finally made the autumn the customary time. When the festival cf Thanks became annual it assumed many features of the old English Christmas. In the year 1677 the first regular Thanksgiving proclamation was printed. Neither cbinaware nor earthenware was plentiful in early days, although earthenware ts men tioned in early Inventories. The table furnishings consisted largely of wood en trenchers. The time when America was settled was the era when pewter ware and a set of "garnish" of pew ter was a source of great pride to every colonial housekeeper. A uni versal table furnishing was the por ringer, which was usually of pewter. When not in use these were, hung by their handles on the eige of the dress er shelf. The l.'neage of Queen Victoria U 3-aceable directly back to William the Douqueror. SIX tT TO DATE HOrSKKr.EPt-B im Defiance Cold Watr Starch. bru It is belter and ox. mutt at it fur sauis money. Boston is so well pleased with pori tble school houses that forty-three are in use this year. loo steward Sloe. The readers of this paper will be plowed to eftro th' there Is at least one dreaded diseaM hst srVlK-e has been able to cure In all Its (tagex. and that Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh ;vrr Is the onlj positive cure now known to the nedieal fraternity. Catarrh beln a consttm .ional disease, requires a eoustllutfunal treal iier.i. Hail's Catarrh Cure !s taken InternaUv, tctlng dlrt'ily upon the blood and mucous ur 'ace of the svnu-m. thereby destroying the .'ouridatlon of the disease, and giving the patient ttrength by building up Uie constitution and tssisting nature In dointt Ha work. Tuepro r.t.r. hsve ui miu-h fsttt In its curative jowers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for iny cae tnat it taus u cu.o. mwi - 1'e.stimontals. ... Address f. J. CHEVEY ft CO., Toledo, Sold by druitglst Tic. L-aU's Family fills are the best. last year Uncle Sam turned out new joins worth $136,000,000, of which 199, 300,000 were gold. The "newsboy" on the Santa Fes Lawrence-Ottawa I Kan.) branch is an urchin of seventy-two yean. TrXLDW t LOTIIICN AKK U.HSIOtm.T. Keepthem white with Red Cross Ball Blue. AU grocers sell large 3 ot. package, cents. No man s destiny can be Judged till destiny has ended him. sws estweiMtittir rarvd. Ko Ssv or ni 1 1 iinasM after rl I flrvt dsr ' ' is. Silas', llnsl Ksrr Motor r. Srnd for VHV.K . trial boul, and traattas, pa. a. H. Buss, US., an Aivk street, nulaaslBkla, Ps The desires not gratified on earth are the pigments with which men paint the skies of their heaven. OUR AOKNCT soon gives you a fruit farm: brings you and family to the Coast. Write for IL Gold Toast Co., Portland, Ore. The studied hypocrisy of men driven me to doubt everything man's simple ignorance. has but Slops the Cough and Works Off the Cold Laxative Bronio Quinine Tablets. Price 35c. He who despises mankind will never get the best out of either others or himself. Tocquevllle. aggreted others, A New York broker, who boasted acquaintance with J. Pierpont Morgan, wrote to the multi-millionaire asking for an Invitation to view the yacht races on Mr. Morgan's yacht Corsair. The magnate answered, regretting that he had loaned bli yacnt to a menu, adding: "If you think you would care to go on the yacht of either Mr. Gould, Mrs. Goetlet, Colonel Astor or any of the others that may be going dawn the bay, I will try and get an Invitation for vou. and will assure whoever may take you that they will have the honor of entertaining the cneeaiesi man ever heard from." Plso's Oare Is the best medicine we ever used for mil affections of the throat aad lasses. WsV O. ExiwuiT, Vaaburen, Isd.. Feb. 10, WOO. The hope of being elected to public office has saved many a politician from the penitentiary. mM wImimti Monthlsur sjymn. &nrtjn ths sums, reduces Is nm.-,i, aliart pain. cures wind coUo. fee a boUJa It's difficult to ;onvlnce the unlucky man that there is no such thing as luck. Kvery man who does the very bat he caa is a true aero. A child "wouldn't be rjf' Jf some fool grown person didn t teach Siiiiwi aatarri PikHass Da. 0. PHELPS BROWN M Curse Tl asanas Dr.O. tks Peres Sro- K i, Ness ass.ssv, mt. Vtm ass til rsia. Casslal'" B of yjer If doc sot Mil lt,saa in hU name, and for yose wn.es 'wa.ew burgh, GOVERNMENT P08ITI0N8 0TODNO MKIf tor Ballws, Cl"-Lnter-autc Cones. Inst.. Cedar Rapids, la. uiaassus AMIRICAN LADY. MdeaV RAXSSCmC enti" ricK wssis gd b'et Electrical F.ffects of Thonder atoraas. F. Larroque, in Comtes Rendus, states that, being attracted by the pe culiar effect thunder storms at a dis tance of many miles often have upon persons afflicted with certain nervous diseases long before any, instrument now in U3e indicates any atmospheric disturbance, it occurred to him that Hertzian waves emitted by thunder storms might possibly be transmitted over enormous distances through the middle and higher atmospher by some means analogous to relays. In order to test his idea he constructed a re ceiver made of a horiaontal plate of zinc 40 cm. in diameter, earthed by a thin copper wire containing a spark gap located in a dark cellar. With this device, in June, 1901, he made sev eral series of nocturnal observations. In one of them the manifestations co incided with the blizzard In the Gram plans, and in another with the thun der storm which on the night of June 18 was visible over Corsica, the sky being serene in both cases where the observations were made. M. Larroque points out the importance of thia char acter of meteorological observation, but ventures no explanation of the cause of the transmission of Hertzian waves over such enormous distances. Philadelphia Times. laeiplainable. Hattie: "I wish I knew some way to make lots of money." Uncle George: "Easiest thing in the world, Hattie. Go upon the stage, and when you re tire after twenty-five or thirty years you can write your reminescencea for the next half century and get good money for them. I don't know why ; 1 only know you would." Boston Transcript. as f Her Hobbv S - y Rearing the Feline One of the rtxda of Lttdy Marcus Bereaford. ery year come from Lady Beresford's cat farm. Among the "fads" to which English ladles of wealth, leisure and high so cial distinction are addicted there are tew yielding the fair devotees more genuine pleasure and satisfaction than the business of breeding and rearing cats the specialty of Lady Marcus Bertsford. At her home at Blshams gate near Egham, Lady Beresford has established what she calls her "eat eries " a word which fits the case, per haps! as well as any other. The es tablishment is absolutely unique in every feature. Here the happy and fortunate pussies live, move, and have their being amid surroundings fit for. queens and princes. One feature of the "eatery" Is a Tine-covered cottage with the rooms decprated ana supplied with everything supposed to be need ful for the comfort of the most fasti dious of felines. There Is a small kitchen for cooking food, racks to hold the white enameled bowls and plates used at feeding time, and a large book wherein is Inscribed the family history of members of the es tablishment. By many men cats are regarded as a nuisance, if nothing worse, but by a specially fortunate cir cumstance Lord Beresford is deeply Interested In felines himself, and is In thorough sympathy with his wife's hobby. He to one of the presidents of the London Cat Club, whose annual exhibitions are a popular feature of each recurring season, and some of the prise-winning cats at these shows er- uxnj-Lnju-utn.n.ni-1 r-i-i sssseeewwx Reverence for School Teachers. "Lift your hat reverently when you pass the teacher of a primary school," says old "Pap" Eckert "She takes the little bantling free from the home nest, and full of his pouts and pas sions, an ungovernable little wretch, whose own mother admits that she sends him to school to get rid of him. This young woman, who knows her business, takes a whole carload of these youngstera, half of whom, single-handed and alone, are more than a match for their parents and puts them in the way of being useful and upright citizens. And at what expense of toll and weariness. Here Is the most re sponsible position in the whole school, and if her salary were double she would receive less than she earns." A Kansas Note from Kansas City Star. Wants Mare Becosraltisss. "I wonders,' said Brother Dickey, "ef Mister Rooa'well is gwlne ter give de culled race any mo' riekernltlon dan what dey been a'havin'T Dey sho' needs it W'y, I well erqualnted wld a member er my race what voted de 'publlkln' ticket six times in one elec tion, en dat man ain't even got one office ter his name! Now, ef dat's what dey calls sfckernltioa hit's mo' dan I kin see!" Atlanta Constitution. I Grkffn Vlf X King Cdwavrsl mnd Cr t wOaUOI : NioKelM He.ve Sever. Ores Britain has no distinctive and ssxetaetre tkraae. Instead, there are tamxV wooden chair, with the slab . eC ftUsotek "am, ta Westminster Ab fcfyY wfetek haa erred as the corona o( tfce xeoaarchs of this realm fj turn eemtorter. the sumptuous rr it starte ta the House of Lords; trtttr oa whit the late queen sat , -rl., MfcMi, uul the glH arm chair it vaer. la sits a eJwrSsV of strled tne Russian throne. The twe most remarkable are the chairs of ivan tha Terrible and the one la 8t George's Hall of the Winter alaee at St. Petersburg. The former Is of taranotaea. la the back alone there are 10.09 of these gtma. The other chair Is of eoatlr wood, with Ivory and goU, richly Jeweled, aa4 oaisweseo with the Intperlal eagle, tm aeat u of ermine, aavd the anas are Ivory teaks. Further east, la Teheran, tie thai dtsnlan alasMlf oa a watte atarhM throae, leoted frete rxn ta ft?. II to of Ivory, orertoti wish gsti aad ahiaaa with geaH. Km ralae hsixj e R10V.30 Mo sr0r FROM ii it. for w ttuamncK. rum nv rtucc. it ft. 'SPEARHEAD" HAW "tdl.TT." PIPES HEIDSIECir DRUMtlOlf D'tJATURAL LEAF OLD PEACH&HONEY IBBVSEffl SOU '.RICLGREEflVILLE wtMtetrlift itms. kut srr 3iirr0nrro MATCH at. JH Utl. isBSB-aka sTjassU. w 19 ft II RflnEE2Tl7BST 26uncuTmsr Uss being tqiutto ont of others mentioned "Good Luck," "CrotaBow," "Old Honesty, Muter Workman," "Sickle," " Brandy wine,' PUnet," "Neptune," "Razor," "Tennewe CroMTie,""Ole Varginy." TAOS IAY BB AUORTED IN SBCURINO PRESENTS. Our new illustrated CATALOGUE OP PRESENTS FOR 1902 sriU include many articles not shown here. It win contain the most attractive List of Presents over ofSared for Tags, and wfll be sent by mail on receipt of postage two cents. (Catalogue will be ready for mailing about January 1st, too.) Our offer of ProsetrU for Tag wt3 cxpira Nov. aoth, iooj. corrarutTAL tobacco coatrAjry. Writs your name and address lsA on outside of package containing Tags, snd send them and requesta for Presents to - C. Hy. CSOWN, 4244 ratoei Art.. St. Lotstfl, Me. o TOOL SIT. Ql $SO UtS. oett ita rust. TtAtPQOK. Ol It Tit. .unit. jr ttuttmtttmnt turriutet. 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