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ate to Thanksgiving, is
that wild turkeys should
be farmed that 13 to
say, bred regularly un
der conditions of semi
domestication. Ornitho
logical experts say that
it is entirely feasible,
and in the adoption of
such a plan lies the hope
for the preservation of
our greatest game bird from final ex
tinction. The wild turkey, of course, Is a
species entirely distinct from the
tame bird with the white-meated
breast. One reason why its preser
vation is important is that it is
needed to contribute from time to
time its hardy blood and much-prized
same flavor to the domesticated va
riety by interbreeding. The compar
atively dark meat of the breast of
many of the tame turkeys that come
to market nowadays at the Thanks
giving season is attributable to such
tnatings, which are eagerly sought
by the knowing producer of feath
ered stock.
The wild turkey Is so notoriously
shy that most people would be in
clined to suppose it incapable of do
mestication. Such an inference, how
ever, according to the expert, is a
mistaken one. As a matter of fact,
the bird is not by nature much afraid
of man, but rather tame and soci
able, so far as human beings are con
cerned. In Massachusetts during
early colonial days there were great
numbers of wild turkeys, and fre
quently they made themselves at
home in the close neighborhood of
the dwellings of settlers.
To-day the species is entirely ex
tinct in New England, and in other
parts of the country the fowl is ex
tremely wild and hard to shoot not,
however, because of a natural shy
ness of disposition, but simply for
the reason that it has been hunted
nnd trapped so persistently. If wild
turkeys were bred and reared on farms a mat
ter of no great difficulty to accomplish, say the
experts they would be docile enough, and, with
proper protection, would multiply rapidly.
Tho fact that wild turkeys have maintained
their foothold to some extent in long-settled parts
of their old territory as, for example, in Vir
ginia and Maryland appears to indicate that it
would be entirely practicable to restock portions
of their former ranges. But, inasmuch as the
country anciently occupied by them is now for
the moat part populated by human beings, it is
necessary, in order to accomplish the object sug
gested, that their multiplication shall be encour
aged under' conditions of at least partial domes
tication that is to say, by fanning the birds for
pleasure and profit.
It is believed that, if proper protection were
given to such enterprises by the law, sporting
club and wealthy individuals owning or leasing
large tracts would gladly go into the business of
breeding wild turkeys not for market of course,
but for the pleasure derivable from such an enter
prise. At the present time not a few such organi
zations and proprietors of great private estates
maintain similar preserves for the quail or "bob-white,-
holding field trials in competition, to test
the ability of dogs to find and point the birds.
These field trials are in reality dog races, and no
shooting of the quail is allowed.
Where wild turkeys are concerned, however,
there is no reason why such extensive preserves,
covering in some instances many thousands of
acres, should not afford admirable sport under
suitable restrictions. There is no form of outdoor
amusement more delightful than turkey hunting.
But, if farmers could be persuaded to take up the
idea, and to breed the birds, they might sell shoot
ing privileges to sportsmen at a rate which would
put much more money into their pockets than
they could gain by sending the fowls to market
If the business were suitably managed farms of
-00 to 1,000 acres would yield a larger revenue
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the rearing of turkeys under semi-domestication
though In this case the species dealt with is the
tame one. On this island, which is the most suc
cessful turkey farm in the world, the birds are
permitted to run wild, and are not even furnished
with any shelter, other than they can find among
the trees and scrub. But plenty of corn is thrown
about where they can get it
In this artificial wilderness, as it might be
called, which covers an area of about 4,000 acres,
the turkeys get as close to nature as possible. In
deed, the whole idea of their management is to
let them alone, interfering with them as little as
possible. In the winter time their heads often
freeze under their wings when they are at roost.
But the exposure does, them no harm; on the con
trary, it renders them exceedingly vigorous, and
they, attain, huge size, the gobblers sometimes
weighing as much as 50 pounds when sent to
market
Every spring a few wild gobblers, trapped for
the purpose in Virginia or the Carollnas, are in
troduced into the flocks on Fisher's Island, to con
tribute fresh blood. This is esteemed a matter of
the utmost importance. Our tame turkeys are no
toriously difficult birds to rear, under ordinary cir
cumstances, being delicate and liable to epidem
ics on which account many farmers have given
up trying to raise them. The reason why is sim
ply that there has been too much in-breeding, and
the stock has lost its hardiness.
A number of varieties of the tame turkey have
been developed by breeding, the principal ones
being the Bronze, the Buff, the Slate, and the
White, the Black and the Narragansett. The
White was originally an albino. But all of these
are derived from a single species, which is of
Mexican origin. There is only one other known
species, which Is native to Yucatan and Guatema
la. It is called the "oceliated turkey," owing to
the fact that its tail is ornamented with eyes like
that of the peacock. It is one of the most beauti
ful of birds. Its feathers blazing with metallic re
flections of gold, green, blue and bronze.
image and after his likeness. There
is a divine element in our nature
that enables us to think God's
thoughts in the facts of nature as
well as in the words of Scriptures.
The natural world is a product of
thought developed and governed by
a system of divine laws that are al
ways in force. God has planned and
made laws by which we live,
breathe, walk, see, hear, think, talk
and learn the meaning of things.
How our Heavenly Father has
planned the universe for man's com
fort and how thankful and happy
man should be!
Mark the difference between the
accomplished Christian gentleman
and man in his uncivilized state and
then be thankful for the Gospel and
what the discovery of the laws of
nature has done for you. Open your
mind to see how God planned the
laws of steam and electricity in
keeping, with man's capacity to util
ize these forces and thus bring joy
and comfort to human hearts. Go
through your house, look and think
as you go. You will see things of
art and culture .-everywhere books,
magazines, newspapers, pictures,
and conveniences, and works of art
bearing the marks of the divine in
man, which means you who look.
When In the city you may look
around and notice the buildings, and
works of man, and remember that
the people who have done all these
wonderful things are members of
your family. God is their father and
he has given them a task you could
not do. They are doing the work
and you are getting the benefit of It
God has given every person a re
ligious nature. It is a source of
great comfort and joy. Are you
weary? "I will give you rest." "Let
not your heart be troubled." "My
peace I leave with you." These are
God's promises. They should mean
much to us. Are you poor and home
less? Turn your thoughts on the
Saviour's promises and picture to
yourself the golden city; locate your mansion, re
ceive your old friends, tell them to come in. Thank
ful? How can one help but be thankful? The
Christian's spirit is the thankful, happy spirit
Every person should have it. It Is the conquering
spirit. It never meets defeat. No matter where
one is or how sad the conditions of life, the hopes
of heaven are always bright. The Christian, hap
py spirit always has something worth while to do.
The wickedness of the world is round us. Throw
a dash of Gospel sunlight along the pathway of the
sin-suffering friend. A light in the darkness is what
he needs. Smile on him. Let him see your glad
ness' when he' would 'expect to see sorrow.
The thankful spirit brings gladness in all conditions-,
oflife. There are beautifot; characters among
the needy as well as in elegant homes on the boule
vards. If the rich can. afford to adorn their homes
and beautify them and pay the price I will enjoy
their beauty and render thanks. There is a differ
ence in men's natural attainments. They are God
made and are needed for the Improvement and com
fort of mankind. Without them there could be no
schools, no true progress, and what would we do
without the conveniences made possible through
the labor of others. They are necessary to the com
forts of our homes and in every department of the
work of life. God help you to look and see reasons
to be thankful every day of your life. Rev. J. B.
MacGuffin.
For the Thanksgiving
Dinner
The delicate flavor of the pumpkin is developed
only by a long and gentle application of heat, so
when preparing it for pies always stew it for three
or four hours, then mix It with the other ingredl-
rfrom wild turkeys than from poultry, sportsmen sections or gold, green, blue and bronze. ents.
-being usually willing to pay several times more To each cupful of pulp add two well beaten eggs
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fetch as marketable game. For such purposes, of
course, it would be neither necessary nor desir
able that the fowls should be too tame. On the
other hand, experience has shown that wild tur
keys are not disposed to go far away from an ac
customed source of food supply.
The wild turkey is prolific, and takes kindly to
civilization. Like its tame congener, it is a great
consumer of injurious insects, particularly grass
hoppers, and as such would be useful to the farm
er. The female lays from 15 to 20 eggs for a
""clutch." but raises only one brood in a year.
JJjxes, hawks and owls are deadly enemies, but It
-would be the business of the farmer to protect
the birds from these foes, as he does in the case
of his farm-yard poultry. As for human poach
'era, adequate laws for protection against them
would have to be passed; but the sportsmen. If
once they became interested in the matter, could
be relied upon to exert in this direction a power
ful influence, which has never yet failed of suc
ess in affairs of the kind.
It seems difficult to realize that less than 100
yeara ago wild turkeys were so abundant that
they often sold for six cents apiece, a very large
one, weighing 25 or 30 pounds, occasionally fetch
ing as BMich as 25 cents. To-day a large speci
men, gobbler pnCerred, is worth $5. The species
has been wiped out, not by sportsmen,-but by pot
hunters, who kill the birds on the roosts, trap
them in pens, or lie in ambush for them, attract
ing them within easy shooting distance by Imita
ting the call of the hen or the young "poult"
On Fisher's island, in Long Island sound, a most
interesting experiment has already been made in
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Giving thanks always for all things unto God
and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ Ephesians v:20.
The thankful spirit is the true and sure source
of a happy life. There are plenty of things to be
thankful for, and It is wise to make an effort to
find them. They are never far away. They are
under our control. We are their masters. God
made us that way. We may be in touch with very
disagreeable people, but if we do not like dis
agreeable feelings we need not have them. There
are many good things to think of with reference
to such people. Be a missionary to them. Think
how nice it would be if such a person had a sweet
disposition and let your own radiate its virtues.
We can rejoice and be glad no matter where we
are. Paul and Silas sang hymns while in jail.
Why not? It was bad enough to be in jail. God
was good to them. He revealed to them facts of
eternal life. These were good things to think
about and why should they not enjoy them? To
sing was a reasonable thing to do. God had giv
en them something against the day of trouble and
they used -it Why should not we? What is the
use of being miserable when we can just as well
be happy? God Is near us in the joys and com
forts of life as well as In our trials and tempta
tions. We have good reasons to be thankful un
der all conditions of life. The sun always shines
no matter about the clouds. Daylight Is a good
thing, but the best thing is, God created us in his
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starch, dissolved in a cupful of cream, half a tea
spoonful each of ginger and cinnamon and a tea
spoonful of lemon extract; add a large tablespoon
ful of melted butter and fill the paste full with this
mixture. Bake brown in a moderate oven.
Although the observance of Thanksgiving is par
ticularly a northern custom, the following recipe
for Virginia pudding is given in the Housekeeper
as appropriate to the occasion.
Turn one pound of stoned raisins, one pound of
dried currants, one-fourth of a pound of citron
sliced thin into a large mixing bowl and dredge
well with flour. Add half a pound of fresh suet
chopped small, then mix the whole thoroughly. In
another bowl cream one-half pound of butter with
an equal weight of sugar; add to this mixture the
yolks of six eggs beaten smooth and one pint of
rich, sweet milk.
Whip the whites of the eggs very stiff, then add
them alternately with one and a quarter pounds of
sifted flour to the mixture. Then stir into It the
juice and grated rind of one lemon, one teaspoon
ful each of cinnamon and cloves, one-half teaspoon
ful of mace, one grated nutmeg and one-half tea
spoonful, of soda dissolved in a little cold water.
Lastly, add the fruit stirring and beating vigorous
ly until the whole Is thoroughly mixed.
Pour into a well floured .pudding bag, allowing
plenty of room for swelling, drop into a roomy pot
of boiling water and boll continuously for five
hours. Serve hot with a sauce made as follows:
Cream together one cupful of white sugar and a
lump or butter the size, of an egg. When smooth
and white, beat in the grated rind of a lemon and
the whipped white of an egg.
Chat oalateirestia-Topics of Maay' Kiads, by
a Recogaized Authority
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Origin of Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving day has long been
called the first really American holi
day, as President Lincoln established
it as a national festival in 1864, and
since that time it has been a legal
one. But the day of Thanksgiving
goes back to the Englishman, William
Bradford, who led the Pilgrims to this
new land. Back of him we find that
Moses really instituted the first
Thanksgiving day by issuing this
splendid proclamation: "After thou
hast gathered in thy corn and thy
wine, thou halt rejoice in thy feast
thou and thy son and thy daughter
and the Levite and the stranger and
the fatherless and the widow that are
within thy gate."
Bradford, in 1633, called on the
55 surviving passengers of the May
flower to hold a feast of gladness and
thankfulness. He also followed the
"Moses" proclamation to the letter.
for he asked ninety and one strangers.
among them the good Indian "Massa-
soit" and others belonging to his fa
mous tribe. So our hospitality, for
which as a nation we have always
been known, was established by good
old William Bradford. History also
tells us that he was a "good" pro
vider. That first Thanksgiving day
feast consisted of wild turkey, which
comes down into history as the "piece
de resistance" of our Thanksgiving
meat Then there was fish and succo
tash. The book tells us, too, that the
Indians brought in nine deer as their
contribution to the white man's feast
The origin of our thankful day is
strictly Biblical, as Bradford, the
leader of those seeking after religious
liberty and truth, was simply follow
ing in the footsteps of Moses, who
was leader and law-giver to a people
in a strange land.
Six years after Lincoln Issued his
Thanksgiving day edict nine southern
states adopted the holiday. In 1877 a
general Thanksgiving day was pro
claimed in Scotland, which comes in
the middle of November. When our
housewives are dressing turkeys this
year they may think of Alice Brad
ford, with the three or four young
women she had to assist in helping
her prepare those first Thanksgiving
day birds, and how glad she must
have been when her blanketed and be
feathered guests departed, the red
men were great trial to our fore-mothers.
A Thanksgiving Day Party.
A yearly custom- observed in the
evening of each Thanksgiving day is
so interesting I want to tell the de
partment readers about it There are
about six families with their connec
tions, all relatives either distant or
close, who meet at the old-fashioned
home of one they call "great aunt"
On those occasions all the old-fashioned
heirlooms are brought forth, the
fireplace is festooned with dried ap
ples and scarlet peppers. Apples,
nuts, cider and popcorn are served in
formally, and the first ceremony is
counting up the "mercies" of the year.
Every one has a part in this, and
there is no light save from the logs
in the fireplace and a few candles in
brass sticks, some with the tall glass
shades one finds in New Orleans.
After this a loving cup is passed and
all join hands standing up saying
with bowed heads:
God bless you and God bless me.
God bless us every one.
A simple repast is served, with no
servants in evidence, as this is a time
when the children are dressed ud in
Pilgrim garb and serve the feast
First, all standing round the candle
lighted board eat the few kernels of
parched corn placed there in memory
of the time when all our forefathers
had for which to be thankful was a
few grains of seed corn. Five grains
each, I believe, was the allotment to
each person. At the close of the
supper a child repeats Elder Brew
ster's glorious admonition to the Pil
grims when he bade them be true to
their purpose. I quote it here, for it
is worthy of being read by every one
on the coming festival day:
"Blessed will It be for us, blessed
for this land, for this vast continent!
Nay, from generation to generation
will the blessing descend. Generations
to come will look back to this hour
and these scenes of agonizing trial,
to this day of small things, and say,
'Here was our beginning as a people.
These were our fathers. Through
their trials we Inherit our blessings
Their faith Is our faith; their hope
our hope; their God our God. "
Seems to me this is a splendid way
of impressing historical facts upon
the minds of our young people, and it
does us older ones a heap of good to
turn our minds and hearts backward,
remembering the times when this fail
land was not what it is to-day, and to
say a thankful prayer for those who
laid the foundations so surely "that
we have a day of Thanksgiving to
celebrate.
MADAME MERItl.
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John R. Bradley, the backer, of Dr.
Cook, discussed, at a recent dinner,
the Eskimo character.
"The Eskimo," said he, "is kind and
truthful, but all his statements must
be taken with a grain of salt, for in
his kindness, in his desire to please,
he is apt to say what he thinks you
want him to say, and thus, uninten
tionally, he misleads.
"'The Eskimo, in a word, is like the
foreman of George Gummey of Cinna
minson. "George's wife doesn't allow, .him
to drink; but at the end of. a .caucus
one night the fellow so far forgot
himself as to take a plate of sand
wiches and a bottle of beer.
"On the way home he met his fore
man. " 'Jack.' he said, anxiously, Tve just
had some sandwiches and a couple of
Do you thing
on me when I
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glasses of beer,
wifell smell it
home?
"The foreman sniffed about George
Gummey's mustache, then said, apolo
getically: " 'Well, sir, I can just smell the
sandwiches.' "
He Loved Little Dogs.
The good priest was walking hap
pily along one of the Sixties when he
met three of the children of the par
ish, accompanied by a small dog.
Smiling benignly, the good father re
marked: "Pax vobiscum," and pat
ted both the juveniles and the joyous
dog.
Arriving home, one of the young
sters shouted: "Papa, Father F
must be awfully fond" of dogs."
"What makes you think so, Tom
my?" asked the father.
"Why," explained the little fellow,
"we just met. him up the street and
when he saw Rover he said 'Pack
of dog biscuits,' as plain as plain
could be."
The first is a trim little walking costume for a girl of 10 to 12 years and
may be copied in almost any winter material. The skirt is set in rather wide
plaits: the jacket fastens up center front, it is only slightly wrapped, just
enough for the hooks and loops or spring studs to be sewn on, and it is
trimmed with buttons. Hat of soft felt, trimmed with bows of ribbon. Ma
terials required: 4 yards 46 inches wide.
The second illustration shows a home dress for a girl of eight to 10 years.
It is in cashmere in a shade of dull terra cotta; the fronts of both bodice and
skirt are trimmed with ribbon velvet threaded through incisions made in the
material. The front skirt forms a panel; at side and back a tuck is made
above the hem; the epaulettes of the small bishop sleeves are trimmed with
featherstitch worked in silk to match the collar. Materials required: Four
yards 46 inches wide, V& yard ribbon-velvet
The third costume is ior a gin oi iu to vz years, and is made In fine serge.
The bodice, although fastening at the back, is trimmed in front with cross-over
effect, the trimming consisting of a band of material cut in tabs. The same
trimming is carried in a cross-wise line down left side of skirt to look like a
continuation of that on bodice. The collar is faced with velvet and is divided
at back; the rest is tucked silk. Materials required: 4 yards 46 inches wide
yard silk, yard velvet
Favors for a Party.
The larger nuts can be scooped out
into "tiny baskets for a favor at a
child's party. Make a tree of a piece
of wood about the size of a lead pen
cil, nailed to a round or a diamond
shaped base. On top of standard tack
two cross strips, each about three
inches long and an eighth of an inch
wide. These form four projecting
arms.
The standard is then gilded and the
horsechestnut baskets hung, one on
each arm. They are filled with candy
drops in gay colors. Line the inside
of baskets with a bit of paraffin paper,
as some persons are poisoned by
horsechestnuts.
Rococo ribbon is once more in high
favor for Christmas fancy work.
Gold embroideries give the needed
richness to many xquisite pieces of
handwork.
All of the pretty Louis boxes cov
ered with festooned tapestry are
touched with gold galloon.
Moire shares honors with tapestry
a3 a French material for some of the
richest pieces of. art needlework.
A single gold thread run along the
edge of a design to outline it will
improve the brocaded ribbon of a
sewing or opera bag.
The narrowest of gauze ribbons,
inlet between two widths .of wider
ribbon, are used to hold them together
in the making of bags and aprons.
HANKSGIVIN" is goln to
be the banguppist affair at
our house that'll be known
from the way Mary has
been maldn'me trot around
in Squashville town.judgin
for supplies.
"'Peleg.' she says to me, a week
come next Wednesday. 'Peleg, you
better get started on Thanksgivin' or
itll be here and we will be In a fix
like Mis Jenkins was the time she
had us all over for dinner six years
ago. I shall never forget that dinner
to my dyin' day,' she says, 'and itll
be a warning for me. I hope.
"When Mary Ann talks that way,
knowin' her the way I do. bein mar
ried a good 20 year. I give in. And.
I don't dawdle around doin' it either..
"Thursday mornin', when I got
through with the chores, and seen
that the woodbox was filled and the
water pail brimmin' over, them bein
things that gets on a woman's nerves..
I gits loaded up with jugs and things
and was down to Jay Home's store
before he had the floor sprinkled.
" 'Jay.' I says, 'if you have got any
thing in this shanty that's needed for
a bang-up Thanksgivin dinner, trot
'er out, and don't stop to figger it up
till the whole caboodle is wrapped up.
Jay set down his sprinkler and'
went out to the back shed for the
broom.
"'Don't you. git riled up. Peleg.' he
says, 'or excited. Com in In on me
at this time of the mornin, be says,
'when my mind's. set on gettin the
prune pits and other dabree of the
evenin' debauch of some of these
Squashville sports, as the feller says,'
he says, 'cleaned up. I ain't fit to'
figger up a Thanksgivin dinner. But
if you'll set down and hold your
horses.' he says, 'we'll git to it. we'll
git to if
"Long and short of it was. Jay
didn't have half the things Mary Ann
had set down. We figgered out pret
ty well, from what he had. But
danged if he had any cider ox even
cider vinegar.
'"Jay, I says, 'I'm a believer in
truth, and I trusted you. But when I
read.' I says, 'in the Squashville
Bugle, as I did yes'day, them items
which says "Jay Home has the full
est, most complete and general stock
of groceries in the northwest, prices
right and good treatment." 'and I
come here, as I hev, and find no ci
der, or even cider vinegar, I find that
I have been misled. After this I will
read the Squashville paper with some
caution, let alone orderin you as
postmaster to quit deliverin' it to box
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" 'Peleg,' says Jay, 'you're about the
dangdest fool that ever set foot in
side my store. I had that cider, as
advertised, and I had that good treat
ment, and no one ever said my prices
wasn't fair. But because a lot of oth
ers has been trottin in here for sup
plies, let alone them that buys it by
the glass, you git on your high horse.
I like your trade, Peleg,' he says, 'but
dang if I ain't a notion to tell you to
find another place.
"'Jay,' I says, seein I was harsh,
'we bein members of the Modern
Woodmen ain't goin' to hev no words.
But I am thinkin' of Mary Ann. She's
set her heart on real cider for them
mince pies, a'nd you know Mary Ann.
"And I was right Mary Ann put
her foot down when I come into the
kitchen and she see I didn't hev the
cider.
'"I can't help it. Peleg. she says.
'I must hev it. You'll hev to go to
Podunk for it and to-day's as good a
time as I know. I won't sleep now
till I git that cider. I remember poor
Mis Jenkins, and it's a warnin."
"And danged If I didn't hev to walk
over to Podunk. me that ain't been
there since I got beat for constable.
And Mary Ann set down some other
little things she thought of. bein as I
was goin' to make the trip. When I
got home I set down the jug a little
bard on the kitchen table.
"'Mary Ann, I says, 'this idea of
hevin the whole dum town a-trumpin'
in here on Thanksgivin' may be all
right I ain't sayin' nothin' against
it. You'll hev your way. But they's
got to be reform in this town. Jay
Homell keep cider and every other
article,' I says, 'for Thanksgivin or
Podunk'll git my trade.'
" 'Shet up, Peleg.' she says, 'and git
some water in this pail. You never
filled it, and I hev been skimpin ever
since you started for Podunk.'
"They ain't never been no trouble
in our family for 20 years, as I was
sayin,' but if they is, it'll come from
one of these Thanksgivin dinners.
Donged if it won't." R. B. Pixley, in
Milwaukee Free Press.
Cloth Tops to Boots.
The new boots for dress wear have
black patent leather vamps without
stitching and black cloth uppers. Few
colored uppers will be worn.
To Whiten the Hands.
The juice of a stewed quince, to
which has been added a teaspoonful
of lemon jqice, is a good wash for the
hands. Smear it over them and let
It dry; then take it off with soap and
water. A slice of lemon is a fine
whitener. Rub it over the hands, then
wash them in soapsuds, and finish up
with olive oil. The hands will come out
of this white and soft
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Lo, 'tis Thanksgiving:, day ot grateful
thanks
For those true blessings that the year
has wrought:
Let vain Itegret's poor lottery of blanks
Be stored away, unwritten and forgot.
Perchance for thee joy, happiness, con
tent.
Perhaps 'twere Fame that has assigned
a part.
Perchance dull Luck his favored knee has
bent;
Accept them all In fullness of the heart.
For Its success a nation bows Its head;
The clouds of panic passeth from the
sight:
Lo. groping, let us in Thy light ahead
See that unquestioned privilege of
Right.
For Thy sure Presence In the things we
lacked
A simple heart, the benefits of mind.
To Thee. O Censor of our every at.
"We give our thanks, for all such gifts
are Thine!
George Kerr Anderson.
The hours I remember most joyfully
are the hours in which some unselfish
effort or sacrifice stirred the sluggish
pulses of my heart. J. Baldwin
Brown.
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