Show GROWTH OF SPIRIT OF THE 2 MAY DAY since the days of our pilgrim fath ers it has been a custom with us to observe thanksgiving day we had bad to take a bitter dose of privation hunger anil and cold before we learned what it nie int fint to to bo be truly thankful for the comforts ts of life after a long new englund winter with insufficient in sufficient clent food clothing cloth or shelter buffeted by tile the storms without NIt hout and sickness and death den th jthn lt hn those of our forefathers who had bad oca occasion aslon to be survived sur vied cd truly thankful for the bountiful harvesta the following season had brought after nil had been garnered aua anat safely stored awny away one whole day was do de cotell to giving grateful 1 thanks hanks to tile the for the prospects of security and comfort that the seasons harvest harve ft furnished with the yeara of plenty that haye have followed succeeding generations all through this prosperous land of ours the spirit of thanksgiving day has grown mixed with tho the thankful attitude for the things that bring comfort in life there Is now a keen sense of jollity and of rejoicing we make it a day not only of thanks for newly garnered wealth but of celebration for the good things of past years and general orations ions so we gather with our churches our communities our friends or our far families nIlles we god for tile the wonderful scheme of nature that assures us each year a seed tima and a harvest once more there Is abundant occasion at the waning of the harvest moon for making a thankful celebration of df our nationwide nation wide tiny michigan farmer |