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So they yelped and jumped and danced ' around to the delight of the settlers and to the fright of the children.' Capt. Miles Standish, the same who lost a bride by proxy, led out his company of twenty soldiers and drilled 'them before the Indians. The little band went through its maneuvers and as a climax fired a couple of salvos from their matchlock muskets. The Indians cheered lustily, and crowded around the captain while he attempted to explain to them the mechanism of his blunderbus. Then, as now, sports were a part of the observance of the day. In a clear space; leaping, running and other athletic games were staged. The Indians laid aside their fur cloaks and the colonists peeled off their jackets and contested-fothe honors. Evidently no records were lowered, for the official score books have nofhlng In them concerning this meet. In the course of three hundred years the of Thanksgiving has become a national :us tom. Its observance grew gradually and not ifintil the ClvR war were our national Thanksgiving proclamations issued with annual recurrence. The presidents general Thanksgiving proclamation is now supplemented by that of the governors of the states. In 1781 the Thanksgiving recommendation took, for-thfirst time, the form and name of a proclaOn September 13 Roger Sherman, secmation. onded by John Witherspoon, moved that Thursday, December 13, be selected as a day of thanksgiving. This Roger Sherman is unique in our history Inasmuch as he is the only man who signed all four of the Great Documents: Articles of Associa-- tion, 1774 ; Articles of Confederation, 1775 ; Declaration of Independence, 1776, and Constitution, MERICA, England and Holland, the three nations most concerned with the lauding of the Pilgrims December 6, 1620, at Plymouth, Mass., have been celebrating this year the Tercentenary of the Pilgrims, and the celebration runs oyer into fea1921, with many interesting . tures op ,tie program, So, though the Pilgrims did not actually eat their fir si: Thanksof giving dinner until the harvest 1621 Had been gathered, the Tercentenary of the Pilgrims,"- now being observed, is also properly the Tercentenary of Thanksgiving. ' The Pilgrims, as every good American knows, Their first landed at Plymouth. In December. winter was a hard one. At one time only Brewster, "Standish and five other hardy ones were well enough to get ' about. Hardships, hunger and , sickness ' took heavy toll from the little ' ; ;. K eele--brati- ' . colony.' the, spring and summer that followed, improved, and by, autumn they had acres and made It ready for cleared twenty-si- x V 'cultivation. This Industry, too, had been re- and V warded by a bounteous harvest. Now food were fuel sufficient for the needs' of the winter laid in. Then Governor Bradford ordered a Thanksgiving, the first in America., With a little help from the imagination it Is pasy to reconstruct the scene in part The his-- . torfans have recorded that the first Thanksgiving " Day was bright and fair. Of course there was the same riot of autumn color that glorifies New ' England falls today. Red, gold and bronze leaves ' liung on the trees and carpeted the ground. Purple vines. wild grapes hung from the Red cranberries were. thick on the marshes. Blue gentians starred the meadows, and (he uplands were bright with goldenrod. Over all lay the haze of the Indian summer, and, as the crowning touch, rose into the still autumn air the smoke from the seven log cabins of the colony. ' It was yet early In the day when a yell rent .the air; 'and Massasoit and his lighters arrived. Hastily peeking into their ovens the women joined tlie men to welcome the guests. They lined up '.along the, path' leading to the government house and cheered with the redskins. Ninety Indians had' accepted the invitation. The women rushed back to their, kitchens, while the men of the colony were, exchanging health greetings .with the com; ' pany. ' Came a roll of drums, and .the colony made its . way 'devoutly to the' meeting house for worship. It, was a simple, short service. At the door, as was the custom, stood a guard watching over the little settlement. Eternal vigilance, even with .friendly Indians present, was the price of life. Then, when the benediction had been poken, all made their way to the tables of rough boards, hand hewn from trees, set' on trestles In the open air. ' 1 ft Js possible to give a good guess at the good things that, graced the boSrd. The harvest had been bounteous.- "The hunters had been successful. And doubtless. Old Mother Nature, who had been so merciless to the colonists, was now generous. So here is the possible menu: But In their fortunes i . . . . Meat Soup Clam Chowder Vegetable Soup Oyster Stew - , -- t. . - Wild Turkey Wild Dudk ' Game Pastry 'h t Brook Trout Steamed Clams - Samp. i v Succotash ' Beans Hominy ; '' Punipkiu Pie ' . ' Venison Wild Goose Blackbird. Pie Cranberries .Turnips Jams 'Jellies Hickory Nuts ; ' ' . Will knock It In very short time. At the first sign of a cough or cold in your horse, grive a few doses of SPOHNS. It will tct on the glands, eliminate the disease germ, and prevent further SPOHNS has been the standdestruction of body by disease. ard remedy for Distemper, Influenza, Pink-Ey- e, Catarrhal Fever, Coughs and Colds for a quarter of a century. 60 cents and $1.20 per bottle at your drug store. SPOIIX MEDICAL COMPANY, ' ? Goshen,; and. The women in their dark gowns,' set off at the cuffs with bits of wbit'er with wisps of ,ie(.. hair peep!ug out from under their white hoods. HONORED AS GREAT TEACHER REALLY NOTHING MUCH DOING Works of Euclid, Ancient Mathematician, the Foundation of the Lige Parsons Was Not Actually on the Warpath, but It Seemed There Were Casualties. Science of Geometry. r government a blessing to the people by constantly being a government of wise, just and constitutional laws, directly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations, especially such as have shown kindness to us, and to bless them with good government and peace and concord ; to promote the knowledge and practice of &ue religion and virtue and the increase of science among them and us, and generally to grant .unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best. Given under my hand at the city of New Tork, the third day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nin- e. . .. . There GEORGE WASHINGTON. Is, as : . . h. Beech Nuts ae SPOHNS DISTEMPER COMPOUND stated, no statutory provision for our Thanksgiving proclamations nor for their date. In evidence of this President Andrew Johnsons first Thanksgiving proclamation designated the first Thursday In December, 1865. If we speak of Thanksgiving day as a national institution it dates back to the Revolution, but if we have in mind the annual harvest Thanksgiving day it becomes nationalized through the adoption of it by the several states, and the first appointment was by Abraham Lincoln November 26, 1863. That proclamation Is, In part, as follows-The year that is drawing to its close has been 1787. filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and of the official The growth Thanksgiving Day skies. . .. . Needful diversions of health healthful observance was quite gradual. The Massachu-- . and of strength from the fields of peaceful indussetts Bay Colony officially designated such a celetry to the national defense have not arrested the bration in 1630, Connecticut followed example, in plow, the shuttle or the ship ; the ax has enlarged 1639, and the Dutch of, the New Netherlands in the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as 1644. February, well of iron and of coal as of precious metals, The day of observance varied, some of the have yielded even more abundantly than heretocolonies holding their Thanksgiving as early as fore. Population has steadily Increased notwithas as late others and February; but, by July standing the waste that has been made in camp, degrees, it came to the great harvest celebration, the siege and the battlefield, and the country, retrue significance of the first thus preserving the of augmented v joicing In the consciousness . Thanksgiving Day. strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continThe first officially appointed Thanksgiving uance of years with large increase of freedom. Day observed by the whole nation was the twenty-sixt- h No human counsel hath devised, nor hath of November, 1789, Which George Washingany mortal hand worked out these great things. ton proclaimed as a day for rendering the thanks They are the gracious gift of the most high God, of the people to Heaven for the good fortune that who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, was theirs at that time. Washington had been in hath nevertheless remembered mercy. office just six months as the first President of the ' ' United States. It has seemed to me fit and proper that This" document is couched in an exalted strain they should be solemnly, fervently and gratefully acknowledged, as with one heart and one voice, that should bear its message anew to every Ameriby the whole American people. I do, therefore. can today. After a brief preamble, the proclamaInvite my fellow citizens in every part of the tion says: do United States, and also those who are at sea and recommend I and Now, therefore, assign, those who are sojourning in' foreign lands, to set of November next, to Thursday, the twenty-sixt- h be devoted by the people of these states to the ' apart and observe the last Thursday in November next as a day of Thanksgiving and praise to our service of that great and glorious Being who Is the beneficent Father, who dwelieth in the heavens. beneflclent author of all the good that was, that is, And I recommend to them that.wliTle offering up or that will be. That we may then unite In ren' our Him humble unto and sincere the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singuthanks dering lar deliverances and blessings they do also, with for His kind care and protection of the people of humble penitence for ottr national perverseness this country previous to their becoming a nation; and disobedience, commend to His tender care all for the signal and manifold mercies and favorable those who have become widows, orphans, mourninterpositions of His providence in the course and ers or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in conclusion of the late war ; for the great degree and which we are now unavoidably engaged, of tranquillity, union and plenty which we have since enjoyed ; for the peaceable and rational fervently Implore the interposition of the Almighty band to heal the wounds of the nation and to manner In which we have been- - enabled to establish restore it, as soon as may be consistent with the constitutions of government for our safety and Divine purposes, to the full enjoyment of peace, happiness, and particularly the national one now harmony, tranquillity and union. lately instituted ; for the civil and religious liberty In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my with which we are blessed Rnd the means we hand and caused the seal of the United States to have of acquiring and diffusing knowledge, and, ' In general, for all the great favors which He hath be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, the third day been pleased to confer upon us. And also that we may then Unite In most of October, A. D. 1863,' and of the Independence Of the United State'S, the eighty-eighthumbly offering bur prayers and supplications ta ABRAHAM LINCOLN. the great Lord and Ruler of nations, and beseech ' So It was Abraham. Lincoln who first named Him to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether in public or ' the last Thursday in November In his proclamation of 1803 and thus fixed the date of the annual private stations, to perform our several duties celebration of Thanksgiving, properly and punctually; to render our national . Lobster Fried Oysters Sea Fish NEW YONK CITY. DONT LET THAT COUGH CONTINUE! ' tree-climbi- THE CENTAUR COMPANY, Euclid was an ancient mathematician, who is said by some to have flourished in the third centry before the Christian era. It is generally held that lie was a Greek, but the date and place of his birth are unknown. It is generally held that much of his work was done at Alexandria, Egypt, which in those ancient times was a famous seat of learning and the center of extensive commerce. The most famous work of Euclid that has come down to us is the Elements of Geometry in 13 books. The first six are the most valuable. They contain .the foundation of geometry, on which is based several branches of higher mathematics. These books are still The used in schools and colleges. next three books deal with the properties of numbers but they are superseded by modern arithmetic. Euclid also left other works, such as treatises on harmony and optics. Everybody expects a Kentuckian to tell a feud story, stated Governor Morrow of Kentucky recently. The thing has really been much overdone, but the story of Lige Parsons may be worth telling. Like dropped into the courthouse to see his friend, tlie probate judge. Howdy, Lige ! greeted the judge. Howdy, judge! Whats doin down your .way,,. . Lige?- - - Nuthin, judge, nuthinY Tother evenin I was of my Bible, judge, spoke up Lige, when some shootin begun. One of my gals said twas the Harris boys down by the middle pasture. Now, judge, I didnt mind them Harris boys but I was afraid a stray bullet might hit a calf or one of the kids, so I picked up my rifle and dropped a few shots down that way and went back of my. Bible. Next mornin I went down that "way an they was all gone cept four. Where He Belonged. Magazine. Hiram, said Mrs. Corntossel, what Harpers band wagon are you going to ride New Style or Ignorance. on? Mary had a new fellow and at the Mehitable, was the reply, I know how I am goin to vote, but I wont breakfast table members of the fambe flourishin on any band wagon: I am ily who had given him the once over not sufficiently prominent to have a the evening before, were not backward seat and. be examined by the admirin about making comments. Father said: Mary, why does the populace. Im only one of the fellers that are supposed to - be proud and young man wear his hair so long Mary replied: To ten the truth I happy if they are invited to climb down every now and then and crank dont know: it may be a new style or it may be just plain ignorance. up the car. A Healthful Drink With are sure of satis faction when you mate your table beverage You InsmtPostum Coffee drinkers delight in the change because ofgreater comfort, and tiie price is attractive because so moderate. 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