Show thanes THANKS DAY TOMORROW TO MORROW 1 Is the last as day dayot of no vember and by the proclamations of president grant and governor em emery J ry it la Is Day As a matt matter erpf 01 course everybody will feel disposed to keep thanksgiving day whether he has a turkey on the table or Is conte content dit fit to feast on more humble fare the people of this territory have much to 6 be thankful for they have peace and plenty and prosperity peace prevails throughout the territory and that is an inestimable bl blessing plenty th there re is for the har bar harvest of the past season was an abundant one there was au an absolu absolute td general failure in no crops althou arthou although h some ran short through gh untim untimely e ly frosts insects etc but the summer rains caused the more substantial crops in various loca localities litle s to be unusually certain and liberal so that altogether there is enough and to spare for all thus far providence has greatly blessed the people and it should be theirs not to spoil the blessings of providence or hinder them from being el by all by narrow selfishness or by imprudence and wastefulness prosperity prosperity there is much of in the te territory r tory A good harvest is the basis of prosper prosperity itys and this we have res are progressing and minin mining matters seem to be looking up certainly we have not the overflowing pecuniary prosperity of a few years ago nor can such be reasonably expected to continue forever dull times have prevailed the last few years almost throughout the civilized world and we have much to be thankful for in the faett fact that hat they have been felt as little here as in most places and beyond a doubt many sections have been far worse afflicted than this one thing we may be especially thankful for our citizens have na not been subjected not to the same degree to the wear weaning wearing election I 1 tion anxieties and perplex perplexities itle itie s that other portions of the country have of late our election passed off peaceably and providentially the majority in favor of the right was so overwhelming as to give the unscrupulous opposition little chance to carry out schemes of raW allty and fraud with anything like ilke the success that such conduct appears t have met in several parts of the union the more we think of this the more does it seem to us to be a bub but subject eject of great gratitude and tha thankfulness to the great disposer of event events who causes all things to work good to those who fear him and work righteousness therefore it is eminently proper that the peaple of this territory should joyfully and in a liberal and hospitable spirit observe the day set apart though it be by becu lar authority for the giving of thanks for thip the numerous blessings vouchsafed to the community and the commonwealth |