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Show H; REASONS FOR THANKFULNESS. Hj A good old custom is that Hj handed down to us from the days Bj of John Alden and the native Priscilla tho custom of sotting H, apart one day of the 3G5 to give H' a thank feast to the glory of H" God's goodness. We are much H indebted to colonial Maosa- H ' chusotts for a festival so dis- H' tinctlvely American and so ap- H propriatcly national in its H; character and observance. And H1 we must acknowledge further H; indebtedness, if of a commercial H nature, to Massachusetts for the H' famous Cape God cranberry, H, which seems to have been especi- H' ally created to give tart spice to Hl ' tho roast turkey and dressing so H indissolubly associated with tho H tabic traditions of Thanksgiving H day. B A great day is Thanksgiving H from tho standpoint of table H "bounty, optimistic good cheer H "' and the tender reunion of near H and dear ones. It is the national M '"Old Homo Day," when the H scattered flock returns as to the H.; shepherd's fold to renew for a HV few fond hours the ties of Bl vanished years andchcrish all LH . 'i.iiinfiiriri - fLWwiiiftfl?.if 1)ks saved from the k WHx.tflkt v cue unutauiniy ' of human life shirks tho immut- EgJ ablostar of hope, and thodomin- W ' ant note of tho day is ono of I " cheerful thankfulnoBs Cor the I I' many blessings vouchsafed by a I ; bonign providence. |
