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Show j Che First j u N C I !) K N T A 1. 1. V." p.. ') inarknd the man win, a basket on M arm at h-t h-t tn""' ,Tlto l,rt -"'tlce of 5 A Z tlon tli fact " you A3 wnt the flncat and fat-f"i fat-f"i test turkey , fur your , Thanksgiving dinner, my ? store is the place lo get It, but that Is nut wlmt I am here for. I came In to bring you . an Itotn of Interest. You may not know, notwlthrtan. ling an editor kuowa morn than anybody else on earth, that the first proclamation of Tlnukeglvinij Day that l to tin found In prlnte.1 form la the one lulled tiy Francis llrniinl, ("apialn-OeiiernI and Uovcrnor-lii-Chlef In and over his Majesty's province of tba Massachusetts Hay In New Kng-land, Kng-land, and Vlce-Admlral of tlio aiime. In 17t7." Th editor admitted that It had sot occurred to him previously. "I'm itlad I'm giving you something new," continued the turkey mnn. "and now let m read It to you. no you may compare It with tha moilern my In. It la beaded 'A Proclamation for a Public , Thanksgiving:' "Aa toe business of the year la now drawing toward a conelualon, wa are ramlnded. according lo the laudable usnge of the Providence, to Join together to-gether In a grateful acknowledgment of tha manifold merclea of tha Divine Frorldcnca conferred upon Ua In the passing Year: Wherefore, I have thought fit to appoint, and I do, with Ua advice of bla Majeaty'a Council, ap- f I 1 . "INCIDENTALLY," BAID TUB MAN. point Thursday, tha Third Day of De- Ja camber ncit, to be a duy of public H Thanksgiving, that wa may thereupon fj With one Heart and Voice retura our moat Humble Thanka to Almighty find for tba gracious Dlaponsnllorui of Hla Providence since the lint religious Anniversary An-niversary of thla kind, and especially for that He hua been pleased to preserve pre-serve and maintain our most gracious Sovereign, King Ueorgo, In Health, and Wealth, In Peace and Honor, and to extend the Illeaslnga of his Government Govern-ment to the remotest part of his Dominions; Do-minions; that He huth been pleased to bless and preserve our grarloua Queen Charlotte, their Royal lllglineaaea tha j Prince of Wales, the Princess Dowager of Wales, and all the Itoyul family, and ! by tha frequent Increnae of tba lloyal I Iaaue to assure ua the Continuation of tba Dlfsslnga which we derive from that Illustrious House; that He hath been pleased to prosper the whole British Brit-ish Empire by the Preservation of Peace, the Encreasa of Trade, and the opening of new Hources of National Wealtb; and now particularly that Ha hath been pleased to favor tha people of thla Province with healthy and kindly kind-ly Reasons, and to bless the Labour of their Hands with a Sufficiency of tha Produce of the Karth and of the Sea. "'And I do exhort all Ministers of Itha Ooepel with their several Congregations, Congre-gations, within this Province, that they assemble on the said Day In a Solemn manner to return their moat bumble k thanks to Almighty Ood for these and ( all other of Her Hordes "'ourbaafed I unto us, and to beaooch lllra notwtlb- standing our unworthlness. lo continue J ills gracious Providence over ua. And j I command and enjoin all Magistrates 1 and Civil Offlcare to eee that tba said Day be olisurved as a Day set apart I for religious worship, and that no ser- -1 vile Labour be performed thereon, ; " 'Given at the Council Chamber In J Boston the Fourth Day of Novomber. k 1767, In the Klghtn Your of the ltelgn f, oZ our Sovereign Lord deorge tho J Third, by the Grace of God, of Great I Britain, France, and Ireland, King, De- j fender of the Faith, etc. J "Kra Ilornard. j "By His Excellency's Command. 1 " -A. Oliver, Sec'ry. 3 "'Ood Save the King' 1 "Remember what I told you about the placa for Thanksgiving turkeys." j said the turkrey man. laying tba paper 1 on the desk and walking out New J ' fork Sun. "i t 1 ' |
