The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1852-11-03

Here sows It's seed from fruit divine.
Neer fail this feast in time to come!.
1t is the SACRAMENT OF HOME.
U@ The Boston Traveller has laid every de-
scea ant Of the Puritans!in the West under deep
obligations by publishing the following delighteal,
old-fashioned, home picture of New Englands
Family Festival 1t is so exquisiteySsimpe, cheer :
ful, and lifelike that we pity the degeneracy Of
any one whose heart does not throb with peasur-
able emotion as the eye traces each lineanent of
the toilrng confding, and loving group. lt3lis to
Now England what the inmitable Cotter's Sat
ufIay Tight of BURNS is to Old Scotia. q,
I. "rIOGE TO TMANKasGIvENssw ~
1t was near 10 o'clock atbigHs when. Jphu A or
ton and lis wife, with the comfortable, qniet feel
ing. which the heads. of large families often have
after the businsssaof the day is over apd the!in-
niates of the: house have alI bit tsenseIves,sre-
tired drew their chairs close around the fast cool
ing stove and settled themselves for one of those
domestic chats which they had long been in the.
habit of enjoying togetherat this hour H1r. Nor
ton was farmer, with very small farm, which,
rs he had seFen children and an aged mother to
support WAS entirely insufficient to do more than
provide some Of the staple necessities of life, and
he had TO eke out. the remainder by ''jubbiag
about" when he could find any work to do. But
he blest with that greatest of all poor mems
blessings-au industrious, Eugah hehllhy wife,
he managed to live without debt, and, as he said,
fairly keep his head above water.'' These quiet
hours talk .befere he weutfto bed, .were5the pleas
antest past ofi,John's life, for he early, and
work ed hard all day long, and without. these
would have known little Of the comfort of having
happy home. Tonight he was more than psu-
ally tired, for he had sawed a, cord of wood fog
Squire Jones, and he began 20 think, the great
old clock in the kitchen corner struck ten, that
! Hannah was very wide awake, for her knitting
needle certainly never few faster, and her eyes
were fixed upon the stove if she discovered
some beauties in its familiar face; yet she had
not spoken a'word for long time.
"Haunah!' he said at last, after yawning iu an
! imploring way several times, to attract her at
teuton, " Isn't it time to go to bed!"
why, yes" said his wife looking up; s'oniy
wanted to talk with you, little while, about q
pianI have been thinking of for some time"
Well, let's have it, said John, btightshing.
81 don't exactly like TO tell you, John: 1 am
afraid you will think am extravagant."
IS That you never are-you will have to turn
! over new leaf What is it 2" ;-:s-
"I want to keep anksgiUipg-realIy keep it,
John, we never'hase since we were married y
How is that ?"
I've been thinking it over and over all summer
and made up my mind that, if God blessed u:
with health, spared all our lives, dbrought il
a plentiful harvest, that, when the time came
ispretty near round, L would ask you about it,
Now we have not, wthall our seven children, ant
an old mother had to call docter for six months
20 accdentenor harzrs of any kind has befallen US
and heard you say yesterday thni the. iaraashae
never yielded SO well since you worked it.'s =.
All true, Hannah;' but, sit is, we shall only
just live; if there had been sickness oraccdent,
poor CROP I must have run in debt, and then
l God help the poor man! Il feel if could no
help myself, to any purpose again-stil we al
ways have kept Thanksgiving, and always msaI
to-"
YES but, John, want, for mothers sakes Il
keep a regular old New England Thanksgiving
Know mother is very old and feeble, and raa,
never ilF0 10 see uiOluef. Us dSh dlI Jam
! lily here-cEaldren grandchildren, aud great grand
children"
i FWhy, Hannah, you crazy? There
forty more of them, all told ~
/ "WelI, it's matter if there are fifty hav
no relations in The world, you know and mothe
would so enjoy it!'' :"
e >" But where could you get any thing for ther
to eat 2" =
Y H"Oh will engage to give them srst rat
dinner, and that, too, without diminishing YER
much from our own comfort .'..
How Hannah, how? 1 don't see ho,o 20
i would begn.f There are pies and puddngs, an
! turkeys and chickens, and apples and nuts. Why
it's impossible; where could they all come FROM.
sFsknow, John. it would be pretty. close plar
ming; but think itf could be done: Il have bee
n thinking it over and over, and quite sure,
: you don't otjecs, 1 can do it,
! "But only think of the folks! You would nc
II ask Sam down from the city, would youl"
9 Yes, would ask every one," said Hannah
but it is five years last August since he has eve