The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-12-23

! THANKsGlvIHG.-This is the week in which a
day apar, for the Observance Of this good old
New England custom. How do we account for the
fact that this custom which originated in corner as
it were of the Republic has come to be 50 universal
IN most Of the States 1t be in the fact, that so
many New Englanders are dlilsed throughout the
Union, and that many Of them are influential men
in their new homes. Again it NAV be more in the
sentiment of respect and vcneration in which the
Pilgrims of Plymouth held, by the people Of the
Union, far from that point. The people all have
cause of vcneration for these men, who were the
fathers Of the hes, moral institutions of the New
World.
Ii is well that there should be one national custom
1t tends to bind in fatcrnal sympathy and to nour
sh the that arc in the midst of all our
party and sectional stries, in fact people. What
universal custom can be salutary than Thanks
giving! occasion when our hearts are directed as
of one accord to the Great Oliver of all good and in
charities for fellow creatures whose stores are
not SO we'll filed.
/ This is the occasion for acts Of benevocncc 10
those around us who need the sympathies of those
classes immersed in the affairs of business that Or
dinary they give little heed the necessities of the
poor.
The following song by the late Henry Ware. Jr..
ID. d., speaks to the point, and with it we conclude
I Thanksgiving Song.
Come, uicles and cousins, come nieces and apnts.
Come, ncphews and brothers, 10 wo,'ts no cau'ts,
Put business, and shopping, and school.hooks away ::
The year has rolled roaad it is Thank syiving day.
Come home, home from the college, We rnglet-haired
youth;
Come home from your factories, Ann, Kate an
Ruth,--
From the anvil, the counter, the farm, come away,
Home, home, with you home,-it is Thank ing
day.
The table is spread and the dinner is dressed
The cooks and the mothers have all done their best
No caliph Of Bag glad e'er such display,
Or dreamed of treat like our Thanksgiving day.
Pies, puddinys, and cnstrd, pigs, oysters and nuts,
Come forward AMI seize them without ifs or 5uts-
Bring none Of your slim little appettcs here,-
Thanksgivin day comes only once in year.
Thrice welcome the day in its annual round!
What treasures Of love in its bosom are found,
New Engand's high holiday, ancient and dear,
'Twou.d be twice welcome If twice in a year.
Now children revisit the darling old place,
Now brother and sister long parted, embrace,
The family ring is united once more,
And the voices shout at the old cottage door.
The grandfather smiles on the innocent mrth,
And blesses the power that has guarded his hearth;
He remembers no trouble he feels no decay,
But thinks his whole life has been a Thanksgiving
day.
Then praise for the past and the present we sing,
And trustial await what the future may bring;
Let doubt and repi1ins be banished away,
And the whole Of our lives be a Thanks Irving day.
| HousE.-The House met at II O'Clock, speaker
Boyd in the Chair. There were lS2 members pres.
ent. The usual Committees were appointed to wait
upon the President and Senate. when the members
proceeded to draw .eats. s-l a s M