The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-11-28

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ing DAY. Vae eossAt voa4en vAea 90
thinks Of the 1aaakseisiAs; ~ one doe
wonder vAea etAiahs n ~ ssrtsy, ana
the pumpkin - - ~ soaring 6rs and The
general eAesf. Thosa gnsd ~ Puris.as,
With their efia tAsolaoy, sitA tklis stsrn do.
votion toPsineipls, witksAsir hassed Of Nae.
crat and priesseran, .uasd, Eeaveu fogu;ve
them! Of ~i.cLesAli, With the;f Aeety d.,
tasion Of aammery ssa sssu6sxies., ana
cockneyisn, and forms and mocksries; viii
their high faith 10 God and in themselves;
with their reception Of special Providence.
and with their Scripture names, aad their
Mosaic esds, sad their earnest and, Obi o
tedious pnyqs On every oacAs;os and ev-
@tifb9effl1Upts tA1sA tAey susl6 deliver
9aeem1Ae 3. taaa1a ~ elaflst Monas Of
Rome ana London-which manner Of stand-
iog vas doubtless ever 20 much fuller Of grscs
sna eoeMnees than our goddess vay, ia these
SAHes umes, o. sitting and lolfing and Ioupe.
ing pnung ehsrch prayers, VIXEN Il would
appear nothing bat cigar is needed to com.
piste the Completeness Of the Osi.m cum
Dg"isafs : with oil thisin these devon. old
rufiiaoswAy Won't this ssAsencs eopS 70
DO enc! ve are completely ont Of hrsath--
VIA oil this U those prsyeYshl old sainss, one
doesn wonder that they should appoint one
Gay IN the year to Be observed With thanks
sivings. Yet that they. Win thai. rnh.,a;..
ways and severe morality, with their I. thee y
and "thy,h and a doth, - and q a.;th ., II -,
they, Who ieveled the thunders Of ID, pulr;,
aud the penalties of the Law assins. the wear
Ing OF wigs, and Of wells, and Of long hair:
who prescribed by law the way in which
Christmas should be observed, and regulated
ny solemn Legislative enactment the width Of
sklrs which should, before High Heaven and
just men, best become maid sud matroo. vho
discouraged TESTING and undue m;,,h and
who had an ordinance for the times and oc-
casions when man should kiss hi, wife
tthen it ,resnired an ordinance to
make 'em not do ii, and now
1t would require m ordinances IN mai.
'em do t), that they who were, like Geore;-
anns's beloved Mama, but in different way
SO very. very dreadful on all other d.,,.
,hould have tolerated the good cheer tbs,
has made New England THANKSGIVING din
ners sacred to the Household gods and in the
memSries Of all New England. genuine de-
scendants everywhere, this is somewhs, mat,
ter for wonder.
But we thAbk them for it. Their pr.ver.
were tedious, but their dinners were ,ooa
They burnt their witches, hus no, their tur
key's-these we're always delightful brown
Did Thackersy have An old f.sh;onsd Th.rt..
giving Dinner hill ~ f.,. in a.. AN.
chapter Of his, in g Early and ate p.p.r. D.,
We forg~t-no, Fiat rsoeiias that i. q
charming paper, = delightful paper. . vary
Thackeryan paper, but-we never GOT on;,e
to that .,inis'' where va can a, no.;,;v.,,
that he does or Ocean, saw .rv,h;n. 49,,
Thank sgvine dinner, in i, Ana ra,,y,
isn't that paper too much dessert? Isn't !,
like Governor NJ. s turkey. too much FIR "a.
sitting and not enough for twos Dan, von
blessing The. author ia your heart. fall ..n,l,
asleep before you have turned the last page !
We confess that we-but here we are, away
of from our Thankssiv,ug. And 70. 10
can't steer clear Of paren.hese,, and We
cant keep from preaching. Do Won remem-
Der whit Thackeray say sabout this bad habi, Of
parsnsheic preaching; and ret how persistent
y he does it and says he doesi. And do YOU
remember how Pascal says Of Montague in
substance, that what d bad in Kim Is ios,
this sarrulsas aud sgoiatic way of going off
in p"rentheses? sowe are not without mighty
grand ana ADMIRED presidents for this i'm
propriety Of ours.
II We have forgotten - to Thackeray's
bill OF fare, We ..havsn't forgotten what !.
luxurious growth Of fanc,es a.d reflections
came to him from that trivial annuity Of snuff
OF the not always cunsiderate Queen Anne,
70 the college wherein lies bedridden the
crippled ofd dame, who snuffs her snuff and
happy. So those grim old Puritans did
good IN their day, and made rich beoue,,s
unto those that should come After ,h.m
This Thanksgiving day is one of the least,
but We are glad of iha. beouest. too. Even
in their severe and hard old d.,, hears