Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-12-01

| was THE wages OF sin Is death an old
sermon which I have heard him preach
certainly twice before. He did patch il
I'D little, to make it more appropriate
Tor the day, and said something about ma
tons all going to pieces if they did not
behave themselves. Nobody listened. -
| There were not more than twenty people
! In the house, and most of those were fast
asleep"
NV poetical visions were ias5 assuming
very prosy shapes Still, to church l would
90. There must be some mistake.
"Oh, Emily," said, II want very much
to be there. Isn't any one going from
here?"
.Why, l will 60 with You" she answer
ed, "if you care 80 much about 1t. Will
would take you if II had occurred to him;
but he has gone TO spend the morning with
ono of his classmates, who lives not far
from here. We might as well get ready
now, for lhe bells will ring soon, suppose.
How funny it does seem to go to church on
Thanksgiving Day!
Can ever forget the disappointme nt OF
that morning We entered cold, cheer
less-looking house, in which were seated
about thirty persons. The minister had q
bad cold, and only two of the choir were
present. The sermon, through which we
shivered for an ho1r, had no bearing what
ever upon the day, and was evidently lis
tened to by no one. The prayers were
cold and heartless, and the few who had
come to ''worship God" looked thankful
when ''amen" had been said after the ben
ediction.
turned away unsatisfisd as we'll as
ashamed. What must He who had so
crowned our lives with loving kindness
think of such meager giving of thanks
A drizzling rain had begun, and my
thoughts were somewhat diverted by Emil
Tvs downcast looks at the fear of seeing
the curl entirely taken out of beautiful
| feather, and my own gloomy folebodlngs
| in regard TO mothers walking dress, which
| vas then sporting. When nearly home,
| however, we encountered VIII, hurting
toward Us, laden down with rubbers and
waterproofs; 50, upon the Whole, we reach
cd home in tolerably satisfactory con-
dition.
| The dinner was very stately, a model OF
cheerless propriety. All the Oldest silver
was produced, With the best china and Ia
| bic linen. Every one made themselves as
comfortable as possible in their best
| clothes, and MIR. and Mrs Smith graced
! the table with their presence.
! am not as n general thing an advocate
| for having small children at the table; but
! | would have given Ave dollars from my
nearly empty purse to have seen two little
rosy checked wIetehes opposite me, tip
ping over their goblets, spilling soup,
pinching each other in an overflow OF good
| spirits, or doing any of those things for
which urchins are usually sent away IL
disgrace.
| Yes, the dinner WAS very stately, and
very dull, and was a long time In being eat
en-. The evening brought ice cream and
cake, and then we moped on TIL Grandpa
asked me what thought OF Thanksgiving
Day.
Il think it is a very strange sort of day,
| said.
| "Why, what did you think people didP
asked Aunt Martha looking very much
amused,
II thought they did what they pretend
! ed to do" | said. Il thought 1t was q
time when families long separated were re-
united. / thought that every one, both
old and young went TO God s house to give
their sincere and hearty thanks for his
goodness during the year. thought that
every one sent something to the poor, III
whose houses hunger and want were not
strangers. | thought that all the boys and
girls III the neighborhood gathered to-
gether, and had perfectly lawiess day OF
1t, and that all the grown people became
boys and girls for the time being.
thought that every ones face looked as
| Jolly rs a full MOON"
"You are queer little thing" sale
Aunt Martha 'tor oil the world like your
mother"
Il believe you are right, Nelly" saic
| Will that is the KIND of thing We read OF
Ii you come 10 this country to live before
next year, which hear is q thing not a
all improbable" (of course, blushed, fol
my trousseau was nearly completely 81
give you notice now that | shall spend the
next Thanksgiving Day with you.
"That is right, answered. "You shall
all come and grandpa and grandma shal
imagine themselves going back fifty years
and Emily shall never again call 1t the stu
pidest day in the year"
That all happened year ago, and now
the time is approaching to offer them the
/ Hospitality of my own home. We have
precious little to live upon, Tom and l
but | have already begun to make my
plaus for the greet event. l have wins
pered to at least ten children what they are
t. expect and Tom says II | go on rs
have begun, our little toy of house vii
not begin TO hold our guests.
Every one laughs at me- aud Emily says
constantly: You'll get over all this wher
you have been through the fuss two o.
three times
Perhaps shall, but hope not.
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