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SENATE.
MONDAY. October %. 1Sze

MONDAY, October 90, 1873
Senate met ut II o'clock NJ, pursuant TO
call of His Excellency, Governor Il. c.
Powers.
President pro TEN in the chair.
Prayer by Mr.. johnson.
Roll called
Preseut-Messrs. Abbott, Allen, Bennett,
Cassidy, Castle, Duncan, Gibbs, GIeed, Gill
mer, Johnson, Little, Mcclure, Morgan,
Mygatt. Price, Steele, Smith, Stone, Will
liams, Watts, Warner.
Absent Messrs. Alexander, Barrow.
Bowles Campbe Gray, Holloway, Lyles,
Millsaps, Smythe, Sullivan.
Mr.. Warner moved that the proclamation
Of the Governor concerning the Legislature
be placed on our minutes. Carried
Mr.. Little moved tfInt the President of
the Senate be authorized to appoint clerks
to fill the vacancies that exist. Lost.
Mr.. Morgan introduced the following res
oution:
Resolved, That the Secretary be instruct
ed 90 inform the House that the Senate is
now organized and in session in response to
the proclamation Of His Excelencv, the
Governor, and ready for business Adopted.
At 2I5 the Senate adjourned until 8
O'Clock P.M.
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SENATE.
FIFTH d.

FRIDAY, Oct 70 1855.
4 BY Mr.. Williams:
Resolved. 10y the senate 1.-THE House cone
currlng), That the President 81 the senate
and the Speaker Of The House Doe and flrl
are hereby Instructed to adjourn theIr rg-
| spgctiye Houses on the 2jth day of October.
az y O'Clock NJ, sine die.
Mr.. sullivan moved "a las the rtal IUffuu
on the table. Lost a. follows:
1eas-MCssrs. Alexander. Bennett. Dune
can, Glced, Holloway, johnson, MpDmr..
MXgau, Price, Smytht, Steele. Sullivan.
smith. and Watts--lt.
Nays-Mcssrs Abbott, Allen. Caldwell.
campbell, Cassidy, Castle. GRAY, GImu.
ncr--l3
Mr.. Duncan raised the poiutof order. Chat
The Hon. a. I. Morgan being Chauecrt
Clerk OF lazoo county, Is NOT legally
mem Der OF This Senate and offered r.sUIu-
ton on the subject:
Resolved, That e. is the sense OF this Sem
ate. that A. 4. Morgan, Chauc nv Clerk of
Nazoo county, Is by virtue OF said office Iu-
capacitattd 70 hold his seat ia rbis senate.
aud that his seat as senator representing
the Thirteenth District in this body is here
by declared vacant.
Mr.. Little called for the unfinished bust
ness.
The President decided that Che unfinished
business was On order.
Mr.. Morgan made Che following point Uf
order: | make the point al order. chat iur
Act " the Legislature OF 1871, entitled uu
Ack tu relation 10 elections, Is uucoueItu-
tional, null aud void. aud the Senators pl,rt-
ed under 10 illegally elected, and thut there
fore, the scat OF the Senator from the Tenth
District, ts vacant.
Mr.. Duncan challenged the right OF NIr
Morgan 20 act as senator OF the Thirteenth
District.
The President decided that the resolution
OF Mr.. Duncan. Ca relation 90 the seat of tun
Hon. A. 4. Morgan, was before the senate.
Mir. Morgan moved to lay the resolution
on the table. Lost. as follows:
Ncas-Mcssrs. Abbott, Barrow. HoWIps.
caldwell, Campbell, Gray, Gumrr. LiLtIr.
Mcclure, MyRatt, Price, Williams uuU
Warncr-l3.
Nays-Messrs. Alexander, Allen. Bennett.
CASSIDY, Castle, Duncan, Glepd, ilolluwuy.
Johnson, Nmylhe, Steele, sullivan, Stone.
Watts-li.
Adjourned.
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HOUSE

FIFTH DAY

FRIDAY, Oct. %. 1879.
Mr.. Sessions, by unanimous consent. off
fered explanation of hi- vote ON au Acc tH
provide Tor biennial aud general elections,
and the same was spread on the journal.
An Act to relieve certain lands Boo Mar
shall county from indebtedness to the State.
Passed.
Committee on Engrosscd Bills examined
and found correctly eugrO-sud Che follow
ing entitled bills, to-wit
An Act % repeal section Is of au Act tI
incorporate the Liberty and WoOdyilIn
Railroad Company.
An Act entitled ana Act 20 amend thC Cen
Cral school Law OF 1873, 90 provide tempo
rary boards of local trustees fer the public
schools In incorporated cities Of more thau
TWO thousand Inhabitants.
An Act 20 make AN appropriation to do-
fray the expenses OF the present Lcg.sla-
turc.
An Act TO provide for biennial and gene
eral elections.
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Mai john Upton delivered an address in
the courthouse last Saturday afternoon in
favor ct the Alcorn ticket. He arraigned
French as a defaulter, and one who had
made use OF bounty money that belonged to
freedmen, and asserted that a suit was now
pending in the United States Court at jock
Son, wherein French was sued for $4,000
money that he appropriated to his own use,
and money that he ought to have paid over
TO freemen long SINCE Magnolia Gazette.
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THIRD DAY.

WEDNESDAY, Oct. q, 1873.
Mr.. Kimbrough introduced Fl. j. Res N Q
1. relative TO an amendment TO the Consti-
tuition of the State of Mississippi, which
was received and referred TO the Judiciary
Committee, with instructions to report al
II N. to-day.
The following communication was re-
eeived from the Treasurer
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. TREASURY DEPT,
JACKSON. Oct. Il, 1873.
To the Legislature of the State Of Miss:
In obedience TO law, have the honor 70
submit the following statements showing
the transactions of the State Treasury from
January l, 1873, to Octe Der l, 1873 to-wit ::
Morthly statement of receipts and dis
bursements; statement of warrants issued,
paid and outstanding; statement of State
Indebtedness on October l. 1873.
Very pectfully,.
w. Fl. VAssER,
State Treasurer.
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JACKSON, Mss, Oct. 2Otl

JACKSON, Mss, Oct. Goth, 1873, IAN
The House met pursuant to the ProeIa-
nation OF the Governor, dated October efh
1873, convcnlng the Senate aud House nf
Representatives, of the State in extra SEES
sion.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. johnson. of DeSeto
Roll being called, the following members
We're present:
Andrews, Archer. Armstead, Apple
white, Baker, Barrett, Bell, Benson, Boyd.
buchanan, Butkin, Brooks, Bush, Carter,
Cessor, Chandler, Cooke, Curlee, Currie
Davis, Evans, Everett, Fisher, Foley, Ford,
Gaines, Gayles, Gill, Grace. Goar, Handy o
Copiah, Handy of Madison, Hall. Haste
HUI, Horton, Howard. Hudnall. Higgins.
Holmes, Holland, Hyer, Jacobs, johnson OF
DeoOto, Jones, Kelly, kendrick, Kim
brough, Land, Landers, Leavell, Loper,
Mallory, Martinisre, Nets, McInniS McIn-
tosh. Mchie, Morgan Nettles, Nisbett- piles
Potter, Reed, Reese, Robbins, Roane, Snlith
Of Tunica, smith OF DeSoto, Stewart OF
Holmes, Street, Spelman. Sessions. Smoth-
ers, Streeter, Sawyer, Sullivan, Truehart
Wharton, White, Wade and Walker.
Absent-Messrs. Allen. Baibridge. Bolton.
Bremen, Calhoun, Dixon, Feemsfer'
French, Gaddis, Griggs, Green, Holloway.
Lowry, MausS, Mccain, Mckenzie. Ouinn-
Ross, Shadd, Stewart of Noxubee. Stone
Wroten, West and Webster.
n quorum being present, it was announc-
ed by the Clerk that the Speaker OF the
House of Representatives, having resigned
and his resignation having been accepfed
by the Governor, the first business in order
would be the election OF a Speaker
The Clerk appointed Messrs. Mckie and
Spelman as tellers.
The House then proceeded to ballot for a
Speaker, with the following result:
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SECOND DAY.
SENATE.

TUESDAY, Oct. 81, 1873.
Present-Messrs. Abbot, Alexander, AL
| len, Bennett, Caldwell, Campbell, Cassidy,
Castle, Duncan, Gibbs, Gieed, Gray, Gilmer,
| Holloway, Johnson, Little, Mcclure, Nor
gan, Mygatt, Price, Steele, Smith, Stone,
! Williams, " ats and Warner.
A bsent-MesSTs. Barrow, Bowles, Lyles,
Millsaps, Packer, .Smythe and Sullivan.
INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS.
By Mr.. Warner:
! Resolved, That no business upon any sub
| Ject. except that relating to the collection
! of taxes and the election laws of the State,
| shall be entertained or considered by the
! Senate at the present session. Adopted.
Mr. Warner moved TO reconsider action
just had and to table the motion TO recon-
slider. Lost.
Mr. Warner moved to take up the mes
sa re from the Governor. Carried.
Mr.. Morgan moved that the message be
referred TO a special committee OF five.
Carried.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
By Mr. Little To extend the time for the
collection of taxes for the year 1873.
MIR. Duncan moved to amend the bill by
striking out thirty days and inserting sixty
days.
MIR Morgan moved to lay the amendment
on the table. Lost.
MIR. Sullivan moved to refer the bill to a
select COMMITTEE of five. Carried.
Committee-M essrs. Sullivan, Stone, Gray,
! johnson and Gibbs.
Mr.. Gleed moved that 200 copies of Gov
errors IN eSSage be printed Tor the use OF the
Senate. Carried.
MIR. Watts announced to the Senate the
sad intelligence OF the death OF The Hon. j.
j, Seal Senator from the LIST District.
WhereupCn, on motion, the following
committee were appointed to draft suitable
resolutions: Mess rs. Watts, Duncan, Gleed,
Price and Cassidy.
And the senate, at IL 40, adjourned until
to- morrow morning.
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license to retail yinous and spirituons Ii
quors IN said city and county, was taken M
anu read the first time. and under q suspeu,
SION of the rales WAS real a second time.
Mr.. webster moved that the bill and sun.
dry amendments be referred 70 3 special
COMMITTEES OF five, with instructions to re-
port at ~ A. N tomorrow morning.
Carried
Mr.. Kimbrough moved to call H.J.R
/ No i relative TO an amendment tethe Con-
stitution of the State of Mississjppi. from
the hands of the Judiciary Committee
carried. ana H. j. r No. ] was taken up.
Mr. HUI moved TO amend by inserting
Z Congressional" after general" Lost and
I the resolution failed To pass its first reading
I by the following vote, two-thira vote be-
/ ing required:
Yeas-Messrs. Andrews, Archer, Arm
stead, Applewhite. Baker, Bell, Benson.
bolton, Boyd, Buchanan. Bulkin, Calhoun,
Garter, Chandler Curlee, Currie, Evans
| Fisher, Ford, Gaines, Grace, Goar. Horton
Hudnall, liver, Jacobs, johnson of Kinds,
Jones, Kelly, kimbrough, Land, Leavel,
Lopez Martiniere, Mccain, Nets, McInniS,
Mcintosh, Mckenzie, Mckie, Nisbett, Pot
ter. Reed, Reese, Robbins. Roaue Smith of
DeSotos Stewart OF Holmes. Stewart of
NoXubee, Sessions, StreetSr, Sawyer. Wor-
ton, Wharton, Webster, Walker and Mr..
Speaker-57.
Nays-Messrs. Barrett, Brooks. Cessor.
Cooke, Davis, Dixon, Everett, Feemster,
Foley. French, Gayles, Gill. Green, Handy
OF Copiah. Handy OF Madison, Ha>ie. Hill.
Howard Huggins, Holmes. Houston. john
son OF DeSoto. kendrick, Mallory, NettIes,
Piles, Shadd, Smith of Tunica Smothers
Truehart and White-3l.
The undersigned offered the following ex-
PLANTATION oftheir vote:
We voted no. not because we are not in
favor of biennial sessions of the Legislature,
but because we are not in favor of attempt
ing TO settle the question of general or spe-
cial elections by our action upon this reso-
luton.
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We are are deeply paiued tO hear ga tho
death OF Hon. ID. ri. Walker Chancellor OF
the 18th District or Mississippi which oc-
Cured at his residence Ia wilkinson coun-
ty. on Wednesday morning. in the Jith
year OF his age, Matches Democrat
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THURSDAY, p. NJ, Oct %, 1873.
The reports of majority and minority
committee on the Governors message WIS
taken mp, aud after some skirmishing, a.
iourned till 8 An. tomorrow.
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Total mum Der of votes east
Nnun--a....r IL u Z, r.l.n -

% LIIyI-Ef
| Mr.. Street having received maJority-of
1 all the votes cast. was declared the duly
| elected Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives, and the Clerk appointed Messrs.
Fisher and White, to conduct the Speaker
elect to the chair.
MIR. Mcintosh, at 20 PM, moved TO adj
journ; which was carried.
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Statement of monthly Receipts and Disburse
ments from Jan. /, 1873. to Oct 1, 1873:
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FOURTH DAY.
OO II 4 II III
THURSDAY, Oct. %, 1873.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.

By Mr.. Sullivan: An Act for the relief of
Registrars in certain counties. Referred.
BY Mr.. Gray: An Act supplemental TO
and ameudatory of an Act TO create the
Office of Commissioner of immigration.
Read first time.
Adjourned to o'clock
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SENATE.
THIRD DAY.

WEDNESDAY, October p, 1873.
COMMUNICATION FROM THE AUDITOR OF
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS,
JACKSON, Miss, Oct. u, 1873.
To the Hon. President of the Senate:
SIR-Excloscd please find report of re-
ceIpts and disbursements from January /,
1873, 10 September 80, 1873. inclusive, also
an estimate OF the further expenditures
needed for the year.
/ have the honor to be,
Respectfully, your ob't serv't.
III. MUsGRoYE,
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No one having received majority of all
the votes cast, the House proceeded to a
second ballot, with the following result:
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Whole number of votes east 50
Necessary to a choice, 43.
No one having received majority OF all
the votes cast, the House proceeded TO a
fourth ballot, with the following result:
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Legislative Proceedings


FIRST DAY.
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Necessary to achOiee. AZ.
No one having received a majority of all
the votes east,
Mr.. sullivan moved 70 take recess till 4
Pm; which was lost.
And the House proceeded to third bal
LOT. with the following result:
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BILLS ON THIRD READING TAKEN UP.


An Act to provide for biennial and gem
eral elections.
Mr.. Fisher moved that the bill be cOnsid-
cred engrossed. read third time and placed
on its final passage, and upon that motion
moved the previous question.
Mr.. Sullivan, at II 40, moved to adjourn.
Lost.
The call for the main question being sus-
tanned, the motion of Mr.. Fisher prevailed
by the following vote:
Yeas, so; nays, SO. Absent and not vot-
ing, %.
And the bill was read the third time.
Mr.. White moved to table the bill
And the motion to table wss lost.
Yeas. IS; nays, 81.
Absent and not voting, IL.
And the bill passed by the following vote f:
Yeas-Messrs. Andrews, Archer, Arm
stead, Baker, Bell Benson, Bolton, Boyd.
Buchanan, Brooks, Calhoun, Carter, Chand-
Ter, Currie, Evans, Fisher, Gaines Grace,
Goar, Green, Hall, Horton. Hudnall, Hol-
lOway, Hyer, Jacobs, johnson OF Kinds,
Jones, Kelly, Land, LeRvell, Loper, Lowry,
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Statement of the Indebtedness of the State of
Mississippi on Oct. LIST, 1873.
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Auditor of Public A,


Disbursements foI fiscal year 1873, from the
lst day OF January, 1873, TO the Both day
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means.
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REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE.

Mr.. SPEAKER-Your special committee 10
whom was referred an Act authorizing the
Mayor and Aldermen OF the city of Ntcks- /
burg, and the Boards OF Supervisors for the
counties of Warren, wilkinson, lssaquena,
Washington, Noxubee and Jefferson, TO Is
sue quarterly licenses TO retail vinous and
spirituous liquors, have mad the same under
consideration, and have instructed me 10
report the same back with the recOmmeH-
dalton that it do pass amended.
Amend by striking out the counties OF
Wilkinson. Washington, Issaquena, NoXu-
bee and Jefferson, Respectfully,
JoHS -. WEBSTER. Chm.
Report received and dill recUmmitted.
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lst EDITION.

rule applies to mechanics, But farm
er may neglect bis paper for months,
and even years. with IMMUNITY. There
is something wrong in this, and that
something should be speedily righted,
Why not3 Why should mechanic or
a merchant be compelled to mako sac
rifee aud men in some other vocation, be
allowed to go scot Tree? And, more
than this, in nine cases out OF ten, the
same neighbor may be owing the same
mechanic or merchant the amount OF
money that would relieve him.
A little open discussion of these
questions may serve to put these par
ties on more friendly relations AMI on
a more nearly even footing,
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"A Letter from Frank Al
YerROn.
Seattle. w. T. Nov 10Th

Seattle, w. T., Nov. 10th. 1873
EDS. JouRNAL;-I have been help
ing father for the last two weeks with
his new house; we have got it most
done and will get in it next week; we
are building 14x24 with a kitchen 16x
Is with porch below and above with
double roof; we are having beautiful
weather now; fruit is most all gone that
is figs, etc. but there are plenty of APP
pies and pears. We have got seven
acre orchard aud we intend to put
out 400 fruit trees and two acres in Der
ries, ETC., this fall We have three
acres in grass They raise four tons Of
hay per acre never less than two and
a half tons. Ii is worth S15 and most
always $50 per ton. One man raised
from twenty acres, seventy tons and
sold it last week for $50 per ton. We
have two cows and make fifteen pounds
of butter every week, and for every
pound get 50cts in gold; beef is six to
eight cts; flour So! to 81! per Dbl;
potatoes 30 to 4Oots., and apples about
the same.
EpANE~ Ayxrpug,Nv
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-frnm Hresroh

IN. T. Porter and family have
taken possession of their new residence
at 81: Paul.
Wheat is among the staples that
were in this market. But very little is
being offered for sale but considerable
is being stored.
"A large load of venison, from tho
big woods, passed tower on the otker
side" last week. Deer are said TO be
remarkably plenty tins winter and they
are being daily captured.
w. III. Ii. Leavitt has an improv-
ed patent wood saving machine which
is doing excellent work at 50cts. per
cord, and those who have heretofore
charged 81 will be obliged to suspend
business.
REV j. NJ. pryse horse made u
short turn in the street near Mr.. Ed
wards store, Saturday, tipping the
wagon upside down, and splitting Mrs.
Pryse and her purchases. No damage
was done except to the vehicle, which
was somewhat demoralized.
Our citizens are considering the
propri,ty Of putting up mill next
season, capable Of grinding all the
wheat that is brought to this market.
Such a mill would be more beneficial
to this section than fourteen (prospec-
tive) railroads, and it is hoped that it
will be built.
The present ferry arrangements
seem to give satisfaction, especially TO
those who have business on this or tho
other side. The rates are considered
little too low, but il is the opinion Of
many that much more revenue will be
derived the coming season than any pre-
vious year. Under the old arrange.
meut people have been in the habit Of
leaving their teams on the other side,
which is now obyiated, aud the result
will be more labor aud more cash.
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n Finny Beauty.

There is nothing more inviting, and,
ia fact, nothing more delicious to the
taste, than Gne trout But we are
not going to write dissertation upon
trout raising, or anything of the kind
We have moral lesson to impart; and,
though strange as it may seem, We ven.
ture to say that it will reach the stom.
ach OF somebody. 1t may be as good as
astomach pump in cases where poison
has been administered
But--ah-no--it is not moral les,
son, after all-it is only a story. So
here goes:
Last Thursday young Foster was
skating on his fathers mill pond
Through the ice he saw dead trout of
unusual size. He got an ak and
brought the fnny beauty to the surface
found him to have been nice one
in his day, but now on the verge OF de-
cay
Now it happened that Sam Cox was
passing that way and saw the fish. and
having desire to know his exact
weight, in ounces aud pounds avoirdu.
pois, took the fnny beauty in his hand
and brought him "up town" His ex-
act weight was eight ounces and three
pounds, just.
Now, again, Samuel carried that fanny
beauty up town" still further ard hung
the same on Greenwood Mill. But, lol
this was an alluring bait, aud funny
beauty disappeared during the night,
and made some sly thief a delicious
breakfast the next morning, Oh, good
ness! But Sam ought to have filled
the fnny beauty with-with-well,
with Croton oil. This would have
saved an emetic! Oh, goodness Who
ate that stolen, rotten FISH?
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For the Journal.
Origin of Thanksgiving,
DaX.

1Ns
This is how it was, according to an
ancient New England Chronicle which
| once had an opportunity of perusing
The "Pllgrims" reached Plymoth Rock
{ place they did not expect to reach
and did not want to reach, but we're
landed there by the Dutch Captain of
the Mayfower, the said Capt. having
been bribed by his countrymen to do
it, because tLey were not wanted in
New Amsterdam now New York
having been too busy and inquisitive
and ~ ddiesome while they lived in Hol.
and, "a so got up a reputation which
the Dutch did not appreciate--or rath-
er dR appreciated were landed on that
famous "Blaruey. Stone" few days
before Christmas, 1920.
They subsistel through that winter
on the provisions which they brought
over in their vessels consuming all they
had excepting their seed grain. This
they put into the ground the following
Spring, but they reaped nothing from
it; for, being ignorant Of the climate,
soii ,,&e., most of their seed rotted where
it was put, and what came up, the wild
beasts devoured. Thus, on the thresh-
old Of a long New England winter,
there was not thirty days supply of pro
vision of any sort among them and
they must have persisted by starvation,
every mothers son and daughter of them
had not the inhabitants Of the land 4. G.,
the Indians, whom those rious "Pil.
grims' styled Eye Goddess heather, fed
them with corn and venison out of their
own stores, { in return for which kind
ness they mastered thousands Of their
bcnefactors, viz, eye Goddess heathen'
and sold other thousands into West In
dian slavery, and "worshiped God ac
cording to the dictates Of their own
conscience" Having been thus pre-
served from starvation through that
winter, vessel arrived IN the Sprins
with supplies. They cleared more lshC
--plautcd aud sowed more ana The mex
Autumn reaped an abundant harvest
To commemorate this G1y,iBrewster ap
pointed a day of Thanksgiving, the frs
that ever was appointed on this Cont
nont, Nov. 1922. After Psalm singing
through their long Pilgrim" nose
and a four hours .Sermon from Cotton
Mather, permission was given the young
men to have a Turkey-shoot hence
Turkey-shoots mnst be right, having
such an origin in which the Indians
Joined and killed nearly all the Tur-
keys with their blws and arrows, and
being 'ye Goddess heather, our plou'
Pilgrim Fathers took the Turkeys, ate
them and 'worshiped God according tc
the dictates Of their own conscience"
In the evening the gallant youths
and fair maidens" were permitted Il
meet together in large room ana walk
up aud down its length, taking hold OF
hands-dancing and all games being
considered inventions Of the Devil
were strictly prohibited. At 8 O'Clock
dough-nuts and pumpkin-pie were pass
ed around and at 8 o'clock they had to
dispense, nobody being allowed to go
home with anybody.
That was the true origin Of Thanks
giving Day and that is exactly the way
it was kept
How thankful ought we to be when
we reflect that we are the descendants
Of those ''Pious fearing Pilgrims"