The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1877-11-28
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Turkey.

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ting around the grain stacks and corr
fields, are now topics frequently broacled
st the farmtrs freside, but the editors can
only isansogi,.e as to whether one stuffed
with oysters would really be more pre-
fsrable than one with the usual brssd and
sage mixture for to.lnorEows dinner. He
finaly concludes yes. Definite, amt It.
but as much 30 IS the, probability Of tasl
ing either, AZ y, invoice Of our brute pos.
sessions tsrminste with = hostile Iadian
poney and colt heifer, and aspotted dog,
(appropriate in tlsir placs, but unavailable
% give thanks over and nary claw Or
web foot scratches gravel or d;r. around
these dixgiagss Asilent yard, without !
Chanticleer, but our good nsighbor re.
ceives no more bensdt from the. morning
crow OF his fancy Poland, IS the sound
reaches US as cheerfully as though we.
we're the owner. Imagination goes Tar
at times TO alleviate, as well as to aggre.
vate, aed were it not for the "reminiscences
that are suggested BY surroundings, ths
past pleasures We hays all experienced,
would Be robbed Of their vitality that does
notcease with their occurrences, Who
with years behind, some marked with sor.
row and jagged with the rough struggle.
that poverty creates, and others illumined
with the bright atmosphere that plenty or
afluencs sheds can forget the day Of days
that not only signaled the skill Of the mat
reu in the culinsry line, but the welcome
gathering around the family table Of all
The household, who were within the call
Of home. Although time with its attend
mt cares and burdens, may have numbered
many cycles. The one reared in the hos
pitabls land Of New England, wherever
ac may be, does moi witness the approach
# Thanksgiving day without thoughts Of
he ones he welcomed with bayish de.
light And when in after years We have
eft the mothers freside, aud found one OIL
'ur own, around which gather our little
mes, their youthful anticipations brings
mind many, many of its festivities
way back along our pathway
ust growing dim. Reader, would you 4
Drgst these annual festivities If you
ould /? However humble may have been
our home, or limited the enjoyment they
ave left bright spots that will sparkle to
oursmind's eye As long as reason remains
he bountiful feast thst the hsndiwork Of /.
God and man had provided, the merry
Htn1IIug u1.O.. 49, r.,.,,sl
rand parent to grand child surround
the hearthslone, when the old felt
pung, and young were hilarious. noisy and
Apply, their bright lives unelouded by
10 sto-m that sooner or later will burst
pom them. And now wien you have
assed over the hill and are slowly going
own the other slope, these gay scenes
70 revived IN mind to those who would
OF bury them if they could No! we do
OF want to forget those clear days Of youth,
ne faces, the forms, the voices, that were
ndeared to us BY the golden ties Of atfsc-
ON. Some are ,dwsllers in strange lands,
Tiers have crossed the river, aad the head
tone in the silent city marks the spot
,here they we're laid for their last sleep;
ut memory's pencil sketches them anew
pom the canvas oi imagination, though
laged with the sadness and solnbre hue hue
( . broken and nevsr:to-bs united circle.
'arsnle! sid. from the graiifntle.~slae l''. I've
he dispenser of vi our posses.
ions and snjoymeats, We should 50 OBJ
srye the day designated by the National I
tate s Territorial executives. that those p
,ur flesh who stay after us, will as We 40
low, receive the pleasant impression tha'
ven time will not sttace.