The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-12-03

A Day Of Humiliation and Prayer.

], President Ut the United States and tn
. Governor Of the State, to morrow will b
4 generally observed a. day u thank-givin,
snd prayer. Ii is meet that this, the mos
favored nation Of the earth, shoalj testif,
our appreciation of the manifold blessing
bestowed upon Us by Providence. Graft
. ,ude il one Of the mobiles, traits Of III,
, human character, end We we're csllous, in
deed. 'uld ~e eri'y the prosperity that il
ours Without proper recognition Of lha
Great Beneiact1r who is the author o.
every good and gracious gift.
Thanksgiving is peculiarly an American
institution. Originally q day Of fasting
humiliation and PRAYER. set apart by the
Pnri,~ns, il has dsg.nera,ed into day Of
f.as;ing and social enjoyment, and the
Thanksgiving dinner is general marvel Of
culinary skill, Of which the inevitable
turkey il the center piece. Although il
had It's birth in New England, the observ.
snce ii Thanksgiving gradually spread over
the Union. until lstierly the custom has
become national, the chief executive ap-
pointing day and the Governors VI ell the
Ststes raiifyins it.
The clergy, BY common consent, have a
free range upon this day in matters secular,
and nearly all improve the opportunity by
discussing political issues or any OF the Or
binary topics OF the day, as they
may see tit. This year se shall mise
the usual Thanksgiving overhaul
ing Of Bro. Van Wagner. Thanks
giving was one Of his "sirong holts," and
he invariably made the dry bones rattle
around the skeleton Of our local human Gus
ssduess.
An exchange gives u. the following pic
ture Of wha, il calls q. regular old fash
Toned down east TLanksg,ving:"
The slaughter among the fowls COM
menced ON Tuesday, night preceding
Thursday. Wednesday Vas consumed With
baking pies and puddings-plum pudding,
roasting the bigy--. turkey on aspit in the
old 'tin Kitchen" before the open IRE. and
! in baking dozen or 80 Of the latest chick
ems in the old brick oven. The ''punkin
pie" I'VE will not call il "pumPkih" pie, for
it would be libel ON the piel the good old
fashioned "puukin pie" cut no mean figure
on such occasions. When We think OF our
mothers Punkin pie it makes our mouth
water, and when We think Of her 1t makes
the tears start. There Vas nothing mean
about that pie, il wss 1t least an inch and
= hslf thick With a msagre crust ss short
a pie crust need be. Well, our relations.
far and near came to our Thanksgiving.
Uncle Sullivan and Ain: Betsey came over
from old Oxford. Then there vas Uncle
Jeremiah, Hezekiah and Aunt Sophia, and
in the Language Of Os-ian Dodge in bis in
Irritable song
..Ani all the people living.
Came to our Thanksgiving"
The brothers and sisters who had married
and set up for themselves all came home
and We hsd family reunion.
In the morning o! this day, We all at
tended church, except some of the women
folks Who rem.insd at home to attend to
the dinner. We had dinner about three
o'clock, and how hungry We boys used to
get, the smell Of the pies and buildings only
served To sharpen our appetites, when We
would be told by an old Aunt to 60 out IN
the snow and play.
The great lcng table Was at length drawn
out into the middle Of the floor, or rather
two or three put together, Tor We didn't
have extension tables in those days and il
did not make any difference il one table
vac higher than the other, the uneveness
If the old kitchen floor accommodated the
discrepancy in the heigh, Of the table. 20 il
Was pretty level on top. Then the aunts
and cousins and daughters in-lsw~ all IS
sisted in putting things on to the table.
While the blessing was being asked We
stood up in those times. and the parson Of
fered a prayer rather than grace, and when
We we're through eating, he always IRE
turned thanks"
Alter dinner. the "old folks" repaired to
the old sitting room and talked Of the
Golden time" while We youngsters listened
~ we would tn sntedeluvisns, which We
had almost come to think they were. As the
day wore away and nigh, came on, we we're
all gathered together for family worship.
The minis,erSalwsysi in that time, used to
take the children, one At time, by the
hand. commencing With the Oldest and 60
ing on to the youngest, and talk to them Of
. better life. Al night ve young FOLKS had
IL all cur own wsy, the "old folks" lodged
around here and there BY suffrage, while
the boys and girls played "blind mans bufi,"
"ch~sed the squirrel" snd kissed The girls
and knocked over tables and chairs and
raised cain in . general way. The old
kitchen which Was at least 20 feet square
would shake ill the old china cupboard
threatened to fall.
Ift happened to be . moonlight night
and good sleishipg, the big boys took their
sweethearts to a sleighride. while We smaller
ones who we're just emerging from polly
VOC to frog, as ], were, got into the old
red "pung," hitched up "oId JIM" and
piled into the sleigh, heels over head, boys
and girls together, and then wrapped up in
buffalo robes, We SKINNED over the New
England hills till far into midnight. Well,
ths. uncies and aunts are all dead now the
young folks have become old and the boys
and girls are .ow men and women; and
another N
..Thanksg year has told its four fold. tale,
And still we're here. traveller in the vale"
-Workingmen Loeb to your interests
and save doctor bills BY using Dr.. Bulls
Consh Syrup.