St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-11-14
The National Thanksgiving.

PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT.
At no recurrence of the season which
the devout habit of a religious people
has made the occasion of giving thanks
to Almighty God, and humbly invoking
his continued favor, has the material
prosperity enjoyed by our whole coun-
try been more conspicuous, more mani
fold, or more universal than during the
past year. Also, unbrOken peace with
all foreign nations, the general preva-
lence of domestic tranquility, and the
supremacy and security of cur great in
situations of the civil and religious free
dom have gladdened the hearts of our
people and confirmed their attachment
to their government, which the wisdom
and courage of our ancestors so htly
framed, and the wisdom and courage of
their descendants have so firmly main
tanned to be the habitatiOn of liberty
and Justice to successive generations.
Now, therefore l, Rutherford b. Hayes,
President of the United States, do ap-
point Thursday, the 9th day of No
vember instant, as a day of national
thanksgiving and prayer, and earnest
ly recommend that, withdrawing them
selves from secular cares and labOrs, the
people of the United States do meet to-
gether on that day in their respective
places of worship, there to give thanks
and praise to Almighty God for his mer-
cies, and to devOutly beseech their con-
tinuance. In witness whereof l have
hereunto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
third day of November, i'll the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy and of the independ-
ence of the United States the hundred
and fourth. (Signed) r. b. HAYES.
Governor Proctor's Proclamation.
The custom of our fathers, hOnOred in
our state by constant Observances and
endeared to all of us by many sacred
associations, sets apart day at this
season for grateful acknowledgement
to Divine Providence of our many bless
ings.
In recognition of this hallOwed usage,
and in accordance with the recOmmen-
datiOn of the President of the United
States, appoint Thursday, the 9th
day of November inst, us a day of pub
lie thanksgiving and praise.
Let us on that day rest from our Ia
bOrs, and in public worship, as well as
ut our firesides, give thanks to God for
the great blessings which have crowned
the year-tOr life and health that
peace prevails and law and order reign (;
for government based on the intelli
gence and virtues of its citizens for its
preservation through many trials and
dangers in the past, and our reasonable
faith and hope that under Gods care
and the watchfulness of the people it
will still live, free and strong for the
steadfast patience and purpose of our
people and rulers which have restored
us to financial equality with the stand
ards of the commercial world, and given
new life to all honorable enterprise !;
that the waste of war has been in great
measure restored the labOrer is en-
plOyed and now meets with fit recon-
pense; that the husbandman has been
rewarded by harvest 6Ounteous be-
You'd precedent that "the pastures are
clothed with tiocks and the valleys also
are covered over with corn )" and for
the return of general prosperity based,
us all true prosperity must be, on pub
lie and private honesty and good faith,
and an earnest and intelligent industry
and frugality.
We are, indeed, repeating an ancient
ceremony of this feast of the harvest,
viewing the rich fruits of our abundance
toward the four quarters of the world.
And in our rejoicing let us remember
the blessing promised to the bonntiful
eye, the cheerful giver, and to him that
considereth the poor, and in all ways
give practical expression to our graft
tude, showing forth His praise not only
with our lips but in our lives.
Given under my hand and the seal of
the state, in the Executive Chamber at
Sutherland Falls, this 5th day of No
vember, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy
nine, and of the independence of the
United States, the one hundred and
fourth. REDFIELD PROCTOR.
BY the Governor,
HARRY p. STIMsON,
Sec'y OF Civil and Military Affairs.