Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-11-25
4 THANKsGIyING STORY.

iuANhGNll iAh GlUlt1s
No oNE should be mean enough 10
ask If this is true story. All stories
are true stories, and il isn't likely that
any ono would lie about what happened
on such good day as Thanksgiving.
10 BEGiN WITH,
The widow Du Shay lived iu a little cot
tage on the ground now occupied by the
House of Correction. The facts In this
story occurred many years ago, but they
were salted down ut the timo and are
now taken from the barrel in splendid
condition
Thanksgiving day had arrived The
Governor of Michigan had issued n
proclamation as long rs hoe-landle.
the Undergraduates had been gobbled
from market and grocery, and every
body was ready fora short sermon aud
along dinner. That's how things wcre
and u war map would not give the read.
or any clearer idea Of the situation
pErausrRCrivE.
The widow 'a' down In her rocking chair.
Aud shGiircw up noarcr the stove;
And the nouh wind blow Win an awful
Ana ,hc snow aa.cs came down in a drove.
BE thankful-for whalY' unused Mrs Du
"rm wiaow, rhcumatio and poor:
ANA twouiin' be queor, if before the New
Iva, GcsgIng from door to dopr"
She wiped a tear from her sparkling nose
And she thought Of Du shay in his grave
Aud her children three who were drowned
az sea,
Under tho f9arn-orest wave.
NOTICE TO THE AUDIENCE.
The public will please keep theirscats,
as the performances is not yet half
through
i'o worked like a slave, the widow went
"Ive totcd both carly ana lato,
IIe l.Nsened my food that might got wood
Ana my conduct has ever bcon straight
Ny husband is dcad-my children are guno
My honse needs many repUrs;
come white man ur mig hus stolen my pig,
And my head Il IS getting gray hairs"
SAME oNE.
Every adult person has read of the
poor widow who was compelled TO make
shirts for six cents "A piece and furnish
The buttons and thread This is the one,
1--WE nothing to ent but cold pancakes.
Aud sip Of three shilling tea"
ANA the widow she wopt, while the snowtiakcs
Under the door for to see.
"J'ye nothing to wear but an old black dress,
MY bonnot is seven years old;
Ann 10 ahd 10 my woes, my best pair OF
For a shilling couldn't be sold.
"ThanksRlviu9l The day is nothing to mo
wish was under the ground
wish was dead and this sorrowful head
rest IA collin had found
PERFECTLY NATURAL.
You would have wished the same had
YOU been in the widow place. Thanks
giving Is big thing with fowl, and
oysters. and cranberry TO back it;
but when you come down TO three old
chairs and two old pancakes it's anoth-
cr matter
Aud The widow she wept and rocked away,
And The wind continued 10 blow,
4, a,'S ~ the mindow.pan9 4 shiyorod again
Az the touch OF tho iilkes OF snow.
A CHANGE.
Human nature is tickle. II il wasn't
there would be no breach-of-promise
suits or divorces. The widow Du Shay
hnally concluded that cold pancake was
better than nothing, aud that her old
house was superior TO coal shed for
comfort She decided to observe the
day as we'll as possible. She was warm
ing her feet in the oven preparatory to
starting for church. when she fell
asleep.
She fen asleep, and she sighed and snorcd
But never pain did she feel
as the room grew balm and the oven got
warm
And almost hlistered her heel.
md she didh't dream OF the better land,
where widows have rniment OF gold
tHhr henvcd not a sigh Tor cQitec and pic,
ANA uannels 20 keep out the cold.
THE REASON WHY
she didn't was ON account of the sur
roundings. It's no trick at all for a
rich widow TO dream Of Heaven and
angels and second husbands and weeks
OF bliss, but poor lone widow with her
feet in the oven is different story.
However,
The widow Du Shay sho opened her eyes
On sights she could hardly believe
There was wood Rt tho door-some ten cords
. As she could quite plainly perooiye.
barrel of pprk-a whole chest OF tea,
ny tho shtd with barrel OF hourt
Anu bonnet was there, with dress Of mo
selected from some fairy bbwor,
A pair Of now shoes (she wore No. hvesl,
shawl stockings and other dry goods,
~ lAot, such store us she nc'er raw Before
SINCE the day she moved ont OF the woods.
or COURSE,
her amazement was Intense, and it was
halt an hour before she coaIdfaIly real