The Nevada picayune., 1884-11-27
THANKSGIVING.
>ia and History Of This Ma tional Holiday.
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 rom Eajport, aa,5 down in halne " e,'e @atrt. of tbe Gplden t"te, iron 'e '.les to Che gut, sll over tA" Na a' s'o"' thanksgiving is now observed r AzNa5ioaai holiday. t is pecn.-'fi. f,,.,.a ..,ei ieea, elnphatieally 2 New England .s,s.. s,s...s'1oR, It had is birth III "9 s.s 9'S9je and distress, wisen hare band ,E men had passed a few monl.is c.
 0ck-boupd cos1e of New Engiahd z when. indeed, there was hlsle 10 h' Soakfu fir; aud DOW ip our prosperi 2 She1 Re Nation spans continent VI 1a"'s our feSpog; ard rcmefitFtihcS v "'' 2hservauce of tEa day.
 Not that Che idea 0f giving thanN. oi E3uatnd wi;h the Puritan who na, successfully harvested twenty aoE's oI '''h and few bushels of beans. Oh. ,''h lhe idaa of thanksgiving IS as oid a, Ha-69rY itself The Feast ot tho laonf- 1I.4eies was s feast of thank ksglN2E' lh' le3@t Of Domcter, called tne faehsiaiah Mysteries of the GreeSs' " sa' e'3seiy allied to eur dh}. ! he egend k pretty one. Derletrr WIS iie goddess of cotn-felds and har
 etS. One day prasepine, Der pfetl "aaEhter, was out in tue garden gather ,lhg flowers when horrid old iluta tR" Hod of Hell. spic8 her. aad ''s9' '''.eA
 ",th har haantv and grae he l9-S no aine iu carving uer od. O course' her mamma sighed and cried, and &sNea every cue she met for her da0G Ter Noae had seen her But PfoserPlnc Vas having good time eaogAhi lt"' ''' s9e Weat at once to eatlGsi ami Ns''u U woman happy sAe' eat Ire way 70 enc heart ls through iAe A93Si' 7"e ,-a hcsBcrFante seed iu Ila'o N'"t 't3f', Sn Chat she couid only spend SIX .1h3etts with her mother ti.' in''.' mo old lady mad and sha lA@'l .' ,Ye longer in Olympus with the go'S, eat toek up her abode on earta a@', '"'- 'efca blessings oE al who lA'a reg ,1uFL Shr taught sGleus. A.QF e' i-ietsls the principles os a~i ii'''f'-- t1 blow. saw and relp, low % naE' bra.td anl rear iruh-becs licfure th's lioa had lived on nuts lrd at5rlS. Si'' became patron -airt cf tleusH, ara ih oer honor wrr, estelitslmd taa lttt- 'e,aes which wore egiaorated tie i4d' The Romans celebrated harvest fs%. wal n hou0r W Cerps. ;&Hd in A-a iSHu the old Harvest Holne was lhe a''' tumn holiGavo of our lnghsh torofatheES.
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 Ten mon,hs hRdpassea slaee lhe l&ae tsad uf s3uIel, pionaeis and lH2rNr from .l.e decks of the a4uyd ydoWtr lu cuil oeceluber had spi~i ttlc saud-h'lis ,' Sape Cod and the rocks oi fiyu"uH 1leA}b had wasted then sway one-aad fha5r rambcg slept the sleep hat E0o FS no.Rahme, and tae tifgsargivors Ing m inF posted l0g hu,s Steh 9@ 9 '" lS.~ rFN eoN-tu1 would uot corrai bulS'o "ah in to-dar, bad ra3sed twep{ acres of corn aud ,iN of barley sA0 pes. Yet these men gave thankS. tod "e pcaiseti wrote oge of them. "N . iN'o a good Increase ui Indian corn, end our ballsy indifferent gooj. puf oar F'ae hot worth the gaihcrug' Edward Wins low tells The story in such simple lane guare that it is worthy oi reproiattpa;
 Our harvest being p2!tt9 70. our Governor sent ioW p2ca oGt i3N nag SO that We might after a spA&3i 0't'lHler TaloiGe together after Be hed g@.hef<'o 'o the fruit oi our lahOrS. They iour m one day killed as much fowl as "lth "a l'ttlo hclp beside scy-ved 8e conNHu' about a week. At which tUa aDoN-H, other recycniionsWe exercised oF arms many of tbe Indians coming a" 1-o' us, and among tue rest the sr'"'e' King Massasoyt with some mUvN mon whom for ,hrue days VIZ euter.a'h'" at" Seestea ard tteY ttio lntsaAsl We~i out and killed live decr vA'Fh #'N brought to tho ptaHtatiHn and hg.'3N.ea on our Governor and G{ou tbe tHpta'n (Mac- St8ud..h) and others Ari Nl- thoagh it bc not always so PlHitW as itwas at this lime W.lA us, }tt " Che goodness ot God We are so lar from want that We often wish you IartaNer Of our p.cntN."
 The ira New England ThaussE'viaE was therefore, iu the tail ui lt-l. Though no public record iiAeS he eEaas time, vet it was prohap'g b 'hto2et, si.ef t appears to hAye been largely aD outdoor festival srd lastNl wct$. RrhMls ,he Pilgrim fard!&AgIS bad m mind tho Jewish teast of the faber- 47acle>, but ir i- mOTv prehable that the 1farvcs. lIQue of AitGg-ie Qid hagland iasi they had left came vfv3d'F octorv iAvm. and rhW de,lred to rnro ace llli- heSt of m inc Old N2~sd uh1nls.
 The seeoud ycar afleE tlyls ae'ehraaon wa- a much more solemn and 'Wpr. 's- i've one, for the caiony had been deliF- cred from & threatened famine. lhe snr.ar and summer of I623 had be"n dl4 and sul,ry. From the middle oi Max to gle middle of lGlNno rsm fcIt. nrougb. parehod the groaaa, tae cAn was fired aud the barsey ceased to grow. A day of fasting and prayer was appointed. ft wss on tho i3th af Julg. and tac people pia1esl @,8e hours Toward evening clouds e0ilecie0, 6 shsrp brcezc arose in tiie east abA when moraing dawped rain poured .a tor~ rents. This rain lasled fourteen da 5, and was the salvation of the harvrse. Governor Bra.8fas1 or5ered a daS Of thanksgiving, apd the seeeud WIS kept fn a grave and fsnpal nam2cr It Iackea the h'iarity and license ct the Harvest Home, the jocuad lapghter and merrg frolicking nj the IgUp and ma'a- ons. and tle prarks of ehe lora oi N's- -nlc. and perhaps the9 wouls have beeu osit of place among tilose sturdy pio- neers. on a faeiga aud hostile saorN, surrounded bt sAvagns aadwil8 hests, gnd hanlls having sisenaaHs nf 'slnE f turl. gray so geaE