Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-11-26
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY.

The waves OessS rSfaiy: lie ss shs 1 keen.
Ssr.6:s psnd &sn ~he5a :ofs Sr ssss SsC~
Within the harbor deem.
a wee lay, safe moored: yet mast and spar.
AA4 Ieavy sail eucrusted were with SNOW;
AM as she dipped her PROV beneath each
z came forth with beard Of slitt' ring ice.
me vessels name was one that l0id u
Soft breath, and NOISY clump ana shaded
And ali that speaks Of sAtsh's awakening.
But nooe Of these we've here, but only cold.
and winters biting most and chilling blasts.
o MSsthin the c1htn sat wondrous group
Sfinen and women and of M. dens fair;
-And n ne midst, man Of re: rend mien.
A covcnent took they all, and then went forth,
-6eness'i the cold gray OF q northern sky,
"A nome to make them. where in peace and
Where none should them modest nor max.
AZ conscience babe them, they might worship
But little rocked they Of the mastering woe:
From out the vision Of their coming days,
The tint of roses faded swift away;
a black pail fell aud clOuded all their Akies
with gathering gloom.
And cross their cheefiess threshold SA forced
Even grim beas.s end with his sickle keen
ne reaped dreadful harvest On their
The v.ninf freight quavered atfuny
Eoe 6ck OK one to rouse 1t. On the hill
0esioG Ine sounding sea, tho graves grew
The man of reverend mieo and silver locks
Inc maiden, with her tresses. light with gold;
where wind and wave, storm gusts and wolf 4
grun bowl
Ineir reQuiems were.
Then came the music Of the biue-bird's song.
ana Eiittcring pearls dripped from the bud.
dug bough;
Forth through the mold, peeped the arbutus
sweet:
In; shy deer BOUNDED thro' the murky wood,
M Tme gieamiuz fish in swelling waters swan,
INV, W. n'le hldd' n in the grove and tangled copse
Inc quar- and partridge lurked. with covering
Abu,sdsn Mt food was in the wood and sea,
WINE suI. hi gave chem warmth and babe
IT &c moaaing SEA took on cheerful tone
Inc -ippifaR hspoks In pleasant cadence sang,
And all was joyful
md % the blissful summer passed away,
Ard autumn. with its rad ant LEAKAGE came,
"h@n, 10! the harvest had, with generous
Responded to the glow of natures touch.
With ripeensd grain. the sumptuous fields were
And eopous wealth and plenty crowned the
Nnd.
Iheo each to each said men and women too:
:, oath not our gracious Father ever said,
never will you leave. nor you fOrsakoY
and hath He not full wei His promise kept?
Come. then, and let us render unto Him
The grateful homage from His children due"
And 80 in costume now SO quaint and queer,
with peak-cro wned hat and belt with buckle
bright,
And fustian ruwn and can of sornher b,,e
They gathered all together
grasses 20 heaven they sang, and grateful
prayers
Arose to Him who blest as well as scourged.
linen came the feast; venison from out the
Tho mottled grouse, black ducks shot at the
The gardens treasures cranberries from the
marsh,
i'hc food 1T sea and shore most freely gave,
Crowded the festal board.
Then Joy and mirth
FAsed care and sorrow fast and far away,
tAr back across the dreary waste OF pain,
their 1aded footsteps plainly they dlscerned,
But saw that through the clouds they deemed
so black
The cleaning star of hope had never paled.
And well they pondered DER the lesson true
That heavenly guidance rules our destiny;
For trials deep and woes unspeakable
Fall not beyond our Heavenly Fathers eye;
His sympathy SO vast SO wonderful.
BY all fOrsakeD, dcsoate, forlOrn,
May yet discover mid the darkness drear,
Some cause for thankfulness.
-Rosfon Globa