The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-12-04


But We had TO chink il in. You under
stand. The main thing was work. 81
the play never lasted long enough for
Surfeiting. We were always hungry for
IT, And that gave Zest, YOU see, to the
holidays when they did come. They
were all the more 10 Us, let me add, for
the character they took on in the light
OF the earnest life we had 10 live in those
days, iron our earliest childhood. IL
takes i great deal more machinery 70
amuse people now, than it did in those
DAYS OF simpler tastes and sterner moral
tiles. Things are voted stupid now, I'M
less the fun Is exciting and uproariOuS,
or unless the feStiviiy Is costly, and spec
tacular, and Just little perilous 10 NOR
atty The baseball must be 4 contest
( OF professionals. The football must be 4
/ pitched hattie. The concert must be an
I opera. The dance must be vOluptuouS.
/ The social party must be 1t its height ut
I midnight Il Is amusement running
I riot Il Is nothing unless intense. And
[ the more intense, the more it pals, like
/ the spicure'S diet that DESTROYS his taste
I for the best and simplest things. But
! fifty wears ago We had no such Surieit Of
wild hilaritieS And 50 the holiday that
would now be accounted dull, in some Of
/ its features, WAS 10 u very sweet and
/ sacred 10Y: not all fun and feasting. but
al ! beautiful, and refining, and hallow-
! ing feStiyIJy. Let me tell YOU how II
seemed 20 = live, fun-lOvin; boy up
among the New England hills
You must know, then, that, being the
only public holiday we should have for
more than SIX long months, we thought
3 great deal about IT, We planned our
work so as to have Il well done up be
fore Thanksgiving II was 4 shame 10
the man whose corn was not al in the
barn before the last Thursday of Noyem-
Der And all through the autumn work,
We kept before Us the JOY OF the coming
festival We thought OF Il out in the
orchards, and said. rs we shook down
the bins full aud barrels full OF apples,
" Now, won't these great big golden
fellows be nice for Thanksgiving. And
that made Us think how the apples were
something 10 be thankful ior. Then out
in the cornields, where the pumpkins
always grew, we picked out the biggest
and the yeuoweSt, great, ruted, orange
tinted globes OF pie stuff, bigger than
any boy Of Us could lift, and We said:
well have them for THANKSGIVING.
Won't they make i lot Of pies, Though -
And that made Us think how the corn
fields were something TO be thankful for.
50 when we went forging Tor cheStnuts
up among the hills. and gathered the
walnutS up in the big walnut Tree pas
ture, and the bGttarcJts-we went four
miles 70 get those out OF the dear old
grandtatber'S ueAdOwS-aS We slowed
them away Up in the w0OihoUSe cham
Der. we said. e THEY'LL oe good about
Thanksgiving. And 80, laying up
things IN store al through the glad IN
gathering Of the autuun DAYS. We kept
tle coming festival IL mind. til. It grew
into something very dear and sacred IN
our Young hearts vision An nobody
knows hall the meaning o. the honest
feaSt VINO has 10 buy It ali from the
market. You must plant the corn, aud
pray Tor the rain upon II, and put your
eYn toll into Il, and watch Its growing,
and wait for its ripening, and sing the
g Harvest Home F" over It, II you want
to know what It Is 10 be thankful for the
good Lords bounty
Well, 80 we worked and waited. while
fancy. The sweet September DAYS went
swiftly By. The clear and crisp October
days went out into the dreamy haze Of
IndiIn summer. The dull November
days grew short, and gusJy. and kee-
with the trusts and occasional snow
fakes Of tue haS.eIiuE winter. The
flowers were gone. The green leaves
we're gone the Trees al bare The binds
had flown. The Ice had began 10
mirror the brooks and rivers Tie very
grass had stopped growing and was
browning under the lrlS-F sun All Cs-
tCre seemed 60 be through With L. service
ana waiting for the halerlicti1u- And
then came Thanksgiving Day. the sea-
sons beautiful asle-ic1lou-
Tls sabbath betdre. we had the first
t1Se2 o5 It. IN lle razIiC- u the Pro-
c.am1tiun. An, thai Proclamation L
VS. 3 rzversut aczrov I=lgIlsut o the
goodness Of the Most High God. and q
solemn summons os the people 10 !
sacred and solemn cGzlkfUlueSs for al
his owing bounty. and It came II
fsTl, BETTING the dignity and S0leuniCy
Of the occasion L came directly from
bis ENCsllelCy the Governor, an Official
gospel IN the commonwealth L was
printed large. and = the minister IN
folded Is and spread Z out over the .
pllpit, and rs1d the stately words, and .
held It up TIL our wondering eyes caught 1
: glimpse o. the great seal O the State, .
aud We heard the Governors name, and /
the name Of the Secretary Of state attest 4
ing the Proclamation. and closing with 4
the revereuJ prayer, God save the .
Commonwealth o. Massachusetts,, It .
seemed 10 Us that the Commonwealth Of .
M1SsachuSeSts Vas : little zrander than 4
any other land the sun shines upon. +
And Il was that ScSee document that did .
Il, that Proclamation, printed large, and .
sent direct from HIS Exeelleucy the F.
G1TerEOr, and spread out before the .
people \ bcr'S estimate OF things :
formed very much IRON what he SEES
And # he sees al Official paper, printed .
L4rgs, and sealed Eirh the great seal q
the STATE, and Al o-Er the Governors
name, and al made impressive With. the
prayer God save the common wealth.
as VII think he hiss : c1DmoaEeaItL
worth saving. though Il be no bigger
-lIn the little STATE u Massachusetts,
4 bev remembers what he sees Inc
Ec-J}s u rhose cd procla11ztio1s have
long ago forg1t-eu, but that graaE State
paper. printed large, and with tia great
seal u the STATE upon It-that ! shall
never forget Eor even lose the IUpres-
san Il give me Of the dignity Of the
c1llzE0Awe1lIh- and boy estimates
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