San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-29
THANKSGIVING DAY.

goose lOr inc NEW EnSlduu puiiVahS
thanksgiving turkey and keeps the
old memorial day of the Mayf1ower
descendants as naturally as though
she was to the manor born. Thanks
giving day is now fairly acclimated
south of Mason and DiXon's line and
the day is kept very generally in all
sections of the country. This year it
comes little later than usual. In
fact last Thursday would have been
nearer the mark, being the 22nd, and
custom has made Thanksgiving fall
upon the Thursday nearest to the
25th of November. Grover Cleveland,
however, has designated today as
that OH which our own people and the
strangers within our gates are to give
thanks, and in this appointment all
good republicans will concur. Texas
certainly may recount the blessings
that the state has enjoyed during the
wear now closing and find abundant
occasion for thanks. The drouth and
consequent failure of crops of former
wears have not afflicted our people
this year. Bountful crops have
awarded the toll of the farmer, i'll
most instances, and our cattle and
sheep ranges have been clothed with
abundant pasturage. The tide OF
prosperity setting towards Texas ana
the DIES ofpopulation setting towards
the gulf are earnests of an increase
that shall grow more marked with
each succeeding year until all our
land shall feel the impetus given her
industries by the capital and labor
that has sought Investment and en-
ployment within our borders. The
signs of the times indicate that our
citizens, here at home in this goOdly
CITY, are growing more alive year by
wear to her advantages and devlslng
for a new life of enterprise and indus
trv such as she has not hitherto eX-
perienced. -,
For these things we are thankful,
no less than for the increase Of mate
rial wealth, the enlargement OF our
husiness and the accessiOns to our
pOpulatiOn during the past year. Not
The least of our state blessings mas
been the failure Of shOrt-slghted poll
cy to destroy our great wool industry
and cripple our cattle interests by I'M
friendly legislation. For this we are
also thankful, and for the promise ana
hope inspired by the late election that
the danger from such legislation as
we have 50 narrowly escaped is past
for at least another quarter OF q cen
tury. The weather clerk might have
given us finer and more favorable
weather for our fair and thus en-
HANGED our occasions for thankfulness,
but he did not. The voters OF this dis
trict might have rebuked the policy OF
a quasi free trade administration by
returning a protectionist to congress,
and so charging our opportunities for
Thanksgiving, but it was not so nomi-
mated in the bond.
Divers and sundry enterprises
mOoted for the benefit of this
city might have been success
fully brought to issue had our people
been more far-seeing and public
spirited, but they were not and the
success of their enterprises remains
for future outwOrking. These and
other things we might have found
occasion for Thanksgiving in, but the
occasion has not materlaliZed this
wear and is made ground of hope for
another annual Thanksgiving day.
Enough. however, remains to crown
orr year with good for which our
hearts and our lives give thanks. IN
that Thanksgiving, enjoying all OF
good that comes to VS., let us remem-
Der the poor whom we always have
nth us and the destitute whose
wants we may supply and 50 give
them with US occasion for keeping
Ghis day with Thanksgiving.