Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-12-13
How to Celebrate Thanksgiving
Evening.
PALMETTO GOLDSMITH.

children. 1t sounds beautiful for &
writer to enioin upon a mother TIL,
moral influence it will have upon hel
children's lives if sher omp with then
at bedtime, or if she tell or read then
stories and so make that a happ,
hour. But, suppose-and many o
my readers will bear me out in the
assertion that this is by no means
an unlikely supposition-suppose,
say, that it is Tuesday night, and
after the many duties of the day,
with teething baby. or an ailing
child to nurse or amuse through them
all, the poor mother is looking for
ward to a couple of quiet hours for
ironing! Is it not temptation un-
der such circumstances to hustle the
children into the bed, or get them in
the quickest way possible? If the
temptation be yielded to, l for one
shall lay no word of blame upon nv
poor tired sister.
L think my own mother must have
been a remarkable woman. There
were six of us little ones. She did
all her own work. She made shirts,
and coats and vests for father and
. the two boys. She kept all the girls
prettily clad, for country children.
The Wristbands and collars of the
shirts were all stitched by hand. She
entertained great deal of company.
most of it of the kind with which
country people are familiar those who
find Dear Mrs. b. S cream so lovely
her baked apples and pies, and
preserves the most luscious;" but
Dear Mrs. b. never goes to the CITY
to try the delicacies there. Notwith-
standing all this work, mother was
never too busy to tell us a story
she i.oned and told stories, sewed and
told stories, made butter and pastry
and told stories, and when we were
able to write compositions (at least
when we were required to write them
mother told us what to say" All!
how the dear old memories come
crowding over me as | think of all
the sweet old fairy tales that 1 first
heard from her lipsl
But this was not what set out to
say. If you can't make "the chill
dren's hour" happy every night, let
something go by the board and do
so on holiday nights. Let Thanks.
giving be a night ofrollicking fun for
the children, little and big. In after
years when they are away from
home, its influence will linger around
them still. Your son or your daugh-
ter may be kept in the straight and
narrow way" by the remembrance of
just one happy home night.
A simple game that even the baby
can almost take part in is called
Fish, flesh, or fowl" then if before
he has counted five that one does
not give the name of some fowl. he
must pay n forfeit There is lots of
fun in this game, Tor in his effort to
think of some fowl quickly, one is
likely to get confused and
cry out "eels," or elephants"
that these are un-
likely fowls. The leader must talk
rapidly for the older folk, but more
slowly for the little ones. 1t will incite
the latter to look up all the available
names OF fowl when they know this
game is to be played.
If there is "a large party of boys
and girls, if cousins or neighbors
have been asked in, The jolly
Mariners" is an enjoyable game.
Have the parlor doors opened so as
to pass through one door and out
1t the other. The boys all march
'ound, the one who takes the lead
With handkerchiefover his shoulder.
md all singing:
We are set of Jolly, jolly lads,
Owe just arrived on shore;
We spend our days in many merry WAYS.
As we have done before.
And we will turn around and round
And we will turn around |
And he who finds n very pretty girl
Must kiss her kneeling down"
Having chosen his every pretty
,irl, and saluted her, he spreads his
handkerchief for her to kneel upon,
While the girls sing,
It's a bargain, bargain for you, young
man.
It's bargain, n bargain for you;
on We given your word now keep it
true,
nd love her all you can"
Then another lad takes lead. and
he song is repeated until all the girls
ave been chosen.
There isn't much to be said for the
leter or rhyme of these verses, but
he boys and girls will not be too
ritical about that, and those who
bject to boys and girls of tender
ears kissing each other, may teach
he former to make n courtly bow
lstead.
My fathers got home from India"
N game that never failed to bring
own the house in my young days,
nj it must have been enjoyable, for
fter all these years | feel as if would
Ike to play it now, i'll had a right
Jerry lot of the readers of the Ameri-
IN Agriculturist about me.
Seat the children on three sides of I
leroom, and let the leader sit so
nat he can be seen by all. He must
zen say, "My fathers got home
ON India" What did no bring