The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-11-30
RI THANKFUL.


. held royal sway over nineteen-twent
eths of this great land, it happened
that the ship from England, which
arrived at intervals of many months
apart to bring supplies and provisions
to the colonists, failed to put in an
appearance, and as day after day
passed and winter was drawing on, the
larders Of our pilgrim fathers began
to become insolvent and starvation
began staring them in the face. The
fierce Indians and fiercer storms made
it dangerous to venture out into the
forests, but as the people began to
suffer more and more through lack of
food and the ship failed to appear, the
governor thought it necessary to send
a hunting expedition into the woods
in search of game (some cling to the
belief that that they were going par
ticularly in search of wild turkeys),
notwithstanding the attendant dan
gers. When the morning for the
expedition to start came there were
many fearful partings being taken, as
many might not come back, when on
a sudden some one cried out, "There's
the shipP' and sure enough, way out
at sea was sail The whole colony
fell on its knees, and it was day of
thanksgiving, and that night they
were all gathered around tables filed
with feast Of good things to eat.
This event was the origin of this hol-
iday. 1t is now customary each year
for the last Thursday in November to
be proclaimed as day of national
thanksgiving AS neither Cleveland
nor Governor Mcconnell has seen fit
to recount, as usual in such procla
nations, any specific blessings to the
state and nation for which to be
thankful probably because there was
nothing of national character for
them to point to-let us consider
what local conditions the people of
this county can be thankful for on
this day.
Let us be thankful that there are
no starving people in Washington
county as there are in Wisconsin and
Minnesota.
Let us be thankful that the county
money was not in the Bank of Weiser
last September.
Let us be thankful that our farmers
are not in such imminent danger of
losing their homes that they are com
PEELED to organize secretly for protec-
ton, as in the Palouse country.
Let us be thankful that the SIGNAL
was only forced to half sheet and
not entirely wiped out.
Let us be thankful that our taxes
are not nearly so high as in Shoshone,
Lemhi, Alturas and other counties.
Let us be thankful that Mike Har
Ian is not defending Grover Cleveland
in this issue.
Let us be thankful that our county
officials are honest and that crooked
work on their part is not agitating us
as it is the people of Ada county.
Let us be thankful that Governor
Mcconnell did not visit Washington
county to drink up all our good liquor.
Let us be thankful that Washing
ton county fruit attracted such atten-
ton at the Worlds Fair that a remark
able amount Of attention is beginning
10 turn this way and healthy immi-
grafton is promised.
Let us be thankful that the |. c. Co.
didn't gobble up 800, 600 instead of
$40, 600.
Let us be thankful that if our
wheat will bring nothing, we are at
least allowed to feed it to hogs and
chickens, which we can eat.
Let us be thankful that these times
positively cannot last any great while
that Washington county's resources
are so great that a wonderful era OF
prosperity is certain to come some
time, even though it has been delayed
and delayed through a score of con-
trary causes.
This is not one half the things we
can be thankful for, but the approach
of press time admonishes us to close,
and, withall, this is enough to fill up
the day with thankfulness.
The Record Of a Renegade.