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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-30
THANKSGIVING.
BY Edward S. Hopkins.

For in the days of old there were
songs OF praise and thanksgiving. '-Nch.
The things at we all dream about, an
what we do an say.
Is apt to rhyme with turkey dinner on
Thanksgiving day;
For recollectin' way fur back, as fur as
we can think.
The most at Interested us wuz what we
had to drink.
An ever since we cleaned the plates an
Scraped the sugar bowl,
It's always Somcthin' good to eat at sat-
isles the soul:
An you kin bet your bottom dollar all
the preachers say
Won't entertain us like our dinners on
ThankSgivin day.
An yit. Thanksgivn' don't seem quite
like what it ust to be.
It's got more turkey stutfin' in, at ain
thanksgibiany.
Them days of old" WIZ solcmncr an
these, when we WIZ young,
An we wuz s'poScd to so to mcctin', an
psalm tunes WIZ sung.
An we wuz lowed TO 80 UP front an
sing EN- in the choir
I.ongside O her whose sinSin' ust to
draw the angels higher;
An prcachin' lasted twict as long, an
we WIZ dr;wcd so near
To Heaven. at Thankssivin' day would
last most all the year.
or course we had cranberry sauce, roast
turkey. punkin pies:
But them wuz only episodes, an eatin'
'em likewise.
The main thing wuz the family chat, a
noisy cat:irac'.
With the young folks lookin' forards an
the old folks lookin' back,
Q, them WIZ good old-fashioned times,
we banker for EN- still,
With eyes a gittin' dim and misty, like
old peoples will.
lit. spite o "reminiscences, when we're Il
gittin' gray
Thc's lots O hlessin's foatin' round US on
ThAnkSgiYiu' day.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-30

1--WE Gave n Verbal Descriptions"
SO Smiley was overly anxious to know
how turkey might look,
And we gave him Il verbal description as
clear as you'd find in a book.
Then what did he do but invite us to
dinner on Thanksgiving day;
The turkey Iii have" he assured us,
land cooked in the old-faShioned way.
You tell me wild turkeys are met with
sometimes in the woods about here?
All right; I'm a prince with the rifle. Re-
member. don't fail to appear"
Time passed, and it soon was Novemberi
the morning of Thanksgiving came;
We hadn't forgotten the turkey, and
started to tackle the same;
We soon reached the Englishman's dug
out, and Smiley was there with his
feast;
His face was all lighted with pleasure
as rosy as dawn in the east;
Il killed it-a beautiful turkey" he cried,
and as plump as Il grouse;
l cooked it. and warrant the cooking;
was chef in Il nobleman's house;
Sit down to the feast, though it's early;
give thanks for the luck I have had;
This Thanksgiving day is Il feature that
England should copy, egad!'
Well. stranger, we ate and we wondered;
that bird had i taste that was
strange:
We'd eaten tame turkeys so often a wild
one went queer as Il change.
The dinner was l'n-thy, l reckon; it took
us two hours to get done.
And then we WIT out of the dugout to
loaf for Il while in the sun,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-30

and replied: Excuse me. I had rather
stay by myself on such a day. 1t IS
very kind Of you, but really, you should
not on an occasion like this invite
strangers to your board. Some other
time, maybe Don't think me migrate
full
And then, lest the little house might
be offended, or think that the old one
was ungrateful, the latter added: Il
have nothing to wear"
That is always the apology of peo-
pie who are down at the heel in every
thing but pride.
The little house said: every well.'
and before 8 o'clock it had retired.
The hammers over at the factory had
rleu to some bushes close py them.
l gave myself up for lost, but rode
ahead. AS 1 came nearer to them l
could see, for it was not yet dark. that
every one had 4 revolver in his hand.
They were crouching on their knees.
"'Strangcr' called one Of the four,
'whar v goin!
Ito Mount Savage l answered. |
had my hand on my gun in my over
coat pocket. and put on as bold front
as l could. but my voice shook.
''Thc follow who had spoken got up
and came toward me. l stopped. He
drew from one of his pockets a flask
and held it up to me.
"'Drinllv he said.
81 then noticed what I had been too
much excited to see before. All four
Of the men had been drinking.
My FRIEND said, I never drink
"'Be v trav'lin' alone:
Yes
''He seemed relieved He drew a long
breath, put the flask of whisky in one
pocket and his revolver in another, anC:
said:
Gwen 1 fust seed We I thought meb-
by v wuZ ridin' ahead of dozen other
fellers. We've never ben over this var
road afore, an it looks skcery. Tn
fact Island his face redeemed as ne
went on heepishly-'we wuz 4 leetle
slSeered, an we wl1z jeS' holdin' a leetle
pra'r-meetin' fore goin' any furder.'
Think Of it, boys Four half-drunk-
en- men stopping to pray for safety
on a dangerous highway and soaring
another praying man half to death.
The queer noises l had heard before
I saw them We're their voices lifted in
earnest supplication.
'Wcll, l passed on. My hair didn't
settle down quietly on my head. though
till I had got clear over the ridge. and
nobody ever ate his Thanksgiving din
ner with a more grateful heart than
did next day"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-30
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
Not Prepared Tor a Snap Shot.

A characteristic little story comes
from the scenes Of the recent land rush
One Of the heroines Of the occasion was
Miss Mabel Gentry Of Neosho county,
Kan. She was the seventh to seize a
claim, riding on spirited pony. She
was armed with revolver and a lunch
basket, and was prepared to guard her
claim as long as 1t was necessary. But
when an enterprising newspaper cor
respondent asked leave to take her
photograph she promptly demurred. on
the ground that she was looking like
Il fright"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-30
les blossoms of Perfume, Which She
Gathered.


At the incoming hour. in the afternoon
when the days work was done. some
times in the morning before the rocks
whirred and complained, the occupant
was about putting on Il touch here
and there which no master mechanic
could give.
Then the rains beat upon it; and the
hail pitted it; and the hoar frost whit
ened it; and the sun blistcrcd it; and
the great clouds of smoke from the
factory near by blackened it and chung
to 1t, and the windows shook until the
thin glass ratified in the cheap window
paneS.
The other house had been moved
from fashionable quarter OF the city
and settled down by the one which was
born there. 1t wasn't exactly new
conner, for it was old in it's design and
build. and SCARED in many places. 1t
had lost its fortune, like some of the
people you have met. And it had
adapted itself to circumstances by NOV
ing down into a section where the sc.
clety reporter would be a wonder
Still, in its faded attire, in it's i'll
shape. 1t was more pretentions than the
other. 1t was the shabby genteel arm
in arm with the commonest, poorest
peasant in the cheapest store clothes.
These two houses became acquainted
the day before Thanksgiving. That is,
the house which had formerly stood
III the fashionable quarter was moved
into its present quarter in the dusk Of
the evening before the day of thanks.
The little house that was so severely
plain, SO uDpretentious, and that had
Lever been anything else than what
1t is at this day said to the new ar
rival:
"You look tired. 1t is too bad to be
| moving at this time when everybody is
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-30

NJ. de Villemessant, the founder Of
the Paris Figaro, being insulted daily
in q Belgian paper by writer whose
nom de plume was marco Spada,"
took the train to Brussels, with two
friends and pair of swords. On his
arrival he wrote to Marco Spada"
that ut p. IN. sharp he should call
on him TO arrange an encounter. On
the stroke of 9 NJ. de Yillemessant an
peared at the editorial office and asked
for Marco Spada." What was his
amazement on seeing an old lady, all
wrinkled and with curls about her ears.
appear from behind small window
and on hearing the reply: II am Mar
co Spada, sir. and am ut your orders"
-Argonaut.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-30
ONE SAD HEART CHEERED.
HOmely Words From the Shnnty
Bracc the Out-at-EIbONs Mansion.

Homely Words From the Shnnty
Brace the Out-at-EIbovvs Mansion.
Two wooden houses stand so Iear to-
Scthcr in Il lack, cherries street in
the southwest Fart of the city that 4
child with outstrctched arms can touch
both at the same time
One was built on the spot where it
stands. 1t is like most of the houses
that were built in such a section. Its
only stoop is Il plain wooden step, and
TINS has been worn so smooth that in
good weather it is CLASSY. There isn't
Il thing about this house which the
builder could have left off. There
isn't surplus nail in its walls. There
are no more windows than should be,
and not so many as there ought to be.
1t was occupied before it was finished.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-30

Teeth Of all kinds have been worship
ped and are, in fact, venerated as relics
in some religious shrines. Buddha's
tooth is preserved in an Indian temple;
the Cingalese worship the tooth of a
monkey; while the elephants and
sharks tooth serve similar purpose
among the N1alabar and Tonga Island
ers respectively. The Siamese were
formerly the possessors of the tooth of
a sacred monkey, which they valued
very highly, but in war with the
Portuguese they lost the holy grinder,
and had to pay $3,5O0,OOO to get 1t
back again. 1t is now kept in a small
gold box, Enclosed in six other boxes.
in one Of the many temples of the Siam,
csc capital.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-30
AN ENcLlsHMAN,s TURKEY.
Thrilling Tale of q Fatal Thanks
giving Error.

Thrilling Tale of Fatal Thanks.
giving Error.
Bill Smiley? You're looking for Smiley?
Well. pardner, that strikes me as
strange.
Say. where do you live that you didn't
know Smiley's gone over the range:
He departed this life last November, on
the evening of Thanksgiving day..
And his farm is Il range for the rattlers,
his dugout has gone to decay.
Poor Smiley: You see. he was British;
mob right from London. s'pose;
He used to so round wearing glasses and
loud and cxcitable clothes;
And that land he owned he pre-empted
and farmed it in glittering style,
The mcmry of which sort o makes me
dissolve in vast. shorclcss smile,
One day all the boye were a-sitting and
talking in Higgins store.
And somehow the argument drifted to
Thanksgiving dinners of yore.
We each told our lies about turkeys az
large as the site of a town,
And Smiley. he sat there and listened,
and swallowed the anecdotes down.
1t seems that in England the turkey is
scarce as the horns of Il dog
The bird wasn't built for Il country that's
made up of rainfall and fog
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-30

And what should we see but the feathers
that bird We had eaten had worm
All, well had it been for the Briton were
his mother and father ne'er born!
Jim Smitbers explained it to Smiley, that
while it was painful to do,
We felt it our duty to hang him, and
that when the swinging was through
We'd see that his body was planted, he'd
. covered us all with disgrace,
And unless he was hung we could never
again look a man in the face
He acted the man that we thought him,
and lent us his clotheslne and said
He hoped that we would all forgive him
and speak Of him kindly when dead.
The crime he committed? Well, stranger,
l guess ! may tell it to you
The turkey he fed us was buzzard. We
hung him; what else could we do?
Walt Mason.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-30
NELLY @g
HUNTINGDON.

'Rut he won't scc-hc never notices
anything: and l shall take everything
on my plate. and l promise to eat lots
Of PEAS and a raspberry tart"
Much good they'll do YOU. to be
sure" responded Wilson. satirically.
''Wcll. it isn't five yet, and there's
plenty of time to get another appetite
by eight"
So it was done as the young autocrat
commanded. and presently she and
nurse were back in the cool, shady
room. with its great oak presses, chat
ting over their tea.
Nov. nurse for the SlCry.
Wilson stirred her tea. nllrSCd up
her mouth. and With contracted brow
proceeded to ruminaIr as to the most
approved fashion Of commencing Il
story.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-30

at home, or ought to be, enjoying him
self and giving thanks. Won't you
come over and eat dinner with lis to.
morrow and get acquainted! We
haven't much. but it Ia our own We
have earned it, and although what We
have Is plain it hasn't come ut the cost
of anything except few aches and
pains of the body. They are nothing
It's the pain and ache Of the heart
which hurt and which make people
thanklcss. Won't you come? You will
be 60 welcome"
The old house from the fashionable
quarter looked down upon the little one
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-30

Mr.. Bingo (viewing the table)--My
dear, where did you get all these fine
hings for Thanksgiving?
Mrs Bingo-You'I know when the
bills come in.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-30
Touehening Up for Thnnk.rivinr.

Turkey-Hit harder, boys. Re,nem.
yer, I'm going to boarding-house.-
life.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-30
A Farewell Lunch

Farewell Lunch.
Skyhigh Tin restaurant)-What's that
ou're eating. Algy-mushro0ms?
Agy-Yes. Mabel has refusedy me.
Nj Ia over It's the latest way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-07
REPUBLICANS AND SILVER.
The Situation in the Senate at the Close
Of the Sixth Week.
A Majority of the Republican Senators
Take the Responsibility.

The ninth week Of the extraordinary ses-
sion Of Congress and the sixth week OF
the Senate debate on the silver purchase
repeal bill closes today. leaving 1t still as
uncertain as ever when the bill will come tc
a decisive vote.
One phase Of the situation in the Senate
Is thus described by one Of its members:
There are eight republican Senator'S
Messrs. Teller. Wolcott Jones Of Nevada,
Mitchell. Dubois. Pettigrew and Power
who are for silver. opposed not only to the
repeal of the purchasing clause Of the
Sherman law, but to any compromise which
would not provide for silver at least as
literally as that law. There are four re-
publicans opposed to repeal unless some
compromise measure is substituted for the
Sherman law that will recognize silver as
a money metal-Cameron. Manderson, Per-
kins and Hansbrough. In addition to these
the four populists. Of course are opposed
to the repeal Of the Sherman law--Peffer.
Stewart, Allen and Kyle, Irby being ac-
nists of the administration from outside the
democratic ranks. The democratic Senators
are divided. the majority being opposed to
unconditional repeal Therefore, IL Presi-
dent Cleveland's position regarding the
Sherman law is to be sustained. 1t must be
by the votes Of the twenty-five republican
Senators understood to be committed to
repeal.
Now. they are confronted by this ques-
ton, Shall they wait for the democratic
majority to agree upon a compromise. or
shall they suggest one, or shall they stand
squarely for unconditional repeal? Between
these lines Of policy the republicans are
halting, but 1t is believed the majority are
In favor Of allowing the responsibility Of
meeting the situation to rest on the shoul-
ders OF the democratic majority"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-07
CHANCES OF SUCCESS

In the Effort to Force q Vote on Silver
Mr.. VOORHEES, has given notice and the
fight to force a vote in the Senate is to be-
gin on Wednesday. The impression is very
general that it will be impossible to hold a
quorum for a sufficient number of hours
without interruption to make the "contin-
uous session" effective, and the thing is
entered upon with an idea that it will fall
though those in charge of the bill are in
earnest and will do all in their power to get
vote. The belief that 1t can end in moth
ing but compromise Is growing stronger
and 1t Is predicted that a quorum willing to
sit through one night only in order to force
a vote cannot be found. This impression
may be erroneous. but is 1t so general as to
give the character to the gossip being in
dulged in at the Capitol.
1t is beginning to look more probable that
there Will be bond issue authorized, and
1t is asserted that the administration is
anxious for the authority to issue bonds
There Is belief that the issue will be ne
cessary in any event, but more especially II
the unconditional repeal bill falls
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-07


nue. between for the racers. The decks were
black with people and on the Roanoke. Guy
andotte and other steamships venturesoms
passengers climbed up into the rigging -
get better views.
On the Navesink Hfgh1ands.
The fact that the race Thursday between
the vigilant and the Valkyrie ended in .
fiuke was a matter Of congratulation TO the
many observers who watched the race
from the Highlands. II was the general
opinion among the beach-combers there
that the start should not have been made
under the weather conditions prevailing
Thursday, and IL must be acknowledged
that the seafaring men in the vicinity ac-
curately predicted that there would not bs
wind enough during the day 10 make Q
race.
They say that this is an international
contest TO decide the superiority OF one OF
two classes OF boats, and that a drifting
match is no way to arrive at a decision re-
garding a boats speed. log Will drift,
they say, and under some conditions viii
make almost as good time did either OF
the yachts Thursday.
These authorities are high In their praise
OF the manner in which Capt. Cranfield OF
the Nalkyrie handled his beat in making
for the turning point of the race. and con-
denied Capt Hansen of the Nigilant for
going so far to the eastward In search OF
a flaw of wind that IL was impossible for
him to afterward regain the distance lose
by this maneuver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-07
GONE TO wOODLEY.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland
Move to the Country.

Tho President and Mrs. Cleveland
Move to the Country.
The President, Mrs. Cleveland and Ruth
and Esther moved out to their country
home. ''Woodley." today. They will remain
there during the autumn months. The
President will attend to official business
at the White House as usual, coming in
every morning and going out in the after
noon. When he finds that more work can
be accomplished thereby he will remain at
Woodley all day. This may not happen
often. The change is made specially for
the benefit of Mrs. Cleveland and the chill
dren, but 1t Is expected that the President
will also find the country air of benefit
to his health; 1t is hoped that few weeks
rest and quiet will restore Mrs. Cleveland
to perfect health so that she may be able
to resume her social duties this winter as
mistress Of the White House. The Presi-
dent has not abandoned his proposed hunt
ing trip in the Adirondacks and will run
off with some chosen companions at the
first favorable opportunity. He has had
several successful squirrel hunts in this
vicinity recently in company with Charlie
Loefiier. his faithful doorkeeper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-07
THE HOUSE.

Ten democrats and twelve republicans
were in the chamber when the House met
at IL o'clock today.
The Speaker laid before the House the re-
port of the board Of managers Of the ma
tional homes for disabled volunteer SOL
diers. Referred.
Mr.. Hicks Pa.) denied the statement at
tributed to him yesterday in the press that
he had declared that the Senate was the
laughing stock of the country, and that
the Tucker bill was intended to humiliate
the President.
The federal election bill was then taken
up.
Mr. Everett CMass3 did not deny the con-
laws but he did not believe that 1t had the
moral right to do so. The same corruption
at elections had gone on under these laws
as had gone on before the time Of their
passage. The laws were impotent and in
efficient, and they should be removed from
the statute books. Granting that Congress
had the right and power to pass these
laws. granting the efficiency of them, he
would still repeal them, because he was a
Union man; because Massachusetts, was a
Union state, and he wanted every vestige
OF these laws swept away. Applause) He
wanted to wipe from the statute books the
move every law that grew out of the war.
Mr.. GrOsvenOr Talks.
Mr.. Grosvenor (Ohio) said that Massa-
chusetts would not permit her distinguished
son to say that that great state was in
favor Of the repeal Of the thirteenth amend
ment to the Constitution. Massachusetts
would not consent that the fourteenth
amendment should be wiped out Nor did
he believe that Massachusetts believed that
the fifteenth amendment should be repudi-
ated and repealed. And that was the posi-
ton taken by the gentleman from Massa
chusetts. He ridiculed the Chicago plat
form, and thought that 1t should be re-
ferred to a master in chancery to find out
what In the name of God 1t did mean any,
how 0aughter). Referring to the force bill
and the present condition Of affairs in the
Senate, he said. sarcastically, that filibus-
tering was a virtue when there was a force
BILL but 1t was a crime when the purchas-
ing clause of the Sherman act was to be
repealed. Congress had been called in ex-
traordinary session for a special purpose
Congress had been in session for two
day than they had been two months ago.
because they could not get from the dem.
ocratic party any worthy act of iegislati ton
He then went on to ridicule the demo-
cratic party for its demoralized condition.
II there ever had been a party in the la st
stage of paralysis, 1t was the democratic par
ty today. 1t had called for help from the re-.
publican party and the republicans had NOT
been found lacking in their duty to the ma
ton; and yet the democratic party was in q
condition Of dry decadence. Oaugter). The
condition was more unspeakably terrible
and humiliating than the mummy of the
thirteenth century. There was revolution in
one wing Of the Capitol and Generalization
In the other.
Mr. Oates (Ala.) criticised the federal elec.
ton laws on constitutional grounds, and
defended the southern states from the
charge that their elections were fraudulent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-07
MIR. QUINCY DEPARTS.
positively His Last Farewell Perform.
ance at the State Department.

positively His Last Farewell Perform
ance at the State Department.
MIR. Josiah Quincy Of Boston left yester-
DAY afternoon. having completed the execu-
tive business which brought him here His
resignation as first assistant secretary of
state TOOK effect on the Both ultimo, since
which time he has had no official connection
with the government. Notwithstanding this
ract, the President desired his assista nee
In making certain appointments in the dip
iomatic and consular sevice. At his request
MI. Quincy came here on Wednesday last and
conferred with the President In regard TO
them. The result is shown in the nomina-
tons sent to the Senate yesterday. 1t is
said that while Mr.. Quincy was in the State
Department he considered these appoint
ments, and that all Of yesterdays consular
nominations were based on his recommenda-
tions. Mr.. Quincy visited the State De-
partment yesterday afternoon and said
farewell to his former associates, with the
significant remark that he never expected
to return to this city In an official capacity.
1t Is expected that his successor will be
nominated in a few days.