St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-30
WHY AND WHAT FOR.

Among those who have reasonable
reason to be thankful today, is our es-
teemed and honored fellow citizen, the
Hon. Alex Ramsey.
Our sprightly little evening cot enpo-
rary, the Dispatch, made a semi-grab-
Dag plunge into its obituary pigeon hole
few days ago. and dragged out
sketch OF eX-Gov. Ramsey. 1t was writ
ten throughout in the past or "de-
parted" tense, and in the haste of going
to press the fact that Gov. Ramsey is
very much alive was entirely over
looked. The article concluded with this
announcement:
Gov Ramsey enjoyed more than the
usual number of days allotted TO man, and
enjoyed them TO the fullest extent"
Gov. Ramsey has been feeling his
pulse ever since TO ascertain if he is
really here, and host of old friends
will be warmly thankful to know that
even If he has "enjoyed more than the
usual number of days" he will now pro-
coed TO do something unusual" by re-
naming with us to enjoy many more.
This leads to the reflection that in view
of the vicissitudes of life it is a good
deal to be thankful for if you find your
self alive this morning, and doubly so
If your credit has been su Efficiently
strong to secure your winter stock of
coal.
There is great reason to be thankful
for the early event so forcibly depicted
IN the first chapter of Genesis. But for
that occurrence, it would have been
difficult to conduct real estate transac
tions, and the loan and mortgage busI-
ness would b ave had no titles to rest
upon.
Judging from the climate which per
vadeS this region, Minnesota must have
had an early start in the order of crea-
ton. and hence it has cooled off to- a
greater extent than some sections of the
world. By the same theory 1t is evident
that when the general combustion era
approaches, Minnesota will be among
the last called, and as each of the
apocryphal six days is supposed to rep
resent several thousand years, if we are
only day behind the general process
sion. an opportunity will be afforded to
continue i'll business sufficient period
to witness an era of better times.
And so on this THANKSGIVING day, set
apart by rote to be thankful whether or
no, 1t is we'll TO grasp the situation, and
assume JOY though you have it not.
You can stand outside of the bank
buildings and hear the money within the
closed financial institutions drawing in
tereSt. 1t may not be for you-Dut do
not be selfish-it is for some one.
All cannot be happy at once, and it is
better that they should not, for then
there would be no human sympathy. 1t
is the existence of distress, suffering
and death which causes happiness, as
those who have ESCAPED are enabled to
contrast their lot with others less fort
innate, and it is by comparison that oe-
casIons for Joy and thankfuIness are
discovered.
AS far as those who are not theoso-
phlstS know, this Is the best world you
have ever been in, and it is safer to be
thankful that you are here than take
chances on the future.
A day of family gatherings, where
once year the tender ties of blood and
kindred are reunited, is worthy of COM
memoration. And happy are the few
where the circle still remains unbroken,
and the joys of the present are uncon-
fined. with the SORROWS yet in the I'M
seen future.
Hail to Thanksgiving and its kaleido-
scopic presentation of human existence.