The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-29

Wg..hl g 59' Il: , '@s '2 he s .sS
.e ." OF rejoicing anu
~ S 5Sas9 sport ''''''y
Lest anyone think that our PHTila5' 4 the
Plymouth colony ancestors o,,ota-
ton from i,dward Winslow's book. called
"Good News From New England. pru.Cd
in London in le24; only ioq iot IS"'S "''''
"Our harvest being gotten IN, our tun
ernor tWiiam Bradford sent touf men
on fowlinE so mat We ,ooc,e n'sST' after we
had gathered the fruit Oh our itDD' ch
TNev four iu one day kiiled as muCn
fowl as. with a little help beside. served
Inc company almost a week. Nt which
time among other recrcatoIS. we eNtI-
ciSed our arms. many Of the INDIANS COM
ing AMONGST us and among the rest their
greatest king. MassaSoyI with some hlht-
~ men. whom for three days we enter-
tanned and feastcd-
This Is the description Of the first
Thanksgiving Day over observed I'M nus
country II occurred IN November, 1e}I
the year after the landing Of the pilgrims
at Plymouth Rock. and was appointed by
Governor Bradford Edward WinslCw was
one OF the pilgrims OF the Mayio"er, and
his News From New England was the
first account of the colony transmitted %
England. He was subsequently Governor
OF the colony. From this IL appears that
the day was set apart for feastinS ana
recreation as well as thanksgiving.
Wild TURKEY.
The fowls the pilgrim hunters shot were
great store Of Wild turkeys and hence
that delicious bird has come TO Doe an
emblem OF the day.
ln New England Thanksgiving Day took
the place of Christmas as a day Of merry
making and good VIII In truth christ
mas was not observed at all by our purt-
tan ancestors. To them II savored or
popery and superstition. The beautiful
emblems OF that day. so full Of the spirit
Of religious faith had no charm for them.
rHV II. fIna
sterner paths Of Christian warfare Great
as they were as founders Of free com
monwealth, they were not "a lovely people
nor pleasant to dwell among.
one day in the year. however. they I'M
bent Even the religious services on
Thanksgiving did not partake Of the usual
gloom The sermon treated Of modern
and everyday topics, particularly Of poll
tics. Those fine old New England fed
eralists In the early days Of the present
century took great delight in holding
Thomas Jefferson up to the public Scorn.
and woe 10 the luckiess Democrat that
happened 10 stray into the sanctuary on
that day. 1T was no sanctuary to him.
and ne had but little pleasure in the
services.
LEss RF11GIoUs.
But the sermon and the religious OK
ercisos We're not the chief part of the
they are becoming less and less So
This is evident from the fact that it is
becoming the custom for two or three
churches to join together in the ser
vices OF the day. and even then a large
oonIIegd'ion is difficult TO obtain. The
men prefer 10 go 60 The football games
"he women stay AT home 10 superintend
the coming feast
10 is the day Of al the year devoted
10 hospitality and family reunions. OH
en- days there are in the year when the
like occurs IN some wcll-situated fam
lies but for the generality ThanksEiv-
ing IS the day always looked forward to
for the home gathering, when sons ana
daughters seek again the old homestead.
and when those that cannot come are
peculiarly remembered in the mothers
prayer and the fathers blessing.
VIII II SONG.
II comes. too, a. the happiest moment
OF the year, when fruitful CeTus has
gathered her treasures into barns ana
has made an secure, and the haZy In
dian summer Is passing and nature Is
preparing FOR the sleep of winter. The
gusty air adds ozone TO the blood ana
makes MS strong % encounter the icy
blasts that are Go come. Well may
" hitler sing.
once more the liberal year laughs out
DER richer stores than gems Of sold:
once more with harvest song and shout
is natures b.oodiess triumph told.
cur common mother rests and sings
Like Ruth among her saruered sheaves:
Her lap d. FUN of gaOdly things.
Her brow lis hriBht with autumn leaves.
Who murmurs at his lot to-day?
VINO scorus mis- native fruit aud bloom
or signs for Ganuc- far away.
Besides the hounteJus board OF home?
Thank heaven. instead the freedoms
arm
Can tNdutr rocky sou TO gold,
That brave ana generous lives can warm
elm" with northern ices cold.
And let THESE affairs, wreathed with
And piled with fruits awake again
ThdnksgiEin-s for the golden hours,
The early and the latter RAIN
rtt,l rt-,r,v
me Wt"u.I ,I'ISf a. u mln0lul that
IhthhH"lNI"E hH"uIi be accompanied by
a DI"clhb "tin'7P re Yesterday sent
IN, ny t s t .'i'"h "o"H luc '9luihu
tn,i '"' ems i"'lS M IeatHed' ana
mum q ti"h ny "H'" IuHs hisH on "
iuS,y non ulutI tnt iooi OF me PACK
io..,t '%' .',I''' %'" ~ I P"i.VG "a"h tHlS
IHo. mus Ha'" an" i'hIu' ana lne IesS
Sia'diNF oul Stln ana lIuhoN"ule-a state
ga ~" ,.i.H ,"i,'.t 80 "O,,Hc
OCCASION viii rra,n It's point Of greatest