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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-28
A Home Festival.

Thanksgiving should be Home Fes-
tival as well as a season of praise and
prayer. There is nothing at all incon-
gruous in such dual observance. In
the home is the hope of the nation, and
everything which tends to the sweeten-
ing of its atmosphere, the strengthen
ing of its ties, the perpetuation of its
influence, or the deepening of the affec-
ton of its members, deserves recogni-
ton and encouragement. Better homes
mean a better people and better ma
ton.
Let Thanksgiving be then home day
a day consecrated to the service of God
and to the furtherance of domestic hap
piness and family joy. Let it be time
for calling in all the loved ones, all the
wanderers from the old hearthstone,
to renew again the tender memories of
earlier days, and to rekindle the sympa-
thies and affections which time and
distance often deaden and make cold.-
Christian Work.
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while it would perhaps be an overe.tt
mate to say that two out of ten boy
topers can be thoroughly reclaimed.
Ollie repented and promised, and
once kept his pledge nearly half a
year, but the smouldering fire blazed
out again and again, till his foster,
father at last thought it the best plan
to send him to country boarding
school at safe distance from liquor
shops. Before the end of the first
month Ollie got desperately homesick.
lie sent letters promising total absti-
nence for life, if his aunt would inter-
cede to shorten the term of his exile,
and threatening suicide in case of re-
fusaL His schoolmates became afraid
of him, and he acted so strangely that
his teacher advised his parents to take
him home for month or two The
boys appearance justified the belief
that he was really sick, and the Beck
ers changed their plan of curing his
nostalgia by keeping him at work in u
way that would make him glad to re-
turn to his textbooks. They consulted
the family physician, who attributed
the trouble to the influence of seden-
tary occupations, and prescribed
outdoor exercise and a change of diet.
Mr.. Becker then had a private inter-
view with his ward. lie informed him
that at the doctors advice they would
trust him once more, but did not con-
ceal his suspicion, and told him plain
ly that the next relapse would trans
fer the scene of his cure to Morganza,
reformatory some thirty miles south
east of Pittsburgh. Two days after
the communication of that ultimatum
Mr. Becker found his bureau broken
and sum of thirty dollars in cash and
and about one hundred and fifty dol
lars in checks gone. Those checks
were afterward found in the boys bed
room, but his best suit of clothes had
vanished, and there was no doubt that
Ollie Becker had deliberately thrown
away good home and the prospect of
comfort and independence for thirty
dollars worth of alcoholic liquors.
f. S. Oswald, NJ. D., in Union Signal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-28
BITS AND BREVITIES,

WHEN the last saloon is closed for
ever the devil will. have to make an
assignment The People.
THE beer breweries of England pay
on an average of $50, 900 a week to the
railroads of England
The more society offers itself to the
extension of drunkenness, the more
does il tend to increase the number of
crimes and criminals.
OF 81 patients discharged from Dali
rymple home for inebriates, Scot
land, since it's founding, IS were col
lege bred and 24s had good educa-
ton.
THERE is a drink in the affairs of
men which, taken at the bar, leads on
to trouble, cares and misery, but, taken
at the pump, leads on to happiness and
peace North Carolina Baptist.
DURING 1894, SO, 65s persons were COM
mitted to prison in Scotland, a great
increase which has been swelled by
the greater number of persons com
mitted for drunkenness Two causes
for the latter are named: The gener-
ally prosperous state of the country
and the activity of the police
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-28
A QUART OF BEER.


Expensive Investment Made by the Engi-
neer of Train
Not long ago, two trains laden with
pilgrims were on their way to the
shrine of La Bonnie Ste. Anne" (the
Good st. AIMEE, in the province of
Quebec. While the first was staying
at the station of Craig's Pond, the
second dashed into it. The engine
driver of the latter, one Mcleod, not
total abstainer, only a moderate"
drinker, got a quart of beer at Artha-
baska, station on the way. The price
of it is as follows:
l. Damage to engine and cars Add
the cost to the price of that quart of
beer
+ 2. The railway company has already
paid considerable in settlement of
claims for damages No doubt it will
have more to settle. That makes the
price of that quart of beer so much
the greater. Should it end in a lawsuit,
the cost to the loser must be added to
the price of that quart of beer
3. Sutferings of the wounded, in
many instances, awful Add the
money value OF these to the price of
that quart of beer-if you can.
4. Cost of attendance on the
wounded. Add that to the price of
that quart of beer
5. Several passengers killed Add
the money value of their lives to the
price of that quart of beer-if you can.
6. Funeral expenses. Add these to
the price of that quart of beer.
7. Sorrow for the loss of loved ones
killed. Add the money value of that
to the price of that quart of beer-if
you can.
8. Cost of the inquest. Add that to
the price of that quart of beer.
9. The engine-driver, Mcleod, was
among the killed. He solemnly prom
ised to comply with the rules of the
company. One of these forbids per-
sons in its employment drinking iu-
toxicating liquor while on duty. Nc
Leod broke his promise when he got
that quart of beer. He has, therefore,
left blot on his name. Add the
money value of that blot to the price
of that quart of beer-if you can.
One way and another, that quart of
beer has proved to be fearfully cost
ly une.-Rev. j. Fenwick, in Rams
Horn,
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blow all she's mind to, bat I'm goin'
to say all the gosh-all-fsh-hooks L
wanter."-Detroit Free Press.
THE PURITAN THANKSGIVING,
Story of Uncomplaining Fortitude, sple-u
did Faith and Undaunted Heroism.

Story of Uncomplaining Fortitude, Sple-u
did Faith and Undaunted Heroism.
In what perjury, what hardship, what
sense of exile, what darkness of bereave-
ment, what dependence upon the Di-
vine hand and gratitude for it's bounty,
were the earliest Thanksgivings kept!
The story of the Plymouth colony can
never be too often recalled by Amer
leans. For accomplishing fortitude,
for sturdy endurance, for strength
that knew no faltering, for splendid
faith and undaunted heroism, that
story has no equal on the page of his
tory. Many delicate women died in
those first years, but we never read
that they weakened in courage while
they lived. Theirs was the underlying
might of a purpose which had its root
in principles; and, whoever may cele-
brate the Pilgrim Fathers, women
should forever keep green the memory
of the heroic Pilgrim Mothers.
We like to think of the groups which
assembled at those Puritan dinner
tables in those far-away days. The
harvests were reaped; the churches and
the school-houses were built; the chill
dren were brought up in the fear of
God. In the cold Westinghouse on
the top of the nearest hill there had
been long service, prayers, psalms,
sermons, all of generous prodigality
of time to which we in our religious
services of to-day are strangers. Then
came the unbending, the lavish dinner,
the frolic of the little ones, the talk be-
side the fire, when the parents drew
upon the "reminiscences of fair Eng.
land, or of Holland by the sea.
Many a trothplight was spoken in
the twilight of Thanksgiving day.
Youths and maidens then, as youths
and maidens still, met and fell in love.
The beautiful story which never grows
old was told by the ardent sutton to
the blushing girl in the Puritan home,
as in our households yet.
Long was the good mans sermon,
But it seemed not so to me,
For he spake of Ruth the beautiful,
And then l thought of thee
After all, the world changes little in
essentials as time passes. The girl
will wear her blue or her orange a few
days later this year, but on Thanksgiv-
ing day, rs on all days, her lover viii find
his sunshine in her eyes, and her favor
will be his highest incentive to manli-
ness and obility.-Harper's Bazaar.
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Known by Its Fruits.

A favorite retort from the lover of
unrestricted liquor to the advocate of
temperance, is that tea and coffee are
stimulants, and that those who drink
en- are guilty of intemperance as
much as liquor drinkers. Did John
Smith ever beat his mother after ex-
cessive indulgence in tea? Did Bill
Jones and Bob Brown ever wreck
restaurant after partaking of too
much coffee? Why not? Because tea
and coffee are not the same kind of
stimulants that beer and whiskey are.
"A tree is known by it's fruits" and,
thus judged, tea and coffee are trees of
a beneticient species, while the differ
ent kinds of liquors are trees whose
deadly fruits too often blast the hand
that picks and the lips that touches
them. Chris tian Work.
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the fatherless a show. The tarnal old
critter is probably countin' the days till
he kin turn 'em outdoors, but if he ever
tries it he'll hear what the folks around
here thinks of him. l see that Hammer
has got purity good fire in the kitchen,
but l don't believe she's fed the stock.
AS Aunt Martha says: Hammer is one of
them sort O. gals who can't work with
out boss
Uncle Ben turned into the gate, passed
around the house and entered the kitch-
en- without knocking, to find Hannah
doing up the breakfast dishes.
"Mornin', Hannah. How's the wild
der and the fatherless?"
"She rested purity well last night" re-
piled the girl.
Fed the stock YETI"
'No; 1 was just goin' out"
That's just like the Bebees-allus
an hour behind time! When yer IA
Their died and his funeral was sot fur
two o'clock it didn't come off till three
I'll do the chores fur we this mornin',
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-28
GIVE THANKS.

Thank God for the glorious gift of life,
And this beautiful world of ours,
With it's shimmering seas, and wavin
trees,
Its frost, and dew and flowers;
For radiant moons and tranquil Junes,
For sunshine and for rain;
For pearly daWns and crystal morns,
For mountain, mead and plain.
Thank God for treasures that He gives
From earth and tree and vine;
For golden yields from fertile fields,
For fax and wool and wine;
For healthful roots for rudy fruits;
For Plenty's laden horn;
For floclIs and herds, for bees and birds,
Give thanks this festive morn.
Give thanks for reunited bands,
For hearth and home and health;
For faith and love. so sure to prove
Sweeter than fame or wealth;
For hopes that bless, for lips caress.
For counsel and for cheer,
Give thanks upon this morn that brings
The feast of all the year
Good Housekeeping.
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"D'ye mean that old chist which Jim
bid off at auction over to Jackson's
vendue?"
"Yes."
81 was thar and bid two shillin's
fur it. Jim raised my bid to thirty
cents and got it fur wood box. Never
used it, Ell? l believe Jackson said he
got that chist at a baggage sale in
Boston dozen years before, an thar
was a lot O. buds in it which hev be-
Ionged to some furreigner. Wall, I'll go
up and hev it down and take keer of
that corn. Corn is goin' to be corn
afore next spring. L s'pose Hammer
Bebee would walk over that pile hun
dred times and never see it. The
Bebees was a good-hearted lot, but per-
feckly shiftless."
In the farmhouse attic, stored away
with quilt frames, broken chairs,
punches of mayweed and catnip, and
hingeless trunks and boxes, Uncle Ben
found the old blue chest. There was a
thick layer Of dust on the lid, and he
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-28

and you see if the wilder and the IA
therless kin find anything in that
basket to tempt their appetites."
Half an hour later Uncle Ben reen-
tered the kitchen and marched through
to the sittingroom bedroom to see the
unfortunate widow.
Say, Nancy, I'm dog gone sorry fur
vel" he said, as he wiggled out of his
overcoat and flung his cap on the floor.
Here it is Thanksgiving day and
everybody gittin' ready to canter
round and stuff their stomachs, and
you a-lyin' here with broken leg! 1
say it's tarnal shame!"
Its an unfortunate thing, Uncle Ben"
the widow replied, "but l am going to
try and not worry over it. Who knows
but what it is all for the best?"
"Mebbe it's, but I'll be hanged if !
believe it! Aunt Martha sent her luv,
and guess she'll be down about Satur-
day"
"She is very, very kind"
"And she said you'd hev to boss Han
ner nSre or less to make her step
around. Some folks hev to be sorter
driv, ye know"
Hannah is doing very well, I'm glad
to say"
"How's the young 'un?"
"As good as pie
That's nice. Some youngsters is all
right, and some seem to be possessed of
the old Harry. Look a here, Nancy, L
hain't no hand to go pokin' my nose
into other peoples bizness, as l guess
you'll allow, but thar's matter I'd
like to ask about. You remember we
went to skule together, and the night
we had the spellin' bee you'n me was
the last ones up, went down on dock
trine, and you went ahead till the
teacher was pretty nigh tuckered out.
l kinder feel as if l was related to we,
ye know"
"Yes; what do you want to talk about,
Uncle Benz"
About that mortgage. In course 1
know thar's one on the farm, fur L was
with Jim when he got the money, but
how about the INTEREST,""
Il won't be able to pay shilling of
it when due"
"You don't tell mel"
''on the first day of the month the
farm will probably be advertised for
sale, but 1 believe the law allows me
to stay on for a few months"
HAS Squar' Potter bin up here
lately?"
HE was here yesterday. He will take
the place as soon as the law allows"
1.-THE blamed old skunk! Excuse my
cuss words, Nancy, but when I'm ex-
cited they slip right out. If that old
skinfint turns you outer house and
home I'll go down the road and take off
my coat and lick him till he bellers
like a calf"
mo, Uncle Ben. He lends his money
to live on the interest, and it is only
right that he should be paid. 1 was
in hopes to be able to pay him the in
terest, but this misfortune will pre-
vent"
"It's a downright shame, and don't
keer who hears me say so! Say, Nancy,
thar's a heap O. shelled corn on the
barn floor which orter be winnowed
out and put away afore the rats lug it
Off"
81 was hunting for box to put it
in when l fell and broke my leg. If
you'll go up INTO the attic, Uncle Ben,
you'll probably find something. be-
lieve there's an old blue chest up there
with nothing in it, and it will hold the
corn"
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kfS Nv" ~=E-t Curtis, as he
showed back from the breakfast table
on Thanksgiving morning and wiped
his mouth on the nearest piece of table
cloth he could get hold of, this is reg
liar oldfashioned Thanksgivin' wealth
err"
YES" replied Aunt Martha, as she
Scraped the butter off her plate back on
the butter dish.
''Six inches of snow and cold huff to
freeze dog"
''Yes."
II hain't got much to do this mornin',
and guess I'll run down to Wilder
Blacks and see what can do for 'em.
It's tarnal shame, the luck that wom-
an has had"
Some of us git along and some of Us
don't" drawle6 Aunt Martha, as she
Put the meat scraps on plate for the
dog.
Burned if we don't!"
benjamin, don't cuss. A cussin'
manH never come to any good"
who's a-cussin'? l said it was q
tarnal shame, and so it is. Jim Black
was a-gittin' along as well as any of us
when that well caved in on him and
made his wife a wilder. Itwasn't huff
that she was hard-workin' an econo-
Min, but she must go N fall down
and break her leg, and her baby hahn t
over a year old. Who's talkin' keer of
her?"
Hammer Bebee. l meant to hev gone
down Yesterday, but them pigs feet had
to be taken keer of. / guess I'll make
upa basket Of stuff to send along. Han
Rcr Bebee is purity good gal on pork
and beans and SIGH, but she amt no
hand to git up dainties. You give her
my luv and tell her she's got to be right
up and down with Hammer to git full
days work out O. her"
When Uncle Ben set out he carried
basket which contained jelly cake, tea,
a pumpkin pie and other articles, and as
he pursued his way along the frozen
road he drew his old fur cap down over
his ears and soliloquized:
"Yaas, darn my buttons, but I'm sor-
~ fur Nancy Black. On top of all the
other hard luck comes that four-hun-
dred-dollar mortgage on the farm, and
it's my solemn opinion she'll never be
able to raise it. If 1 was able I'd buy
and hold it, but hain't. I've got to
see Squar' Potter, the old skinfint, and
tell him he must give tho wilder and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-28
Athletic Exercise.

Perley-Hullo, Jinx! going to take
Thanksgiving day off?
Jinz-Yes. Going to devote it to ath-
letics.
Perley-Good. What kind? Golf or
football?
Jinx-Neither. I'm going to carve a
turkey raised myself, for ten people.
There's exercise for you! - Harper's
Bazaar.
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And make the houSe-plaCe neat
Put some cakes for travelling
Beneath the wagon seat;
Give an extra mess of oats
To good old Jim and Gray
We're going home to fathers house
For Thanksgiving day.
So oft we've lived the journey Ger
With the welcome at the end,
Sweet mothers kisses on our cheek,
And the hand-clasp of each friend;
And many time the little ones
Have Travelled In their play
"All the way to grandpa house
For Thanksgiving day"
The dear home fields have yielded up
Their grasses and their grain;
The bins and barns are running DER
From orchard and from plain:
And with the rich years discipline,
Its hours of work and play,
Some fairer things are harvested
For Thanksgiving day.
Our arms, so full Of blessedness
The years have helped us win,
Have opened wide enough to let
A little stranger in.
For the first time two little feet,
From angel-land astray,
viii toddle into grandpa house
For Thanksgiving day.
We know the place Is all astir
With plans of goodly fare,
And mothers look and mothers voice
Are present everywhere;
And to a neighbor dropping in
She pauses just to say:
'"The children are all coming home
For Thanksgiving day"
Mary F. Butts. in Harper's Weekly.
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whats Thanksgiving for?" asked
a teacher of primary grade of her
class the other morning as the subject
was mentioned. But the cries of
"Football!" and Turkey" were so
mingled that the teacher hadn't the
heart to disabuse the little ones. So
she let it go at hat.-Indianapolis
Sentinel
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-28
Give Thanks for 1t.

Nlte
If life is worth Twin
Jest go ahead an strive
Each day a big Thanksgivin'
That a Teller is alive!
Alive to feel the sunshine
Alive to breathe the air;
AS man an boy, to feel the Joy
OF simply bein' here!
The day in darkness closes,
But the stars begin to glow;
The world is full of roses,
In spite o. all the snow!
Washington Star.
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she'd hey
'Durn my hind buttons and gosh-all-
fish-hooksl Hammer, whar be We!
Struck my hide if hain't broke every
bone in my body and busted myself
all to flinders! Hammer! Hanner!"
whats happened?'' shouted Han
nah from the foot of the kitchen stairs.
This blamed old chist has went and
gone and knocked me head over heels
down them attic stairs and killed me
as dead as a door nail. Hurry up and
git the burned thing off'n mel"
"Why, Uncle Benz" exclaimed Han
nah, as she reached the chamber floor
and found the old farmer doubled up at
the foot of the attic ladder and the old
blue chest holding him fast.
''Git it off n mel" he shouted. That's
jest like Bebee! The time your IA
theirs COW fell in the well he took two
hours to think of it and let her die!
Hang it, do we want to break my back!"
You'll soon be a pirate if you keep
on cussin'," said Hannah, as she pulled
the chest away and helped him up.
I'm pirate now, and dog-gone me
if l don't cuss all the rest of the day!"
shouted Uncle Ben. Thar, durn we,
take that-and that! Why, I'll bust
we all to smash and throw the pieces
into the fire!"
1t is needless to explain that he
kicked the chest instead of Hannah,
and that the busting and smashing
also referred to the ancient-looking re-
ceptacle. The bottom was turned to-
ward him, and the third kick from his
heavy cow-hide a portion of it gave way
and Hannah uttered a shrek of sur
prise.
"Lemme at it! Lemme bust it all
to kindlin's," shouted Uncle Ben, as he
danced around.
Look, Uncle Ben-see there!"
"Icney-gold and silver-dog-gone
my steers!"
Yes, it was money-gold and silver
coins of Holland and Germany. There
was false bottom to the chest. and
they had been hidden under it for
dozen years or more. 1t was the chest
Of a Holland immigrant, but how it
had gone astray and finally been sold
as unclaimed no one could have found
out, had they wanted to. There was
just seven hundred and fifty dollars in
the find" and Uncle Ben carried it
downstairs in his old fur cap and
poured it out on the bed before the eyes
of the wondering and astonished Grip
pie, and said:
Nancy Black, it's all yours-every
dollar of it, and thar's huff to pay the
mortgage and the doctor and leave ye
sumthin' to boot"
And you found it in the old chest ?"
That's whar' it was, but if the
blamed thing hadn't fell on me nobody
would hev knowed about it. Nancy,
I'm doggoned glad!"
"Oh, Uncle Ben, the Lord has not de-
serted me, after ALI" she sobbed.
mo, guess not, but if hadn't got
mad and cussed and kicked you'd never
hev got it. The Lord sorter helped,
l s'pose, but cussin' did the most of it,
and from this time on Martha may
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His Last.

Briggs-This is probably the last
Thanksgiving Bickerly will celebrate.
Griggs-How's that?
Briggs-It's the day he's going to be
married on.-Brooklyn Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-11-28

busted it off with bunch of herbs and
mutteredt
"Whew! but how the dust does git
into a house! Ya-as, that's the same
old chist, and LATED at Jim all the way
home for buyin' it. Come outer here
and downstairs and be sum good fur
sumthin'! Guess you'll hold all that
corn and bushel or so more. If Han
ner Bebee had bin the right sort of gal
she'd hev-"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-05
BREWTIES ABOUT TOWN.

Call at the Cooperative Store fot
groceries farm prod uce, harness, sad
dies.
Miss Mary L. Reed, now teaching III
Box Elder creek IN the Mccain district
has been appointed by the state school
superintendent as a conductor OF school
Institutes.
shoes that TT and Shoes thst wear
for little money at the BEE HIVE SHOE
STORE.
For anything in the way OF photos
call on Collins.
f. B. Huss from the lower Cheyenne
arrived in Rapid with the remains OF his
wife which he was conveying to Atkin.
son, Nebraska.
Harness, saddles, etc. for sale at the
Cooperative Company store.
MI. Feidlct OF smithvllle, was in Rapid
City for a load OF potaties for Mr.. Frank
Cottle OF Smithville as that vegetable
il scarce in that section.
Dry wood for sale at the Cooperative
store.
w. j. Collins is the place to set
your photographs.
Give Alick Shellito a call at the
White Barn. First class hay. stabllng
and corrals.
"A fresh new mich COW for sale by Mrs.
s. j. Wright, West Main street, Rapid
City.
@WANTED-1 900 pounds OF soft
wheat. White Russian preferred. En-
uuire at the Cooperative store.