Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-11-24
WHAT III MEANS.
Duties, Lessons and Pleasures of
Thanksgiving Day.

made by happy children's voices?
The tones proclaim the Joys that
are and the joys that are to last
throughout Thanksgiving day.
We watch their happy faces and
listen to their merry voices inter.
mlDgling with mirthiulness.
What does 1T matter i. the cur
talns are awry, the legs OF chairs
where seats are wont to De, and
picture books, forgotten, lie IN all
convenient places, and tents of
rugs and tablespreads wherein the
occupants are re enacting the
halrbreadth scenes of old! Now
they are gathered around the
glowing CRATE where mind pict-
ures OF the long ago are vlvidly
portrayed, and from their counte
nances we infer that they are be-
holding the Northmen as they
view from afar the wonderful
new world, and the lcelandersas
they land upon New England's
shore III the year 1000 and realize
the privations which thev en-.
dured, aud, too, the sailing of the
Santa Maria, and later the Nav
Hover, laden with the Puritan
fathers, and see the landing at
Plymouth Rock. Were there ever
more interesting stories than
those relating the incidents which
make mp the history of this new
world! And can lips other than
those of the gray haired father or
mother picture so clearly those
scenes! Nor do their Joys lessen
at the sight of the Thanksgiving
dinner, where epicurean skill ap
Development. When the lateness
of the hour compels them to don
their white robes, we hear min
gled petitions and thanksgivings
more feruent tran usual, and
when their ewes are closed In
slumb Der our Chaksgivings arise to
God above for the preservation of
our little ones.
INank sglving to H1e housewife
has host af meanings. For sew
eral days turkeys, pumpkin pies
and innumerable edibles have
passed before her mind in stately
prOcesslan. Cooked! Oh, no.
waiting Tor her invitation to come,
waiting for her busy brain to de-
wise methods of procedure and
her dett fingers to aid in the prep
eratlons, waiting for her aesthetic
taste to approve or condemn and
for her look of relief when at last
the word ready" is pronounced.
waiting for her look Of satisfaction
as the guests gather around he
ample board while the thankgIv-
Ing OF a year are concentrated
into one grand thanksgiving. I'm
til now she has scarcely consider
cred ITS import. for often the
weight of our cares drag us to
their level, but when respite
comes we view them from above
and with sense of freedom
wonder how we ever became
ens!aved, and so the days, months
and ears bring their burden of
cares, and Al the closing of each
W. bid them adieu, expecting to
awake at their bidding on the
moTrON.
Thanksgiving to the men of our
clueS ana the country means not
only a day OF feasting and mirth,
but a time to review in detail the
blessings received during the past
year. Oltentlmes rich blessings
are freely scattered IN our path
and we with averted eyes recog
nile them not.
Search your homes, search care
fully, lest you overlook the little
blessings which. taH en- severaliy,
appear very small. but when com
biued make your home comforta-
bic and beautiful, and with the
atmosphere of love enveloping 1T,
make it the dearest spot on earth.
lnhale the atmosphere until your
very being is pervaded, until such
one, as pure as delicate, as in
vigOrating as ethreal, and, witbal
as enduring, is shed abroad by
Won. Nor look with disdajn unon