Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-11-25
WHAT 1T MEANS.
Dhties, Lessons and Pleasures Of Thanks.
giving Day.

/ Day.
Thanksgiving From basement to attic
the word resuunds We're sounds ever
sweeter than those made by happy chill
dren svoices? The tones proclaim the JOYS
| that he and joys that are TO last through
out Thanksgiving day We watch their
happy faces and listen to their rerry voices
intermingling with miri hfulness
What does it matter If the curtains are
awry the legs of chairs where seats are
wont to he, and icture looks, forgotten. lie
III n convenient / IN rs. and tents of rugs
| and talicsl rrads wherein the occupants
ARE re-enacting the hairEreadih scenes of
old: Now they are gathered around the
glowing CRATE where mind pictures of the
long ago am wildly portrayed, and from
their countenances we infer that they are
beholdinR the Mortimer as they view
from afar the wonderful new world, and
the lcelandcrs AS they land UPON New
England shore in the year 1000 and
realize the privations which they endured,
and, too the sailing of the Santa Maria,
and later the Mayfiower, laden with the
Puritan fathers and see the landing at
| Plymouth Rock. We're there ever more
| Interesting stories than those relating the
incidents which make up the history OF
this our new world? And can lips her
than those OF the gray haired father or
mother picture SO clearly those scenes?
Nor do their joys lessen at sight of the
| Thanksgiving dinner, where epicurcan
skill appears to have reached its highest
development When the latcncss of the
hour compcls them to don their white
robes, we hear mingled petitions and
| thanksgivings more fcrNcnt than usual,
| and when their eyes arc closed in slumhcr
our thanksgivings arise to God above for
| the preservation OF our little ones.
Thanksgiving to the housewife has "A
host OF meanings For several days tur-
keys, pumpkin pies and innumernble edi-
bes have passed before her mind in stately
procession Cooked? Oh. no, waiting for
| her invitation to come. waiting for her
| busy brain to devise methods of procedure
and her def fingers to aid in the prcpara-
| tions, waiting for her aesthetic taste to APP
! prove or condemn and for her look Of re
! lief when at last the word ready" is pro
nounced waiting for her look OF satisfac-
+ ton rs the guests gather around the ample
/ board while the Thanksgiving of n year
are concentrated into one grand than ks
! giving Until now she has scarcely con-
sid.r,d its import for often the weight OF
our cares drag us to their level, but when
n respite comes we view them from above
1 ard with a sense OF freedom wonder how
+ ". ever became enslaVed, and SO the
i DAYS. weeks months and years bring their
burden Of cares, and at the closing of each
VIZ bid them adieu, expecting to awake at
their bidding on the morrow
Thanksgiving to the mon OF our cities
ard the country means not only a day of
fra>tla, and mirth, but time to review
4 in 1"iail the blessings received during the
pas year Ofientlmes rich blessings are
freely scattered III our rath and we with
aN"rted eyes recognize them not.
search your homes. search carefully, lest
you overlook the little blessings which,
f taken stNerally, appear very small but
when combined make your home comfort
able aud beautiful and with the atmos
phere OF love vnyeloping il, make it the
dearest spot on earth, Inhalc the atmos,
pherc until your very being is pervaded,
until such one, pure as delicate, as
invigorating as ethereal, and withal rs
enduring, is shed abroad by you. Nor look
with disdain upon the clouds for many n
cloud has IA silvcry lining. Look thought
fully from the status which obscures your
horizon to the high, floating cirrus with
tints SO fair The shadows they cast over
your way may prove to be blessings in dis
guise
Glance through your account books. Is
the bank largely your dchtor; Arc your
storchouses tllld with grain ready Tor the
market; Ii 50 offer Thanksgiving to him
who gave you strength that YOU might
/ prosper Have you enabled some uEior-
tunate ore to rise above the diiiicultic s
which surround him: If so. give thanks.
Thank God for the friends you have ON
earth. Thank God Tor the friends You
have in hcaN en-, the rrmcm brancc OF whose
love draws you nearer that happy home
where the atmosphere is never clouded
and the sun never sets on Thanksgiving
day.