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with the weight of viands. Every
one was expected to eat until he was
thoroughly uncomfortable. and to drink
until his neighbors were more uneasy
than he. Lusty songs and rustic games
occupied the evening.
THE NEW THANKSGIVING AND ITS PoPU-
LARITY.
Having thus glanced back at the
Thanksgivipgs OF earlier centuries, we
are prepared to measure our own with a
surer eye and steadier touch. 1t is
hardly possible that by such process
we should not find our satisfaction with
the harvest festival the Puritans gave
us greatly increased. And it is a salts
faction which indicates how far we have
drifted from sympathy with some of the
earlier ideas OF pleasursble living. Di-
vested of it's extravagant display, its
ceremony and its opportunity for the
assembling of great multitudes, what
would Thanksgiving have been to the
Greeks or Romans? Without it's bolster
GUS merriment and rustic rites, what
place would harvest home" have had
in the sympathies of the English people?
II is doubtful il the eyuberant spirits of
these last could have endured the strain
which quiet festival would have put
upon them. AS for the Greeks and
Rom ans, DO records have been discovered
which credit them with domestic sympa.
thies. But we have Thanksgiving the
cornerstone of whose structure is the
hearth; whose only splendor is that
which each household can provide for
itself; whose only approach toward
Ger emony is seen in the church service.
and that is rarely aggressively ceremoni-
Gus. Our festival is simple, domestic,
and pervaded with wholesome modera.
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The date of the coming of Hon. James
Wilson. Secretary of Agriculture, to
Tuskegee, Alabama. to open the new
Agricultural building at the Tuskegee
Normal and Industrial Institute, has
been postponed from Wednesday, No
VEN Der l7th to Tuesday, November 30th;
owing to quarantine regulations. The
postponement was made at the urgent
request Of many prominent people who
could not attend till after frost. Be
sides Secretary Wilson. Gov. Joseph F.
johnson, Elk Gov. w. ]. Northern. DIR.
J. L. M. Curry. and many other promi-
nent people have promised to De present
on the Both.
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PUBLISHERS ANNOUNCEMENT.

ARRANGEMENTS have been made With
the publishers of The Gospel Banner
whereby they have decided to unite their
interests with The Christian Leader, and
on and after this date, the consolidated
papers will be issued under one title. 49,
Further arrangements to include THE
UNIvERsALIsT, are nearly completed, and
after December it is intended to issue a
consolidated paper to be known as
1.-THE UNlVERSALIST LEADER"
This paper will be issued from Boston
and Chicago and will cover the Universal
ist field as no single paper has ever be-
fore attempted to do. The new paper
will be enlarged to meet the increased de-
mands of it's constituency and no effort
will be spared in making it in mechanical
appearance, in literary excellence and in
UNCONVENTIONAL usefulness, a credit to our
Church and indispensable in every Uni
versalist home. At the same time the
price will be reduced to- $500.
The editorial staff Of 'Thei Universalist
Leader will be
EDITORS
GEO H. EMERSON, D. D., Boston
j. S. CANTwELL, d. D., Chicago.
ASSOCIATES
REV. l. j. MEAD, Augusta, Me,
l. M ATWOOD, D. D. g, Canton, N. Y,
F. A. BIsBEE, D. D., Philadelphia.
Further announcements will be made as
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UniversaIist Publishing Housed
Eugene F. Endicott, General agent.
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THE Grecian Goddess of Thanksgiving !
whose life was in misty ages of the
past, and which can show repre-
sentative of its stock in almost every
period of the worlds history. Varied
in character, of course, are these rep
resentatives; almost unacceptable
may be their relationship to the pres
ent incumbent. Yet research will
show that the lineage has been I'M
broken throughout, and that the in
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Iacchus, Demeter's con, was carried
along the Sacred Way from Athens to
Eleusis, and glittering pageant fol
lowed. all in festal garments and pro-
fusely decorated with flowers and ivy.
The remainder of the festival seems to
have been mainly an uproariousy good
time, with deal of gourmandizing.
"To CERES BLAND HER ANNUAL RITES BE
PAID"
was Virgil's summing up of the Roman
harvest festival. He proceeds:
when summer ends and autumn calmly
shines,
Then fat the lambs, then mellow are the
Then sweet are slumbers on the lowery
ground
Let all the binds bend low at Ceres
shrine,
Mix honey sweet for her, with milk and
mellow wine
Thrice lead the victim the new fruits
around,
And Ceres call, and choral hymns re
sound.''
What need further to describe IL Q
Roman Thanksgiving? Virgil's com
pact lines do it for US. 1t should be
stated, however, that this celebration
had less of solemn significance in it than
the Greek, though modelled after it;
Ceres. of course was the Roman De.
meter. The Romans did their real
thanksgiving when they had ground
down with an iron heel some hostile ma
ton; they had little time to spend in re-
joicing over good harvests. They were
satisfied with a march to the fields, all
the celebrators wearing crowns of pop
pies and corn leaves. with rustic sports.
and with perfunctory sacrifices of fruits
and wines in the temples Of the goddess.
The occasion was celebrated generally
throughout the nation, and existed off
cially" from the time of Romulus until
far on into the rule of the emperors.
To find the next great representative
of the Thanksgiving family we must
take long stride over the centuries and
visit the British Isles in "the old simple
days" Despite the lapse Of years, we
find
THE ENGLISH THANKSGIVING,
in it's early form, to have been a very
fair model of the Roman Cerealia. 1t also
was a feast of the fields, with little Of
reverence about it. Although its observ
snce differed slightly in different parts
Of Great Britain. the general plan was
about as follows: The grain last cut
was brought home in its wagon. with a
shock Of wheat dressed up to represent
Ceree, or pretty girl crowned with
flowers. riding upon the load. A piper
blew his instrument blithely in front Of
the cart and a ring of reapers danced
around it as it ratified along, singing as
they danced some such tuneiul lay as
this:
1.-THE boughs do shake, and the bells do
ring,
So merrily comes our harvest in,
Our harvest in, our harvest in,
So merrily comes our harvest in
Hurrahl"
The evening of harvest home" as
this festival was called, was a convivial
occasion. In a barn. usually, the har.
vesters gathered about table totteripg
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SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION.

The Universalist S undsy-Sc h o 4
Union Of Chicago and vicinity holds its
first meeting of the season at the
Church Of the Redeemer on Thursday
Nov. IS. at P. NJ. Supper at o'clock.
A large attendance is both hoped for
and expected.
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stitution of our acquaintance claims
justly to be descended from the crea-
lures of antiquity. In such light
must we regard Thanksgiving. 1t is
the scion of a worthy stock. Its
great forefathers existed in Hebrew
history, in the history of the classical
peoples, in civilizations midway be-
tween those primitive ones and the
life of the modern world, and in this
last development itself To-day we
have festival exhibiting a few of
the characteristics of these others,
but casting aside more; Enthusiastically
related to them all, but with a dis
tinct personality; an occasion in
Guided in the belongings of early
peoples, but our own Thanksgiving
nevertheless. 1t shall be the aim of
this article briefly to outline the char
acter of four great progenitors of our
harvest festival, and to indicate the
very lively contrast between the an
cestors and the heir.
THE FIRST TO GIVE THANKS,
so far as, for our present purpose, we
need to recognize, were the Hebrews.
First and foremost, as regards elab-
crate plans and magnificent display.
OF all the feasts of the year in
Hebrew history, the Feast of Tab
ernacles" was made the most of; in
voived the most extensive prepare
tons, and was carried on with the
greatest eclat and pomp. 1t was an
eight days festival, coming in the
month Tisri,-corresponding very
nearly to ober,-after the staple
products of the fields and vines, corn,
wine and oil had been safely housed.
Throngs of people poured irto Jeru-
salem, or halted in the near environs
of the city. Everywhere huts were
erected, pieced together with olive,
pine, myrtle, and palm branches
The roofs were abloom with flowers
and fruit, but within the floors were
almost barren of furniture. These
dwellings were the homes of thous-
ands of people during the whole fes-
tival, and not one could be taken
down until the last day, when the
man of the house made great bou
quet of the branches, and fourished
it aloft on professional occasions
Drinking and feasting were promi-
nent in the celebration, while the
wants of the poor received generous
attention. Burnt offerings of rams,
lambs, and bullocks were made in
greater numbers than at any other
Jewish festival. There were pageants
of great splendor, among which the
march of the choruses, led by silver
trumpets, and pealing forth magnif-
cent songs, was one of the most
striking Torches and lamps blazed,
the branches held in the mems hands
waved, and so with rejoicing and
brilliant display this Thanksgiving
of long ago went forward.
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at the foot of widespreading genoa
logical tree. But sometimes we meet
with human law or custom which
can claim descent from an institution
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THE threatened rupture between Ger
many and Hsyti has been amicably set
tied, thanks TO the mediation Of United
States Minister w. +. Powell, though it
is still understood that Germany TO-
tends to make a naval demonstration in
Hayt waters.
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USTOMS and fashions are
much more likely to come
into being at the sudden
behest of ingenious men,
than to take their place
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ASSOCIATES

REV l. j. MEAD, Augusta, Me,
l. NJ. ATWOOD, d. D., Canton, n. Y,
F. A. BIsBEE, D. D., Philadelphia.
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THE UNIvERsALIsT: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 90 1897
Thanksgiving Old World Ancestors.

saa35s9aS5asa55a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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Further announcements will be made as
plans are perfected
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UniversaIist Publishing Housed
Eugene F. Endicott, General agent.
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There is but one effective way to deaden
calumny. Mere muzzling the calumnia
tor will be useless, because he speaks
and writes behind mask. Wait till the
carnival draws to the end, then the SIAN
derer will have to remove his false face
and show his true inwardness. Mean
while let the dance nerrily go on =
The Jewish Messenger.
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Look out for Then.

Word was sent our police yester-
day, to look out for a gangof Meigs
county robbers, who had come in
to Gallipolis, where the police
made an effort to arrest them,
which they resisted by drawing
their pistols, and for awhile they
and the Gallipolis police had quite
lively battle, one of the robbers
being wounded in the fight. They
escaped to this side of the river,
and came up to near Henderson,
where Mr.. John Gibson, attempted
to hold and detain them until the
police from this side got there.
The robbers drew their revolvers
on him, and compelled him to re-
treat. He went to his house and
got his shotgun, mounted horse
and went after them, and at the
time we go to press, have not learn
ed whether he captured them or
not. The people along the Kama
wha should keep a good look out
out for these dangerous highway
man
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RESOLUTIONS of Respect.

WHEREAS, Our blessed Master,
in His infinite wisdom, has taken
from our midst, Mrs. James b.
Tippett, our friend and neighbor,
and a devoted member of the
Ladies Union Prayer Meeting of
Point Pleasant, w. Va; therefore
be it resolved by the members of
said Union Prayer Meeting.
First, That in the death of Mrs.
Tippett, our community has met
with an irreparable loss, and that
while we miss her cheerful pres
ence, and mourn her early death,
still we rejoice to know that in this
the hour of our sad bereavement,
our late beloved friend and Christ
ian o-worker is now at rest in the
Home of her heavenly Father and
in the enjoyment of the fruition of
that hope which SO abundantly
sustaips each true follower of our
Savior.
Second, That we hereby extend
our coincidence to the family of our
deceased friend, and trust that the
grace of God may heal the wounds
of their poignant grief.
Mrs. ID. S. SNYDER,
Mrs. ]. NJ. ii. BEALE,
Mrs. g. NJ. HALL,
Mrs. @. e. HoGG,
Committee.
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Robbers Deposit.

Workmen on Mr.. J. NJ. 81.
Beale's farm near Gallipolis Ferry,
yesterday, in field picked up four
or FIVE watches, one or two of which
were running at the time, lot of
cheap jewelry and lot of milk tick
cts of A. j. Smith. Evidence of a
struggle between the thieves over
the possession of "their spoiIs, :"
were plain to be seen. 1t is
a mystery, however, that they
will hardly be cleared up.
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Heir to S6O.OOO.OOO.

Mr.. Pink Pegram, an old man,
of this city, has fallen heir with
nine others to an estate valued at
S6o,o00,OO0in North Carolina. He
left this morning for that State to
look after his interest, which would
be s6,oOo,oOo. From letters, &c.,
received by him, the matter is all
straight, and when he returns
home, he will be rich man. He
has been a hard working man all
his life, and we are glad that now
in his older days he viii have plen-
ty to permit him to enjoy life in
ease and luxury.
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Do your children attend Soho

Do your children attend school
regularity IF not why not
Where do your children spend theii
evenings2 What would you dc
with pupils who come to class
without any preparations Do you
know that the pupil who stays
away from school one day misses
two days lessons? Why do you send
your child to school to-day Why
do you write excuses for your
child His teacher is working
earnestly for his advancement and
when he comes tardy and goes
home at O'Clock you cannot hope
to see him advance properly. Does
ycur boy smoke cigarettes2 What
advantage is it to him? Does IT
make his mind brighter or his body
strongerP We wish your child to
be obedient. truthful, diligent, po-
lite, regular. pure and patriotic.
If he has these virtues stamped on
his character, he viii be true
American citizen. love God, his
country, good books and honest la
Dor Parents we are trying to build
character and grow citizens, and We
need your hearty co-operations
please send your children to school
on time and let them remain
the session. IF you find
the teacher has made mistake
tell the teacher, not the pupil
Parents please examine reports
carefully, and visit the schools.
You are always welcome.
d Rnon
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-Ileath 81 e. JON YYinI.ley.

- -
We regret to announce the death
on Saturday evening October I'd,
at his residence, of Mr. John
WInkley, at the advanced age Of
rs years. Mr.. Winuey was resi-
dent of Point Pleasant for many
years and has been identified with
its development and progress. al
ways proving himself worthy
citizen and one with the bestswish-
es of the town at heart The de
ceased bore an irreproachabIe char
acter for integrity. sturdy self-re-
lance and probity of character.
and his death, although ina meas
ure expected owing to his advanc-
ed age and the physical weakness
attendant thereupon, will be a
severe shock to large circle of
friends. The deceased was the
father-in-Iaw of Mr. Robert Kiger.
and leaves behind him wife and
large number of more or less
closelyconnectedre relatives to mourn
their loss. The funeral has been
arranged to take place from the late
residence of the deceased at ten
O'Clock Tuesday morning. Inter
ment in Lone Oak cemetery. The
Register extendsits deepest sympa-
thies to the relatives.
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Around the Bend.

Jacob Roush, Esq. one of the
oldest respected citizens of Mason
City, is in very feeble condition,
we are sorry to say. DIR. Owen is
his resident physician.
The woods are on fire on the
lands of the old jackson Salt Co.,
near Valley City. The woods
back of West Columbia, on the
lands of the old New Castle Salt
Co., are also ablaze, the work of
incendiary tends.
The one time thriving indus
trial town of Clifton, was almost
entirely consumed by fire and went
up in smoke during wind storm
in 1898, the FIRE having broken
out from the salt furnace. Since
that time and until about a year
and half ago the cinder deposits
of the old rolling mill site, some
go feet deep havebeen slowly burn
ing, emitting strong sulphurous
odors etc, all these years; now from
the effects of the heat of the wea-
thef and continual drouth, the en-
bers have been rekindled and
famed into life again, and the fire
once supposed to be forever out
has begun again.
More oil. Harry Lanham, Esq,
of Charleston, formerly of this
county and one of our boys viii
superintend the putting down of a
well for oil on the johnson farm
back of. Clifton, few miles; work
is expected to begin the 18th inst.
Union College at Mason City
is to be congratulated upon having
satisfactory attendance of stu
dents this, first yer of its exis-
tence. An additional number of
students registered Monday and
more are expected to follow. The
Faculty is able and the College is
deserving of good support.
The coal car drivers held ameet-
ing above Mason City the other
day, looking to an increase in
wages.
The Sterling Coal Mines at Cliff
ton, are on fire.
Will Parsons, Esq, of West
Columbia, whose life was so long
despaired of, is out again we are
happy to say.
ITEM1zER.
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Good foI. Mason County.

AT the Rock Springs Fair yes
terday. Friday, the following Ma
son county horses won: Olwin I'll.
first money, in the running mile
heats; Spring Boy first in the free
for-all trot; Sam Strong, first in
the 2:40 trot; Eta V. second mon
ey, in the free-for-all pace. Dolie
Spanker taking first.
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On Sunday next October 10Th,
it will be one hundred and twenty
three years since the Great Indian
battle was fought at this place, and
yet no monument has ever been
erected to the memory of the heroes
who persisted in that great battle
with the red man of the forest.
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First Ward.

Mr.. S. D. Miller is on the sick
list.
The infant child of Mr.. Dan
Harmon is very sick.
Mr.. John h. Clark left yester-
day on visit to friends and rela-
tives at Parkersburg.
Miss Bessie Hannigan is still
confined to her home by sickness.
n. P.
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Few men In this country are
better or more fayorably known to
the drug and medicine trade than
Mr.. E. j. Schall, buyer in the pro-
prietary medicine department of
the Meyer Bros Drug Co, st.
Louis. He says: my boy came
home from school with his hand
badly lacerated and bleeding, and
suffering great pain. dressed
the wound and applied Chamber
Iain's Pain Balm. freely; ell pain
ceased, and IN a remarkably short
time, It healed without leaving a
scar. For wounds, sprains, swell
ings and rheumatism, / know of
no medicine OF prescription equal
to It. consider It household
necessity Sold by q. W. N.
Hoof.
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A young married man certainly
looks sheepish when he for the first
time pushes his baby along in a
carriage, but his wife feels proud.
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Potatoes will be potatoes next
spring, says well known and ex-
perienced agriculturist. The re-
port from all sections is that the
crop is light this year, and the
price next spring is likely to be
high.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Grimes have moved
from the corner of 9th and Wand
streets, into >the Fadley house,
back of the Presbyterian church.
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Mr.. s. B. Mohr has had a tele-
phone put in his jewelry store.
His number is 60.
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Mr.. Henry Sullivan is erecting
a building for the purpose of en-
gazing in the butchering business.
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..Many have said their children
would have died of Group, if Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy had not
been given" write KelIam & Our
rem, druggists, Seaview, Va. "Peo-
pie come from far and near to get
It and speak of it in the highest
terms" This is equally true of
this remedy in every community
where it is known. Buy a bottle
at e.. w. NJ. HooFs drug store and
test it for yourself.
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PERsoNAL.


From saturdays Daily
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Terrell have
returned from Milton.
Mr.. John ii. Hutchinson, left
to-day on a business trip to Chica-
go.
Miss Leila Kimberling left this
morning for few days visit to
Mrs. Tom Field, at Charleston.
Mr.. a. E. Tippett, wife and
children arrived here last night
from Pittsburgh, N. Y.
Misses Blanche Adkins, and Car
RE Kaiser are visiting Mrs. w. j.
GreenIee. of Charleston.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Ish, left this
morning for few days visit to
Mrs. Ish's mother, Mrs. Paisley, at
at Montgomery.
Mr.. Geo. w. Pullin and daugh-
ter, Miss Gretchen, of Debby, were
in town yesterday. Miss Sue
Neale, accompanied them home for
a short visit
From Mondays Dally.
Mr.. John j. Dover, the polite
and accommodating merchant at
Graham Station, was a business
visitor in town Saturday.
Miss Grace Guerant, of Ken
lucky. is here, and will be the
governess to Miss Alice Capehart
this winter.
Mr.. Grin L. Kiger, of Gallipolis.
was called here Saturday evening
on account of the death of his
grandfather, Mr.. John WinkIey
Miss Florence Gable and little
brother Willie B, will return to
their home at Athens, today, after
a short visit to relatives here.
Mr.. o. Morgan and Frank Kim
der, of Gallipolis, came up from
that city on their wheels yesterday,
and spent the day at the Park
Hotel.
Messrs. S. E. Ogden and G. S.
Kline, of Bradford, Ohio, who are
visiting Judge G P. T. Moore and
family at Elwell, were in town
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. O. Cox. of the
south side of the Great Kanawha
were in the city Saturday, and call
ed at this office and renewed their
subscription to the Weekly Regis
ter