The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-11-25

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. pate in The festivities. aud that they did
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IDENTIFY the lndlsn irieods OF the colot lists
found Thanksgiving day "a day to be made
the most OF.
These Ths4ks.iyi0g days wer not how
ever, Of ollaisl character The A,st otlic
ial public Thanksgiving day was not until
the year 1884, and even this day was not
al fret day Of rojoieinR and thauksgiv
log. II had be set apart as Gay Of
fasting and prayer iot relief, The colon
lists were in great distress, famine was ion
mlnent' vessel laden with provisions,
and long at sea, had not arrived, Bot
Just before the day Of iastng came, the
chip made port and the day was officially
changed by the authorities from day Of
sorrow to day OF Thanksgiving TLIs
was the first real Tbar ksgiyng day Of the
American people.
Thanksgiving days were occasionally oh
served also ia the New Netherlands after
this date. but it was not until February, |
1914 that another otiicsl THANKSGIVING
day was proclaimed. Tlat year Cover |
nor klett proclaimed "a day Of general |
Thanksgiving, the occasion being the VIC
tory OF the colonists over the indians.
AT the conclusion Of the peace, 10 lGij,
another Thanksgiving day was appointed,
We are not told thst the Indians were 10
yited to this ceremony.
Occasional days OF fasting, prayer, and
Thanksgiving were kept by the various
colonists. st different times; but 10 gen
eral Thanksgiving dsy was set apart, un
til IVA, when the Continental congress
adopted the practice of designating such
days. The first was Ihursday, Juy 20,
l775. The following Thanksgiving days
were also suggested by the Continental con
gress: Friday, May II, l77G; December
II, IT'S; Wednesday, April 6, 1850; Thurs
day, May 3 l7Sl, ThutsdDy, April 70,
1852. These days were suggested 10 the
form OF rec lamentations to the states,
" hose governors were afked TO issue pro
clsmstions to their peoples for days OF
Business, with one excep
tio1, was suspended on these occasions.
also is ned a special procls
nation to the Colonial army for a general
Thanksgiving day on Thursday, Decem
Der 49, l777; and again on May 7, ITS.
The first national Thanksgiving day y
vas by proclamation OF President Wash :.
ngton, set for Tbursdsy, November 2G ,
.779. The second was set for Thursdsy.
10, 1895 The honor Of the ',
irst suggestion seems 10 belong to Repre-
entstive Elias Eoudinot, who moved, in
he house, that the President be request y
TO recon mend "a day OF Thanksgiving y
nd Prayer, to be observed by the people
1 the United States. There was some II
pposition to tue motion, the OF lection 3
elng that such thing might tend to imi VI
alton Of the iryolities and pomps of king "
oms and other harmful doing but The "
,otion prevailed, and Thursday, Novem
er 26. 1889, became the fret national
thanksgiving day Of the American people
Other presidents, after Washington, hi
sued Thanksgiving day proolamstions m
.om time to time; until now it has be- er
ONE the annual practice Of the President Is
the United States to name the last De
bursdsy 10 NoVem Der as q day to be ob al
rived by thsnkss living and prayer, Gov OF
'nors Of states lsne their proclamstlone pl
correspond, thus making the Observance ah
inform throughout the land an
10 the New England states 1hauksgiv II
y day has been observed annually for S3
yer a Get ttury. TIE custom has extend tn
to other states, one Ut d time uutil, tt- be
~, it prevails almost everywhere 10 tie
,unlry, and is observed by Americans IN Ne
reign lands with q sentiment that is not Of
lily religious bot pstfiotio. II IS legal mt
1lidsy sleo. According to the oil alsl be
ports on the subject in 1893 there were ap
that date, but eight sections OF the tht
untry where Thanksgiving day was not thr
cognizsd: Arkansas. Colorado, Dele sp
are, Georgia, Louisiana. Mississippi, wi
Elsbnmo. Utah. The rest OF the Union sol
ID adopted ths general custom. Latest s,s
ports $50 show that there are row slI
Il three sections in which Thanksgiving
y ia not sfficislly recognized -Alsbsms, OF
1uisiani. Mississippi. TIE
DIuIUtuary =.