Connecticut western news., 1897-11-25
WHAT IT MEANS.

D.sxies. Lessons and Pleasures of ThAnks-
 giving Day.
 Thanksgiving From basement to attic tf.e word resounds We're sounds ever sv!eeter than those made by happy chil- dren sNoicesf The tones proclaim the joys that be and joys that are to Inst through out Thanksgiving dny We watch their happy faces and listen to their merry voices intermingling with mirthfulnessL
 What does 1t matter If the curtains are awry. the legs of chairs where seats are wont to be, and picture books. forgotten, lie In all convenient places. and tents of rugs and tablespr,nds wherein the occupants arc re-cnncting the hairbreadfth scenes of oldf Now they are gathered around the glowing grate where mind pictures of the long ago are viyidly portrayed. and from their countenances we infer shat they are beholding the Northmen us they view from aiar the wonderful new world, and the Icelanders as they land upon New England's shore in the year 1000 and realize the priv ations 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 reaating the incidents which make up the history of this our new worldf And can lips other than those of the gray haired father or mother picture so clearly those scenesy Nor do their joys lessen at sight of the Thanksgiving dinner. where cpicurean skill appears to have reached It's highest development When the latencss of the hour compels them to don their white robes. we hear mingled petitions and than nksgivings more tervent than usual. and when their eyes are closed in slumbei our thanksgivinRs arise to God above for the preservation of our little ones
 Thanksgiving to the housewife has . host of meanings For several days ture keys. pumpkin pies and innumerable edi- bles have passed before her mind In stately procession CookedY Oh. no, waiting for her invitation to come, waiting for her busy brain to devise methods of procedure and her delft fingers to aid in the prerura- tions. waiting for her aesthetic taste to ap. prove or condemn and for her look of re- li-i when at last the word .ready' Is pro nounced. waiting for her look of satisfac- tion as the guests gather around the ample board while the thanksgivings of a year are concentrated into one grand thanks giving Until now she has scarcely con. siders-d its import. for often the weight Of our cars.s drag us to their level but when 6 respite comes we view them from above and with a sssnse of irvvdon wonder how we ever became enslaNed and so the days. weeks. months and years bring their burden of cares, and at the closing of each We bid them udieu, expecting to awake at their bidding on the morrow
 Thanksgiving to the men of our cities and the country means not only day of feasting and mirth. but a time to review in detail the blessings received during the past year Oftentimes rich blessings arc freely scattered In our path and we with Ryerted eyes recognize them not
 Search your homes, search carefully, lest you overlook the little blessings which, taken severally. appear very small. but when combined make your home comfort able and beautiful. and with the atmos. phere of love enveloping 1t, make 1t the dearest spot on earth Inhale the atmos- phere until your very being is pervaded, until such one, as pure as delicate, as invigorating as ethereal, and, withal aA enduring. Is shed abroad by you Nor look with disdain upon the clouds. for many a cloud has B silvery 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 debtorf Are your storehouses filled with grain ready for the marketY If so. offer anksgiving to him who gave you strength that you might prosper Have you enabled some unfor- tunate one to rise above the difficulties which surround himY If 90, give thanks Thank God for the friends you have on earth Thank God for the friends you have in heaven, the remembrance of whose love draws you nearer that happy home where the atmosphere Is never clouded and the sun never sets on Thanksgiving day