The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-25
THANKSGIVING I'M MISSOURI.
The Governor Reminds Its People What
They Have to be Grateful for.


Governor Lon v. Stephens, of Mis-
souri,. says in his proclamation ap-
pointing a day Of Thanksgiving and
prayer:
we are in the midst OF the season
when we hear the fair music that all
creatures make to the great Lord But
while plenty may bring satisfaction n
contentment to the animal world, man
as the high priest Of nature, n alone
capable OF rendering intelligent and de-
vout thanksgiving and worship unto
Almighty God, cannot enjoy to the full
extent his countless blessings a v with
a grateful heart. Thou crownest the
year with thy goodness and thy paths
drop fatness. The hills are girded with
JOY. The pastures are clothed with
foclls: the valleys also are covered over
with corn; they shout for JOY; they also
sing Our great commonwealth, Hlleo
with a larger population than belonged
to our whole country when our fathers
won national independence, can look
back over the seventy-siX years OF
statehood and see the simple industries
OF the pioneers grown to the many d.
verslfed industries which have made us
the eighth state in wealth, as we are the
fifth In numbers and political power In
our Union. We review a year of plenty,
as mine and forest and pasture and or
chard and field have responded to la
Dor. We have been g%racIously pre-
served from famine and pestilence,
from fire, flood and tornado, from law
lessness and civil strife. The spirit of
philanthropy among our citizens has
been active In providing for the needs
OF the suffering and the unfortunate,
I'D L. H,,itIt,n rIs,rrhaa and n~nninniDp
institutions of learning, where our sons
and daughters may be fitted for lives
of greater usefulness. Christian work.
ers have brought many to acknowledge
their obligations to lead better lives,
and countless homes have been made
happier for their efforts during the
year,
For every temporal and spiritual
blessing enjoyed 1t becomes us TO rem
der devout Thanksgiving unto God.
Therefore. /, Lon V. Stephens, cover
nor Of Missouri, do hereby appoint
Thursday, November 20, 1897, as q day
OF thanksgiving and prayer, TO be, OBJ
served with appropriate religious SER
vices alike about our hearthstones and
in our various places Of worship. Let
the day be marked by acts of charity to
our fellow-men, no less than by CRATE
full and humble worship Of Almighty
God. our Heavenly Father. What more
fitting time for liberal gifts to our be-
nevolent and educational institutions,
which have contributed so much TO the
relief Of the suffering and to the bet
terment Of our %people?'
THANKSGIVING DINNER ABLE.
For the table, smllax and ferns may
be used as decoration. A round mirror
is placed in the middle Of the table,
n on this rests a circular 5hallow
DISH fun Of ferns. This dish forms the
nucleus OF green from which extend
long Ftreamers Of smIlax raywise to the
edge Of the table. Between each OF
these streamers Ia laid the plate. lulfe,
fork. etc, OF one OF the participants of
the repast. The effect In singularly
pretty, The china mas be white, OF
white and green, while white plateD
WIZ a gilt edge VIII not be out OF place.
The cloth should he Of pure white dam
asE--Harper's Bazaar.
WHY WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL
What have we all 10 be thankful for
on this anniversary of the Pilgrim
iiandIng2 Much, much. indeed, II we
but stop to think
ia man you ought to be thankful be-
cause:
Woman took the Initiative bite out OF
The historic apple, otherwise the sub
lrct would be far too frequently mem
toned,
Because woman has taken to clubs
ana now no longer confines her CONVEX
eaton to the inlqultles OF her servants
and the faults and foiitcs OF her drGss-
maker
Because woman has at last been In.
dlccd TO see the error Of her ways u
takcg her hat on at the theatre,
BecauBe woman has declared her In
dependence and II is no longer neces-
Sary to give her your seat IN n trolley
car.
HeeaHse woman has taken tip fe8t ball
hhl you raj now take your Saturday
nav holiday In her company, without
Keeling all day Sunday like a convicted
criminal,
because woman has taken to reading
VIZ newspapers, and you can now en-
mshlen her Ignorance with regard 10
we dolnEs ~ coinmon and select coun-
,lH ana NJ Tho same time read AdMltn.
Ugh In hor eye NJ your vast Intellect
h"ehuse woman, as u rule, after
,Nlfly, ceases to ElERlc mud rcfralna
ltgm openly co|htradictlng ono'B pct
o]plli0nt.
ANA lastly, because woman In m Hho
hindlo Of lncOnHlgtcnCipH and ON
""plcllonb, by the Bld0 Of which mas.