Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-11-25

progeny.
So, with our minds gathered to
emselves and our bodies galher'
ed 10y the bearthstOne altar, let us
say "turkt" 10 each other and be
thankful. Aud let us not forget
the pumpkin pie. The mluce PIE
is for ChristmaS-itS JniclnesS
speaks OF joy 10 come but the
pumpkin pie is the golden remlnls'
C 'nce of a fruitful past. it is IL
Yankee pie IA Puritanlc plt-the
essence of hundred golden days
fOIeOIdained in ,he dls2ensAtlon OF
the seasons to glad the stomach Of
the Lords anOinted III the time OF
wintry wrath. 1t may be eaten
cold as the Shorter Oatechlsm, or
warm as the DEVILS welcome TO a
sluner. In other mode 1t is a
divine dispenSitiOn and should be
cherished by as all. Tue turkey
aud the pumpkin belong TO all
America. mud they Tipen just when
all America is ready for their sue
cllence.
And all America has much TO be
thankful for TINS year. The islands
of the sea have right to join with
Ms in ,hankfulness and clasp their
ands with Joy. The guava and
the banana, the pineapple and the
orangA will be tasted for the first
time with freedoms flavor in their
luIces on islands where the blu"
blllOws OF the tropics bound on
erlnkIing sands. Lnzon will laugh
with Porto Rico add Cuba Will Ca |
out to the Carollnes. The cathedral
among the Palms will intOne its
hymn of thaUkfulDesS together
with the meeting house among the
Pines. The Filipino will sit Ou
Uncle Sans left hand and lhr
Cuban on his right; welcome boys!
there is turkey enough for all and
"punkin pie" galore; there ar
hams in the pantry anu little old
Bourbon III tie cellar. You may
not sing psalms as We do or relish
baked beans for breakfast, bnt \ on
may join us on this day, aud Gro !
grant You many other days as
sweet and full of hope as this. Fill
your bellies just once with Uncle
Sam. and YOU will never more 60
haukering for the hGsks that swine
refused to eat.
And they may be thankful with
Us also for Dewey and Schley. for
Fitzhueh Lee aud Uncle Joe Wheel
er and HobsOn. They needn't
brother mncn about Shafter and
Alger and SterDberg and the little
Ger1 au doctor with the ungodly
name who was sent to pbysic SOL
dlerS because he cured Mrs. McKin
ItS's pet dog of an indigestion
These pests will go ont Of notice
when the snow flies and be no more
considered than the mosquitoes at
ter a killing frost. The American
people will have to pass npDn them
in the ballot box, and Don Cub
Libre and Senor Filipino are no
vet factors at the polls. What
The use of irettlDg ourselves abou
eyil.doers, anyhow, when the cele
ry stalks are white and crisp ant
the gObbler is brown as bun ant
the PIE comes on the table hoif
Yes, let us all give thanks ant
forget our sorrows Tor one day a
east. Let us be thankful for NJ II
Hanna, the great Coal Oh ) Ohn.
nt American politics. He is all oh
, ipct. lesSion from which We ma
neacb our children that it is bette
70 be decent than rich and vulgar
Let us be thaukfnl that Mis-. Nc
Kluley had only one SICK dog;
she bad kept a pack OF bounds
possibly all our sOldier hOSs NIGH
I have been consigned to Dutch d.
doctors aud the devil before no"
$ l. { IA he thankful for the d scoy
RI of micrObes and haciIii. II Ia
people IN NOah's lime had know
I about these minute monsters tue
. night have boiled all the water il
4 tend of beng drowned IN II. An
then all the cows ard Nanny goal
o and she asses and club wOme
a ould have given sierlliz"d NIL
=, and iniqulty would have ysnlshe
f from the. earth, along with the h'
n u an rrce. > Aud let us he thanki'
4 for Alger-tbe resIDous Io0st'
!. from Roaring Camp. He Is ou'
4 "for health" lie has given us
new disease the AIgerine fev'
, At whose coming kleptoman
. aud appendicitis and nostalgia al
a athat rrpd ieellngp will have