Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-12-01

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hls courage and kind heart And that
afternoon. when the members were d.S-
missed and the sun was lew in the West
the hills echoed with the cry:
king"
And to this day. when all the other
Vegetables have fed before the breath u
Jack Frost, Pumpkin. with noble cour-
age. holds the field. and. in gratitude,
he plays an important rClc on every
Thanksgiving day.-Dctroit Free Press
The First Thanksgiving in Boston.
Massachusetts is justly proud of her
long succession of good governors: hut
the history of the whole line. covering
more than $50 years shows no better
man or Drawer Christian than the first
governor John Winthrop.
lie came to America by royal APP
p0lntment, to take charge Of Il colony
but the handspring of his new work. the
spur that nerved him to all its sacrifices.
was the thought thar ne ceuid extend the
Kingdom of heaven on earth.
Ills son Henry was drowned soon after
iandlng Gu these shores ANA within
! 1Iw months eleven OF his household Serv-
sGIst and more. than a score Of his fell
low caloniSts. some of them his dear
friends and trusted helpers, died Of dis
ease.
Arriving in the country himself. with
his company of immigrants. too late in
the season to obtain IA harvest, he de-
pended largely on supplies from England
10 feed his settlement. From eight TO
ten weeks time was required then to
cross the ocean. and Gov. Winthrop. an
ticipatns want for the coming winter
Senr one Of his ships in midsummer to
old Bristol for corn and stores: but the
summer and autumn passed. and the
Lyon did not return.
In September most of the springs and
wells failed. creating water famine
but the rains that restored the wells
could not cheek the growing scarcity of
food. December opened cold and hun
cry winter
Boston could not live entirely on fish
and fowls" even when it's inhabitants
numbered less than 20On souls. Families
that had bread shared with their neigh.
hors-and waited for the Lyon. three
dine.
Gov. Winthrop suffered with the res.
and fed his destitute people as long as h.
had anything to spare Always superior
to his calamitieS, he looked to the future
and insisted that this land was n para
Christ he said. and is not that
enough: The enthusiasm Of his faith
and hope never fatered.
One day in February, when the gov
efnof last baking was in the oven. 4
poor man called and begged Somethin.
for starving family All that Winthrop
had left was "A handful of meal in the
barrel He gave the man that. Look
ing cut on the bay at that instant The
two men saw the ship Lyon standing in
with its cargo of provisions, Food enough
had come to supply the whole settlement.
In his gratitude To God the good chief
magistrate appointed the 22d of Febyu-
nry ed of March. 1851. New StyleO as 4
day of solemn and devout THANKSGIVING
Never did people obey proclamation
more joyfully. The day was a hanpv
one. no doubt, to GOV. Winthrop. though
1t brought him no such family reunion A.
our ThanksgiyingS know. His wife and
most of his children We're still in Eng.
land; but they were coming soon. aud his
grand aud cheerful spirit stood him vel
in need. His watchword was the motto
ON his ancestral coat-of-armS. ''Hoaa
wins throne. Youths Companion.