The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-27

I book service. the first Puritan Thanks
giving was in 1921, 10 months after the
| landing Of the Pilgrims. There had
been an abundant harvest of corn and
| barley. Edward Winslow writes home
| to England: "Our harvest having
| been gotten in, our governor sent four
men on fowling, that we might, after
special manner, rejoice together after
we had gathered the fruit of our la
| bors They four killed as much fowl
as with little help beside served the
| company for about a week" John
Bradford mentions besides water
foule Their was great store Of wild
! turkies." This is the first mention of
eating the time-honored traditional
bird There was no Thanksgiving in
1922, but a Thanksgiving was cele-
| brated the following year--"the Lord
sent them such reasonable showers
with interchange of warm weather as
caused in time q fruitful and liberal
harvest" The winter of 1881 was a
time that tried the stoutest hearts. A
vessel carrying provision was long
overdue and actual starvation con-
fronted the little colony. Lieut.. Gov.
Dudley writes to a friend in England:
THE people were very tired and dis
couraged, especially when they heard
that the governor himself had the
! last batch of bread in the oven But
/ God. who delights to appear in the
greatest straits, did work marveously
this time, for before the very day APP
pointed to seek the Lord by prayer and
fasting. in comes the ship. laden with
provisions. Upon which occasion the
day of fast was changed and ordered
to be kept Thanksgiving" From the
greater number of Thanksgivings kept
| 1t would appear that the people of
| Massa chusetts were more Cody than
| their neighbours in Rhode Island and
Connecticut, but gradually the day be-
came a great day in the calendar of
all the New England states. In CRATE
! full acknowledgment Of our independ-
ence Washington proclaimed Thanks
giving for the second Thursday in
December, 1888. President Madison
| recommended Thanksgiving in 1914
| to commemorate the close of the war
| of 1912. For half a century the good
custom languished Abraham Lincoln
restored it in 1852 by issuing proca-
| nation for q national Thanksgiving
for victories to the forces engaged in
suppressing an internal rebellion" The
| last Thursday Of November was chosen
in 1866 and since then there has been
no change of date or omission of OBJ
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annual feast is a time for tender
memories as well as rendering thanks
until our eyes were masked with tears.
and we knew that in years agone saints
and angels walked with us along life's
dusty highway. Meanwhile, like the
disciples on the Emmaus road, our
hearts burned within us" with all
| holy and noble aspirations. For this
also we thank Thee. 1T is comely to
be glad" IVERS S. PAINE
Saundersville, Nov. 26, 1901.
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The sale that is to be held by the Y.
w. c. A. woman's exchange Thursday
and Friday Dec 3 and 6, promises to
be attractive and to offer many beauti-
full articles at reasonable prices. The
brio a-brac table will be in charge Of
Mrs. Charles Peabody and Mrs. George
Davis. Mrs. George S. Clough will pre-
side at the cake table, with Mrs F. L.
Durkee. Drawn work will be exhibited
for sale by Mrs. George Merritt. Mrs
]. B. Colvin will sell the handkerchief
and burnt work
Fans and novelties will! be at Mrs
Henry Mellen's table Mrs. II. P. Wild
er will have charge of the flower bootf
with Mrs Otis Putnam. Miss Cora ]
Dodge. Helen Lincoln, Florence Mer-
IlIls hdIIOH DlOOu anu l1tud DHtluOi
will sell homemade candy.
Very tempting will be the chatting
dish supper that Is to be served each
night The menu will consist of
creamed oysters. creamed chicken, hot
rolls. coffee. chocolate. Mrs. b. w.
Eames and Mrs. John Gibbon will look
after the supper. There will be other
assistants.
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| Miss Carolin L. Woods. Newton
Avenue, entertained informally Friday
evening. H. Conrad Ostrom. pianist.
furnished music in his usual delightful
manner.
The Chaplin Club Of the First Univer-
salist Church opened its season last
night with a charming reception at the
church. The committee of arrange
ments was: Mrs. f. A. Clough, L. Pau
line Carr Mrs. NJ r. Pottorff. Miss c.
R. Gunderson Miss Charlotte Atwood
Miss Addie Woodcock, Miss Edith
Sumner, Miss Barbara Kirk Will
martins Orchestra played during the
evening There was an enjoyable
promenade and then the following
program was given: Whistling solo,
Miss Lane: song. Miss Amy H. Whid-
den; reading, Miss Lane whistling So
10. Miss Lane; charades Ices were
served bv Misses ClOugh. Woodcock,
Atwood and Mrs. Pottorff.
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The Home Missionary Society of all
the Methodist Churches met at Coral
Street parsonage with Mrs. J. w. Full
ton yesterday At 4 p m. a business
meeting was held. Mrs. h G. Grafton
led the devotions. "Ut;.S" was the sub
iect Of the meeting. Mrs H c. Grafton
gave an interesting account of various
phases Of life in that country Mrs. b.
A. Trask read a statistical paper on
the subject. Supper was served at $50
o'clock to a goodly number. There was
an evening program, consisting Of
songs bv Miss Grace Fulton, a reading
by Mrs. B. r. Merrill, song by Charles
II. Hastings. A. b. F. Kinney related
in a pleasing manner his experiences in
Utah. Mrs. W s. Clark presided at
the meeting.
Surely no one need be without
church home on Thanksgiving morn
ing who needs the hearty invitation
thus sent out by the First Baptist
Church. Salem Square: THE compll-
ments Of the minister and an invita-
ton to come with the guests of the
home. to sing a song and make
thanksgiving with us. Come. strike
a note and find an anthem; give a
thanks and gain a litany; voice a
prayer and hear the Voice Come, for
you may take away with you a cheer
in your heart and a song in your soul.
Your guests are ours when you are
ours" Was ever a more cordial in
vitation? A pleasing program of serv-
ices has been arranged, consisting Of