Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-25
THANKSGIVING DAY LORE.

The custom of giving merces vouchsafed has come Gown
the earles times When they had passed through the Red
es IN which their destroyed Moses ana Inc cnoi
Ts,ae1 raised their OF thanksgiving
that when the wall Jerusalem dedicated ne orougn} up W
;,ce o Tudah upon wall and appointed two great
that cave thanks company each of the gates Inc
fs If Tabenacles of ngatheng the emo OF tue
formal thanksgiving fruits of the harvest The occasional
hvance of day thanksgiving not unusuai IN EUROPE
rtso,vng was celebrated England for the destruction Oh "
SPANISH armada history that country shows tn tue
of setting aside special day to return THANKS ior
nerienced was old Such day was OBSERVED III
80 Obar 1s7s the anniversary of the diVeance OF mat
cv from siege the pilgrim church exfeo ro"
70 Holland and until 1920 when hsent OH inc may
aver COLONY New England After the first harvest OF the
- n 1877 Gov Bradford of the Massachusetts coony'
gratitude for the peneous character OF the yield o
to be observed December Gold sye OF nat y
Tn practical furtheauce his proclamation he at once sent o
h If game The hunters very successful their prn-
na find being turkey which has since maintained It's early
snnemacy as Thanksgiving bird
f o.v dawn of that first thanksgiving day OF the can
mons crowned tie Numbered forth salute "A solemn pro
cesson 10 meeting house formed the men
abreast Elder Brewster his long preachers camet coat o
side them bearing with gravity oehAng the occa
sion the great Bible sergeant In counsel ana Gov ~
ford brought up Alter the service followed the dinner the
vory orders have penetrated the forest
for In the festivities Indian snoa was heu "
,dv red men, under King Massaso appeared by magic bearing
as All addition to huge launches ofVenson lne o4y
THANKSGIVING three the mere bodily easngs oens
with
savage with of military drill by
dv and with such sports paimes characterized the recre
ous of the middle English people In those times at nome
The festival proved oequent days OF thanksgiving IN Inc
following New England colonies was
once year. twice. sometimes year or two were
for giving thanks or tne
selves Now victory over the Indians tnen the
rival of supplies OF special use ana qay an
NO, AGAIN bonu harvest frequent appointments tor the ~
cause finally August customary month Beginning win 1904
,he stva became annual In Massachusetts, ana er
ample was followed by all New England
Tn noneer THANKSGIVING Rhode Island and Connecticut
however rather than turkey was the OF the
hoard In published Connecticut In colonial times
Is be of the feast spread before tie
her msiestys commissioners Thanksgiving day. 1913 from WHICH
appears the fell TO- the was ~
that the vnson deer which hao oeen sno'
Therefore refused to eat ana II was
decided vino had shot the deer 80
and should the purchaser the price paid for the meat
having inflicted lust and righteous sentence on ye snul
company strange with the exception Oh one ~
was not sasfed0 the venson and devoured It.
During Revolutionary Thanksgiving lost some OF It's oa
New England The Continental Congress no
less eight of thanksgiving Washington issued
n for thanksgiving the continental Thursday
Dacemb 49, 1877 again Valley Forge May 177S During
his year president the request OF Congress- liked
day. November Nation Thanksgiving day Following WASH
ineon Presidents issued general thanksgiving
on usually was lett to the Governors OF the
determine heaher should lie Thanksgiving day
not 1t was largely through the efforts OF Mrs Sarah oePha hale
that generally agreed upon the same last
November Immediately after the battle OF gettysburg
Mrs President Lincoln enclosing copy OF
pyocamaon issued 1889 and suggested that he too
should National thanksgiving Her suggestion was
followed July IS 1863 when the President issued pocmatson
o the of Thursday August g. as day tor Naon
thanksgiving praise Since then with only one exception
Presidents have appointed the last Thursday November
as a National of Thanksgiving
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