Milford chronicle., 1903-11-27

OuIs Dfutes who We're once men. but WI
'r'n- had become embruted by hunger an
'Hdt were Wild because they were starvin
sup and could not find work 0 my brotl
-"h. er' on this coming Thanksgiving da
D OF De grateful Deep down in your herr
IS be grateful thar there is now worl
.oJ6 plenty Of work, for all honest canabl
nab men who are willing to work.
nee. sse- s,.ee..-.-
81
EAR Its been hard times for the country
Under the stripes of red.
40 Giving us thorns for roses
col GIVING us stones for bread
are but lhe3 re singing a song Of prornfqa
70 A,i"t tiiss IRON the wales and hills
- ana we're hoping TO hear the must.
ce u 1Ae Wheeis Of the grinding mills.
y, us been hard times for the country
'"- and never the FAULT Of the soil:
as Ihe seed stli followed the sunlight
ies and cll.nued TO the scythe of t5il
;o. ana the fields were piled with nlantr,
y, but sun by The wales and hiIis
- NJ N"s never lne song of the turning
me mum Of the turning mills
- Hard hard times for the country
10 ~ otfAhess has flown to the past
re - lAe song OF the seas and the nountoirs
20 Ine answer Of God at lasfg '''''-s
4es, at last the day is breakiuy
= ana tle HEhts on the hills ana rirs
IT az t4ie liIl fair world is shaking
N VITA the throb Of the moving mills.
ar a Nation of Happy Homes
.e Another cause for national reioicino.
k we are as a nation, great collectior
is OF happy homes As a people. we love
our own iresides. The name that il
most hGAoret in cur ears is not that ~
sVheral or prince or king or cardin.i
our That OF father and mother. bus-
oahd wife, brother, sister. son. dou4b
Ter grandchild. So honored are m.
domestic terminologies among MS t,,t
one OF the greatest encomiums eyer ,ri,.-
en- 70 our maryrcd president Vyirian.
Mckinley. was that he was fond
y y n ni 9S husband. The best snearh bo
ree' The one that touched most
lo'i-, 'i ~ hearts of his countrymen v
ever matsk l;3l re;a3pifical speech. but the cen. L
leelly tle 5sv-raered to his sick wife C
" " aS hot Il pom hsngsttyer impatient. never u
~ No.us H' Ut Naender and protect =
10 n'r ne WIS ile 'pathTAose little lover D.
lnkind. always the res, sb; ,Iid 80 L
ng lover and friend rs lo,arsa i ,P0us1 tr' 81
like attentions to his iny 'i
thrilled American hearts becWagOn, d I
American nation is essentially AZ c,
ection Of loving. happy homes. az
OF cosrSo in making such a statement A.
IS this we do not affirm that the Amer A.,
can people are entirely free from do Tai
nestle scandal and divorce courts. but r,,
We do affirm that in comparison with M,
lie millions upon millions Of happy ~
american homes. unhappy homes are ;nc
he rare exception. And we do affirm Lo.,
hat the longer we live the dearer those mi.
ZONES become to us day by day. n f.
now That this fact is true in reference NJ 7
o myself and my many friends. When T,r
was boy was sent away TO a mill fl,a
aly boarding school. People said that sl
"ou'u ger hoiilesicN Mueh leit my collt
mother and sisters. Well. that was tbo
rue. ! did get homesck. But as a tbo
nall boy never got so awfully home toce
lex in leaving my mother and sisters NOR
S ! do now VIXEN l have to leave my bovr
wife and my children. Why. home is holm
ccoming so precious to me that people ot n
ly l am getting foolish and unreason- out
bic about it, !. myself not only ca .,
ever want to leave home, but | never LIvu
'ant any of tie members OF my family com
} leave it. If one Of my children is neac
one even for a night there is left a on =
reat. big aching void. Is not my his love
)ry that of almost every one of US? for
re we not one ana all. members or both
Apply homes? Shall we not then thank whi,
cd for the love that glows around our the
resides, for our many blessings do who
lestic2 nine
Cause For National GratituG". our
Another cause for national gratitude: On
etuity. This was not always self evi- has
ant. When the United States govern past
ent was formed there were thousands the
foreign statesmen who derisively mere
nook their heads. These wiseacres amb
lid: "That nation will never be run Of Il
lccessfully. No people were ever COM vest
etent to govern themselves" But. on W
range to say, just as the scientific tions
argued against the practical Thes
lity OF Robert StephensOns IocOmO- king
We and it ran after all. so. after the and
evolutionary war the United States our
,vernment ran smoothly and success To |
lily. Il ran in spite Of the evil prOph- upon
les that kings and princes and Euro May
an statesmen uttered against it. the
Then came the dark clouds Of the triun
vii war. Oh. how dark and how Praii
reatening were those clouds! The brea
Of the most awfrl at the
ospheric thunders were not louder Hall
an the roarings Of the guns at Nlcks- &c
lrg and Gettysburg and Atlanta and
etersburg. The worst flashes 0f 1T
ospheric lightning never blinded the Ac
es as badly as did the flames Of burn Of tn
e homes in the southland or the fetal
eets Of fire leaping out Of the can with
ms mouths and the sharpshooters be a
1es. "Ahap' again cried the Dolitical hypn