Okolona messenger., 1904-11-23

a ~, celebrates deliverance from
- Va, danger. The Summer Of 1928
was uniriendly and the harveste
failed. The Indian hunters retHeated into the for
est food and game we're scarce and with terror the
Pilgrim Fathers looked forward to the winter
and possible starvation and DEATH In their hour Of
extremity the minister announced that on the last
Thursday Of November there would be day of fast.
ing and prayer on which they wOudeOmmend them
selves and their enterprise unto God. But scarcely
had they reached the cabin where the service was to
be held than the sentinel shouted the announcement
thata ship with weather-beaten sails and blackened
sides entering the harbOr. The good ship
brought food against the winter, seed against the
spring, friends and helpers against the enemy. De-
hriOus with joy, the Pilgrims together second
time OrithanksgiVing, and so this day was born
this day celebrating the festival Of the Family. Ours
ts the only nation In the wOCld that by a happy ho
iday goFifes the home as the first OF American in
stitutiOns.
II other years have furnished grounds for graft
tude this year gives them by way Of pre.eminence
Let Hs1be thankful
For four bins stretching ACROSS the continent from
ocean to ocean filed with wheat, corn, oats,
barley, rye, timothy, clover, alfalfa cOtton-sheaves
ripened for the hunger Of herd and hOek and above
al, food fer man.
For one bin stretching three thousand miles long
fled with barrels Of apples, Jonathan and spItzen-
berg and golden pippin with pear and plan and
peach, with grapes and nuts with al the preserved
richness Of raspberry and strawberry and the ruddy
Vegetables-POtatO or beat carrot, celery and turn
ip; the pampkin and the squash
For abundant rains that have Glled the rivers
swelled the brooks fed the water springs and reser
VOirs, and reiOioed the cattle upon thousand hills
For the comforts and eOnveniences for the home
and 6reside that have brought universal happiness
to cottage and hamlet and mansion.
For the match, that has brought the Ere Of Pro-
metheus down from heaven and gave warmth for
cold and comfort for distress.
For stoves and coal, instead of the house black
ened with SCOT, and meal cooked with freshly cut
chips from the trees
For the cable that has brought foreign capitals
near, anchored London just outside of Sandy Hook.
and making Bombay the second turn on the left,
just round the corner.
For the steel tracks that have brought us fruits
from the Sunny South, furs from the frozen North,
with rice and sugar and COAL and made the people
Of the snow and the winter to enjoy fruits OF The
tropics.
N~~ @~"PSA1 AAooO~N VI Auo pACAlcs AuEulhuluKI
bread to the world.
For the looms, that enable one man in one year to
clothe thousand men against the rains of summer
and the SHOWS Of winter.
For the trip hammer that has multiplied the power
Of mans arm; and the locomotive that has length.
ened the stride Of his OOt and the TOOLS that have
fastened the movement Of his fingers.
For the speCtTOscOpe, that has made us at home
in foreign planets
For the telephone, that has halved mans labor
and brought distant acquaintance near '
For the X-ray that has made the body transpar. l
ent to surgeons and physicians.
For anesthetics, that have leasened pain. robbed
surgery Of its terrOrs and relieved sufferers Of their
agony. o
For photography, that preserves Tor rs the faces
Of our departed dead. n
For the lessening Of class hatred and the return 2
Of the spirit Of good will.
For the increasing interest IN the fne arts, and
for the new treasures in the Metropolitan Museum.
For the announcement that never have there been g
80 few children working in store and shop, or 90
large proportion in the school room.
For the fact that al the pathOs that lead to Office