The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22
Consolidated April IL, 1859
Thankful

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Our troubles and Affections. and
a thousand little petty annoy.
ances we are in no danger of for.
getting, or failing to properly
tabulate, but unless a man stops
once in a while and takes stock
OF his assets in the good things
that are daily coming to him. be
is very apt to magnify his afflic.
tons and forget his blessings.
For this reason the thansgiving
season Is a peculiarly valuable
festival, and one of our great
reasons for being thankful
should be for the American in
stltution OF thanksgiving time.
Here are few of the things for
which we are not sorry even il
we don t make much fuss about
them during the greater part of
the year:
That We are alive.
That we're not living in Russia.
That our lot has been cast in Grant
county, one of the health lest and most
productive spots on the planet.
Ihat we are part of the greatest
ana best government on the face OF
the earth.
That the sunshine and rain did q
good work on Grant county farms this
year and . good average crop was
harvested.
That prices for farm pro uce are up
and doing things-and that the farmer
is having his innings.
That the south is wheeling into line
or prohibition Of the liquor traffic.
That men are every where trying to
hgure out whether the saloon ia really
paying investment for the communi-
tY.
That . good many people are begin.
ming to believe that boys and girls are
OF more value than dollars and cents
That Milbank has one OF the finest
and best appointed schools ia the
country and an excellent corps of
teachers.
That men don't have to be million
sires to be happy.
That every once in while the ladies
OF the churches treat Us to supper,
That mans appetite is MT affected
bv spraiued knee,
That we have Q VARIETY of Aeasons.
and that even the approach of old
winter nas com pens atiIns and ioys
that the good old summer time'' does
n"t afford.
Thst though We cannot grow oranges
anu bananas In SOu.h Dakota we can
grow better breed of men and women
than where they do grow these fruits.
That the good Lord hasn : permitted
"a tn accumulate enough worldly gear
to keep US awake nights worrying
about losing It.
That the world Is getting more
brotherly, and that the fatherhond of
God and brotherhood of man 10 less
Ut an idle prOverb than 1t has ever
before been.
That every now and then we have
the joy of meeting old friends ana
talking over the good old times.
That "while the lamp holds out 70
ard that Bentley has reformed ana
becom . prohibitionist.
lnat suckers are getting scarcer.
and that wildcat gold mine pro.
m't@rs are gong TO have q harder
tim" getting victims to fleece.
That there WAS . republican in the
white house when the bottom fell out OF
Wall street.
That the United States i. too big to
bully any at the little powers and too
mig t" be bullied by any of the bigger
ones.
That the hand OF q eood providence
cau be -een all along the history o{
our country.
That South Dakota IL a land az
happy and prosperous homes.
That the lay of the cheap money
onnnlist Is no longer heard Ia the
land.
That there are lots Of democrats
whom we rather like. hut not enough
m them to get control of the govern
ment.
That we have president who IL not
afraid OF the cars.
That the fellows who came to Grant
county and took the knocks of pio-
neertng days are now pretty generally
on easy street.
That even though some of our neigh
bors don't see things inst as we do.
yet we ''kind 'o' like them.
That the poys and girls have some
good things we didn't have when We
we're kid.
That the optimist is on the band
wagon ard the Deasimist isn't attract
ing very big crowds these days.
That we're not yet too old to have
fun with the boys and girls.
That the old world 10 getting better.
and . thousand other things 10
havn't time to put into type.
Train Wreck.
A rear end collision of freights