The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-11-17
MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR
Governor Prouty Sets Thursday, No;
vember rs, as Thanksgiving Day


Newport, Nov. 17.-Gov. George H.
Prouty has designated Thursday, No
vember 20, as Thanksgiving day. The
text of the proclamation is as follows:
To the Freemen of the State of Yer
mont:
A Proclamation by George Herbert
Prouty, Governor p
Again the crowded storehouses of
the husbandmen and the glory of the
mountain sides remind us of the time
honored custom OF our fathers Of set
ting apart day of solemn thanksgiv-
ing to the bountiful Benefactor of all
men for His abundant blessings and
His faithful care. The twelve-month
past has seen an unparalleled return
of prosperity, wide as the continent
Established enterprises are again
hourishing. and new industries are
springing up. Moral reforms are
steadily advancing and social condit-
ions improving. The contest for equal
laws Is prosecuted with less bitter
ness and clamor and men are looking
less to impractical panaceas and more
to improvement in character and gen.
eral intelligence as the ground of
their hope for the better days to be
Peace prevails among the nations and
the conviction that the welfare of
each is the welfare of all is rapidly
approaching.
Therefore, |, George Herbert Prou-
ty. governor Of the state of Vermont,
10 set apart Thursday, the 25th day of
November current as a day of public
Thanksgiving and recommend that
upon that day our people gather in
their respective churches and assem-
Bile at their firesides to return thanks
10 Almighty God; for the good land
and the large bounty which he has
given to Our fathers; for the grandeur
of the granite mountains, the strength
Of the forest-covered hills and the
peaceful plenty Of the fertile valleys;
for the laughter of little children. the
persistent hopefulness of manhood
md the quiet trustfulness of old age;
for the opportunities of service with
which life is filled, and the sweetness
of rest when toll has been faithful
and hard; for the difficulties which
try manhood's mettle and the obsta-
cles which furnish the joy of over
coming; for the privilege of working
for the common good, and for the
hard tasks which the past has left
unperformed; for the hope of a better
world and a kingdom that is beyond.
If in any community there are those
that want, let the bounty of the more
favored Danish on that day the sting
Of poverty. Let every hearth spread
wide welcome TO the children who
have removed to distant cities and in
every village and hamlet let rbturning
sons and daughters bring good cheer
and fond recital of old time joys Let
our thoughts flow together on the no
BILE record of our good state, the hon
or in which she Is held throughout the
nation and the substantial foundation
that has been laid for future welfare
In the observance of the thanksgiving
custom, let us renew the thankful
spirit and take courage from the bless
ings of the past for the work that is
III before us.
Given under my hand and THE seal
Oh the state this 10th day of Novem-
or, i'm the year of our Lord one thou
sand nine hundred nine, and of the
of the United States the
one hundred and thirty-fourth
George H. Prouty
BY the Governor.
Aaron II. Grout, Secretary of Civil |
and Military Affairs.