News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-11-24
REASONS FOR THANKSGIVING
Gov. Prouty Tells Why We Should Be
Thankful

Governor Prouty has designated Thurs
day, Nov. 20, as Thanksgiving Day, anC
has issued the following proclamation;
To the Freeman of the State OF Yer
mont, proclamation'by George Herbert
Prouty, Governor.
Again the crowded storehouses of thu
husbandmen and the glory OF the noun
tain sides remind us of the time-honored
custom of our fathers of setting apart q
day OF solemn thanksgiving to the boun'
tiiul Benefactor of all men for his abun.
dant blessings and His faithful care. The
twelve-month past has seen an unparal-
leled return of prosperity, wide as the
continent. Established enterprises are
again flourishing and new industries are
springing up. The contest for equal laws
is prosecuted with less bitterness and
clamor, and men are looking less to i'm.
practical panaceas and more to improve,
ment in character and general intelligence
as the ground of their hope for better
days to be. Peace prevails among the
nations, and the conviction that the wei.
| fare of each is the welfare of all is rapidly
approaching
Therefore. I, George Herbert Prouty
Governor of the the state OF Vermont, do
set apart Thursday, the twenty-fltth day
OF November, current, as day OF public
thanksgiving, and recommend that upon
that day our people gather in their re
spective churches and assemble at their
fresides to return thanks to Almighty
God for the good land and the large
bounty which He has given to our fathers;
tor the grandeur of the granite mountains,
the strength of the forest-covered hills,
and the peaceful-plenty of the fertile val
leys; for the laughter oflittle children, the
persistent hopefulness of manhood, and
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; tor the diff
culties which try manhood's mettle and
the obstacles which furnish the JOY of
overcoming; for the privilege of working
for the common good, and for the hard
tasks which the past has left upper
formed; for the hope of a better world |
and kingdom that is beyond.
" 1t 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 re-
moved to distant cities, and in every vii
age and hamlet let returning sons and
daughters bring good cheer and fond
recital of old-time joys. Let our thoughts
low together on the noble record of our
good state, the honor in which she is held
throughout the nation, and the substan-
:ial foundation that has been laid for
uture welfare. In the observance of the
thanksgiving custom, let us renew the
thankful spirit. and take courage from
he blessing of the past for the work that
S still before u.s.
"Given under my hand and the seal of
he state this tenth day of November, in
he year of our Lord, one thousand nine
hundred nine, and of the independence of
he United States, the one hundred and
hirty-fourth. GEORGE H. PRoUTY
By the Governor; Aaron H. Grout,
ecretary of Civil and Military Affairs"