The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18
GOV. PROUTY's PROCLAMATION.
He Appoints Thursday, Nov. 20, as a
Day of Thanksgiving for Vermont.

Newport, Nov. 16.-Governor Prouty
has issued the following Thanksgiv-
ing Day proclamation:
To the Freemen of the State of
Vermont: A Proclamation, by George
Herbert Prouty, Governor
Again the crowded storehouses of
the husbandman and the glory of the
mountain sides remind us of the time
honored custom our our fathers of
setting apart a day of solemn thanks
giving 10 the bountiful Benefactor
of all men for His abundant blessings
and His faithful care. The twelve
month passed has seen an unparallel-
ed return of prosperity, wide as the
continent. Established enterprises
are again fourishing, and new indus
tries are springing up. Moral re-
forms are steadily advancing, and So
cial conditions improving. The con-
test for equal laws is prosecuted with
less bitterness and clamor, and men
are looking less to impractical PAN
aceas and more to improvement in
character and general intelligence as
the ground of their hope for the bet
ter 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, l, George Herbert Prou-
ty, Governor of the State of Vermont,
do set apart Thursday, the Twenty
fifth day of November, current, as a
day of public thanksgiving, and re-
commend that upon that day our peo-
pie gather in their respective church
es and assemble at their firesides to
return thanks to Almighty God; for
the good land and the large bounty
which he has given to our fathers; for
the grandeur of the granite noun
tains, the strength of the forest
covered mills, and the peaceful plenty
of fertile valleys; for the laughter
of little children, the persistent hope
fulness of manhood, and the quiet
trustfulness of old age; for the oppor-
tunities of service with which life is
filled, and the sweetness of rest when
toll has been faithful and hard; for
the difficulties which try manhoods
mettle and the obstacles which fur
nish the joy of overcoming for the
privilege of working for the COM
mon good, and for the hard tasks
which the past has left unperformed
for the hope of 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 re-
turning sons and daughters bring
good cheer and fond recital of OLE
time joys. Let our thoughts flow to
gether on the noble record of oul
good State, the honor in which she il
held throughout the Nation, and tn,
substantial foundation that has beef
laid for future welfare. In the OBJ
servance of the thanksgiving custom
let us renew the thankful spirit, ant
take courage from the blessings o
the past for the work that is still be
fore us.
Given under my hand and the sea
of the State this tenth day of Novem
Der, in the year of our Lord, one thou
sand nine hundred and nine, and o
the independence of the Unite
States the one hundred and thirty
fourth.
> GEORGE H. PROUTY.
BY the Governor:
Aaron H. Grout, Secretary of Civi
and Military Affairs.