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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-21

some ninety men. whom for three days We
entertained and feasted and they went out
and killed five deer, which they brought
and bestowed on our governor and upon
the captains and others"
From other sources we know that there
were athletic contests besides the exercises
Of arms which Winslow mentioned. No
doubt they played al stoolbalI," an old
form OF croQuet. and pitch ye bar" which
Bradford mentions In his journal Tho-a
were no special religious services-at least
there IS no evidence Of any. The Pilgrims
had their daily prayers before breakfast
In this service and IN the joyous spirit
that seems 70 have dominated the occasion
as well. there was. no doubt. q devout
Thanksgiving TO God for all the blessings
he had vouchsafed them.
Il has been repeatedly asserted that this
Thanksgiving festival was suggested 70 tho
Pilgrims by the Jewish Feast OF Ingath-
ering." This is not probable. as the differ
ences between them are more striking than
the Ikenesses. They were OF the same
duration. each lasting a week; and IN oom-
mon with al other harvest festivals they
had the same intent. But In the Jewish
festival sacrifice and worship were the pre-
valling characteristics, while IN that OF the
Pilgrims they we're entirely wanting.
II the Plymouth festival has immediate
kinship with similar events IN the past. II
has anaIogies with the harvest home OF
England which may relate them. Ths Pu-
grims were familiar with the English cele-
bration and many OF them. no doubt. had
participated in II. The dominant mark OF
each was the Joy over the ingathorIng har-
vest Ia some districts In England. too. the
festival had continued c week Richard
Carew in his Survey OF Cornweu," "a
speaking OF the English festival says:
Neither doth good cheere wholly expire
(thongh It somewhat decrease but with
the end OF tbs weeks"
The chief difference between thu two was
the want Of ceremony az Plymouth that
characterized the English festival In some
parts Of England the merry making was
around the nodding sheaf." or kern
baby" and in many places the last load OF
the harvest was drawn 10 the barn in a
wagon called the hoch cart" In front
went pipe and tabor, and around II gath
cred the reapers. male and female singing
toyously as they proceeded. At Plymouth
there was no ceremony. The last shock OF
corn was not brought in arrayed fin bril-
liant fnery." Neither was there any bless
Ing o. the cart" or kissing OF the
sheaves." There was no harvest song 50
familiar in the fatherland:
Here's health to the barley mows
Here's a health TO the man
Who very well can
Both harrow and ploW and Sow
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civic system OF Tom sawyer's and Huck
Firms day. on the corner OF Main street is
a two story frame building with imitation
Grecian columns. fluted and surmOunted
with mock capstones. This make believe
grandeur adorns tho old building on both
sides that are exposed to view When Mark
Twain was here on his last visit ne re-
marked TO George Mahan the attorney.
with whom he was standing In the heart
Of HIS old play district:
We boys could understand IN a dim
way why he might want to put on airs by
having those phony pillars run up there,
but # was quite beyond US 70 imagine why
he'd go TO the extraordinary expense OF
fluting EN-"
The humorist hesltated a moment and
then. reaching into his pocket, pulled out
some change and regarded It thoughtfully.
Then selecting a quarter. he went into the
store and bought pound Of mixed can
dies. He came out and offered the package
TO his friends.
can say now. with truth, +" he remarked.
that I've been buying candy at that shop
sixty years Used to go there when I was
a boy, you know"
The people OF Hannibal have not given
up hope that Sam-they all call him that
herewith come back to them. out In
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Plymouth In 1921. The long winter that
followed the establishment OF the colony
had been one OF great mortality and suffer
Ing Scarcely half % the colony had sur
vived It. At one time during the winter
only Brewster. Standlsh, and Ave other
hardy ones were well enough TO get about 90
In the spring and summer that followed
their fortunes improved. and by autumn
they had cleared twenty-six acres and
made It ready for cultivation. This indus
try, too. had been awarded by a bounteous
harvest Now food and fuel sufficient FOR
the needs OF the approaching winter were
laid IN. Then Gov. Bradford ordered 3
Thanksgiving-the frrt N America
This first Thanksgiving was not for a day
only Il continued a week In a letter to a
friend in England Edward WinsIow has
given Us brief account OF the festivities.
This letter bears the date OF Dec. II, 1921
and IN il Winslow wrote: Our harvest
beinge gotten IN, our governor sent four
men on fowling that so we might after
special manner rejoice together after We
had gathered the fruits OF our labors. They
four killed as much fowl as with a little
help beside served the company about a
week. At which times, among other recre-
atoms, We exercised our arms, many Of the
Indians coming amongst US, and among the
rest their greatest king, Massasoyt, with
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marked Col. John L. RoBards, a close friend
OF Twain, although some years his junior,
the other day Justice Clemens stood high
in Hannibal as a most conscientious mag
istrate and a man OF unusually good sense.
He was studious and took his position with
much seriousness.
Most cases then ended IN the squire ,
court. which was tribunal OF Importance.
Justice Clemens righted things outside OF
court as well as In It when the emergency
demanded it. Two litigants, after a deei-
sion by the justice. went away quarreling.
Once IN the street. they went from words
to blows. then clinched and soon we're roll
Ing each other in the dirt. Justice Clemens
picked UP his gavel and hurried outside.
There he tapped each Of the combatants on
the head and commanded peace The fight
ers looked up, and, terrified at the sight OF
a court that might be In session anywhere,
they let go OF each other, apologlzed to the
justice and went their way.
That illustrates the man. He was quick
to act and generally was in the right
In 1871, soon after coming from Florida
to Hannibal with his family. John Clemens
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I is well for the western, the greedy ambitious,
jealous, noisy, sordid, vulgar, busy, practical,
aggressive, mundane western to visit the east
where the sole wish is TO escape from world
Of desire and action, OF possessions and dis
tinction We came from the west, compla-
Gently absorbed in the innumerable affairs and
details OF our elaborate society and govenance
and public life and we find people to whom
our civilization, all our social and political,
and economical, aHd commercial, and scientific
development is foolish and contemplate, and
who cannot condescend TO give It any thought
or attention, while the mystery OF life, the
nature and destiny OF the soul confronts us
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ELL" the young man said 10 his companion in
the car seat in 'front.' Of me the other day, you
see, it was hardly worth while making trouble
about. 1t didn't hurt me any just passed it
up and let il GO
I don't know what the circumstance was,
or when, or where. But from the attitude Of
the young mans friend and the earnestness
with which he spoke l gained the impression
that this young man who had avoided n
scene somewhere had done so either from lack
Of courage or through mistaken sense OF what
his mans duty was under the circumstances.
For judging by appearances his companion was
Of gentle breeding and good taStp and If Could
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be mistaken that this
nacton OF his friend And between the my judgment
would have backed the protest being
judge Of the circumstance whatever it might have been
the thought %
becoming the conventions dangerous dgree
degree that spirit which republic
and assumed 4 power the nations of the world
children public schools taught
fighting spirit 177G which
pendenc Heroes OF 1872 pointed for hero worship Statues
have been nodded Of those the days
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~ HE idea is prevalent I'm the United
States that our Thanksgiving festival
IS peculiarly an American custom OF
New England origin This is true In
part only. The general observance
through many years Of a set day on which
10 give thanks 90 Almighty God for his
blessings has made the custom distiHctively
American; but its origin long antedates the
settlement OF this western continent and
we must look elsewhere for It
The idea or Thanksgiving day goes back
10 remotest antiquity. tits part Of natural
religion. and is probably as old as the
human race In written records we have
ample evidence that the festival was cele-
brated IN connection with " the fruits OF the
earth " by the ancient Egyptians. the Jews.
the Greeks. and the Romans. Long before
Luther's revolt from Rome In the sixteenth
century II had been observed by the Chris
ti6ns: and after the reformation. thanks
giving days were IN frequent use by the
ProtCstants. especially those Of England.
In old Egypt when the harvest had been
gathered. It was the custom to observe a
day OF feasting. and TO lay offerings upon
the affairs Of Isis, the goddess Of agricul-
ture. The Jewish festival was the " in
gathering" or the feast OF the taber-
nacle mentioned I'm Exodus and other
parts OF the Old Testament. This was more
particularly a thanksgiving for the fruit
harvest. but as Il came al the close OF the
entire harvest. It probably was intended
also as a general Thanksgiving for the
bounty OF nature IN the year that had
passed.
This festival appears early in Jewish his
tory. and. as It was connected with the land
and its possession may have had Canaan
fish prototype. Its celebration was annual
ard each festival continued through seven
days At the beginning two vessels Of silver
were carried in a ceremonious manner 10
the temple. one full OF water, the other OF
wine. which were poured at the foot Of the
altar Of burnt offerings, always on the
seventh day OF the festival"
PIutarch describes this ceremonial which
ne believed was a feast to Bacchus. He
says: The Jews celebrated two feasts to
Bacchus. In the midst Of the vintage they
spread tables, spread with al manner Of
fruits. and live IN tabernacles made espe-
cially OF palms and ivy wreaths together.
A few days later they kept another
festival which was openly dedicated to
Bacchus, for they carried boughs Of palms
in their hands with which they went into
the temple. the Levites going before with
instruments OF music"
Analogous TO the Jewish festival and
possibly borrowed from II was that OF the
old Greeks, the Thesmorphia. This was a
feast to Demeter, the goddess OF the
harvest II lasted nine days and consisted
Of sacrifices OF the products OF thu SOD
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+ is true that religion parallels in its develop
ment the progress Of civilization. just. as men
originally dWelt under trees, in caves, in tents
OF skins or bark and only after long periods
began to live in houses and cities, so their re-
ligious impulses were at first unorganized and
unillumined. From animism and from the wor-
ship of the sun and other natural objects,
spiritual conceptions OF life gradually arose.
Like all other fundamental human interests, re-
hgion rises with the growth Of intelligence and
social order, and like them, even in its
higher forms, still bears the marks OF its long
struggle in many surviyals from an outworn
mast II Is still In the making and constantly
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And Of the view essentially right For with
modern devices inducements
wink ourselves denial Oblivion spiritual prob
lens e However deuded overloaded
pompos and appngs Injuries rich external life may
be- however occupied with chae trade professions undertakings
the mysteries there all the and each human
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puts forth finer and worthier achievements
All instructive activities called forth and largely determined by
circumstances The child has the tendency himself through
speech but the actual development language depends having
talk with him. The which acquires and the kind
Of language be employs determined largely by companions and
teachers II with fellows him the
the discipline speech and without he would all In the
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By E. +. Smith.

the river. Just as it did in the '4Os. with the
exception OF a possible coat OF paint now
and then. This is the Office 10 which the
body OF a murdered man was taken one
night, 10 await Justice Clemens official in
vestigatlon the next day. Sam Mark
Twain hadn't been notified about the sin
lister guest In his fathers Office. and. as il
happened, he had been out on an expedition
that night and he resolved to sleep in the
Office rather than to arouse the family at
home, with consequences that experience
had taught him to dread. So he turned In
on the lounge In his fathers Office until a
vagrant moOnbeam revealed his roommate.
whereupon he left, taking the window sash
along.
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In front Of the Justices Office is a cobble-
stone gutter OF a sort that may have been
quite an Improvement when the nineteenth
century was wearing short dresses. Across
from the Office. southeast is the lumber
yard, with scarcely the change OF a stick,
where raids were planned and the loot d.
vided IN the darkness OF the night.
Looking up Bird street from tile river. It
is difficult to see where any newfangled no
lions Of paving or building have marred the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-21

The people OF Hannibal have not given
up hope that sam-they7 all call him that
herewith come back to them. out IN
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ONDER to me that the fellows
that delight so much in writing
stories about Mark Twain
never give a thought 20 Sam
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-07-04
Peabodys Revolt Against Mrs Eddy Made the Subject
Critical Review-Some Tests Suggested for the
Faithful Of the Cult
(By Josephine X. Henry.)

claims and methods of its founder
Mrs Mary Baker Eddy had seachligh thrown them
by Frederick w. Peabody, prominent lawyer OF Boston
Mr. Peabody has been student of what is called Christian
for years He publicly from the platform and
through the the whole thing monstrous
absudity crime" SO in earnest is Mr. Peabody that
days ago he delivered lecture at the Bou Theatre IN
which the home Of Mrs. Eddy If she would
maintain her power followers that Mrs Eddy
will promptly and unquvocay the questions OF this
student of her socaled ''reigion The
''Chsan Science is in itself monsrous absurdity Mrs.
Eddy should at the honor of being the first
any science in Christianity The science of Chris
tiany consists in sx-day creation clay rib woman
the earth before the created talking
snake the whole world drowned by foryday ain the
halted in its the command of talking jackass
the killing of 5000 because two of their negbors looked
into the box that held Gods Book.
Christian Science plays trump card in the twice repeated
chapter of Bible which says And to pass that
night angel of the Lord went out and smoe in the camp
of the Assyan hundred four and five thousand And
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-07-04

When darkness dense about the globe lay furled
And Reason from his splendid throne was hurled
These, these, o Chrstendom | charge to YOU
Twas you who tortured, you who burnt and slew.
And yet you breathe the same old siren tale,
MY cause is righteous and | will prevail!
For God shall fight my battles-I must win,
Truth am I-sacret is my origin"
Your name is mischief, is deusion and
Confusion Never yet man saw you stand
Upon the side of progress, reason, right.
You, in the dead past sitting, hate the light!
For of the past you are-spawned by the night!
Bv ignorance and fear in chaos nurs'd,
An evil growth was yours, an evil thirst
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-07-04
Christian Science in the Crucible

when they early the morning behold they all dead
corpses" Modern Science must take back seat and hang
head in shame before this Christian Science of angel
in night killing $4,000 soldiers and these slain soldiers
waking up early in the morning and finding themselves dead
corpses Mrs Eddy Christian Science rests she entirely
the Bible Now if she will show how this trick was done
that the dead may awake up early in the morning and find
hemelve dead corpses,' Mrs Eddys religion vii! put all the
scientists flight and the doctors and undertakers out
Beside if she will show how this thing be done
all other religions will capulate to her
For years Mrs Eddy has been accused of puronng her ideas
from Qumby who long taught that terror sickness that
Sickness that dscord sickness; that there fe
truth intelligence, substance in matters that matter
belief of intelligence in matter is the Of all
dease God; that there other truth but God;
principals that wisdom love, and truth principals
that truth health and sickness; that harmony by
dsharmony, disease, and finally that all dis
originates in mind and cured by mind alone Up to
Eddy claimed to be follower of Qnmbg She later
Oumby aside and launched the of creduy socad
Science claiming be the author of the ideas which
founded Mrs Eddy claims to have written book called
Science HEALTH This book the Bible of Christian
been read by millions of people in the
and old world The followers of Mrs Eddy (and they
legon believe that God literally dictated this book Science
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-07-04
BLUE GRASS BLADE.

Reason, Truths priestess seemed to you accurst.
Justice you labeled sin and truth a crime
And would to error yoke us for all time.
But as the years speed on, as man grows free,
Less will he heed you and your deity,
Till, as phantom of the past, you take
Your place among the idols Truth did break
With Edda, Veda, and the Alcoran
And all the divers creeds that shackled man.
Unto the future race thology
Hydrologic curio will be.
Nor shall its sway it exercise again
May Progress speed the happy day.
San Francisco, Calf.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-02-24
Women l.: The DAYS News.

A women's Short Skirt League has
been formed in London. The mem
bors, according to Woman's Life. bind
themselves to wear dresses which
will not sweep the floors and pave
ments, and so gather up dust and
microbes.
Miss Margaret ]. Dunn has lived
for five years out in the woods for
her health Both winter and summer
she has taken this rigorous treatment
in the Highlands of Scotland. and
speaks highly of the benefits of the
snow bath.
Mrs. Caroline P. Wallace and Miss
Carrie A. Tenant, of California, left
Paris. France, for India to work In
behalf of law raising the age OF
marriage there from twelve to six
teen years.
Mathilda Haska, Of Budapesth, has
broken off her engagement because
her fiancee, who is non-smoker,
wishes her also to give up the habit.
She declares she can live without
husband, but not without cigarettes.
The Countess de Lesseps, widow Of
Count Ferdinand de Lesseps, the pro-
moter of the ship canals of Suez, Cor
inth and Panama, died In Paris,
France.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-02-24
Halls o. Congress.

When the postal savings bank bill
was before the Senate Senator Hey
burn, of Idaho, spoke in opposition
to it..
1t was reported that Representa-
tive Fitzgerald, of New York. would
succeed John Sharp Williams on the
Rules Committee of the House.
Senator Kittredge declared that a
Panama lock canal will cost $400,-
100000, and with Senator's Foraker
and Teller, advocated change to
the sea-level type. the estimated cost
of which is S247.O00.O00.
''Insurgents. In the Senate deter
mined to filibuster to delay action on
the Naval Appropriation bill.
Mr.. Hale said that OF 100000
pounds of powder used annually
about one-third was made by the Gov
ernment, the remainder being pur-
chased.
Senator Lodge offered an amend
ment to the Senate rules aimed at
preventing particularly the speech in
preparation by Senator Tillman at
tacking the President.
The President sent a. special mes
sage to Congress transmitting the re-
port of the conference on dependent
children, and recommending the es-
tablishment of a children,s bureal1
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-02-24
Prominent People.

Lord Dalmeny, son of Lord Rose
berry, is to wed Miss Dorothy Gros-
venor.
DR.. Lovejoy Elliott, of New York
City, defended the ethical culture
marriage.
A transfer Of lano recorded in West
Point, Neb., shows that Speaker Jos.
G. Cannon recently sold 1400 acres
to Ferdinand Novak for $4,000.
DR.. Charles A. Eaton, of the Madi-
son Avenue Baptist Church, preached
on What Would Jesus Do in New
York;"
President Roosevelt returned to
Washington greatly pleased with his
trip to the birthplace of Abraham
Lincoln.
David Belasco was in San Fran
cisco on his first visit since he left
nearly thirteen years ago. He came
to see his aged father.
Accompanied by Mrs. Bull, medical
men and nurses, DR.. William T. Bull;
left New York City for Tomberly, Ga.
Vice-President Fairbanks has pur-
chased 225 acres Of fruit land ad-
joining the city of Redlands, sixty
five miles east Of Los Angeles, CAL,
where, 1t Is understood, he will make
his home In the near future.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-02-24
Newsy Gieanlnas.

Several more women we're attacked
by stabber in Berlin.
DR.. James Ewing urges the value
of vivisection in cancer research
work.
Americans and Cupans in Havana
ioined in ceremony Of commemcra-
tjon Of the destruction of the Maine,
eleven years ago.
AS a result Of the trip OF engineers
to Panama with President-elect TAFT
It is said in Washington, D. c., that
there will be no change in the plans
of the Isthmian Canal:
German societies began
crusade in New York against the
treating system.
Russell Sturgis, the architect and
writer, died in New York City in his
seventy-third year.
Fordham students, New York City,
organized club to be devoted en-
tirely to charity work.
The Public Service Commission, of
New York, voted to allow the Erie
Railroad to issue s30,O00,000 bonds.
The State Department at Washing
ton, d. C., was informed by cable that
Commissioner Buchanan had signed
protocol with the Venezuelan Gov
ernment.