Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-01-01
mAms aTf DAY
GENTLEMEN


: 10 eat salefnius biscuits and marve
how much nearer 70 the porch the old
pump looks than il used TO- Bless M
dnyi President Roosevelt gives Il q
! 90. We hear some talk 81 the Pufi
tanH, but don't Just remember whf
they were hut be- can HEX EN-. any.
how. n they try 70 land again. Piyn
oufh Rocksf Well that sounds more
familiar Lots ~ as have had 10 come
down 20 beas since the turkey trust
got ~ WORK ia Bet somebody 10
Washington is leaking out advance IN.
formation 10 'em about these Trunks
giving proclamations
The big city east 81 the cranberry
bGgs has made Thanksgiving day an
institution The fast Thursday 10 No
ycnbcr h the only day 10 the year on
which Il recognizes the part Of Ameri
"a lying across the ferries. II l. the
one day that Is purely American-yea
a day OF celebration. exclusively Amer
lean
And now for the story which Is 10
prove TO you that we have traditions
on this side OF the ocean that are be-
/ coming older at much rapider rate
than those Of England are thanks 20
our "gitup' and enterprise
stuny Pete took his seat on the
third bench 70 the right as you enter
Union square from the east &C the
walk opposite the fountain Every
Thanksgiving day for nine years be
had tnkeu his sent there promptly az !
o'clock. Tor every time he had done 80
things had happened 20 him-Charles
Dickensy things that swelled his waist
coat above Isis heart and equally on
the other side
But today stu6y Pcte's appearance
at the animal trystng place seemed 10
have been rather the result Of habit
than OF the yearly hunger which. as
the phila1lhropists seem 20 think, az /
fiicts the poor az such extended inter /
walls
Certainly Pete was not hungry Tie +
had Just come from feast that had I
lefi him OF his powers barely those Of
respiration aud locomotlon. His eyes
were Ike two pale eooseberrles iirmiy
Embedded IN n swollen and gravy
smcared mask of putty Ills breath
came IN short wheezes. A senatorial
roll OF adiposc tissue denied a fashion
able set 70 his upiurued coat collar
Buttons that had been sewed upon his
clothes bY Kind salvation fingers
week before few like popcorn, strew-
Ing the earth around him. Ragged hc
was, with a split shirt front open 10
the wishbone hut the November
breeze. carrying fine snowiiakes,
brought him only q grateful coolncss.
for Stuny Pete was Overeharged with
the cnlorlc produced by a superbouDti-
RAJ dlnner. beginning with oysters and
ending with plum pudding aud In
cludlng 1t seemed to him. all the
roast turkey and baked potatoes and
chicken salad and sduash pie and bee
cream OF the world wherefore be sat,
gorgcd and gazed upon the world with
after dinner contempt
The meal had been an unexpected
one lie was passing red brick man
sion near the beginning Of Firth ave-
me. In which lived two old lndies Of
. cient family and reverence for
traditions They even denied the ex :
lstenec OF New York and believed that .
day was declared solely .
fOr Washington square. One Of their
habits was 10 station a y
servant at the posteru gate with orders !
10 udmt the first hungry wayfarer I
INT came along after the hour Of noon
lad struck aud banquet him 70 tin D
IN Stuny Pete happened 20 pass by .
IN his way TO the park. and the &
.eneschala gathered him Ia aud up u
irld the custom or the castle 4
After Stuny Pete had gazed straight IS
erore him FOR ten minutes nc was
onscious of a desire for more varied -
sid of vision With tremendous
TORT be- moved his head slowly 20 the :,
vt Aud then bis eyes bnlged our y
and hts breath ceased. and -
% roughsh0d cnas eg his short legs
rlggled and ruslled on the gravel
For the old gentleman was coming y,
'ross Fourth avenue toward his "
such !"
Every Thanksgiving dag for niuc n
Ears the old gentleman had coae
.ere and found StHy Pete or hts
'AfN SAT WIS tliNh titt rae niN
was tying 20 make tgadl -
pa Of Every Thanksgiving das Cor
ne years De had found Snay there
10 bad led him % restaurant aud -
a,ched him eas biz dinner They do ~ .,
use Thugs Ia England unconsciously a,
u this IS a young country and uiup ~
ars IS not so bad The old gentle
iu WAS q staneb American patriot w
q considered himself a pioneer IN "''
uerican tradition In order 20 he.
me picturesque we must keep GA on
inE one thiue Tor Ions tire with. vo
{ ever letting q get away from rs. uo
neJhlug like SOLICITING the weekly w
mes IN Industrial Insurance or clean s's
. the streets eA
The Old gentleman mofcd sirhigAt ea
q stately toward the institution chat ~
WIS narlns rule the annual feed
; VI s'uGy reie WAS nothing na va
nal in ts character. such as tlge ~
d .