The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22

St%,s nave 1e?" said Mr.. Dooley.
well. uayether have I. T~hanksgivin'
ordinations ARE an item a mans
E2jhIa In overlook anyhow in sarchin'
r. tn latest intelligence iv tn day IN
-, na-apers. l don't think tn iditors
nays enough attintion to thin. They're
frivolous young fellows an ARE far
more Iinle to give tn first page to a
f1+h31I anne or an account iV a
rarghty American arrystocrat kickin'
~ rr-rinch count, his son-in-law,
thn to tn ut'thrances " tn wisest men
IL our day on a subjick iv tn highest
Importance to tn wurruld. Ivry year
m President " tn United States, tn
Gov'nor. tn mayor, an | amt sure but
tn chief ~ polls, tn clerk iv TIL pro
bate c0ort an tn coroner goes into
th' back room, looks tn dure, takes a
Dqir " sheares n his hand an tells
us oHicyally, mind We, what we've got
t. be- thankful fr. It's a tur-rble jooty
fir some " these statesmen so soon
afther iliction. But they do it nobly
an it ought to be a gr-reat ivinr.
It ought to be tn wan thing in tn
wear that people wud look for-ard to.
Yed think there'd be crowds in tn
sthreet waitin' fr flashlights firm tn
top ~ tn newspaper offices fr 20
announce whether tn mayor a
ordhered thin to be thankful FIR
dll}AQ1iI CUPS " MOI. al IilS
minyit We shud be waitin' with a penny
in ye'er hand FIR tn exthry on tn
~ThanksgiVin' pr3clymation. But we're
net Tn Wurruk iV these SageS is
wasted on ye. No wOndher NANNY
il him ARE packin' a few ink-wells
an Il weights II their grips
an gettin' ready to lave tn public
s~ar>ice.
It's pretty hard on a mar that's
s.+-.+A5 Vic Jifo ~ hiS nnlnthrU n c
I0as as tn country wud have him
an hin made ivry sacrifice to hold
on q little longer, to set down on q
bleak NOVEMBER AFTERNOON with tears
i'm his yes an tn; returns firm tn
third precint iv tn twinty-eighth ward
message calm on ye in claryon tones
10 be thankful because there's been
4 good hay crop in 1oway an hin
have We pay no attintion to it. How
90 ye expict public officers to sarve
We if ye threat thin like this? Are
We heartIess or is tn fault theirs? May
De they don't eXpriss thinsilVes right. L
amt sure but that's tn thronhle.
They don't put their heart into their
wurruk, os Hogan always says to his
helper. Supposin' tn boys wud put in
Just how they feel. We might want to
read their stuff. Thin instead iv hav-
in a message firm a progressive Ray
urhlic in askn' US to kick uD our heels
over tn production of spinach. we'd
have somethin' like this: OWN to
immemoryal usage it's me iooty to
call ve'er a~ttintion to a few things that
" shud be thankful fr but / can't
think iv amy. Followin' tn example
~ me predecessors I have to notify
W that we have indeed been g~r-reatiy
blessed with the products Nv Nature
but that doesn't in amy way make me
Trget tn ~threachery at tn polls that
deprived tn republic iv wan ~ Its
most self-sacrificin' servants an com
PEELED him to go to tn practice Nv tn
law. But what's tn use iV me Wastfn'
M time talkin' with tn fkeS iV We
Most iv ye didn't vote for me anyhow
As IT tn rest iv we, what ye lacked 1T
numbers We did not make I'D in enthu-
sEasm. SO I will lave we to ye'er tate
an 90 home an sob mesilf to shleep
Pc tn gov'nor, the sicrety ~ state
who has also lost his job
Thin ye'd have q message trn
WiIIum Toft Ike his: 'Tbis has been 3
remarkable year on tn whole. l ooil
know if ] liver seen such a year:
started IN bad an I was in gr-reat de
spajr at wan time. In tn mlddie y
SUMMER practically had give up al
hope iv csllybratin' ThanFsg1Vin al an
1\TFEJh'ng lOOFe dlSlldi.
very hard winter an looked forWart
To- havin' to move into smaller quar-
thrrs. I didn't think there'd hardly %
amy harvest. But about octo"e.
things begun to look up. Nature toof
On a more bouncheous, hue an at IN
rrisirt moment ] feel justlfed IN loi
lo".n' tn example iv me lllustree
rrcedocessors an instruct n ye to CIV
l'oso an go as far as We like. AS L
m". ] viii on'y EXPRESS me grat1choo'
'r the bounties that has been neape'
upon our nation be astin' tn sicrety /
state to stand by an jine me IN glVln'
three cheers"
Il wOndher what kind iv a THANKS
FFn' Tiddy R~osenfelt is haVin I
1on't hear much firm him these days
90 ye?' said Mr.. Hennessy.
Am I complaining" said MI
)ooley. '"Tiddy Rosenfelt done lat
What S~r~-w $3.50 IL about n