Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-11-01

Mr.. Taft who rules the nation,
Offers this, his proclamation:
Whereas, Providence continues
Blessing us from day to day,
And the boon of independence
Has, we take it, come to stay.
And whereas, Indulgent Nature
Lovishes upon us still
B0unty in excess for what the
Weather and the bugs can kill:
And whereas, The old republic
Couldn't be improved upon,
Notwithstanding everybody
Gets to run 1t off and on;
Therefore, l. as delegated
Now and for a short time hence,
President, decree that turkey
Shall go up to 20 cents.
That's about all there is to 1t. Once
the country raised its own, and the
White House proclamation was not
greeted with groan. Father simply
grabbed the Ratchet, mother got the
water hot, father read the procla.
nation to the turkeys in the lot, oil
the young and female turkeys prompt
ly tainted from the shock, and after
due farewells the gobbler laid his
head upon the block.
No one telephoned the butcher, ask
ing what a turkey cost. No one In
his deep resentment wished the PHI
grims had been lost. No one, while
the feast proceeded, knew the tor
ment of the rack. figuring upon his
napkin what the day had set him
back:
Everybody was provided. as the
founders pre-supposed. No one can
be very thankful II the truth should
be disclosed, paying what we pay for
turkey, and, for all the Heavens
gifts, feeling that the day was found
ed for the Armours and SWifts.
November gets it's name from the
Latin novem (nine), and was origin
ally the ninth month of the year. This
brought Thanksgiving around two
months earlier than we have 1t now
and it became very unpopular. The IN
surgents, who constituted majority
| in the agricultural districts, were bit
| terly opposed to it. They made two
contentious: First, that young turk
eys were not old enough to market;
second. that crops had not progressed
! to the point where it was possible tc
make out whether there was anything
! to be thankful for or not. In 1913 B
c., the storm broke. The insurgents
carried Gaul, Britannia and seven
teen other doubtful st"+ns. and the
Forum Immediately assembled anc
made November the eleventh month
of the year.
i The festive colt will sniff the all
and don his heavy underhair, and the
| frenzied candidate will jump and hoI
around upon the stump. He'll point
with fear and suck and blow the at
mosphere, and then, together will
his cult, await with prayer the re
suit.
Does reason APPLY hold its sway, Of
i is it madness for a day will tell the
people what to think and put the
country on the blink? One cannot tel
but must abide the count that see;
him justified in courage, confidence
or doubt, according; as it may turn
out. X"
, One thing alone is sure, it seems
and that is this: No one esteems a
patriot in politics. We only trust him
! while he sticks to war, with all Its
thrill and throb The moment that
he wants a job somewhat conspicuous
for pay, by Jove. we don't know what
! to say. y.
But whether we do i'll or well, cleo
ticn day alone can tell, or whether
love for us or fear did any good, will
than appear. We have to judge me1
as we may, and where the candidates
! all say about the same thing in the
end, one scarcely knows who is
| friend.
At any rate. the snow will fly, ant
the wild duck spin across the sky
with both eyes focused on the GROUND
| and his tail piece going round ant
round. The eager hunter will deploJ