The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-11-29

stop to think how new this
pun,ry is? Should you 60 to Rome
Du would find more old walls and
Monuments and buildings that have
cen standing for centuries. and still
estify to the past splendor of the
bee imperial city. Crossing the At
bn,ic and setting foot on the shores
England. the past greets you on
VERY hand. You are Immediately
badc aware that our friends across
b. water are living among old tradi-
ions, while in their ceremonials. as
Ehen n king was crowned with his
ueen at his side, they are keeping
h the customs and recalling the gran
eur that have been theirs for a thou
land years.
Over here. In comparison with other
bations on the globe, we are still In
Dur childhood and can hardly be said
y have more than reached the begin.
Ming OF our maturity. Yet we have
&irhty million people, and We jostle
khen we walk on the street people
ho have sought us from the far east,
lrom the islands OF the ocean, from
torthern and southern Europe, and,
indeed. from everywhere beneath the
Pun, To my mind there is something
kondcrful and significant and heart.
ftirring in the thought that a man OF
Pur choice In Washington in the
White House presides as our chief ex-
fcutive over our vast territory and
|pur mighty mass OF citizens. He sends
|put word in November. and 10! the
FhClc commonwealth listens and
Pbeys. BY one consent Americans.
native-born and adopted into our
Parks from abroad, cease from bust
|neSs, observe holiday and thank
GOD on the last Thursday Of Novem-
Der Everyone does not go to
church. but the churches are open.
|Ihere are services. there is exquisite
music and eloquent sermons are
preached. and the nation is thus up
lifted to a higher plane. and there is
Ill obvious reminder that we owe
|thanks to our Creator and praise TO
our Father In heaven.
Another charming feature Of this
peculiarly popular and wholly Amer
lean holiday is the assembling OF fam
ihes around the Thanksgiving dinner
Table. Again look back, not over
thousand years, but over very nearly
'hrec hundred, and you will see how
tgniiicant was the origin OF this
annual jubilee. In 1921 Governor
bradford OF Massachusetts issued n
Proclamation to the little colony set
,lnr apart a day OF Thanksgiving for
'he first in-gathering harvests. Should
you ever go to Plymouth, Mass. and
suoli through the old graveyard there.
o"rs would spring to your eyes even
now when you saw by the records on
.he stones that Death was very busy
u reaping the first harvest OF life In
new England. These hardy pioneers
VINO came to our bleak Atlantic coast
uat they might have freedom to wor-
'h'p God as they chose. were made OF
s,uf too strong to be daunted by
"lhess. want, famine or death. The
attacks OF hostile Indians In the night
u.u not turn them from their purpose
settling In the new country, and
women and men alike we're heroic In
u 'lr scorn OF peril and their determin-
sloh to snatch success from apparent
seieat. The first harvest was scanty.
Uut they assembled in church and
thanked God for 1t, and in their homes
Ney sat down to the best dinner they
souid provide. The wild turkey FUR
"'Shed the meat for the feast. This