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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-19
old As THE RACE
Setting Aside a Period for
Thanksgiving Is a Custom
OF Remote antiquity.
THE idea is prevalent in the Unit.

IT HE idea is prevalent in the Unit.
ed States that our Thanksgiving
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 to give thanks to Almighty God
for his blessings has made the custom
distinctively American; but its origin
long antedates the settlement of the
western continent, and we must look
elsewhere for 1t. The idea OF Thanks.
giving day goes back to remotest an.
tiquity. II is part of natural religion,
and is probably as old as the human
race. In written records, we have
ample evidence that the festival was
celebrated in connection with the
fruits Of the earth" by the ancient
Egyptians, the Jews. the Greeks anc
the Romans. Long before Luthers
revolt from Rome in the sixteenth cen
tury II had been observed by the
Christians; and after the Reform4ion,
Thanksgiving days were in frequent
use by the Protestants, especially
those of England.
The festival appears early in Jewish
history, and as II was connected with
the land and its possession, may have
had Canaanitish prototype. Its cele'
bration was annual and each fest u
continued through seven days. At the
beginning two vessels of silver we're
carried in a ceremonious manner to
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
Plutarch describes this ceremonial
which he believed was a feast of Bac-
chus. He says: The Jews celebrate
two feasts of Bacchus. In the midst
Of the vintage they spread tables,
spread with all manner of fruits, and
live in tabernacles made especially of
palms and ivy together. A few
days later they kept another festival
which was openly dedicated to Bac-
chus, for they carried boughs of palms
in their hands, with which they went
into the temple. the Levites going be-
fore with instruments of music"
Analogous to the Jewish festival
and possibly borrowed from It was
that of the old Greeks, the Thesmor-
phia. This was a feast to Demeter,
the goddess of the harvest. 1t lasted
nine days and consisted of sacrifices
of the products of the soil with obla.
tions of wine, milk and honey" The
ocritus refers to It in the Seventh
Idyll," where Simichidas says: Now.
this is our way to the Thalysia; for
our friends, in sooth are making
feast to Demeter of the beautiful
robe, offering the first fruits of their
abundance, since for them in boun-
teous manner, the goddess has piled
the threshing floor with barley"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-19
THANKSGIVING Fable.

A turkey one day observed pea.
cock in the farm yard and immediate.
ly began to find fault with it.
you vain, conceited bird" said the
turkey, you are proud of your looks,
and yet you are of no value in the
economy of nature. Why do you strut
around and regard all others with dis.
dain?"
"You make a mistake" replied the
peacock. II am not now admiring my.
self, though l should be excused for
doing so. Next Thursday is Thanks
giving, and l was merely indulging in
a cakewalk because am not big, fat
turkey like you"
Moral: Beauty is only skin deep,
but edibility extends to the bone.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-19
NATION HAS BEEN BLESSED
Multitude Of Reasons Why This Year
Gratitude Should Be Widespread
and FerVent.

It is one Of the frailties of human
nature that when all is going well with
us we are apt to be thankless. But
when peril is imminent, when danger
or death threatens our loved ones, how
quickly and instinctively prayer rises
heart returns thanks when the crisis
is passed. So in other years Thanks
giving has been too frequently ap-
preached with a thoughtless spirit as
differing no whit from the years that
have gone. Not so today when a COM
mon impulse ascribes a tangible cause
for thankfulness that, alone among
the great nations, we have been spared
the horror or the menace of the world
war, that we have been chosen as the
custodians of civilization, the one
hope of despaiying nations for return
to sanity and peace.
For it is not alone that death and
destruction have passed us by, but
that, under Providence and out of his
bounty, we have been enabled to miti
gate the suffering of the wounded, to
succor the starving and help the help
less. More than this, too, that, as we
have kept the light of liberty flaming
for the emancipation of mankind from
ancient thralls today we are priv
ileged to keeN alive the vestal fires on
the altar of peace. Thus honored
above all peoples, held from harm,
blessed with natures abundance, and
constituted the guardians and ex-
ponents Of progress amid an almost
world-engulfng tide of reaction, we
are thrice blessed and should be thrice
thankful.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-19
GATHERS IN THE FRlENDLESS
One Woman's Idea of the Best Way
to Show Her Appreciation of
Her Blessings.

Crisp, cool days; ripened harvests,
gathered and stored in fruitful abund-
ance; tonic air-why, it's time to
give thanks again!
Mrs. Best, the wife of our school su-
perintendent, has an idea of her own
about Thanksgiving. IT'S one of. the
most satisfying seasons of the year."
she told me, for people who can have
family reunions. For my part, while
I'm thankful that have all my rela.
tives living, and all near enough to
accept my hospitality, yet l do not
invite one of them!"
THAT does not sound like a good
spirit toward ones kim" ! thought,
but, luckily, a good angel silenced my
lips.
Not that we do not load our table
and open our door," she explained.
Because it is a time of Homecoming
and of sharing your thanks with some
one else who feels kindly toward you;
those who are alone feel their isola-
ton, their loneliness, more keenly
than ever. Now, | ask on Thanksgiv-
ing those who would otherwise give
thanks alone or forget to give thanks
at all. can gather my kindred to-
gether any other day in the year."
This year the Bests are asking Old
Lady Curtis for one. All of her money
cannot buy her the companionship of
kin; she has outlived all Of her blood.
Jacky PEBBLES is to come, too. He is
an orphan boy from the country,
working his way through high school.
Miss Blaisdell, new teacher in our
high school, is several states distant
from her home, and she cannot afford
90 long Journey. She, too, is bidden.
Gene Bowles, our postmaster, is
patching" as his neighbors call it,
since his wife died. He looks as
though his own cooking did not agree
with him. He is to join the thankful
group around the Best turkey
Woman's World.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-19


trar's, before the sheriff, and in
church, in addition to the lunch, the
speeches, a subsequent visit to a the.
ater, and send-off at the station, all
within the time limit, had made a
confirmed bachelor Of him.
A bluejacket on Cne of the Harwich
destroyers made a strong bid for the
matrimonial speed record. He could
only get two hours leave of absence
from his ship, but he used II well. His
tiancee and friends met him directly
he reached the shore, and they drove
in motor car T. Ramsey church, a
good three miles. There the wedding
was performed and the newly.marrled
{ lple drove back to Harwich to have
top speed" wedding breakfast.
The witty Lady Randolph Churchill
says the nearest approach she knows
TO a marriage made in heaven was the
case of the aviator who flew over from
Dunkirk recently, married his bride
and then flew back again.
Romance surrounds almost all the
war weddings. The story of how a
farmers son, Sergeant Crees Of the
North Somerset Yeomanry, wooed and
won a peers niece for a bride reads
more like a fgment of the novelist's
brain than an actual occurrence.
The gallant sergeant came scatheless
through a lot of the stiffest fighting,
but the day arrived when he found
himself among IT, casualties" in
Rouen hospital. Thence he was i'll
valided home and sent to the Y. A. D.
hospital at Oakley Manor Shrews'
bury. The sister second in command
here was Miss Jackson, who belongs
to a wealthy Shropshire family, and
whose father fought and died for his
country in the South African war.
Lord Hatherton of Teddesley Park.
Staffordshire, is her uncle, and she
has no end of aristocratic relations,
all of which, however, did not prevent
her devoting herself to nursing the
wounded soldiers. Thanks to her care
and devotion, Sergeant Crees recov
cred from a serious operation, and a
warm attachment sprang up between
nurse and patient, which led to their
engagement and ultimate marriage.
Two members of the medical pro-
fession were recently made as one on
the high seas. They were DR.. Percy
Wallace First British Field hospital
to Serbia) and Miss Dora Woolcock
Of the Wounded Allies First Field
unit to Montenegro. 1t was when
they arrived at Saloniki that Doctor
Wallace and Miss Woolcock decided
to marry. She was bound for Monte
negro, he for Serbia. They found
that the wedding could only be per-
formed after a three weeks residence.
unless the marriage could take place
in a British ship outside the three
mile limit. Accordingly, ship was
chartered, and three miles from land
the marriage service was read by the
vicar of Buxton. Claude Askew, the
novelist, gave the gride away.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-19
Fortunate Americans.

When the American citizen looks
abroad he feels inclined to give thanks
for the possession of system Of gov
ernment which, despite partisan diff
ferences, commands universal respect
and confidence. The exceptionally
high standard of intelligence which
here prevails is guaranty against
sudden movements in opposition to
the established order. The vast ma
jority of the American people are
capable of analyzing conditions They
keep in close touch with the affairs
OF the world and with the circum-
stances Of their own land. They are
growing steadily in political acumen
and are becoming more and more eff
ciently independent in their determin-
ations. With every peaceful political
revolution they strengthen the nation
al foundations by providing outlets for
sentiments and diEsatisfactions.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-19

RAM thankful that have the power
to feel the glorious sunshine or the
gray rain. My heart fills with Joy
that ! can see the leaves and the
sky and hear the music of the brook
Grateful am that can appreciate the
height of the mountain or steeple and
the depth of the shadows, and am
glad that | can be uncomfortable in
the intense heat or cold, for that
means joyous sense of relief when 1t
comes.
WHICH one of us is not glad of the
w power to Judge? From the many
recurrent cases we can induce rule,
a law, a generality. And from this we
can make applications to specific in
stances. Is it not wonderful, and are
you not glad?
TOR my power to decide for myself
I am thankful. My freedom of will
is a precious jewel that pray / may
duly treasure. No one can say what
| shall think, for that is my heritage.
My thoughts concerning life, death
and the hereafter are mine, and | am
glad
THEN there is this country in which
! live. l am grateful that it is
here, with water around it, and other
lands on the east and west. The lure
of the distant country will prevent us
from a narrow insularity. | am glad
that we can govern ourselves in mat
ters that affect ourselves. | am filed
with JOY that men are born free and
equal and can keep on living that way.
FOR the position of woman in this
l country may | ever be thankful
She is not the draft animal of the
fields in some countries beyond. She
is not the chattel of the middle ages.
She is not the spineless creature that
was a well-trained echo of another. A
woman is the equal Of man now, ex-
cept at the polls. For small favors
alS deeply grateful
A NUMBER Of institutions of learn.
"A ing are letting us in at the front
doors. If wish to study sociology or
medicine or the languages, am nor
beaten into pulp by scornful deans
If ! wish to write book, | need not
be ashamed and hide it under sam
pier if hear anyone coming. Thanks.
awfully!
Glad am that can earn money to
" clothe, feed and shelter myself.
Father and mother should not support
an adult woman until another man of.
fers to take up the burden. / am not
hanger-on in the political economy
march, and / give thanks.
OF A power of self-expression let me
" never be forgetful. Let me be glad
that can sing when ! feel like it, cry
when am inclined to, walk when /
want to get away, play when ! forget
how old am and write or draw or
carve when the great impulse toward
beauty stirs in my soul
fam thankful that at some times
4 can be extremely miserable. Psy-
chologists tell us that that implies a
power to be intensely happy. Think ii
over.
ESPECIALLY glad am for the year
Il 1911. 1t is so much better than
1911. am glad that am living now
The heritage of the past is here The
greatness Of science and art is too
good to miss.
AND OH how thankful am that
"a can laugh! How much does
sense OF humor ease the wayl The
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-19
MAKES MODEL OF HIS JAIL
San Francisco Prisoner Works for Fun
Wouldn't Work for His
Children.

San Francisco.-Joseph Swanson.
serving a term in the county Jail for
failure to provide for his children, has
proved his ability to provide for them
if he cares to try.
During three weeks in jail he mod
eled a wooden replica of the building
in which he is imprisoned, with saw,
iackknife and a pot of glue. The win
dows are made of celluloid panes.
Swanson has presented his model to
Sheriff Barnet, who has placed it in
his collection of curiosities.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-19
Momen R2palr the Roads.

Harmon, Okla-Their husbands
busy harvesting the crops and at
tending to other farm work, the WON
en- Of Spring Greek neighborhUod.
near here, got out and repaired the
roads, and did u good job.
Luke Trent, the mail carrier. com.
planned about the culveEts and bridges
beiag cut. The meL were too busy
with other work. Trent said he would
have to quit carrying the mail If the
roads ana> bridges were not fixed
The woIphn used a p.S@ o1d a scrap.
er and in two days had the work done,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-19

Seattle, Wash.-County Prison su.
perintendent Hally has put an official
ban on the kissing of women prison
ers by visitors.
A few months ago he gave notice
that no more kissing would be allowed
in the visitors lobby Of the men s sec.
ton, following the discovery that
dope" in various forms was being
transferred to prisoners by the lip-to.
lip route. A similar discovery, he
says, was made in the womens ward.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-19

The queen of Bulgaria, whose ability
As a nurse has been manifested time
and time again since she established
In Sofia one of the finest and best
equipped hospitals, has again taken
actively to the work which she loves
10 dearly. The alleviation of the SUIT
Serings OF her subjects has always
oeen the thing nearest her heart, and
so, while the soldiers OF her kingdom
are marching TO the war, she is de-
voting her time and attention to nurs-
ing the sick orphans in the orphan
ages of her country.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-19
NOVEL FEAT IN SURGERY

Dallas With two ten-inch strips
Of skin knitting perfectly on his
back, David Reed of Denison, Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas railroad en-
Eineer, presents what surgeons here
state Is one of the most remarkable
surgical cases ever known in the
Southwest.
Reed lost two-thirdE OF his skin
surface by escaping steam in train
wreck four months ago. Physicians at
the time believed he would die, out
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-19
To the Harvest Lord.

Heap high the board with plenteous cheer
and gather to the feast,
And toast the sturdy Pilgrim band whose
courage never ceased;
Give praise to that All-Gracious One by
whom their steps were led,
And thanks unto the Harvest Lord who
sends our daily bread.
Alice Williams Brotherton.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-19
Eound sec pearI II &c lunch.

Toledo. O.--J. C. Wanamaker re.
ceived full value for his money in
restaurant at South Bend. Ind. when
he found a pearl worth more than
500 in 25-cent dish of raw oysters.
One Of the walters contended the
pearl belonged to him but the Toledo
man refused 70 give Il up.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-19

There is a dawning in the sly
Which doth world of fate imply,
And on each casual passing face
A look eXpectant you may trace.
The signs the veteran turkey sees
And with a deep and mournful sigh
He calls his numerous family nigh
And murmurS pointing to the trees,
"Roost high, my little ones, roost high"
Eugene Field.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-19
Rssslmlat Always With Us.

"Well," said the cheerless person,
Thanksgiving is all right, but | be.
lieve l prefer an old-fashioned Fourth
of July" "Why?' Its cheaper to
celebrate. A pack Of firecrackers costs
a lot less than a turkey"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-19
The Circle of Our Love.

The strange sweet life we have and own,
So wondrous is from friends we've known;
And those anear and those above,
Complete the circle of our love;
And when we think of these, and pray,
We keep in sooth. Thanksgiving Day!
William Brunton.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-19
Hear Our Praise.

For summers bloom and autumns blight.
For bending wheat and blasted maize.
For health and sickness, Lord of light,
And Lord Of darkness. hear our praise.
j. G. Holland
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-19
HURLs ALIMONY ON PORCH
Probation officer Gives Ohio Man
Lessons in Proper Way
to Pay.

Akron, O.-Probation officer Switzer
recently gave Harry P. Hood instruc-
tions as to the proper way to pay IS
a week alimony he was ordered to
give his wife.
Hood tied up $3.50 in small pack
age and threw it upon the porch Of
his wife's home. Mrs. Hood asked
Switzer to make Hood give up the
additional SO cents, 2nd added that it
would be more satisfactory If liz fu-
ture the money was paid through the
court.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-19

Reed was brought to a local sanitari
um, where the sixteenth patch of skin
was grated and the wreck victim took
new grasp on life.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-16
The Kaiser Loses One

a GERMAN reservist in New York con
a fcsses that he stole $4,000, OF which he
blew" $500, burying the rest in Jersey
swamp. where it was recovered by the police
Explaining his theft, he attempted to Justify
1t by the statement that he stole so that he
could return to the Fathcrland and fight for
the Kaiser. BY which it is apparent that the
Kaiser has lost one ambitious soldier
Ingenuity" in thinking up excuses for
crime reveals q degree OF stupidity that s
rather puZzling. For instance. recently a
Philadelphia man stole lot of money and
said he did 1t because he loved his daughter
better than anything in the. world She
needed education Clothes comforts, social ad-
vantages--and he stole to give them to
her. The jury could not be convinced how
ever, that man who really loved his daugh-
.cI would run the risk of leaving such n stain
uLon her.
In Western city not long ago woman
poisoned her husband. She said she did il
because he had brought shame upon her
home. and for time there was not a little
sympathy for the poor woman II developed
however, that he left substantial life in
surance. in which another man hoped 10
share when he was out OF the way. which nat
urally enough served rather TO discount the
sympathy story Of the murderess
II is true that there is rarely If ever a
legitimate excuse for crime, Justification
We Of this emotional country frequently give
way TO a highgrade hysteria and find our
selves signing petitions for clemency and
agitating fearfully. as in the case Of the ice
ling, who, being convicted Of heinous nnan-
cial ofense, obtained a presidential pardon on
the ground Of his serious illness, but who Is
now well and hearty. enjoying prosperity in
the open air in place OF his former limited
prison comforts
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-16

sions made hH the Indians in removing
projecting edges.
Inc pieces OF copper broken out of
me rock mines were hammered into
sheets Oh hiG stone anvils. annea,ed il,
me hre when they cracked, rubbed
smooth between fiat stones and then
cut into the desired shapes with sharr
pieces Of flint. The spear heads and
othcr implements manufactured in
.nis way were exchanged for other
valuables I'm the extensive excbans.
and barter carried on between tribe.
The indians quit working those
mines Mr. Brady thinks from gao to
500 years ago. This Is about the are
Of the pine trees growing over tho old
workings. His opinion Is that the
coming or the white man made tho
ceai them from the intruders.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-16
a Good Snort, Anyway

TT must be said-wth all possible regard to
President Wilson's admontions OF
trality--that the captain of the Prinz Eitel
Friedrich. whatever his present position i'll
respect of international law, is sporting
character by no means to be despised. Asked
the other day in Newport News whether he
?urposed after his ship had been repaired,
coaled and provsioned. to so straight TO Ger
many and behave himself. he cheerfully It
Piled that he hoped his was just
started.
or course. there is the possibility that Cap
tain Therichens may be detained by Uncle
sam. He will almost certainly be disciplined
by his own government for his deplorable
mistake in reference to the Frye. and there
are the British cruisers in the offing waiting
10 pay their respects to the gallant German
as soon as he gets outside the three-mile
line. But these are details upon which evil
IDENTIFY he doesn't waste thought. II he is
pirate (Which he probably isn't, he likes
the job. and has set out to hang up record
III that sport.