Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-24

The president of the United States
and the governors of the various
States of the Union have proclaimed
Thursday November Both as a day
set apart for the purpose of return
ing thanks to Almighty God for his
manifold blessings upon the nation
and its people.
4hat the American people have
many blessings for which they might
and should return thanks, many that
all the people of the nation should be
thankful for some that only a part
Of the people have reason to be thank
ful for and a few that only a very
few Of the people have reason to be
thankful for, Is known to all.
All American citizens have reason
10 return thanks that their land is
not IN the throes of a devasting war;
that In a large measure all the peo-
pie are free to follow the pursuits of
peace and that in spite of high prices,
famine does not threaten nor is there
danger Of a pestilence that shall cut
down the population with the grim
scythe of death. For a produc-
tive and fertile land unscar-
red by the destruction of war;
for harvests that are prac-
tically inexhaustible; for a Govern
ment that is controlled by the people,
founded upon the principles Of liber-
ty, justice and right, that exists for
the purpose Of bettering the condi-
tons Of all classes alike and minister
ing to the welfare of all, that main
tains q system of free education un-
surpassed in the history of education
and protects it's citizens in their in
dustrial, commercial and social ac-
tivities. Let us all be sincerely and
profoundly thankful
The wage of prosperity that has
included a large part of the, popula-
tiof of this land since the outbreak of
the European war in 1914 is of such
a nature that it would seem almost
sacreligious to express thanks for,
and yet there are some who profited
largely and many more who other
wise would have been out of employ
ment have been enabled to earn good
wages because of these extraordinary
conditions The few who have some
things to be thankful for are apt to
be that class of persons who forget
to be thankful for anything and that
is q dangerous condition to get in:
Dangerous for individuals themselves
and dangerous for the community.
There are very few whatever their
circumstances in life who have not
somthing to be thankful for; when
they have found and recognized those
things fop which they have reason to
be thankful, they have found the
means by which they may rise to bet
ter and larger things. and herein lies
one great value Of Thanksgiving.
The generally accepted method of
expressing thanks among the Ameri-
can people is to make a holiday of
the day set apart by official procla-
nation the principal feature of which
is a big dinner; this is alright as far
as it goes providing of course that
people have the means and opportun-
ity of providing themselves with the
dinner; but this does not seem to us
to be the sort of Thanksgiving dem
Onstration that will be of greatest
value to the giver of thanks or the
one that Is entirely commensurate
with the gifts and blessings receiv-
ed. ~
There are some, not the majority
who will attend some religious ser
vice, but. even this may not go as deep
as it ought to or accomplish all the
good that genuine thankfulness ought
to
There are not many who may not
find themselves in better circum-
stances than some one else. 1t may
safely be said that there is no one so
destitute that they may not by some