La Junta tribune., 1917-11-01
STORY OF NovEslsER
By AArsa.st r. Boyss

the story OF November for It has NO
story. 'Novem' Is the Latin word for
nine. So when the year had but ten
months that name was given It. And
the ninth It continued. even after
It had become the eleventh month.
The Saxons had another name for
It. but It is not pretty. They called
II the blood month, because in this
month they killed great many cat
tie to eat in winter.
Just as they had done in all the
Others, the Romans had several
feasts in this month. One was given
in honor Of Jupiter, or Jove. as they
called him sometimes. AS he was
their greatest god. OF course he must
have the greatest feast.
I'VE don't have to honor Jupiter.
but We do have two holidays in No
vember. The first is Election Day
a holiday that does not make much
difference to boys and girls. perhaps
you think. But still 1t does. For the
boys will be men sometime. and can
20 to vote for themselves, and the
boys and girls each have to live un-
der the laws made by the men who
are chosen on Election Day.
1T was from the brave little
country called Holland that we
learned how to vote by ballot. But
their elections were little bit dif-
ferent from ours. They used to be-
gin with services in the churches
Just as II II were Sunday morning.
Then at noon forty men would meet
in the town hall. There the presi-
dent would talk 10 them, telling them
they must be very careful to choose
the best men to govern the state for
the next year. After praying to God
to help them. each one would go to
table in the room and write down
the names OF the persons whom he
wanted in office next year. I have
never been to an election. But II
seems to me ours are quite different
from those OF the old Dutchmen.
"Our next holiday seems one for
everybody. from the real old grand
pa and grandma. down to the tiniest
child. Perhaps Thanksgiving never
comes that some one does not remind
us OF the first Thanksgiving. II was
celebrated at Plymouth. Mass. near
ly three hundred years ago. You
remember all about how the Pilgrims
left their homes In England and
came here that they might worship
God as they pleased. and not as the
rulers OF England thought they
should.
THAT first Thanksgiving dinner
must have been very different from
the one we enjoy on that day. Al
ways wish we could have little Puri-
tan with US on those days. How sur
prised he would have been At the
well filled table with It's beautiful
China. glass and Flowers!
The many good things we have
to eat would have looked and tasted
very strange to him. For you no
member Wild game and corn were all
they had At their dinner. Then when
you turned on the electric lights.
how little Puritan would have opsasd
bis eyes! They are 20 very much
brighter than tallow candles I Am
sure he would have thought him
sslf IN fairylaad. II you had told
hin they we're naas from lisAtnias
! fear hs would not have believed
Jos were tslltn9 the truth. VI
"EvsrytAiAs ahost your Aouas
would have sur,sissd hin. froa ~
pretty furniture sad cssDsts 70 III
suaniAs water. ssd The heat that
esas out Of . hole II The moor. II
"Aftss - I'D sssa svssy thiaa
thsss yoa eosia have taksa hin o.,
Of door. What DO you sspsoss n
would have tA9ssht Of The crowded
city ssrssts. With thsis haadsoms
stores? Little PusttaA's mother "a
Dot uss % DO mach shoDDins. Hia
elosAss vsrs nsas froa the wool osf
ths hack OF The sheep. His mother
had spun he wool into thrssd.
vovse the thread iato CLOTH. Aysd II.
aal q last made Il ~ iate . ssit
III far liailo puPiian
IN those my shops thses would
have bssa many thinss that little
Puritan would not have ksows q III.
snd hs would have besa coastaatly
asking you What they we're. end what
they we're for. when you went
II back ipto the stsssts and he Nv the