The Keota news., 1922-12-01
TIE Spirit Of
Thanksgiving
MAM .

As We read ot old time ThonkNSlv.
Ing eusioma we realize that the
world has been travelling fast since
thea-away fsom the simple aud the
spiritual.
one Of the customs. particularly. MAS
quaint.
After the Thanksgiving dinner. while
the family was siiii seated around the
table. each member Was asked to toll
for what. In the past year. b wss par.
tieuiariy thankful.
These Fwcitsis were always rsveia-
sioos of character. The small ch.idsso
OF the family mealioaed sone material
thing. Q sicd OF . doll. fog which they
were grateful.
The older children. those 10 their
teens. ~esr moes abstract. They wssv
thankful fos the advantages Of st3ucs.
too. of family prestige. " their social
poA,tio0-s bit sr,f.ecnicsvd. psstspA
- II wonl with youth In its teens.
but mother sad father. 10 their ms.
tufity of years. knew that tho greatest
blessings of life were health aud hap.
plh~sA. and their scritals OF thankful.
hcss always Included word II thanks
giving that tbs family hsd bcca spared
iilasss aud poverty. No thoushi foe
themselves. but thankful OF spa's sue
eess In school. and daughters Improve
ussnt In controlling her tcapss.
The spirit Of the day calls fos just
such touch of spiritual ialsuspscsisa.
II KEEPS siits that family spirit. the
Joy Of sa assembled family. the passie.
uiss source of Thanksgiving 10 each
sasmhss. along ~ith the Joy of the old.
fsshioacsi dinner.
osS.rin.s Thanksgiving.
4 quaint account u . Thsnk Asivins
dinner back In i:.p. il given In . lei.
ter OF one Juiishas Hm,lh. written TO
trs dear -bvss Cousin bessry.- found
In an old diary:
This ycas u ~ss Caeie Slmc.a's
turn to hare the dinner sg bis housp.
but II eousss we sii helped then -
they hsap ~ When L II our turn. sad
there - always enough foe % oil TO do
All The bakias Of piss aud cakes wss
done at cur hoese. and we had The big
oven heated and alled twice each day
foe shses days hesoee Il wss sli doos.
aud svesythias ess good. though ws
616 have TO do wilhoul speue thiasS
that ousht TO BE- used. Neither Love
nos Noosy could buy Rsisias. but oar
euod red cherries dried without the
pltsp. did almost ~ vel. and happlly
Cnc,e Slsueoa sin had some spsces In
stoee. The tables were 81 In the Din.
Ing Hsll. aud even that big room had
no space to spare when ne wsse ell
seated The Servants had enough sdo
to get sruund the Tables aud serve us
oil without over>estins thiasa Thesv
were our two Crandmoshsrx side By
side. They are always handsome old
ladies. but no~. many thought. they
were hsndsosner than ever. and happy
they were to look upoa 20 many Of
their descendants
the Crown 81 che Feast.
.~Thcr WAS no Plum Pudding. but q
boiled Suet Pudding. stirred thick with
dried Plums and Cherries wss called
by the old Name and answered the pur.
pose. All the other spice had beeo
used In the Mincc tie. 80 for this 1'ud.
ding we used q jar II West 1ntiIs pre-.
served Ginger. which clanced to be
left Of the last shipment which Cnc,e
Simeon had from there. We chopped
the Ginger small and stirred Il through
with the Plums and Cherries. II was
extraordinary good. The day was bit.
ter cold aud when we got home from
Meeting. which father did not keep
sc~,s h~ eon~us, - he r~,l,t go