Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29
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from the
Democrats Pen

giving Day coming this week. Reck-
on ought to look in the opposite di-
rection and say it came yesterday,
SEEM as how this so-called paper
comes out on Friday. But, as you
all know, try to get this column off
my mind on Tuesdays; therefore, I
say the second day of thanks is yet
to dawn.
I don't know what you people did
about these two holidays, they come
so quick and go so quick you can
hardly see 'em as they pass. Reminds
me of what was said about some Of
The trains that whizzed by the
nonstop stations out West. It
was told that it took two men to
Gee 'em; one to say, "Here she
somes!" and another to say, "There
she goes!" The first man couldn't
turn his head quickly enough, so an
other man was strung on to COM
plete the story.
Of course, it was impossible for
country printer to celebrate two
Thanksgivings in the usual way, so
far as catering to the inner man is
concerned. He wanted to please the
President, and he also wanted to pay
Difference to those Puritans who orig
mated the idea; and, in order to do
so, I had to sorta economize, and
have left-overs for next Thursday,
so that I could do partial honor to
the New England pioneers, and also
to a pioneer in another direction
the Third Term Franklin Delano
Roosevelt.
How-some-ever, I reckon it won't
do any Of US much damage to be
doubly thankful. All we got to do is
TO read the headlines of the daily
papers and learn just a little about
what is going on across the Big
Ditch. If any one fails to be thank
full that he resides on Cis-Atlantic
shores, then I'll send him across with
q letter of introduction to Der Fuh-
1er, Herr Hitler, Das Blitz Krieg,
or any other disturber of world peace;
(seems as if my German is just little
helter-skelter, and he wouldn't meet
many distinguished citizens on 10th
er side if he should depend upon the
latitude and longitude of my &C.
quaintanceship.
But, something else occurs to me
also and again: Those same headlines
are not altogether concerned with
what's going on in Europe. These
United States are not partaking al
together of sweetmeats when the
daily menu of happenings is served
up. Strikes, explosions, fires, ct al,
don't constitute pabulum calculated to
build up national and state vigorous
body politics, and it looks as if we've
got little question to settle on our
own cellar door in our back yard. The
best way to settle all that is just to
let Mr.. Hitler know where we're at,
how big we are, and how hard we
can hit.
I see by the papers that our Eng
ish cousins have sent a man over
here to talk turkey with us-about
Thanksgiving time is good season
to have such powwow, you know;
and I trust that the Roosevelt Thanks
giving Day didn't demand such feasts
as deprived the market of those birds
as may do John Bull the best service.
hope we may have some gobblers
over here that love nothing better
than a diet of u boats; some airships
that will show the Nazis just what
flying means; some water ships that
can shoot just a little farther and
bigger than anything called German;
and, if necessary, some doughboys
who will teach the Hun there is
something in heredity, and they still
are imbued with the spirit of 1918.
May the end come soon and happily.
Well, from Thanksgiving to Christ
mas is but step, amt it? I see
that the local banks are going to
give the people something to step out
with; thirty-thousand dollars are not
to be sneezed at, and while some of
it is going to stay put where it is
now, Christmas time is spending
time and some of it is going to get
away from the vaults. When it does,
the editor of the Democrat" asked
me to throw out a gentle hint that
some subscriptions are over due and
while one $1.5O doesn't make sum-
mer, few of 'em will make $1,000
bill, and that looks mighty big to a
newspaper man in these days and
times.
But, we aren't going to let that
surnrrrr NO Our creditors have nrnn1.