§ Mary WO turkeys in the barnyard were gobbling, and If we had been able to understand thelr language this Is what we would have heard them saying, several days before the last Thursday in November: “My father was at one of the merri- est of scenes last year,” sald Mr. Gob- bler. “He was kept for our own jolly farmer, his wife and thelr four fine children. The farmer's wife dressed bim up so well, cooked him until he was brown and tender, and then she served him on a big platter as the principal part of the meal. To be sure, she had many other goodles, such as soup, stewed corn, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, squash, pumpkin ple, nuts and apple cider, but he was the main thing! He was the center of at- “My Father Was at One of the Merri- | est of Scenes Last Year” and when he was brought in piping the screamed traction, on the platter, faced children and said: “*Oh, isn't he a beauty! The two { boys ate as much as they could, so did | the twp little girls with the blue eyes | and the soft brown halr. And so did the mother and daddy. But even then | my father had not entirely vanished, and with one accord they that they had never had such a Thanksgiv- ing dinner.” The turkeys, creatures in the hot, with rosy. delight sald ns well as the other barnyard, had gath- ered around to listen. “You are so proud of being eaten,” sald the pi and ducks, “and how can you enjoy be- ing proud—your joy Tr? Why do you want to be fed so much when it only means that soon you can have no more to eat, because a hun- gry family has eaten you?” “That's you don’t under stand turkeys,” sald handsome Miss Turkey. “We consider it such a splen- | did honor to be eaten on such ble day. We are not eaten any at all, like some creatures I know The other barnyard animals their heads. They knew of whom she spoke, and they were suddenly much quieter, clucking, quacking, and squealing in low volces, Mr. Gobble, cousin had begun to speak: was very fortunate in ori - is 80 soon ove becnuse ” & nota- | time of.” | being the Mr. Gobble, Cousin of Mr, Had Begun to Speak. Gobbler, saved for the farmer's family. And a great treat he was. But listen to my tale of a greater treat” They all drew nearer. “Gobble, gobble, gob- ble,” repeating his own name and the call of Turkey-land, “my father served a far better purpose. “The farmer knew of a family in the city, far from here, where there are no barnyards and where there are streets and houses everywhere, instead of hayfields and meadows and woods. The daddy of the family had once been n school friend of the farmer, but he had gone to the city te live, and he had had a very hard time. He, too, had four children, but their faces were pale, and often, often they had not quite as much to eat as they needed, My father turkey was sent to this fam- ily.” The turkey paused, gobbled three times, then began to talk again. “Ah, when my father arrived, there wis such joy! The four children looked at the feet peeking out of the box, and there were some feathers left on his handsome legs and around his week ‘He has fur boots,’ they sliout- ed, ‘and a fur collar. Oh, what a rich bird he must have been! Isn't he too rich to eat? “They called him a rich bird—they Aunt know he was ull greater than Da a rich bird-—one of the turkeys of the great Thanksgiving day. But their daddy told them how Mr. Turkey had come from the country, and that he would be cooked and would be eaten that day for their dinner-—as soon as he was nice and brown and while he floated In a little pond of gravy! “Now, wasn't my father the lucky one? He was used for children who had never known a Thanksgiving din- ner before. And weren't they thank- ful? Oh, weren't they happy! Such a surprise as my father gave them, such a meal ns he made for them, and how happy the little pale children were that there was a day in the three hun- dred and sixty-five set aside for Thanksgiving—and for turkeys! “While you creatures in the barn- ard got so many of the goodies left from the Thanksgiving table, so did old Dan, the dog, get the bones from my father—such bones as he had nev- er before tasted. Even Dan knew the “We were both right,” sald Mr. Gob- “My farmer's children were They always enough. They never needed to long for fresh air and a place for play- ing. And they did not wish for some- thing they did not have, So were the ily whom your father went They were happy they had and they were delighted your father and to have such a meal and treat. For them, there w Thanksgiving turkey. talked of better days ahead. “Yes,” sald Mr. Gobbler proudly, “Thanksgiving day is well named—a giving thanks because we Our fathers were eaten In those homes—the poor and the and In both made happiness great. And so will we make [ami to thankful. each other to share LOO, And as of rich, . % * * » od But hack of Thanksgiving day, back of the idea the it enting a turkey is the | Even Dan Knew the Meaning of the Day. great and important event of the day, there is something else, In 1621 the Plymouth colony in New England set aside one day of thankful- ~thankfulness for what they had; not for what they thought they should They had known hard days of struggle. Yet they were thankful, for in an new land they saw great things ahead, and it is our duty to see that their hopes were not in vain. : Thanksgiving day-—the day to give | But are we to be thankful oh esq nnd hundred and sixty-four days of grumb- | ling and of regret for what we don't possess? No! Let us have one day ns simply the first day of many, many others In which we are thankful for all we have. Not only for Mr. Turkey, | who is growing to be an expensive lux. ury these days, but for those many | things upon which all the hard times in the world will have no effect. Those things which riches can never buy-— night and the great warm sun beaming down upon us by day--trying so hard | to reach our hearts to keep them warm and sunny on all the days of the year beginning with Thanksgiving day. (Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Uniond Remember the Unfortunate. In the midst of our feasting let us not forget those who have been un. fortunate. No one should sit down to an good thanksgiving dinner with out having done something to relleve the wants of someone In need, It will not mean much of a sacrifice to provide a fat goose or a turkey, a ton of coal or some clothes or shoes for children, but to many families such a donation would be a godsend. Take Heart. A falr comparison of the past with the present is very apt to disperse the clouds of despondency, Temporary appenrances are often deceptive, but the larger experience of life is the more it goes to confirm the watchful Times, care of State Board Makes Two Im- portant Rulings Invaolv- ing Liquor. EE Board Reaffirms Its Declaration That Men Who Are Recovering From Injuries Should Seek Some Easy Temporary Employment. Harrisburg. State Compentation Board, in an opinion by Commissioner Scott, declines to accept the plea that, be a man was arrested and placed after an accident, it The case is that of Moshannon Coal Com- The man was being later The opinion says: evidence to support the referee the happening did not extend or pro- bility It has claimants that confined in jail he power. If this could be treated as a valid certainly Ifmmaterial hown that the disability during the time he was in been found by the The jail award. VS. pany, Clearfield county. “There is alcoholism, after accident, long the period of disa he was earning cvent is had no any defense, {it is iii continued il, us ie as the case of Dainty Laughlin Steel C ’ ones & pany, Beav oun lared the ¥ at Was ae ame to work "more or yasibly not tinue in he gine.” However, board find were is a ned him ant an Cambria { take ir imony of medica! not due fag opinion, for the was must be th cases of this A new hearing is refused Ameri ; an Exp granted Coal ( in Prybi ANS hut amp case of mpany ackawanna refusal affirmed an empl business | alleged EWer an a discrepancy in eaffirms it who uid board r are apo k iat men rest injuries are able ling a Pittsburs Prepare to Equip Militia, The uniforms for the new vania Reserve Militia have and are expected They will be both cotion and, with new forestry green color Colonel Jere M. Leaman. deputy general, accompanied Lee Luttringer, has been to New York rifles for the hew militia The new arm for the try will be a S0-calibre Reming ton rifle, and the cavalry will be sup 50-calibre Remington Arrangements for the purchase of the ments for the cavalry, nave the the Pennsyl been or and the few overcoats of the hy sent to select horse equip and it is hoped entire force fully organ firet of January next, and work started by that time. to armory May Change Highway Policy. The State Highway Department may lot contracts next year for construction, i rtortale Swing to the advance 1 difficulty in obtaining the car service interrup- tions caused by the priority Oi (ue government Something like 26 counties the state boroughs have accepted invitations to unite in improvement of streets which are on the line of state highways, State Highway Department as 985 bushels an acre, this estimate being made from reports from every county, which show a production of 30,653,900 bushels, exclusive of “war gardens” and not counting potatoes in ground on November 1. Willing to Sell Toll Roads. Ofcials of the Hatboro and War minster Turnpike Company, control- ling the “upper stretch” of Old York road from Willow Grove to a point north of Hatboro, at the annual meet- ing, expressed themselves ns in favor of the sale of the road and elimina- tion of tolls “provided a fair price is obtainable for the highway.” The State Highway Department is sald to have offered $125,000 for the road from City Line to Hathoto, 4 a trifle wore than ten ile, Sn PENNSYLVANIA BRIEFS HUHNE Frank B. Holmes of Stroudsburg Appeal Board No. 1 of the The fifth class In ordnance stores keeping, established af the Pennsyl- by the War De- December 12, continuing for six weeks, The government has detailed Serg. E. 1. Mack as Instructor. Engineers and medical inspectors Health Department to co-operate with the Penasylvania railroad officials in ascertaining the cause of the typhoid outbreak in the railroad town. The patients are mostly school children. In hard luck for labor, James Rees, who farms near Bridgeport, com- plained at Montgomery engine house, Norristown, and was surprised Sun- day when a truckload of men and women drew up and husked his corn The 80 acre farm of the late Joseph M. ‘Griesemer at Hereford was sold or $9,075. A carload of cows sold at Trappe by John Fisher, drover, brought $98 to $170 each. Bismarck, lebanon county, wants to change its name to West Cornwall. The State Highway Department hung out a at the capitol showing star ! Banks represented in the Seranton Clearing House Associa decided to fssue a cent each to of pennies ha service flag state 33 on cript good for help solve being felt seriously war taxes. Banks r¢ ne had over $820 Lu lt and the the shortage now to Very Owing that in thei: ported in pennie reupon dec redeemable it ava De ided DOW of McGee, her clothir was lighting a kerosen home Claysburg aring ams brought burned from wah from neck to knees Yanchsky, sixty-ni Bg ueers ag 1o Spring hos her Villiam wa death between st colliery, year injury has Altoons Rothert president of the agent Fire unfurled a ser the addre: Steck £5 ail ight ye: ' Michael Spangle: r of West Corn wall township, Lebanon county daily putting in her time in hu corn on the Span wtead A service flag containing 21 has been purchased by the Elks Governor Brumbaugh appointed volimteer policemen for McKean and Luzerne counties At the close of the Hazleton food and public welfare exhibit needy per- given most of the produce shiy- © gler home stars and fruit. burg of Huntingdon has condemned Altoona bulldings as “fire traps” be razed imme- Steps to round up between 40,000 and 50,000 men who have not complied with draft regulations, some of whom classed by people at state draft in charge ness in the Juniata valley. Governor Brumbaugh placed IL. R. Palmer, formally in charge of that department lift a heavy basket of cabbage, Cal- vin C. Miller, aged sixty-seven, a re- The body of Alonzo Shafer, aged by hunters in the mountains near Ashley. Birch R. Ober, farm bureau super. intendent of lower Luzerne county, has been appointed to the Clinton county bureau at Lock Haven. Main Line big houses are being congidered by the government for transformation into convalescent hos plitals, Potatoes raised on the Red Choss plats at Doylestown were sold in the armory as low as 63 cents a bushel and as high as $1.10. Walter Fries, who disappeared from Skippack four years ago, has written his parents, Mr. and Mra. Carl Fries, from Cuba that he Is in the navy. ‘WAR "DEPARTMENT T0 FORWARD GIFTS in France Must Be in Ho- boken December 5. Washington. Confusion In of the people as to just they may send parcels to the nembers of the Amerlean exposition. ary forces in France has been caused the the post been given and that some nce office department in fragmentary of the early rules amended, To make matter entirely clear, the follow- official statement has been given by Otto Praeger, second assistant general ; out been Parcel post for soldiers the Americ and civilians an Epedition~ when carefully addressed, will be for direct the malls Buch up to seven pounds soldiers and i the Americ packed and properly parcels may weigh the connected with Forces raay « is admissible to the post except peri wim bl on the long § Parcel post for the Greens need r xen, but ontain domestic wi to Fur Ameri irney wOoder 4) packed in the strong board box to assy : Unite Be Addressed, for the soldier must How Packages Must Packages Ad re he to the i ment and “American On ny apd his regi then must be added Expeditionary Forces” [It is not nec. ORRATY (0 > add the name of the apuntry. It will be noted that in the instrac- tions giv a prepared in the coven general's specifically ype : the words en above ar postmaster nothing is sald g the kind of thing the arsigiant con. which may soldiers and civillans expeditionary It is perfectly proper to send | sent to with the forees, sugar, provided it is properly wrapped. Matches must not be sent in any cir- cumstances, Ne must anything inflammable, except, of course, ordi packing material, be Included, must there be any chemical or! fruit in the packages. Candy go if properiy protected from | ther in the mail sealed and age can be sent, plosive nature must Jars of fruit properly protected against break- | Nothing of an ex- be put into the It is necessary tho. the parcel post | packages weighing up to seven : pounds shall be wrapped so that the | post office authorities may examine : their contents. The rules for the | packages which the war department | sends are given explicitly in the above comimunication. It is desired to accentuate the fact that parcels up to seven pounds in weight can be sent by ordinary parcel post at any time of the year, but that Christmas boxes which are to go by the way of the war department at the address given above ceived at Hoboken later than Deceny Abraham's Chair, The origin of chairs is lost in the dim past. The Jewish legends declare that Abraham made a chair with his own hands from a tooth that fell oul of the mouth of Og, n huge giant in Lis employ. i Expansion of Concrete. Concrete roads expand most in wine ter and contract most In summer, ac cording to the United States bureau of standards, because of increases or decreases in the moisture they con ria. Nerves All Unstrung? Nervousness and nerve pains ofien comme from weak kidneys. 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Co, for ten years A healing wonder for nasal catarrh, sore throat and sore eves. Economical Hw <msfioacy desniing end goodcdsl power, afl droge oe by ty aie FC Br Boom in African Trade. de.” ur tre here is state hat It chit the the trenches: How n ldren at } to going the the rifle and hand grenade but if we say fighting man xaggerate — Simon leview, front. and ch k ep niy conjecture, fo not e ten we shall in the Yale The Straight Tip. He—Are you sentiiental ? She--It depends, He—On what? She—On the restaurant and the fm. ner Show, flinns every . fy tan Strunsk)y Passing Breaks the News. Silence gives consent, but no mini who consented ever kept silent long shout it. = TW GREAT WoRLD GRAINS are combined in the
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