And down by the running brook, Among the logs where the old mill stood, Into every kind of nook. A cn by a hy oe op he 1, ol As she smuggled deeper to hide; : So baby awoke, and found the pest Tren ELI — - J Sy (©). 1930, Western Newspaper Union.) Holiday’s True Spirit in First Thanksgiving Some, surveying the past twelve month, may feel they have little for which to be thankful. Let them com- pare their estate with that of the Pil- grims. Let them test their courage and spirit against the courage and spirit of Governor Bradford and his little company. After all, there is more to Thanksgiving day than a tur- key, symbol of plenty, and a diges- tion-testing dinner. It is a day of retrospection. Another year of ad venture and experience has passed, and here we are! Surely we are riper in knowledge; surely we know cur selves and the world better; surely we have profited, even though it may have been at the expense of hard knocks. Rather than the material achievement, reckon up the spiritual. The Piigrims, that first Thanksgiving day, were poorer than they had been in England in goods of the world, but they had proved they could make a living in their new country, where they had the priceless blessing of liberty to think and speak after their own will. There- fore their hearts were filled with thankfulness, and they made light of their hardships. When we study the story of that first Thanksgiving day, we find In it the holiday's true spirit.—Detroit Biblical Thanksgivings The observation of Thanksgiving day may be said to be a distinctive American holiday, yet it did not orig- inate in the brain of Governor Brad- ford in 1621, as many people imagine, Far back down the centuries we may trace its origin through the ages of the nations to the Canaanites, and the children of Israel, who copied many of their customs. In the Book of Judges we read of the Canaanites: “And they went out into the fleld, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes and held festival, and went futo the house of their god, and did eat and drink.” The harvest festival appeared later among the Hebrews. It was called the Feast of the Tabernacles hecause peo- ple lived in tents during the feast season, in memory of the years wheu the nation had no settled home. First Popcorn Popcorn made its debut at the first Thanksgiving dinner in the United States: It happened thus: At the close of the open air feast Quadequina, brother of Massasalt, In- dian sachem, nodded to one of his attendants, The befeathered brave left the long oak table, went to a clump of nearby shrubbery and returned with a deer skin bag. This he opened over the table, pouring before the astonished colonists several bushels of “popped” corn, The English hosts of the Indians never had seen or tasted the delicacy before, It was as new and unique to them as tobacco was to Sir Waller Raleigh, FESTAL DAY They've sung the harvest home —Thanksgiving. Day of rest and peace. Day of prayer and thankful meditation. Day of rejoicing. Day, particu- larly, of festive board, succulent turkey and cranberry sauce. Day when the folks come home and go away with warmed hearts and bulging waistlines. Primarily, it marks the 309th anniversary of America’s first har- vest—when the Indians came over for “company” dinner with the Pilgrim Fathers, There have been scant harvests since that day; there have been wars and rumors of wars—and ups and downs in business, yet the nation has always managed to find something to be thankful for. At least, enough to set the day aside as one especial and apart from all the rest. “Thanksgiving” —grand day in the lives of all American homes, whether the harvest has been par- ticularly bountiful or not. Thanks Service Before That of Massachusetts While it is true the honor of having appointed the first entire day for the observance of prayer belonge to Gov- ernor Bradford—the first governor of Massachusetts colony—there is evl- dence to show that there was an earlier service of thanksgiving on this continent in a far different place. The year of Massachusetts’ first Thanksgiving day was 1621. It was celebrated on December 13. The log of the good ship Ayde records that: “On Monday morning, May 27, 1578, aboard the Ayde, we received all the communion by the minister of Grave send and prepared as good Christians toward God and resolute men for all fortunes and toward night we departed toward Tillberry Hope. Here we high- ly praised God and altogether upon our knees gave him due humble and hearty thanks and Master Wolfall, a learned man appointed by her ma jesty’'s council to be our minister, made unto us a goodly sermon, exhorting all es- pecially to be thankful to God for his strange and miraculous deliverance In those dangerous places, ete.” The Ayde was of Frobisher's expe dition, which brought to the New world the first English colony. The place where this first thanksgiving service was celebrated was Newfound- land. Besides being the first thanksgiving service on this continent this was also probably the first Christian sermon preached In North America, and the first celebration of the holy com munion on the shores of the New world. THE HUNTER HUNTED I wanted turkey for Thanksgiving day, And father said, “Of course you may, For we want a turkey big and plump!” You should have seen me dance and jump. Then father said, “Now, little man, Go catch the gobbler if you can.” So out I ran into the shed, The place where all the turkeys fed. Old gobbler turned and looked at me And gobbled loud as loud can be; He dragged his wings and spread his tail, — I just could feel myself turn pale. I ran out fast as fast could be— Chickens good enough for mel In All Their » These choice gobblers are pia of the millions raised in all parts of the country as the piece-de-resistance of the nation’s Thanksgiving table. Harvest Festivals Ancient Harvest festivals early became fixed feasts in November. Thus our Thanksgiving day is a successor of immemorial rites of agriculture, mag- ical and religious, by which the gods were thanked or appeased and the fertility of the next year's crops as- sured, Thus congeners of it abound in whatever dimly related forms all over the world. It Is a relic of an- client generations, Tibullus presents to us the spirit and form of the rites in his verse. Innumerable multitudes have reaped and rejoiced in the hary- est, and gone their way. In this coun- try, spreading from New England, it has become a day of family reunion and of ample feeding. a Thanks for All Mercies ~ Charles Lamb was fond of saying that one should not oniy give thanks at meat but for every experience of the day. What a spirit of mellowness and of wholesomeness, what a dis position of courage and hope, what tutoring In Judgment and refinement is brought about by living mo that the life shall be complemental to the best things of the age. a —- se | Dainty Presents for Friends at Christmas } MN PITY =e The source of Inspiration for this attractive hot-dish mat Is none other than grandma's calico patchwork quilt blocks. The pattern spea itself. 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