The Arapaho Bee (Arapaho, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 1922 Page: 3 of 4
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Oil the farm waa bright Thanksgiving
morn
With Its atacka of hay and ahocka of
corn
Ita pumpkin heaps In the rambling shed
And Its apples brown and green and red
And In the cellar the winter store
In bins that were filled and running o’er
With all the things that a farm could
keep
In barrel and bln and goodly heap
Hung to tho rafters and hid away—
Ob the farm was m pleasant place to
stay!
And here and there waa the Jersey stock
The sheep and horses — Old Prince and
Jock—
The turkeys and geese and awkward calf
And the goat that made the children
laugh
A pair of mules that a friend had sent
Out to the farm for experiment
Pigeons and fowls and a guinea pig
Dogs that were small und dogs that were
big
Chickens that were white and black and
gray—
Oh the farm was a Jolly sight that day!
Out back of the house the orchard stood
Then came the brook and the chestnut
wood
The old sawmill where the children play
The fodder barn with its idles of huy
The walnut grove and the cranberry bog
The woodchuck hole and the barking dog
The wlntergreen and the robber’s cave—
Wherein who entered waa counted brave—
The skating pond with Its fringe of
bay—
Oh tlio farm was a right good place to
lay!
The big home barn was a place of joy
For the romping girl end tha climbing
boy
With beams and mows and lmldera to
mount
Horses and oxen and sheep to count
Hunting of nests of sly old hens
Tunneling hay and rashlonlng dens
Helping the men to do up the chores
Shutting windows and locking doors
Letting some work come In with the
Play-
Oil the farm waa a Jolly place to stay!
Oh the pantry shelves were loaded down
With cakes that were plump and rich
and brown
With apple 4e and pumpkin and mince
And jellies and Jam and preserved quince
Cranberry sauce and puddings and rice
The dessert dishes that look so nice
Vegetables breads and bonbons sweet
A great brown turkey and plates of meat
Sauce fixed In tho daintiest way—
Oh twas a glorious sight that day!
Oil the farm waa bright Thanksgiving
morn
The sun shone clear on the hay and corn
The guests came early with laugh and
shout m
And the boys and girls scattered about
Seeking the pete they had known before
Climbing through window Insteud of door
Haring from barn to corncrlb or mill
Shouting and laughing with glee until
The dinner-horn sounded Oh I say
Twm pleasant -upon the farm that dayl 1
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In Holy Writ
Blegg the Lord O qiy soul and all
that la within ine blegg Ills holy name
Blest tho Lord O my aoul und for-
get not all Hla benefits :
Enter Into Hla gates with thanks-
giving and Into Hla courts with
praise: bo thankful unto Him and
Blass Hla name
For the Lord 1 good Hla mercy
la everlasting and Ilia truth endureth
to all generations— realm 103 il 2
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MEXICO ffs HOME
Domestic Species of Turkey Had
Origin There
Thanksgiving Bird So Wall and Fa-
vorably Known Today Novor of
tho Wild Spoeioa
At this time of the year when tho
fensting holidays are here almost
everyone thinks of turkey which ulso
took an Important part In the first
Thanksgiving of the l’urttans the
founders of Thanksgiving as we know
it today Little Is known of the early
history of the domestic turkey Writers
of the Sixteenth und Seventeenth cen-
turies seem to have been ignorant
about It and to have regarded it as
the guineafowl or pintado of the un-
dents a mlstuke which was not
cleared up until the middle of the last
century says a writer in the New
York Sun
The name It now bears und which
If received In England where it is re-
puted to have been introduced in 1541
was given it from the supposition that
it came originally from Turkey As
far back us 15T3 we read of it as
having been the Christmas fare of the
sturdy British yeomanry
Came From Mexican Fowl
Audubon one of the early pioneers
of American ornithology supposed oar
common barnyard turkey to have orig-
inated in the wild bird so prevalent
in the eastern half of the United
States But it has always been a mut-
ter of surprise to naturalists that the
latter did not assimilate by inter-
breeding und reversion more Intimate-
ly In color and habits to the domestic
form No suspicion until recently
appears to huve been entertained t lint
tlie two birds might belong to differ-
ent species
Our common wild turkey once so
plentiful in Pennsylvania mid New
York is now restricted to the more
enstsrn and southern portions of the
Perfect Specimens
United States while in the parts of
Texns New Mexico Colorado und
Arizona thence stretching southward
along the eastern slope of Mexico
there exists another form essentially
different which by way of distinction
has been popularly called the Mexican
turkey It Is from this species and
not from the other as lias been erro-
neously supposed that the domestic
fowl lias been derived
Many Differences Seen
Between the wild bird of eastern
North America und the Mexican and
typical barnyard fowls there are dif-
ferences which must be apparent to
the most superficial observer The
extremities of the tall feathers as
well us the feathers overlying the
buse of the tall are in the latter
creamy or fulvous white while In the
former they are of a decided chestnut
brown color Other characteristics
exist apparent to the ornithologist
The difficulty experienced In cstulv
Ushlng a cross between our wild und
tame birds shows that they are not as
closely related as one would suppose
Did a near kinship exist interbreed-
ing would more easily be accomplished
With the Mexican turkey matters are
otherwise That a relationship does
exist between the domestic bird and
the latter there can be no question us
specimens of the naturalized species
are often met with which are nearly
the counterpart of Its Mexican pro-
genitor differing only In the greater
development of the fatty appenduges -of
tho head and neck differences
which may be accounted for as the
effecta of the Influences to which the
birds have been subjected by inun
No well-authenticated Instance of ’
similar reversions to our once fuiulllnr
eastern bird have been known to oc-
cur which would necessarily have been
tho case had they been so closely re-
lated as was once maintained
ISO
America's Own 'Day
Thanksgiving la particularly our
own holiday It originated Jen and
no other continent tliun tills Ima It ’
Except fur the Ttinnkr giving' days ''
of the Called Stales auiF CVonda
there le In ell the earth no ofll cl:! -
caslon for returning thanks to Provb
dence by the people as a people Irrw
apectlve - of sect Christmas and
New Year's are celebrated wherever
tbe etwee bae feud Ita way: lade-
tbs Mly
MeaL®
Blow T) Horn of Plenty blow!
Call the corn from crib and row
Cfill the corn and bid it be
Banlsher of misery!
Tell the corn to Journey far
Find where hungry children are
Find where eyes of Horrw tture
Into lardera cold and bare
Btow O Horn of Plenty blow!
Make our thankful heart to know
Just how sweet It is to dwell
In this Land of All-poos-well
Land where if one field denies
We need only turn our eyes
To another there to find
God has been Just doubly kind
Blow O Horn of Plenty blow!
Those a-hunKer soon must know
That though they have been denied
We will seen them satisfied
From a thousand fertile farms
Borne by sturdy yeoman arms
Will po pins In such great share
Hunger cannot linger there
Plow O Horn of Plenty blow!
Call tho corn from t rib und row
Call the corn and bid it be
Punisher of misery!
Then n stricken lurid will bless
American unseHUhn :
Then a still small voice “will say:
“Truly tis Thu inp dav!“
—William Herschel in the Indianapolis
News
Quaint Song
egBJEgfi of Thanks
Through the hard days of the World
war while the men were fighting the
women of Amer-
ica were working
v a 1 1 i n g eve?
r'JKf&iA courag eously
StiJSteS NliW that those
lays are over and
Ihe dlfTIcvIt after-
math needs care-
f a 1 h a n i 1 1 n g
woman is stil! striving to add her serv-
ice wherever there Is need of brave
and pntient endeavor
Post-war times are always trying
ones Hence it Is with a little more
sympathetic understanding than usual
!h:it wo rend the lines of a quaint Id
Thanksgiving livmn Iteming the date
of 1733 Its author is unknown hut Its
sentiment holds true today though we
may wish to change the name of our
first President to that of some later
leader
The Lord uhove in lender leva
Hath saved ns from our foes
Through Washington tiie thing la dona
The war Is at n close
America has won the day
Through Washington our chief
Come let us rejoh e with heart and voice
And bid good-by to grief
Let us agree since we are free
All needlecs things to shun
And lay aside nil pomp and pride
Like our great Washington
Though we do not proclaim this
anonymous writer ns a second Shake-
speare let us follow his eouns-el by
bidding farewell to grief by luyirig
aside pride am) pomp and turning
tills Thanksgiving season into one In
which we remember only our mercies
and blessings which are many “Come
let us rejoice with heart und voice”
for whnt we have if It he hut little
helping tile less fortunate f It I an
abundance
:Day of Joy $
Thankagivins day! Thanksgiving day!
The plumas of celery' nre gay
Cranberry aauce In glowtng rad
The sun shines blessing on your head
And from the oven comee a whiff
That makee each llttlo tlker sniff 1
Oive me some white meat If you please
I’m busier than honey beeet
Thanksgiving day! Thanksgiving Say!
It's fairer than the buds o' May
Stewed ontone -sweet potatoes plump 1 -A
turkey perched on every stump
When folks on farms deride to eat
Believe me It's a merry treat!
Give me a drum -stlok— gravy too
And ma I drink- the health o' yout
"Theaksglviny' Dey" - trl
V Tie a good day to Tigv In' ur cu1-’
sndar- ' Nobs bf us J‘ would see It-
dropped wbstbsr thsi-s is much or
ttttls ts bs fliwlsM far At fswst
tWs Is slwsgftbw sd-
m
XrG cT ° a r 3g
— LouIh M (JluckenM In the New York
1 Tribune
EXTENDING TIME OF THANKS
Each Day Might Be Made a Season
for Expressing Cratitude for
Manifold Blessings
It Is human nature to pay more heed
to tilings which iliscomfort us than
to those which contribute to our happi-
ness The latter we accept as a mat-
ter of course aud do not regard very
attentively until perchance we ore
deprived of them when we promptly
number them among our regrets and
repine over them frequently
If we were to devote live minutes
a day to recalling the tilings for which
we us individuals or as citizens have
reason to he thankful we should find
ourselves much happier und the world
would be much eusier to get along
with In time perhaps wo should find
our thankful periods extending them-
selves und our periods of worry und
discontent growing correspondingly
shorter
Tills being the Thanksgiving time
officially designated for a review of
our blessings It might lie a good time
to Inaugurate a plan for being thank-
ful for ut leuat n few minutes every
day One docs not require to be a
Pollyunna to accomplish tills
Almost Ready for Oven
mjm
v pri t tA bdirari
wsM sn Ihe wsy MWtrd lb RMl MIN
f Ms Msscr -
Hymn
For Summer’s bloom and Autumn’s
blight
For bending wheat and blasted
maize
For health ond sickness Lord of
light
And Lord of darkness hear our
praiso I
Wo trace to Thee our jojrs and
woes—
To Thee of causes still the cause—
Wo thank Thee that Thy hand be-
stows We blest Thee that Thy love with-
draws We bring no sorrows to Thy throne
We come to Thee with no com-
plaint In Providence THy will i done
And that is sacred to the saint
Here on this blest Thanksgiving
Night
We raise to Thee our grateful
voice
For what Thou doest Lord is right
And thus believing we rejoice
—From “Bitter-Sweet by J G
Holland
TE)o Spirii o f
dxvm
"
As we read of old time Thanksgiv-
ing customs we realize that t lie
world has been traveling last since
then — away from Ihe simple and the
spiritual
( trie of tlie customs particularly was
qimliit
After tlie Thanksgiving dinner while
tho family was still seated around ihe
table each member was asked to tell
for what in tlie past year lie was par-
ticularly thankful
These recitals were aluuv- revela-
tions of character The small ehlldrt-
of tite family mentioned some material
tiling u sled or a doll for which !he
were grateful
The older children those in tie:
Icons were more oh-i t act Thi-j w
thankful for the ailvaitaes of edm
lion of family prestige or their 4uM1l
position — a hit self-rent ered perhop-
as is wont with youth in its teens
But mother and father m their ma-
turity of years knew that the great1 t
blessings of life were health and in
plness und their recitals of t batik '1
ness ulw’iiys included u word of Ilian
giving that the family hud been span :
Illness and poverty No thought ir
themselves hut thankful of son’s so
cess in school and daughter's improve-
ment in controlling Iter temper
The spirit of tlie day calls for ju-u
such a touch of spiritual introspection
It keeps alive that family spirit I ! c
Joy of an assembled family tlie partic-
ular source of Thanksgiving to each
member along with tho Joy of the old-
fushioned dinner
Old-Time Thanksgiving
A quaint account of a Thanksgiving
dinner back in 1775 is given in a let-
ter of one Julianna Smith written to
her dear "Dear Cousin Betsey" found
in an old diary
“This year it was Uncle Simeon’s
turn to huve the dinner at Ills house
but of course we all helped them a-
they help us when It is our turn und
there is always enough for us all to do
All the baking of pies und cukes wu -done
at ottr house and we had the hi
oven heated und filled twice each dn
for three days before it was all done
and everything was good though w e
did have to do without some t'liny-
flint ought to lie used Neither Lo
nor Money could buy Itaisin- hut m
good red cherries dried without tin-
pitse did almost us well nml hupp I-
Uncle Simeon still had some spices
store Tlie tables were set in the !
ing Hull and even that Mg room li-
no spaen In spare when we were
siated Tie Servants had enough a
lo get around tlie Tobies and serve
nil will out overset! in: tilings The
were our two (irnndinothers side :
side Tin ’’ are always handsome !
indies I uov u any thought ti
wen liiin-eatoi’ than ever and Imp
they were look upon so many
their desi c" I nits
Tho Crown of the Feast
"Tlier waa no Plum Pudding hit
boiled S e t I'uddlrg stirred thick
dried Plums and (berries was cal’
hv tlie ohl riae and answered tlie i
pose A!! the oilier spice hud I
used in in M nee Pie so for this I
ding we reed a Jar of West India
age r which chanced to
la "t shipment which U
ul from there We cluv
small and stirred It tlm
'luias and Cherries It
arv good The dny was 1
id when wo got home f
Idi'li father did not '
by reason of tlie cold
i' the fire In Uncle's D' i
cv the time the dinner
I'1 those of us who wet' '
ui one table was forts !
"ry our plates arour 1 t 1
’ the other table ”
' sat there wpre glr
:mos around to the
i rm All but the
I da screen put
THE BLESSED
Nancy Byrd Turner
November darkens to Ua cloee
They kneel beside their Htckertag
hearth
Without one little wistful rose
Is drooping toward the barren earth
A frost had bitten the 1 fruit
A blight had seared the hummer cor®
Sharp hail had smitten i the root
The golden barley overborne
“But oh“ he cries “I love you sweet!
What him 11 we rock of wind or weather
So long as we tan surely meet
The sunshine and the storm together?!
Her meager little garden prayed
All long July for quenching rain
The sad-eyed cattle left the shade
To seek their cooling creek In vain
The flowers that her hands had cherished
Tiiat made the borders bciruty-bright
l in y bowed their lovely heads and par
Ishcd
Her tears had fallen at the sight
"But ah" she breathes “I love you
dear!
It cannot truly matter whether
'Ve gain the year or lose tlie year
Just so we live the year together
Then on the hearth a fagot fa-lls
And breaks to sudden leaping light
A cricket In a corner calls
Slow silence deepens down the night
The circle of his young arm makes
A shelter where the dark had been
The old clot k on the mantel wakes
And cries Thanksgiving in
— Youth's Companion
SAwful
f
if ThanKsgiving Dinner Was R-
vcised How Would You Liko It?
REASONS FOR GIVING THANKS
As Nation the American People Has
Ample Cause for Rejoicing at
This Period
It Is three humli’ct years slnca
Thuuksgi ving day was first celebrated
on the American continent The Pil-
grim hunt) though they hud lost half
their numbers during the first winter
at Plymouth and though they were
beset by hardships and by the fear of
their savage neighbors found in th
survival of the little colony and in
the hope of a gradually ameliorating
lot Just cause for thanksgiving to Clod
Have we wlm huve Inherited the In-
stitutions and the spiritual Ideals that
they labored to establish less reason
titan they to be thankful?
Like the other nations of the world
the United States Iihs reached a great
soeial and political crisis We have
passed through a great war and we
begin to feel the burden of debt and
disaster that the war laid upon man-
kind Our trade Is disarranged
neither financially nor economically are
we so prosperous us we are wont to
he We nre n little afraid of the fu-
ture for we have been shaken out of
the easy nml comfortable confidence
in our own efficiency In which we hav
been used to live
I’ut great material prosperity is not
always a matter for thanksgiving It
sometimes softens and dlssipntos th
strength and virtue of a nation Per-
haps nations like men should echo the
prayer of Agur "Give in neither
poverty nor riches” We have enough
and like the Pilgrims we can reason-
ably hope for an increasing store of
comforts in the coining years Is there
not ample cause for thnnksgHing ’a
the fact that although the ”ntion has
been tried by adversity and loss and
nssiiiled by doubt ond misgivings It
shows no sign of losing Its heart or Ps
head? The gospel of hard work and
cheerful courage still counts most
Americans as its adherents We are
working our way out of the depression
that the war caused
We do not thank God because our
way Is the way of fatness and of peace
but because la the time of testing sad
trial our people are able to quit them-
selves like men — Youth's Companion
That Settles It
PAesisevri
W FlfAfrg
THank t
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Lawton, Jesse Wilber. The Arapaho Bee (Arapaho, Okla.), Vol. 30, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 1922, newspaper, December 1, 1922; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2307953/m1/3/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.