Mangum Sun-Monitor. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 21, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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AN ARTISTIC DEVOTEE.
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OFIGIfitflilAMSGIVM DAY
* ^ DR. John WILI
Dunn—How pale and careworn Mr».
Brown looks!
Gunn —Yea, ahe haa on her Lenten
complexion.
BREAKING OUT WOULD
ITCH AND BURN
Bollton, Oa.—"Some time ago my
feet un<l cars were frost bitten, v.hleh
troubled mo very much every winter.
My cars would turn red and swell,
with tcrrlblo Itching and my bee!
would crack. I had a sever© 6<^ilp
trouble and also a breaking out on my
wrlbtH and hands which would itch
and burn until I could not Bleep of
nights. There was an eruption on
my scalp with dandruff. I had to keep
my hair clipped close to 4<eop down
the Irritation and Itching. I tried sev-
eral remedies and cream and two
treatments of remedies which did
mo no good. Then I used Cutlcura
Soap and Ointment and I am now
cured of all my troubles." (Signed)
J. S. Echols, Mar. 12, 1912.
Cutlcura Soap nnd Ointment sold
throughout the world. Samplo of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Hook. Address
post-card "Cutlcura, Dept. L, Boston."
Adv.
In New York.
First Prison Official—We'll have to
stop giving permits to people to go In
and see the prisoners.
Second 1'rlson Official—Why so?
First Prison Official—Too much con- !
fusion. Thoy keep getting In the way j
of the fellows who are escaping.—
Puck.
Brain Fag.
"Poor Dickey has nervous prostra-
tion."
"What caused it?"
"He designed all the menu cards
for his cousin's pink tea."
Dr. Plonse's Pleasant 1V1 lets first put up
40 years ugo. Thry regulato aixl invigorate
■tomarh, liver and bowels. Kugur-uoutod
Uiiy granules. Adv.
The more the trusts want tbe less
the common people get.
Here's Your Chance
To Own a Callle
Ranch or Stock Farm
It is the basis for the most independent
existence of the times. Cattle are high,
gr.tss is scarce and cannot be leased for
any length of time. The Spur Ranch
(Texas) is a famous old-time ranch now
being cut up, and from it you- can get one
section or fifty, with any desired combina-
tion of spleudid farming land for raising
winter feed. Prices low — terms easy.
Secure your ranch tract before it is
too late. Many selections in many sizes.
We also offer straight farming lands. Write
Chqs. A. Jones, Manager for
S. M. Swenson & Sons, Spur, Tex.
Cost-
The Original Price of a
(IdeaJ
For
^ is trifling. It is spread {
^over a number of A
^years. Long after j
k the cost is forgot-
\ ten the recollcc-^
^tion of quality^
^remains, j
From the
Best Stores
livery where
L. E.
Waterman Co.
173 13'way,
N. Y.
'The Pen That^^^]^;rybody Uses''
CANADA'S OFFERING
i TO THE SETTLER
THE AMERICAN RUSH TO
WESTERN CANADA
IS INCREASING
Free Homesteads
In the now Districts of
Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan and Alberta tb«» re
aro thousands of Free
llotnestvadh left, which
to the man making en t r j
In 3 years tim«* will be
worth from t*> to p«*r
•ere. Those lands are
______ wof» adapted to graiu
growing and cattle raising.
BiaXLETT EAILWAt IACII.ITTFS
In many cases the railways In
Canada have been built in ad-
vance of aetth ment and tn a
short time th» re will Dot be a
settler who need be more than
ten or twelve miles from a line
of railway. Hallway Kates are
regulated by Government Com-
mission.
Social Conditions
The American Settler Is at borne
in Weatern Canada. He isnot a
•arly
itrange u —
mil ion of bis own
....—j settled there. If
lie to know whj ibeoon-
f tbe Canadian Settler it
ous write and aend tor
G. A. COOK,
m *. m run. ukis cm. m
«■i Cutllaa GofnuMCt Axrnta. or
wltMrMi Hop»rlntriHt«it
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Tbe Idea of Thanksgiving day goes back to
remotest antiquity. It Is a part of natural religion,
and la probably as old as the human race. In
written records we have ample evidence that the
festival was celebrated in connection with "the
fruits of the earth" by the ancient Egyptians, the
Jews, the Greeks, and the Romans. Long before
Luther's revolt from Rome in the sixteenth cen-
tury it had been observed by the Christians; and
after the reformation, thanksgiving days were
In frequent use by the Protestants, especially
those of England.
In old Egypt, when the harvest had been gath-
ereed, it was the custom to observe a day of
feasting, and to lay offerings upon the altars of
Isis, the goddess of agriculture. The Jewish fes-
tival was the "ingathering," or the "feast of the
tabernacle" mentioned In Exodus and other parts
of the Old Testament. This was more particu-
larly a thanksgiving for the fruit harvest, and as
It came at the close of the entire harvest, it prob-
ably was intended also as a general thanksgiv-
ing "for the bounty of nature" in the year that
had passed.
This festival appears early In Jewish history,
and, as it was connected with the land and its
possession, may have had a Canaanitish proto-
type. Its celebration was annual and each festi-
val continued through seven days. At the begin-
ning "two vessels of silver were carried in a
ceremonious manner to the temple, one full of
water, the other of wine, which were poured at
the foot of the altar of burnt offerings, always on
the seventh day of the festival."
Plutarch described this ceremonial which he
believed was a feast to Bacchus. He says: "The
Jews celebratetd two feasts to Bacchus. In the
midst of the vintage they spread tables, spread
with all manner of fruits, and live In tabernacles
made especially of palms and ivy wreaths to-
gether. ... A few days later they kept an-
other festival which was openly dedicated to
Bacchus, for they carried boughs of palms in
their hands, with which they went into the tem-
ple. the Levltes going before with instruments of
music."
Analogous to the Jewish festival and possibly
borrowed from it was that of the old Greeks, the
Thesmorphla. This was a feast to Demeter, the
goddess of the harvest. It lasted nine days and
consisted of sacrifices of the products of the soil
with oblations of "wine, milk and honey." Theo-
critus refers to it in the Seventh idyl, wherp Si-
miehidas says: "Now. this is our way to the
Thalysia, for our friends, In sooth, are making a
feast to Demeter of the beautiful robe, offering
the first fruits of their abundance, since for them
In bounteous manner the goddess has plied the
thrashing floor with barley."
The goddess of the Roman harvest was Ceres.
Her festival was celebrated annually and was
called Ceralla. It was a day for worship and
rustlfc sports. Men and women formed proces-
sions and went to the fields with music. Virgil
refers to this festival. He mentions the sacri-
fices that were offered In the temples and alludes
to the Joyousness of the occasion.
In one way or another. Thanksgiving day had
been observed in Christian Europe for centuries
before its celebration in New England. On the
continent, and for a time In England, it occurred
at Martinmas, which was a day of feasting and
drinking. Occasionally, too, civil authorities
recommended the observance of some fixed day.
To celebrate the victory of King Henry V of Eng-
land at Agincourt. Oct. 25'. 1415. a public thanks-
giving was held on Sunday, the feast of St. Ed-
ward. the king and confessor. Such a dav. too.
was observed in Levden. Holland. Oct. .1, 1575. the
first anniversary of that city from the siege by
the Spaniards.
Many Instances of thanksgiving days can be
pointed out in England during the sixteenth and
seventeenth cwitunes. In 1559, the second year of
Elizabeth's reign, Thanksgiving day entered Rota-
tion day. Then ti was ordered that thanks should
be given to Almighty God "for the Increase and
abundance of his fruits upon the earth." In this
reign, too, there was a great national thanksgiv-
ing day that is worthy of note. This occurred on
Tuesday, Nov. 19. 15S8. and was in commemora-
tion of the great victory over the "invincible
armada." It had been described bv Nlcol In his
"Progress of Queen Elizabeth " by Stowe. and bv
some other contemporary writers We are told
that "the day was kept holy throughout the
realm with sermons, sinking of p«alrtis bonfires,
etc . for Joy and thanksgiving unto God for the
overthrow of the Spaniards, our enemies, on the
eea: and the cltiiens of Ixindon 'n their I'verles
that day had a «ermon at St Paul's cross tending
to that end"
One legal and annua! thanksgiving day be-
cause of the long time It was auch deserves spe-
cial m< ation After the traltora In the gunpowder
«5H00&7rG wzt2> jTbRKgyg
plot had been tried and punished in 1605 it was
ordered that because of their deliverance the
English people should keep the 5th of November
every year "as a public thanksgiving to Almighty
God, that unfeigned thankfulness may never be
forgotten and that all ages to con^e may yield
praise to God's divine majesty for the same.
The "5th of November" continued a legal thanks-
giving day for more than two centuries, but in
later years it fell into disuse, and in 1833 was
abolished by parliament.
Long before the advent of the pilgrims in
Massachusetts, all rituals contained expressions
of gratitude to God for his mercies. In that of
the Church of England special prayers were pro-
vided for the Sunday service. This service, how-
ever, must be carefully distinguished from the
Thanksgiving day of the pilgrim fathers. Failure
to make this distinction has led to the groundless
claim that the Popham colonists "were the first
to keep Thanksgiving day" in America. The
service at Monhegan on which this claim Is bf»sed
was the regular Sunday service of the Church of
England, and while it had an element of thanks-
giving the day can in nowise be regarded as a
Thanksgiving day as that term is understood.
Contemporary evidence refutes all claim to the
contrary.
From "A Relation of Voyage to Sagadoc" we
read as follows: "Sundaye belnge the 9th of
August, in the morninge the most part of our holl
company of both shipes landed on this iland,
whoar the cross standeth: and thear wo heard a
sermon delvvred unto us by our preacher, gvvinge
God thanks for our happy metinge nnd saffe aruall
into the country, and so returned abord as-aln."
(Massachusetts Historical society proceedings,
xvii.. 102.)
The record made in his "Breeches Bible" by
William White, who came over in the Mayflower,
has far more significance in determining the
origin of our American Thanksgiving day than
the event at Monhegan. The record-r^ads: "Will-
iam White married on ye 3d day of March. 1620,
to Susannah Tillv. Peregrine White born on
board ye Mavflower in Cane Cod harbor, Sonne.
Born to Susannah Wh!te December 19th. ye six
o'clock morning. Next day we meet for praver
and thanksgiving." This meeting for "prayer
nnd thanksriving" was not on Sundav, but on
Tueednv. The fact th»^ It was not a part of the
regular Sunday service mokes it more n»arlv ac-
cord with our Idea of Thanksgiving d«v thnn
does the >'f>nhegan ev*»nt. But this similarity
is not sufficient to warrant our regarding It as the
orleln of the Americn custom.
The prototype of our present Thanksgiving day
is found in the harvest festival at Plvmouth In
1621. The long winter that followed the estab-
lishment of the colony had been one of cent mor-
tality and suffering. Scarcely half of the colonv
had survived It. "At one time during the winter
only Brewster. Standi«h and fivp other hardv
ones were well enonirh to set shout" In the
spring and summer that followed th«lr fortunes
Improved and hv autumn thev had cleared ti-aiv
ty-»lx acres and mnde It readv for ei''Mvation.
This Industry, too had bwn rewarded bv a boun-
teous harvest. vp* food and fuel c'<»*»t 'or
itfR pxizpxnYjzg'
England, Edward Winslow has given us a brief
account of the festivities. This letter, bears the
date of Dec. 11, 1621, and in it Winslow wrote:
"Our harvest beinge gotten in, our governor sent
four men on fowling that so we might after spe-
cial manner rejoice together after we had gath-
ered the fruits of our labors. They four killed
as much fowl as with a little help beside served
the company about a week. At which times,
among other recreations, we exercised our arms,
many of the Indians coming amongst us. and
among the rest their greatest king, Massasoyt,
with some ninety men, whom for three days we
entertained and feasted, and they went out and
killed five deer, which* they brought and be-
stowed on our governor and upon the captains
and others."
From other sources we know that there were
athletic contests besides the exercises of arms
which Winslow mentioned. No dcubt they play-
ed at "stoolball," an old form of croquet, and
"pitch ye bar," which Bradford mentions in his
journal. There were no special religious services
—at least there is no evidence of any. The pil-
grims had their daily prayers before breakfast.
In this service, and in the Joyous spirit that
seems to have dominated the occasion as well,
there was, no doubt, a devout thanksgiving to
God for all the blessings he had vouchsafed them.
It has been repeatedly asserted that this
Thanksgiving festival was suggested to the pil-
grims by the Jewish "feast of ingathering." This
is not probable, as the differences between them
are more striking than the likenesses. They were
of the same duration, each lasting a week; and
in common with all other harvest festivals they
had the same intent. But in the Jewish festival
sacrifice and worship were the prevailing char-
acteristics, while in that of the pilgrims they
were entirelv wanting.
If the Plymouth festival has immediate kinship
with similar events In the past, it has analogies
with the harvest home of England which may
relate them. The pilgrims were familiar with the
Fnglish celebration and many of them, no doubt,
had participated In it. The dominant mark of
each was the joy over the ingathering harv-st.
In some districts in England, too. the festival lad
continued a week. Richard Carew In his "Sur-
vey of Comwell," in speaking of the English fcs-
tival. savs: "Neither doth good cheere whu
expire . though it somewhat decrease) but >, Ith
the end of the weeke."
The chief difference between the two was the
want of ceremony at Plymouth that charactei I zed
the English festival. In some parts of Engi ind
the merry making was around the "nodiUng i
sheaf." or "kern baby." and In many places »he j
last load of the harvest was drawn to the furn
In a wagon called the "hoch cart." In front v<nt
pine and tafc»r, and around it gathered the »e?p^
ers. male and female, singing joyously as <h »v |
proceeded At Plymouth there was no opremjsy I
Thp !a«t "hock of com was not bro- * in 'ir-
raved in br'lMant finery." Neither was there u'v
blessing of the cart." or "kissing of th° sheavm,"
There w8B no harvest song so familiar in i»e
fatherland:
Patience is
No Virtue!
I inpatient with BMllMhal
rjwfizocx: os'rz/jy&YJ
HE Idea Is prevalent in the United
State* that our Thanksgiving fes-
tival la peculiarly an American
custom of New England origin.
This is true In part only. The
general observance through many
years of a set day on which to
give thanks to Almighty God for
his blcBBlngs has made the cus-
tom distinctively American; but
Its origin long antedates the set
tlement of this western continent,
and we must look elsewhere for it.
'WtMSp
*-v. V
i
Mr* II
lllKII" •
Too ptliantly do
many women en-
dure backache,
languor, dituior-i*
and urinary ilia,
thinking them part
| of woman's lot
Often it is only
weak kidneys and
Doan's Kidney
Pi lis would cure
the caae.
A M1MMOI Kl r**K.
SOS Malleoli Ht..
' I
ixl
c. pains In ray
houavwork «» • burden.
(•Ill# etopp«4 ihje« trnu-
ivd •nnojuncra fruin th*
una 1 bav« much to lie
ul for."
Cat Dom'i at Amy Drue Store. BOe • Boa
DOAN'S niYir
FOSTEK-MILB'JRN CO.. Buffalo. Now Yorfi
Hla Authority.
"I thought you told me that man
was a golden-mouthed speaker."
"Well, 1 had it from his dentlat."
As a mmmer tonic there i« no moliciM
tlmt quite c-ompnrrii with OXIDINK. It not
oniv builds up the nvntem, hilt tnken reg-
nlnrlv, prevents Mnlnrin. Regular or Tsite-
leas formula at Druggists. Adv.
After Dinner Joke.
In the great Pecos valley apple
country of New Mexico the latest ar-
rival is always asked:
"What Is worse than biting into an
apple and finding a worm?"
He 1b stumped. They tell him.
"Finding half a worm."
Hia Mistake.
After the services were over, one
of the congregation turned to his wife
and said:
"On my way to church I picked up
a button and put it in my change
pocket, where I had a quarter."
"Gracious, my dear!" anticipated
his wife, very much horrified. "And
you dropped it into the collection bas-
ket by mistake?"
"No, confound It!" replied her hus-
band, "I put in the quarter."—Judge.
Similarly Minded.
The village tailor only received oc-
casional orders from the vicar for
such articles as hats, collars, or hand-
kerchiefs. "You see," remarked the
vicar one day, having called with his
usual order, "when I want a suit I go
to London. They make them there."
Calling again a few days later, the
vicar remarked that he had not seen
the tailor at church lately.
"No," replied the tailor; "when I
want to hear a good sermon I go to
London; they preach them there."
Her Name Was Not Polly Ticks.
During the late campaign an Illinois
candidate for the legislature was driv-
ing through the country, seeking votes
among the farmers, when he met a
young man in farmer's garb, walking
by the roadside.
Having in mind a prospective vote,
he stopped his horse, and saluting him
in a familiar manner, inquired:
"Are you paying any attention to
politics nowadays?"
The young man stopped, looked at
him suspiciously, and drawled out:
"No, stranger; that don't happen to
be my gal's name; but ef it was, I
wouldn't think it was any of your
durned business."
This ended the Interview as well as
the prospect.
SCOFFERS
Often Make the Staunchest Converts.
Th»>n Governor
—the fi^t In *
This flm Thanksgl1
It continued a week
»rd order*
In a letter to a W"iid In
Here s health to the barley mow?
Here's a health to the man
Who very well can
Both harrow and plow and sow."
The man who scoffs at an idea or
doctrine which he does not fully un^
derstand has at least the courage Uw
show where be stands.
The gospel of Health haa many con-
verts who formerly laughed at the
idea that coffeo and tea, for example,
ever hurt anyone. Upon looking into
the matter seriously, often at the sug-
gestion of a friend, such persons
have found that Postum and a friend'8
advice have been their salvation.
"My sister was employed in an east-
ern city where 6he had to do calculate
ing," writes an Okla. girl. "She suf-
fered with headache until she was al-
most unfitted for duty.
"Her landlady persuaded her to qu\t
coffee and use Postum and in a few
days she was entirely free from head-
ache." (Tea is just as injurious as
coffee because it contains caffeine, the
same drug found in coffee.) "She told
her employer about it, and on trying
It, he had the same experience.
"My father and I have both suffered
much from nervous headache since I
can remember, but. we scoffed at the
Idea advanced by my sister, that cof-
fee was the cause of our trouble.
"However, we finally quit coffee and
began using Postum. Father has had
but ore headache now in four years,
due i., a severe cold, and I have lost
my headaches and sour stomach,
which I am now convinced came from
coffee.
"A cup of good, hot Postum is sat-
isfying to me when I do not care to
eat a meal. Circumstances caused
me to locate in a new country and 1
feared I would not be able to get my
favorite drink, Postum, but I was
relieved to^ind that a full supply is
kept here with a heavy demand for
It." Name given by Postum Co,
Battle Creek, Mlrh.
Read The Road to Wellville," in
pkgs. "There's a reason."
Ever i*»4 the afcere letter? A aew
aaeeara from time tn tlmr. Tkry
tree, and fall ef hnmaa
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