Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1914 — “Uncle Remus” Gives Thanks. [ARTICLE]

“Uncle Remus” Gives Thanks.

When a man passes a little beyond middle life, he is able to look at things with eyes that are, somewhat different from those he employed In his youth—at least thlß is so in my case. He is able to be thankful even for the small troubles and vexations that are sure to beset him; they give him something to think about; they give to his mind a broader and a finer per-

spective in its daily view of things. And this Is true of the real griefs and the deeper sorrows that overtake us now and again. If we are wise, we are thankful for the results that follow in their train. For myself, I have no great prosperity of my own—a thing I never wished for—l am thankful for the prosperity of my neighbors, and for the prosperity of the country at large. I am thankful that the public conscience has awakened from its deep sleep; that sectional feeling has been dissipated, end that the people of all portions of the country are trying to know one another more familiarly; that all my thoughts are cheerful, and that all my dreams are peaceful; that benevolence is tending to more practical results, and that charity Is more widespread. In short, for almost everything that happens, for I know' that .he remote results will be the uplifting of the spirits of men. I am somewhat old-fashioned, and I am thankful even for that, unimportant as ft Is.