People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1893 — WHY HE WAS THANKFUL. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WHY HE WAS THANKFUL.

Reason* Given by a New Yorker for His Observance of the Day. I am thankful because 1 .am redhaired. I might be bald. I am thankful I am alive. My lot might have been cast in Philadelphia. I am thankful there is a young lady next door who practices on the piano two hours a day. She might practice four; and, in addition, might have a brother addicted to the cornet habit. I am thankful I am the father of twins.. Suppose they had been triplets. I am thankful I can wear a number nine shoe. I might have to wear elevens. lam thankful lam poor. I might be in debt. I am thankful I possess quiet tastes. Suppose I had been fond of Wagner’s music. I am thankful I learned to smoke cigars. I might have tackled cigarettes. I am thankful I can’t think of any more things to be thankful for. If I could I should feel obliged to write them down. —William H. Siviter, in Puck.

“If you want to stay here you may do so, but I’m going away on a vacation now for my health. When all the roosting places that are higher than a man can reach are destroyed and the lower ones are left it is a sure sign that a storm center is approaching.”—Chicago Mail