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• claim to the honor of having the “only • original” Thanksgiving day on the globe. Then along comes a long-haired historian with his array of facts and •our pride receives a shock. There is hardly a country in the world which does not give thanks for ■one reason or another. Some have better reasons than others, but they all - claim to have sufficient excuse for being ■ grateful to set aside one day each year.

Thanksgiving day was held long before the timber for the Mayflower or the Anne was planted. It had Its origin in antiquity when the Romans and Greeks held a fast day in October which they dedicated to the goddess of agriculture and followed the day of fasting by one of feasting ■ and royal frolicking, a day on which the chase and • all sorts of rustic sports held sway. Going even further back into the remote ages of —not our country, alas—but of the world, we find 'the early Egyptians setting aside a day for general thanksgiving and burning of incense and offering : sacrifices to their divinity of the crops, the Goddess 'Jais. For seven or eight days the Jewish “Feast of Tabernacles” was, centuries ago, held during the ■seventh month, which is November, and after the ■completion of Solomon’s temple the people that year held a 14-day festival which was a time of ► thanksgiving, and during which time they gave thanks for the abundance of their land. Living in f booths they decorated their entire homes with ' branches of the palm and of citron trees and then • showed that it was for the yield of the season as well as for the completion of the temple that they were giving thanks. Coming forward a century or two we find Thanksgiving day being held in England under the name •of “Harvest Home.” This day was usually early in November and it opened by a church service, which was followed by a day of gayety and feasting. Thanks were given in the churches for the benefits of the season and then the "masses” flocked to the .grounds of the “classes,” to which they were all invited. Here squire and gentry entertained the peasantry with free and easy dances in the barns, wrestling matches and feats of archery, for which jprizes were given. In the evening harvest songs were sung by the Hight of the moon, over the beer and ale, which flowed freely. A dinner, such as only the early English knew how to prepare, was served to these great - crowds of thanksgivers, and the Harvest Home day tended in repletion both of appetite and merrymakdng. Before the Reformation a special day was set apart in England for giving thanks, and after the reformation the custom was continued with added fervor, but after all, it is not from our English an- • cestors, as we might suppose, that we received the inspiration for our first Thanksgiving day. Neither did the idea originate with the Pilgrims themselves. They merely continued a custom with which they had become familiar and of which their natures approved, when they were living with their Dutch cousins. To digress just a little: It has been claimed by some investigators who stopped just a little short of the beginning in tracing backward that the first real Thanksgiving day of true American meaning was held by the Popham colonists of Monhegan, but as they were Episcopalians and gave thanks ■ every week in their regular church ritual this must ■be blackballed and cast out of our calculation. And now to return to the Pilgrims and the cus'torns they absorbed while protected in Holland. The pious Dutch, before the Pilgrims flocked to their peaceful land, had set apart October 3 on which to give thanks for their harvest, but more especially for their deliverance from Spanish authority. The

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day opened in this water-locked land with a great ringing of bells and over every shining doorsill there stepped into the crisp morning air the household's full number. Each Hans or Gretchen, clasping a silverbound prayer book, walked sedately to the various places of worship and there, lifting up their sweet Holland voices, harsh, perhaps, in speech, but full and round in song, sent up musical praise for the freedom of their land and the good things of the earth. Church over, the entire population for the nonce broke through their usual stolidness and there was a general scampering of young feet in game or dance and a clattering of older tongues in friendly gossip as neighbor visited neighbor or a father welcomed his large flock of grandchildren. The great event of this Dutch Thanksgiving day was dinner,.at which was served as central dish a queer stew of meat and vegetables which they called Spanish hodge-podge. For once In their practical lives the Hollanders became facetious, and over this hodge-podge they made merry and cracked jokes at their old-time enemy—Spain. The general “hash-like” appearance of the hodge-podge was supposed to represent the condition of the Spanish army when the Dutch had vanquished it. Even the children entered into the fun and kept their history fresh by gleefully slashing Into a potato or a turnip and chuckling as they swallowed the morsels. “This is General So-and-So—ah! Me eat him—• so!” Well, the Puritans heartily approved of the early religious services of the morning and their healthy appetites could not fail to appreciate the Spanish hodge-podge, however much they may have disapproved of the sentiment which flavored it, so they entered most heartily into the Dutch Thanksgiving of October 3. In 1623 these Pilgrims held October 3 as a day of Thanksgiving In the New World, and here we have our first true American Thanksgiving day. This day has passed through many vicissitudes since that date. There is not a festival on the almanac, fixed or movable, which has had the struggle for existence that our November holiday has endured. From 1623 until 1630 Thanksgiving day was held In America In various months, some of the Pilgrims keeping to October 3 and other colonists holding a different day by order of the governor. In 1630 the people of Massachusetts were suffering for food and clothing and Gov. Winthrop hired the good ship Lyon to return to England for supplies. For many days the vessel lay stranded off the Isle of Shoals, but finally put out. Winter came on apace, and nothing was heard of the ship. The colonists wero nearly disheartened when, on February 22, 1631, the Lyon was sighted, and the governor ordered that the day be given over to feasting and thanksgiving. This is the first written record of a Thanksgiving day In Boston; it can still be found In the Colonial Records of Massachusetts. It is an interesting fact that this first Boston Thanksgiving was held on what is now one of our most patriotic holidays, Washington's birthday. The first record of a joint celebration of Thanksgiving day is given in the Colonial Records of 1632, when Gov. Winthrop of Massachusetts bay, asked the governor of Plymouth colony to join him in is-

the barkeeper and his boss, who hap- , pened to be in the cellar: “Is Casey good fer a dhrink?” ‘‘Has he it?” “He has.” “He is.” As Miriam told it: “A wicked 'longshoreman, finding a new barkeeper in charge at his favorite saloon, ordered a glass of whisky, drank it, and as he walked out remarked: 'You may I

charge this to Tim Casey.’ So the barkeeper shouted down to the proprietor, who happened to be busy in the cellar: ‘Misther Callaghan, has Timoth,- Casey sufficient credit in this establishment to warrant me in charging some liquor to his account?’ And the props ietor called back: ’Has Misther Casey consumed the liquor in question?’ And the barkeeper shouted in reply: ‘Oh, yes, he has consumed it.’ ‘Very well, then,’ said the proprietor of the saloon, who was some- ! thing of a philosopher in his way—-

suing a proclanßtion of a public Thanksgiving dp. The invitation was accepted, JM in November, 1632, Plymouth colony and Mass.-bhiiHntt.H- -*lay colony celebrated Thanksgiving day together in J manner pretty much the safe as their descendants of g ' to-day, in religious servlceTand feasting and funmaking. T)T one noticeable omission was the great football game which marks the day in or generation. From 1632 until 1677 the New England records show that 22 different dates were set apart by the various governors as days for public thanksgiving, and that with the exception of the two colonies mentioned no two held the day on the same date. The celebrations, however, were held in October or November. In 1677, as other denominations had crept into Plymouth colony, over which the Puritan church had no ruling, the governor decided that it would be well to have the power of fixing public holidays, "whether for feasting, praying or funmaking.” vested in civic authority. Accordingly in that year the first printed Thanksgiving day proclamation was printed. Thanksgiving day proclamation was printed, setting November 25 as the festival. The law reads: “That it be la the power of the governor and assistants to command solemn dates of humiliation |by fasting, etc., and also, thanksgiving as occasion shall be offered." | This shows that the law called for only “occasional” Thanksgiving days and so tide holiday was buffeted about hither and yon, frotr October to November, according tc the pleasure bf the rulers of the colonies and (there never was any feeling of cerauinty as to the holiday.

AChat it wa^ held annually without break In Plymouth an' Massachusetts Bay colony from its Inception ur£il 1689, with the exception of the year when Kifcg Philip's war interrupted. there are records to show. In this colony the church and government alternated in arranging the date of celebration. GEORGIE ON THANKSGIVING Thanksgivin’ day comei ono|s a year because the Pilgrim band Was thankful that they had the sense to leave their native land And come across the sea to find a stem and rockbound shore Where they would never haft to bow to bosses enny more. Where thieves would not break in and steal and trusts would never try To gobble everything and let the little dealer die. We celebrate Thanksgivin’ day because the Pilgrims came In search of freedom where they knew that they would find the same, Where men would be as brothers, where the strong would aid the weak, Where libburty would raise her flag on ever' crag and peak, Where billionaires would never dare to chert for profits' sake Or break the laws that other men were not allowed to break. We celebrate because the hopes hoped by that Pilgrim band Have all come true, because there’s not an evil in our land, Because we have no wealthy rogues to plan and plot and scheme To make the libburty we claim a vain and empty dream, Because our magnates go to church and teach in Sunday schools, And everywhere from sea to sea the Christian spirit rules. We keep Thanksgivin’ day because the man who does his best To be an honest citizen is’ honored by the rest; He may not have a share of stock or own a foot of land, But all our wealthy senators are glad to shake his hand And hear his plea and guard his rights with all the jellus care They ever give the interests of any millionaire. We keep the good old day because no idle rich ignore The pressing needs of those where Want is scratching at the door, Because we have such freedom as the Pilgrims wished to claim, Because we never are oppressed and never splotched with shame, Because we’ve frightened Greed away and raised our standard high And kept the faith for which our sires were not afraid to die.

‘very well, then; you may just as we.l charge it to his account.’ ” —Harpers Weekly. Thoreau’s Philosophy. A gentle rai i makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the Influx of better thoughts. W> should be blessed if we lived in the present always and took advantage of every accident that befell us, and did not spend time In atoning for past neglect, which we call doing our duty.—Thoreax

(INDIANA STATE NEWS'I Happenings of General Interest in All Parts of the Hoosier Commonwealth. j

BANKERS ELECT J. R. VORIS. Meet at Ft. Wayne in 1909 —Delegates Instruct Executive Council. | Indianapolis.—The annual conven- , tion of the Indiana Bankers’ associa- । tion came to a close with an elaborate | ! banquet. Four hundred bankers and I • trust company officials from over the I ' state were in attendance. The final business session was held. Following | this there was a meeting of the executive council, at which Andrew Smith of the Capital National bank of i Indianapolis was appointed secretary । for another year and Ft. Wayne was . chosen as the next meeting place. 1 Just before the adjournment of the j final business session officers were elected as follows: President—J. 11. Voris, Citizens' National bank, Bedford. Vice-president—James W. Sale, Parmers' and Traders’ bank. Markle. Treasurer— W. S. Huddleston, First Na- ' tlonal bank. Winamac. Vlce-presidents-at-large — James M. | Scott, Vevay Deposit bank, Vevay, and I Jolin Mills, First National bank, Porti land. Suit Echo of Explosion. Fort Wayne.—The slander suit .of Elmer Hickman, a Fort Wayne electrician, against Henry M. Williams, a wealthy Ft. Wayne landlord, for SI,OOO damages came up in the Huntington circuit court, where it was I taken on a change of venue. The suit 1 is an echo of the dynamite explosion j in the rear of (Jus Jackson’s saloon in Fl. Wayne about a year ago, in which the saloon was partially wrecked. May Build Through Park. Richmond. —Judge John W. Macy, j In the Randolph circuit court at I Winchester, rendered a decision for the defendant in the ease of George W. Hill against the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company. The action was brought by Mr. Hill to enjoin the traction company from constructing a freight line through the principal city park. Admits Girl's Charge. Marion. —ElijiVt Harrell, 54 years old. once a justice of the peace of Washington township, and for several years an active church worker and superintendent of the Sunday school, on trial in the circuit court accused of attacking a 12-year-old girl, was on the witness stand and admitted the charge. Pawns Bible for Whisky. South Bend.—A case of unusual cruelty was told in the police court, when Jacob Williams was arraigned on a charge of intoxication preferred by his wife. During the hearing it developed Williams pawned the family Bible for money which he immediately spent for whisky. Quits Struggle for Poorhouse. Kokomo. —Blind from birth, but making his own way through the world for 40 years, William Nelson. 62, dressed in faultless style, entered the office of Township Trustee Joyce and announced he had given up the fight. i He was sent to the poorhouse. » Meets Death in Cave-in. Silver Lake.—While working in ! a ditch Gustav Alene, who lived i seven miles from this city, was buried 1 by a cave-in and died before he could be uncovered. Shot Hunting Quail. Bedford. — Wallace Miller, while hunting quail. was shot by a comrade, but not seriously hurt, his heavy clothing saving his life. Red Men to Dine Children. Greenfield. —The local tribe of Red Men is preparing to feed 150 poot children of the city with a Thanksgiving dinner. Is Centerville Pastor. Charlottesville. —Rev. William E. Whitlock of Centerville has been apj pointed pastor of the M E. church i here. Explosion Costs Life. Pendleton. —A. P. Hester was ■ burned to death and a story and a । half residence shattered by an exploI sion of gas. Plant Will Be Enlarged. Newcastle. —The Indiana Rolling Mill Company of this city is preparing to enlarge its plant. Bank Clearings Show Gain. Evansville. —The bank clearings locally for the week showed a gain of 13 per cent. Lay Corner-Stone. Greenfield. —The corner-stone of the * ■ new Carnegie library in this city will ; be laid Saturday. I , Wolves Pillage Farm Pens. ’ Laporte. — For several nights । i wolves have been raiding stock ’ pens in the southern part of this ; county and farmers have lost many I hogs, sheep and fowls. A wolf drive . was held. * - Wooden Mams Replaced. South Bend. —Wooden water mains i which were in service 36 years i were replaced by iron pipes. The t old mains were in a good state of presi ervation and it would have been pos- ' sible to use them several years longer. '| . •j Joins Union; Ends Strike. 8 Evansville. —The stage hands at the Wells Bijou theater went on a strike because the baggage of the company was hauled by a non-union r cab line. The matter was compromised 3 by the cab line joining the union. r • f Born on Friday, the 13th. ] South Bend.—Born on Friday. I the 13th. and the thirteenth child n is the odd combination which accomo panied the advent into this world of the daugbr-y of Mr. and Mrs. ’acob ■ Lubin.

FARMERS WILL BAR HUNTERS. Fear of Forest Fires Causes Land Owners to Act. New Albany.—On account of the drought farmers took steps to prevent sportsmen from hunting on their lands during the quail shooting season which has opened. The grass and leaves were so dry that the smallest sparks from a gun will start, a fire and farmers dread the hunting season. The land owners in the vicinity of Navilleton held a meeting at the close of the services in St. Mary’s Catholic church in that town and agreed among themselvf» to forbid hunting on their lands and to join in the prosecution of sportsmen who persist in hunting in that vicinity after they have been forbidden to enter the farms of the land owners. Farmers claim that every season they are subjected to great annoyance and often considerable loss on account of depredations of reckless sportsmen and that this year, on account of the drought, hunting on the lands is es pecially hazardous. Blast Fatal to Three. Linden. —Five men were severely injured, three possibly fatally, Saturday by an explosion in the engine room of the American Milling Company's stock food factory at Linden, ten miles from here. The explosion set fire to the building, which was burned. Loss estimated at $200,000. The explosion was caused by the bursting of the boiler. The seriously injured are. George Smith, Roy Mangus, Warner Keefe, all employes. Pays $125 to Fight Fires. Pierceville.—Fire in a clearing in Otter Creek township, near Holton, got beyond control and swept over a strip of country a half mile wide and three miles long, destroying all the buildings on the farm of John Lane. Gray Murdock lost $125 in currency in his overalls, which burned. Alienation Suit Dismissed. Danville. —The damage suits of Karl and Carrie Lindahl of South Bend against Rev. John F. Ranier and his wife, Louisa F. Ranier, formerly of Plainfield but now of Indianapolis. for alienating the affections of their daughter, Cora Lindahl, have been dismissed. Finds Against Medical Fee. Huntington.—Because Charles Lawrence was duped by a quack doctor, the jury in a suit against Lawrence for the collection of a note given for the treatment of the quack decided that the sum cannot be collected.

Fire Sweeps Spurgeon. Oakland City.—Fire which broke out in the McKinney building rapidly spread to adjoining structures, almost wiping out the village of Spurgeon. situated eight miles southeast of here. The total damage is estimated at $40,000. Solons Fleming’s Guests. Fort Wayne.—Stephen B. Fleming. newly elected joint senator from Adams and Allen counties, entertained the newly elected members of the legislature from Allen and surrounding counties at his home here. Killed in Fall from Cliff. Frankfort. —Frankfort friends have received word of the death of a former Frankfort young man. Bert Davis, who lost his life by falling from a high cliff at Necaxa. Mex. Let $40,000 School Contract. Franklin. — The Franklin school board has let a contract for a $40,000 high school building. The building is to be completed by August 1. Proves He Is Not Forger. Shelbyville. —By establishing an alibi John Thrasher cleared him self of a charge of forgery. Two forged checks were passed here and one in Greensburg. John Gregory Drops Dead. Williamsport. — Death came suddenly to John Gregory, 64 years old, veteran editor, as he was talking with friends on the street here. Treasurer Files Bond. Greenfield. —The bond of Philander Collyer, the newly elected treasurer of Hancock county, was filed in the sum of SIOO,OOO. Confer Master Degree. South Bend. —Past masters conferred the master Mason degree at a meeting of the South Bend lodge. No. 249. Fourth Wife Asks Divorce. Marion. —Isaac Smithson was made the defendant in an action for divorce instituted by his fourth wife. Maggie Smithson. She asks for the restoration of her former name. Maggie Wariner, and SI,OOO alimony. Raid Alleged "Blind Pig.” Wabash. — Beer found on the premises of J. W. Sisk of North Manchester was turned over to Prosecutor Carpenter by Deputy Sheriff Vrooman. It was alleged Sisk, in dry territory, was running a "blind pig." Ask Entrance to City. Evansville. —The Big Four Kail- , road Company, which proposes to build an extension from here to Mt. Carmel, 111., has filed a petition with the board of works asking for an entrance into the city. Hunters Rush for Licenses. Shelbyville. — County Clerk Diet zer has been quite busy issuing hunters’ licenses, the season for shooting quail having ened. There have J been over 100 licenses issued up to j The present time.

Tvxjth and Qaality' appeal to the Well-Informed in every walk of life and arc essential to permanent success and creditable standing. Accoringly, it is not claimed that Syrup of 1 igs and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of known value, but one of many reasons why it is the best of personal and family laxatives is the fact that it cleanses, sweetens and relieves the internal organs on which it acts without any debilitating after effects and without having to increase the quantity from time to time. It acts pleasantly and naturally and truly as a laxative, and its component parts are known to and approved by physicians, as it is free from all objectionable substances. To get its beneficial effects always purchase the genuine—manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading druggists. NOT EXACTLY. Flossie Footlight—Part of the Jap- | anese wedding ceremony consists in the burning of the discarded toys of the bride. Winnie Wings—Horrors! You don't mean cremating her cast-off lovers, do you? FUN FOR "HAPPY COUPLE.” Modern Wedding Described with Possibly Slight Exaggeration. The young pair had so many friends that the police were quite unable to cope with the situation. The bride was headed up in a barrel and thrown into the river, while the groom was bound and gagged and suspended by his feet.from a tall tree. At this point the military was called out and arrived at double quick just in time to save the baggage from being pasted over with insulting placards. A number of shot were exchanged. At a late hour the city was reported quiet and the authorities, though not denying the popularity of the high contracting parties, were confident that there would be no more violence. —Puck. SEVERE HEMORRHOIDS Sores, and Itching Eczema —Doctor Thought an Operation Necessary —Cuticura’s Efficacy Proven.

“I am now SO years old, and three years ago I was taken with an attack of piles (hemorrhoids), bleeding' and protruding. The doctor said the only help for me was to go to a hospital and be operated on. I tried several remedies for months but did not get much help. During this time sores appeared which changed to a terrible itching eczema. Then I began to use Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills, injecting a quantity of Cuticura Ointment with a Cuticura Suppository Syringe. It took a month of this treatment to get me in a fairly healthy state and then I treated myself once a day for three months and. after that, once or twice a week. The treatments I tried took a lot of money, and it is fortunate that I used Cuticura. J. H. Henderson, Hopkinton, N. Y.. Apr. 26. 1907.” Mark Twain on Art. Mark Twain and a party of friends recently went to visit the studio of a young sculptor who is coming rapidly into public notice. One of the pieces which was admired greatly by the majority of the party was the figure or a young woman coiling up her hair. Mark listened to the encomiums in silence, and when urged for an expression of opinion said slowly: "It is beautiful, but it is not true to nature.” All expressed their surprise at this unexpected verdict and demanded his reasons. “She ought to have her mouth full of hairpins.” replied Tom Sawyer's father. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they canuot reach -he Jiseaaed portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that Is by constitutional remedies Deafness Is caused by an inflamed Condit i of Uh mucous lining of the Kuslachian fube. When this tube Is inflamed you have a rumbim- sound or imperfect hearing. and when It n entirely cioard. I'-eaf-ness Is the result, and unlesa the inflammation eaa be taken out and this tube restored to us normal cvnditioa. hearing will be destroyed forever nine • uses out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed uindlUtn of the mucous surfaceWe will give One Hundred Dollars tor any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh! that cannot be cured by Hall s Catarrh Cure. Send tor circulars, tree. . J CHENEY * CO . lo.edo. O. Sold bv E uselsts. tie. Take Hall's Family PUIS for constipation Snake in a BeerSarrel. A party of foreigners tapped a keg of beer at I.ake Altoona, Pa., but could not get the fluid through the spigot. Investigation disclosed th© fact that the bunghole was stopped up by a snake. The reptile must have crawled into the keg while it was lying empty on the ground, and was drowned when the keg was filled. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy tor infants and children, and see that it Bears the /'“df sfUrt Signature of ( In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. in Days of Old. Castellan —My lord, the drawbridge which was taken down for repairs has been put back in place. Merry Kulght — Ha. ha! That sh ws it is an advantage sometimes to have a draw back The deepest thoughts are always I tranquillizing, the greatest minds are always full of calm, and richest live* have always at heart an unshaken ro I pose. Hamilton Wright Mabte