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<•$ -l: * "-f Ti- ^ ) " .; J v •<; -• **y >: yvv' *4T :̂ " a *4 „ ; •. •-* C"'.fc wv ' f i* ? " ̂ ® t«w Beside It was tham NKSGiVINdk MM we take d at ^•"*4 • • bay ud UW£ ' J vests of the y*m th Is gathered Ibs Dad: the fields we etefc trace from taU #,'s^f fireside meet; our peace to spo%c least repeat. J© irhaze ;;i%.:; i;: . t a i n l i e s ! i f - > topladl ies. v'« \j; earn with ttraimiuliiar tone 1 h« it passes by, v ow hawk, reserved, alone,_ . i broad sweepacroes theakfJS;' The cptfmd pallet, rich and tare, < { • Uei>p« which made the forests gaj "'A Quake# russet now they wetoV ' And even that shall pass away. Btit we, around our ample board,,fi,4 Confront the winter without fear," ' Whose fruits are housed, whoge crops are-- fe stored, ' p Whose Mtadlan Some is ^.-S^ihW'! ;••; v .'if •'»'• For all, may some good fortune corns, Some cheer to drive sad thoughts a#ay. Thrice happy friendships, love and home, And naught to mar Thanksgiving day. --Once a Week. I « N* »ny ff > . 1 •' ii" • ? "• pel«tte*#hidhwete hew pwrchaeê inUgae quantitiea from the Indiana. Well, (w fine sumny day there came a young ct^ain, who left his ship In the Connecticut and^tfjieh rowed in his barge stood just across ifc&foot of the till. He fellow, the son of hants in Boston, four or five and years at sea. 16 for his edu- run away * " the mast •>n to the wi the meado was a h one of the and althou twenty had He had gone tqi cation, but after from school atfdibi on a vessel bound tor At first the fa&harbsd b^en rtarf w, but finding th# abi^ able and t hat he was already second officer on an Indiaman, recalled him home, bad a ship built for him and provided him with capital enough to fill her with merchandise on bis own account, for the masters, of ships at that day were also merchants. He brought letters to Mr. 'Weatheringfleld, but in such a place at such a time any edu­ cated stranger was more than welcome. How qluch more this young fellow who had been round the world, had seen grange lands and sailed on unknown seas. 'The name of Weatheringfleld has, 1 be­ lieve, disappeared, but when I tell you that 'this youth was named Paul Marsdon you will guess half my story, as it was n^y ty­ rant's, and I have told yott that thii plafce belonged originally to her family. . To Priscilla's father and mother it came A STORY OF LONG AGO j like a blow that their baby girl wasa young " *] woman. Theyhad been loving her and ad- J miring her for so long that it had never oo . Said our host: It in true I have delibeis ately gotJ^ ycm,>ll d|owh\iffre, wherel knew politeness would prevent your rtu»» ning away, to read to you--don't be alarmed -=&'aju&."my last new poem," or the Ions dMbM "Original Americaii play," no, it's not, I hope, quite so bad as that. Indeed, I believe yop*all know I am a* incapable of mic%&|(»cbery' as I would be^K writing any np£<<of a play or aj&eia, *hich is my- log Qiuch. I will acknowledge this: You see tK^t- ifttle Woman there at the other end of the toble? Yes? Well, I hiVe fbr the flwfc ahdofily tlnse, except when -1 de­ luded her into marrying me, most outrfc- jusly swindled her. I have told her a cock id bul^story abqiiit what I am to reMyou, ittbe fact is it' is all about her, or rather the pi&ce wfcerfethfe people 6f ihy wife had lived some two centuries ago, I have tried to find out the details of its his­ tory and have discovered a most charming Story. The marked event refers to a Thanks­ giving dinner eaten on this very spot in 1698. This house was built nearly four years, ago. The first Thanksgiving day after its building we were abroad. Two years ago I had not learned its history. Last year at this time that little woman over there, wtya bullies me dreadfully and rules me with a rod of iron (satirical smiles from the com- jjiny), feut whom I am foolish enough to be rather fond of, lay so ill that--that I almost feared--I mean I almost hoped I was atxnlt to regain my freedom. Now for my story of 900 years ago: Among the early immigrants to Massa­ chusetts Bpy «col$njf wai ..S^|aon Weatl^rinjpieldif akv^Purittm ipl BbH^jfuis., His soft MatheW W-as if possible ciast in even a harder mold--a deacon of the church, a good and law abiding citizen, but with­ out mercy for the weak feet which slip in miry places. Let us hope that both mer­ ited heaven; they must have been most uncomfortable companions on this poor earth of ours. Of Mathew's wife, we know nothing of her character--nothing. We know she died young--probably happy to ^Soape--leaving one child, to whom the far ther gave the name of Hezekiah. This Hezekiah, for all his uncomfortable name, seems to have b^en *bf an entirely different temper from either father or g^ndsire. Of a soldierly and adventurous " et be distinguished himself while still ai a "man of war" in repelling and afog a band of predatory savage®, and fi an explore® of the .then little know^ country that lay westof the feeble English ^ colony. p Two diaries, or rather parts of diaries, written by his wife and daughter, have by some chance or through the filial piety of some descendant come down to us. In due time Hezekiah took to himself a wife. She was the daughter of a well known clergyman, and in thoise days /the "minister" seems to have been as much of a leader in things temporal as in things spiritual And now for the first time we hear of a wondrously lovely place which the young man had seen on one of his youthful journeys---a triee crowded hill from whose summit gushed a crystal spring so copious as to form a little brook that fell in rausio down the rocky height. Around stretched a level and al­ most treeless valley, evidently at one time the bottom of a lake of considerable size before the deep and rapid little river, which now made a great loop around the solitary hill, had cut its channel through the ravine by which it at present reached the great stream beyond. ' The valley was rich and fertile and ready for the plow. The river was full of fish. Game abounded. Fur bearing creatures of all kinds were plentiful, bears and foxes in the woods, and a few miles up the little river a colony of beavers had built a dam. To crown all, a house placed on the hilltop could moat easily be defended against the Indians. A few months after his marriage we find that young Weatheringfleld has hired ft small "ship." This he loads with house­ hold stuff, tools, etc., and a "younge bulle and three cowes"--which last we, fear from subsequent entries he used to plow his fields with, for he certainly did plow and sow, and I hear of no other beast fitted for the yoke. They sailed from Boston around Cape God and safely reached the calm waters of Long Island sound. Here a number of days \y;relost at the'mouth of the Thames, which the captain declared must be the great river up which they were to sail. At length they reached the Con­ necticut. Just here some pages are wanting. We know, however, that six stout fellows, probably carpenters and masons, had been brought to build "ye house and a greate stone walle, which shoulde encompasse ye house wyth its offyces as well as a great •prynge." /Che house, which was probably of logs, Is gone. The stone wall can be in some places traced, but the "great spring" still pours out its sparkling flood, as we all have seen. A year and two months after they had settled in their new home there was born to them a daughter whom they named Priscilla, a name that my small tyrant yon­ der has inherited. Of her, her wonderful doings and sayings, the mother's diary is henceforth full. She even after a time cut teeth and did other as remarkable things. Before this a stout young woman had been sent for, and now, relieved of some of the domestic cares, we find the young mother and her babe as frequent companions to curred to them that 6ome one else might love her; that she had come to an age at which she might be wooed and wed. It was the old story. Her "Prince Charm­ ing" had come, and before he left it waa ar­ ranged that he should return in a month and take father, mother and daughter back With him to Boston, vrtiich .the elders had not seen for nearly 20 yeap*. As for the daughter, she-had never beeii 10 miles away frolp her childhood home. Ttfastiherlngfield was more than well,to da His father had died and left him his heir. 66 It was agreed that a house should lie tAken and they should live in the city dur­ ing the coming winter. In the spring the yov^ng captain should have his answer. Needless to say what it was. The winter loused, spring came, and a bride half smiles, half tears--a bride whose beauty had driven the youth of Boston to distrac­ tion, but who had been true to her sailor lover--left her mot h«iJs arinft to go OB ship­ board, for her wedding journey was to be a voyage to England £psoan as she had gone the father and moth^-sadly returned to the home they had planted in the wilderness, feeling that the light of that home had vanished, Months passed bdfore any word «une from Priscilla. Letters from beyond the sea were rare and precious in those days. To their surprise, hardly a fortnight after the receipt of the first there/came another epistle, this time dated from Boston, and sent express across the country by a friend ly Indian. It was directed to the mother and bore the word "Confideofciar' under­ scored in tHqporn4f. Tfifc c0nfStots|i>rought bottt joy and dread to/that $*nd«r heart, Her child was in turn about to became a mother! In this her first trouble the young wife instinctively turned to her. * "I must be with thee," she wrote. i It was little after the middle, pf Octo­ ber, but the winter had that year come early. The rivers were frozen, and the snow lay deep, as if it were December. If the hard frost held, travel would be compara­ tively easy. The Indian was questioned closely, for both Mr. and Mrs. Weathering- field knew not only many words of the tongue of the surrounding tribe, but were entirely familiar with that strange sign language by which all American Indians, however different their speech, can con­ verse. The journey could be made in sledges in six days. He had come on foot in three. The snow had fallen wet and was now crusted hard enough to bear. The Indian, who belonged to one of the tribes of the Six Nations, was an old acquaintance, and the fond mother told him who it was who was coming. The savage had seen Pris­ cilla, but veiled and differently dressed from of old had not known her. The Weatheringlields had always <been kind to him, just and humane to all his pedple. He thought for a moment and then said: "Write! I had intended to have gone be­ yond the bills toward the setting sun to the cabins of my people. I will turn and go back to the sea. The sledge:; must not startl The red warriors have painted their faces and now move in the sacred war dance. Before the sun rises three times, in the mid­ dle of the night before the day on which the white man does not work a circle of fire will encompass the city by the sea. Every farmhouse and every village will be given to the flames. None are to be spared. Men and women, babies and those with the long white hair, all must die. Write! Your daughter must not start. In less than two days I shall be in the city. Write 93d place on the outside the words by whicft Che house of the white man is found." The letter was written, and the Indian started on his return. Weatheringfleld would have gone with him, but the savage said: "No, The trails are many and wide apart If they have started, we may not meet. Stay. Call your people up from the valley and guard your house." He was gone. • Then came anxious days. The letter said the daughter so longed for the mother that her husband had unwillingly assented to the journey overland; had. with sailor ingenuity, prepared a sledge with a high arched cover of sailcloth in which she could either sit up or lie upon a mattress. "It is a house that moves," wrote the ad­ miring wife. Four srtilors, armed < with guns and pistols, were to go as escort and to take back the horses. "We start, sweet mother, before this can reajch you, but do not expect our coming tor five W pep chance six days thereafter." A week passed. No news. Some one of the household remained constantly on watch-that there might not be a moment's delay in the opening of the gates. Another week began, dragged slowly to its close, and then a passing Indian, sullen, but not actively hostile, told the watchers that although the great rising had not taken place, yet wandering bands had slain many whites. Farmhouses had been burned, and every paleface taken had been killed without pity. It was now November. Day after day went by. The wretched mother scarce dare look into her husband's face for fear of see­ ing there what would confirm her own de­ spair. Another week, another and then another passed. The daily routine of the house went on, but in solemn silence. And now the morrow was tne day proclaimed in which to keep the annual feast of Thanks­ giving. Some word was spoken of it. Martha," said her husband, "let bis all Understand. Be has taksn away.'(Stall we Hail say, 'Blessed bs the nsumvt the r" .7.'/ ftMgOES^ittng day dawsed 1 4a«fo«d ofid«»>a fcotweof joooiRb#! Tfc* effort to prepare the usually. -IqroapMfeMt? nade the ̂ looia still deeper from themem- tries it/brought. !_ It was almost on the strake oC>tha inner hour in those dayn*-«nd husband and vrt^e, having, as wssfcbeir custody eftrti- {ullydr«ssed for theboes^ion, mewiiltotbS "living room," which was-also the one in which they ate, • They had been so long watching that, air; the^gh hope- was well both walked to the window frost,whence ooptld be seen the road by which the joy of their hearts should have come should have come long weeks before. The mother's eyed were dim with unshed tears, but not so blinded' that certain mov­ ing spots could not be seen apba the glit­ tering snow. Sfce turned to her husband. His keener vision, trained by long experi­ ence in the chase, had already distinguished the hordes and the sledges looked for so long in vain. "Martha!" he cried, "Marthai It Is she!" Useless to t&Il of the ineeting. The trav­ elers had been met by the Indian, who had guided them to the log huts of some trap­ pers. Tbere they (had sustained a three weeks' siege, .aw^in all had remained mots than a month. , ; . " 4 Suffice it to pay Vhait the sailors were all invited to the feast, and that the din­ ner, prepared in sorrow, was to joy. The wild turkey, a young go>bm«a\ but fit giant for his age, wj»s stuffed with chest­ nuts. There was a saddle of venison served oh pewter plates niade hissing hot. There were quail, there Were pies of mincemeat and of the golden pumpkin, there was good Madeira, and--crown of the feast sad sauce for all meats- there were happy hearts in which love reigned" supreme. " '• Soon the mother asked to be pardoned ; fqr leavii^g and drew her daughter to her • rpom. 'yhere, before the clock struck 12 again, there came into the world a man child--the first Marsdon bona in this old home in the wilderness. ' ' 1 His mother wished to call it after her father. He smiled and said: "No, Pris­ cilla. It is too great a weight to carry through, life to be named Hesekiah." Then the family name was suggested. That was deemed too long and was shortened to Wetheld, by which the boy was afterward baptized. "Why, .that is my father's i^upe"ex­ claimed one of the pretty coustoa ul a)i ways thought it Anglo-Saxon." "It has," replied our host, "bfcen a com­ mon name in the family ever since that Thanksgiving day 300 years ago. And now we will go in and Iwveootfeet' Vr^tt bpiiia Globe-Democrat. NEW ENGLAND'S DAY • . ; How to Prepare the Tnyteeys Select a young turkey; the legs should be smooth and the spurs M>ft. First singe all the hairs off and remove every pin feather; with a sharp kniie cut the skin around the leg just below the knte joint. Do not cut the tendons off; break the bone and pull out the tendons one by one--the leg of the fowl will be much improved if these are taken out. Push the skin of the neck down and cut off part of the neck, put the thumb and forefinger in and pull out the crop through the neck. Make an incision just above the vent, the fingers, keeping them up against the breast bone, push them up as far as you can, then bend them and bring out every­ thing at once, then run the fingers between each of the ribs to see if the lungs are all out and along the backbone to get the kid­ neys, if hot all out at first. Cut the oilbag, and your turkey is ready to wash. Have the water a little warm and rinse until the water is clear; wipe dry inside and out. It is well to rub a little baking soda where the crop came out. Wrap in a towel and keep in a cool place until ready to stuff. Save the liver, gizzard, heart and the piece of neck you cut off. After preparing them, put in cold water and cook slowly. With skit and butter. ' s g a m p l i t t g t h e V i c t u a l s . I wonder if the people in New'England country town* .anywhere still follow up the custom which obtained greatly once-- that of beginning a series of afternoon visits the week after Thanksgiving. The reai object of these visits was to "sample the victuals." A child from a neighbor's house would come in immediately after breakfast and ask: "Be ye goin to be to home this afternoon? If ye be, mother an Aunt Mary are eemin te spend the after noon." If mother had had good • iuok with ber cakes and pies, she was always glad of a notification like this. My sister ami 1 were made to hurry up about the dinner dishes. There was no stopping them for games of jackstones while the dishwater grew cold. By 1:30 the kitchen and sitting room were "spandy," and we were washed and comb­ ed. Our hair wascut always straight round in the neck, and now it wm wet and patted down to that degree that we longed to toss our heads like colts and ftmke our locks fly.--New York Post. - Lu.': •: ..4 Thought* For Tlianksflvtag. ..... to God, who has made and pre&rvM us a nation. And if as a natioti there is a doUbt exist­ ing that one of the great privileges of Thanksgiving day is ignored or neglected, is not the same true of individuals in many instances, even among those who pause at this time from the rush and hurry of 'busi­ ness and social life to reckon up thought­ fully and thankfully their blessings and mercies? Is not the merchant apt to be thankful only for increased profits and a name famed for reliable and honest goods, the farmer for burns filled to overflowing with good and plentiful crops, the professional man for a large practice and handsome fees, the housewife for additional adornments and luxuries in her home, the mot her for the growing graces of body and intellect among her children? All these are indeed cause for thankful hearts, but the greatest bless­ ings are not temporal ones and are within the roach of all.--Selected.. Thanksgiving on the F»rm. The sky is cloudy, dull and gray, 1 And in the groves the trees are bare. All save tlie red oak trees, and they Still their bright colored foliage wear. The river's frozen out from sliore Full half its width, and anchor ice Still crowds along with grind and roar; Smooth spots, the boys with skatesentioa We hear on prairie roads the sound Of wagons rolling miles away, Shrill creaking o'er the frozen ground, Mingled with shouts of boys at play. Outside the barnyard in the lane Are wagons new, with ^igh spring seat; 8trong, like their owners, stanch and plain, ̂ And covered buggies trim and neat. The colts that, turned into the yard, Arernid tlie straw stacks run and race WMiEftE fHANKSGlVldQ TRADITIONS^ •* Jf;" 6till ^ * ,» u '< ,•> • HU «• -i_:' :ii . «..n ,,, „„ TheMamorjr of a ftappy l>ay Perpetuated la the Spirit of Old * Coiorils&i Times. Pome Conflict and. Feasting Celebrate • th» festival--"flie Bill of Fara. ( </> " : . : f - 7 * t " » v ; Thanksgiving day! What memories are Conjured up by the simple naming of this day of festivity I It is an offspring of early New England, and it is still New "England's own day of rejoicing, instituted trader con­ ditions which we, in our days of self seek­ ing and of plenteous ease, rarely attempt to pause and contemplate. The history of Thanksgiving day reaches back to the earlier colonial days, when a little band of strong hearted, earnest men aud women who bad ventured across the seas in search of freedom of life and liberty of conscience were knowing the suffering which is so generally a part of pioneer life. Their hearts were filled with a new hops and thrilling with a deep joy, and their hands were steadfastly set to the plow of courageous advancement. ^ i ( Though they were suffering from the rig. ors-of a new clime, with insufficient means of protection from its severity, even though they were suffering front severe privations, y«(t they were not cast down nor discour­ aged. .. They: were largely cut pff from communis cation with all thV civilised world, they had the deep, wide, restlessly pulsating sea hemming them in on one side, and the wide, pitiless wilderness encompassed them on the other, and they were surrounded by savages of whom they stood in unceasing dread and fear. Added to all these was the appalling fact that their provisions had run low and their expected sbips of relief had failed to appear. Yet, with starvation staling them in ihe face, their courage was undaunted. They had taken their lives in their hands and had oome forth with stern heroic resolu­ tion. They were going to establish new homes in a new latid, and in those homes there should be freedom. They were de­ termined to succeed, and their prayers for. succor were the prayers of faith, pot of de­ spair. One happy day the #ord came to the da- voted company that the relief ships were in the offing. Their faith had not failed them nor led them astray. Relief had . come. From the fullness of their grateful, ̂ devoted hearts they gave such thanks as? overflowing, trusting hearts can give. Those Puritan ancestors of ours bad a goodly fashion of acknowledging with un* limited grace of heart the good gifts thaV came to them. They were ready and will-} ing to suffer and die, if need were, for con^ science's sake, and when any of the sue cesses or good things for which they longed* and toiled came to them they gave thanksfj with the humble devotion of gratftude of those who feceived it as a gift and not as a right.' The festival which was so long ago itiau-^ gurated still survives. Each year the presi-t dent of the United States sets apart a days for thanksgiving. In New England some­ what of the earlier spirit is attached to its5 celebration, and no other feast day takes its* place Jthem R is the day of the family, home gathering. Men and women leave their professional, social and worldly care: and interests and go back to their homes? and friends and the days of their childhood*; Children visit the scenes and are initiated into the youthful recollections, pastimes and associations of their ancestors. Eveti the bill of fare is traditional. The united1 families everywhere sit down, Gach beneath- its own home rooftree, to tables loaded down with the same viands. The turkey is sacred to the day, and the accompanying vegetables, fruits, piee and puddings are also traditional. It is not e»r; sential to have soup, but if one does, oyster soup is the kind to be served. The turkey Is a matter Of course; chicken pie is usual;' vegetables of all the ordinary kinds form a part of the regular menu; cranberry sauce is as generally used almost as the turkey itself, aud niince and pumpkin pies alsd are on every bill of fare. To these are frei quently added plum pudding, rice pudding or the old fashioned cracker pudding, and many if not most people add not only ap­ ples and chestnuts and hickory nnfcs, but raisins, grapes and other nuts, not always nor altogether of home growth. Thanksgiving day is one of especial en­ joyment, looked forward to with keen anticipation, enjoyed with pleasant partici­ pation and enjoyed in retrospection. But with these pleasant home uniting qualities and remembrances the memories of the first appointed and observed Thanksgiving should be blended and held moat sacred in all our thoughts, for such memories should incite in us the desire and endeavor to make our lives worthy of the noble, earnest, consecrated lives of our New Eng­ land ancestors, the real lathers of our country, who baptised With their loyalty to truth, their devotion to ^principle, their heroism, their deathless hope and uo less deathless faith the new country to which they came, and wbieh they have left to us, a heritage of such value as no pen can por­ tray. May the sacred influence of their lives still reach down to bless us anew into higer freedom and truer liberty. May wf grow into truer ways of heartiness, unself­ ishness, simplicity, sincerity and kindness; which shall make us worthy descendents of those heroic forefathers of ours who have bequeathed to us "the freest country in the wml4rf1--*New York Observer., * ' ' The President's Tnrltsy. f. t The biggest and best turkeys in the world are raised in southern Rhode Island and eastern Connecticut, particularly in North Stouington. In this region were developed the splendid "bronze" turkeys, which have a peculiar luscious game flavor and some­ times weigh 45 pounds. The medium sized ones are adjudged to be the best. Their flesh is tenderer and the flavor more piquant. Sometimes the president's bird is procured in North Stonington and some­ times in Westerly. It is always the choic­ est turkey raised in southern- New Eng­ land. For a number of years Judge Wil­ liam H. Hilliard of North Stonington pro; duced the bird that graced the White House table at Thanksgiving, and he is usually called upon to help select the pres­ ident's fowl.--New York Sunji T- 7 " < \ ntro ,co- tissm. S O 1 3 V 0i .yv sr \ it's Just Proffering is What w« ther bra CLAUSSQAP ; want have ijoy atiij now on bar/a • "Vt.11 c«rtaii?!y take roolber* wt use none but tbf. besc, And all sbirwd deakrs kefp ik^are you hebiix# the rcst f ** Do you need ft ba*tiri£ or cook stove? If fl<>, ixow ia tho •J Ufw AfYtPHJ *• n»t>T AlflTii uriwvuiim JE&XV w Ji/»inU CS JL ;JtSn3r; A« wall m other makes. Qur tto^es give universal satisfaction. %ild are worthy oi inspection,.. We hwre on •T«ry thing < hand in » r VOK •. Sf '-iiR: Tiawar*, Tfcfek Cutlery, sad Ore. -r , ww hardware sioi First clHS* Mir work and Kepaifs ia Tin„,&BE*r , . ' f '• ' -Wi..' IPOttjftilifliuiii IiHtU Ja - tKHtt»'< JACOB BONSLETT, McHenry. , :"i£, * v: • teffr;: .<td "' -tl .floijjxe , >m# hi bntratu .-5 vs • - 'Mel ;t3ft • .-li -ft fid 'Vi Bd 0*4® The abov6Ua <mt of oirt irew folding Machin ̂ now be Been at work in the Plaindealer Offioev i mq.- f*" ':f; 1 • "fiV» aw t&vited to Our pfitronA, &nd thoee needii^ such a ftSlcfitflid call and see ir at work. It in simple, easily hand Ted, and such little power that you canaot noiice it. The machine Was in by the Bascom Foldpr of Sidney* 0%* who haye b#ux ing and selling thefti for the past eight years, arid ey^ry machiti6 fi fully warranted for five years* If you need such a machine pl^e write the above company lor prices, discounts and terms," &s thij^ nell the machine ou the most favotable term«^ Or wtrite their Ageato 'J*r\' Chicago Newspaper Union, Chicago; ij". ^ JF. 0ar^t," byriacuse Y.: Mather Manfg Co., Philadelphia, Fa.; Harder Luse & Oe;:; Chicago; Benton, Waldo & Co,; Milwaukee; Wright, Jawet ^ Saiiweli, St. Paul jOeootfcio 4k An, Toroit'Cd;'XXmm?-- -tv.j -rrmir THE STAFF t>F .'.wofjorti mms of J * O.t rt'VHBSf 'i-'-J- Happy on the Wajrl Thanksgiving happy on the way, an oomin with a rush; The turkey's -feelln far from flkty, an we're a-feelin flush: An the poor relations, comin iroip the country far an near, / , Will soon be sayin grace with tie ah leadip as In prayer. ; Thanksgl vin's happy on the way, and we are happy, too; Reach their head o'er the gate that's barred, , The turkey is the only chap round here (hat1* the husband when he went to the stream or J "Martha," said her nusoana, xei any* ' •'*>n' v,r ̂̂ thingyo*woald^o ̂fort̂ .̂ l,̂ bflt(W t The ye&r» ran on« as they do -with usalL ̂prepared. The Lord gave; perchance in Or to the quiet cows give chase. . The young folks skate upon the pond, r" • Or round a blazing fire play; 'A chime of churchbells far beyoftd V day. ; . i . - -- M i n n e a p o l i s T r i B o n i . feeliii blue. But we're goin to try an make Up for his sor­ row an his loss, By eervin him in good old style, with line oran-_ berrysauoel Oonstituttoo. Wit mmmg Wmsmv'i ... : r sh I /f \i *3'*. ' - i f -mmnei mm* BERfr ««!WilM'iaiiWiF >rj>d-Plfn* " j i £ * ' H¥ ' f i , - TBCONOMTIS WEAIZH1* - • The babies leutrh, because tbe record has heen-brok'h. and the record at this ttmiits; Sold m MeHenry since the 1st day of January, }S83, to the tet day of Oet, 1% - Fourteen Car Loads of Ptllsbuni't Best Flour. . '?•*' - • m $ AND IT STILL STANDS AT THE TOP» f . For Sale by all the Leading Merchants, and at tlie mllm rnHfe We have a good high grade of Flour at $ I per each, and for the price we ehaUeftae comparison. Also a full Patent Flour at f 1.05, and we do not exajrerate wheri we guarantee it equal to other grades that coat mora money. Try it aud be convinced. To the Farmers of WcHenvy and vicinitv would say that we are again prepared td doyour Feed and W eat Grinding prompUy. Ot> wheat w® will foiaiantee as ^ood a return in qa»U*y unci quantity as any custom mill in the Htate of Illinois, and would respectfully aft* WB0B in needof any«blag ia t* is line to gtve us h trial on the above guarantee -*.».• • ;3EJra»ja and BtiddHug;s lor ^e. 'h When in need of Flour leave your order at the Roller Milts and we will CO the rettr McHENRY ROLLER MILLS# •j * c .vSitfia Mi.'.