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VOL. LXV INDIANAPOLIS, NOV. 19, 1910. NO. 47 THANKSGIVING. Editors Indiana Farmer: How many of us have explained to the children the real meaning of thia subject, "Thanksgiving?" Some of us look forward for a feast to which we expect all of the immediate relationship and not one word ia mentioned of the real meaning of the day; thus we go on with ani>ther day ill spent and they could have a good dinner too like us." This may lie true, but how many of the self-sacrificing and money blessed people ever lend a sentence of advice or help to them to plan their Income? The Bible says we always have the poor with us; so let us resolve to make this Thanksgiving day an eventful one of our lives. Let us help some one. There is the "hobo" as he is often called go, but as we had no more work for extra men he started out we knew not where. This was two years ago and one day this summer I was surprised to see this familiar face come to our door and, for a Joke, ask for a glass of milk, which I gladly gave him. And we were given compllmentarles to "Buffalo Bill's" show, enough for the whole family if we desired to go. He then was state; for the Missouri Is the legal boundayr line between Nebraska ani Iowa, and a portion of that between Kansas and Missouri.. Immediately across the street from the Union Station at Kansas City, Mo., the eye rests on a continuous row of saloons. I counted eight, standing side by side, and two or three of these had second and third stories. When I ,.'5 .p. *L-a- *-.*>rr s.r -,'""-*':-.-;.. - __.r_J^j=Jlgt£r.-.-s'C^...- .'r\_. "*: "_ A'. ''"' "' ^^*2^?^S^"*^ At ♦^^lfclj.9 t^'Kt4rv»vlrrt4^4tx(, ' Six horse team of Clydesdale Geldings winners at the leading shows of Europe and America. Owned by Morris &• f'n.. Chicago nwaken the following day with a dull brain and a bad taste. This day should be a public celebration or acknowledgement of Divine goodness; a day especially set apart for religious services as an acknowledgement of the goodness of God, as shown either in any remarkable deliverance from calamity, or in the ordinary dispensation of His bounties. Thanksgiving Day was first established in the United States by the Pilgrims at Plymouth in 1621. It became a recognized holiday in New England, replacing Christmas as the great family festival, and has been gradually adopted in other parts of the country. Congress recommended dnys of thanksgiving annually during the Revolution, and Washington, in 1789, after the adoption of the Constitution. Other days of national thanksgiving have been proclaimed, and since 1863 the last Thursday in November has been annually proclaimed by the Presidents as a national Thanksgiving Day. Whenever I attend a bounteous dinner given on this eventful day I think how selfish we, as a family, are to see how many delicacies are prepared, when many a poor family may not even enjoy the necessaries of that substantial food to retain strength. Some one I hear saying "well those families would not appreciate it if you would do anything for them." Another whispers. "They spend all they get their hands on and never make sacrifices, or and more times than is due him, for he may have been reared in better homes than the ones he now goes to for aid, but the awful curse of liquor has ruined him, and he thinks his life is not worth lifting. Some have remarked to us: "I would be afraid to take in those 'hobos' like you do." Oftentimes we are in need of help and as we have resolved never to (eed the beggar without he gives work in advance we have never wanted for hay-harvesters, corn huskers or for any other extra work. Many of these men have proven to be of a benefit in conversation as well as in farm help, for nearly all of them have been around the world and- although they haven't ridden in palace cars and eaten their meals in the dining car and tipped the waiters and porters, they have possibly shoveled coal on the boat for transportation and, sorry to say, may have stolen a ride on the freight train, but is this worse than the bribery of the porters on pullman cars? The porters ought to be paid a salary sufficient to keep them comfortably without making tips necessary. Back to an experience with a "hobo" from Mt. Vernon, N. Y., who helped us in corn gathering, and as he was still with us on Thanksgiving day I must not forget to relate he had at one time been chef tn a fine eastern hotel, thus he served the dinner and did it tastefully. We really could see so many good qualities in him we were sorry to see him hired by that company for five years. He left, thanking us again for the kindness shown him when he was down, and out of work and not a relative nor friend near him. Think of it, the man once had a wife and children but having lost all was left in this cold world to shift alone. We as Christian people I fear do not do our duty through the week, but go to church and sometimes sleep during the Sunday sermon and expect to get to heaven. Now let us lend a helping hand to some one on this day and I know we will feel better at heart and receive a reward ln heaven. G. E. E. ■ m . Written for the Indiana Fanner: SOME NOTES ON A KANSAS VISIT. By Walter S. Smith. We crossed the alluvial state, Missouri, by daylight. The Missouri river is in sight near half the distance, and no elevations are visible, except the bluffs at a considerable distance, on the south side. We skirted the swampy looking border, called bank. For a number of rods back from the river the surface is undrainable, because it is so nearly level with the water. The stream is muddy, from the fact that It is very swift and skirted by ever washing banks. It is no unusual thing for it to rut across a horse shoe bend and alter its channel. Towns have thus been left several miles inland and in another stepped back, to a wider perspective, I saiw mure .saloons; and I do not know how far they extended. But I do know it was the one worst array of lawlessness that I ever beheld. Once over the river into Kansas City, Kansas, the contrast is so vivid as to be interesting indeed. Kansas is legally free from liquor; and if Missouri and Nebraska were as fortunate she would be actually free. There are violations, of course, from these sources, just as there are violations of other criminal laws. But Governor Stubbs stated before our great Topeka convention, 5,000 or more in number, that the liquor laws are as easily administered as any others in the code. He challenged us to find a violation in Topeka. Indeed if any one, there, or elsewhere in the state, knew of a blind tiger, or could give him evidence of an illegal sale, if he did not stop it in two days he would resign his office. Well, Kansas is a mighty state. I was there in 1884; the great year of railroad building. At that time there were thousands of far-Mies moving in, on account of the prohibition law. They deemed it a safe venture, for boys and girls; and, as a result, the state has a superior citizenship, that will never again submit to the reign of the brewer and the distiller. I was in Topeka five days before I saw a policeman. There is no need for them, except to prevent children, women and old people from being run down toy street cars.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1910, v. 65, no. 47 (Nov. 19) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA6547 |
Date of Original | 1910 |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
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Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Title | Page 1 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
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Transcript | VOL. LXV INDIANAPOLIS, NOV. 19, 1910. NO. 47 THANKSGIVING. Editors Indiana Farmer: How many of us have explained to the children the real meaning of thia subject, "Thanksgiving?" Some of us look forward for a feast to which we expect all of the immediate relationship and not one word ia mentioned of the real meaning of the day; thus we go on with ani>ther day ill spent and they could have a good dinner too like us." This may lie true, but how many of the self-sacrificing and money blessed people ever lend a sentence of advice or help to them to plan their Income? The Bible says we always have the poor with us; so let us resolve to make this Thanksgiving day an eventful one of our lives. Let us help some one. There is the "hobo" as he is often called go, but as we had no more work for extra men he started out we knew not where. This was two years ago and one day this summer I was surprised to see this familiar face come to our door and, for a Joke, ask for a glass of milk, which I gladly gave him. And we were given compllmentarles to "Buffalo Bill's" show, enough for the whole family if we desired to go. He then was state; for the Missouri Is the legal boundayr line between Nebraska ani Iowa, and a portion of that between Kansas and Missouri.. Immediately across the street from the Union Station at Kansas City, Mo., the eye rests on a continuous row of saloons. I counted eight, standing side by side, and two or three of these had second and third stories. When I ,.'5 .p. *L-a- *-.*>rr s.r -,'""-*':-.-;.. - __.r_J^j=Jlgt£r.-.-s'C^...- .'r\_. "*: "_ A'. ''"' "' ^^*2^?^S^"*^ At ♦^^lfclj.9 t^'Kt4rv»vlrrt4^4tx(, ' Six horse team of Clydesdale Geldings winners at the leading shows of Europe and America. Owned by Morris &• f'n.. Chicago nwaken the following day with a dull brain and a bad taste. This day should be a public celebration or acknowledgement of Divine goodness; a day especially set apart for religious services as an acknowledgement of the goodness of God, as shown either in any remarkable deliverance from calamity, or in the ordinary dispensation of His bounties. Thanksgiving Day was first established in the United States by the Pilgrims at Plymouth in 1621. It became a recognized holiday in New England, replacing Christmas as the great family festival, and has been gradually adopted in other parts of the country. Congress recommended dnys of thanksgiving annually during the Revolution, and Washington, in 1789, after the adoption of the Constitution. Other days of national thanksgiving have been proclaimed, and since 1863 the last Thursday in November has been annually proclaimed by the Presidents as a national Thanksgiving Day. Whenever I attend a bounteous dinner given on this eventful day I think how selfish we, as a family, are to see how many delicacies are prepared, when many a poor family may not even enjoy the necessaries of that substantial food to retain strength. Some one I hear saying "well those families would not appreciate it if you would do anything for them." Another whispers. "They spend all they get their hands on and never make sacrifices, or and more times than is due him, for he may have been reared in better homes than the ones he now goes to for aid, but the awful curse of liquor has ruined him, and he thinks his life is not worth lifting. Some have remarked to us: "I would be afraid to take in those 'hobos' like you do." Oftentimes we are in need of help and as we have resolved never to (eed the beggar without he gives work in advance we have never wanted for hay-harvesters, corn huskers or for any other extra work. Many of these men have proven to be of a benefit in conversation as well as in farm help, for nearly all of them have been around the world and- although they haven't ridden in palace cars and eaten their meals in the dining car and tipped the waiters and porters, they have possibly shoveled coal on the boat for transportation and, sorry to say, may have stolen a ride on the freight train, but is this worse than the bribery of the porters on pullman cars? The porters ought to be paid a salary sufficient to keep them comfortably without making tips necessary. Back to an experience with a "hobo" from Mt. Vernon, N. Y., who helped us in corn gathering, and as he was still with us on Thanksgiving day I must not forget to relate he had at one time been chef tn a fine eastern hotel, thus he served the dinner and did it tastefully. We really could see so many good qualities in him we were sorry to see him hired by that company for five years. He left, thanking us again for the kindness shown him when he was down, and out of work and not a relative nor friend near him. Think of it, the man once had a wife and children but having lost all was left in this cold world to shift alone. We as Christian people I fear do not do our duty through the week, but go to church and sometimes sleep during the Sunday sermon and expect to get to heaven. Now let us lend a helping hand to some one on this day and I know we will feel better at heart and receive a reward ln heaven. G. E. E. ■ m . Written for the Indiana Fanner: SOME NOTES ON A KANSAS VISIT. By Walter S. Smith. We crossed the alluvial state, Missouri, by daylight. The Missouri river is in sight near half the distance, and no elevations are visible, except the bluffs at a considerable distance, on the south side. We skirted the swampy looking border, called bank. For a number of rods back from the river the surface is undrainable, because it is so nearly level with the water. The stream is muddy, from the fact that It is very swift and skirted by ever washing banks. It is no unusual thing for it to rut across a horse shoe bend and alter its channel. Towns have thus been left several miles inland and in another stepped back, to a wider perspective, I saiw mure .saloons; and I do not know how far they extended. But I do know it was the one worst array of lawlessness that I ever beheld. Once over the river into Kansas City, Kansas, the contrast is so vivid as to be interesting indeed. Kansas is legally free from liquor; and if Missouri and Nebraska were as fortunate she would be actually free. There are violations, of course, from these sources, just as there are violations of other criminal laws. But Governor Stubbs stated before our great Topeka convention, 5,000 or more in number, that the liquor laws are as easily administered as any others in the code. He challenged us to find a violation in Topeka. Indeed if any one, there, or elsewhere in the state, knew of a blind tiger, or could give him evidence of an illegal sale, if he did not stop it in two days he would resign his office. Well, Kansas is a mighty state. I was there in 1884; the great year of railroad building. At that time there were thousands of far-Mies moving in, on account of the prohibition law. They deemed it a safe venture, for boys and girls; and, as a result, the state has a superior citizenship, that will never again submit to the reign of the brewer and the distiller. I was in Topeka five days before I saw a policeman. There is no need for them, except to prevent children, women and old people from being run down toy street cars. |
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