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States in 1620. and many of whose descendants came later to Canada. alter the lievolutiomn'y war and were , hno\\'n na the United Empire Loyal-

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Turin-ys and Thanksgiving are al-

ways closely associated but the rea- son is not x_:cncra.lly known or thought. oi. For the explanation wc must go buck to the founding of thc day in America. lt was after the first in- gatliering of the harvest by tho P.l-

grlm Fatllcrs in their home in the i New \Vorld. And it should be noted `

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ticularly abundant unc, and, further ' that thc day was set apart to con- sider not only the immediate mercies as roprcsontcd by tho harvest, but the blessings of provldonco extended to them tllruout tho year. Four mer. nent out by Governor' Bradford to shoot wild fowl, that the colony

might, in the words cf the governor “after a more special manner rc- ioice together". And because the

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feast at the first Thankszlvllls illn- her, his domesticated relative now holds the place of honor on many Tl-innksgiving tables.

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the Pilgrim Fatlicrs to a special act of praise. During the ltevolutlonary war l.he feast became s. national one in the States and was observed annually; but after '1784 when a general thanksgiving for peace was held. it lost nn* national character, and except on a few specially proclaimed occasions was observed only in me New EUS* land States until 1863. in 1863 and 1864. durinK U10 Civil War, President Lincoln issued proclamations recom- mending annual tlianilsslvlils. and 511100 mf” “m°'“ day of h nks lving has been regularly proclaimed every year

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F pI1Lf3';`;I?l§;tple.?o;§l\e of I-Iaiifax in 1783 proclaimed

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pence that gave Canada to Great Britainu Thruout t_ho cglunigs of British North America days of Thanksgiving were frequently D\‘0Clllll1Bd. bl!! H1650 W°"° °%h“P°;‘“t occasions and not as an annual observance. e ro Thmkgmving my In Lower Canada was proclaimed on the Had oi' i)enemhcr, 1798,,snd observed on the 10th of January 1790 “In signal victory over our einem! “nfl

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of the health of tho Prince of Wales. The first of the annual 'Thanksgiving Days, wllicli are now observed, was proclaimed on the tlth of (`)ci.ol>cr, 1879, undobservod on the 6th of November, 1879. Since that time pro- clumatlnns have been issued evcry`y1=ar_ For some time the date was made to correspond with lhatobservod in tho United States, hut it was ;;~cnerally felt that this was too late in the year to serve the p_urpose oi' a harvest festival and also that itfell f.oo near the celebration of Christmas. It was. therefore, putliack to October, ba- ing observed iisunlly on s. Tliursday. ltolirosentations made by commercial travelers resulted in the govern- ment’s selection of Monday' to enable the commercial mon to spend thc holiday at homo as well as to allow, many city folk to out Thanksgiving turkey st the old homestead. 'l‘ho_ turkeys are now warned to be ready for the third Monday in October.

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IIJNG the Pilgrim Fathers, Thanksgiving day was

A .primarily s. religious function. It was a feast day,

not for the sake of feasting, but for the purpose of

and~'.~in_, thanks. Religious exercises were the import- ant feature of tho day. As the observance continued, other characteristics were added so that tho day, as now observed in Canada has a three-fold aspect. The feltivol aids, which is not so pronounced hers as.across the line,

combines with it naturally thc siaortivo instinct, which ovlncoo itself in ,games and pu lic functions. Our "h\irohes. a. least some of them, provide for the proper observance of the day :vi it religious txeroises for those who desire to attend. i `

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T-Wi-annual ’l‘ha.ultsg|ving shooting match which was

thc "regular thing" in almost c-.fery Canadian com- irnniity n couplo of dormle-s npo may bo the natural

consequence of Governor Bradtord’u "sending four men

out to shoot fowl", or it may have been simply the result of the desire and the opportunity. Small game was than still fairly plentiful' in most portions of the country and one form taken by the shooting match was choosing uf sides under captains, points being given for the different kinds of game. The shooting period began a week. or tcn day; before Thanksgiving and wound up by a grand tally of results on Thanksgiving evening when the side making the least number of points put up the .expense of an oyster supper or some similar entertainment, which was followed by dancing or games. \

Where small game was not plentiful enough for this

kind of a match, or the boys were not prepared to givo more than one day to ,leasure, target-shooting took tho place of hunting game, and ducks,'gcese or turkeys were given as prizes. This was individual rather than team shooting, foreach contestant paid his ies in the com- petition for each bird, and the best shot took the feath- ered prize.

Quite common, too, some few years aio, altho re-

puted to be "against the law” was the Than sgiving Five raffle. Such an occasion was about tho only one upon which you saw members of a staid Canadian community handling the dice-box. Flor ten or fifteen cents n throw. you had the chance of wininng \ goose, duck or turkey for tomorrow'o Thanksgiving dinner. The raffle quite customarily was followed by t dance or entertainment of some kind so that the -ladies might share in the ovoninfs enjoyment.

'ilhsnksgivin-3 shooting matches of the olden kind.

and Thanksgiving rallies are pretty much things of the past and have bscn replaced, especially in the larger towns and cities by tho Thanksgiving football gums. The shooting match. if there is one resolves itself into straight tzurget-practice for honor or fnmo alone. Still the hunting inmizict that lurks in the hrcast of mon shows itself in tho Thanksgiving Day exodus of tho

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small boy and the growing youth to the highrosdl and( woodlands armed with all classes of weapons from tho death-dealing catapult to the lotcst make of rifle,

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OR what, as a nation, should Canada be thankful Ill

this your nineteen hundred and thirteen? If We

. consider only mm-"'lal prosperity. there is much to

be thankful for--an aiiniulrmt harvest, in practically every part of the land- in' ri-ased returns from m9.ny_ other branches of national resources; a steady advance" in the opening up of our ne\\'»~r lands: a buoyant conf)- dent hope in the future of our country. It is true that* the year has, in some respects. been one of advnrsity, bift- the adverse conditions should have the ultimate effect ‘ol1 bringing about s. ssner, more healthful and more curtail-` national growth.

This year there has been much preliminary celebrat-

ing ol’ the "Hundred years of peace" between Could; and the neighboring republic. While either counirlol ln America and in Europe are being devastated by the horrible agencies of war, it behooves ul to be grateful that we are so far removed from ovon tho probability of such dread occufrences.

Let us be -thankful, too, for what progress Conuz

hu made during the your in other than more motor! affairs. ~

There are Canadians. few it may scam, but possibly'

so many in proportion to the general popiiisbion, as ony. other country hu. who are "following t s gleam" of I .pirituai vision in the fields of art, literature on M3290, and accomplishing what is more luting than the p no~ tion of money-making things--t-hey sro me lonn- snent the world of idea and knowledge as A heel lot future Canadians.

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