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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
NOV 22 
for tlje Poung. 
THANKSGIVING DAY. 
.4^ F any holiday in the year be- 
sJift ,v long* to the farmer, his wife 
\J^srS»Vij and l»oys and girls it is Tlmnks- 
vfflfi \ ( I v K' v * n K day, for in all the his¬ 
s’.!, 1 tory of the day thanksgiving 
-s ' and gratitude have been al- 
~ ways poured out by full hearts 
for the blessings given to the 
dry** farmer, for the plentiful har¬ 
vests and for copious rain when drought was 
parching the pasture and field, and to day 
the feast that every table expect* to be loaded 
with on the la»t Thursday iu November, is a 
feast gathered from the farms, so the people 
in towns and cities, us well as in the country, 
must thank God for His blessings to the 
farmer. 
The whjlo dinner, from the turkey and 
cranberries to the raisius, nuts and fruits, 
comes from some farm, from the country 
where sunshine and rain, wind and dew lend 
their vital force to the growth of the grains 
and fruit' the farmers plant. 
The origin of our 1 hunksgiviug day dates 
back to the first years the Puritans spent in 
Massachusetts; days of thanksgiving were 
appointed by the governor when a ship came 
with supplies, when rain came in answer to 
prayer, and when new colonists arrived to 
strengthen the little hands of settlers; and 
several times when peace was declared after 
war or insurrection; these were at different 
seasons of the year. Then the day began to 
be celebrated every year in New Englaud 
after the harvests were gathered. Since 1*63 
an uuuunl day of thanksgiving has been ap¬ 
pointed by the President, and it has become a 
National holiday, and the day of all the year 
for families to be gathered to rejoice in all 
the good of the year and to put out of sight, 
for the time at least, all their troubles and 
vexations. When the good we have received 
in a year is all gathered together, if we have 
tried to do good through the year it will lie 
enough to make our hearts thankful, gather 
together in thought the gifts of the year and 
make them the shrine of Thanksgiving day. 
The cousins who have raised pop corn, pea¬ 
nuts or apples, or have gathered “loads” of 
nuts from the woods, may have a chance to 
share them with someoue who will enjoy the 
day the more for the gift. 
Perhaps some of the girls who have been 
learning to cook can persuade their mothers 
to let them cook the Thanksgiving dinner, 
and the boys—well, they can till the wood box, 
pidk the turkey or chicken, and crack nuts 
for eating after dinner; perhaps, if they are 
obliging, they will think of other things to 
do to help the dinner along, Each one can 
contribute something from their summer’s 
work for the feast; those who have had bees 
will have honey to offer; if an extra line 
squash was among their crops, this will be 
the day to cook it. Make the farmers’ Thanks¬ 
giving day a royal one; all the year you have 
been busy getting things ready for everybody 
else for the day, so don’t fail to enjoy it your¬ 
selves. The apples, oranges, nuts, fowls, rice, 
beef, pork, pumpkins, eggs and butter have 
been going from farms all over the country 
to towns ami cities, to make the tables there 
groan with their load of good thing', and 
you who have helped to send them ought to 
make the day one of real joy aud pleasure in 
your houses that have beeu built by succes¬ 
sive harvests. 
1 would like to caution you not to spoil the 
day after Thanksgiving by eating too much 
on that day, all the world will look gloomy, 
aud you will not see a single cause for thank¬ 
fulness if you eat so much as to make your 
head ache and yourself feel entirely stupid all 
the next day. He temperate in eating; let 
some of the pleasures of the day be something 
beside enjoying the dinner. If you could get 
your fathers or grand fathers to tell you about 
farming in their boyhood, or your mother's 
or grandmothers the ways ol housekeeping 
wbeu they w r ere girls, it would be a pleasant 
thing. Some of them were boys and gil ls iu 
the old world, and can tell you of work doue in 
different parts ot Europe, aud of Lboir first 
days in this country, aud the difference iu 
tools and methods then and now. 
Home of the older cousius eau have ready a 
good story for the smaller folks if the grown 
people cannot contribute tales of their old 
homes; aud games and songs will make the 
day a pleasanter one than if nuts, candy and 
dinner are the oulv entertainment, though no 
one enjoys the Thanksgiving dinner or a 
good candy pulling more than 
UNCLE MARK, 
LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
just eight years old, my birthday was on the 
first of October. The flower seeds that 3 T ou so 
kiDdly sent me came up nicely, but they are out 
of bloom now, the frost has killed all but the 
asters. I help mamma with the work: I wash 
dishes, sweep the floor and make beds, and 
bake pics aud cookies. I can help papa too. 
by digging potatoes, driving the team, and 
riding horse back after the cows. I have a 
cow that papa gave me, I have named her 
Pet. M v papa has about 700 apple trees, 40 of 
plum, 80 of pear, and 15 of cherry. We have 
very nice Duchess of Oldenburg and Wealthy 
apples this Fall I have a brother, Willie, 
five years old, and a little sister, Edith, seven 
months old. f am your loving niece, 
CARRIE E. HARLAN. 
Missoula Co., Mon. Ty. 
[What a little worker you are to be sure! 
Write again when you have something more 
to tell us about your work and home away out 
in the West. uncle mark.] 
Dear Uncle MaiiK :—1 am afraid you have 
ruled me out of your society, as I have not. 
written for so long: but 1 could not. I am 
now nine years old aud I have taken care of 
the cattle all Hummer until school com¬ 
menced My flowers are very beautiful, and 
1 thank you for them; although it is Fall, we 
have bad no frost as yet. I am saving garden 
and flower seed for next Spring. 
1 have a good microscope that my uncle 
gave me, I have examined bugs and flowers 
through it thiB Hummer. I made a boot jack 
last Winter; it is made of a solid piece of 
Niard, cut with a sharp notch at one end, and 
has a hole bored in the other end by which to 
hang it up; a short piece of wood must be 
nailed across it just below the notch. I will 
write to you again ibis Fall and tell you about 
our school. 1 send you a card with my name 
on it, and a drawing of the boot-jack. 
Lancaster Co , Neb. n a. L. young, 
[Many thanks for the card, I will put it in 
the Y. H C. book, with the pictures 1 have 
of some of the Cousins. Oh, no! you are not 
ruled out or our Club, but we will be glad to 
hear from you often, and from your brother 
and sister too, who belong to the Club. 
UNCLE MARK.] 
Dear Uncle Mark:—I have been spend¬ 
ing my holidays in the City of Sherbrooke, 
Quebec, and I could not get my mind on writ¬ 
ing letters while there, and that is the reason 
I have delayed writing. As I am now at home 
I will try aud write you. My flower garden 
was a great deal nicer when I came home 
than it was when I went away: that is, the 
flowers were more numerous. 1 have a great 
many flowers from the Garden Treasures, 
uamely: asters, pansies, snapdragon, holly¬ 
hocks, sweet-williams, cockscomb, sensitive 
plants, poppies, and zinnias; besides, there 
are quite a variety 1 do not know the names 
of. I have beeu very busy gathering seeds 
since 1 came home. My house plants are look¬ 
ing nicely. I am sorry 1 could not tuke part iu 
the discussion. Pa sent me the paper about it, 
but I did not receive it, and when 1 got home 
it was too late to get my letter in before the 
30th. In the winter evenings I make u great 
many things that are both useful and orna¬ 
mental, therefore I could have made my part 
quite interesting by giving the plan of some of 
the useful articles l make; however, 1 hope 
the next question will be as easy, and that I 
w’ill be able to take part. 
I am very glad 1 know what my Aunty’s 
name is. I was very much interested iu wbat 
she said on mending and cleaning. 1 am 
learning to mend and cleau, and also to cook. 
1 can bake bread quite nicely. Ma says she 
intends to have me learn housework in every 
department; she says she thinks girls should 
learn to do all such work, so they can be use¬ 
ful if called upon to do so. I think so too; 
don’t you, Uncle Mark? I received a very 
nice interesting letter from one of the Cousins, 
Florence A. Emerson, from Indiana. 1 have 
answered it since I returned home. At the 
examination, in July, 1 passed into the Acad¬ 
emy. I have just received the RrRAX,and as I 
want to read it, I will close with kind regards 
to yourself aud Auntie. 1 remain your loving 
niece, ella m. turner. 
Ontario, Canada. 
Dear Uncle Mark: —This is the first time 
1 have ever written to you. I would like to 
join the Ho ticultural club and be called one 
of the cousins. My father has been taking the 
Rural nearly a year, and I think he likes it. 
I like to read the letters from the cousins. We 
got the seeds you scut us. We planted the 
garden seeds and there was only one kind 
came up. It has a great tall red stalk and 
dark red leaves. Would you please tell me 
the name of It? We planted the corn, but it 
did not bear. 1 am a farmer’s daughter 14 
yeai-s old. I take music lessons aud belong to 
a Bund of Hope. I think I will close before 
you get tired. susie rothwell. 
Ontario, Can. 
^pitting, and tbe Men Who 8pit. 
The habit of spitting is a peculiarly Ameri¬ 
can one, and it is growing on the American 
public When Charles Dickens first visited 
this country he said some sarcastic things 
about it. which gave considerable offence, 
because they were justly merited. Since then 
the habit has increased a thousandfold. Why 
do people spit so much? Is it a mere habit, 
or is there a valid cause for it? It is at best 
a very unpleasant and untidy habit. With 
some the habit is from another cause, which 
is quite as objectionable, uamely, the chewing 
of tobacco, which demoralizes tbe Ealivary 
apparatus as badly as it defiles pavements and 
carpets. With that hsbit, however, we have 
nothing to do just now, for we are about to 
refer t.o a far more deeply seated cauge of the 
evil practice. 
Tbe fact is. that a very large proportion of 
tbe American people have catarrh. Catarrh 
is a disease of many forms. Its seat is chiefly 
In the processes alxive and in the immediate 
rear of the nose. The delicate passages are 
lined with an exceedingly sensitive membrane, 
which is often either lightly or severely 
inflamed. When inflamed it secretes a pecul 
iar liquid or send-liquid deposit, which must 
be got rid of in some way. it must either be 
absorbed, swallowed, or spit out The causes 
which produce It prevent its absorption. To 
swallow it. is to afflict the itomacb with that, 
which is not only Indigest ible, but also poison¬ 
ous. To spit It out seems the only way to get 
rid of it. And so along the street and in pub¬ 
lic convejaneev nod in hulls, churches, thea¬ 
tres, stores, and even elegant private apart¬ 
ment* we hear and see the constant hawk, 
hawk, hawk, spit, spit, spit, of thousands of 
people who would like to be free from the 
unclean habit, but who cannot, because they 
have catarrh. 
Our editor had occasion recently to hold 
conversation with a gentleman who was for 
merly i» bondage to this habit by reason of 
greivous catarrh, but who has ot late years 
been thoroughly emancipated from it. He is 
a gentleman of culture and education; Mr. 
Charles E. Cady, at the head of Cady’s Busi¬ 
ness College, at Fourteenth Street and Uni 
vorsity Place, New York, In view of his 
position and the influence ho bolds over young 
men his experience is worth quoting. 
Mr. Cady's catarrh was of long standing; 
probably inherited. He remarked to our cor¬ 
respondent that in bis early life he had a few 
hobbies on the health question: such, for in¬ 
stance, as that be should bathe freely in very 
cold water all Winter, and that be should 
sleep with more cold air in his room than 
most people consider good for them. As he 
lived in Ogrlensburgh, N. Y., he had all the 
facilities he wanted for making tbe most of 
cold air and cold water in wintry weather. 
“By the time I was 30 years old.” said Mr. 
Cadv, “1 had catarrh: deep seated and firmly 
fixed It came on so slowly that 1 hardly 
knew’ it was catarrh. 1 had to use my hand¬ 
kerchief constantly. I was continually hawk¬ 
ing and spitting. The habit, grew upon me. 
It became a great nuisance to myself, as I 
know it was to other people. There was a 
constaut dripping into my throat. I always 
had a weak stomach, and this made it weaker. 
I was not prostrated, nor was 1 such a dys¬ 
peptic that I could not, eat my food; hut 1 was 
in slavery to this horrible catarrh, and I saw 
no way of escape from it. 
“After trying snndry catarrh remedies with¬ 
out advantage, 1 concluded to make an experi¬ 
ment with Compound Oxygen, for which pur- 
liose 1 consulted Dr. Turner, at the New York 
office of Drs. Starkey & Polen. 1 procured a 
Home Treatment: In about four weeks great, 
improvement teas risible. I continued the 
treatment for nearly six months at intervals, 
my catarrh, which had been unusually obsti¬ 
nate, was now at an end. The unpleasant 
secretions disappeared, and also the pain in 
my head which had accompanied them The 
necessity for hawking and spitting ceased, and 
I was free from that unpleasant bondage. My 
stomach grew stronger and my digestion bet¬ 
ter. and so continue to the present time. 
“This was about three years ago. Since 
then 1 have had no return of the catarrh,and 
1 have not needed any more Compound Oxy¬ 
gen, I know my eure must be reasonably 
permanent for I have taken several slight 
colds which have passed away without leaving 
any evil effect*. During my catarrhal days 
such colds would have aggravated my disease 
to a serious extent and caused me much an¬ 
noyance. 
“With my catarrh gone and my general 
health greatly improved, you may'quote me 
as freely as you please as a firm believer in the 
virtues of Compound Oxygen. 
“I wish toi tbe sake of the thousands who 
are kept by their catarrh constantly hawking 
and spitting, that all victims ot thiR unpleas¬ 
ant disease could know of Compound Oxy¬ 
gen aud make trial of it I see no reason why 
it should uot do for them what it has so thor 
oughly done for me.” 
A “ Treatise on Compound Oxygen,'' con¬ 
taining a history of the discovery and mode 
ot action of this* remarkable curative agent, 
and a large record of surprising cures in Con¬ 
sumption, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Bronchitis, 
Asthma, etc., and a wide rauRe of diseases, will 
be sent free. Address Drs. Starkey & Palen, 
1109 and 1111 Girard St., Philadelphia. 
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