Ste. Genevieve Herald Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Saturday, Nov. 18, 1882 THANKSGIVING DAY The following Thanksgiving proclamation was issued by the Governor: Whereas, The President of the United States has set apart Thursday, November 30, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer; and Whereas, It is meet and proper that the people of Missouri should unite in a general observance of that day. Now, therefore, I, Thomas Crittenden, Governor of the State of Missouri, do hereby set apart the day designated by the President of the United States as a day of thanksgiving for the manifest blessings vouchsafed by Almighty God to the people of Missouri, and of prayers for a continuance of Devine favor, and I recommend that all the public offices be closed, and that the people abstain from their customary pursuits upon that day, and that they engage in such religious worship and devotional exercises as to them may seem proper. Let all the people unite in saying, in the language of the psalmist: "Tho visitest the earth and waterest it. Thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water; Thou preparest their corn when Thou hast so provided for it; Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly; Thou settest the furrows thereof; Thou makest it soft with showers; Thou blessest the springs thereof; Thou crownest the year with goodness and Thy paths drop fatness; they drop upon the pastures of the wilderness, and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys are also covered with corn; they shout for joy; they also sing." In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the State of Missouri. Done at Jefferson City the 6th day of November, A.D. 1882. Thos. T. Crittenden By the Governor. [SEAL] M.K. McGrath Secretary of State.