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SOL. MILLER, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR.
VOLUME XXVL-NTJMBER 25.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF DONIPHAN COUNTY. Our Motto: "Talk for Home, Fight for Home, Patronize Home."
SUBSCRIPTION. S2.00 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
TROY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1882.
WHOLE NUMBER, 1,325.
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FOB A WARNING.
I can U Jast bow it happened thongs It fifty year ago.
And I sometime think itaenrioasthat I can remember ao;
For thoo-b things that lately happened slip wy zntsd, awl
fade iwit
X am sure thit X shall nrtff be the memory cf that day
Job waa coining to Thankfcgivlng o be wrote n. la tbe
all
lie vu Ezra a oldest brother and bla favorite of them alL
"We 4 been keeping bouse tinre A pnl, but X rvnldn t always
tell
rthen bit pie-crust would I Dak y, or tbe pooltry routed
well
So X felt a httle worried if tb4 truth mast be ronfeaed
At the tboaght of Ezra brother coming aa oar household
gneat.
Just a week before Thanksgiving, Ezra rude, one day to
town,
Aa I seeded thine for rooking flour and sugar, unite and
brown.
And I worked like any beaver all tba time be wan away,
alaking mince and Mewing apple fur the rominz holiday
I waa bot and tiled, and nerroaa, when be galloped borne
at night
AH that dav my work bad planned me nothing eremed to
go jast right.
"Iter a tbe Hoar TLuclndj,' aatd be 'it a tbe best tfaete
la In town ,
I forgot the other sugar bntl ve brought enough of brown.
"Ton n a foul X cried in fur, and the teara began to
fill
IMe ten mile to da an errand, and forgt t It after aU "
1 waa crcas and cln discourage-l, a"l thought bo ooght
to knew.
Bat be turned an white aa marble, wbrn he heard me speak
lag so.
Not a word he aaid In answer bnt he started fur the door
And in lea than half a minute galkq-M-d down the road
once more
Then I nearly cried my eyes out, what with grief and fear
and ihime.
lie waa good and kind and patient. I vu all the one to
blame.
Ami the boor wore on till midnight, aod my heart aeemed
t nrneil to atone,
A I listened for hi coming while I at there all alone.
With tbe darhght tame a neighbor " tzra has bren hurt,"
be seal,
HTronndbMide the road nnconaclout, taken tip at first for
dead."
Juat behind him came four others, with a burden slowly
brought
As I stood and dumbly watched them, voucan guess of a!
I thought
Oh, the day and nights that followed Eira bred but
that was all.
And with tearlras eyes I waited fur tbe worst that might
befall.
Wandering in a wild delirium, broken phrases now and
then
Xrvpped from fevered lips, and told me what his ialnful
thoughts ban been.
So Thanksgiving dawned npon us. Job rune eat Ir, allocked
to meet
Sutb brokenhearted woman fur tbe bnde be hoped to
gTeet
2tot a word we spoke tog thrr in that bushed and shad
owed mom.
Where we waited for the twilight darkening down to deep
er gloom
For the doctor said, that morning There is nothing more
to do
IfheUrcti3aftersanet.I perhapa,canpullhimthniugh
Just aafiveoclocL waa striking, Lxra woke, and feebly
stirred
Did yon get toe sogar darling I were t he word I faint
ly faard.
llow I cried Von ran t Imagine bow I Mt to hear Lira
apeak
Or to see his look of wonder as I bent to kisa hi rbrrk.
Well, I re told a long, long story Lra coming np the
walk
Hot, X re had a purpose in it twasu t jnt fttr Mle talk
Ikn t jou think my dear you d b iter make your quam-l
up withGravf
It mar aarea woildef trouble, and It m-ar Thankngiiing
liay
Select Mow.
A MINISTER'S PIE.
ATiuKSGnnc; stoin.
'Look here, hilly
Mr. Deacon Farrell brushed tbe flour from
her hands, casting meanwhile a coin pi tern t eye
over the well fillet I kitchen table, with its gen
nmi arrav of unbaked pica ami cakes, tbe
plump turkey stuffed ami truwel reitly for thn
monoff'g baking, ami tbo lug chicken pie to
which her nkilltil finger lnl just put tbe timth
m ttmebes, a be niatr4 rather mrr dec t
iledl) :
'Iok bert', Rally ' There enough chicken
left, with tbe giblets that Ineterput in my
own pie, Iit-riti&e tbe ileacnu !int relish Vhi
lermaken lliaiikpiviiig pie for tbe immtrr'ti
folk a. Tffon't ne1! ter Ik- ery large, cm mi
lled, in repU tt StlljV ibtubtful liMjk. Onl
tbe ininistrr toiid Iim wife and jun rtn bake it
tu that biuallest waller dib
"ott Iin gwiii up tain tu!Mkoer tbeni
rug rg, an mt au make it an bakt it ribt
off, Mit 1 ran w ml it mr by tbe Deacmi. lie
pt to go mer to tbe cunur this aft rnonn, u
can take it along a nell as not "
he b list lei 1 out of the door, but tbe next im
ment, eeized Nrbapf nitb a Midden pang of
compunction, she put her bead in again, to t ty
ianiingl "
'ISrt anre you put in a good parcel of grtvy ;
tbatMl keep'it from Ik in' drr, if 'Ms half gib
leti"
Yea!!!, auswercil FaIIt briskly ; aud catch
ing up tbe rolling pin ahe brought it down with
an emphatic npon a lump of dough upon tbo
mould board
As tbe Ktairway-door closed upon her mittrens,
tall dropped tbe rolling pin, aud a look of per
plexity crept over her dull face, making it ten
timen more Molid than oaual, while ahe repeat
ed, in ludicrous bewilderment
"Giblets! What, In all creation, if anibiMy
can tell me, doe she niein bj theuif
litroluutarih abe took a step forward, but
checked her&elf at qmtkly, while a cunuiug
Miule replaced the look of peqdexit, aud ahe
miimuireil trtnmpbautly:
"I Ellen. 1 ain't a goin ter confess my i no-
rauce ter the deacon' wifi, aud hear her say, a
nbe alwavs doni, 'Two tenun to the Vadeinj.,
Sally, an not know tbitT Nor ma'am not
while there's a dictionary in the boue
ho, aoftlr creeping into the adjoining Mtting
rooui, hally batilj tmeued the big dictionary
on the deacon's writi tig-disk, aud liegan her
search for the mysterious word
G l I bre 'tis and she it ad aloud to her
self, with an an of triumph, the following def
inition "Thw ptrtsofafsul that are remoed be
fore cooking ibe heart, gizzard, liver, etc.
'That's it lit art, gizzard, lirtr, and mi
fort," fibe npeated joyfulI, a hhe retraced her
step to tbo kitchen, ami began, with great
alacrity," to fill, according to directions, thn
minister's pie, keeping up, meanwhile, a run
ning lire of comment for Wr own rpecul bene
fit, hix gizzards' Well, that is cry steep,
as Dan Watson would a. lint I gne the
deacon's wife knows; if she don't, tuiut uoue of
my business, hix hearts Them's small, and
tuck into tbe corners handy Six liters! Seems
ter me they don't till up much, and he glanc
ed with a pcridexed air .it a pile of decuded
chicken Immics tint formed her only resource.
".Nott, I wonder, with a anddeu inspiration
"what that and n forth meant! Here's hearts
Uzzards and liters, pleuty of em, bnt uo and b
lorth, aud tbe pie am't niore'u two thirds full
rt It must nirau," and she cast a ttewihlered
lMk at tbe half tilled pie, ''the chicken's legs.
1 ueer knew linbodr trr put rin in plf, but
that umfct le what it means, an tbe II just fill
np
.No MMHier thought thin done In went tl e.
three pairs of stout fellow legs iiMm which
their owners bad strutted so proudly nlj a day
1-efore; mi went the well rolled dough. cover
ing tbcmfrsm sibt, and into the oen went
the number pie, jn-ta the miitress of tie
house re-entered the kitchen, aud with an ap
promg glance at tbe snowy paMrj, remarked
eiiconragiuglv -
That pie looks reil neat, hll I shouldn't
wonder, if, in tune, yon came to 1 tjnite a
cook.
It was Ibaukgmug morning, and JIiss Ta
tience l'ringle nttMnl at tbe minister's back door.
To lesnre it was rather early for callers, but
Jlias I'alience was, as she often boastetl, "one
of tbe kind that never stood en ceremony. In
deed, she didn't consider it necessary eren to
knock before she opeucd the door, although she
waa thoughtful enough in opening it to do o
Miftly. The ministers wife was just takiug
from theottn a newly warmed chicken pie,
which she nearly dropped from her hands, o
startled was she by the sharp, shrill voire that
"poke so close to her ear
'Good mormu, Mis Graham. Hain't beeu to
breakfast yet, I see; we had ours half an hour
ago I know my mother ned to say that if
auybod lost an hour in tbe moruiu tbey might
chase after it all dav, an not ketch nn with it
thn.
That's a good looking pie, i ntty rich pas
try, though, for a chicken pie, I dou't never
pntntnch short niu in anything of that kiud;
its nch'enough incide to make up. Hat yon're
voung, an nave got a good many things to
learn yet. I run in tereeif you could spare
tue a cup of yea t; mine soured, au the last
batch of bread I made I had ter throw to the
bogs. t
"Certainly," aud a rognub smile flitted over
the fir face of the minister' wife, at thWapec
imen uf bar meddlesome neighbors own econo
my. Hat she had learned tbe rare lesson of a
Judicious silence, and takiug the cap that Mi ss
Patience produced from beneath lwr shawl, ahe
bide her visitor be seated, while she left the
room to get tbe desired article.
As her steps died away. Miss I'atience noise
lestdy arose for her seat, an 1 appruachiug the
dresser upon which the pie Mood, peered cuu
oualy into the apertures in tne crust, her sharp
fatt expresmug rager cunositr.
"J. it bet a liinrpnte 'j dtdnt know unrngh
ter put crackers in I n ib't I conld get um
look, jest ter satisfy my own uiniL1 she added.
And, determined to accomplish her object at all
hazards, lie ran a knife deftly around a small
portion of the edge, and im-crting four Inquisi
tive fingers, lifted tbe brown crust and took a
glimpse of the contents.
A look of unmitigated disgust passed over
her face. Dropping into a convenient chair,
she actually moaned alond:
Well, I never! an wepajinthat man $300
a car. besides a donation party t Christmas.
Onghr
Unsnpirious Mrs. Graham, ar she ret timed
with tbe yeaat, was Mimewbat puzzled by the
Mm urn iritsmirKi oi ner gnesr, wno nurrted out
of the bouse as if some dreadful contagion had
haunted It; bnt when tbe minister, in carving
tbe pie that the deacon's wife had sent, made
twoennons discoveries almost simultaneously,
the reason for Patience's altered demeanor was
made plain, aud Ibe young pair indulged in a so
hearty laugh that the old parsonage raug like a
peal of Thanksgiving bells.
The Tuesday following was tbe regular day
fur the weekly sewing circle, and seldom bad
that interesting gathering proved so lively and
animated as ou this occasion.
M Patience vjs m the held bright and ear
ly, aud it was evident at a glance tu those who
knew her best, that abe was uign bursting with
Mime Important secret that abe was oulv await
ing a fitting opportunity to divulge. That op
portunity was uot long in coming, for Mrs. Dea
con Farnll, who waa a constitutional croaker,
took occasion to say, in reference to the bard
times -
The Dtatoubas been tryiu ter collect tbe
church tax, an he says he never found money
so tight hi all tbe years he's lived here. It's as
bard ter get $5 now as it nsed ter be $10.
AnT no wonder," spoke up Miss Patience,
with the stouyieentyof a sphinx. "You can't
exiect folks ttr like payitr out their money,
whentbei see it fairly throwa away an wast
ed
Kvettbodi looked curious, and some of tbe
young girls liegau to bnndle defiantly. The
nit Ulsters sweet young wife was evidently a fa-torite-
with tht m, at least.
"What U you mean by t hat f asked Mr.
Deacon ioiiitedl. "Mis' Graham is young aud
Inexperienced, to be sure, bnt, as the Deacon
was sayiu'only yesterday, she does very well
iudcdf coiinidennV
Mi Patience tossed her bead knowingly. I
dou'i want ter saj notbiu'to hurt her, but I
In" next door, as I do, T can't always help serin
an' bean n things that other folks can't be ex-
Iieited to see an know about, an wheu I see ait
.now things like
There was an oininons pause, and the deacon's
wife asked excitedly
Like whatf
"CI icken pies, with the legs and feet of the
chickens baked in
Had-a thunderbolt fallen among them it
could not lmo cjtised greater surprise to these
tidy, thrtftv New England hon keepers, thin
this dreadful re elation of the mcapacitr of
their pastor's young wife.
"Are you sure of it f gasped oue matron,
breaking the ominous silence.
"I know it for a fact," was solemnly return
ed "( bickeu legs in a pie f
"rbes a I Mini fool! ejaculated tbe dcicou's
wife, indiguautly, "aud I in thankful for her
Mor husband's sake that I sent her over one of
my pies yesterday. Tbey had to throw her's
awar of course, and it's luckr he didn't have ter
go without bis Thauksgmu breakfast on ac
count of her iguorauce and shift!esne
"How diduu know aboit the pie T asked
one of the girls.
Mis Patience bristled defiantly. That's uo
ImmIv's busiiitss but luvonn! she retorted, tart
1. '! don't go around ter find out things that
don't concern me, I'd have you know; but when
they're thrown right into my face, as you might
sav I don't sbet my eyes morj'u other folks "
J list here t he door oened, and in w a Iked the
hiibjert of their conversation, her pretty face
Jnwmg with tbe haste she bail made, and a
luiKcbievou twinkle in her brown ejes, that
nnboilr noticed, so occupied were they in bid
ing tbe con fusion that her sudden entrance had
occasioned.
Walking up to the table where most of tbe
ladies were sitting, she saluted them cordially,
aud then holding out lijwn the tip of one slen
der finger a well worn silver thimble, she said,
arch It :
'Where dotonthiukI found your thimble,
Mis Patience f
- pleased was Miss Patience to regain her
lost treasure, that she forgot for a moment all
her au i met I digmtj, aud exclaimed joyfully :
" ell, I declare ; I am glad ter see that thim
ble ome more. I told Mary Jane that I felt
sure that I bid it mi inv finger when 1 run Into
your botiM Thiuksgivin morn in arter that
yeast. lint when I got home, it wasu't no
where to be faiind. ow, where did you find
ar
II r shrill, high voice had attracted the at
tention of all in the room, and cvervld hoik
ed up curiously as the minister's wife replied,
with an lunifcent smile
In tbe chicken pio that our good friend
here and she nodded brightly to Mrs. Kar
rell "sent me. I left the pie on the dresser
when I went down in the cellar after your veist,
ind as hoon as I came back, I put it on the ta
ble, mid when my husband cut it, there was
our thimble in it. How conld it have gotten
there! It is certainly very mysterious, any-
wiv." I
hileuie, dead, profound, yel, oh, how terribly 1
significant to the deacon's wife and her spinster
oei"blor. fell uixm the croup
This was apparently unnoticed bv Mrs. Gri
ham, who, with a playful admonition to Miss
Patience to take better care of her thimble in
future, began an animated conversation with
the ladies luaresther, that soon restored the
conipinj to their wonted eae and good humor.
Hut poor Miss Patience! She never heard the
last of that lost thimble; while tbe deacon's
wite, to tbe day of her death, never trusted any
hands but her own to make Thanksgiving pie
for her minister.
AN O LB PROCLAMATION.
llw Arlina (vcrner Threep neentsueitdes1
TbaaiksgtTlHs: fiflr-lw tears Ag.
Proclamation, by Kuos T. Tbroop, Lieutcuant
Goveruorof the State of Xem lork, administer
ing the governiueiit theirtif.
herea, the wisdom of man is but a smalt
light shining round his footsteps, showing the
things that are nearf while all beyond n shroud
ed in darkness, manifesting our depeudentte up
on a (totl of inhuite wisdom, the createor and
guide in all things, who direct sour pith through
the dark aud nusecn places, aud to cud which
human wisdom foresees not, aud evincing that
our condition here,whether of good or evil, is
ai cording to His good pleasure, operating upon
our hearts and minds, aud not according to onr
own will. here fore it is beconnug, not only
in individuals, but in nations, to prostrate them
selves before Him, in bumble thankfulness, for
all tbe good things which He hath vouchsafed
to them, and to implore the con tin nance of His
divine favor, according to his good pleasure.
Deeply impressed with these truth, and mcou
formitv to uage, I do hereby appoint and set
apart Thursday, thn 9th day of December next,
and recommend its observance throughout the
Mate, in religious exercises and thanksgiving
to Almighty tiod, for having cuutumed His ig.
ual favor to tbe Hiiple of this btate, and thcM
Lmttd fctate, during the past year; aud espec
ially fir having given to ns fruitful and health
ful season, to the comfort and uui.rishme.it or
utirltodie; for having continued in ns exertions
for tbe eneril uifriisiotiofkuowbtlgeaudlean
ing, to Ibe enligbeuiug tuir minds, audlitting us
for the enjovmiut uf our social advantages, and
the preservation of mir inestimable privileges
as a nation; for having cultivated in n a spirit
of charity and nn enlightened neitse of religions
aud moral duties, aud preserved to u an u ure
teral tied religious uorsbip. recording to tbe
dictate of our const icnce. whereby we are saved
from tbe bigotrv, fanaticism, and rruel persecu
tions for opiinou's sake, which hi other less en
lightened tunes and countries have drenched
tbe altars of patriotism and true religion with
the blood of human sacrifices; for having jiro
tected nsfrom foreign wars and internecine com
mot ions; aud as friends of the human race let ns
thank Hun for the signal manifestation of His
merry tward the oppred people of the other
nations by enlightening them to a knowledge of
their rights and inspire them with a will to re
pove them in a spirit of merry and forbear
ance. I inally, let our devout aspirations to the
God of all mercies be that He will continue
to n and tu all men the leneficeiit dispensa
tions of His Provideice.
Given under my hand and the pnvy seal at
theCitr of Albany, the Cth dav of November,
Anno 1C30. E. T. TltRonr.
CctgDakkieh am Their Comu. iters. In
going the rounds nn electiou day, I wituetixed a
f n uny uicident. Three darkeys came up tu one
of tlc ttcpnblicau poll workers, and said they
wanted to buy a drink.
"What will the three dnhksco.t youf asked
the worker.
'Six dollars, boss.
Tbe bargain was struck, tbe darkeys voted,
and then tbey were taken into a hallway. t hen
their white chaperone rrtnrned be said" "One
of those fellows is as cnte as they make Via.
t hen I offered him the monev be said: "Drop
it, boss! Drop itT and I had to throw the mon
ey on the ground. The coon immediately put
his foot on it and held it there until I had left
the hallwav.
The defeat of Mr. M. John, tbe Governor of
Kan wis, who may he looked upon aa the repre
sentative prohibitionist, carries with it, it is to
I e hoped, tie defeit of tbe folly which he so
prominently represented. Cltecgo Trtftaae.
AUTtlLi: has lost pretty mneh all the Repub
licans North, but be has lApndiator M shone,
Fort Pillow Chain cn Tm Pepper Ochiltree
and Fraud Kellogg hrmly entrenched in the
rarty. riane'n"na Tmn,
fpftdlancoitf.
THE TrjUKKY.
I aaw the Turkey, la hie matchless pride
The barnyard ground with crest erect, be walked.
Ilia subject marched behind and by his aide t
And he. Grand Turk of all. imperious stalked;
No crowned king could with this fowl compare,
la his majestic step and stately air
Him. 1 fit hia full height be proudtr raised
Iacb other Tarkey meekly bent his bead.
And then around him ia contempt be cazed.
AndeouM be apeak. I m sun hrd thus hare aaid
Show mo the Turkey en this farm. I say.
That from myself can bear the palm away
Thus thought the Turkey, and in grandeur stood.
Bat soun the ruthless farmer boy drew nigb
His right hand sternly grasped a club of wwud.
His sleeces up-rolled, and munbr in his eye.
With direful force be atrock one deadly blow,
And on tbe ground be laid that Turkey low
The Turkey fell j but strugglM still with death ,
His ere a look of stern defiance wore.
And. half cp-raised. he madly strove for breath.
And bere this moral
eo one ttesperaie gasp, aiM au wasoer
U 1311
i ImnreMed on all
That, sootier or later
-prwe man nare a uu.'
Ah, baplesa Turkey Hard was thy sad fate !
TrorocrlhT mangled corpse. In joyous glee
Matrons, basis, urchins, each beiure a I Ute
bhsll mingle laugh and mirth and jollity
LnULatUsf satiete shall be.
And tbey are full of happiness and the
And ye, ye offspring of that luckless bird.
Will je bot ugh, and weep, and rata, because
lie whose sweet cubbies bate so oft been beard.
Is gobbled up hiiumJf by human JawaT
And rarkle Tengeance gainst that custom grand.
hich spreads such havoc through all Turkey land !
The happy pareuta, for theircbildren s joy
U made then parent); he who was bring
Teaterdar your aire, now dead, they do employ
(i riff infinite to you fur their thankngirug
goes the world , what s happiness to me.
Another s dimt curse perchance, may be
leader these ltnea a moral good contain,
Yv hich yon with care may easily discover!
I shall not deem my rentes are in rain.
If vou will deignj to cwn that moral over
e I in these stanzas of an undtslged pan,
A lesson Is to Turkeys aud to mca.
THANKSQIVINO DAT.
Dr. Frankliu relates that m a time of great
despondency among the brat settlers of New
Lngland, it was proposed in one of their public
aKM-mblies to proclaim a fast. An old farmer
arose, spotce ot ttieir provoking heaven with
their complaints, reviewed their mercies, showed
that tbey hail much to be thankful for, and
moved that, iustead of appointing a day of fast
ing, tbey appoint a day of thanksgiving. The
old fanner's motion prevailed. o, it is said,
originated our now general I observed Thanks
giving Day.
for many years, tiieilay was observed in New
Knglaud o:i!jf the Governor of each Mate issu
ing his proclamation Then, one by one, miny
of the Middle and Western Mates adopted the
div, until, in I8&!, President Lincoln proclaimed
the tirst National Thanksjiviuir. We have been
shin in coming, to this National recognition of
nun wno sen us tbe rain and sunshine upon the
just and the unjust.
A national Harvest ami tliauksgiving festival
i not, however, of modern origin. Herodotus,
the father of history, tells us such a festivity
was annually obs rved in niot mcieiit Egypt.
I his had taught the peonle agriculture, the u
of tbe plow, the planting of seed, and the gath
ering of harvests It was she that presided
over growing nature, give fertilitv to tbe seed,
and productiveness to the wul W hen, there
fore, the harvests of the year hail beeu gath
ered, the people flocked to the city of Ibisiris,
on the Delta of the Nile, and offered to Im sac
rifices, intense, prajer. and thinksgiviiig. Ilo
subs worship, there wis festivitv. It was a
holy day, ami a holiday. The Nile" was covered
with bout, and the boits were filled withpeo
ph. There wa mnsic, dai cing, laughter, and
all merriment.
The Human Saturnalia was an annual thanks
giving festival. Its origin is lost in pre historic
years. In the ancient days of Saiinm, it was
celebrated as a harvest home. It was observed
in December, after tbe harvest had been gath
ered. As Saturn wis to the Kotnan what Isis
was to the Egyptian, the festivities of the for
mer were not unlike those of the latter.
. Among the Greeks, Demeter, Lartb mother,
wa the goddess of seed and harvest. All
Greece celebrated annually her festivities. The
zUeiiftinian mvstcries were in her honor, a was
also the Thesiuorphian festival, in which wo
men only participated. The hrst of these was
held three and the lattir four mouths after
the summer solstice th t i, epteniber and
October.
Tbe Jewish Feast of Taliemacles was a nation
al thanksgiving. "Thou shall observe tbe feast
of tabernacles seven davs alter thou hast gath
ered in thy corn and wine. Dent. xir. U. It
cams ui tbe month of Tisri, or October, and was
called the "feast of ingathering w The people
dwelt in lMKith. Ninety eight lambs, seventy
bullocks, fourteen rams, and seven kid, were
sacrificed to the Lord, met ue burned, and wa
ter of Si loam was pourod out before Him. The
Iieuple, clothed in holiday attire, carried in one
land the In lab, or boaquet of leaves, and in the
other a ctrou. Olive, cedar, pine, willow, and
myrtle boughs were used in abnndance. From
the temple, eight great lamps threw their light
over the city. Music aud merriment prevailed
Why should we observe Thanksgiving Day ?
For tbe verv good reason that we have much to
be thankful for. The New Testament word for
thanks is "CAari. It mem, also, 'favor.
In this word, then, grice aud gratitude are
wedded. The enchanst, therelore, includes
grace from God. aud gratitude troni turn. Christ
took the bread and blessed it, with tbe wiue
He gave thanks; what God lnth joined togeth
er let no man put asunder.
How shall we observe it? First, with thought
fulness To think md to thank are from the
same Anglo-Saxon root, whuh shows us how
impossible it is to be thankful, without being
mindful of God's aliounding goodness. Mrs
L arose, one Thanksgiving morning, giv
ing, "1 do not think of auvthitig special to be
thaukfnl for, to-dav' An hour after, she en
tered the room of her daughter, who bad not
anen at the usual time, and found her alarm
tugly ill. When, a few da s after, the Giver of
all Good took the child to a home where there
are no thonghtles-, thankless hearts, the sor
rowing mother wept bitter tears onr her
thoughtlass mgratitnde. Euca, who is said
to have wandered through the lower world,
came, in his jonruey, upon a tranquil land
scape. Through tbe midst of a spacious vallev
flowed i quiet river, in whoso waters tbe souls
of departed taunts were washing away the
memories of the past. This Plutonian stream is
nut tbe only river of forgetfnlnesa, fr men yet
walk the earth who hive washed a wav all mem
ory of Divine merry an 1 bounty. "Oh! that
men would praise tbe Lord for His goodness,
and forget uot His benefits!
Another way to observe Thanksgiving Daj is
to be generous. InLevitical tunes, the thauk
offcriug was divided into three parts. Tbe
blood and fat of tin Iamb were given to the
Lord, aud burnad on the altnr of sacrifice; the
breast and richt shoulder were given to the
priest, and tbe remainder lIouged to the er-
sou who presented tne oneriug Acceptable
Thanksgiving yet nrlndcs three ele nents, sac
rifice to God. Ihtik voleuee to man, and onr own
partaking f the fruits. On this, our Thanks
giving Day, we miy uot o&Vr blood to tbe Lord,
but we may offer oiirt Ive ind onr menu. We
may not provide hiiihW of lamb for tbe
priest, but w n. a v send a plump turkey around
to the minister, or the editor, or mme other
poor family. We my tl en sit down to our
own well laden table, and feast with thankful
hearts.
fctill auothcr way tu observe Tliauksgiving
Day Is to ! happv Feasting and mirth en
tered Urgclv with all the ancient Thanksgiving
festivals. In the fcat of the tabernacle there
were singing, trumpets, illumination, waving of
brauche. etc. We shall sit down to tablrs rub
with earth's bo uu ties, aud weueod not become
lieasts of burden nor birds of prey. We shall
have joy and laughter. Gratidfatlierand grand
mother shall sit in the large arm-chairs, mother
and father shall guide tbe merriment, gulden
haired children shall romp and run, and through
the tree-tops into the wiuuows shall stream tbe
light from heaven, adding God's benediction to
all. CJurtro .Vaai'nn?.
The First American Thanksgiving.
In bis Tliauksgiving Day proclamation. Gov
ernor Long, of Massachusetts avs: "In 1031.
our harvest being gotten In, onr Governor sent
four men ont fowling, so that we might, after
a special manner, rejoice together, after we had
gathered the fruit of our labor Thus the Pil
grim Governor, Ilradford. instituted the harvest
festival of the New Lngland Thanksgiving.
Since then, successive generations of wise, de
veat, and grateful men aud women have kept it
in token alike of their faith In God and thank
fulness fur His goodness, aud of the tender mem
ories and regal bert ug affections of family and
home. Let ns still rejoice. Let ns utter our
thanks for a Iwuencent and prosperous Com
monwealth, and for the comities blessings of
liberty, thrift, learning, and moral and religions
inspiration, which makes onr land aud time rich
beyond measure with happiness and nope, with
opportunity and promise. Let us meet within
our house of worship, and under our own roofs,
recognixing our obligatian to Almighty God,
and our dnty and dependence one with another.
Let ns rekindle the virtnes of the father, and
secure the continuance and increaseof our bless
ings by deserving them. Let o encircle the
family "board aud fireside, loving memory filling
the vacant chairs, and renew tbe hearty wel
come aud old time cheer of Thaukgiv mg Day.
And especially let unr charities go uot and car
ry the gladness of this aucient festival of the
people to those who are In need or sorrow the
chanty of onr abundance, and tbe sweeter char
ity of our sympathy.
" fio let ocr lips and "ires express
The holy gospel we prefees.
OLD-FAASHIONED THAJfKSOIVXNO.
The people of New England bad but few pub
lic or national festivals, aud their habitual gra
vity and self repression at other times made
them enjoy the more thoroughly those excep
tional seasons when they came. One of these
was the annnal "Election day." wheu the Leg
islature of tbe State came together, and tbe
Governor, with his "guards," paraded through
tbe streets of tbe capital with high pomp and
dignitv, aud every household rejo ced in tbe fa
mous "election-cake aud the callsoftbeir conn
try friends. Then there were the town militia
came forth in all their importance aud glory,
aLd the children followed them in troons. en-
chinted with the roll of their drums, and the
shrill notes of the life, and the gleaming flash
of the Iiayouet, and the marvelous marchings
and evolutions, ending, commonly, in that most
sublime and wonderful oe rat ions the "sham
bgbt,iu which nobody was killed, or hurt, or
even frightened. Of high rank, too, was the
Fourth of July, when business was suspended
and tbe air was full of patriotic breathings, and
tbe long procession mart bed to some church or
public hall to listen to the hich-flown eloquence
of some asptnng young orator, and when pistols
and fire-crackers and pop-gnns filled the air by
day as fire balls and rockets did by ntght; end
ing, too often, with one or more dwellings burn
ed down and not a few persons wounded by bal
lets or explosions of muskets or cannon
Hut the kiugaud high priest of all these festi
vals was the day of annual "Thanksgiving,
whentnrkeya were ruthlessly slaughtered for
the table, aud pumpkins, without number, were
rolled in for pie, aud families were gathered
from far and near, and churches were tilled to
li&teu to the "Thanksgiving sermon, consisting,
commonly, of high-wrought glonncationof "our
country.' All going home at the close of .the
mtv ice. to end tbe day tu joyous intercourse
the children to their feasting and jollity and
games, and tbe older oues to quiet social enjoy
ment, and memories of the past, and thankful
ness for the blessings of another year.
Such days of Thanksgiving left their deep and
joyous impressions on all, and richly strengthen
ed and brightened the bonds of family affection
aud tenderness; and as the sons aud daughters
grew up, and moved, as many did, to some wes
tern home, they carried with them the full spir
it of the New Kiitrlaud Thaukscivinir. and
brought up their children in the observance of
such seastiti, which bad so hallowed and bright
enetl their owu younger days.
One of these families was that of Dr. W., in
the rising and flourishing city of 11 , located
in thit tbenfar-offaud dreainv region which the
New uglander called "the West," though now
almost on the Eastern frontier. Dr. W. was a
prominent o fiber in the prominent church uf the
city; a man of character aud piety and influence,
respected and trusted by every one in the com
miiuily. His family connection na extended,
for he had thirteen children, aud nine sotis-iu-law
and dangbters-iu law, and between thirty
and forty gmi id children; ami the greater part of
them living, and nil In health and prosperity.
And most of them were every year gathered at
the ubl homestead one of the finest residences
inthecitr to pass thanksgiving together. At
the appointed hour all went in a body, tu tbe
house of GimI, to join in the p iblic services of
the dav; afttr which tbey returned to their
paternal home there to spend the remain
derof thedir together. The minister, of course,
was there, for his absence would hare sadlv
marrrd the associations of the dav, aud the good
old Dr. would have almost have taken it as a
ersoiiil offense had any one, that diy, invited
his pastor.
At the proper hour i luxurious dinner was
served to the older member of the household,
aud when they had done, the tibles were again
spreid for tbe younger memlcrs uf tbe family
gathering And when all had done justsce to
the fiatt, the eiittre household parents aud
children, aud servauts were assembled in tbe
large parlors of the mansion, and the minister,
after reading from God's W ord oue of the psalms
of thanksgiving, led tiiem tu the throne of
grace, in a prayer of devout thankfulness for all
tbe blesAings of tbe past, asking tbe coutinu- ;
arteoi oous meniestor tue future, ami that all
might so live as to meet, at last, in the world of
endless thanksgiving and blessedness above, in
tbe mansion of the great Father's house, prepar
ed bv Christ for his people.
After this, the evening was given up to joyous
and social con verso among tbe older, and amuse
ments for the younger ones, till, as the shades of
iiigut settleii deeply oer the skies, the delightful
gitbenng was broken up, and all went to their
homes with thankful and joyous hearts, grate
ful for the blessiugs of the past and cheered for
duty in the future, and in hojw thit. for many
years to come, Thanksgiving" might find them
all spared, agaiu to meet at the family home.
Well would it lie for the family, for individu
als, for the community, if "Thanksgiving could
tvervwhere and always be observed in this spir
it. Like the Feast of the Tabernacle to the Jew,
and New England's Thanksgiving to her chil
dren, it would do much to bind families togeth
er in warmer affection, and think fully to asso
ciate all blevfings with the great Giver of them
all .V. 1". Oberrtr.
Concerning Turkeys.
At tlusFcason, when Thanksgiving is approach
ing, the subject of turkeys cannot prove wholly
nmnteresting, even if it is considered outside of
its relation to the tuirket columu My host has
,i flue flock of gay fowls, aud I have derived con
sulerabln amusement from watching their move
ments. Tbey seem to realize that their present
business is simply to enjoy themselves and grow
fatter and fatter. Instead of roaming the fields
as they were wont In the summer aud early au
tumn, tbev seek out the sunniest spots, eat all
that is thrown to them, and amuse themselves
by picking each other's gills in a manner more
pugilistic than playful. Titer appear like a
company of "bloated aristocrat, who imagine
thai tne worm was made lor their enjoyment.
The chief event of the day with them i "going
to root Their summer qnarters was a wild
cherry tree en the roadside; bnt now ther occu
py iu apple tree lietween the barn and shed.
Tbey have Income so clumsy in their movements
tint a half hour generally elapses before the last
turkev attains bis favonto bough. Ther fly
from tbe gronud to the fence aud from tne fence
to tbe tree; bnt each one is subject to numerous
changes of base lie fore be attains a fiual footing.
ror instance, a fat old cock, after a dozen at
tempts, reaches tbe fence; but in bis efforts to
secure a firm footing, rudelv knocks off a fellow
on either side of him, who carry him down with
tiiem in their rnmumeu alrugglus. the night
from the fence to the tree is attended with smii
ltr bird ship, and it is often qmte dusk before
their riKist is silent. They certainly manifest
great patience, and this is the only reason I can
see for associating Job with a turkey.
There are certain Itoyhood reminiscences con
cerning turkeys that new end then come up be
fore mc with all the freshness of yesterday's
event. Among the brood kept ou the old farm
at home, were several old females who always
persisted In selecting nests in the woods away
irom the house, ami tne only way in discovering
their retreat was in dogging thfjr steps. This
wa a difficult job, for tbe turkey is a ennning
bird. However, having early sharpened inv de
tective faculties with certain stories of Indians
and frontier scouts, I was generally successful
whenever I undertook th- task, atthongh I have
often ent two hours in dogging a turkey
through the bnxh the distance of only half a
in tie. The object of my first rrconoitre would
be to find out the whereabouts of the nest, k
second visit, after tbe turkey had laid, would lie
neceKsarv t determine Its exact locality, and
when the bad completed the season of laying,
the egg wee brought home aod pa:ed nnlrr
a turkey of more domestic habits or a dunghill
ben for incubation. This wa the way my father
treated utroug minded female tirkeys, when
they sought to enlarge their sphere.
The 1 "th of last month was a noteworthy
date, being the 300th anniversary of the introduc
tion of the Gregorian calendar. It was tbe work
of Pope Gregory NIL, who tn tbe year 156.2, be
ing strnck by the fact that the vernal equinox,
which at the time of the Council of Nice, A. D.
2, bail occurred on march SI, then happened
on tbe 10th, cansed ten days to be thrown ont
of the current year the day after Thursday,
Oct. 3, beiug declared Oct. la. This alteration
of the stvle was Immediately adopted in all the
Koman Catholic countries of Europe; and even
in England an attenmpt, of which little notice
has been taken, was made to introduce it two
year later. On the IGth of March, 154-5, a bill
was read for tbe first time in the House of Lords
entitled "An act giving her Majesty authonty
to alter and now make a calendar according to
the calendar nsed in other conn tries." It waa
read a second time on the ltfth of the same
month, and then the project was shelved for
nearly two centuries. It was not till the year
175rf, in the reign of George II., that the Grego
rian calendar was adopted In England, and by
that time it bad become necessary to drop eleven
days. The 3d of September was declared tbe
14th, so that the month only contained, nineteen
days.
The Drixo Hfniricks. Tbore is a quiet
langhattbe expense of the big doctors In In
dianapolis. Ex-Senator Hendricks waa recent
ly reported critically ill of erysipelas, with gan
gre neons symptoms, certain, tbe great doctors
of Indianapolis and Louisville said, to carry him
to a speedy death. The Senator prepared for
his fate calmly, and resignedly waited for the
grim messenger. Bnt he did not proceed to die.
The day on which the scientific doctors limited
bis life, a blnnt old Democratic friend, who waa
a country practitioner, came to pay his distin
guished fnend a farewell visit. lie looked at
tbe erysipelas of tbe dying statesman, and sud
denly said, with an expressive grant: "Nothing
bnt a bile, by G d!1 Tbe next day the at a tea
man was at the polls voting the Democratic
ticket, Tbe distinguished scientific physicians
are very quiet on tl e subject. We have the doc
uments for this itory.
Soxfbodt should preach Herbert Spencer's
"gospel of relaxation to tbe fellow who ti figur
ing tip Cleveland's majority in New York.
BOXCB THOUaHTSPOBTHANKsaiVINO.
T K. H. STOW fcD.
If gracious smues are met with smilca,
(And who would meet them otherwise D
And tender words persuade tbe heart,
TIB. tears kept back unbidden start
la dry and nnfamihar eyes
If acta of courtesy bke these
The common run of every day,
fas current errry where, and make
So many richer fur their sake.
Fur none can be too pot r to pay t
ohat shall be. can be sud for thoe
Who greater gifts their whole lives long
Xteeeire without acknowledgment
Eeeet re, perhaps with discontent,
Without a thankful word, or song I
Tune waa tbey were not, now tbey arvt
A rower by them unseen, unknown.
Produced them not to die like flowers,
Toor pensioners of Summer hours.
Tor tbey remain, though years are flown
Tfmm nothingness to conscious life
That feela itself if nought beside
And atraiehtwsy aU it sees demand.
j-, Perpetually PU lorth it hands
TSTe taksnd will not be, dratcfj
dented. "
That such a creature, aclfith, fraiL
One half whose days are passed In sleep
Watched over by maternal eves.
Which, when Its small breath come ia sighs
Tremble, and ready aro to weep
That childhood should In manhood end,
la strange at childhood janf begun
by did he lire I lie might have died.
What made Death s arrows glance aside
The Tower of Life and Death in one
This he perceive not, or f irgets,
Jror mw because he lived be live
He has hia raiment, and bis food.
Accept what comes, and finds it coul.
And never thinks of Him who girt
Something be sought be may bare mUeed,
Or tn bis heart, or in hia brain
Fame power, wealth, lore If wi, what then f
Blot all these from tbe lire of men.
Mill Man. and Life and Larth remain.
Tbe sua still rues, a of old
The stars and placet shine on high
The great fwa lauxbs , cloud come and gu
lUinsfallt birds eing. the sweet fiowrrsblow
And fragrant ia the west wind sigh.
tl Earth, thou ait a gofslly world
And who deny. If such there be,
Tbe Power that placed them here should owe
Tboa hymbolof that Power Lnknown,
Their endlcsa gratitude to thee !
The breathe tbe airs that atir thv trees
Thy sunshine is their constant bcht
Without thy harvests tbey would die
Their anatenance and sole aupplr t
Tbey be and slumber in thy Night
Bat say thou ait no more O Earth
Tban we behold from day to day
An Inn. we traveller tbouatleat
llaai spread n many a bounteuus feat
And comforted upon tbe war
We thank thee. nd through thee the Her,
Who has provided f Hi best
A nd boused us so we hate to go
For we ran never bop to know
More watchful care, more jerfe t rest
THANKSGIVING, THEN AND NOW.
Many of the btatcs former h regarded New
England's Thanksgiving with feeling akin to
those which tuovo ibe stitfHigblindertosnitr.it
tbe "little government nnday, that they rail
the East.
Hut tune and the ippropnateness of the ens
torn have worked tbe day luto obstrvauce, mi
that now in almost every Mate, thedav isoh
berved, and the preceding week aIo bristle
with preparations to honor the N ition's Harvest
Home.
Thanksgiving originated in the pious scuti
incut that tothe Lord of the Harvest were due
tbe public thanks of tbe harvester Tbe
Pilgrim of Plyuionth liegin it. I'onnpted by
their sympathy with the Jenish Feast of II tr
vest, aud by the htnessuf thing, they set apart
a day on which to rejoice together, ''before the
Lord," for tbe yield of "twenty acre of Indian
corn," and sir acres of birley artd pea.
In the spung of 1C21, "wbtJi tl e leave of the
white oak were as big ns the ears of a mouse
that being the Indian scif-ou for pliutiug they
set to com ami soweu tne uaney ana pea.
"Squanto," tbe friendly Indian who bad been
kidnapped by lawless Englishmen, showed them
"how to set, bsli-dres and tend c ru.
bo thoroughly did they manure the ground
witlrrJtcrrings that their old chronicler write:
"God Ire praised, we had a good Increase uf corn,
and our barley were indifferent good; bnt our iea
were not worth gathering for we feired they
were too late sown.
Iu one vear after the ptlgruis had sighted
from the tfeckof the MayJloKtr the sands of Cape
Cod, "Our harvest beiuggotteii in, writes the
chronicler, "the Governor (Ilradford) sent four
men ou fowling, that we might, aftcras)terial
manner, rejoice together after wr bid gttbered
the fruit of our Iibors.
Thus began New I ugland's Thinksgiving
Harvest Home, celebrated when seven log but
housed its founder.
N tue years affer, the Puritans of Massacbuset t s
colony observed their first Thanksgiving. It
commemorated the arrival of the provision ship
which saved the people from starvation.
Governor intbrop, seeing that the snpplv of
food was likely to run short, senttbeship Lgoh
to England for a load of prov iiou. fctnrni and
contrary winds detained the ship so long tint
tbe peopleof Host on were forced to live on clmi,
muscles, ground nuta and acorn.
They became discontented and murmured A
day of Fasting and Prayer wasappoiuted. Win
throp had put his last batch uf bread in the oven,
and was distributing hi last handful of me il to
a poor man.
Suddenly some one saw a ship at the mouth of
the harbor. The half starved people flocked to
the beach. The good ship Lyon dropjied her
anchor, and her cargo of provisions was distrib
uted according to each man's necessities. The
day of Fasting was changed to a day of Thanks
giving.
Tbo festival met the sociil want of our piou,
but precise ancestois. They had but little tin e
for merry-making, and they rejected Christmi,
because it waa associated with superstitious no
tions aud practice. Hut some festival wa need '
ed to interrupt the monotonous toil of the year, I
and give expression to tlifir ioial and pious
feelings.
Thanksgiving struck ts roots deeply in N"ew j
England's soil, becme it symbolized both the j
Godward and manwanl side of the people lift.
It expressed tbaukfulntss to the Hnnnttfiil Giv
er; it extended hospitality and chant to man !
Associated with the tugatherings of bin est I
and families, it becomes tbe climax of New En-
gland's social life; the crisis fits ft anting; it 1
dav of "hoi v con ot at ion." I
N'ow, as when first set apart from tbe divs of
tbe year, it is Itli a domeesttc and a religion
festival, it istheday that brings back clubln n
and their children tn the old home Its point of
attraction is the family, tint vital unit and sub-
tlo nexus, whoes spiritual gravitaliou umnl U a j
tear, preserve the mau aud guides the natiou. !
Tbauksgiring rompactstbeseold homes, "new I
Jerusalem,' a they arc scattered throughout tbo '
land. Beneath tbe fauulv roof, pleasant mem .
ones are revived and old vow renewed Cbil
dren's children become sensitive to tbe family
idea, and glow with the sentiment. There are
tired heart rests, tbe disconsolate are exhilarat j
ed, and the past, with its sacred association, '
becomes the present.
Thousands will go out from this Harvest Home t
with hearts pulsating to a mother's touch, deter- ,
mined that their life shall grow Into a harvest I
of noble deeds and holy chantie. j
Ibe Jewish rcast of Harvest was a time u
dedication. AU through the laud people, swav
ed by the generous gifts of the earth, dcdicatid
the harvest with thanksgiving, and themselves
with prayer and hnlv vow, to Hun wboo:iehetb
His hand and hlleth all with good.
Messed wonld it be for this na'tion, whose
religious feelings have been generously railed
forth by tbe noble life that eorrcciitly went Into
frnition, if it should associate this Thanksgiving
with the vow, "We will also serve the Lord; for
He la onr God.
The Doomed Comft. I'nder this title, Mr.
J. A. Weatwood Oliver has published In Loudon
a little pamphlet on the great comet of I"?i,
which is still visible in the south east, in the
early morning bonrs. Mr. Oliver dicnes tbe
nature of comets in general, aud sjveculatcs uii
the approaching celestial catatropbe;r when
the doomed comet shall be ahorIed into the
sun. Hie conclusions are, however, not verv
alarming. He believes that the absorption will
be followed by nothing more, than abnormal
magnetic disturbances, displays of the aurora,
or possibly by nothing at all. Hut be thinks
that the British Isles and Western Europe will
be affected In "a way each as to induce warmer
and drier weather, or in other words, "good
seasons' while opposite conditions will prevail
(with important local vanations, however) in
Eastern Europe, India, Australia, and North
America.
RipDexocxckd Luey Stone is ont with a
dennnctatioD of Rip Van Winkle, as presented
by Jefferson. ''Ily hi exquisite acting," she
complains, "be wins his andience to sympathy
with a drunken husband, who sjicud bla days
and nights In a grog shop with boon compan
ions, who roar with laogbter, while tbe neglect
ed wife toils on alone with poverty ami want,
nntil abe becomes cross and soar from the hard
ness of her lot. Mr. Jefferson's audience is
made to hate the woman, and pity and admire
the man who has broken his marriage vows,
wronged hit wife, and embittered all her life.
The whole effect of the impersonation is immoral
and nn wholesome."
TUElndianayoliaJoirrval mts that "a relig
ions paper, tbe GMprI Banner, gives the Rev.
Joseph Cook the hardest rap in referring to him
as 'tiie Boston gentleman who gave tbe plan up
on wLlcbtbe universe was created bis unquali
fied personal Indorsement."'
TllK attempts to fit tbe Germans into Yankee
straight jackets have been universal failnreathia
Year. CisoaMfi fasvrnd.
I THE ORIGIN OF THANKSGIVING.
Onr national Thanksgiving to God for tie
fruits of theeatth, liko most other public ob
J eervancos of a religions character, finds Its pro-
totyjte among the devout emdoms of all nations
'lifted above tbevavagaatatc, even of those ap-
pearmg on more remote ionlers of prehistoric
tunes. In Abed s sacrifice of tbe units of the
earth we have a simple frank-offering after har
vest. And in their autnmnal festival of joy for
harvest blessings of tbe elder historic nations
Hindoos, Arabian, Egyptian, Grecians, Ro
man. Germans. caudinavians. Muscovites
we ftnd the same thing In the form of worship of
tue lenuuiue deity oi r rnittuiness. she was 1st
in Iudia and Arabia. Isis in Egpyt, Demeter in
Greece, Cites in Rome, J and Hertha (earth)
and fMievi among the Germans and Scandina
vians. She was symbolized ns a woman with a
cow's head in Egypt and elsewhere, a stately
matron in more refined Greece, aud m old Mus
covy, as tn the Arabian wilderness during the
absence of Mosrs, by a golden heifer. Iu Oc
tulicr wast be Thanksgiving festival every where,
when all was joy aud Man ty;.itia Nor ember the
devote s mourned the iup4rttire of the Goddce
of rruitfitliies..
When tbe Chrotiatt Church wa wedded to the
btate by Constantino, heathen festival were
added tu the simple religious memorials, and
from that period until now its liturgus have
contained toruis if Thanksgiving after gather
ing tho harvest of gram and fruit. In the
churches of Itiglish ancestors a day was set
ap irt for the purpose; and in the autnnin of ICJ1
tbe remnant of tbe ruglis1! Pilgrims who had
landed from theMay flower in December snows the
vear lefure on tbe Idea: coast of Massachusetts
Itay, being a devont company of men and wo
rn n. im ntctuated the mous custom.
tou know the sad itory of the suflVnugsof
most ri.rinis ior ilouius alter their arrival.
Before niidummrr bilf of them had died. Hut
tbe remainder had ldrssmg to be thankful for.
Npianto, their Indian fneud, had taught them
how ti cultivate maize, or Indian com. They
planted twenty acres with it, and fertilized the
soil with fishes from the salt sea. As the season
advuLced they found berries ami grapesinabun
dante, and tbey were delighted with the per
fnmrsof wild nower.
All the summer long there was no want among
the Pilgiim, although the bot sun, as in tbe
season we have just passed through, parched
and spoiled their growing )a aud some other
vegetables. Thev had a good crop of barley,
and their com yielded stiOicieut to allow a peck
of meal a w cek for each mtmh Cod aud bass
fishing won ample Mores of such food. Land and
water fowl were tht re m large flocks. "Ttere
was great store if wild turkeys, of which they
took inanv , ! ides veniMin, wrote a chronicler.
Im i single day four nutt killed enough game to
fed the fettleuirnt fra wetk
Finillv the Governor, a a public act, sent out
huntsmen for fowl. "o that tbey might,
wrote the rLrutiirltr, "ifltr a spet lal manner re
jotco togethtr atttrlbty bid gathered the fruit
of their Ialor. Tbey then had Htbstantial log
buildings for the public um. aud siifbrient
dwelling if tbe saint kind, lighted by windows
otoil paper In these, eirlv in NovemWr, was
the tirt eelebrrtioti of tbe Great New England
festival ofThaiiksgiviug, ovtr which Governor
Bradford prts ded, while J.lder Brewster led iu
the ieligioiiservursof the oeasion, and Doctor
I tiller, tbetteasurerol tbe roloiiy acted as master
of tereniomesr. Ou tht. joyous octasion the men
txcrti-ed tbeir atiiH, and fur three days tbe
tdlorist ei ti named and feasted Massasoit, tbe
fimous " iiiij anoig sac Iietn, aud alwiiit ninety
of hi people who mule a contribution of five
ilt-er to the tables,
W briber the maids and imtrou at New Ply m
until luide piiiMj kin pies with their birley hour
for the occasion tbe ibroiuclcr of the day do
not in fori l n Tint tin e were not long want
ing we nnv readily Wlieve, for tbe Indian of
irginia were cultiv tting pumpkins when Ral
t igh'ii n ivigator were there twogrueratiousle
fute We know tint roasted tnrkevwasa grand
viand at tbe brst New England Thanksgiving
dmmr;and verv thankful hearts were there,
for summer kii kne hid ended, pleasant hearth
lire wire blazing, and there was an abundance
of fowl and fuel for their own use during the rig
orous winter Irt-fnte them, and some to spare for
ineotMi iiwimi i ami his thirty companions,
who arrived iu tbe Fortune ou tbe last itay of
the festival
irh wa the-nTigiii of our national festival of
Th.niiksgiv.ing made so bract of Congress. It
wa never intermitted in New England. Aud
so it I that we, like onr progneirtors of elder In
dia, rabia, Fgvpt, Greece, Rome, Germany and
Sandii, express onr grititude m autumn for
harvtt blessing to tbe Great Giver, whom they
ignoraiitly worshiped iu svmlwdie embodiment
of Heat and Moisture, tinder tbe name oflsi,
I si, Demrtir. Cere and Hertha. They all
meant to thank the Good Father for hi bounties,
aud were a loyal to timrttire aid ilntvas
tl e Pilgrim or ourselves.
LIGHT MEAT AND DARK.
The custom of Thank giv nig ha ripened with
tbe process of our inti mil life h is grown into
that life until it has lwcome a laud mark in each
vear looked forward to witbanticipitioiis,cliing
to with caressing ersistinre, reiucnilreit with
comfort and satisfietiou
It is our great national bom day tbe festi
val of tbe family the mother day of all our
holidays, and h-ru it is again, as it wan Iat
vear, and the year lefore, with its family renn
iou, its turkey gobblers, its cranberry sance.
Its good thing of tbe table, of tbe home aud tbe
heart
Here it i again, aud the people all know it
ill von have liilt meat or dark
Light f The day i one of pictures, one of
com lor tn. It i a ila that hnngs ieop!e to
gether, a day whose presiding genius looks after
th nutt r man. as will as the inutr. It is his
torically picturesque and practically a day uf
gooi uieer. lmg lints oi laimsruu naia; wini
our family trees into past geneartions, and the
things we talk most about clusteraroumlTI anks
giv ing Ha a housewife a fivorite dish, a tri
umph f skill and coiikeryf It is on dress pa
rade ti-div Have you a good friend among
good friend, be i at your table to-day, or yon
are at hi. Have yon children and grand-chil-dnu,
they are, or ought to Im, cIImiw to elbow,
close seated iu clustering nearness alio l. jonr
hearthstone
To the master of the bouse, to the owner of
thrtutkey, to tbe dispenser of tidbits and com
tort, it is a diy of days. The association, tbe
suggestions, the facts and present condition are
all in hannony Jut look backward from ten
to twtn
I leg y mir pardon. Did y ou sav d irk t
ion niissotic at tbe table His llixen curls
rise up in tbe place made famo is bv boyish
I rank aud bninptioiisiies last vear. His baby
lace pushes iu between the two that are left of
yon, claims a place, aud ha it, and there is a
wiW aud a heart-break. Never since tbe fatal
day has his face been as plain lie fore you as to
diy; never have you in Used him so mnch; never
has his little chair, otr of which be kicked tbe
foot rest, seemed so ghistly; never has his pres
ence seemed so near; never have your arms so
ached to opeu wide and take Itini to your heart.
We all know it. Thank ('oil, the old gray heads
aud great-grandmotherly hearts know how yon
feel, and feel with you Thank God there is
with ti all the memory of angel faces, and we
can turn tenderly to vacant chiirs and listen to
divoveryour Idealizing reminiscences of the
promising dec dw of one who Is never to grow
older. 1 be memones are precions. Thank God
for tbeni and fur this old fashion of Tliauks-giv-ing,
and "for that older fashion of Immortality."
Light meat, did on say!
les, let it Ik light. There's a variety on the
table of the houselwdd. blM the good giver, as
well as on the table of life. And this is a day,
in spite of tearful recollections, for light hearts
and cheerful faces. V day of much talk and
bazydreauis.
Uhat a jump It was from the cramped spirit
of the iibl New Fngland churchmen to the na
tinualfatherliiiess. the btimauity, of Abraham
Lincoln. Thanks-giving meant mnch in tbe
aute-war days; bow much more It meant when
tho nation struggled fur life, when our nerves
were at highest tension, when our hearts were
sensitive a tbey bad never lieen before. What
a glonons time it was wbeu our smooth-faced
boy, stranger in tbe family circle fur years,
came back whiskered soldiers and one-armed he
roes. How we gloned over tbeni, and feasted
them, and rejoiced over their triumphs. Those
were dajs to mark with dowers then, and to re
member now.
Dark; mcatf So be it. Tbese are troublous
time, you say. CIondIower as tbey did four
times four years ago. it a day tor comfort
aud thanksgiving? Trouble threatens, bnt tbe
people turn in certain trust to an overruling
Providence who has never failed them; to anian
whose deeds will he talked over for hundreds of
Than ks-giv in gs; to a man whose crisp sayings
have liecome bonsebnld words of Inspiration.
Let us be thankful that he i where he is, and
borrow no trouble.
Dropping metaphor, Irt us give light meat for
those who bare a tate for it, drumsticks and
meaty, juicy bones, for the boys io goes the
turkey! &ber thoughts, sacred observances,
rollicking romps, glorious feasting, tender
memories crowd into Thanks-giviDg day. It is
a broad, long day the omnibus treating days
and so by tradition and by authonty. Itwa
day on which yon are to be kind to yourself,
kind to your neighbor, helpfal to the poor,
cheering to tbe antterer, charitable toward your
enemy.
It is a day for the best of everything, from
tnrkev to good resolve, and let ns make the most
of it.
Ye, this was an off year a boot the oflest
year since ltJtO. It is nt easy to conceive a
year more completely off than this year. 7?aM
ere Jmervsam.
An lien Batler remarked in 1674, "Th ia is a bad
year fur the solo's." One of tbeio in Kansas
was peculiarly nnlneky. GUbe DemtnU
THANKSQIVINO IN OLDEN TOEES.
Long life to Thanksgiving ef thee wDJ I sing.
1 or green f n my heart does thy memory sprint t
A vision of plenty sweep ever my eye.
With a flavor ef fowl and aroma of pie.
Twaa Sunday, and loud from tbe pulpit wse road
By good Xaron Sule, what the (tttrtrnor said.
In hia long prec lama two informinr. the land
Th time of Thank sgiring was nearly at hand.
I remember It well, though Summer suns ps
0 er the parson low grate tn the long, tangled grs;
Though the tithing man a knock forever i still.
And lb church pawed awav from its site on the hilt
X remember, from Monday 101 Thundar at noun.
Which mv ETandtuuther said wa entirely too soon
To accomplish the ptrr and carnish the feast
Jror tbe boys from th West and the girl from the Fast,
There was chopping and firing from morauig UU night.
And bloody ded done by the lantern s dun lifihl .
While the great ruddy bbuesrt the kitchen aglow.
And tbe wcU-pohshed pewter gleamed forth from the bow
X remember how cleanly the farm-house waa swept.
How the cold Winter moon kissed the couch where 1 slept .
How the falrie at midnight shot flowers oa the pane.
That dissolved la the morn like the mist on Ibe plain.
Then ram Aunt Jtroaha, wboworoa full rap.
AsdabUrk shining apron smoothed over the lap;
And good Uncle doe whoalwayslooked aby.
A nd stopped short in his speech at a glance f mm her eye
There ton. wa big Luther sad atabrl. hi wife t
And lean I net truther. U fresh from hia strife
In the courts uf law where bU trouble appeared
A Iamb of the Dork still b ret V though sheered
There wa bluff Tommy Kwiug and Mary a mud
ts the May doners that grew in th "Nijamore wild.
Wbw refusrd me a kiss, but offered Instead
A bluh, whh h told plain what her beencu hail said.
Then we all went to church, and I fell fast asleep.
Though X tried to remembrr tbe text vers to keep,
Andanoke when tberustlinof feet on the fl mtt
lrorlnimcd to my ear that Ibe amice wa er
Dut year after year, fewer came to the farm ,
Aunt Jcrusha went first, and we frit, without harm
To good I nele Mo, who no fcgrr waa shy
Though be spoke of her worth with a tear in hi err
A la fr Ibe year that since then hate lied
How few are tbe bring, bow many tbe dead,
()f those who came down. In life early prime
And made glad the table of Thanksgiving time
should I number them over at suuset to-niht
tr call them around w hete lb fireside clean bright.
My eye would be dimmed w ith fast falliur tears
or tbow who hare passed down thehilbudeof year.
Bat why should X weep for the dear ones no mors t
St far en life journev so near to the shore
hich is trodden by those who, with palm branch and
crown.
With Isaac aad Jacob, and Moe ait down 1
o , bless thee, Thauksjdrlng ' thy advent shall bnng
To this half frozen heart an Impulse of fepnng.
And cheerfully singing farewell to Iii a ill.
1 wul paae the last guide-post that pout to the bill.
THANKSGIVING OBS EH VANCE.
Mrmonal davs are full of interest. We ft ml
tbcm observed in iveiy age, and by all peoples.
Ibr individual, the family, tbe tribe, the na
tion, all have days of tender sud hatred observ
ance, hallowed by eudesneg association, and
the thought of historical blessings.
The deliverance from Fgypt, with the Passo
ver, the memorial stout s in tbe Jordan, and at
Gilgal. tbe Keat of Talicrnarlrs to the Jews;
the Harvtst Horns of Old 1 uglaud, and the
Thanksgiving days t f the fathers of our owu
New Knglaud, all ieik of blessing from on
high, and of public recognition ami thankfnl
lies from them. And now from the Executive
beads of ths atin, and most of our bUtes,
comes tbe call, that are paiise fr a day iu the
Iirogress of the year, and consider our many
ilesHiiig, and bring tbe tribute of our heart
felt thankfulness to the great Author of them
all.
Our National Thcnksgiving How shall we
keep it I 1 irH of all, with devout gratitude to
God. All our blenaiugscome from Him. 'Kvery
good gilt i from almve, and comet h down from
thei ather of Light, w ith n horn there i no va
riable Bens, neither shadow of turning His
mercies are uew every morning, aud fresh every
evening, and rrpeifed tverv moment Life,
health, food, raiment, friends, jwace and pros-
1erity in the land, prevailing health, abundant
tarvests, tbe knowledge of Divine truth, the
gift of Christ as an atoning 2avior, and of the
Holy spirit a our sanctiher and comforter, all
the various means of grace, blessiugs to na as
individuals, a families, a communities, as peo
ple, all come from II im. And in devont thank
fulness it becomes ns to acknowledge His good
nen, and "praian HimTiirllie mercjes In the
closet, at the family altar, in the great congre
gation, let us, with united aud deeply thankful
Heat is, praise tue latru.
Keep the diy, too, as oue of family gathering,
and for strengthening and brightening tbe
bonds of family attachment aud love. Widely
as the members of the family may be scattered,
Thanksgiving" is a season when, if possible,
all should come back lo the home of tbeir
childhood, anil there with parents and brother
and sisters and kindred, brighten the bond of
family affection, and kindle afresh tbe love that
should ever bind them to each other in the ten
dered aud holiest of ties Kenewiug tbnsthe
joys of life's earlier dav. touting back to the
honered rather ana mother, ami meeting tbe
loved ones, who, as they are scattered in dis
tant parts of the land, now mi nearly coins to
gether, thn heart I wanned afresh, and the hal
lowed tie of earlier days are renewed and
strengthened, aud a warmer family love is kin
dled in the soul. On Thanksgiving Day, ss far
a possible, let families le gathered to tbe pa
ternal home, there to renew afresh toward each
other the love that roaj bind them forever as
oue. Aud where tbe family has been broken by
death, as so often it will have been, and the va
cant seats remind uof tbe loved oue who have
passed to thn nneen world, while the tear falls
in nauuess i ii.e weiuury m iuc iirpatini, iri
the thought of their virtnes bnt quicken us in
the wa of dutv, that when we are called away
ws may meet those who have gone before us in
tbe faith, in that bleated world where Thanks
giving are eternal!
Keep the day, also, by rememWnug tbe poor,
aud ministering ts their wants and comforts
"Go 3 onr way, eat the fat and drink tbe sweet,
and seud portion to them for whom nothing is
prepared. Neither bs ye sorrv, for
tbe joy of the Lord is your strength. Such
waa the charge of sehemiah to the Jew on the
great day of their natisual Thanksgiving. And
o in onr tbankfnlness and joy let ns see to it
that we forget not the poor, whom Christ hath
left as a legaev to His people. A truly thank
ful spirit is always a kind and sympathizing
aud geiiemns spirit. And while we send np our
hearts Iu thanksgiving, let ns by onr gifts to
the needy, till their hearts too with gratitude.
and cause them to rejoice with us iu tbe bless
ings which the da both suggests and brings.
Si shall we be doubly blest, in the gifts from on
high to ourselves for which wears thankful,
and in tbe blessings we baveextended to others,
boletus keep the day, aad we shall keep it iu
the true spirit of Its great original prototype,
the Jewish least of raberuaeles, and in the
spirit, too, with which it was kept by the fath
er of Nrw Knglaud, and we shall feel and say
of it:
A aong of praise frwa etrth to Ileavea
A key note in tbe chord of time.
Which marks soother passing year
A strain of thanks for mercies erven.
On stanxa more in bf e sweet rhyme
er all that make life dear
V fvod embrace ef heart to heart.
An hour of bbssln rhfldbovl home.
With father mother, kindred dear
A germ of all that make a part
Uf string thanks In worlds to rmne
Is onr "Thanksgiving" here f
Itr. irgom Ldtcard, im Iatanor.
"Dinna Forget.
hen our revered ancestor blocked out
Thanksgiving dav, thev clearly had it in their
miods tn testify the fullness of t heir annnal grat-
itnde by the similar condition sf their Patriar
chal stomachs. Tbey were bot men, perhaps, of
unnoumiro; capacity, ami yet tneirnpen air life
aud the hand-to-hand encounters they had with
Nature were well calculated to furnish their
frames with the toughest thews and sinews, and
to endow them with a vigor of digestion that
could a alt comfortably ou the most lrrcprrsai
hie appetite. That Is to Im especially consider
ed In connection with tbe day we celebrate. If
we, their grateful descendants, enjoy tbe con
sciousness of leing equally capable of taking
care of "the fat and the sweet" with themselves,
then we may feel free to deal a indnlgently
with that apparatus which oftener yield dys
pepsia than terfect happiness. In the spirit of
the Davy Crocket motto, we are first to be sure
that we can doit with safety, and then go ahead.
There is a ghost ready to take his place at the
side of every chair at tbe table to-day. The sur
feit of turkey and mongrel goow, of chicken
pies aod vegetables, of miner aud apple and
squash pies, with tbe inevitable cranlerry tarts
wedged in so carefully with the help of nnta and
raisins and washed down generously with cider
(fay favoi of the League it Legislature), ought
to wake a roomfnl of lively ghosts to tend at ev
ery pillow tbe previous night, and make tbe
post-Thanksgiving dreams hideous indeed.
This Is the time to put In a plea for the hnmsn
stomach. Weary and worked as it is during the
rest of tbe year, patiently receiving the infinite
variety that is passed down from above by
tbonghtlesii hands for Its disposal, and doing its
work for blood and brain with all possible faith
lessness at all possible periods in ths day, it
comes to the front this morning and hints in Its
way that Thanksgiving wonld be a welcome
thing for itself one that shall be the fruit of
rest and repose. He boasts of being tbe merry
fellow on the morning of the fifth who baa not
overflowed with Joy on the fourth of July. So
will he revert to bis Thanksgiving with great
est satisfaction who sleeps sonndly after hi pre
posterous dinner Thursday, and wakes to tbe
brightness of the succeeding morning with spir
its as frolicsome ami fresh as its own. This Is
tbe philosophy of Thanksgiving In a natabelL,
Tbe way to extend one's list of these festivals Is
this way only. Some people regard surfeit and
sociality as aynommons; bat It Is ten to one
that there is more rest enjoyment of the day be
fore dinner than afterwards. Tbe dear old day
Is getting to be rather buried np under Its
dinners, and erav es tbe privilege of crawl
ing ont and appearing in its proper character.
TURKEY TRADITIONS.
Paris ATssat m BIrel Wfaicf U of Fcratiur Im.
teret Jmi aw.
The idea of Beujatuau t-miiklin that tbe wild
turkey should hayr lecii the emMeui of tbe
United Mate wa evidently not without some
foundation relative to the character of this trnl)
indigenous and nittre species The male of the
melagrnle of the nndomesficate.1 varuty is n
grand bird indeed, wearing strong spnr, and in
flight extending wing which may measure five
feet from tip to tin. In plumage of fine copper
bronze hues, resplendent with gneiiisb metallic
reflections his separate feather leing also
bordered with black velvet, he displays even
distinguished beanty, which the Indian have
not been slow to discover, nor tn arail them
selves of it for their ornamental work. The
great nuwritteu history of the hint i largely
that enacted in recent times, proceeding, as it
appears, from his discovery on this Contiueut
and his subsequent introduction into Europe
let as Sophocles has let ns know, he was in ex
litence among the Greeks, wb, huwevtr, were
foraluugtime (uite ignorant of his culinary
value. Poetic days were liv ed by gobbler then
in lull communion with royalty anil classic po
et. Those marvelous birds, we are told, came
purposely from some distant climate beyond the
Indies to bewail tbe death of lleleager, who
took ioci3ion of tbe throne of Macedonia VTU
vear 11. C, and who w a soon driven from it
rins prince had carried the bird awav from
barbaric regions that they might enjoy the
rharm of Greek civilization Thus most liatur
ally their tears were shetl for Mrkager, whose
name theyhave siuce borne.
Iu Egypt were some of these bird, although
lielieved to have been still mor rare in that
country than iu Greece. It i related how they
fagurcd a a greatornamertin thetru nphalpnV
cewioQ of Ptolemy Philidelphu when he enter
ed Alexandria, Largo cage containing melra
prides were carried before tbe monarch and
viewed a a curiosty by the people For a long
time these bin Is were regarded us a similarinan
tier tu Home, where it l supposed that tbey
were introduced about ll.'i years before the
Christian era. A century later turkeys were
multiplied, and instead of being object of tin
common curiosity, were reared in vast iiumWr
on the Unman farm. Hut soon the breed of
turkeys began to diminish in Kuropc, and again
became a rare sight. It is recorded that in 1 1"
two were exhibited in Kuma which le longed t
tbe Cardinal of fet, Clement.
Jaques Conr wa said to have brought some
mcleagrides from India in ltfi". which were the
first ever seen in trance. Haifa ceiiturj later
Americus epucius made them known tothe
Portuguese. A great disputation was ruW
also in reference to the facta of the introduction
of the turkey in hurope. Gastronomists have
idistrrtd that Ilonche, thebistoriatiof Iioti net
would have it that the Krenrh arc indebted for
tbe turkey tu King Kent, who died in lll t et
other w riters hare assured us that it wa intro
duced during tbe reigu of Francis I , by Admiral
Chaber. It is said that, ou the contrary. La
Itruyere-Cbampier spoke of it as a recent atqm
Mtion, and that lleckmau sufficiently refuted
those who dated its existence in France rev ions
to tbe sixteenth century, arguing that tin bird
which wa wild in tbe forests of America became
domesticated lu Knrojie. Numerous an tho run
tradictions with even the error of the stipposi
tmu et an origin in Turkey, whirh ha hied tbe
name.
According to oue of the theories, the import a
tiou of tbo turkey was due to the JcstuW. llar
taut claimed to have discovered that it first af
1 wared in ranee at the weddiug dinner of
Charles IV, where it was admired as a very ex
traordiuary thing. It i related that Win
Strickland, the Lieutenant of ebattau Cabot,
introduced the turkey to Luglaud, the dish hav
ing been kit owu iu that country in 151.V, accord
fag to the gastronomic auual of the reign of
Henry Mil , but itappearttbatQueeuLIizaWth
showed in her day ome partiality for goto,
Tbe turkey ha very clearly not diminished iu
favor from tbe American discovery until this
day The flesh of the wild turkey is thought
by some more pheasant like than that oft be do
mestic bird; yet say the gastronomist,
shall always receive with cheerfulness, the
majestic dish upon whirh appear a well fed
turkey, t milled and smoking hot," aud add an
otbtr, 'A noble dish i a tnrkev, roast or boil
ed. Tbe bird is frequently fattened by lieing
Liven mashed potatoes, mixed rwhaii with
buckwheat tlonr. Indian com, barlrv or Inau,
I ball romjHiMed of barley Hour nrealsopirtofhi
tare.
In Provence a method In lirrii practiced
which might well excite mKietie forthepreveti
tiou of cruelty to animal; there walnut are
given to turkeys, whole, which they are com
pelted to swallow by slipping them out by one
along the neck uiitif tbey have all passed the
u-sophagti; at the commencement, tut one
w alunt is given, the number leiug increased bv
degree to forty; by this kind of fond au oily
tatr l given to the fbsb On re iu Delos It was
forbidden by sumptuary regulation to cram
poultry. It wa then- tint originated what
even one of the high priests of gastrouomy bus
declared "the aliotuiiiable mania for devouring
fattening birds larded with the grease of their
own bodie " Tin appetite reached such a
height in early tune, that eleven years lrfirr
the third Puuic war the Coiinsul Cam Fa mi hi
ordered in reference to banquets that no bird
should be served at table beyond a single pullet,
and that not fattened. Yet wr aro told of lueth
odJde vised for evading tbe decree, and of poultry
Wing fed uMm food which had been atuikcd in
milk; prepared in this manner the t'esh wa
thought to !e even more delicate.
The epicure isapt to find his tnrkey exquisite
when stuffed with truffle, "sown by thunder
bolts in tbe antnmnal storms, which Pliny saw
at its birth mrrtae without roots, without the
slightest fibre, or the least capillary vessel like
ly to transmit to it nutritious jnice. A not
very new story aUiut truflieil turkey ha given
u ilufTou less astonishing idea of Pliny's pro
digy. lie fore sitting down to the table where
t he'd i ri i was served, an elderly lady aikeil the
distinguished naturalist where tbe truffle grew
At your feet, madatue, be replied TLe lady
did not finite understand, but it was thus ex
plained her t"Vtf urn pteddt derate (yoke elm
tree). The compliment apeared to her most
flattering Toward the end of tho dinner the
question was aked again oftherelehratcd guest,
who forgetting that the lady waIcIdr him, an
swered. They grow ax ptrtts den xhui rsarmre
(old yoke rim tree) The old lady nvrrheird
bun, and longer thought anything of his mi
lability.
A tradition, declared doubtful bv theamidiy
trlon, has it that a pig, guided bj bis gluttonous
instincts, first found out tbe existence of this
gastrouomical treasure. Iog are trained to
hud it. The Greek greatly esbeined a spctba
of truffle, smooth outside and ted within, which
grew justuudrrthe surface of the ground, aud
showed not the slighest appearauce of vegeti
tiou; another kind muth sought after were orig
inally frrrtn Africa and called cyreiiaie, describ
ed as white outside, and of an excellent pel f nine
and exquisite flavor. Yet tm filed tnrkey was
not of classic rise; the bird is searr ly known to
Atheneaus. It is reported by Pliny as "the lat
est among the foreign birds which have bem re
rrived at our tables on aicountoflheirdiagri.e
able smell. The modern tkrf sometimes adopts
a method of rooking tbe turkey which was pre
arrtlsM bv Apiciu within the rompassnf bis ten
Latin books on rook err, Thisdisb tbey give
the nam "turkey a rAfncaitic. Koast a
tnrkey, directs Aptcins, bruise some pepper, al
iander and benzoin; mix it w ith wine and gar
ttm; poor this seasoning on the turkey, sprinkle
with pepper and serve. Ifoth French and Lu
glisli recommend the stuffing uf the turkey with
sansage meat; a chestnut force-meat with tbe
cbestuut sance Is cinch esteemed by some as an
accompaniment to this favorite dtsb. Ilotb the
tame and wild varieties are prepared aud served
alike. Sausage meat, ham, boiled sheep's tougucs
and salt pork cat In strips, lean beef, parsley,
Unfiles, tbyme. cloves, garlic, bay leaves, pep
per corns, mushrooms, onion, carrot sliced, nut
meg, white wine, and other Ingredients go to
enhance the flavor of the flesh. Tu know in
what combiuatinatioiis and proortiouto Intro
duce these is to be great. Hayer complacently
alludes tothestcssatrtsor which makes great
cooks and illustrious poets. Nevertheless, a
turkey simply roasted, with some water-cresses
placed allaround it, sprinkled withlemoo-jalce,
is nt an unpalatable dih, even when not pre
pared by the eminier of some German prince or
London Lord Mayor. This bird always asserts
itself In its strength f character Iu whatever
manner It is treated, from which may appear
something of tbo property ofltenjamin irauk
lm's notion about it. ot even tbesancesof the
ancients, gsrum not omitted, servo to oM iter
ate its distinctive quabties.
It is thought to be equally well accompanied
by oyster sauce orcnrraMt Jelley, with extended
variety of gsrnttnres. With mucbroom it is a
dish of gourmets, and a'l the moie in conse
quence of tbe tragic events counected with this
singular production of rut ore. such as the death
ofClandins, tbe Emperor Tiberias. Pope Cle
ment YIIU King Charles L of France, and
others; for, says tbe epicure, "Does not pleasars
possess morepiqaant charms wheu danger' at
tached toil r Sorely one is privileged to win
himself according to fancy; and to bo cut off by
a wespon which fate conceals sometimes with
in the delicate mushroom can hardly be thought
much worse than to die of Indigestion .Near
Fori Matt.
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death penalty at Yankton, Dakota, to-day. Mr.
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ligion since the gallows loomed before him, and
dviDg In the hope of a blessed Immortality na v-
leg Kiiieu a man. o. ao vrv.
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doubled, nuir amount to 110,333, and th.locoma
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