Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-01-09
From our European Correspondent. !


MEssRs. EoIroGs The great autumnal
festival Of New England did not pass by with.
out being honored in this city. On Than ks
giving day, the 30th ult., a number of young
Americans who are spending The winter III
this city. from New England and New York
met in the room of one of their number, to eat
Thanksgiving dinner in good old Yankee
fashion. The excellent proclamation of the
Governor Of Massachusetts was read, as the
commencement OF the solemnties Then ap.
peared in huge white tureen the first course:
our chairman removed the cover and calling
the attention Of the company, tipped the dish
so that we could see its contents and with
what shouts of Heartfelt delight did we behold,
instead OF the soup we expected, luscious,
steaning dish ofgenuine baked beans, with the
crisp pork the top "a true American sight,
to which air our eyes had been strangers ever
since we left our dear native land. They
would have done credit to any Yankee house
wife, and we ate them with a hearty relish as
well al with many pleasing recolIections. For
the next course our committee had not sue
ceeded in procuring turkies but we had, in
stead, some magnificent roast geese, a fowl
which, Is found in its perfection in Germany.
lurkIes, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pies,
(tantalizing names y were only spiritually
present on the occasion but before the eve
ming was over the aforesaid white tureen re-
appeared, containing another true Yankee
dish, cream toast, which, with the accompani-
ment Of apple sauce made III the plain Ameri-
can way, gave the feast characteristic ma
uonal finale as it had had national begin
ming. But what was of all most truly Ameri-
can was the good humor and good feeling, the
intellectual and intelligent conversation, the
lively anecdote, the sparkling wit, the sport
or ha pnrir, ~ ~
banquet with their spontaneous aud uninter-
rupted flow, till the middle watches of the
night were passed, and prudence, not weari.
ness, induced us TO bring it TO a close. Then
we stood up around the table, and taking hold
OF each others hands, as SO often in our old
college days, sang the familiar words of''Auld
Lang Syne," while thousand tender remem.
brances OF the past rushed upon our minds
and sutfuBed our eyes, Then we parted but
we felt that the day had Leen blessed, and
that its memories would be among those which
our minds would longest retain and cherish.
1t happened that there arrived the same
evening copy Of the New Y ork Tribune, con-
tanning the result of the late Massachusetts
election and as no one of us belongs to the
fraternity of, what the Germans translate, the
Ntehts- 1otssend, theAew was particularly
ungrateful and yexatious to every one of us.
But even that could not mar the happiness of
genuine " Thanksgiving Day." and the very
fact that such an immense majority OF the
people of Massachusetts had gone for the new
parry, led us to trust that its ends might be
noble and its conduct in power praiseworthy
The political tendencies OF our country, and
its future destinies, were, of course, upper
most in our thoughts and we were all united
in our condemnation Of the disgraceful con-
ductof our present government, particularly in
its foreign representations, and OF the recent
shameful and debasing submis sions to the
slave power. 4,