New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-19
THANKSGIVING DAY.

lin the cribtry cay ftr OAl pa! on" NV
In the rorrng the was bright aud she SKY cea''
Ipeither ~ ncr cold. Just conf~faois IN WINTER
cl.hce with no peces4;.y for bundlirg uo A. eleven
I,be nv was overcast, and nature began to wear
l,l;uv gInsnv look II only began, for at three the
com ,sver shone warmer in Win,ry day. Men
x.6 nth con,s r,wn back, and boys, fall of JOY
,.5 n 4hc omen air ard thought IL just cool enough
| ,,,;o rore Furclad women thought il too
-, "a came from unventlated, stove-warmed
lh Re- nsn.ing for cool, frcsh air. Then while the
I..+, toasted upon the rich sunshine mankind were
feastpy utpn the good things that Summer suns had
made the earth produce, and gadness overspread
Ifurss broad, cheerful face
II was curious 70 observe the effect Of this puritan
Ifcstiyel day upon Gotia'n's people. Walking down
Broadwty from Union Square, at ten o'clock, we found
anos, every store Except that class always open as
close "a though it was Sunday. Dram shops, cigar
shops drug shops cake shops fruit shops candy shops
toy shops IF course open; but with the eXcep-
tion of one hat bonnet and one furniture store,
nearly every other shop and store in the whole length
pf Broadway were fast cloeed. Look at the signs.
T1nre il always a lesson to be learned IN looking at
signs There yesterday. 1t fully verified the say
l ing about strsws showing which way the wind blows
The cosed stores bore the Of men born where
the psttut on Of day Of Thanksgiving was made and
| bopored TIE open ones generally bore names that
told of foreign lands where such religion the pur
| fans professed was unknown prescribed In the
land that gave t,eee names youth not spent amid
euch New England thanksgiving feasts os was the
| youth of many of the business men of New-York 1t
the latter class Of mon that we met going up while
| We cane down-tiey on their way to church, and
home TO family circles around the substitute for the old
| hesrtbstopc-we on the lookout for matter to I'LL up
| our Thanksgiving item.
Wha. contrast to Broadway we found in Chatham
street ard the Bowery. In Broadway an open store
was the exception to the general rule. In Chatham
street and the Bowery il was the reverse That line
! Of clothing stores-whch, for aught we have ever
found to the contrary-are ever open, day or night,
etiI showed their open fronts, doorless and window
Iess eternay open and eternally full Of buy coat
"yery cheap; seven dollar six dollar, five dollar, four
"dollsr?" Still there were in all that long way up
those long streets of little shops, here and there
closed one. Look at the sign. Ah, there it s The
tale is told. Thst Of thrift bears name that
cannot forget the teachings Of early days. To him
this is a Sabbath.
We met friend hurrying home. Why 81 have
promised to give my boys Thanksgiving dinner"
"Ny boys" What of that. Why not, II they are
his boys' All but that is it. They not his boys.
What then? 1t was G. A. Conover, the inventor OF
the Yankee wood splitting machine, who employs
soe forty poor boys tie up wood-such little bun
dies az you buy for two cents at the grocery Boys
that have seldom heard Of and never, perhaps, en-
ioyed Thanksgiving feast, and he wtuld bring them
under its good influences, by treating them to good
dinner and its accompanying good lessous-infucnces
that will be better than those derived by the three
hundred children, mostly girls, that we saw waiting,
each with basket, in front Of the Unon-pace Hotel,
for come promised expected article Of food to carry
away to their dresry and probably dirty homes in
some Of our city hives called "tenant houses" 1t
was not a pleasant sight to see such an army
of children, with here and there ful-sizcd
woman, waiting by the hour in the street. thinly
clad Of cold November day, waiting for the crumbs
that fall from rich mans table. Not one of these
will feel the influences that originally surrounded this
day. On the contrary, they will feel an influence that
will make them beggars if they are not already So
No good can over come from filling such baskets
brought to your door by children. No child once made
a beegar by such mistaken charity, will ever make
good citizen. Demon stration has begun and it will
grow like cancer. 1t was wicked hoax to call all
tina. crowd of women snd children from their homes to
wait for that promise offood to be fulfilled. No crime
was ever committed in this wicked city that evinced
more Internal spirit than advertising for these poor
people 10 come and wait around the statute of Wash
ipgtop for the fullflment of such q false promise.
Earth may have given birth to the william that
originated the hoax but the spirit that animated him
was born in hell.
Bu. let us 60 on, looking a; peasanter sights.
The crowds are coming from the churches Did NOR
tai ever look upon crowd in any country that gave
more setisfacton7 Not squald ill-dre.sed man
or woman-not one face that does not show inelle
and signs unmistakabe Of the fact tina, those who
own suca faces and chow such signs OF worth and
wealth are under Thanksgiving influences.
Again we are in the strees. Iii, night now. How
quiet and Sabbath like the city is streets out Of the
etc nal din Of its public stsges.
What a number of good dinners we enjoy by the eye
as we GO along looking down into the gas lighted
basemeuts, where happy groups partskng OF
che Thanksgiving fare 1t is STILL mild and calm, and
the moou and stars smiling an approval OF this
dear old festival just they did two hundred years
ago. So walk on in sort Of revere Of delight
delight to think how much happiness there is in this
world for those who have the ard disposition to
GEEK for and enjoy it. Walking among the residences
Of the rich till sstiated with delight We leave those
Of festve joy around family affairs, with the
fesstipg stil going on in one and peals of joyous
laughter in another. In another there is cheerful,
lively music, aud young children are tripping over the
parlor carpet.
In the next the full-toned voices of men and
women are pouring forth hymn Of Thanksgiving. Look
up The whole heavens are fuu Of smiles. The earth
is full Of gladnees. Did moon and stars ever shine
upon more inspiring scene But We cannot fnger
here. Duty impels on, and we dive down into the
very cepths Of poverty, wre.chedness, misery aud
crime. Down Mulberry street, Bayard street, Baxter
street Park street. Worth street. worthless as to what
is inn Down amid that rabbe of men, women and
tha .tnr,n