Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-11-21

that the individual" who noticed his para
agrsph Of Saturday morning either did not read
Il. or was unable to understand il. We ar.
somewhat pleased at the impertinence NJ ths
writer, and crafty his request BY reproducing
his article from the Journal Of Saturday morn.
ing:
The Dayton Fire Department is making prep
aTations for grand parade on the afternoon
Of Thanksgiving day This 10 rarher novel
way Of observing religious festival, but an the
different companies contemplate attending Dis
vine service in the morning, either 10 their
own halls OF At some Of the churches, the after
noon parade will not be any more inappropriate
than big fancy dinners, and keeping stores
open on that dav, for the sake of filthy lucre 1"
Besides, as firemen, they have special cause for
thaDkfulness--for the great scarcity Of fires dus
ring the last year, for their immunity from sick
q esB; for the peaceand harmony which prevails
among the different companies; aud for the
moral and intellectual progress which theV
have made within the past twelve months.
a.
To this extraordinary production we made
the following reply. on Saturday afternoon;
A writer in the Journal of this morning
expresses his astOnishment that the FiFemen Of
Dayton should conceive the impious notion of
paradiug on day set apart for religious obs
servancel The idea Of Thankfuness apart
rom ndn Ons'nn MO,SnP sesos 70 a. nave I've ipund no
NAV be thankful. and snjov themselyes a. ths
same time, does not seem TO have obtained
eredence, with him. The Journal writer has
.ao .sIsn 10 ~ nO, P.ooay. ION I .ue cio,s-
highest evidence Of obedience TO God ; and that
dOlOrOus cOnptenance and ragged sack cloth
are the "beautiea of holiness" and aiRns man
IN Gb.ss IN bas ins.itutsd .,~sIioious % tes,;y"I % !"
has he7 And his followers psopaas initiating
us into its proper observance on next Thursday,
90 tneyI anu wnu .ne rHemen Commit tns
dav? Dare thew attend holy vorsbin' and O 90
forth from the sanctuary to desecraie the occa
S,ont M WIN they. we ask hnsily, forget that
We , VIII sss = So "'A'' W ''''''O"' Ne''''A''
I'll. ,s.d., vii, no,s IN. D.,,;Don.o os or,
rsm,rks. The savs the narads ..is rather a
naval vav Of ob,srv,n0 a yei;oiou, fss,;vaI .
Does this NOT plainly indicate that he ia ..forn.
enst" III that he conceives II not the proper
Wayr Again as the hremen CONTEMPLATE att
tending Divine service in the forenoon, sohv
than THAR na rade "vill mat he anv ,uot. ina,,
L. -.
P'Sp''S'. 'nAn Ois iAncy oinneS' &c ! ana
We are led To infer that did not the hremen
T'contemplHte attending Divine service in the
,norDirg y ,bsir Dsr.ds In ,bs shar,oon ,orIa
/, e' - - "Oe'N D'''.
oe tue most lnAPPfoPtiate OF tne inappropriate
observanees OF religious festival, named in the
connecticut
Tbo late, mar, ~ tho ,,.v,oyo,, IL M, oio.,
p- v
and II We can understand any thing OF iiS meanA
T.. l.. III. kasr f.
thank6nlpesa than any other class of comnu,
- - ,I..Ss'.. ~.,s,,', -,
ni5' "Hu tne'eioIe AIe ino'e especially oOuno
to obIerYe' Teligiously, religious festival"
THAI other citisens; thSt they should attend
n,v;D. vor.h,n and ,.s,.in f,0r, an, ro.n;s..
Ho "o''P, SNN 'n ''O' 0s"
tatlon OF thsnE'uiness outside Of church.