St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-12-14
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The day, Vas 4 pleasant pas-:-an harmo-
NOUS part Of the delightful. weather that
He'd marked III lait fall and winters thsit far.
A most oommendsble: observance 81. Tho
s.usge,,ions Of ths'P Presidents And Govern.
,er's proolanations was made BY the bust
ness men-all stores being e,ose.l; s. aud
there reigued the silence aud quiet Of .
Sabbath. Thanksgiving dinners brought
around ,the same table orioles Of relse,vqs
md, friends, tel'ths,. serious damage Of, tur-
Keys, oysters and Ike substanti.ls, Wills
delicacies suffered In equal proportion. 81
=, Services We're held It tho did reat church.
+ss a per previous notice. At ths''f .,, a..
.a..- g.. PRssnYTERIAN CHURCH t'fsff:
there Was : union Of the denomiuations 81
Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist. y An
excellent discourse wss delivered BY Rev.
WV. Keep, pastor Of the Baptist church.
Mr.. X. stated three fundamental points Is
proper to enter with remarks for The day.
First, the close Of the war;, in which be
briefly reviewed the condition 81 The conn :
Try during and since the close ofhostilitiee.
Second, the ,martyrdom Of President Lin
coin, in which the character Of that good
man Wis eulogi.ed by Mr.. Keep, and sew
eral dns metaphors introduced. ~ Third, the
Emancipation Proclamation This was tho
great GROWING work, the ;granting Of free
dom to'four millions Of people. Mr., Keep.
who has been for twenty-five years min
lister in the South, quoted from his own
experience there to pro,s that this act
brought freedom. az, we'll TO- the whites ~
to the blacks. He also earnestly favored
the right Of suffrage to all who can read
and write, without regard to color. Many
other points entered into his excellent dis
course which We cannot mention in this
brief article, .<,:., .3,Ytt,... ,
sl:&>S&1 : 4 1T. JOINS. CHURCH. = ~
The sermon delivered by Rev. Geo. L.
Chase was eminsptly appropriate and elo-
quent, being like all his productions. high.
~ finished. It was quite brief, and was
concerning the blessings Of peaoe, aud the
causes for thanksgiving. Among the latter
was mentioned tho abolition Of slavery
the.cause Of our national sorrows. !
T.. = MS, ,.,s UNlvERsALIsr CHURCH. -i''f 7u !
: Rev. J.. H. Ba,lou read an original poem,
which WAS decidedly entertaining, and quite
creditablo to that gentleman's talents IS :
poet, Twas mainly :. contrast between
what Thanksgiving j, and what II ought to
be. People in discussing their turkeys and
plum paIdinss are too liable to forgetthe
source from whence they come 81 > 81 =:
To BuYlRs.-It is = matter both OF con-
venisnce aud economy for our merchants
to be able to replenish their stocks or I'll in
entirely without being compelled to 80 to
Chicago or New York. The firm of Bohrer,
Morrison & Reeves, in St. Paul, have pro-
vided stock Of groceries sufficient for .
heavy Wholesale trade. All articles in their
line can be supplied TO dealers ID this place
or in the country: At such figures as cannot
but be of advantage to such purchasers.
Order from them, Or call 1t their store, if
in St. Paul. ~...~>. .r.. =
REsrAuRAsr.-Mr. Joseph Coyote has
opened restaurant in his new building on
Washington avenue, where he will serve
oysters, done in any style, to callers. He
has also m excellent assortment of canned
fruits. CLANS and Holsters, apples, nuts,
confectionery, &c. Let all who can appre-
ciate . good dish Of oysters give Mr.. Coy
cite call. 49, ..... 49,
john Hammered has been appointed
Postmaster at West St. Augusta, in this
County. '.'' Wv .'.~'' - :, 49,; - ii
The Houston County Journal 10 the IT,
tie Of new paper published ct Caledonia,
in this State, BY McGrew / Wall. 1t ID .
we'll printed seven-column sheet, and .
good local paper. &
1t ii stated that Messrs. 2, Ramaley
and L. L. Fisher afe about to establish =