Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-11-28

THANKSGIVING DAY.-There was as much
enjoyment y yesterday as is usually taken
by our Western people on Governors
Sunday" as Thanksgiving Day is usually
called. Down East it is the time when all
the members of a family endeayor to gath
er at the old homestead and is, therefore,
day of great social enjoyment. With us,
in the West, it is usually a day when each
one thinks he must stuff himself as full as
the turkey he devours in order that he
may be in the highest degree thankful
We have but few family reunions on the
day, and the time is put in between going
to church in the morning, TO turkey
and oysters and pies and things at dinner;
to sleep in the afternoon, and to such
amusements as may offer at. night We
have yet to see the. first man who wasn't
more thankful yesterday for having got
through with 1t, than for having had
holiday on Thursday. The children were
dismissed from school until Monday. They
were thankful.
Our churches, or such of them as had
services, were all pretty well filled, and
sermons appropriate to the occasion were
delivered. ote '''1f''t s
The lecture of Rev. Stephen Fl. Tying,
jr., at the Second Presbyterian church, was
attended by one of the largest and best
audiences ever gathered in Columbus. His
subject was handled in a mastery manner.
He is forcible, aggressive lecturer, and all
who heard him express their delight in
unmeasured terms. sA
In the afternoon the Opera House. was
filed with children to witness the repre-
sentation of Humpty Dumpty. Most of
them were filled SO full of turkey, plumb
pudding and the like that they were un-
comfortable, but they managed to laugh at
TOny's capers and squall when pistol was
fired, in truly delightful manner. At
night there was one of those crowded
houses that make a managers heart go
pit a-pat, every part OF the Opera House
being filled. s
The ball given by the Independent Sher-
man Guards at Ambos Hall was one of tile
most successful affairs of the season. 1t
was most enjoyable occasion and sone
long to be remembered by the fair maidens
and brave men who tripped the light fan
tastic. E. sso.i o.
In the morning large delegation went
over to Urbana to attend Andrew Wilson's
sale of town lots. A very great number OF
people were there and the sale, feed, and
everything else went of very satistactor ly
The property sold higher than similar lots
could be sold for here. But few of our
spectators would pay an average of $500
for outside lots of 20 to 70 feet frontage
One hundred and thirty-six lots were sold,
netting some $40 600. Those who went
over expecting to get back in time for the
evenings festivities here were considera-
bly, bored. Two freight conductors tried
the experiment of attempting to pass with
their trains on the single track at West
vile, a few miles west of Urbana. This ex-
pertinent has never been successful, the
result uniformly being smash up. 1t was
SO in this case. As consequence Colum-
bus visitors to Urbana didn't get home un-
I'll three O'Clock yesterday morning, tired,
disgusted and unanimous in their deter
mination to stay home next Thanksgiving.
MEssRs. ANDREWS, PERRY & Co., at
Nos. SO and So North High street. are now
prepared with full aud finely selected
stock OF goods, just received for the tall
and winter trade, to supply orders of anr
amount at the lowest Eastern cash prices
only adding cost of transportation
The firm possess great facilities for manu-
featuring and buying, and give special at