The Portland daily press., 1870-11-26

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land, but 10 presents wider scope 1o@~sna
tional holiday OF Thanksgiving has come ant
gone again. We do not propose to devote
great deal Of space to the Subject, since due at
tendon was given to it at the proper season
and it is sufficient to simply state how the day
was observed in this city.
The day opened cloudy, but the wind wa:
west, and the sun soon cleared off the black
threatening clouds, making the weather al
that could be desired in the forenoon. Rev
| IL. Y. Hlncks, the pastor OF State ST. Church
preached an abe sermon on 1.-THE Duty of the
Christian Citizen" to The united congregations
u state Street and Plymouth Church, at his
own place of worship; Rev. w. Fl. Fem deliv-
cred cogent and appropriate discourse on
Our duty to the poor of Portland" at the
High ST. Church, the Free ST. Baptist uniting
with that Society on the OCCASION; the Fiist
Baptist, Second Parish and Chestnut Street
united and listened 10 one of DR.. Caruthers'
powerful efforts, and services were held at the
First Parish, st. Luke's, St. Stephens and
Bethel Church.
As usual on Thanksgiving Day the congre-
cations were not very large, but all who at
tended, no doubt relshed their roast turkey
and mince pie far better after offering up their
thanks to the Divine Giver of all good.
The different railroad and steamboat lines
during the day previous brought home great
numbers to pass the day with the "old folks"
and the number was augmented by the trains
on Thanksgiving. The streets were filled all
the afternoon with crowds of people promena-
ding the thOroughfares, while the livery stables
did good business.
In the afternoon the "Wonders of the mighty
Deep attracted good attendance, and the
mighty shark, 80 feet long, the great American
oea-Dog, the Mammoth Man Eater, the Iowa
infant, and the Rattlesnaks, were severally
gaped at in turn, while the propretors kept
raking in the currency. The dramatic pei
Torrance of sDot" at Portland Theatre, drew
an audience of children, accompanied by their
parents, that completely filled the house, and,
we trust, the treasury of the Association.
In the evening the dances held sway. There
were three balls going on. one at Lancaster
Hall under the auspices of Ocean Elk As, which
was crowded, there being some 100 couples
present, who made the hours fly to the splen-
did music of Chandler's Band. Another at
Congress Hall, which was under the auspices
ofGee and Harnden, and wasa very pleasant,
jolly party, an / grand assembly of the Emer-
aid Boat Club, at Fluent Hall, for which Ray
monds Quadrille Band furnished the music;
and that was fully attended, and great sue
cess as might be expected whe, the Emeralds
get up dance.
The concert at City Hall by Mrs. Weather
bee, and Messrs. Munroe, Thurston, Shaw and
Haskell, with Mrs. j. L. Shaw as accompan-
list, was delightful musical entertainments
The programme consisted of songs, DUETS,
trios, quartettes and quintettes fully half be-
ing in the vernacular, and the audience show
ed their appreciation of the singing by fire.
quent and hearty encores.
In fact if we should say they were SO enthu-
siastic they encored everything, we should not
be guilty of much exaggeration. Mrs. Wealth
erbee received double encore after the 81
Marteri' of Donizetta, and sang in response
"Vesper Bells" In response to an encore of
BARK before the Gale" Messrs. Monroe,
Thurston and Shaw sang "Larboard Watch"
Shaw had to repeat the King and the Miller
and the Singing Lesson" and "Ship-wr
Sailors required repetition. Mrs Shaw's
accompaniment was played with precision and
expression, and taken altogether it was con-
cert that gave unusual satisfaction. There was
a large audience present
OF course theie were the usual number of
Thanksgiving parties in the evening, mostly
confined to the different families, but we haz-
ard nothing in stating that on THANKSGIVING
night the couch is sought by the weary head
much earlier than usual