New-York tribune., 1871-11-30


nv entjrcut and uuncumbercd with tradition IL Was
~. hus,nesslike celebration which an austere sense
ss ,us,ice I'm the Purans of the Plymouth colony de
anantcd and intended to serve douoie purpose
N. fcstiva, commemorative of season unusually oe
with fruit and a substitute for Christmas The latter
had ts,n abolished with pous horror a. contagious
relic rf poWrV, and on the 2hth of December fonoWs
The arrival cC hc Mayowcr the FrOssa of the Pilgrims
wr, WITH GriIn fcrvor: This day we went ashore
rome fSa, timber some Ia saw, some To tNe' """
~omc carry: man rested all that day. lpis "'
PROC a,naton OF the thoroughncSs with which 'h',i
,nini> hsd made ny prescribe festival "h'c"
Ihouch Nldtr thar nations. was TOO stt"hS in ' i,
.euc., of the ra,al ritual o su their severely slmPc
tascs An animal Thanksgiving was SUBSTITUTE" " "
place under circumstances duly recorded u! '"' '
p,rancois historian OF the colony; "lherc ""H - -,
,,orc 81 wild turkeys " which niuy were taken "e
>rn>on. The foW lcr- had bee sent o"t u! ''' "
that people might "ic" after spec '' n''"'
,og,ther after they bad gathered the iIn'> I" INV"
labOrs ''' o..
with the iurux "f Catholics and iris'"N''''nN' ''.
u,a. was rc, ,Ncd, bat Tbarkssi>n". l- a"Seic3 i's
r,s cuqtcs largely clirna;cd. ana us s"ei'' "'"'"
tevcopcd has remained the most pop iir az II was '
Nrs rf ,a,inra holidays. Tender memories nave oos
.oun about II. and H. nam" has become eSuonoi""'
with all thai J., beautiful III American MONIES. IL is '"c
tcca iou rahcring within one "'d Oh s''t'eIe"
branches Of mauy housch"ldS-thc communion VI ''!
and ,ouur, ."i,irsand il is prominently aPsUNai
,icul t,cd To- p.rpctuc that blending OF yeoihy III"
TOW! I.c'i which ~I potent element III inc iauoi'i "''
r,,r, end Tre,do,a are hurried away Wednesday to
tc ir! Uf Uno.c Ebcn, and eehcfousI! smut
tIis ;lct ,y,, to uIi;!uVc shortcomings thP! open
tn, nlvu;,n, al ganS the fullc, extent nj the SIZE
md Icrfcc.'o uf tIc rr"dsio:N bird when mas "ecn
oln rrn.-,ch the faru'-yard ever since the Fourth
a. .Jal, Ties, c.tN cnu-iS. though perhaps Htic sn
r.IG, 90 i r n.., T. and too fond Of intrndinc their
,ctroi 81 '. >IlNroriy. accept all crndfS III s""i
ri..,i lr''" al understanding oh! oi 'h' "''n Va
Jtll and charity.
Ar. o. Tnauk>,i BAY and the day before. in tie
ait, b, "a! r->! l. there u tinSe "i sadness "r
mes of the hard worked mechanic ana
is WIFE who. with their eldest son in honorabe ca
pacit, o. h.i Erarcr. testing the puiDpn'ss OF
Washington or Fulton Market turkeyl Is there not sre-
cal biskic- the step OF the young matTon as ea'
Iny her husbands arm with an express
SION ,f absolute .aith she commits 10 linn
her arrangements for the morrow, when his
mother and father and her father and mother
are g. ,,t them for The r-t time in their new hous"
Ifuwcrc possible to behold all the visions that bo!
dream the night before Thanksgiving, what an lnc"h'
rruous world Of ga>tron"mic prodiges might I've re-
>cIed. Young Hopeful wagcrs on his own "nnivor"us
Capacity r,riouS odds, and rccklcs>y throws the
gauntlet t. rivals. before he goes to sleep on Wedns-
dian night that hc eat more than any one of Them
And 80 Ia, d,n 80 struggle which sustained a. nn"-
icn,iI. -ll the contest If Gettysburg.
IL, on.I4uc> Of charity aud good will fan 80 picn-
t,mi~N "n Thanksgiving Day that il j. sale (" hazard
she assertion that the families happily few whom
they W!I not l,b L,cn the lIohionItic liil" street
AI,i,. iars' ll"l"rlion "i tli'm viii eat wttr
dinner than usual IL fact. the c,nalty OF the season
al. lrI Vdinc and although the day las not iI' IL
t.,"u- prose of Dickens TO celebrate 1t as Thank-gv
.u.'> c;, ~t,i1oiA,r Christmas. has We ar" carried
~ the current Of uaI.ud sentiment throuSl scenes "i
","u- fut.y ru."n~; through Large halls where
y,Ln: Iaa.,Inuins. Especially renovated With soap
,ul hot wa,cr. attacking StulchdouS supplies
,f .,l.onahlc vand~ through hospital wards
where the p1li invalid i, rcjoiccd by some
mom,I;o "f tn" rcnc,"u~ meaning of the lay, all
smile hls memory wandcrs into the past
IL" ocean 10 some vessel which har hoi>t"d h"i
rclors. and which III, sailors have double supply %
cI"p and alc making merry after their own fashion
Indeed wherever Alercan hearts heat there j. some
uing to- ,m,,y tac Observance OF the annual Thanks
y>mr. festival about which is woven delicate tex
ol human ,cnt.meut of charity. sympathy, and e'
Giai "lrth. ,,
In with thc procla,na,"ns Of the PresideI
aud Gu,,inoi to-day VIII hc gem rally devoted To IL
n>civan'e of THANKSGIVING All places "i business vi
T.. ,lc>, Scr, ices VII h. held III the churches and I'll
hArlaric >tluiIuI~ Will give their inmates sca>0
.hIc nncr Most of the thcatcrs VIII be open +,
manc,~ and evening performance and some Of thel
viii ,,c three entertainments. The mails at the Posi-
.i.t al Io u. on Sundays The Produce
.'oct ard cold Exchanges will their members am
iao,e> D., hoIiay, ana the courts also adjourn owe
'iEI|r.
ILt>TI>G 1IIE FOOR.
., T. .u: -, cast. to-day Tie following A'
!.i rive .oni~ Mi,eIon on PaIk-s;. ample pro-
-,ru ,is to dine 100 chidrcni the soldiers
..'oiit ti.- # fhc school at EeYcntlayt. and
.,, T., ave dinner AZ O'Clock; tho Juvcaiic
III 90: ~o.'t vii give dinner 10 about 100 street
,,-.,. y IM >: Narh1lace ana No. .o7 Bow9ry from
4t.4 = Howard MissGJ and Homo for Little Wan
i,-'. g." w-Eowcrv, received yesterday fon;-
i.a l 81 o. 81 a.. lamb fIoI the aiattoirs o; Con-
.gnraN. aha the inmates of the Ncwsboys Homo
vii t., provided with cNtra dinner Free
WIN altar NC To he at Ia, ~
Neas- ul :styy. Worth.st Home for the FiicnG r
t,r,th-st. Ncv York Juvenilo lAsylnn, One huudl :,
IN; sc,"r;y-, ,NtI>t and Tenth-ave; two Waer-st rs
siirl. Lodging House, st. Marks place; RI; ng
i'oi-st. %cwshoye' Lodcn; House; Wilson Mission, :
nIe A and Eighth st.; Protestant Half Orphan Asy
Wet Tchth-st.; Lri Industrial School, Grcenwioi -
srd ;Ge Lcoging House for Boys. Nj. 50 warrnst
e the cIltreI AM adults Wards and IaId.,iia
.-isnd-. '~"n 10 the prooners in the Ton.s
ldlsw - Ja.l
IL ris hAaRrrs
Nn;l H. latt might al the markets were crowded
-Ub buys, Washington Market Of being Tire
H-catrcuN OF the trade The stock Of poultry and
Dot large and the absence Of Western turkeys
especially a0ticeae, the assigned by the dealers
eInS tp unfortunate experience OF last year, whom
!arce stofs shipped here from the West only to
spoil on tn dcdlra hands. The dciuai,d lsi night was
rhichy is: email and mtduin turkey, winch sold At
n"in ~ 10 Il ccits lel pound.
IN BROOkLYN.
Active preparations have been making by the various
huT, cs I charitable ORGANIZATIONS for pss
:or the Of Thanksgiving. Tbc ladies Of
lhe Industrial School Association propose to give the
r,uicn hctntul dinner and the inmates 81 the Houe
~ Destitute Children aud rhe CoOred Orphans Asy lum
viii also feast. The ladies Of the Episcopal
thuIeh's have prepared dinner oI the iDmates the
County Alins House az Flstbusb The newsboys will
have ld,hDef ~ their Home IN Poplar st.. the
Tie old adi'f IL the Graham Institute. i'll Walr
ave-. are also anticipating feast. Dinners VIII likewise
G served to the imna"s Of The Penitentiar,, Ja aud
ether reformatVry charitable Institutions.