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Thanksgiving among the Jews.

The Hebrew residents of the United States
observe the Thanksgiving days appointed by
the civil authorities in much the same man
ner as their Christian brethren. The Je,cish
Messenger, last year, had the following edi-
torial on Thanksgiving:
On Thursday next, in Difference to the
Presidents and Governors proclamations,
the churches and synagogues of the Union
will be opened for divine service, and the peo-
pie will come together to thank our Gracious
Father for His blessings during the year.
Let us hope that the buildings will be well
filled, and the worshippers duly impressed
with the lesson of the day.
The synagogues usually are not so largely
thronged as they should be-; people do not
seem to recognize the importance of crowded
audiences on this occasion; and, we are sor-
ry to add, many of them in this city prefer
the temptations of the clubhouse, together
with the pleasures of an extraordinary din
ner, to more decorous adherence to the spir-
it of the day. Unless there are special at
tractions-ncreased choir and powerful or
chestra, grand vocal concert by the chill
dren, and the presentation of a new lecturer
the seats are sadly empty, and the specta-
tor has but poor idea of the patriotism and
gratitude of the members.
Let there be q change for the better on
Thursday next. This is n national festival.
affecting US all as Americans, and Tee not
be lacking in that national pride and love
which should impel us to make brilliant dis
play. The service is but short-it is but an
hour taken from day of rest and as that
hour so devoted confers a benefit on the COM
munity and adds to the national dignity, no
one should fail to cooperate for the general
advancement,
Besides, there is peculiar cause for our rem
dering thanks this year. The country is pros
pering marvellously; new avenues of industry
have been opened; trade is fast reviving; the
credit of the government is assured; and, ev-
en- in those districts so terribly ravaged by
the war, the people have resumed their old
avocations, and are fast forgetting the cruel
days of 1861. Let us all rejoice at our coun-
try's prosperity, and let us thank God as the
Omnfpotent Cause.
'|Praise We the Lordr'
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"Praise ye the Lord p

THANKSGIVING That is the word that
conjures up visions of merry meetings and
merry-makings just at hand; revisits to old
homes; dinners, such as were boyhood's and
girlhood's delight; brief vacation from toll
and care, blessed with the presence of all the
domestic affections, and here and there gent
ly shaded by tender memories of those who
once filled now vacant places. This festival
annually repeats its rich meaning, so instinct
lively interpreted by every heart, that words
are not needed to commend or describe it.
Every New Englander born and bred is bound
to keep it; and every New Englander will re-
joce that his once sectional day of grateful re-
joicing has now become the custom of
the nation. The Presidents proclamation.
echoed by the proclamations of the Govern
ors, need only announce date to be sure of
a glad response to their invitations; all being
eager to celebrate the ingathering
If anybody needs to. have his sense of the
propriety of the observance of this season
quickened, he has only to look about him.
Unless he has lost all ability to see things
true, good and beautiful; to reckon up the
statistics ofplenty; to understand the worth
of peace and prosperity, order and freedom;
and to recognize, though the world of men
and women is not angelically perfect vet, and
the millennium is still afar off, the supera-
bounding blessings; unless he has thus be-
come hard and stolid, no one can fail of feel
ing that there are reasons enough for public
expressions of gratitude and individual ac-
acknowledgements that life in this land of liberty
and growth is flooded with brightness. With
all that makes a present desirable civilization,
and all that promises still finer civilization
in the future, we are beyond dispute marvel
ously filrnished and if ever the fathers felt
that they had occasion to rejoice. because
their lines had fallen in pleasant places, their
descendants are summoned to be glad by
manifold increase of the reasons for joy.-
Push aside for the hour whatever is ugly and
oppressive; look only and persistently at the
bright side, and there need not be in any
household throughout the broad area of the
republic bitterness in the cups or viands, or
an absence of hearty hilarity and praise at
the national banquet of lS71,-Rer, T. b,
For
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Board.
FTNO rent for the Winter Furnished Parlor, also
l. pleasant room to Gentleman and Wiie.
oet37eod u 62 FREE STREET.
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Concerning Turkeys.

AT this season, when Thanksgiving is ap-
preaching the subject of turkeys cannot prove
a wholly uninteresting one, even if consider
ed outside of its relations to the market col
umn. My host has fine flock of the gay
fowls. and | have derived considerable amuse-
ment from watching their movements. They
seem to realize that their present business is
simply to enjoy themselves and grow fatter
and fatter. Instead of roaming the fields as
they were wont in the summer and early a,l-
tumn, they seek out the sunniest spots, eat
all that is thrown to them, and amuse them
selves by picking each others gills in man
ner more pugilistic than playful. They ap-
pear like company Of 'bioated aristocrats,"
who imagine that the world was made
simply for their enjoyment. The chief
event of the day with them Is ''go-
ing to roost'' Their summer quar-
tiers was wild cherry-tree on the road
side; but now they occupy an apple-tree be-
tween the barn and shed. They have become
so clumsy in their movements that half
honr generally elapses before the last turkey
attains his favorite bough. They fly from the
ground to the fence and from the fence to the
tree: but each one is subjected TO numerous
charges of base before he attains final foot
ing. For instance, fat old cock, after a
half-dozen attempts, reaches the fence; but in
his efforts to secure firm footing, he rudcly
knocks off fellow on either side of him, who
carry him down with them in their combined
struggles. The flight from the fence to the
tree is attended with similar hardships, and
it is often quite dusk before their roost is 81
lent. They certainly manifest great patience,
and this is the only reason can see for asso-
ciating Job with a turkey.
There are certain boybood "reminiscences
concerning turkeys that now and then come
up before me with all the freshness of yester-
days events. Among the brood kept on the
old farm at home were several old females
who always persisted in selecting nests IN tne
woods away from the house, ana inc oliIy
means of discovering their retreat was IN. ooS-
ing their footsteps. This was dlilcult Job,
for the turkey is cunning blrd. however,
having early sharpened my detective facul-
ties with certain stories OF Indians and 1ron-
tier scouts, was generally successful when
ever | undertook the task, although L have
often spent three hours in dogging turkey
through the bush the distance of only half a
mile. The object of my first reconnoitre
|. would be to find the whereabouts of the nest
A second visit, after the turkey had laid
wo:ild be certain to determine its exact To-
| cality; and when she had completed the sea.
| son of laying, the eggs were brought hom,
and placed under either a turkey of more do
| nestle habits or dunghill-hen for incuba
ton. This was the way my father treate
strongminded female turkeys when the
sought to enlarge their sphere.-Letter Il
| Providence Journal.
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How DIFFERENT NATIONS EAT THEIR
THANKsGIvING.--The Moldavian Islanders
eat alone. They retire into the most hinder
parts of their houses, and then draw down
the cloths that serve as blinds to their win
dows, that they may eat unobserved. On
the contrary, the islanders Of the Philippines
are remarkably sociable. Whenever one Of
them finds himself without a companion to
partake of his meal, he runs till he meets
with one; and, however keen his appetite
may be, he ventures not to satisfy it without
guest. The tables of the rich Chinese
shine with beautiful varnish, and are cover
ed with silk carpets very elegantly worked.
They do not make use of plates, knives and
forks. Every guest has two little ivory or eb-
onv sticks. which he handles very adrotly.
A Kamschatkan kneels before his guest, cuts
an enormous slice from sea-calf and Grams it
entire into the mouth of his friend, furiously
crying out 'Tappa" (there,) and, cutting
away what hangs about his lips, snatches and
devours it with avidity. The American eats
till he distcnds like crockery cask, and is
then rolled to bed; an Englishman like the
father Of the porcine herd, and falls asleep at
the table.
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LITTLE GIRLS SroRY.-"To-morrow Is
Thanksgiving day." mother said ON Wednesday
afternoon I'VE can't have any company,
but when the boys come home they will kill a
turkey and we shall have a nice little time all
to ourselves" Then she continued, s.You
VIII make the dressing, won't you, Jennie ?"
VI course we all laughed, for she alluded to
the time when Jen and were keeping house,
ana she made some in such scientific way
that if we had eaten any more than a cubic
men OF 1t we should surely have been sick for
TWO or three days. But Jen was older now
~ ~ 'nree years, and knew better; nevertheless
Sne wouldn't promise to make the dressing
aohe, put told mother to call on her if she
wa m"n,eu ,y any help. So mother was content,
anu, anu "ent NJ pacK INTO the kitchen to superin-
tend ths making of the cake.
About dusk he returned and so;d .,,,-.o,..
ly, Il wonder why the boys haven't come in
L wrapped Johnny up pretty warm. bnt no.,
have stayed out so long am afraid he viii
get cold. / was careful TO tell them to he s,,re
and come home before dark, so that thew
could catch turkey"
''They will be home pretty soon." Jen said.
and then we heard them come up the piazza
and open the door. But it was only the two
OhuCsb, lOOhlllS very dS IueY
eagerly inquired if Johnny had come home.
''No," we said, and the youngest boy, e.
mer, burst into tears, and told how Rover had
started rabbit and Will had followed, leav-
ing nm TO take care of Johnny; but he, see
ing the rabbit nearing home, ran to head it.
lie succeeded, and in the excitement of the
chase forgot about two-year-old Johnny.
When, after the lapse of ten or fifteen min
utes, they went back to where they left him
they could not find him; they had spent the
last hour in The vain endeavor, and finally.
when the sun went down behind the clouds.
they had retraced their steps family hoping
they would find him at home
just as Elmer finished father came in saw
ing it was raining and that he thought it was
going to be cold night. When we told him
Johnny was lost, he started instantly with
the boys and Isaac, the hired man, to hunt
for him.
The wind moaned around the house and
dashed the rain against the windows, and it
was dreadful to think of Johnny out in it all,
with no one to keep the rain or wind off of
him. Jen and sat at the fire shivering, and
mother walked the floor, going to the door at
the slightest sound to look out into the night
and imagine she saw them coming up the
path. Finally the rain stopped, and about
eleven O'Clock we heard the click of the gate.
There was no mistake this time; and, hasten
ing to the door, we met father carrying some
thing so white and cold we could hardly think
it was our Johnny.
But it ,oas our Johnny. and a little proper
treatment made him alive enough in few
minutes to tell us, in his queer dialect, that
he ''sought e rain 'ou'd kill him mos a deaf
and other similar things.
Johnny was found, and it seems to me no
one ever kept Thanksgiving with more true
thankfulness then we did the next day, not
even the Pilgrims hemselves.-Mary Thom-
as, IN Our Young Folks.
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WANTED.
RNHria Manned.
Wanted.

WANTED by Gentleman and Wife, pleasant
w rooia aud good board. Private family preferred
Address stating particulars, WANTED, Daily Press
Ofhce. no27tf
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WATCH FREE to Agents to iatsosuso s articles
bNrg Pa. hOz]
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Portland, Nor. II, 1871.
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Desirable BUILDING Lots for Safe.

DY virtue OF license granted by the Hon. John
ID A. Waterman, Judge Of the Court of Probate
Tor the County OF Cumhei land. | would offer at pri-
ya;e sale hve-eishihs lpats, in common and un-
dVued OF lot OF lam Suitable for two lorsi stu-
attd at No, l0S Vaughan street. near Congress, IN
TINS city, being the estate owned by the heus o. tns
late John Steele Georgia. SAID lot has frontage
n about 100 feet, with an average deptn o ao9us
fifty (50l tee and will re sol as whole: or ulVueu
into two LOTS TIE other three-eighths W parts VII
be sold with the fve-eIghths part together WIN tne
Inv mskine the tille perfect. For particulars apply
on The preu i;es to uARy A. STEELE.
portland Nor. II, 1871. eodzw
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ENGITEER's OFFICE 3n i II. DISTRICT, ]
Tompkinsville, New Yok I
Noyen,her 1871

November, 1871. }
TO Quarro n,ea and ssuiiders.
DROPOS ALS tor the materials and labor tor COM
plen The toundati n and consructlng the pier
and landing wharf tor Light House ON Race EocS,
Long Island SQUAD, N Y.
Sealed posals will be received at this once un,
til noon o. December 49, 1871. ior the maferlas ana
labor Tor completing the foundation and tor con-
struc ing the D and landing wharf TOR the Llght
House for Race Roce. Long Island Sound. accorilng
to plans apd specicat 1ns the ct to be had by par
ties desous OF bidding, Oh application to the unner-
si2ned.
Proposals must be in duplicate, accompanied by a
guaranty in dupcate aLi p I'M ed copy OF this ad-
versement attached to each pr,iosa'.
Proposals must be made on the I'll INK forms attach
10 the Specifications furnished by this on &c, and
bdd rs must conform 10 he requ ements undtr the
lend OF rs rrcttons to bidders.
The following the quantities and dimensions
Tor the work advertised:
The Foundation 10 be completet by protection OF
5000 ions OF granite blocks, quairie regular 10
shape and measuring irom 4E436 ieet 8 inches 10
9xlxS lee, and weighing from eight TO ten tons eaeh
The pier is to he in shape OF the husttum OF
cone 81 eet diane or at base, and 5Z Let ol4meter
at top, an 2S ieet high.
The landing wharf is to be 25 let wide by 59 feet
6 inches long
The following are the estimated quantities requir-
ed
ls35:5 cubic ieet of cut stone.
lZ5L1 Tough stone.
16 4ts7 " contiete.
3,066.4 g G. brick work.
e,o00 tons Of granite for toun1atioo
I.C. WoODRUFF, Lieut.-Col. Engineers,
Engineer 3rd L. ii. District.
no17d5:awiw
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CaScO Bay Steamboat Company

A MEETING of the Stockholders of Casco Bay
N Steamboat Co.. will be held at the falmouth Ho-
tel. Portland, on Tuesday, Dec. Ssh, 1S71, at
o'clock PM.
Per Order Of the President.
w. MITCHELL, Clerk and Treas.
Nov oS-td
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NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the subscrib-
y er has been duly appointed and taken upon him
self the trust of Administrator of the estate of
DENNIS MCCARTHY, late of Portland,
in the County of Cumberland, deceased, and given
bonds as the law directs. All persons having de-
mands upon the estate of said deceased are required
to exhibit the same; and all persons indebted to said
estate are called upon to make payment TO
HENRY B. CLEAVES, Admir-.
Portland, Nov. 7th 1871
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e. The lower rent of house 81 Franklin street
Nhi containing eight pleasant rooms, with suit Of
-2SsS, nice parlors and pure Sebago water.
Gan on L. TAYLOR, 176 Commercial street.
Nov 24-dtf
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Fer Sale.
New HOuSe

LNOR SALE-On Lewis street, near Pine Frescoed
Il and piped Tor Sebago. Apply en- the pren,sses
or at 25 Emery st. JAMES a. TENNEY.
aug2j
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kOar(i.

CURE PREVENTIVE & CURE FOR
- all Secret Diseases Speedy and Safe. Re-
eeipt OF One Dollar Address DIR. CYLE q CO.,
Box 723 Portland, Nc. no25*1w
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Etymology with a Vengeance.

johnson once made a bet with Bos-
well that he could go into the fish mar
ket and put Billingsgate woman into
a passion without saying a word she
could understand. The doctor COM
menced by silently Indicating with his
nose that her fish had passed the state
in which mans oilfactories could en-
dure their flavor. The Billingsgate
lady made verbal attack common in
vulgar parlance. The doctor replied
''Yo on are an article, madam" ''No
more an article than yourself, you mis-
begotten villain. "''Y GU are noun, wom-
an. ""Y ou-you, 'stammered the woman,
choking with rage at a list of titles, she
could not understand. "You are pro-
noun. The Beldam shook her fist in
speechless rage. "Yeu are verb, an
adverb, an adjective, a conjunction, a
proposition, an interiection - suddenly
continued the doctor, applying the harm
less epitaths at proper intervals. The
nine parts of spec oh completely con-
quered the old woman, and she flung
herself down in the mud, crying with
rage at being thus "black guarded in a
set of unknown terms, which, not IN
Outstanding, she could not answer.
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PGunaerirg fsiiIs Passed Under the
Gag Law.

The New York Times reporter gives
an account of the final scenes in the New
York Legislature. ltappears that Tam
many enforced the gag law. No one was
allowed to speak when the Infamous bills
were passed. Members were bound to
silence by the previous question. After
Winans deserted his party and went over
to the Tammany Democracy, partisan
bills were put through with rush. with
out reading, and out OF the regular order
In this way all the ring measures were
carried through, including the two per
cent tax levy, the amended charter. the
Election law, aud the repeal of the Regis
try law, and were promtly signed by Gov
Hoffman. The new Election law not on
" sweeps away all the restrictions in re-
gard to registry but protects the repeater
by having the vote for Congressman up
on separate ticket, which is to be the
first canvassed, IN order to prevent the
United States officials from exercising any
supervision ever the frauds that may be
committed In the subsequent canyasslng
of the city or State.
Not word of debate was allowed on
any of the bills, ana all of them were
nasSed by sixty five votes, including Wi
mans. Net one of the bills was read on
the final passage. and not one Of them
has ever been read in the Assembly, or
considered in Committee of the Whole.
Not more than three or four Democrats
actually did know, and not single Re
publican was permitted to know, the con-
tents Of either of the bills.
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CREEDS VS.. DEEDS.

We all have such noble crecds of liv-
ing, too-but think the angel who re-
cords deeds rather than cTeeds, must trace
the scroll with plying smile.-We re-
prove in others the faults we possess
ten-fold. Such a one is vain-om. days
are consumed with thought of self.
Another is imprudcnt-there are sealed
chapters in our own lives which far cut
blnsh their most fragrant and reckless
ness. There lie, dormant in every hui
man soul, possibilities Of every sin in
crimes calendar, and yet, we draw
about US the ermine Of judgeship, and
sit, each man in condemnation of his
bother. o for a world where ''charity
shall be greater than all !'' Don't tell
me of golden Streets and ',jeweled
walls of ''palmed saints and ''seas of
glass : to constitute my heavea. Tell
me rather of land where there shall be
| no wrangling-no gossiping-no SHINING,
and no follow-creature judgments.
[ think, upon my soul, there are some
people who. if they carry into Heaven a
particle of their earthly nature, purified
and regenerato though they be, would
stop the Halleluiahs to look for spot or
wrinkle in their neighbours raiment Oh,
my sisters learn sweeter charity, a
nobler patience with one another's
faults; grander silence Humanity is
at least but plaguc-smitten patient, and
Christ, the Great Physician. Though
you search the world with tears, you
cannot find a perfect man, save one.
While time endures. there must be folly
and sin and crime If you are better
than some, seek to heal, rather than to
uncover their wounds. Cover deform-
tv with the beautiful mantle of Charity,
and when you cannot cure, keep silent.
[ think Satan has no ADLER second than
she who walks the earth with eyes that
pry for hidden things, with fingers that
seek sore places, with tongue that bis
ters and defanieS, and heart that broodS
whole swarins of poisonous speech and
crafty innuendo-and her name is Cos
sip! -
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TODES.

The following is the compo sition of a
schoolboy who was troubled with bad
spells:
Todes is an aninaul that lives on dry
land, which is the only reson it isn't a
phrog A phrog kan do both. A tode
can't be phrog, but phrog can be a
tode.
Todes don't no mulch of ennything.
except when It is goin to rain, and where
they turned that, nobody nose, but they
air allus trippin phcllo up, or gittin
squashed under our boots jest befour a
storm.
Todes is great winkers-I wood re-
mark this is wun Of thare traids; tode
that kant wink is sum other animal.
They winks like blazes, after a thunder
storm; they generally winks both ize to
Wunze.
Todes liv most emmy where in summer:
they air phord of gras-they wood like
enuf chu the kudd, but they don't nc
how. they belong to the rase that
Greatly speaks of as bein troddan on and
pressed-bul this is bekaus they cant see
strate, for tina allus take spesh,ol panes
to jump the rong way, and wood add
tia probably git speshM panes for thare
trouble.
Todes air great on jumpin-they don't
jump so very hi, but they seem to be al
lus at it this is wun of THAR trades
Todes jump jest as mulch in August
as emmy other time-they doant no nc
better You never no tode is goin to
jump till after he gifts thru.
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BENEFIT OF LAUGHTER.

It is said by good medical authority
that there is not the remotest corner or
little inlet of the minute blood vessels of
the human body that does not feel some
wavelet from the CONFUSION occasioned
by hearty laughter, and that the central
man" or life principle is shaken to its
innermost depths, sending new tides of
life and strength to the surface, and thus
materially tending TO insure good health
to the person who INDUCES therein. The
blood moves more rapidly-probably
caused by some medical or electric modi-
fcation occasioned by the convulsion-
and conveys a different impression to all
the organs Of the body as it visits them
on that particular mystic journey, when
the manis laughing, from what it does at
other times. For this reason, every good
hearty laugh in which person INDUCES
tends to strengthen his life, conveying as
it does new and distinct stimulus in the
vital forces. We doubt not the time will
come when physicians, conced1ng more
Importance than they now do to the intlu-
ence of the mind upon the vital forces Of
the body; will prescribe to the torpid and
melancholy patient certain number of
hearty peals of laughter, to be undergone
at stated periods, find the best and most
effective method Of producing the requir-
ed effect upon the patient. Our advice
to all is, indulge in good, hearty, soulful
laughter whenever opportunity offers,
and if you do not derive material benefit
therefrom, charge US with uttering false
principles Of mate,1d naedica.