Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-11-29


started Off with suc success, under the firm Of
l.. W. Smith & Sun, will bc attended by Mr.. j.,
W. Smith and his brolher.in.law, Mr.. Gilmore.
About nine O'Clock on the evening Of Saiur.
day. the 22d, severe shock Of earthquake wns
felt at Yrekn, California, and lasted 10 seconds.
A shock was also felt at Grove Creek, Oregon,
100 miles north of Yreka, and was the severest
ever experienced in that part of the country.
ACcIDENT.-M FRINK. of the firm Of
Frlnk 81 Wire, machinists, of Phmnix Foun-
dry, while passing through the Root alley, on
Tuesday evening, slipped and fell, breaking
his left leg Just above the ankle. lie was soon
found by Mr.. NJ. II. Haskell and helped 10 his
boarding house near by--Capt. Richardson's
THANKsGIvING.-1n order to give our en-
ployecs, and the whole working force of the
TELEGRAPH office, an opportunity TO go TO
church, and devoutly offer their grateful uc-
Acknowledgements of Divine goodness, and with
mind free from the cXaclions of printing of.
flee, and a stomach yeurnng for the annual
banquet, TO sit down TO the enjoyment Of their
turkey and pumpkin pie. We have bceu obliged
to observe less order in the matter and make
up OF The paper than usual-Our 0matam gdth-
erum having been allowed less consideration
and delIbcration. The Object being not only
10 foster grateful hearts, but TO cherish our
patriotism in cheerful aud unshacltled Obc.
dience to commands of authority, (which
we intend that neither paniCs, nor the cry OF
hard tim,s shall drive from our doors. 1t is
not improbable that among our increasing
readers, there are many, who in years gone
by, have annually gathered around the
thanksgiving table OF home, who on this re-
currence will only meet there in Imagination.
Hardly II year rolls around, without bringing
separations An ambitious son, with fearful
eye, perhaps, but n stout and manly heart
beating under his vest, turns his huck upon
the cot where he was horn, and his face TO the
setting sun Prosperity may have smiled up
on him, or lis rainbow !ints may have faded
out with failure and disappointment, but with
the approach OF this blessed day imagination
will hardly fail to carry him back To his pa
ternal hearth stone and The circle of past
years, of loved faces and loved ones. Grit
may lie a daughter has been wooed and won,
and transpanted to the golden shores OF the
Pacific, and who will turn her thoughts back
at the recurrence of thanksgiving, To the dear
ones al home; and while thankful tor the
goodness OF IL kind Providence towards her
and hers, Offer sill, Mt orison for those she
knows are gathered around the cheerful fire,
and the creature comforts that always welcome
the day. Blessings on the day and all its
swretenng and hallowed ufl fences. 1t brings
friends together, ccmrnts friendships and tami
Iy ties, and throws Il halo across the dark
pathway of the weary wanderer from the fold
All are melted under the warming and bcniyn
influence of this puritan observance. The
youth looks with joy at its approach, and the
aged father or mother wipe their speclaclcs
and wonder at the wide and impossible gulf
that lies between sixty and sixteen!
There is, however, another view 10 hc taken.
There are those who should not be shut
oHt, ana left without a taste Of the comforts
with which the occasion is lraught. Winter,
with all its rigors is upon us, and what IS of
sombre interest found many unprepared and
to meet its pinching demands.
The laborer who lives from hand to mouth
upon the avals of his daily toll is suddenly
deprived of his means ofsupport and the abil
ty to contribute to the comforts of depend
ant family. The poor and enleebled we have
always with us. In the midst, then, of antici-
pated comfort, let us distribute of whatever
abundance we have in our basket and
store" been blessed, that Il common cnioymeni
of The day may be diiTuscd as far and wide us
our ability and Influence may affect it.
Gas has been let into the mains and thp