The New York herald., 1875-11-24
THANKSGIVING DAY
x Day CT General Gladness
and Rejoicing.
The Family Reunions and Fam
lily Dinners.
THE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.

Although the Herzegovnian question still bids far 10
give the nations OF Europe small trouble for months
come the dire work that has going on for days
past in country barnyards guarantee that
Turkey least viii be a Father demolished cond-
ton tomorrow
CHEER ALL
II no wonder that Thanksgiving Day has taken such
hold on the people really has for at the present
day II is longer the New Engander who celebrates
u heartily. 1t has become family festival all over tho
land Though IN the days Of the good Bradford tho
families ofhs little colony good common feast on
their first Thanksgiving Day and every tried TO con-
tribute something make the feastng paatable Tia
to be hoped that through the generosity Of the char
table even the poorest OF the poor among u.s. even
though they may be homeless will enjoy their Thanks
giving Day in the year OF our Lord 1875.
EVACUATION DAY.
Tomorrow viii be the anniversary Of Evacuation Day
and SO the people will have double celebrate
the day. But the present ever overwhems the past
when Is question Of dealing with both the samo
time IN celebrations and it Is TO be feared that amid
the festivities Of the day Thanksgiving festival and
a day of family gathering the glorious dead past,
when the British troops left this city never to set foot
in il again, will be allowed to bury its dead. The
Veterans Of 1912 will parade have banquet at the
expense Of one OF the city regiments They will fro
the traditional salute at the Battery as OF
yore, but beyond this formal celebration has been
projected
THANKSGIVING DINNERS poISGs
The Home for the Frendless, No. 80 East Thirtieth
street. viii be open to visitors on Thanksgiving Day
from eleven A. NJ to nine P. NJ At half past two and
halfpast six r. NJ there will be services the chapel
with singing by the children and appropriate addresses
by cergymen and others Dinner will be given to
several hundred children at one O'Clock. The Homo
Industrial Schools, convened at the Home, viii
have Thanksgiving dinner provided in their respective
school Supplies for the dinners, provisions for
the winter and garments of all kinds win be thankfully
received at the Office No. 90 East Twenty ninth street.
AT the Five Points House OF Industry services VIII
be held at and at two O'Clock p. NJ and the chill
drcn Of the school will put through the usual exer
cises They will have dinner at O'clock and II
sufficient funds provided the outside poor will also
be regaled with solid and substantial repast
AT the Wilson Industrial School, No 125 ST. Marks
place, the day will be celebrated as usual The morn
ing religious services viii be conducted by the chap
Lain and $50 children will sit down TO hot dinner.
Company II, Eighty fourth regiment, have their
nua ball at the regimental armory, corner Fourth
street and Broadway, on Thanksgiving Eve
The first annual handicap games Of the Scottish
American Athletic Club will be held on Thanksgiving
Day Jones' Wood Colosseum.
The militia will almost exclusively occupy the Creed
moor Range on Thursday
The American Rife Association offers series OF
prizes 10 be contested at Glen Drake Range Pei
hamvle Westchester county. concluding with an .old
time turkey shoot" Company G, Seventy first regi-
ment, Captain Weber commanding will hold friendly
1 contest the same place with Company b, twenty
seventh regiment, OF Westchester, Thursday.
1 The American Rifle Association of Mount Vernon
4 have made arran gemens for lively time Company
\ g. Seventy first regiment NGSNY., will participate
IN the shooting matches TO take place at Glen Drake
At Mount Vernon the company viii be received by Com
pany b. Twenty seventh regiment and escorted through
the village and thence to Glen Drake. The De Pcyster
badge and other prizes will be contested for,
after which some poultry prizes will be shot for
Al Greenpoint a number Of running and walking
matches will take place in the afternoon Immediately
In the OF the Arlington boathouse. The compet
be amateurs and residents of Grecnpont and
the prizes will be Of considerable value
At the court OF the New York Racket Club No. 404
Madison street. handbali match for $500 side will be
played between the McQuade brothers. of New York.
side, and James Everett of Chicago, and THE I'm
known" on the other.
An Elizabeth pedestrian named Jude Decker j. Penn
and William Clark the champion pedestrian Of New
Brunswick will walk for the champions belt of New
Jersey from the Jersey City ferry to the depot at Eliza
beth.
Warden o'Rourke's fourth musical entertainment
for the patients OF Bellevue Hospital takes place to-
morrow evening. There will be varied selections OF
instrumental and vocal music and IL is hoped that the
Commissioners OF Charities will make the dental part
OF the days entertainment at the hospital full turkey
chorus.
dinner will be gwen the Coored Orphan Asylum,
l43d street and Third avenue when the institution will
be open for public Inspection and the officers appeal
for contributions for the dinner which may be sent
either TO Mrs Landon No East Fourteenth street,
Mrs. stokes, No 81 Madison avenue Phelps, Dodge q
Co, Nos. 10 and q Clf street. or to the asylum.
At the Five Points Mission, site of the Old Brewery
No 6l Park street. dinner Will be given at three p M.
There will be- previous to the dinner recitations sing
ing and casthenics by the children and addresses by
II r. M.
dinner for H. 800 persons, chiefly OF poor childrea
and those TO whom they related all known TO the
management, will be provided at the Howard Mssioh
1 No. 40 New Bowery. Provisions, poultry and other
goods will be welcome to the managers The doors of
the institution will be open from eleven to four
i Thanksgiving Day.
4 At No "a Clinton place phe New York Infant Asy-
lum Thanksgiving dinner is to be gwen Contrbu-
tions earnestly asked for.
7 The newsboys will be given dinner the New
Chambers street Newsboys Lodging House. II the
trbutions justify IT, Food or money furnished by the
charitable to-day will help to make the little fellows
Tue managers OF the Wilson Industrial School on
4 ST. Marks place, Tompkns square, will give chill
drens dinner Thanksgiving Day and they ask
charitable persons to help them.
At the ST. Barnabas' Home No 304 Mulberry street,
/ 500 children from that squalid neghborhood and
others equally squald, will be received and dned.
The Rev. Father Drumgoole will provide first class
breakfast for nearly two hundred boys the ST. VIM
cent Home for Boys Nos SO and 55 Warren street, al
an early hour tom morrow morning. The meal which
will consist Of liberal supply of poultry, Nc. takes
the place OF the usual Thanksgiving dinner heretofore
| furnished the boys Of the Home This is rendered
necessary in order To facilitate the transaction Of busi
connected with the sale OF and returns Tor tickets
and the arrangement of the books for the proper dst
button OF premiums the bazaar and concert 10 bo
held at Ferrero's Assembly Rooms on Tuesday even
ing Of next week.
$500 in prizes for amateurs only At the Halfway
House. between Paterson and Hackensack, N. j., az
Centrevlv there will also be pigeon match; also at
the Long Island Gun Club, Jamaica road.
The General Post ONCE will be closed for domestic
mails at ten A. NJ and halfpast eleven A. NJ for for
eign mails, The Custom House will be open for
trance and clearance Of vessels from nine ~ ten A. NJ
The Custom House will be closed all day.
Mr.. James K. Aylife will ring the following pro-
Cramme on Trinity church chimes, commencing at
hafpast ten A. N service eleven A. M
l. Ringing the changes on eight BELLS
!. -TSs Land q Promise.
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