St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-12-08

clouds are heaven-sent contrasts to en-
nance the charms of broad firelights
shining over rich brown fowl and foam
ing glasses. Some spark of the divine
hospitality which like magnet draws
round the fathers board the scattered
members of family, reaches even the
semi Ossitied conscience of the city
boarding house keeper, and on this
glorious day some venerable rooster
dies to grace her table, usually orna-
mented only by a durable steak. The
very convicts and vagabonds of New
York have little need to sleep on empty
stomachs for, zone touch of turkey
makes the whole world kin" For
week previous to the great occasion
CARLOAD after CARLOAD of provisions for
hospitals, newsboys lodging houses,
prisons and charitable institutions of
all kinds-and more good was done with
the money thus expended, | venture to
say, than 10y any other expenditure of
double the amount that the year has
witnessed.
The exercises of the day were of the
order usual to New York. In most of
the churches services were held for an
appetizer to the respective congrega-
tons, which then dispersed to the ser-
Gus business of the occasion which con-
sisted i'll rendering themselves torpid
with delicacies, aud finishing the day in
oa-constrictoIli inactivity. \ large
number of juveniles evidently mlStook
the festival for the Italian Carnival, toI
the streets were noisy with motley no
cessions composed of eXuberapt VOID =
sterS clad i'll every description of cos
tune, male and female. Quite num-
Der of the urchlns being in unfortunate
| ignorance of an old statute prohibiting
the wearing of masks in the streets re-
placed their natural pshsiognomies 10y
various horrible papeIt tees, which, as
they gave to their we;fers all the APP
pearance of dreadful little gnomcs of
the earth and terrified the smaller chill
drem nearly into commissions, weIe
naturally the source of more JOY to
their poSScsSorS than anything short of
unlimited muce pie and plum pudding
]
emotions suddenly turned to the very
gall of bitterness when certain unttel-
ing policemen laid violent hands upon
>undry of these youthful mummerS and
dragged them swiftly into the awful
presence of outraged law represented
bv il police court justice. The weeping
pr"te>iati"nS of the infant offenders
that only through ignorance had they
tIoddcn upon the toes of Revised Stat
ute> procured for them. as one may
imagine. Il very light punishment.
AT Ludlow Street Jail the inmates
were RECALLED in the traditional style.
Mr.. Tweed ordered and disguised OF Il
Ing dinner, aud. contrasting his warm
quarters with the discomtorts OF Il life
on the ocean wave. found abundant
r:irI>c for luhilItion.
At the Inml'> the prisoners enjoyed
e extra fare. Woodward. of the Ring,
who. like his coadjutnr over III Ludlow
street. i the guest OF the city against
his will. continuing To follow the cN-
ample of his chief. refused To partakr
"f his hosts hospitality. but sent out
tor Il >IImpiu"u> repa>t OF which he raI
took III lonely state. | will remark here,
hl way of parcnthrsi>, that Woodward
gives signs of tuning states evidence.
II he tultill> these promises. look out
Tor some rich revelations. for he has
documentary proof 10y the trunktull and
could probably bring to grict som,
willy thieves who have thus t.lr avoided
Implication.
At the New-hols Lodging House Ice
tween six and seven hundred urchiu.
a~tuui~hcd their poor little empty Di,-
zaIdS 10y handing down plentiful sup
ply of turkey and plum duff the
memory of which will cling about them
through many Il hungry day Ia come.
At the Little Wanderers Home about
fourteen hundred children were similar
~ provided for and at the rooms of the
Juvenile Guardian Society fifteen hun
drcd of the little ones were. for the
moment at least. made comfortable and
happy.
That there are such things aS thc>, I,
record and have inStanced but Spcri-
r mems of the charitable doingS "f the
day is III itself one of the most worthy
causes of Thanksgiving. Such rr
E miudcIs that there are hundreds of men
t and women hose un>clt>h iftwurk j.
Il war upon want and suffering III tn,
great multitude of children who in {;
city like this are born only To drop int,
the Waiting Jaws OF misery and vice AIT
enough To warm ones heart and 90 fan
t" re-c>tahliSh ones tottcring trust il
human nature.
The scales of Justice have swung from
: the hands OF the blind goddess all thi,
| week, and have done Il good deal 81
weighing despite Thanksgiving diver.
>lon>. The Martinez Del Vale hIeacl
of promise case to which | referred last
week and which has contributed snmt
/ spicy chapters to the literature of tn,
courts has been decided. the jury dis
counting her modest claim of S50.OW
some 800 per cent, and allowing her 81
torreparS to her feelings aud reputation
Mr. Edwin Booth, looking down from
the heights of tragedy. has long regard
ed with diS1aNor the continued us, o
his name in connection with the theatI,
which he built and which has PASSED
from his control. and has been for som,
time endeaNolIng to compel the present
lcSSers. McsSIS. Jarrett y Palmer. (,
change its name, but with much les,
success than he L. accustomed to meet
with i'll the exercise OF his profession
: The decision on his motion for an in.
junction was rendered this week, anC
confirms the right of Jarrett 4 Palmer
To retain the style under which lhi:
, beautiful temple of the drama wa.
christeDed.
Quite number of other cases of som,
importance have been adjudicated, but
Us they have mostly been of local oil
personal bearing they need no further
reference. Among the lot, however