Litchfield enquirer., 1877-12-13
KNOXVILLE.

see must hay something about Thanks giving, and the time honored Thanksgiving turkey else my reputation as reporter will be forever blasted. Divine services were held in both churches. Services that could hardly. be called divine, in the shape of hop, were held Thanksgiving night the night before, and the night after, in the basement of the Catho- lie church. Sinners.tha did not attend church were thankful they did not get out in the mud and so spoil their only decent suits; the good folk that attended church, were thank full that it did not rain stone-walls and grind stones, as it. might have done. Another is thankful that the turkey rafaed for the oth- CT night, fell to him; still another, that his or sher mother-in-law has gone to spend Thanksgiving with her sister another that he is not as other men are. It would be quite novel list, take it all in all, the different things that different folks are thankful for. l think the proper time to be having our miser able lives spared, is the day after thanksgiv- ing, instead of thanksgiving morning as many do. It seems genuine miracle for mortal to survive after being thankful over turkey and chicken pie in the orthodox way. How few there are that keep the day as it was orig inally intended; sincerely thankful to the giver of every good and perfect gift. -.
 About heturkey Ihardly know what to say, A fact might as well acknowledge at once is that the turkey is arare bird in this part of the country I have seen several black looking claws projecting up through the straw of mar ket wagons in Hartford, but not 8 gobbler have seen in Unionville. The people here are glad to get salt pork and corned beef; and, if they can afford any luxuries, potatoes and perhaps cabbage and onions are added. It will be nec- essary to say, that my experience with turkey, chicken, &c., was obtained outside of our own village. tt
 -Messrs. Perkins & Graham left the. scene of their childhood one day recently, armed with guns, and betook themselves to Burlington, in the vicinity of MT. Roots oyster beds and bagged an amount of game that no sportsman need be ashamed of. had an official report of the chase, but have mislaid it. Burlington is getting to be remarkable place.
 M. J. W.
 CHICAGO.
 You say the burning of Field & Letters mammoth dry goods store, being only $1,- SOC, 900 affair, the people of Chicago are as- named of it! This is natural reasoning enough, but there happened to beia feature of this fire that makes the Chicago people feel that they are having change of luck at last, and that we can begin again to rejoice. The building was owned by the Singer Sewing Machine Company, and, contrary to their custom, they had made an exception of this one, and insur- ed it, to an amount which more than covers their loss.
 ~ As regards Field& Letters loss it is estima- ted by pretty good judges that the insurance on their stock will bring them from two to three hundred thousand dollars more than it could possibly have been sold for in any other way Thus you will see the Chicago people have reason to begin to lose their fear of fire. Field & Letter immediately hired the Industri- al Exhibition building, and in two weeks were in full blast again. Their cash sales the first day, were $50, 900. This issimply their retail business. They have contracted for the In- dnstrial building for only eight months, and any other plans they may have are not yet published E. W. B.