New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-28
THE 0HD-rfSHI0NED JBIEKSGIVIyG.

Ctorls UtdleD WaIDer ~ me Suada schOo, Times.
The night before Thanksgiving was perhaps the
best Of to whole. the anticipation ana excitement
almost reached thclT CLIMAX; ~ was hr hO'ic IA tf
oil the hcus--tAc heu-rODSt Was invaded. and tho
loy could indulge his natural propensity Tor
SLAUGHTER with feeling indt 10 was sane lohcd nv
the Christian religion. II o Sqda~ KING was music
IN his ears. the cutting OF 81 heads bloody JOY.
tbs hIdicrou. attempts OF the hons to 90 about
without any heads - source OF IEcNhaGrtiDlc Nor
giIucnt. Neither ago nor sex was spared; youth
did not excuse tho rooster from quitting ID, perch
at Che sudden luminous i'm the Dark nor old age and
muuiccGCc u eggs tie venerable hen.
Whatever tie breakfast was. ana u was abIn-
Gaut il always had one disl-cAc&cn sborttahe.
sill believe that nothing else ever made ls so GoOd
rs chicken slortcalc. hat lot Of DIP u had :;
and how il ;isomIlated With the bICWn-cOdtcd.
cISs,al- htHcl baked P1taiO.' IL me IMte "rfe a
cooN-b0Ok. | would give the recipe iOr d.. But rs
moral quality coaa not ronvey To any but a born
NcW-i.pQandcr OF the old days.
Everybody went to meeting, everybody Young
and old. tXt pt the mother or the trusted oldest
daughter. " ho STAYED at home 10 forward dinner.
Tine meeting house was iuil-iuiIeT than on sunday.
The sermon was q sober political rOuccr.' W As
ii ilr,Ou ltaiOtk. or paIsCn 6IOut or Idoou irid
preached If; Il didn't spare the Amm1nitcS.
nor the iittltrs. nj tn" other ties who hal
strsyed away IRON th" Coot OIL Federal principles
It 81 National Affairs On the night track and csc
holy irlt better for IL. There no talk about
preaching politics then. The town election WIS
held IN tha meeting house, where the voting was
rs orderly ana oOemnly conducted rs any at the
Sunday service II was not Improper there % treat
of the Gmtps Of citizcus-iu 4 I dcral way
l. WAS an much Ike sunday. and VET n cheerful
sunday bright faces greetings. ana eager inquiries
ahuut " who had come After the seryire and the
long lon- sermon ended we dId not stay, a. on sun
day during the "Internj sion 90 cat our dough
nuts aud apples in the church. and nobody warmed
"a piece If hall-froIcn miuCc pie on the stove; We
went home, Hud went in pelccYti.ly gaYcT SPIRITS
than when We came. Dinner va, late as late al
most as 3 o'clock Everybody was rs hungry rs If
ne ind tasted tor year. There is no modern APP
rrtiZrr like an Old-fa,h.Onrd sermon about the
lIittfrs. What - diuu.rit WAS. the blossom Of all
the year N hat could the hoy do with choice Of
roast turkey AMI roast chicken, aud roast duck,
with "a chicken pie to Gomez 4 dinner Is nothing
but a dinner anyway. and no person at a gwen
time can Vos~ Nly eat A. much rs be expects 10 eat
when his imagination ha, been active on the sub !
iect for som, time. And then the dessert re- !
member dinner at which an attempt was made to
serve twcut ,-three distinct knts OF pie. VIII any
body net born IN NewEngiand believe there ara |
so many klnd, 0t pie
II was not certainly till after dinner yes there
was it'll" cider hut II had not done much work /
ven that the solemuty of the day could De fairly |
said to have broken away. and the freshness of the
Youngsters began TO have play. But by evening |
real festive air prevailed. and even drew the old /
folks into it, Apples cider. nuts. toasted cheese.
roaring wood fires puSsin- hccOrner. UnreStrained
till the great tail clock IN the corner struck the /
awful hour OF TO-