West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1881-12-02
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The pulpit in tine Brooklyn Tabernacle
Oh Thanksgiving morning, says the New
YORK Sun, looked like a section in nm
"s''cu''ural exposition. Palmetto
trees, cotton plants, sheaves of rice
wheat, and rye, stalks OF sugar cane
ounches OK nllk-white cara of corn with
the husks turned back, blocks of mineral
punches of bananas, grapes, and baskets
VI irults aImSs; hid the psator from sight
Inc lace of the horseshoe arch of tho
gallery was adorned with ears of corn
mace into the shape of stars, with fan
SNAPPED branches of palmetto. with snosvco
~ wheat snd rye, and the columns lin
uerheath were bound with stalks of sugsr
cane. Baskets of tempting fruit hung
from the chandelier, and upon the pss-
TOTS desk was such a pile Of oranges. Ma
aga and Catawba grapes, peafs, and an
pies as to form a temptation TO the
preacher 10 eat rather than 70 speak. The
only thing out of season Was Mr. Tai
images low shoes.
Mr.. Talmage found his text in Nnmbors
xxx l: "Ye shall have a holy cunyoca-
ZION we shall do no serviie work IL ia q
DAY of blowing the trumpets unto Won -
"Ah!' he said, what a kingly instrument
OF music a trumpet is. Beautiful. Incl
sive, exbilarst;ng, resoundlng instrument. -
de said that this should DO a feast of
trumpets. All tunes of minor KEY must
elumber, and all dirges must wait. Hsy.
ing provided for the feast of trumpeis he
then decided that Congress had assembled
about him, and that the various products
we're delegates from the different parts ~
the country. Where do you come from.
o CottoD2 Why, l come from Georgia
and the Sea Islands. Aud you, O Ric, ?
Why, l come from the Carolinae. And
you, o Corn3 1 come from Long Island
New jersey and NV York. And Won n
WhEat2 l am from Michigay. Illinois
and the p%rairies. Aud you, O Fruit2 I
come from the orchards North. South
and West. Whence art thou, 0 Miner.l.2
We speak of the gold and the silver end
the wealth under the soil. .'Tbere is
plenty to eat says the wheat. az saw
peace and good will 10 men, "says the nal
met;o Of the South to the fruits Of the
North.
DR.. Talmage then deserted his Congress
and took up the plant Of the peach deal
ers, who said there were no peacbes. the
apple dealers, who said there were no ap-
pies, and said that in spite Of the long
drought the grass crop that had come ON
in the late Fall had more than made nm
for the lack in the corn crop, snd to many
who were complaining Of the cost of liv-
Ing he would say that by the mild weather
they had saved enough in fuel 10 pav for
che increase In -four.
Then the preacher plunged into a mass
OF statistics which he said were from
headquarters. lie wanted to show wbv
the people should give thanks. The corn
crop Of this year yielded 1,27G.l82 900
bushels, worth at the seaboard ssG7 77O.
372; the wheat crop yielded 400. 600 600
bushels, worth $3.50, 900, 900; the cotton
crop 2, BAG, $50, 900 pounds, worth s2st.
56G, $50. Petroleum yielded $4,000. Ooo
barrels, worth S154 800. 900. We nou
send petroleum 10 100 ports. The sugar
crop yielded 212, OOO. 900 pounds. worth
SO 900, 900 Nov, don't let me near
sou grunt, he added. 'oThe wore,
grunt in the world is p religious grnnt
and after this exhibition Of the result If
the sugar crop you cannot Hereafter stint
my tea Of its proper s~accharine moliaca
tiOu.
Again" be sid, 49, 600. 900 swine have
have been Slaughtered bis year, and vet
there are so many hogs left. rGreet an
plaufr.I Gold nd silver are getting 90
plenty that We viii al st cat out Of sn
vcr.dish,s.aL drink out Of golden cbal.