Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-24
Thanksgiving Day.

The Annual New England Festival-How the Day VIII be spent--How Many Will be Made Happy-Heavy Travel by Rail and Boat.
 Again New England's time-honored holi- day recurs, bringing with it gladness and joy to myriads of homes. Jack Frost put in an appearance night before last, hardening the muddy streets and skimming over some of the wet places with ice, and yesterday the beautiful suow'' made it's first appearance in this section. The snowfakes came not in force enough to fully rejoice the heart of the small boy, who looked with eager eyes, hop ing for snow enough to wade and slide in. The first snow of the season came in good time for Thanksgiving day to give white and wintry aspect to the field, although only for brief time, owing to the misty rain which followed. Thousands of focks of tur- keys which strutted and gobbled in a thou sands fields and farm yards last week will be served up to-day with the 'tfxings," and ducks and chickens innumerable have gone to serve the same useful purpose, and the farmer and the farmers wife rejoiced as the returns came in in shining silver and crisp greenbacks. Farmers wagons lined the curbs yesterday in the center with knots of people around them as the farmers weighed out the poultry to the buyers. Long trains came laden with passengers coming home to spend Thanksgiving, and the steamers last night coming in were crowded. Tonight the boats will go out crowded with passengers returning from the Thanksgiving dinner and visit The Il o'clock forenoon train out of New York yesterday had thirteen cars and two engines; the 1 o'clock had seventeen cars and two engines The 1850 from this city had sixteen cars and two engines. About four hundred students went to New York yesterday.
 HOW THE DAY WILL BE SPENT.
 At the almshouse a poultry dinner will be served in the afternoon and the day will be a holiday at the institution. Town Agent Reynolds makes a visit to the almshouse during the day.
 At the county jail Deputy Stevens serves up, in place of the regular routine dinner, clam chowder. To-day in the regular course of events at the jail is 'bean day." and a chowder instead will be hailed with joy by the 16O inmates whom Mir. Stevens looks out for.
 The rooms of the Y. M. c. A. will be open all day to-day, with noon prayer meeting as usual.
 The hospital patients will get fine turkey dinner, and it will be cheerful time at the institution. It is to be put on the tables at 12:3O. song service will be given also by members of the Y. M. c. A. The patients ,v;1 l,o r,lo6 fo haar tha sinoinp
 At the Board of Associated Charities over $1OO in cash was received yesterday, five turkeys, twenty loaves of cake, etc, all to be used in making poor families happy. It is proposed to give each of many families 8 turkey and other fixtures that go with it. Some will receive pair of chickens and oth- CT families who prefer it will be given quar- ter of ton of coal. At the union services in the churches today a special collection will be taken up for the Board. Altogether the Board has 125 families to supply with dinner to-day.
 At the New Haven Orphan Asylum a spe- cial treat, consisting of a turkey dinner, will be given the wards there and likewise at the St. Francis Asylum the orphans will be made happy.
 This evening the annual Thanksgiving ball of the Sarsfeld Guard will be given in their armory on Church street, and the New Haven Turn Verein will give sociable in Turn Hall. Last evening in National Armory on Church street the Jolly Rover Social club gave their fifth annual soiree. In Connecticut Armory, corner of Elm and State streets, the annual ball of the Clan-na-G Gael society was given last evening. In Turn Hall the Socialistic Labor party of this city gave sociable last evening
 The New Haven Schillerbund give a so- ciable in Germania Hall this evening.
 In Loomis' Temple of Music this evening the K O. J. society will give their annual so- ciable
 For twenty six years the foreman of this office has been the recipient of Thanksgiv- ing turkey from the proprietors. fine; fat turkey yesterday added one more to the list of gobblers thus bestowed, for which Fore man Putnam would render his thanks and acknowledgement. The foreman also in be- half of the employees would return thanks for fine Thanksgiving spread of which they partook last night, or rather at an early hour this morning.
 The Austin House serve a Thanksgiving dinner to-day at 1 o'clock. The full bill of fare is advertised in another column, and it will speak for itself as one of the best fifty cent dinners ever gotten out.
 At the Florence House, c. W. Bradley pro- prietor, dinner will be served today from 1:3e till midnight, and at the usual price, fifty cents, a famous dinner for the money.
 David Cowen has his usual Thanksgiving spread today. A good dinner can be had at any time from noon till midnight.
 The postofice will be open on Thanks giving day from 8. m. until 12 noon. All afternoon and evening mails will close at 1 p. nl., excepting the Il p. m. mail, which will close as usual. The carriers will make only morning delivery. The vestibule will be open all day for the accommodation of box holders. The branch office at Fair Haven will be open during the same hours.
 To day, Thanksgiving day, there will be no morning boat to New York. Boats will leave New York at 3 and 11:3O D. m. as usual.
 A BIG TURKEY.
 The employees of the Folding Chair com pany Wednesday noon presented to MT. Mar tin Goodhue one of their shopmates, seven pound turkey and a little over eleven dollars to stuff it with, for which he was very thank full. This is the fourth year that they have remember their aged shopmate.
 THE CHURCHES.
 The Protestant churches have union ser vices as has been already announced. The First, Calvary and Webster street Baptist churches meet at Calvary church, and the sermon will be by Rev. T. S.. Samson. The Davenport church, Church of the Redeemer, West Congregational, College street and Third Congregational churches hold union service st the Third church at 1O:4O Rev. Dr. Den nen will preach There. will be sermons in Dwight Place, Center and St. John street churches in New Haven and the Second Con gregational church, Fair Haven; also at the Church of the Ascension. There will be ser vices at Trinity, St. Paurs and St. Thomas churches.
 Award of Medals.
 The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics