Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-11-29
THANKSGIVING.
HOW LANuAsrER WILL KEEPTaE DA

The Annual Festival of P1sise-S0ne Fea-
turos OF To-Morrow's Observance In
The Churches and Elsewhere.
By proclamation Of the state and na-
tional executives, to morrow has been set
apart as day Of general thanksgiving,
and in accordance with time-honored GUS
tom there will be suspension of business,
and the country will take holiday. Here
in Lancaster the observance os this annu-
ally recurring season of prayer and
praise docs not ordinarily take
on any marked form, nor does
to-morrow's celebration promise to prove
any exception to the general rule, but for
all that there is always q cordial, wide
spread local interest in the hOmely hOli-
day handed down by the fathers. On our
first page to-day We print a sketch of the
origin and growth Of the holiday and the
modes of keeping it in different parts of
tory since the institution of tho day We
celebrate" It will be found interesting
reading at this time and indicates certain
teristics.
The turkcy, which is regarded as the
national bird on account Of its intimate
association with this aud all festive occa-
siors, will be monarch Of the day, and for
some time past there has been an unusual
comDOtion in the coops of our farmers,
and the proud bird, which has been wont
to strut the barnyard with stately
step, has roasted q little higher than Gus
tomary, as if presaGing tho doom that has
been pronounced against him under the
seal of the commonwealth. Nevertheless
he will lie in regal stats upon tomorrow S
dinner table and, served with cranberry
sauce and all the concomitants that enter
50 largely into the makeup of turkey
dinner, will undoubtedly prove the central
figure in the Thanksgiving celebration. 1t
is almost unnecessary to remind those of
our readers who have been blessed with
an abundance Of this worlds goods that
the season now upon us offers special Op-
portunities for the qualification Of that
virtue that the apostle has pro-
nounced the 4" greatest of ALL" Certain.
ly their enjoyment of tho smoking dinner
to which they will sit down cannot fail to
be enhanced by SO timely deed as send
ing to their poor neighbOr some substan.
tial token by which they may signify their
recognition of the spirit of the timo when
VIC arc called upon to render thanks to
the bounteous Giver of every good and
perfect gift for tho manifold blessings He
has showered Oh us individually and as a
people during the past twelve months.
A bag Of potatoes, or a barrel
Of flour, Or G quarter of beef, OR anything
of a similar nature sent to tho house OF
some poor widow or deserving and impo
cunious laborer unable to cope with the
demands upon their slender purses, would
be a whole Thanksgiving sermon in itself,
while the snow that lies upon tho ground
to-day is reminder that winter is
upon us in earnest, and that there is
no more appropriate way OF
keeping Thanksgiving than by causing
a ton Of coal or i load Of wood to be haul
ed to some needy houss, or by sending
some warm clothing to households that
are but lily provided against the rigors OF
| weather that are certain to bring discom'
fort and suffering to many deserving but
unfortunate people who surround us Oh
every hand.
Following is glance 1T some Of the
features, social religious and secular, that
| form part of tho local obser vance of the
| holiday:
Tho Thanksgiving Market.
| There was . very full attendance OF
sellers on market tnis morning, notwith-
standing the sEow storm that prevailed,
and they displayed on their stalls almost
everything suitable for Thanksgiving din
ners. Turkeys were abundant, both live
| au'l IL osscu. 'FI,oy woro of all sizes from,
the eight-pound hen to the twenty-five
pound gobhier. The live ones sold
at prices ranging from II to IA cents
per pound, and the dressed ones at Is
| (02O, as per quality. Large numbers Of
l + ftAv ,od ok hn oln oe = bo
| market, the number of buyers in attend.
! ance being not SO large as has heretofore
usually been seen on tho moraing before
Thanksgiving. Dressed chickens sold at
45963 cents each and live ones at 7OG,S1
per pair. Ducks, dressed, brought so
cents each, and live geese S1@$1.5O
Pigeons 25030 cents per pair. There
was no change in tho prices
of meats, and the butchers COM
planned of the market being dull. Butter
sold at 33 g. 35 cents eggs at IS a SO.
There was great deal of very excellent
celery on market, and it sold readily at 10
cents per bunch. Mince meat, cranberries
pumpkins, apples aud other material for
pies and tarts found ready purchasers.
There were some very f1ue ripe tomatoes
offered at 20 cents per quarter peck. The
staple articles were sold generally at
prices heretofore quoted.
Social Amusemen.s.
The Marion club, of this city, will hold
its seventh annual ball tonight at West
End hall. Ample arrangements have
been made by the managers for the pleas
ure of all participants. -
Tonight at Shiller hail the Lancaster
Liederkranz will hold til. i annual Thanks
giving concert and SOciable. A number
of Lancaster's finest singers will take part
in the concert. The Mannerchor, as pro
viously announced, will likewise hold
their Thanksgiving eve concert in their
hall this evening, when a programme of
uncommo on merit will be presented.
Christ Choral society will hold their
entertainment in the opera house to night,
and tomorrow Thanksgiving night
Leavitt's Gigantean minstrels will be
there.
The ladies' OF Union Bethel. Sabbath
school will hold an oyster supper in tho
lower room of the church, corner of Prince
and Orange streets, Thanksgiving evening.
Supper from p. IN. until II p. m. The
proceeds are for the Sabbath school
library.
In tho Churches.
Rev. DR.. Thos. G. Apple will preach in
St. Paurs Reformed church tomorrow
at half-past ten, and collection
will be taken up for the Dorcas society.
GAP NEWS.
Recent Doines Down In Salisbury.
The concert held in the NJ. E. church, on |
evening, under the auspices of |
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