Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-29
Thanksgiving Day.

How the Day Can be Spent by New Ha~
 venars - Church Services and Amuse-
 ments.
 The yearly festival, so peculiarly New England, of Thanksgiving has come round again. According to the various proclama- tions people will doubtly proceed to thank their Creator and spend the day in manner befitting it's character. In New Haven there will be many church services. At Center church the North church people assemble with those of the Center. Dr. Smyth will preach. Rev. MT. Nichols breaches at Trinity on associated charities. Ser vices at Grace church begin at 9:3O 8. m. and at St. James, church an hour later. At St. Thomas there will be, service at Il g. m. Rev. T. s. Samson breaches at Calvary Baptist church on "Our Duty to Our Foreign Population" Rev. Mir. Appel breaches at the German Baptist church. union service of all the Metho- dist churches will be held at Trinity church, sermon by Rev. c. E. Harris, at 10:30. The Third church, the Davenport church and the Humphrey street church will unite with the Church of the Redeemer in Thanksgiving service at 10:30 a. n. Rev. MT. Bray will preach. The service at the Dwight Place church will be held at 1O:3O o'clock. Rev. Thomas R. Bacon will preach on ''The Duties of Social Glasses" There will be no service at the College street church. Rev. 0. w. Park will preach at his church. At Christ church there will be Thanksgiving service at 1O3O a. m. Rev. Mir. Spencer will preach. The service at St. Johns church to-day will be at 1O:3o a. m. Rev. Stuart Means will preach. All Christians are invited to worship ct English Hall this evening.
 In the way of amusements there are a di- versity of entertainments. The four theaters will all be open, three of them both afternoon and evening. The rink will doubtless draw together large numbers interested in that sport. The Good Samaritans give sociable at Grays' Armory Hall where they will dance from to a. m. The Knights of $. G. T. will give fair and festival in National arm- ory beginning this evening. cane to be awarded was on exhibition in Streeter's win dow yesterday. The SchilIerbund give soiree at their hall and three or four Wash ington camps of P. O. s. indulge in dance at Union armory. Besides there are the large number of private reunions and family gath eriDgs
 There will be no morning boat from New Haven on the old line to-day and no boat from New York at II p. m.
 The postoffice will be closed to-day at noon and all afternoon mails will then be closed, except the II p. m. mail. Only morning delivery will be made by carriers. The vesti- bule remains open all day.
 All desiring to contribute to the poor through Messrs. Mossman and Seelye, the city missionary and the agent of the Board of Associated Charities may leave their of ferings of money or provisions at 273 Orange street or III Dwight street this morning. All the offices in the City Hall will be closed to day or opened for short time early in the day.
 In accordance with the time-honored cus- tom the inmates of the almshouse will be Riv- en a genuine old fashioned New England din ner, served smoking hot Two hun dred and ffty-three people will sit down to the feast, which will not be the unhappiest one in the city by considera- ble. Chicken, chicken pie, pumpkin pie, doughnuts, coffee and the "fxings' will be spread on with lavish hand. The feast will also be repeated on Christmas day
 The Thanksgiving feast at the jail will not be out of the usual order. The bill of fare will embrace hash for breakfast, beef soup for dianer and mush and molasses for supper. Christmas day is feast day at the jail.
 At the New Haven Orphan asylum it's old friends will be found not to have for gotten it.