The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-27
THANKS AND TURKEY.
The National Day Of Feast and Praise
1.-The City Given Over to n Holt.
day.-.Obseryances.
THANKSGIVING DAY.

THANKSGIVING DAY.
A more delightful Thanksgiving than
Yesterday has never been known in Book
Island, and while the day was very gen.
orally observed, it was not unalloyed
pleasure, for everywhere signs of mourn>
ing :om the national bereavement in the
death of Vice President Hendricks. Citi-
zens, regardless of politics. discussed his
sudden taking off in the hotels, on the
street cars and on the streets and all de-
plored the death of one who twice has
been placed in one of the foremost posi>
tons of American citizenship by four
millions of his countrymen. In the
churches where were gathered together
concourses of people to sing praise and
return thanks for the bounteous gifts and
blessings of season, the pastors alluded
either in prayer or in the remarks pre-
liminary to the sermon, of the great and
sudden loss.
The general appearance of the town
was very much like Sunday: In the after
noon especially. The banks and public
buildings were closed and business gems
orally was abandoned. In some of the
mills, however, ana in out door structures,
where work must be finished before cold
| weather sets in. the round of toll went on.
The day dawncd clear and beautiful, not rs
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| atmosphere was much milder than is gen
orally the case at this season OF the year,
| At the Harper, Rock Island and other
hotels, turkey was of course the principal
article on the bill of fare, and the guests
partook of 1t with becoming delight. All
over the proud city, families, distant rela,
tves and friends enjoyed the annual feast
together There never are second joints
enough to satisfy the craving appetite for
turkey. for the most annoying thing about
a Thanksgiving dinner is that it is so ex
tremely filling. When you approach the
turkey you wish you had not eaten so
much fish or oysters, or whats
ever the previous course may
have been, and when you draw near
the mince and chicken pie, you wish you
had let up on the turkey sooner, al
though you may have done so before you
were fully satisfied. You make des-
perate effort to crewd down some plum
| pudding, nibble at the nuts and raisins
aud eat dozen Malaga grapes, and then
when you reach the parlor with your eyes
feeling as if they were protruding from
your head, you wish you could forget to
be polite and lounge around the rest of
the day You finish the day by wonders
ing where you will be one year from now,
and go to sleep and dream the turkey is
| after you with n butcher knife.
AT THE CHURCHES.
The effect of the inviting weather was
shown by the large attendance at all the
city churches where services were held :.
The Central Presbyterian, Baptist, Chris
tian chapel and United Presbyterian
united at the Christian chapel. where
Rev, s. s. Cryer preached a beautiful and
appropriate sermon from the text,
"Signs of Times" The Methodist and
Broadway congregations held union
service at the church of the latter demon,
inalon. Rev. Marquis delivered an ex-
celcnt sermon on the duties and proper
obscrvanccs of the feast. AT Trinity
church Rev. Sweet preached one Of his
best sermons on topic appropriate to the
day.
| THE RINK,
which was really the only popular attrac'
ton, was crowded afternoon and evening.
The Rock Island Glee club, composed OF
Messrs. Cooke. Knockc, Collins and
Corns, made their first appearance at the
rink and gave in delightful manner,
"tIcath to the Farest," 81 Long for
Thee" and other popular airs, The
trick and aciobatic bicyclists. Westbrook
s. Hacker gave highly entertaining per-
Torrance. attesting their remarkable skill
as masters and champions of the bicycle
When there was not an attraction on the
| floor the rink was filled with skaters, and
the time was spent pleasantly by the spec
tators as well as skaters. The days en-
teltainment reflected much credit upon
Manager Collins.
THE SHOOTING GALLERIES
were literally patronzcd. DIcGinleys gal
lery on Fourth avenue, and Lavone's, un'
der Harper's theatre, were well filled will
young men anxious to try their skill as
marksmen. At Lavone's in the evening
there was a contest for silver cup, the
conditions being the cup to so to the
best score in ten shots. There were eight
contestants, George l.. Taylor, of the AR
gus press room force, distinguishing him
self by making 10 out of possible 800
the lowest record being rs.