Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-11-16
THANKSGIVING Day.

Thanksgiving Day.
PRESIDENT Cleveland has issued the fol-
lowing proclamation setting apart Thurs
day, Nov. 50 ii, as day of thanksgiving
and prayer:
= Constant Thanksgiving and gratitude
are due from the American p ople to AL
mighty God for his goodness aid mercy
which have followed them since the day
he made them d nation aud vOuchsafed
TO them a Tree government. With loving
kin ness he bias constantly led us in the
way OF prosperity aud greatness. lie has
not visited our shortcomings, bGt with
gracious care lie has warned US OF our
dependence upon His 'forbearance, and
has taught US that obedience to His holy
law is the price OF a continuance Of His
precious gifts. In acknowledgement OF
all that sod has done for us as a nation,
and to the end that on an appointed day,
the united prayers and praise of CRATE
full country may reach the Throne Of
Grace, l, Grover Cleveland, President of
the United States, do hereby designate
and set apart Thursday, the twenty ninth
day of November Instant, as a day OF
thanksgiving and prayer to be kept and
observed throughout the land. On that
day, let all our people suspend their ordi-
nary Wolk aud occupations, and, in their
accustomed places of worship, with
prayer aud songs of praise, render thanks
TO God for all His mercies for The album
dant haivesis which have rewarded the
toll Of The husband man during the year
that has passed, and for the rich rewards
that have followed the labors Of our peo-
pie in their shops and their marts of trade
and traffic. Let US give thanks for peace
and for social order and contenttneut
within our borders, aud for our advance
ment in all that adds TO national great
ness. Aud mindful of The affective dis
pensation with which IL portion OF cur
land has been visited, let US, while we
humble ourselves before the power Of
God, acknowledge his mercy in setting
bounds to the deadly march OF pestilence
and let our bearts be chastined by sym
pathy with our fellow countrymen who
have suffered and who mourn.
And as We return thanks for all the
blessings which we have received from
the hands Of our Heavenly Father let US
not forget that He has erjoined upon us
charity and on this day OF Thanksgiving
let us generally remember the poor and
needy, so that our tribute Of praise and
gratitude may be acceptable in the sight
of the Lord.
Done at the city OF Washington on the
first day of Noyem Der, eighteen hundred
and eighJy-eight, and in the year OF indie
pendence of the United States the one
hundred and thirteenth.
Seal In witness whereof [ have here
unto signed my name, and caused
the seal of the United States to be affixed,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
By the President:
T. F. BAYARD. Secretary of State.
General Harrison and His Wife.
Washington Starl
General Harrison has most distin-
guished ancestry. The first Of his race
who became famous was hanged October
30th, 1860, but for his virtues and not for
his vices. He was majol-general under
Cromwell and signed the death warrant of
Charles I. After his execution by Charles
Ii the family emigrated, and the first de-
scenGants of the Round Head regicide
who became famous bore the same name
as the Presidentelect. He was a signer
of the Declaration Of Independence, CO.
lonial Congressman and thrice elected
Governor Of Virginia. His son. General
William Henry Harrison, served his
country both IN the army and in the civil
office from 1891 to 1S41, when he died one
month after taking the oath of office as
ident Harrison's son, John Scott Harri-
son, the father OF the President-elect, was
a member Of Congress from 1863 to 1857.
and died only a few years ago at his home,
in Cincinnati.
Gen. Harrison is also one Of the
great army Of descendants Of the romanti-
cally celebrated Indian princess, Pocahon-
tas, and through the Randolphs be is re-
lated to the Virginia families Of Lee.
Carter, Pope, Robertson, Kennon. Skip
worth. Beverly. Gray, Fleming, Murray,
Meade and the famous John Randolph. of
Roanoke,
Mrs. Harrison. who will preside, is the
same age as her husband. Her father now
resides in this city and holds cle7kship
ip the Pension office. Mrs Harrison is
woman of retirement and culture. She is
an industrious reader and is devoted to
decorative art, For an amateur she is
unusually skilled as a painter Of flowers
in water colors, while much of her china
painting would not discrediG q profes-
SIGNAL artist. She is brilliant CONVEX
satiopalist and is considered charming
hostess. She has regular features, bright
eyes and abundant hair. Her figure is
short and somewhat stout. She dresses
we'll without being a slave to the caprices
of fashion. Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison have
son, Russell, who is a leading citizen and
ranchman, residing at Bismarck, OAK.
He married daughter of Alvin Saunders
Of Omaha, Neb., in this ,ity few years
ago. Their daughter, Mrs. Mckee, and
her family live with MIR. and Mrs Har-
rison, in Indianapolis. They will occupy
the Harrison house after March 4.
THE VICE PREslDENT-ELECT AND HIS
HANDSOME WIFE.
washington Post.l
Hon. Levi p. Morton, the Vice-Presi-
dent-elec5, is the sou Of a clergyman of an
English Puritan family. He was born at
Shoreham, VT, and is about sixty-five
years old. He Was educated in the local
academy. and started in business life at
twenty years old. At twenty-five years
he was clerk in Boston dry goods
house, aud five years later he established
the dry goods commission house of Morton
Il Grinnell in Boston, In 1868, he estab-
lished the banking firm of Morton &
Steel, of which he is still head. Mr.. Nor
ton was defeated for Congress in 1876, but
two years later he ran from the Murray
Fl i'll District III New York and was elect
ed. He was appointed United States Min
lister to France by President Garfield, aud
two years ago was defeated for the United
States Senate. AT the Chicago Conveu-
tion he was placed In nomination for
Vice President by Hon. Warner Miller,
of New York. and was nominated on the
first ballot.
Mrs. Morton is described as an unde-
n1ably handsome woman. with taper
waist, beautifully moulded neck and
arms, large blulsh-gray, expressive eyes,
and symmetrical features. Her hair is
somewhat gray. Mrs. Morton was born
in Poughkeepsie, where her father was a
lawyer, and Ter maiden name was Anna
Livingtone Street. She met Mr.. Morton
10 New York society She dresses plaiu-
lY, and neither dancing nor painting are
among her mplishments. She is her
own housekeeper, and has five daughters,
ranging in age from fourteen years to
seven. Their only son died while the