The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1889-12-12
NEW YORK.
Some Happenings in the Country
Metropolis.
Thanksgiving and Turkey Glut-GettinG
Ready for Christmas-An Incident Con-
corning Mrs. Cleveland-The Street Cal
Conductor, the Trunk, and the Dude.

New YORK, Dec. 1.-LSpecial. II
Christmas goods and Santa Claus relgnI
paramount. The stores are full of every
possible article that can tempt the eye,
all varying in price from the few cents
to the hundreds of dollars, and the GUS
toners are sorely put TO it how tel
make their choice. The early birds art
long since ateld and have made thehI
selections ahead OF tine so as not to bel
obliged to put up with the leaviugs OIL
the market at the last moment. Every
establishment Of any pretensious to be-
ing any thing is a thing of beauty; III
will not, however, he a joy forever-notI
for very long, as day by day the glorles
disappear, their places being taken bl|
articles much inferior in radiance and I'M
price As for the provision markets
their day is hardly come as yet. They
have hardly gotten over the Thanksgiv-
ing day glut as Yet. Aud here l may
say that never before were Thanksgiving
turkey SO dear as this year. Whether
there IS turkey trust, or whether theI
turkey growers are holding back forI
Christmas | don't Pretend to say. All II
can vOuch tor is thar the prizes ruled
from ten to twenty cents a pound il!
Washington market. But by night theyj
had come down $50 to 200 per cent.
The ritless, unrelenting rain OH
Wednesday utterly prevented shopping i
by night time, therefore, there was aI
big glut, and then the economical mother
Of a family OF thrifty boarding houst
keeper made her purchases. They were
brave in their endeavors to procurd
cheap entertainment for their families
and boa rders, and their pluck IL Nentur-
ing out into the pitiiess storm was rel
warded by the possibility Of buying the
noble birl-a good one at that-for seveuI
and even five cents pound.
THANKSGIVING DAY
itself passed over i'll the Usual manner
1t troke wet and gloomy, but c.etred ulI
early. The churches had quite their
fair share of WOrshipers, und many We're
tastefuliy and artistlcally decorated With
flowers and print No few however,
assumed the appearance OF green grUcers
nonce, SO prodisal and 50 Vlllgurly ob
trusive Was the display of the common
est >ege tables. Turnips rivallias iomla
shells in circumfcreuce, pumpkins OF
gigantic girths, stalwart beets, spindle
legged CARROTS, obese potatoes, enorm-
Gus cabbagts, and eheaves OF Wheat
enough TO supply a garrison with flour,
were piled up Pelion-on-Ossa wise il
front of and around the minister, who, as
in one place Of worship was compelled tel
use one bale OF hay for pulpit and AMI
other for a lounge to sit on. Outside
the Episcopal and the Roman churches
the preachers devoted themselves as 81
rule, to taking up politics as their theme !
and Republican and Democrat AS we'll iII
sermon as in prayer told their peopl,
and the Almighty number Of novelties
in the world political. Some used the
towards castle to pitch into Nj
Cleveland and from their pulpiJs re-
.joiced that his bein9 ousted from powell
afforded them a cause FOR Thanksgiving
THE MEANS OF LOCoMoTION
are sorely taxed at present. 1t is next;
to impossible to get Il seat III any Il"
train now at the way stations, and as fol
the street cars their crowded condition.
passes understanding. A curious epl-l
sode happened in one of the Madis0ni
Avenue cars the other day. 1t was!
crammed to the doors, and the majority I
of the seats were filled with biDuds WhoE
in the garb of men allowed delicate VOL
men, some carrying babies or bundles, tos
stand in that rude way that seems pecu
liar to New York so-calIed gentlemen. [
One very handsome sweet looking yOunpk
woman, plainly but richly dressed, en-
tered and hung GA by the strap in accus-
toned fl shion. Every mans counten-
hlICC w Us DuilC IL HIS liNNH IJhlJCI uIluk
none made any sign of seeing the lady L
much less OF Offering her seat Az
last an apple-faced, cOuntryfed womans
caught her eye. The lazy and shee
exchanged warm greeting, and the I
poorer womb got up and gave h,r thes
seat she was occupying. The lady rode
few blocks and then got out On hel s
departure the poorer woman said
";ohe wouldn't have been 50 treated in
Washington. Every one loved herH
there Curiosity was eXcit d at once
and the disgust of some of these males
individuals when they found they had
been guilty OF such
GROSS RUDENEss 70 MRS. CLEVELAND,
was sight to behold.
One sees strange, and often veryE
amusing scenes on board these cars.
The other day highly gotten up dude
got into one at Morrisiana unnOticed bys
the conductor. Finding very dis
reputable hairy trunk-box Oh the floor in !
front of him, he naturally used it for al