The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-25
THANKS AND TURKEY.
Day for Feasting and Joy Over
the Years Blessings.
THE POOR WILL BE REMEMBERED.
Thanksgiving Day Will Be Celebrated
With Church Services and Feast
ing by Rich and Poor.

Inc stacks of turkeys in the meat markets the
unusual activity OF the pie and pastry manu-
iacturers, the rush for cranberries and the
general demand for good things 10 eat indicate,
II the weather does not, that Thanksgiving is at
hand and that tomorrow will be g great feast
DAY In fact as well as in name.
Inc primary purpose of the institution-to
give thanks for the blessings enjoyed through
the year-will be kept in mind by the churches,
Tor each denomination will hold union Thanks
giving services. All will be given an oppor-
tuhlty 10 show their gratitude by sharing their
abundance with the poor and unfortunate, that
the pleasures of the feast may not be marred by
tae thought that many go hungry amid such
plenty.
All Of the different Congregational churches
VIII unite in union service at IL O'Clock in the
morning in Plymouth church, Third and Uni
vcrsity streets. Rev. W. W. Terrier will deliver
the address.
The Methodist Episcopal churches will give
thanks for many blessings received at the First
Methodist Episcopal church. Third and Marion
streets, at ii a. m. Rev. Levi Gilbert will preach
The Methodist Pfotestants will hold union
services in the First Methodist Protestant
church, Third and Pine streets, at Il o'clock in
the morning.
Thanksgiving services will be held in the
Unitarian church, on Seventh street, near
Union.
The poor and homeless men and women of the
city viii be given a free dinner at the Armory at
L O'Clock by the Women's Christian Temper
ance Union. Liberal contributions have been
made by generous persons, but still more pro-
visions are needed TO make the dinner suffice to
fesd the many homeless ones. Those who have
promised and those who are willing to give
something to the dinner requested by the
women TO send the contributions to the Armory
O'clock
The orphans also are to be provided for by the
efforts OF the Ladies' Relief Society The mem
bers OF this organization will start out this
morning with wagons to collect the supplies
and gifts for the Orphans Home. Ever since
the society was organized some six or seven
years ago, the Thanksgiving season has been the
only tiIpe at which it makes its appeal to the
public for support, aud Thanksgiving day has
been recognized as the Relief Society day.
The ladies are hoping for generous contribu-
tons TO their worthy charity. There Will be
receiving depot at the Haley Glenn store,
Second street. to which gifts may be sent by
those Inadvertently overlooked by the commit
tees. Bags furnished by Schwabacher Bros.
have been distributed to private families
through the children of the public schools.
The Junior Epworth League of the First Meth
odist Episcopal church will receive contribu-
tons tomorrow morning 10 be distributed
among the poor that they know Of
The Young Mems Christian Association will
give q Thanksgiving entertainment at the
rooms tomorrow evening.
While the poor thus cared for, their more
fortunate fellow citizens can provide for them
selves at the retail markets, groceries and bak-
cries. These stores presented an attractive pic
ture yesterday to anyone with good healthy
stomach as he passed along the streets and
Toasted his eyes on the fine displays OF rich ed
ibes which occupied every spare inch OF room.
They hung over and at each side OF the doors,
in front of the windows and covered the floors
and counters and shelves on the inside, even to
being suspended from the ceilings.
In the leading markets the finest displays
were made, fine poultry, meats and fish were
hastily arranged with stocks OF vegetables and
green fruits of all kinds piled up in front, COM
bining a mtdwinter with a midsummer display
in an Eastern market There were turkeys,
chickens, geese and ducks in the poultry line.
at prices from 20 TO % cents per pound. Some
of the stock had been shipped in from the East,
though the native and Oregon were by Tar the
finest. In the fish line there were Eastern shad,
borrucuds and mountain trout, at prices from
20 to % cents, and halibut, sea cod, rock cod,
tom cod, salmon, soes, smelts and perch at
from to 10 cents, be sides Eastern and Sound
oysters, Holsters, crabs, shrimps aud clans. In
the vegetable line there were caulihower, cell
cry, parsuips, beets, carrots, turnips, lettuce,
water crosses, radishes, spinach, eitron, toms-
toes, cueumbers, equsshes, pumpkins
and sweet potatoes. And in fruits
there were eranberries, grapes, apples,
peaches, pears. oranges, lemons, bananas and
pineappes. All OF these vegetables and fruits,
with but few exceptions were selling at re-
markedly low prices, so that they were within
the reach OF all. In the grocery stores were
also displays OF vegetables and fruits, but there
more attention was given to exhibiting dried
and canned fruits, picked goods, fancy butter.
cheese and eggs, and the finer grades OF grocer
les. In the bakeries were displays of all kinds
of fancy pastry, and mince pies were especially
liz demand
Regarding prices, as compared with those OF
year ago, leading grocer remarked that Gus
tcmers carry away almost as large a load of
goods now for four bits as they could then for
81 This was certainly overdrawlng 1t Ms re-
garis prices of staple groceries, but at the same
time the difference is very great all classes of
goods and on some vegetables the variation is
quite large enough To justify the assertion.
on the whole the variety is certainly extens-
i've enough 10 crafty the taste OF the most fas-
tidious epcurean, aud the inviting manner IN
watch the goods are displayed is enough to
make even a chronic dyspcptics stomach crave
for fond