Morning journal and courier., 1892-11-24
THANKSGIVING DAY.

ctivity In the Poultry Markets.
General Suspension OF Business
To.Day-Big Travel on the Rail-
roads-Sermons In Churches To.
Day-ThanksgfvtnS Service at tho
First Baptist Church Last Even
ing.
The principal streets of the city were
rowded with people yesterday afternoon
nd evening. Everywhere about town
were being made for Thanks
living. The railroad travel was largely |
increased, not only by the hundreds rush-
ng to witness the Yale-Pdnceton game,
but by the many coming to the city to
spend Thanksgiving at home, or going
away for the same object. All the mar
kets have been flooded with customers.
The price of turkeys has been very
and, owing to the cool weather,
the goods came to the city in very good
shape. There are very few native turkeys,
as compared with the number of previous
years. The price for native turkeys was
in the neighborhood of thirty cents per
pound. The price on the western turkeys
ranged from twenty-five to twenty-five
cents per pound. Some very choice tur-
keys have been sold and it is quite proba-
BILE that the butchers have had q very
profitable week. Farmers wagons were
not as numerous as usual. Heretofore
the streets were often well lined with
wagons of farmers who had brought in
their turkeys for sale. The sale of vege-
tables and dressing has also been very
large. In ali the playhouses there are to
be special matinees in honor of the holt
day. Nearly all the shops will be shut
down to-day. The banks will be closed
and all the mercantile places of business
will close at noon.
Rev. DR.. Mulch is to preach Thanks
giving sermon to the united Congregational
churches at Center church at II O'Clock.
There will also be special services in sever
al of the other churches.
At meeting of the Methodist pastors of
the city yesterday it was decided to hold a
union service today, Thanksgiving day, at
the First Methodist Episcopal church, and
Rev. DR.. Kelley was invited to preach the
sermon.
There will also be services at the Beu-
lab mission, 505 State street, just below
Chapel, this evening, 1t will be song
service, coupled with interesting addresses.
AT THE F1kST BAPTIST CHURCH.
The regular Thanksgiving service of the
Baptist churches was held at the First Bap.
fist church last evening and was we'll at.
tended. The service was opened with the
anthem Chow Beautiful on the Noun.
tains." Rev. E. G. Sage of the Grand ave
nue. church then read from the eleventh
chapter of Hebrews. Prayer wal
then offered by Rev. s. D. Phelps
D. D. Rev. P. s. Evans delivered a very
brews xi:10. The exercises closed with
| prayer by Rev. F. W. G. Meyer of thu
German Baptist church and benediction by
Rev. Mr.. Poteat.
On the platform were the venerable and
and beloved Rev. DR.. Phelps, Rev. E. G.
Sage, Rev. P. S. Evans, Rev. F. W. G.
Meyer, Rev. E M. Poteat and Rev. j
81. Mason.
HEAVY TRAVEL.
On the Consolidated road yesterday there
was the usually heavy Thanksgiving travel
All express trains were run in two sec
tions, and many others with extra cars
On the 1870 p. m. train there was a larg'
delegation of the Yale students on the wa,
to the great game in New York to-day
All of the afternoon trains were crowded
With all the crowd that went in and GU
of the depot there was not the slightes
accident reported.
of great credit in the able manner in whicl
they handled the crowds. 1t was the gen
eral impression that the crowds this yea
were not as large as in former years. TIL
larger part of the travel was on the New
| York division
The Consolidated road is to be congratu
lated on the way that they have carrie
the immense crowds during the last fey
weeks. On the whole length of the toa'
the crowds have been taken care of with
out a mishap.
| THANKSGIVING AT THE CITY MISSIONS.
Through the City Missionary associatio,
between eighty and ninety of the familie
connected with the mission work wer
provided with Thanksgiving remem
brance either through the gifts to tn
members of the mothers meeting o
otherwise. Several of the Sunda
school classes of the United churcl
sent Thanksgiving supplies to a mum
Der of the families recommended at tn
city missions. Some were also mentione
to individual givers wishing to do persona
service of this kind for others Messrs. s
d. Street & Go. sent a generous suppl
of apples, potatoes, fa1ina and pop corn
the City Mission hall for distribution. Th
funds received by Rev. Mr.. Mossman an
Miss Hume for Thanksgiving use hav
been acknowledged by note, but the thank
of all who received their Thanksgivin
gifts through the city missions were oil
fered to all who made it possible to Civ
them.