The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-26

Richmond looks
forward with no little degree OF pleasure
70 the time when the Governor shall issue
ms thanksgiving proclamation, and not
a Few OF them md difficulty I'm removing
their raiments before the dawn OF the
next day peeps forth. Blu, this Is not the
true spirit OF Thanksgiving Day. \ we'll
known lexicographer defines Thanksgiv-
ing asa day set apart for religious SER
vices specially TO acknowledge the good
ness or God, either In any remarkable
deliverance from calamities or danger. or
In the ordinary dispensation of his boun-
ties.
Yours So Good tn
HOW many young natural born grum-
piers do you suppose are i'm Richmond
VINO are az enmity with the world be-
cause the dimes I'm their breeches' pockets
are not quarters, the quarters halves. and
SO on? The gift OF the earth with a
substantial fence around IL would be
unsatisfactory. They want the enclosure
neatly painted and "So-and-So's Couch
Drops" embellishing the lob nut mis-
is a mistake. Should you be without a
sufficient amount OF coin, gentle reader.
don't complain, but be thankful that YOU
are not chased by the eyer-present coll
rector armed with dun IL there are
no soies on your shoes, why ind faultg
Did you not see that newsboy AT Ninth
and Main streets without any shoes? BE
not melancholy if you have no shoes. I
saw man last week without any feet.
Bachelors with two hlaments each dang
ling TO the sides OF their craniums as
gentle reminders OF better days should
not use emphatic language al findins
no buttons on their shirts. Many a mar
ried man hasn't got a shirt 20 put but
tons on. Young married women who
took the matrimonial vows Just one year
ago should be lenient I'm crtlcising their
husbands seeming neglect, while the lat
ter are fixing up some important business
matters over green cloth az the club
There is cause for gratitude even here
when one thinks how many women IN
Richmond are pining for husbands who
pay only Sunday pop-calls to the mem
bers OF their households
Debutantes with the fresh flush OF
anticipation nesting on their cheeks have
no good reason for ''puckering their lips
IN pretty complaints" at being overlooked
for a german or box-party. Their
grandmothers used TO be courted through
the unsatisfactory medium OF chape-
rome.
So when you are disposed to be UNI
grateful for the bestowal OF boons you
effort. jog your memory for moment.
and recall an array Of blessings denied
hundreds OF others.
4 Ph losoph rl Wow of Thin~
Right here in Richmond hundreds Of
reasons for thanksgiving face the casual
observer They are too numerous To-
mention. There is the new city Hall
practically completed after all these
almost draw n ling braafh whom
writing the word; end so do the city
Fathers when the bills roll in for coli
lection.
A Democratic administration will smile
upon us for another four years, and the
newspaper man who addresses himself 20
a public composed largely OF uncharits-
BILE critics no longer sits upon a bleak
platform I'm open air. and gets himself
chilled through, In order 10 tell his read
ers at the breaksfat-table how satisfac-
torlly "So-and-So'' demolished few
planks In the sub-treasury platform, and
squelched the transparent arguments OK
the opposition party.
But I feel like congratulating the
Board OF Aldermen for showing more
sense than the Common Council, In re-
lentlessly numbering the Epps resolution.
thereby making at least a good start to-
wards doing away with few little poll
teal '1eg-puliings" which most OF us
don't need in our respective lines OF
business. The board Ought TO have
medal" on Enthusiastically
TO be candid with you. gentle reader,
while putting vigorously on this old
corn-cob pipe Of mine, congratulations are
In order all around. There are the dainty
little debutantes, each with a notebook
full OF engagements for shree weeks
ahead. while marriages this season have
kept the matrimonial editor OF this paper
i'm a state OF mental delirium lest he
should fail 10 do the nuptlal traiiic
justice.
True. the authors OF most OF the"iy-
rics" finding their way up here on the
fifth floor somehow got Il into their
heads that the poetry editor is sucker"
But he isn't, and all those rhythmlcal
productions after the "bread-and- butter
STYLE are marked Rot" IN bold letters
as a special favor to commercial sub
scribers. So, taking all I'm all. ! should
close up this little paragraph with the
suggestion TO each and every one Of my
readers 10 take philosophical view OF
things, and jog their memories 10 recall
that
"Ingratitude Is abhorred by God and
man"
~ W 20 spend The ~.
There are any number OF profitable
WAYS TO spend the day on next Thurs
day. Should you be the capitalist which
/ really hope you are. why, close up the
Office, let all the employees have day
OF rest. and give them big dinner
Don't forget TO have roast turkey with
cranberry, sauce. But that IS understood.
since | think about Il. III you should
Of m.
graduate the company on having %
good an employe. and accept their hos
pitality as a matter Of course.
Get up early in the morning. you who
have well-trained setter dogs, and guns
OF the latest improved style, and after
thanking your Creator for health. strength
and a host OF blessings. "hie yesel" 70
the fields OF Hanover or Chesterfield.
and prove your boasts that you rarely
fan 10 bag your bird. BE kind enough.
however. 10 leave at least a pair OF
toothsome fowls by way OF fair play TO
Polk Miller BE not guilty OF my nrst
experience -Four Of US were competing
for sporting honors In Henrico. A cover
OF birds were flushed at our feet Each
man fred both barrels. and one bird
fell over to my left. / bagged the feath-
cred biped with a confidence that left
no DOUBT as 10 my ochls INC "
marksman. A few moments later | un-
preached my weapon 10 md thst peth
cartridges had failed TO fire. Felio~
sportsmen. don't do that way. 1T isn't
right"
one more word and I'm done. Should
YOU be a young man inclined TO celebrate
the day in hilarious fashion. Try ara
dispense with the great annual Thanks
having Jag. 1t Is not at all necessary.
and you'il not regret II the next mornins
when YOU step down 10 your once ana