The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-11-30
Turkey and Cranberry Sauce Are
Among the Leading Fea-
lures of the Day.
Some of the Events That Have
Transpire Since the Day Was
Last Celebrated.
A Season of Football When Par
ents Think of Counting Noses
Among Their iopefuIs.

Thanksgiving is turkey day, of course,
to all America, and the knowledge Of a
good dinner and a vivid appreciation OF
the culinary dainties to follow the foot
ball game is generally it's chief signifi-
| canoe. But If Thanksgiving was di=cov-
cred in Massachusetts, which is the CEN
ter Of the national pie district and the
| home Of eating ant! good cheer, as well
| as more intellectual accomplishments. it
| also commentaries in Its title the ben
for past favors moi only serves to in
tensify capital appetite. but to aid the
| mental and physical digestion by hope
full conviction of increasing prosperity.
! Thanksgiving recalls the joys of the pre-
ceding year, and over it's, turkey and
cranberry sauce discourses eloquently Of
the day and weather.
AL lsorts of times and weather
Must be shaken Up together
To make UP a year.
And the months of 1885 have changed
places in the calendar quadlille with
most obliging i1Tegularity; snow followed
rain, rain followed SNOW, and they fire.
quently chased together. Sunshine and
shower were inseparal)le partners. Heat
led the march the first half the winter,
and cold was revenged the latter end of
summer, and furs and nauslins were fash
ionable in the same season. So for the
weather prophets confusion primarily,
then for green Christmas, snowy
New Years, February as vacilating as
the cherry tree honored at it's close; for a
gentle March. a riotous April and May
that escaped from the tropics; for a
shivery summer and a sitting Septem-
Der: an October with Boreas rampant on
its Shield and a November Of shirt waists
and ulsters, of parasols and maakin-
toshes, of snow and rain, of mud and
frost, let us be duly grateful.
A year that furnishes an earthquakes
to Chichago is a year to be chronicled with
a dash Of red paint aud to be thankfully
remembered for all time by the fright
rocked gently as cradle or stood ap-
pallingIy on end with ones head for 3
base; whether we were yersed in the
symptoms Of terrestrial disturbances
from excursions through California and
could proclaim triulnphantly at the
breakfast table the exciting cause Of the
family headache; whether we reeled
along the sidewalks the following day
with a gradual loss Of self-importance
and a gradual increase OF suspicious
comment; whether we slept peacefully
the sleep Of the innocent and never
knew what had passed under our ieet. or
whether We bounded from bed with
heroic resolves at suggestions of bcn1':s
and dynamite and the I3ay1narlSet square
for the advertisement of the earth
quake-~let lis be duly grateful.
September brollg'l'a a llJ3,e lnTd some
gallant sailors and the VaIkyrie III, and
October returned them. safe and sound to
their customary environment oal The
shores Of Great Britain. So for the race
we sailed and won; for the race we gained
by a foul; for the race that was hours
from the start: for Defender in name and
in deed; for the cup that makes his island
too small for Johnny Bull; for the news
paper amenities of :nterIa tional athletics
finally for the bread expanse of ocean
which separates the noble lord from the
wratllful glare of the New York Yacht
club--Eet us be duly grateful.
Politically the year offers soltce for all
sorts and conditions of party adherents
The apostles OF reform can recall the
overwhelming disaster of Tammany.
while those who pledged their faith in nc
strength OF the tiger gather comfort from
recent events III Gotham. Republicans
rejoice in the capture of Kentucky and
Democrats thank Providence that the
elections were unimportant. So. for
events that are parsed and excitements TO
come: for the temporary quiet of Hawaii
an agitation and the speedy prospect Of
Venezuelan settlement; for the sold that
,reposes in the treasury and the silver
that is left in the mines; for thu nresi- 4
Dental bees that will buzz in congress;
for cabinent aspirations and third term
uncertainty; for Cleveland. the mighty,
and the g'overnIn ent at Washington still
living and moving under his weighty
th,lnl b--let us be duly grateful.
a year that has German opera sung in
Germany by the musicians of the father
lsnd and German opera sung in Italian
by native and foreign songsters is a very
eminent twelve months to be graciously
accorded gratitude by delighted human
i1y SO for past memories. present en-
joyment and future promises; fer the
Elsa Of the beautiful yioce and the Elsa
of heroic proportions. for the en1ivening
effect of the Wagneriasl trilogy under the
inspiring baton of Damrosch; for Calve
picturesque gypsy dance, and bird like
trills of poor Lucia and the vigor and art
CT De Reszkes; for all the years music,