Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-28
WAGONS LOADED FULL.
FEE DINING ROOM WAS LITERALLY
BANKED WITH FOOD AND
CLOTHING.
The chiidren wnd with Joy and
the omesr. Truly Happy over
The Offerings.

YeSterday AFTERNOON WIS stasoh
of intense Joy and excitement to the
inmates OF the orphans home In this
city. and today will witness the Gull
rnination of their JOY.
Some days ago tho Gazette gave
notice that the children of the public
schools would each carry some article
of food or clothing TO school on the
Wednesday preceding Thanksgiving.
and that these offerings would be pre-
scented to the Fort Worth Benevolent
home. Yesterday was that day. and
may Its benedictlons never grow less.
Late in the afternoon a Gazette man
went out TO the home to see what the
day had brought the children, and the
slEht will do him good for days to
come. Children OF all sizes. from tod
ding tots to those 10 or ~ years old
Were running here. there and every
where over the house In the widest
exuberance OF excitement and Joy.
The dining room was the scene OF
operations, and thither the reporter
was at once shown. There We're nine
tables and side tables In the room.
and each was loaded to Its full capac-
lily with good thinga.
In one corner stacked four or I'VE feet
high on a table were 100 packages OF
Pcotch oats. each package contributed
by one pupil Of the public schools.
On an adjoining table canned veget-
pbIes. fruits and meats were piled near
~ three feet hign. There were about
one hundred and nifty OF these. Then
all around on the other tables was the
greatest profuslon OF butter. sugar. cof-
Zee. fruits. nuts. meal, hams yeget-
ables ana everything else lima ginablc
In the editing line II seemed was there.
One little fellow had sent huge beet
that was about 20 inches long and
eight inches through, The dining room
had the appearance OF q grocery store
that carried a large stock.
ON table In the center OF the room
was stack OF clothing three feet tall
and four or Ave feet through, In II
were coata. pants, dresses. cloaka, etc,
enough to give each child In the home
one or more good warm garments for
the winter
The children were not the only ones
20 remember the orphans, number
Of business houses having sent gifts.
Thus one firm sent dozen turkeys.
another dozen hats for bays, another
a barrel OF potatoes, others sacks OF
flour. etc
one Juvenile benevolent society of
the South side sent two embroidered
snlnshers and handsome worsted
aunt which they had put together with
their own hands.
Mrs. George 9. Burchill. superiutend-
emit and Mrs Adam Rlnamon. mat.
ron OF the home, were seen ana they
both seemed equally happy with the
children. They were very earnest In
their expressions OF thnnkfulness Ia
the people of Fort Worth Tor so mu-
nihnentiv remembering the children.
Mrs. Burchill said II was the happiesi
Thanksgiving the latter had ever en-.
1oyed. and that more offerings had
been received. she called attention tc
what deal could be accumulated by
each child sending n little There were
fully thousand or more packages
there when the reporter left, and ex.
press wagons were driving up with
more every few minutes. One little
Yellow remarked that he wouldn't take
less than n thousand dollars for the
good time he was going TO have today