Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-22
FOR THE INNER MAN.
A PROFESSORS IDEAS ABOUT THE
PREPARATION OF MEAT.
THE ALTON LADYS COMMENTS.
what She Knows About Thanks
giving-Days and some Historical
Incidents Connected Herewith
How the Occasion is Observed.

ALTON. VA, November 1s.--(Speciai)- |
The long-accepted assertion that there's
nothing new under the sun must now be
classified along with things doubtful, for
something as new as a Spanish victory
has arisen. This touches us in matters
astronomical. and is n weighty subject
just at this time OF Thanksgiving. This
newest OF new things Is all about a pig.
do not know what to call It. for 1t Is as
hard to name rs was Don Quixote's horse;
but. OF course. refer to Professor"
Wiey's new theory about meat.
When a man-that is, n solid man like
Crookes on telepathy, or Hodgeson on
ghostology. or Wiley on pigology-gets up
and announces that he has something new
In philosophy. religion, or science TO give
a waiting world, he is listened to with
polite attention.; but when learned sa-
want. with one stroke OF chemical analy-
sis. knocks the legs from under our din
ner-pot then, indeed, do we suffer the
throes Of agonizing doubt.
DON'T EAT MEAT.
According to Professor Wiley's interest
| Ing Investigations, Il is not we'll to eat
meat at all; but II positively verges on
| the criminal to eat II before It is ripe.
| The fond belief OF our grandfathers that
| their pork chops and porter-house steaks
| should be fresh is thrown TO the wild
winds Of decaying time, and this Profess
1 sor, so well versed in pigology, tells us
! that the longer we keep our meat on tap
| as il were-the better for our digestion 1t
will be.
To him the thought Of slaughtering
pig en- route TO the oven is filled with
| horror. and a chicken-to quote yerba-
! tim-"after being killed should be hung,
1 with its head down. until the head drops
! on" 1t is then ready for Aunt Dinah's
careful attention. and the stove-f she
! can keep the balance OF the body intact.
WE PAUSE AND DOUBT.
| Notwithstanding the assertion that his
| experiments are being conducted accord
| ing to the latest progress Of analytical
| chemistry" we pause and have doubt
as 10 whether the Professor win follow his
! own theory in the preparation of his
| Thanksgiving menu.
] This brings us TO our national festival,
| and the thought that the first Thanksgiv-
| ing-Day ever observed by the United
states Of America was made memorable
| by the delay of the turkey. The idea OF
| a national holiday of gratitude originated
! with Alexander Hamilton In the summer
of 1883, and the first national Thanks
| giving dinner Vas eaten 81 RANGES Ola
| tavern. in Washington city, as appointed
| by George Washington.
GFORGY SWORE.
There is a dim tradition that the delay
! of this Thanksgiving turkey was not que
20 any chemically overstate OF rlpeness'
but that the dinner, in consequence
| created a little unpleasantness, and, 10
ba more exact. is said to have resulted in
one broken nose and in the first, and last
recorded oath ever used by the Father
! az his Country. To what extent TINS
migbt have gone had Professor Wiley
receipe-also promulgated in the natiohal
capital-been then in vogue, one shuuuers
TO think. -, 49,,
Prior TO the act of Congress there had
been many another ThanKsglVhs-DaS
since that one OF gratitude when the
| PuTitans gave Tor thelI HlS' i"' 'N "
| America. 3
Tn itself. thankfulness must be one OF
the cardinal virtues. 1t Is the dew li'at
! rnoistens and nOurishes all the other
plants of love and kindness. In the tiue
feeling of Thanksgiving, such as our lore
fathers felt, / do not think any Ivol pal
can enter. save those who till the son ior
| ;+s srrindlv fruits" Under faVoTapie
auspices nerhaps. as ours have BEEN TINS
to,,ptif,l autumn, the first harvest was
gathered.
SENSATIONS OF JOY.
There is a peculiar sensation OF JOY
ubon a man gazes upon the handl"orh
of his own brain or muscle q seh.'1 i'S
oa,,,ected with this special festival that
,r1al-ee II seem more fitting TO give 'hailAs
CO.. the sheaves that have been rlpehIns
from his sowing. 1t is the DIVINITY VI Wy
|. creator within him. and there as ~ y,
thankfulness for other gh'S ~ n,hanl,e.
A. old account of that irst lhanNs
oi,,i,o reads: 1.-THE peas were la'iui g
o., came I'D well, blossomed, ana lheh
- ,orched under the fierce jury sun ,,
~ lie, vas moderately thrifty Inc
,-oe strong. green, ana proi'liSeu
LII There was reason 10 hoPo i'' .
good harvest. IT,. ~ common be-
There are other points III Ia +h,s
tween that ThanksgiVing,D"Ss, n i' stfn-
80 ~ 1895. The redoubtapie Mis- -.
U ~ ebort and mean Of stature out "i
ul Sii, act,ve had captured or put "
Iio,S tl,a rebel Indians, who were UNI ,
nIsn', ,,,' ~ mis- friend, Ma~sasoit, anu l1 ,
aaroclaimed from the centre "a -, a.
~ attention of the white men ~
rotect all those who shoulu Pio'0
~ 10 the Colonists' ,,,,,,v
y u J1IsToRY REPEATING ITSELF
And this is history repeating ltsell VIZ,
c,,ai, and Cuba. We also nave
and give thanks for peace lon, IN ON
We have kept stTdisil - THANKS.
Ne node OF celebrating Indlih9
Plli 1I ven before the national custom
sl,Ne3 its wagon turkey plhlo"s -
i's.si,v from North to South 49,.
.,,a,,+ thanksgiving there are IN S,
v,otbods. usually uncnans - ,,h,ct
nnna e. the religious function WIN "i,,1 a
~ ofraid we mountaineers uo nU
am aHillate; second, the ep,c cu Ga. a.,
reauns which suits us to loi
teh , and lastly. the Nimrod practioo
- hitch we know more IMAM '"o doar
60 o. government, because we are ,, 80
80 NAT the eagle Is not the na' I'm,
Pa NV long shot-the shot 'N''
DIV ,rbonksgiving turkey ~,
( th me- men were dispatched MO wv
40 shoot wild fowls, ana thoasi
w. had been scanty throushoue rn
e E aIlu the quartette or sportSinen -, -,
aa ar night staggering uhuci M
.ul ~ turkeys. geese, ana Pse,,,a
ou aS',a,t 70 provision the entire sou, ,,.
( suHleis fa whole week" SO says lhi
J. aIen thanksgiving chronlcier.
. an'''' AN oLD-TIME PICTURE
! -, AZ ue not know by the busy gay Gay,
oI Oh M Dehorahs and Mehitables s'ep PIP,
g am ,,,,d9 when the huge nreplace; VIZ, y,
I az .,,ta and kitchen utensils s"inS'ns ~
the oranes above the blazing coals. mig 81
ron Zen duplicated right mere!
nave 49, a. stretch our fancy ior IN