The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-24
THE DAY OF THANKSGIVING
APPROPRIATE OBSERT1NCES OF
 THE HOLIDIy.

Services In the Churchcs- Work of the
 Closed Throughout the City-Post-
 office Open Until Noon--Carrters Make
 One Delivery,
 Thanksgiving Day With its good cheer and it's old fashioned luxurious dinners will be genially observed in New Ha- ven to-day. The groceries of the city made a special preparation for this years trade and have done more busi- ness than for number of years past The turkeys, chickens and ducks which yesterday were displayed in front of many of the stores are to-day slowly wasting in the many households under the watchful eye of the careful house. wife and mother whose Thanksgiving dinner is the pride of the family and joy of the small boy. The tables will be loaded with roast beef, veal lamb oranges. bananas, mixed nuts, English walnuts, pumpkins, parsnips, squash, mince meat, game, oysters, clans, nsh and everything else good to eat Every body who possibly can will return to enjoy mothers dinner" and quiet afternoon at home. The day is to be ob- served as general holiday The stores will be closed and the banks will shut their doors.
 The letter carriers will make only ona delivery, except in the center of the city where there will be two. The post offices closes at noon.
 The people at Sprinside Home will not be forgotten and a special dinner Will be provided. After dinner cigars will be passed around to the men and poXes of candy to the women. At the Jail also an extra dinner will be pro- vided
 The Independent German-American Rlf1e club will hold the last shoot of the season at Scheutzen park, and many prizes, including turkeys, will be of Tered to the members making the hig,l- est scores. The New Haven Gun club Will omit it's usual Thanksgiving shoot
 Tn accordance with the usual custom the children of the public schools yes- terday brought donations of food and clothing to school with them for the Organized Charities. The following schools contributed: Skinner Webster, Shelton avenue, Winchester, Dixwell. Lowell, Humphrey, Zunder, Wooster, Dwight, State street Kindergarten, Oak street, Quinnipiac, Roger Sherman and Fair street
 The donations included all kinds of food and vegetables, potatoes, apples, tomatoes, beets, cabbages, flour, sugar, canned goods, cereals and bread to- gether with clothing, wood, coal and some money. The contribution was the largest which has been made by the children, and will be placed to good ad- vantage by the Organized Charities. The donations were collected from the schools in wagons and placed in large empty room in the building of the Or ganized Charities. Here the various articles. were collected in large flour bags ready for distribution. The food is not given out indiscriminately, but only to persons known to the associa- tion and to those who can furnish good recommendations. Gifts will be made to any one who brings in a note, signed by well known resident of the city, signifying that the bearer is deserv- ing.
 The gifts are not restricted to fami- lies absolutely in need, but are given wherever the people are not able to en- joy the pleasures usually considered as belonging to Thanksgiving day. The donations of money and clothing will be 1;e+ +1,o regular demands upon the Organized Cha ritina