East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-11-21
NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF OLD NEW YORK

New York.-Estlmates as to the
number of turkeys that will give Jo
their lives within the next few days
to make a Gotham holiday vary as
widely as the census returns from
ST. Joe. Mo. one market man who
was interviewed on the subject said
he really didn't know, of course. but
guessed that the drumsticks of about
a million birds would go into the dis
card. Another placed the figure at
100000, while a third intimated that
New Workers would have to struggle
along on 10000 or so.
1t is certain that many thousands
of poor people who have heretofore
had turkeys on the Thanksgiving ia
BILE will have to be content with
smaller but more delicious fowls next
Thursday. Very few of the chari-
table organizations that are arrang-
ing feasts and baskets of food for
the needy will include turkeys on
their bill of fare. Philosophical folk
are likely to reflect that the turkey
is a bum bird and an overpraised In
stitution, anyway, and the shortage
of the young turkey crop will cause
little regret.
ceremony of interest to Catholics
throughout tn world will take place
on the morning Of Thanksgiving Day,
in Riverside Park, where monument
will be unveiled to the memory of
sOrestes Augustus Brownson, perhaps
the most distinguished of American
scholars and authors A memorial
l.tu "a
number of the most distinguished
Catholic clergy and laymen of the
country will take part in next Thurs
days exercises.
Brownson's religious career was
unique. Born and reared in extreme
poverty, he nevertheless succeeded IN
gaining an academic education, and
prepared himself for the Presbyterian
pulpit Then the liberaliZing influ-
ence of the times made itself felt,
and he entered the Universalist min
istry. In 1892, at the age of 2s, he
became acquainted with William Ell
lery Charming, and under the influ-
ence of that brilliant man was led
into the Unitarian ministry. For six
years. as pastor of q Boston church
and founder of a periodical. he was
one of the leaders of the religious lib
erals.
SO far his life history was that OF
many men of earnest inquiring
minds. who, dissatisfied with ortho-
doxy. became Unitarians or agnos'
ties. But the remainder of his life
was the most effective lay propagan'
dist Of that church in the new world
He wrote numerous books, which
since his death at Detroit, April II
1876, have been collected and pub
Iished in nineteen large volumes The
movement to erect a monument tc
his history was commenced a quar-
ter of a century ago, but it was not
until the present year that the
Brownson memorial committee found
its task nearing accomplishment
Mrs. Hetty Howland Robinson
Green, famed as the worlds greatest
FEMININE fnancier, will celebrate hei
seventh-ffth birthday on Monday. II
is said that many of the financial OPP
erations to which Mrs. Green pre-
viously gave her personal and undl-
vided attention have been turned ovel
to her son, and her final retireme'
from active business is probably now
a matter of only short time.
Counterfeit IS and $40 bills are
more numerous in New York just
now than ever before, and 1t is be-
lieved that thousands of sucf
queer certificates are in circula'
ton among the unsuspecting. Sew
eral hundred dollar bills have also
turned up, and It is the part of wis
dom to carefully examine all bills OF
that denomination before accepting
them. This counterfeit is easy of de-
lection. however, as the title follow
ing the signature of ]. w. Lyons reads
register of the treasurer" instead OF
Register of the treasury. Otherwise
the bogus bill is fairly well executed
Perhaps the most highly honorec
school teacher of the country !:
Thomas Hunter, now nearly eight!
years young, who will be the guest OF
honor at the annual reunion ant
banquet OF the Thomas Hunter as
sociation, to be held tonight at thu