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VOL, XXVII. PITTSBQRQ, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, (901. NO. 15.""
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CHAPTER XXIII.
i Continued.
These observations convinced nie
that luicle Sam had that morning de
ceived me -when he had so jauntily as
serted that old Mr. Wolsey could tell
his wife nothing which she did not al
ready know. I was not, however, so
much interested in that consideration
os ia the disquietude of Constance,
and in hope that I 'might be able to
cemfort her, my aunt had no sooner
taken up her position by" the piano than
I crossed over and occupied the seat
she had just vacated.
The attention of the company was
wholly bestowed upon the singer, and
the sound of another voice, though but
in a whisper, would have, been rightly
regarded as an ill-mannered interrup
tion. Though I could not for the mo
ment speak to my fair one, I was able,
even in that public situation, to press
her little hand in mine with a 'signifi
cance which was not misunderstood.
Aunt Gertrude was followed by sev
eral other singers of various degrees
of merit, but all alike ia so far as they
prevented conversation between Con
stance and me, nor could I find any
convenient opportunity to interrogate
her until we were again on board the
Iroquois. Fortunately I had not long
to wait for this, for the river being a
slow way to return to New York City
5t was decided that we should leave
Tarrytowu early. We were no sooner
on board than my aunt, whom I sus
pect partly understood the aspect of
aSairs. wthdrew to the cabin to re
sume her book, leaving Constance and
I to do as wc would. The evening
being delightfully fine "and cool, and
the sky an unfathomable blue studded
with innumerable stars, to say noth
ing of other reasons, of course we pre
ferred to remain upon deck. '
Notwithstanding my impatience to
knew precisely how Constance was af
fected by the information she had
gained from Mr. Fuller's letter to Mr.
Price, we were seated1, closely together
for several minutes before I A'entured
to ask her, and when I did so my ques
tion received no reply, but hot tcnrs
fell upon my hand. I was painfully
surprised and unnerved by ? this inci
dent, and knelt down beside the' dis
tressed ghl, saying I know not what,
but doing all in. my power to comfort
her. After a little while she became
more composed and looked at me stead
ily. "My sister must never know of this,"
she said; "it would kill her."
"'Must never know of what?" I asked.
"Of the contents of that letter Mr.
Price showed me."
"I have not read that letter, but I
fear I know what you refer to," I an- j
swered.
"Your words confirm the letter. I
feared it was true as I read it. Foor
dear Gertie! and she is such a loving
wife, and has such unbounded admira
tion of her husband. Can it be that
all men are false?"
"No, darling, it cannot, but I confess
I greatly fear there are many such.
Speaking for myself, I swear by the
sky above and the water beneath, and
by the great Being who created them
both, that you are the only woman I
hare ever desired; that if you will be
mine and faithful to rneaccording to'
yOur promise and my belief, I am
yours, and yours only, till I die. With
your faith in mankind thus rudely, I
shaken, and knowing that I must leave1 j
vou to-niniTOw tmt tn Cflo vn nfrn,Tv
for at least a month, can vou 'trust
me?"
Constance looked up at me, and the
tears in her eyes glistened in the star
light as she softly replied:
"I will trust you."
I caught the dear girl in my arms,
and pressing her face to mine, for the
first time restowed upon her lipsr
. .. m
What is this I am writing? This' will
never do. ' On reading this page it
really impresses me as more like a leaf
from a novel than a passage from the
memoirs of a middle - aged English
squire. ,
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE ACCUSATION.
Holdenhurst village! Was it possible
that I had been absent from it but lit
tle more than three weeks? The calen
dar affirmed that such was the ' case.
Why, in those few days I had traveled
further, seen more of mankind, and
committed myself for jjood or for evil
more deeply than in all my life besides.
Yes; this was my native place, un
changed in any. respect, yet somewhat
strange to me now that I regarded it
in the light of ari enlarged experience.
There was the quiet, straggling street;
the old Norman church on the hill sur
rounded . by moss-grown, half-obliter-.
ated stone memorials of bygone gener
ations; the Truman Arms, our village
inn, with the carrier's horse drinking
tvater from a trough outside while his
master refreshed" himself within, and
the great iron gates of the Hall, sur-
- mounted bythe heraldic devices of the
Truman family, a lion struggling in the
coils of a py tbpn.' , .
It was past midday when I entered
: HoUenliUTEt on foot, and th$ street
; wasjoore tliaa visually deserted, but
'ft "Novel.
WALTER BLOOMFIELD
bf'the very young and the very old,
could be "discerned harvesting in the
fields beyond, while over the whole
scene brooded that oppressive heavi
ness which in England not common
ly heralds an autumnal storm.
As I had not communicated with my
father since despatching the telegram
from New York announcing my intend
ed return, no conveyance was at. Bury
St. Edmund's to meet me a circum
stance for which I was inclined to be
thankful, for my journey from New
York, long and tedious as it was, had
not sufficed for me to digest all my re
cent experiences, and I was anrthinsr
but prepared to meet my father and
John Adams particularly the latter.
.A long walk alone on a country road
I had always found a favorable condi
tion for solving any problem which
perplexed me, but to-day my specific
failed to produce its usual effect; I
was unable to shape or in any way ad
equately realize the results which
might follow the doing of that which
I had returned to England to do, and
when I turned into the patch which led
up to the Hall my mind was scarcely
more clear than the sky above me
now more than ever dark, but emit
ting frequent flashes of lightning.
Gn entering the isduse I was told by
a servant that my father and Mr.
Wolsey were together in the study,
and I went there to them at once with
out ceremony. Both were unfeignedly
pleased at my return, my grandfather
regarding me with much curiosity, and
expressing his pleasure at my increased
height and apparent health.
"To think that five years should
make such a difference!" exclaimed
my grandfather. "When I left Hol
denhurst you were a mere boy; now
you are almost a man."
"Not quite?" I asked.
"Well, hardly," said my grandfather.
"A fellow-passenger of mine, a clever
old fellow who came from Sydney to
England with me, used to say there
was no man under thirty years of age."
"Your friend is wrong," I replied.
"A large part of the world's best work
has been done by men when they were
less th.au thirty. For my part, I am
convinced that my judgment In gen
eral matters is as sound as it will ever
be, and I shouldn't hesitate in making
unassisted decisions in ail matters' re
lating tf myself."
Mr. Wolsey germed a little discon
certed by my' vigorous reply, and
looked Inquiringly at my father, but
the latter, affecting not to notice It,
turned the conversation by asking if
I had a pleasant voyage to England.
"A very pleasant voyage, indeed," I
replied; "no such storm as this cither
going or returning" for at that mo
ment the rain, was lashing against the
windows with tremendous force, and
thunder and lighting were jflmcst constant.---
,
- - - - -
"I was just completing an arrange
ment with your grandfather," said my
father, speaking slowly, as he turned
over a number of leases and agree
ments which lay piled upon his desk
in front of 'him. "Mr. Wolsey has
agreed to settle down at Holdenhurst,
though not as my tenant. As you
know,: I have no less than four farms
at present vacant, and as soon as Mr.
Cooper gees I shall have another. To
look for an agricultural tenant in these
times is like seeking for the philoso
pher's stone, so I have offered your
-ra.nafather h?s old h?use (it has r
ameu empty eer smce ne leu it;
and a small salary, aud he has under
taken to superintend the cultivation of
my tenantless farms. What with bad
seasons and the low prices at which
foreign agricultural produce is put
upon our markets, the farmers are
really in desperate straits, and it's diffi
cult to see what the end of it all -will
be. Nothing but a duty on the impor
tation of corn, or a European war, cau
save them from ruin. Mr. Fuller him
self admits as much, though he doesn't
see his way clear to pray for either of
those things. Of course you are glad
that your grandfather is to be near us
again." -
"Most assuredly I am, and " I
added with a sudden outburst of cour
age '"I am very pleased "that he has
accomplished the purpose which occa
sioned , his going away. How is my
cousin Annie?"
My grandfather seemed surprised at
my question . and remained silent,
while my father glanced uncomforta
bly at us both.
"Is she quite well?" I inquired again.
" "Foor Annie js better in health than
reputation," said my father after a
pause, answering for Mr. Wolsey. "1
am sorry to say it, but my, brother is
a heartless villain. I never thought
he was so black as he is." ,
"And I don't think he is so black as
souse people regard him," I answered,
wiih unguarded warmth. "Is it not
possible , uncle Sam may be able to
urge some consideration which will
extenuate the fact that he took Annie
away without her father's consent?
Besides, Annie is old enough to know
the consequences of her acts." .
"Did your uncle tell you to say that
to; us?" asked my two companions in
a breath.-' - '
"No, indeed, ha did not; nor did ho sug
gest sny such ideaa. to me, J speafc
only tov mysstf,"
- iCC'S
"Then I am sorry, Ernest, that you
have no clearer ideas of right and
wroitg," said my father.
"Oh, as to that, different people view
a matter differently. Even if a man
were convicted of a particular offence
I should not regard that fact as proof
of his guilt of another and totally dif
ferent offence,' but there are people
whose ideas of right and wrong permit
them to reason so."
I felt strongly for my uncle Sam, and
could not hear the man who had been
so extraordinarily kind to me abused
without a feeling of Indignation. As
if to add force to my declaration I had
scarcely articulated the last . word
when a terrible flash of lightning bril
liantly illuminated the almost dark
ened room, and was followed by a tre
mendous thunderclap which shook the
whole house.
The veiled reference to the inference
my father had drawn from uncle Sam'sm
affair with Annie Wolsey did not es
cape attention. But my father was
too firmly convinced that his brother
had stolen the -sequins to wince at any
satire I was master of. Looking at me
steadily he said in a reproachful tone:
"You have been away from home
nearly a month, and are no sooner re
turned than we almost quarrel, a thing
we never did till my brother came
here. Has not that man caused mis
chief enough to me, to your grand
rather, to your cousin, and I know
not who else besides but he must need
destroy all sympathy between you and
me?"
"Not your brother nor any man
could do that," I asserted stoutly. "1
am your son, and honor you as a good
father to whom I owe everything, but
none the less do I profoundly believe
that you are the victim of a disastrous
mistake, and I don't despair of a day
to come when you will be thankful
that my opinion in the matter of the
sequins differed so widely from yours.
What If f were to establish beyond
question that your brother never had
anything to do with those sequins?"
"I should be immensely relieved and
most devoutly thankful. But I have
no such hope; common sense forbids
me to entertain it."
"And my common sense will not per
mit me to reject it," I replied.
"That being so, it is useless for us
to talk any more of the matter until
you have something tangible to show
in support of your views," said my
father, turning awJ-.
"Quite so," I agreed; Siiet us speak
no more on this wretched subject until
I have."
The gong in the hall was sounding
for luncheon, but could only be heard
imperfectly amid the din of the storm,
which still raged furiously. My father
led the way to the dining room, where
luncheon was laid for three. There,
nervously fussing about the sideboard
and appearing older and more decrepit
than ever, was the man who had occa
sioned my hasty return from America.
John Adams regarded me with a puz
zled look, and with that familiarity
which Is not unfrequently permitted
In old servants congratulated me on
my safe return from abroad.
We were no sooner seated at table
than Mr. Wolsey, with the laudable
desire, as I thought, of preventing the
conversation from running upon disa
greeable topics, inquired how I liked
New York, to which I answered that I
thought it was a very fine city gener
ally, but that its harbor and chief
river were magnificent.
"New York did not impress me so fa
vorably," remarked Mr. Wolsey; "it is
evident that you have seen only the
better part of that city. I was there
for two months, and I never want to
see the place again."
. "I was in New York for only five
days, and I hope to see that city again
very soon. Indeed I am not sure but
that I would like to live there entire
ly."
"The absence of a middle class cor
responding to what we" In England un
derstand by that term," pursued Mr,
Wolsey, ignoring my remark, "strikes
me as very bad for the whole of so
ciety there. Perhaps you did not ob
serve that it is only rich persons who
can afford to keep a house entirely for
their own use, and that the smaller
traders, artisans and laborers are
herded together in tenement houses
huge, unsightly barracks of great
height, each accommodating scores of
families. What can be said for such
a system in a climate where in summer
the thermometer commonly stands
ninety in the shade, and for weeks to
gether there is not so much breeze as
would flutter a leaf?"
"I noticed none of those things."
"They are to be seen by whoever
looks for them," continued Mr. Wol
sey. "And then, again, the conditions
of life are every bit as hard as in Lion
don or any other great city. WTork in
New York is fuliy as difficult to obtain
and is no better paid for, prices consid
ered, than in any city of the Old
World. No intelligent American who
has traveled, denies this."
"I am afraid Ernest' takes but little
interest in public questions," remarked
J my father.
They win iorce tnemseives upon
his attention as he grows older," Mr.
Wolsey went on. "With but little- mod
ification my remarks apply with equal
truth to Melbourne and Sydney, or in
deed any city of modem creation. In
all of them the old-fashioned qualities
of patient perseverance, abstinence
and thrift are 'as , necessary to the
amassing of a fortune as in England
to-day, though they , afford greater op
portunities for the wily and unscrupu
lous to grow rich speedily in the man
ipulation of monopolies and public
funds, and the practice of rascalities
not possible in older communities."
, To be continued.
Mount Heweazoii, in equatorial
.Urica. la about 20,000 feet high, has
twenty miles of glaciers, and Js aeavf
ly filWf cloud CTOfd,
A THANKSGIVING INSPIRATION
HOW A JASTOB AND HIS
ft H HUNDRED SOU1.S HAPPY.' Kk B ' ft
Bp Jt
T was in the
early winter of
'90. I had un
dertaken the
pastorate of a
; small church in
a country town
in central New
York, and was
desirous of re
viving the in
terest of a
young people's
club. Thanks
giving was ap
proaching, and
I was- anxious
the ! society
should under
take something which would promote
the spirit of the day." The county
house, containing about 200 of the poor
and insane, was located two miles
from the town, aud I conceived the
plan of having our society give them a
genuine ThanksgiA'ing treat. At the
first meeting of the society I made the
estion. Of course, it interested
the j-oung peopler but then there
came the umiculties. How could
twelve or fifteen young people, poor
ones at that, with a burden already too
heavy to bear, contribute to the happi
ness of 200? Expense, labor, time-r-all
the costly factors in such undertak
ings, loomed up, and though bright
eyes sparkled and cheeks glowed at
the thought, the j-oung people sadly
shook their heads, fearing the under
taking beyond their ability. I had,
however, planned the matter in my
own mind, and having faith that we
would not be left to our own resources
in the matter, .! laid bare my plans,
and finally, by vote, committed the so
ciety to the undertaking.
The first thing we did was to dele
gate a person to go to the village mil
ler to secure 200 eight-pound paper
bags, instructing him to make known
to him, in detail our plans and pur
oose. The miller became Interested
immediately, and when the pay for the
bags was tendered, he refused to ac
cept it, saying: "No! no! I want a
share in j-our work, andif I were a
young person 1 thmx 1 woula want to
associate myself with a society such as
yours." Next I went to the publisher"
f the village newspaper and asked him
io print fcr us 200 slips of paper like
this:'
Cljf ijantifl Jilt's Sarifti)
-OF THE-
: griping ganb Cljurfl)
IS desirous of giving the poor and
unfortunate in our Couatv Alms
Houe and Asylum a Thanksgiving
treat, and to that end are willing to ba
the almoners of the gifts of generously
disposed persons. . If vou will kindly
fill this ba with confectionery, nnts,
foreign ana domestic fruit or candies,
Ave will see that they are conveyed to
them. The bags and contents will be
called for on the "evening .before
Thanksgiving Day.
"Blessed is he that considereth the
poor. The Lord will deliver him in
time of trouble. The Lord will keep
him alive and he shall be blessed upon
the earth. The Lord will strengthen
him upon the bed of languishing. Thou
, wilt make all his bed in his sickness."
Ps. 41:1-3.
Of course, the newspaper man was
deeply interested and glad to contri
bute the slips as his share toward the
benefaction. The slips were then past
?d upon the bags, arid by the committee
appointed for the distribution, left at
the homes of those who had been se
!?cted. No consideration was given
to either ilie denominational or the re
ligious character of those solicited
Human Catholics, .Tews and infidels
were asked, and responded generous
ly. The entire population of the vil
lage felt the generous thrill and the
happy glow. Two hundred households
were made happy for days in discuss-
inc their contributions. When the
bags were gathered-, together it was
found that we had nearly half a ton
! of goodies for the poor people, and not
one of the bags was found missing or
returned empty. And what a revela
tion of the generosity and kindly sym
pathy of the people those bags were.
Some of them were estimated as worth
not less than $3. In them were or
acges, bananas, apples, nialaga grapes
figs, nuts, cakes, ; boxes - of candies
THIS WAS A SAD THANKSGn IXG FOE
SIE, BTTT THIS BRIGHT EAT OF SUN
SHINE MAKES IT IIS3 DREARY."
cakes of chocolates, cough drops, chew
ing gum, booklets, fancy pictures and
other articles. "
These bags were carefully carried to
the county house by a committee on
Thanksgiving morning, and with tha
aid of the keeper, his wifg, and the do
j mestieg, assorted and distributed.
first, the-bsfift placed, upon a
: m -'. .: . jilt
TOUNC PEOPLE MADE TWO
tf JTeytor g i ' "
large table and the contents assorted
into baskets, pails and tubs. There
were bushels of oranges and apples,
more than a bushel of bananas, pails
of grapes, nuts and candies and other
things. Then 200 plates were spread
along the sides of the long corridor of
the hall, and one article from each was
placed upon each plate, till the plates
were, heaping high and lusciously beau
tiful. Yet one-third only of the con
tribution had found place.
One hundred of these plates were
taken into the dining hall of the insti
tution, placed upon the tables,- and
then the aged inmates to the same
number were invited to be seated. The
members of the committee were then
invited in and introduced by the keeper-
and given the opportunity to convey
to them the greetings of the loving
hearts which had inspired ; the kindly
remembrance. After a few words by
the pastor the responses began. 7 One
by one, beginning at the head of the
table, and passing around it, the whole
100 gave oral testimony to their grati
tude for the kindly consideration.
We sometimes say we cannot pray
and. speak in prayer meeting. ?If we
were incarcerated in the poor house
Their
A. i
and some kindly "friend remembered
us. we would speak. Our , tongues
would not be tied. "God bless you,
sir, the longest day you live fcr your
thoughtfulness." "Say thank you for
one to your young people sir. I never
seed such a spread in my life before."
'I thank you, and our Heavenly Fath
er for j-ou." "This is a sad Thanks
giving to me, but this bright ray of
sunshine makes it less deary. I
thank yon." Such were the expres
sions of gratitude we heard. Some of
them seemed like the welling up of the
great frozen depths the melting again
into emotion of hearts that had become
KETEB SEED SUCH A SPREAD;. IN
MI LITE BEFORE."
hard and flinty. The expression of
their srratitude well-nigh broke our
hearts.
After making the rounds-of the hos
pital and the asylum, we took our de
parture, feeling that in addition to the
blessedness of having remembered- the
poor, we had established a red-letter
day in the history of the institution.
The keeper, in a communication to our
society many veeks afterwards, add
ed to previous expressions of gratitude,
the assurance that the event had
caused a happy divergence ,iu Cihs
thoughts of the inmates, and instead of
dwelling upon their unfortunate condi
tion, they had continually talked of
the thoughtfulness of their friends. It
ought to . be added that our contribu
tion provided the inmates of the insti
tution with a tasty dessert after each
Sabbath dinner till some time after
New Year's, and also gave our feeble
society the first spur of inspiration
which led it out into larger and more
active spheres or altruistic enaeavor.
-Ram's Horn.
The meat received into Smithfild
market every year for the feeding of
London exceeds four hundred &p(L
three t&ousand tons. 1 ' .- .;--s 'J
w
!1PW tt)oJ NP'lf
wMjpi Tbou host z ffl&f
fMfm9r 5 irot) woulJ-yYimnL
Sounet Thanksgiving Day.
Thanksgiving Day! .The memory of our
sires..
Comes o'er us at the murmur of thy name;
And once again we see them as they came
-From Harper's Bazar.
Weary and heartsick, hushing their desires
For homes and kindred far across the sea,
That, without fear or hindrance, they
might raise
Daily to God their prayers and hymns of
praise, '
And walk His Daths in all humilitv.
.We knew thee first in sixteen twenty-one;
lhe shores or bleak JNew England claim
thy birth;
And though thy cradle buried was in snow,
And chill November winds, with icy tone,
Hushed thee to sleep, yet now with joy
. and mirth
We celebrate that day of long ago.
Louise Boyd.
SEASON OP GOOD CHEER.
Thanksgiving Day an Occasion
For
Ueneml RpjoU-lnp.
Next Thursday, by proclamation pro
vided, every civilized corner of this
country will throb with the thanks
giving spirit and resound with hymns
of praise for the bountiful blessings
of the year. The most sober celebra
tion on the American calendar, Thanks
giving is yet ail occasion for general
rejoicing and feasting, and it is al
ways heralded with joyous anticipa
tions. And this year's observance
promises to be most heartily enjoyed
by the great mass of people through'
out the land. ' .
It is an occasion that opens the great,
broad heart of the cCtintry to the dis
tress of the unfortunate, when the mil
lionaire is (sometimes) thankful he has
purse strings to unloosen, when the
financially comfortable indulge in un
USual luxuries, when .one struggling
tradesman is satisfied with a medium
sized turkey, when the ragged child of
poverty sets only a smell of the savory
dishes of the day and philosophically
murmurs that he is thankfulto be
alive. Hdwefer, there are few Unfor
tunates unprovided for on this festive
anniversary. The inmates of hospitals,
jails, poorhouses and other public in
stitutions all fare generously, and even
the hofneiess outcast renews acquain
tance with edibles that have long
been strangers to his stomach. Thanks
giving is a day for plsasant family re
unions, when the widely scattered
members of a once .united household
either .-it hountiful dinners of roast
turkey, plum pudding, mince
pumpkin pies, etc.
and
j
(J Thanksgiving croslic.
T's forthe turkey so toothsome and good.
H is fpr holiday, well understood.
A's for the apples which make sauce and
N's for the noise of the children knee-high.
K's for the kitchen where good things are
made,
S is for spices and sweet marmalade. r
G'sfor the games which we play until
night,
I's for the ices so cold and so white.
V's for the vines which encircle each plate,
I's for the illness which comes to us late.
N's for the nuts, and the raisins, you
know, -G's
for the gratitude we all should show.
C.B.Jordan.
The Day, the Diet, the Decorations, i
The American with "a soul so dead"
that he does not feel his patriotism
stirred by the memory of Thanksgiv
ing dinners that have "gone before" is
a poor sort of, an individual.
Indulge in "snacks and bites" as he
may and distress his digestion by the
torturing process of swallowing his
average midday meal in five minutes,
there Is one day in the year at least
when he becomes passive, quiescent
and calmly amenable to the seductive
effects of a really attractive and prop
erly built up meal.
An essay on the delights of eating,
therefore, which would only merit his
cynicism or contempt at any other
time becomes an attractive subject
now, and the idea of festooning his
stomach with a melange of succulent
dainties become a subtle and tender
ly fantastic suggestion as Thanksgiv
ing day approaches.
It depends very much upon the ex
uberance of the' fancy, the training of
the palate or the depth of the pocket
book how far- the course can be
stretched out to suit the taste of any
particular individual.
But as a sage once taid, "Catch your
bird first and then eat him." So with
your turkey. Get him by all means
before anything else, and get the right
kind of a bird, if you would havfr him
tender and tasty as he should be if
young and properly fed. The best kind
of a turkey vo buy is a short breasted,
plump bird, with a clear skin and short
pin feathers, giving the preference to
a fowl that is not over large. Long
hairs and sharp scales on the legs be
tray old birds.
The clever housewife needs no tell
ing how to cook the turkey when a
nice bird has once been secured and
how to garnish the centre piece with
appropriate fr?:ings.
One hint only, therefore, to her in
regard to the dining-room and table,
which inay.be given a touch of color '
befitting the occasion without much
extra trouble.
The mantel can be very prettily deco
rated ly means of a bank formed of
various kinds of fruits and Tegeta
bles appropriately mingled with greeir
leaves. V
The chandelier can be draped with
ropes, of moss intermingled with sprays
of bitter sweets. ' -
Be sure not to bring out the ordi
nary every day dinnes service, for this
is the one occasion when all the old
est fashioned things should be brought
out, the oldest china, the most revered
antiques and family heirlooms, not
forgetting the old-fashioned brass can
dlesticks for lighting the dinner table
with candles. v
For a centrepiece a jardiniere may
be made out of half a pumpkin or a
cabbage. The pumpkin should be hol
lowed out and cut into points at the
edge, or the cabbage be stripped of
its outer leaves and the centre hol
lowed out. Into this natural jardin
iere the rosiest of apples and the fin
est grapes and pears should be piled.
A Time Tor General Itejoicing.
Thanksgiving is a time when the
preacher gets into print far and wide,
and the sermons of the day often have
a strong political flavor. It is related
of a stanch Federalist pastor of Con
necticut, who included this prayful
sentence in his Thanksgiving Invoca
tion: "And oh,. Lord, endow the Pres
ident (Jefferson) with a goodly por
tion of Thy grace, for Thou, O Lord,
knowest that he needs it."
In those old days secular antipathies
and political prejudices were forgot
ten in the general rejoicing. It was an
occasion when old enemies made
friends, and rich and poor indulged in
cider, mince pie and a fowl of some
kind. No tramp went unfed, and even
the town poorhouse had its turkey. In
the middle of the century it was cus
tomary and fashionable to make calls
after the manner of the once popular
New Year's observance, aud as recent
ly as 1895 New Yorkers celebrated the
Thanksgiving occasion by parading
the" streets arrayed in all sorts of fan
tastic costumes.
Correct-
, Bread and Mge and pepper.
Chestnut, thyme and oyster,
Mingled with some sausage balls,
Just to make it moister.
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Browned till crisp and fragrant,
Then you strike the grade of
. Stifling that'8 the tuffinj that
Tuiifty dreams are made 0udge
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