Vol. I. No. 28 
Thanksgiving Day. 
BY DEA. A. E. LOW. 
Thanksgiving Day was celebrated 
with marked signs of gratitude in an- 
cient times. At eleven o’clock servi- 
ces commenced in the church, at 
which the anthems were the promi- 
nent feature. The sermons were of 
the same order as on Sundays. 
In the home, at breakfast every 
plate on the table contained three 
pieces of pie, one each of mince, 
squash and apple, which the children 
appreciated greatly. At noon the 
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family sat down to a dinner. Some- 
times of turkey, but more often to a 
spare rib of pork with the fixings and 
plum pudding, after which the boys 
brought out their guns for shooting 
at marks, whiling away the afternoon. 
In the evening some good neighbor 
would clear her best room for the 
young people’s use. They would en- 
gage in some very ingenious plays all 
planned with one aim, to result in 
salutations with the lips far more im- 
pressive than words could be. 
On such days the ardent was freely 
indulged in, and I well remember an 
Three Cents 
aged citizen, who lived in a remote 
part of the town and who often im- 
bibed quite freely. On one occasion 
at Thanksgiving dinner, while under 
the influence of his cups, he was in- 
clined to say grace, for he believed in 
the ‘spirit above which is the spirit 
divine,” as well as the “spirit below 
which is the spirit of wine,” and bring- 
ing his hand down with great fervor, 
he scattered the broken china in every 
direction. Weare glad to note that 
respectable families no longer make 
holidays occasions for drinking bouts 
and riotious conduct. 
— 
At no season of the year is the 
‘bold and rock-bound coast”’ along 
the picturesque North Shore more 
interesting to the lover of nature than 
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BREAKERS OFF WEST MANCHESTER. 
now. The accompanying picture 
shows the breakers just off Misery 
island, with House island, not far from 
Smith’s Point, Manchester, in the 
Courtesy of B. & M. R.R. 
distance. The view is a typical one 
along the North Shore at this season 
of the year, especially after a driving 
northeast storm. 
