DR. rOTCHUM'S THANKSGIVING. Tim is no other than oood ot,n rof TOR FoTCUfM AND HIS THANKSUIVINO TUR KEY. "I RECKON IIE'Lti KEEP TILL TO-MOR-BOW," SAID CO01 OLD DOCTOR FOTCHUM. Mi Mjf .11 "Come" nE wrote to all nis friends, COME AND RE THANKFUL WITH ME TO-MORROW A LA TURKEY." But THANKSGIVING NIGHT. Very Private Theatrical That Can lie Played Before the Gnesti. Br Kate Field. Dramatis Frrnnm, Ltdia Osborne A Widow. Tom Flemino A Bachelor Cousin. Scene Anywhere. Time Thanksgiving. (Tom Flemino discovered seated on sofa, in drawing-room, gazing intently at Mrs. Osborne's portrait in a photographic al bum. Mrs. Osborne enters, atid ap proaching unnoticed, looks over Tom's shoulder.) Mrs. O. That Tom Fleming should b caught looking at a woman's photograph ! Tom I wasn't. I was looking at your late husband's. Mrs. O. And what le your opinion of ray late husband? Tom I think he's to be envied. Mrs. O. Why? Tom Because he's In heaven. Mrs. O. Well, upon my word, you pay me a neat compliment. Tom Pardon me ; I spoke without think ing. Mrs. O Then do you mean to say that my h unhand isn't in heaven? Tom impatiently) Confound It! I don't core where ho is. Mrs. O. Tom, how can you I Tom That is to say, I moan I moan I don't know what I mean. Mrs. O. Evidently. Yet formerly you were very lluout in ventilating your ideas particularly when tbey wera disagree able. Tom So were you, Lydia. Mrs. 0. No, I wasn't Tom Yes, you were. Mrs. 0. No, I wasn't; and I hate con tradiction. Now toll me, Tom la It true that you nre a woman-hater? Tom Yes. Mrs. O. (clasps her hamls with delight) Capital! Nothing could be better, for I'm a man-hater, and wo can rail together, can't we? Tom looks a! Mrs. Osborne with surprise ) May I arrange ray hair? You were anuounced before I bad quite llnlshed my toilet, and I'm going to a re ception, I must look as veil as the women who hate mo. (Arranges frizzes. Tom watclies her with interest.) Tom If you hate men, what difference does It make how you look? Mrs. O. (laughing) What a naive ques tion 1 Ijo you imugluo women dress to plcaso men? Why, my door, unsophisti cated Tom, they dress to tormont one another. This dress will be the death of Julia S union. Tom quickly)- Ho much the bettor. You will not have lived in vain. Mrs. O. How dreadful 1 But lot me see to bo sure ! You were engaged to her once, were you not? (Tom turns over leaves of album savagely, hut does not reply.) Mrs. O. (takes up needlework and sits in armchair. Sings) " Hays the old Obsdlnh to the young Obadlah, 'OhadlaU! Obadlnhl Otmdlah!'" Tom links up) Whnt possesses you to sing t:tat confounded bosh? Mus. (), Because I'm bored to death. Tom (turns round) Bored to deutb. Well, you are civil 1 Mrs. O. I'm glud to bear It. Were you more t.o, perhaps I'd be less bored. Tom I'm not doing anything I Mrs. O. Precisely. If you were doing something besides glaring at that album, an I would sit to me for a three-quarter view of your fnco instead of the buck of your houd which is Imposing, I admit, but monotonous you might be agreeable enough. I havo often heard of capillary attraction, but beauty Is not always led by ii single hair, nor eveu by a whole head of It. Tom Lydia, you are the most exasper ating person I ever knew, Mrs. O. Tell me why. I'm all atten tion. Tom Because because you are Sins. O. Fie I a woman's reason I To.M (in a passion) Walt uutll I've On- Islied my sentence. Because you to (I tnt you longed to renow our acquaintance; Instead of which you've reuowed our quarrels. Mrs. O. Didn't one Include tho other? (Laughing.) I'm suro It did when we were boys. Tom seizing hat) Good afternoon. Tho nest time you soo mo under your roof you'll know It. Mrs. O.-Of course I shall. I'm not an Idiot, though I am your couln. Tom rushes to the door. Mrs. O. rushes after him and intercepts his exit.) Idldu't moan It, Tom. I've only been teasing a luxury I haven't on joyed since wo parted. Come, now, sit down and help make some light ers, and I'll be good. (They sit on sofa, Mrs. Osborne cutting paper for lighters.) ToM-On that condition I remain with pleasure. But what need have you of lighters? Is smoking one of your accom plishments? Mrs. O Not exactly; though I can smoke to oblige a follow occasionally. Tom (oni A7j)-What follow? Mrs. O.-NoJ. Tom-Is that all of his namo? Mrs. O. (laughing) Oh, dear, no I Ed ward 8nunders. Tom And who may he be? Mrs. O My brother. Tom Why, you never had a brother. Mils. O Not a real one, I know. Ned Is adopted, and consequently a great doal nlcor. Ono can't help having real brothors, however unpleasant, If they happen to be born, but one neodn't adopt a brother un ices tie's likable. Tom Then you ZiTtc-Ncd? Mils. O -Like. htm. I love him I Tom Tho devil I Mrs. O. Tom, bo more choice In your Inncunge. Tom I beg your pardon. If It Is not Impertinent, I'd HUo to know why you love Nod? Mrs. O. Because, when Mr. Osborno died, ho was devotion Itself. Tom (dryly) Very likely. Mrs. O. Nothing could exceed his kind re. Ho gave up ail his engagements to attend to me. Tom (ironically) What a sacrifice to his feeing. Mrs. O. (not heeding Tom's remark His iinselllshncsR has absolutely revived my faith In his sex nt least In ono member of It. ToM-Didn't you bollevo In tho mnn you married? Mrs. O. I never married any man. Tom Bless my soul I wasn.t Mr. Osborno a man? Mrs. O. A innn? I suppose so; but never married 1dm. Ho married me. There's a difference. Tom 1 suppose there Is. What amazes me Is that you ever allowed Mr. Osborne to marry you. Mrs. O. If you had been my father's child, you would not bo amazed. I was too young to resist, but I never was a hypo crite. My husband was harsh and cruol and when he died I did not shed a tear. l ow (delighted at the confession, jumps up and walks aboui nervously ; then recall ing "Xrd," stops in front of Mrs. Osborne). So, not loving your husband, you took to loving Ned. Mrs. O. indignantly), Ned Is a married man 1 Tom That doesn't seem to make the least difference now-a-days. Mrs. O. I'm ashamed of you, Tom. Ned's wife Is as dear to me as himself. Tom (Jumps up and sings with ilelight) Tol, lot. lol! Mrs. O What ails you, Tom? Tom -Nothing, nothlug. It's three years Isn't It, sinco the late lamented the very lato lamented departed. Mrs. 0. Three years, four months and one day. Tom What a head for statistics ! (More earnestly sitting beside Mrs. O.) Do you know, Lydia, it's a pity that a woman with such capacity Mrs. O. I've capacity, have I? Tom Pleaso don't Interrupt me. I re peat, It's a pity that a woman with such capacity for loving should not bestow it on a worthy object. Mrs. O What sort of an object? Tom Whnt sort of an objeet? A man, to bo sure. Do you think I mean a poodle? Mas. O. Some of my friends are so much rnoro attachod to their poodles than to tbelr husbands that I was in doubt. Tom This is too bad 1 Are you never serious, Lydia? Marriage Is no laughing matter. Mrs. O I am quite awaro of that, Tom. Tom But really, you ought to marry. Mrs. O. Good gracious 1 haven't I been married? Sometimes one doso of medi cine effects a cure. Tom Sometimes; but this is not one of the times. Do you remember the " man in our town" who jumped Into a bramble bush and scratchd out both his eyes. His fate Is a graphic illustration of tho case In point: "And when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and maiu Ho Jumped Into another bush And scratched thorn In again." Mrs. O. Jmi,7tt;if7)Tben you think that at present 1 am ToM-Golng it blind, to be vulgar but forcible. I do. Mrs. O. I thought my eyes had been opened long since. Tom Thon you thought wrong. You ought to know that a young pretty woman like yourself , Mrs. O. Whut! Tom, tho woman hater, paying a compliment? Tom Lydlu, you've a horrid habit of Interrupting conversation in tho middle of a sentence. I say that a woman like you needs a protector to shiold her from the world. Mrs. O. That sounds beautifully. My protoctor shielded mo from tho world by leaving me alone in It. Ho ought to have married a pac! of cards. Poker Is much more amusing than a wife. Tom Lydia, you're a cynic. There are men and men. Now 1 think that in tho game of life woiuun is the " right bowor," and that hearts are trumps ! Mrs. O Hero's a miracle 1 Since whon? Tom Since always. You ure blind not to know that whenever a man rails at your sex it is because ho has been disappointed in ono womnn and Is seeking anotner. Mrs. O. (rises suddenly). On 1 Tom -What's the mattoi ? Mrs. O. Thero' a gnat In my eye! How it palus. Tom (anxiously). Don't rub it. Mrs. O 1 must. 'J om You'll ouly make it worse. Open your eye and let me see where tho beast Mrs. O. (both eyes closed) I can't. Whero are you? Extends hand.) Tom (aires hand) Here I am. (Draws Mils. Ohiiorne to him and lays her head on his shoulder.) Dearest Lyuia, let mo be your protector. I lino tuway cured for you. Mrs. O. (opens both eve;.) And I for you, Tom. That the io.ibmii we used to quar rel. I never road my heart until you left mo that day at croquet. I was to pioui to call you buck, ami so I married. Tom I wus too proud to go bauk with out being called, and so I proposed to Julia Stautou, who thank heaven, jilted mo. ,Mrs. O.-Tora, I think I'll Jump Into not her bramble bush. The rest is left for the rewler's imagina STIRRING THANKSGIVING JAM. t remember a whitewashed kitchen. Its windows and doors ftjrlnn wide, Where indolent Mummer breeo, Vfcroite.illng from olds to silo. O'er the fire hung the Rro.it brass kottTn, Where the Jam seemed to m tutor and sigh. And perched on the tsble nlrrlnj Was a oj nnd the boy wivn I. My mother hid measured the spleen. And now stitched away in the sin do. With a rlKllaut glance through the doorway, If the stirrer a moment delayed. 1 thought as I stirred, that next winter, On ThnuksitlTliiir. some other day. As the company sat at the tihte. Some one would be euro to say i "This Jam Is really dolle.leusi" And mother would smile, no doubt, Whlio of the follow who did the stirring. No one would question about. My father e.inie up through the sunlight To the door with his quiet tread. I told him of what I wns thinking. And be sml ed with his hand on my head. While he said ! " Yes, my boy, you know It, And you II nnd It's tho old world way, That the fellows who put In the spices Will got the most of the p.iy." Hartford Times. TWO THANKSGIVINGS. Br James Tarton. Ti.O most Joyous Thanksgiving recorded In American annals occurred In May, 177s, when tho news arrived that Franco had concluded a treaty of friendship and alli ance with the thirteen States of tho American Union. It followod tho winter of want nnd harrowing anxiety which General Washington and his army passed nt Volley Forge, on the banks or the Schuylkill, twenty miles abovo Philadel phia. Flvo months beforo, there hnc been a Thanksgiving which was far indeed from being a festival In Washington's camp. Philadelphia had fallen into tho hands of tho enemy, nnd, whon wlntor ap proached, the American genernt know not what to do with his shivering troops. Thero was no room for thom In tho coun try towns of Pennsylvania, which wore tilled to overflowing with refugees from tho captured capital. General Washing ton, after much rollectlon, made tip his mind to remain where ho was, uud creute a little town of his own. So, In his Thanksgiving proclamation of December 17, 1777, he announced this Intention, snying that, "With activity and diligence, huts may be erected that will bo warm and dry," In which tho troops "will bo more secure ag.trnst sur prises and nt hand to protect the coun try." But, first of all, tho army must com ply with tho call of the Honorable Congress to render thanks for tho brilliant suc cesses of the recent campaign, which had resulted In the surrender of Burgoyne aud his army. "The general directs that tho army re main In its present quarters, aud that the chaplains perform divlno servloo with their several corps and brigades, and earnestly exhorts all officers aud soldiers, whoso absence Is not Indispensably neces sary, to attend with reverence the solem nities of the day." All of which was punctually observed by the army on the 18th of Docember. Washington never exhlbitod his emi nent qualities In a more striking light than he did during tbe winter at Valley Forge. He was then wholly tbe great man. Tho patient endurance of the men was due In great part to his presence, to bis manifest sympathy with them, and his known activity on their behalf. Tho measures which ended the famine, and brought in abundant supplies of clothing and food, were directly due to his fore sight and energy. " It having pleased the Almighty Ruler of the Universe to defend the cause of the United American States, and Anally to raise us up a powerful friend among the princes of tho earth, to establish our lib erty and ludepondeucy upon a lasting foundation, It becomes us to set apart a day for gratefully acknowledging the Divine Goodness, and celebrating the Im portant event which we owe to His Divine Interposition. The several brigades are to be assembled for this purpose at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning, when their chaplains will communicate the intelli gence contained In the Postscript of tho Pennsylvania Gazette of tbe 3d instant, and offer up thanksgiving, and deliver a discourse suitable to the occasion. "At halt after 10 o'clock a cannon will be tired, which Is to be a signal for tho men to be under arms; the brigade In spectors v. ill then Inspect thoir dress and arms, and form the battalions accord ing to the Instructions given them, aud announce to the commanding officers of the brigade that tho battalions aro formed. "The commanders of brigades will thou appoint neld-oillcer8 to the battalions, after which each battalion will be ordered to load and ground their arras. At bulf past eleven a second cannon will bo fired as a signal for the march, upon wMc'i the several brigades will begin thoir match by wheeling to tho right of platoons, and proceed by tho nearost way to the left of their ground by the now position; this will be pointed out by the brlgado In spectors. "A third signal will then be given on which there will be a discharge of thirteen cannon, after which a running tire of the Infantry will begin on the right of Wood ford's, and will continue throughout the front line; It will then be taken upon the left of the Becond line, and continue to the right. Upon a signal given, the wholo array will huzzi: " ' Long live the King of France !' "The artillery then begins again, aud fires thirteen rounds; this will be suc ceeded by a second general discharge of the musketry In a running lire, and huzza: "'Long live tho friendly European Powers P "The last discharge of thlrtoen ploces of artillery will be given, followed by a general running fire, and huzza: "'The American States 1' This programme was exeouted with precision, aud the effect was brilliant and picturesque In the extreme. A bright Mnysuu was shining overhead, new colors were Hylug, and many of the soldiors were attired in new uniforms. Lafayette and othor Fronch offlcors were present. In the afternoon General Washington Invited the officers and guests to a ban quet, which was greatly celebrated at tbe time. An eye witness reports to ono of tbe newspapers that the officers marched to the amphitheatre thirteen abreast, aud nrnvin-arra. Mrs. Washington, Mrs. Greene, Lady Stirling and her daughter, with many ladies of tho neighborhood, graced the scene. Lufayette was In the highest spirits, and triumphant Joy shone In every countenance. All over the land, as the news traveled from State to State and town to town, similar scones of thanks giving and festivity were repeated. Youth's Companion. iuuhj LARGEST ASSORTMENT, AND MAKING AND FITTING .-.OF THE.'. Best, the Newest ami Slylfeli, I-omt in Price; and to prove Satisaction is our Endeavor The best value for Money is to buy your Clothing, Hats, Shirts, Neckwear, Trunks and Valises of T. Corner, of Main and Centre Streets, 15LOOMSBURG, PA. 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Ladies' Secretaries, Dressing Tables, Cook Cases, etc., all finishes and iii great variety of attractive stvles 1 1 r 1 - .ti . i J we nave me largest ana most varied assortment of Furni ture in the state, outside of Philadelphia. There are no lower prices for given qualities. Goods deliver ed free within 100 miles. YOOSHIS & MUERAY, HESS k HtA9 NOISE CURIO t7 a invinllll. TU(UIA) CAR CJklinil. WW. nor. I..V.TI , ...... turtjuile. SueoMtaful wli. ueoMtaful wlirr. hII ICornrllo. vaii In. lu.k aVoubfraa. aVddrwa I. MM Ilk, 8t8 kruauaj, Kan lark. GRATEFUL - COMFOKTIXU. EPPS'S COCOA bkeakfast. "liv a thorouirli knowlcdtre of the natural Inwt which Krwrn the operations or dlKi-Htlon nnd nutrition, and by a rurxful appllcutlon of Hit Illir- .1 1 1 r. . 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