Thaesgiving Day

Tlie following is President Cleveland' pro. Inmation de-ignatingThursday, Nor. 35, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer: A PBOCLAMATION. V.y tho president of the United Stntest H has long Leen tho custom of the peoplo of the United States on a 1 Jiy in each year espeeiull) feit apart for l.hat purpose li v their chief oxecutive, to ticknowlpde the goodues imd mercy of Oud and to invoke Ilis continued i"are mWprotection. In observan o of such CUStonn I, Grover Cleveland, president of the United -'t tes. do hei el y desiguate und set apart '11ihi-m1.iv. tbc 26th ilay of November, instant, to be oh erved and kept as a day of lliankftgiving aud pr.iyer. On that ilay let nll our peuple forget tlieir aocustomed employment und nssemlile 11 ïlieir u.-ual places of wur-liipto g;ve to the ruler of the nnivor o lor our oontintied enjoyraent of the hlessings of a fiee noveiunient, lor a renewal of business piosperity X hrcugboot our land. for the return wfiieh has rewnrded th labor of those lio till tho soil nnd for ourprogress af a eop!e in all that makes a nation gro:it. And wliüe wc contémplate tho infinito power of (.■! in earthquaLe. flood Hiid Morra let tljc grateful hearts of those who have been shelteiel froin hurm through His mercy l-e turned in synipatliy and townrd thoso who have sutferod thiongh His visit.itions. Let us alo in the midst of our thanks Civin reiiiember the, poor and needy with ehfcerïu] Ritt and alms o that our service may. of clmrity, l made acceptable in the sight of tlio hord. In witne.-s whereof I have hsreunto set my liiind aud ooused tho scal of the UuiteJ to be aflixed. Dono ut the city of Wat hington. this lst dy of November, in the year of our Li rd one thou mul ij.1i' Inindred and eighty-fix, and o the ndepeudenco of tho United Stut.es of Aincri. u the one kundred und eleventh. UiiovEii Ci.Rvm.Axn. [h. R.J By the Pre-ident. T. F. Baïakd, Socretary of Stato.