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HTML
<table>
<thead>
<th id="foo">Header 1</th>
<th id="bar">Header 2</th>
<th id="quarters">Header 3</th>
<th id="lala">Header 4</th>
<th id="bobo">Header 5</th>
</thead>
<tbody>
<td>value</td>
<td>value</td>
<td>value</td>
<td>value</td>
<td>value</td>
</tbody>
</table>
JavaScript
var headerPosition = $("#quarters").prevUntil().size());
var headers = {};
headers[headerPosition] = "quarters";
$("table").tablesorter({
headers: headers
});