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of Thank*fining t i, of count. Tkanktssnj plenty and goodi twkef—plenty of ! meat and plenty of dark oj for ike ^■remember how, ■j tUwand a-xkvard carver m.tia^'ab, you eat and felt prl And ike eivffing—that't u, too. Down with the feline the street t aroma of the bird! That } rod turkey-staffing in ell if, it’e the said 3f the turkey. I that heat only smell and then « carver will give you—for a first l I have! Impartieular. Big mg. j the wild turkey tor 03 ye*r», t 80 rear* tod rbotographlng It for trln L. .TortUo. an Alabaaa f«nit with Benjamin Franklin, that the B tooect leg to stand on as the real l little vain and aUly-" the turkey, JS. U c natlre American “and a bird r Had he fciown more on the subject f added thst the turkey is both wise 3 le never -sin or ellly except durCan «a much be said of

k reel of the year, however, be freeI mocks at all his plena. He is In t Invisible to enemies armed with get dignified and capable, be is □til bs becomes elocutlve and I begins to make a bugs fan of his ■ hare had their historians, blogreians, says James B. Morrow i Globe. Scientists fasve written i e lingo that nobody can snder- • are .enough turkey bocks here and Ipain and Great Britain to make a I in tbemsoive*. t of agriculture In Washington I expert who spends a larger part ' » flocks of domesticated turkeys a their habits and search out all ^dtetr lives. The turkey Industry f farm. I dressed turkeys are *11 towns in the South. f farms In tba West, with herders ^ and turkeys tn droves, like cattle ten tn Veens—ei. California before Tnankegl ring and ■ way to market. Also there are t of doors from chlldt and meeting his death at lest lot, knew more about turkeys S ever lived. Ht began study- _ _ | fallen tr—a and to the 1 too young to aanr e nfta. I pupil* of this fine old master

n established in different States. Tba Ucllhenney «ae &£00 acres to axt vanishing white 1 Brs throughout the wln- > hunters of today Mr. MeBet tor his fidaUty and I aklH as a writer. Mr. Jor- | fascieating knowled«t of the kST* bean loot to i , too. would have .J of cooking, whether the I woods or. lew dramatically, I near the house or Iran a on cttalac'V the next tranet tor the to**. The eecoad

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2&?lZli3T f proceeding is as Important economically as the nrst. And under that beading the art of Mr. Jordan is final, though French chefs, amid their smears and cococMons, may voice exclamations and denials. “If the turkey Is young." Mr. McBbenny saya. Quoting Mr. Jordan, “cook It to the way usual to stove baking, after first filling Its cavity with a suitable dressing of bread crumbs, pepper, sal* and onions chopped fine, moistened with fresh country butter. This is It the best dressing the. can be made, and it will detract nothing from the flavor of the bird nor add to it" Oysters or chestnuts it pet into the dressing, are s profanation, and shrimps an abomination. In the view of Mr. Jordan. Wine and celery destroy the rich turkey flavo-. Originally the wild turkey was found to most pans of the United Sts'.ea—from the forests of Maine and westward -is far as Nebraska and southward to tba lowvr parts of Mexico. Gooxalo Fernandes de OvWo, the Spanish historian, who wrote many bocks about the Wett Indies, printed a description of the wild turkey at Toledo in the year U27. He bad seen the males to the gobbling nra«"TT ar.d supposed they were peacocks. Thu* Oviedo brought th* turkey into literature. But U tbs record* are reliable, it wes Alejandro Goraldlnl. an Italian and the Boman Catholic blr hop of Santo Domingo, who introduced the turkey into F- jpe. A letter he wrete la UBS mentions that ht »i«u suit a pair of turkeys to a friend In Borne. The domestication of the bird, however, was brought about by the Spaniards, whose navigators look it home to their queer little atop* and recall ted it in “European barnyard*,’ as John Flake states the cast. This happened In UJO. Eighty years later Christopher Newport, the leader of the expedition that found**! Jam—town, to Virginia, sailed back to England. With him be took a targe quantity of yellow sand that he thought was gold, and several eoop* of wild turkeys, “the first." again to quote John Flake, “that ever graced an Engltah bill of fare." The sand vna found to be valueieas. but the turkeys lived and multiplied and became a source of large profit to British farra-rr*. During the reign of Charles L king of England, the prices of many things were regulated by law. Hume, the historian, says a turkey cock brought four sbtlllngw and six pence, fl-12; a turkey ben throe shilling, or T5 cents, and a goo— too shilltoga, or 00 cents. A pheasant cock sold for $1.90. a pheasant hen tor 11-25 and a partn.ir- tor 23 cents. Turkeys then wore a novelty in Or—t Britain. About ’£00,000 turkeys are grown yearly to this country. Texas product* more than soy other stale. Ml—ourt la second. DllxioU third. Iowa fourth. Ohio fifth and Indiana t-ixth An ordinary western turkey weighIrg 12 pounds used to sell for about $kS6 at rets 11 to the eastern markets Aa to Its coat this Thanksgiving—yoor ii good aa anybody's Mr. nbenny will tall you that wilj turkeys live to the region* where they are born. If they go away. It U for th* reason that there 1* s ihortage of food to the territory constituting their cotural range. After feeding they will retu-u to their During the 80 years tbet Mr. Jordan spent to hunting and studying wild turkeys, he never aaw or baa’d of one that died a natural death "Nor." be —Id. “have 1 heard of any diataae or epidemic among them." Blsckhead. a common distemper among domestic turkeys, baa baffled the doctors, eo tar. and to regions has mad# th# production of turkey* not only unprofitable but practically eat of fU Queuttok

The mother turkey of the woods keep* her children under control end nt her side until midwinter. By that time the brood is full grown. The young gobolera. Mr. ’icllbenny say*, thee leave their mothers and sisters and form bachelor clubs among themselves. Turkey society to the forests, from December until early In the aprlng. la made up of three dlvtolonj—the old hen* and youug ben*; the young gobblers, and the old gobbler*. At mating time, to March, there la a reunion. It la thea that the old gobblers strut and gobble and call to their plural wfree aa well as tc the hunters. At the moment the hens begin to set. th# old gobblen. to couples and groups up to 20. again sequester themselves from all but their own society. So they live, summer, autumn and winter. They never fight except when they are showing off to th# ladles and then their combats art not mortal. The rules of their contests of strength permit shoving, •mlllng. pecking and

wing-beating.

They are brave bird*, as the Mcllhennys. aH famous hunter*, will testify. Furthermore, they are wise bird*. It la the exceptional hunter who gets a sight of them in summer. They are not afraid, however, of the farmer who U plowing, trashing corn or reaping. Notwithstanding the spectacular enterprise of turkey ranching In Texas and California on a grand scale, the old farm must Mill be relied upon for moat of our Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys, asys James Hamilton Byrd to Grit On thousands upon thousands of farms, aa a aid* issue to her regular work. It 1* common practice for th# farm wife to keep a lift If a dozen or perhaps a dozen turkey hen* and a gobbler from which to raise a flock of 40 to 00 turkeys. Eariy to the spring the turkey hens begin laying. Then come* the brooding season. By October 1 the young turkey* have growr. to be big. rangy birds, so now the fattening or finishing process l* begun. Little do they know as they are being fed more and more of the farroer'a com tray nigh! of the diabolical Intentions of their master'* better half. Ten days or two weeks !<efora marketing they are literally feasted on grata stuffed three or four time* a day—until Just before the enactment of the tragedy of their young careers they should be a* fat as butter balls Although turkey ranching to Tex?# and California ha* almost readied the proportions of s new and spectacular Industry, by far th* greater number of turkey# are n-leed on the faime of the middle West—Ohio. Indiana. Illinois. Kentucky. Missouri and Iowa. New England, long famous for It* turkeys, raises comparatively few. although It* repot-lion still linger*. Borne of the big turkey ranch— have a thousand or more turkey*. and some of the turkey drives to market arc most extraordinary sights Th? flocks of the middle West are usually less than a b ndred. Btili 60 to T5 fin# gobbler* and bens weighing from 13 to 28 pounds eweb I* not a mean sight snd represents Indeed no small value. There are atUI raUUona of acres to Texas. Oklah,—.. snd Newr Mexico where the wild turkey breeds plentifully, and where turkey hunting Is great sport. But of fer cjore Importance to the turkey market Is the “still hunting" which is carried on In the spring In tus-iy pine— to aerura egn or po—»bly the very young bird* tn order to raise the pure »Ud-M<*-d turkey and Introduce It Into tarn; i^rka. Th* U»* turkey has dexencrat#d until It la ao longer th* etrlle bird It was In the day- -f our pilgrim fathers, but the wild turkey I* noleet to no known dta—se. On some of th* forest n serves th# government I* protecting the wild turkey for this Important purpose eff using It aa a brooding stock.

Htil the Turkeyi

Herrt to .

. ’> Ttffjteyj glorious . } “ bled of c o p p e r Bu*, who gladdened well aach Pilgrim heart sihen, guided by ah ancient nhmrt, there came that -•mail. God-fearing

Cljanfogihing ' ’ By EDGAR A. GUEST T courane that we —rely a-ctk For straogfh to -do the a»l«wdid dead. For youtii. who wsada the sacrifioa And. mi: ll lor. paid the bitter jrtOa That freedom sabs of sturdy men. Oh God. goeept our thank* dtpta.

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Turkey, that bird

strutted through th* virgin wood when, for a flrrr.sr

i everywhere nfe met ; S Jcful for tod W®M to guard the truth.

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who s«ve us sight to wee “ way M> nerve, we pray to thee; ' W# thunk thee .for *U rnotbeqs 'fair.'..

Here’s to the Turkey, how often, through the early snow, some sturdy p 11 g sought to slay thee for his feast Thanksgiving day, but fell before the 1 red Rian’s bow.

Hera's to th* Turkey, proudest, t of the living, and. as wr*

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Lord around th* yearly foatlvo board, th* gem of cur Thanksgiving. 1* Allen In Utica Saturday Globe. WHERE THE BIRDS ARE BRED Smalt Farms Arc Large Producers of Piece de Resistance of the Thanksgiving Feast Although there arc many great turkey ranch—, and whole communities which live principally upon the raising of turkeys for market auch . as Cuero, Tex, whose annual turkey parad e preceding Thanksgiving Includes thousands of turkeys bound for northern markets, as a nil# turkeys are raised to small groups on farms which are Interested to other modltiea. They are often the fcole dependence of the. farmer's wife for pocket money, throughout the year, and many a farmer’* daughter also has been able to make a shining appearance to her world of fashion principally through the successful marketing of the turkey brood. On the 5400.000 farms of the United States there were according to careful statistics taken some years ago, only 6.500,000 turkeyn. Tenas led among the states, producing 030.000. The other stater which were large producers were Missouri. Ullnols, Iowa, Ohio and Indiana. The state of Rhode Island. noted as It U for Us turkeys, produced only 5,000. Bnt the quality of the Rhode Island turkeys always has been excellent and they usually bring ptic— vastly to excess of those from other parts of the country. And that ought to be enough about turkeys to get up a pretty good appetite for Thurada-r*# dinner I RE/ -LY SURFEITED.

Who unvw their sons fi

And bravely bid their xriet and poll* Th#t Ubfrty and truth should reign. j tVe thank th— for each noble baart Thai scorned to plar (he coward part; Wa thank Ihee tor the hum bleat lad > That In the— bitter limes Is glad , j

For yield of tree and fruit and vtoa Once more our gratitude Is thine; But In these days of dangsra. we Now offer prayers of thanks to thro c Fcr all the brave and loyal breasts Wherein the love of honor rests. Oh God. we thank thee for our yontb • That etill hold dear the ways of truilac We thank th— for their courage, aad Devotion to our netlvq land; ' We're thankful that our tUg still gl—iai The emblem of man's highest dr—ma —From The Amerleaq .Boy, NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT PIE Tima Was When No _ Thankaglviag Dinner Was Worthy of the Name in Its Absence.

Thanksgiving without pumpkin pfc was held to be unthinkable. Yet then could be no pumpkin pie without lasses; because Colchester. Connect* cut, cld not receive Its supply of mo lasses In senson. it voted. In 1705, tx put off its Thanksgiving from the find to the second Thursday of NcvenfMiri Pumpkin pies thus featured were new ally baked in sqfiire ttn?, hircing only four corner pieces to each piA r Second only to the pumpkin pie Ir Impcrtunce at- such « ThanksgMaff feast as Whittier stags’’va^’tbVtsr key which had been fatten’d for thg

Weary—No. t'ankn, ma'am. I've et n much turkey dls week dat I gobbles to my sleep.

Great Reason for Gladness.

The day- set apart for Thanksgiving tor the blessings at the year la a day when the nation Is Invited to Inspect the tapestry of time and to see how stradtastly and how gratifying the old weaver has used the loom for the picture of American contentment and American happiness and American hope. Into die picture enters no public calamity. Into It enters no widespread want Thus the nation has great reason for gtodne— that It can hung upon the walla of cirUtxatlnn the picture that ha* been wrought out ns the plcturo of American life from the busy wtave of tae multitude of Individuals who make up that Ufa.

Ranks With Christmas.

Thankagivlae day Is an old and honored Institution to this country. In '780 'he I’rulratant Episcopal church 'otroatty rorgehmd the governn *nt‘» eutbority to uppotot auch u “feasL” but It was celebrated with more srot in N*w England than to any other section. There It la an occasion for ennual faTrtly rounlon*. and aa a Boson writor err*. “U tak** the place

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TK* Indispensable Pi*. occasion and which, when slowly n Ing before the open fire and p Ingiy basted from the dripping pan ha neath. was fit to be the lord of an: feast Chicken there was. too. thnqgl always to the fom of chicken pis snd vegetables of every sort, with rah Ins and citron, walnuts nnd popcocx apples and elder galore. Surely few could have really wMm> Joys such as these to lie sacrlfleoi *i a second service In the meeting bonne

Golden Promts# of th* Futurab We are thankful for the s that out of all the tumult and n of the past years the world of b Is to find a life richer, t: o-r. g than any It hn* heretofore known. ■ Ilf# of truer freedom, of sweeter < eronce and of a broader goodwill a brotherhood. And we are thankful for the tl amounltog almost to a nettled cnovtotlon, that as a consequence of the Croat awakening which has came to It with all ita blood *£d tears and naf-fi-rioe. the world will from now or have forever dene with every torso at organized hypocrisy and oppriwaioa. will love 'he truth and nothing but tl— truth, and will deal Justle, and loro

Worldly Spirit Too Much With U*. It must be admitted that our country has bet-ti an agoUstleal nation, beeanaa of .r great material expansion aad prosperity, and that the true spirit of Thankagivtog day has not been fait by a very large proportion of the peepis during the past <yw years. The Intent of the phxioers who ertnblisGed tt has been lost right of largely. It has baea regarded to > much simply *r a day to be observed by the ihurCh psupl* while the crowd took advantage at 0m holiday to Indulge westdly plsarorea Houston Foss. •