Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-15
A Good ExhOrtastUn ON the subject Of
TurkIes.

The Tribune thus exhorts its readers in
regard to the feeding of our soldiers on
Thanksgiving day with that American
bird, the turkey:
"The Eagle has had his turn on "a
thousand hills" turn now to the Turkey,
ana turn Kim on tens of thousands of spits.
Ne tent should be without that noble bird
for Thanksgiving Feast. The young
men who will recall on that day the loved
faces around the freside at home the
g ames of ball on village greens, the shoot
ing matches tine skating frolics on North
ern ponds, the sleighing parties over New
Eag and hills, the dance in the evening,
the dear "girls they have left behind
them" must not sit down to a Thanksgiv-
ing dinner of hard tack ond salt pork. All
else of fsstivity he must forego-except
the shooting match where men are targets
but of eating give him enough
Fill him up with Turkey Fill his
mouth, as well as his head with '.merry-
thoughts" Put "dIum-stick" in every
fist for another purpose than to beat the
long roll. Let csmp-hres be reflected in
faces ruddy and redolsnt with Turkey; let
the fatness thereof be wiped with thankful
hand from beard and mustache. Let him
50 feast on Turkey that its memory will
make the hours short in the lonely watch,
and fill his dreams in shelter tent The
lean and hungry rebels ';sre fit for strata
gems and spoils" let our soldiers be with
fat Turkey lined" and go into the next
honest fight with traitors with Tur-
key = the good, honest American
bird = for his battle-cry 1t is
little enough we can do for those
who are doing so much for us. A surfeit of
fight, on our behalf, deserves at least as a
poor return, surfeit of Turkey. Those
who have many, send many; those who
have two send one; those who have one
only, send that to the soldier, and go with
out at home. Better q dinner of herbs
with the love that has sent the bird to camp
than the stuffed Turkey and the thought
of hard tack on that day for the soldiers.
One days rations to the brave fellows and
let it be Turkey rosSt, with all the fxings |
The Army of the Potomac, the Army of
the james, the Army of Western Vir-
ginia--let not a single mess in all their
tens of thousands be without Turkey
to head its bill of fare on the Path Of
Noven ber Though there be not enough
left for seed for next Thanksgiving, be this
day remembered as the Day of the Feast
of Turkey when the soldier comes home
and fights his battles DER again with his
crutch, for the instruction of his children
and his children's children. Scream, o
beautiful bird, in every poultry-yard in
the land, your last scream, louder cry
than your bigger brother ever compassed,
for the bravest of soldiers will gnaw your
white and dark meat to the last sweet
morsel, and crunch your tender bones
Give them
50 ''Turbeyshot and turkeys cold,
Turkeys young or turkeys old,
Turkeys tender or turkeys tough,
Till they thank the Lork they've turkey enough.
How Mr. Lincoln Learned the News.
Mr.. Lincoln passed the evening at the
War Department. Indisposition had sent
Mr. Stanton home at an early hour, but
Assistant Secretary Dana did the honors,
while Assistant Adjutsnt General Town
send saw that the dispatches were prompt
ly brought forward. The President was
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