The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-11-20
WA FREE TRADERspaSA1URDAY, NOVEMBER co. 1869
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About Turkeys. 40.


We all manifested considerable thsnkfulness
here last Thursdsy. I" The day We celebrate"
attracted much attention. In short, the 14th
anniversary Of Thanksgiving Day was re-
spectsd by everybody who had turkey.
Those who had none, probably felt that they
had nothing to be thankful for, and did not
500 where giving thanks came in. 1t, was
pretty jolly for us human bipeds, but not par
ticularly SO forat the turkey tribe. Many no.
bic old patriarch Of II the festhered species, COB
bled his last gobbla.aad was a gobbler no
more, aday or SO before the anniversary above
referred to- Ten We gobbled him; and, by
the waystherc are 2 great many men whose
manner is much like thas II . eobbler. They
strut bout in polrpous state, thinking them
selves pistty grand, while the public idea of
them all ths.vhlla il avery different thing.
The economy ofsnature is beautiful sub.
jectslS study, and,in most cases, has cheer
full aspect Especially as to the turkey ques-
tions Man esk the turkey, the worms eat the
man,and the turkey eats thesworms. Here is
perfect economy. Nothing created is ever de-
strogsd, if We except the small matter Of mans
castas in the air. Perhsps you did not think
when, you nearly stepped on little worm last
fall that he would eventually have revenge
by eating you upi Or when you wrung your
turkeys neck, that the same little worm was
quietly awaiting your demise, and one, as
sisted BY bis cousins, uncles and aunts, and
numerous relations, would very scientifically
dissect your anatomyi Did it ever occur to
you, while you were eating that last delicious
mouthful of roast turkey, that one day you
would become worm and have this same
turkeys step-mother crow over you, and call
her family up and have the little turkey
81 chicks J" squs6ble over your And then it is
so funny and consoling to know that when
you get to be q nice little worm, some I'M
fedged gobbler will see you in the grass, and
pick you up and run away with you, pursued
by his dozen little brothers, each doing its
" level best" to get bite at your After this
happens, you become turkey-you are no
longer wriggling worm. You become cit
izen Of Turkey. You will fancy yourself the
Grand Turk himself, and will put on airs, and
get fat and gaudy, and one day be appro-
priated for thanksgiving purposes, and eaten
up by your former relations, who will shed
tsarsto your memory as man, dcspise you as
a worm, end make merry over your remains as
a turkey! Such is life. 1t Is u perpetual
warfare, generally for the purposes of eating
each other. So the man who grows the lar
gest, eats most and lives longest, is the con-
queror. He eats up his relatives, friends and
enemies who may have died. -.
This subject of the MISREPRESENTATION of
atoms, or chemical principles, suggests strange
and sometimes frightful ideas. The atoms
that compose your body have existed through
all time, since the world began. How do you
know that some portion Of you wasn't once
bear, wolf, . bug, an elephant, a serpent
hog or bird Some atoms of you may have
been king, an emperor, q statesman, queen,
a robber or an idiot. You have been hung.
you have been killed in war, died of the
Ps'Su@, .no"0'', anu BcneraIIy hpuseu IN
countless ways fol, centuries, and yet you
''still hve' Those little atoms, constituting
your body--your physique-have been tor
tured for ages in every conceivable manner,
and still you were able to enjoy nksgiv-
ing dinner. tt fat
%" Time az last sets all things evcn' II you
tail TO get revenge on your enemy as man,
you can eat hial,aS goose, or drink him up
in glass of beerofa a snip" OF " oh, be Joy
fiji, or burn him up in cigar!