The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-01-13
HOW EGE SEE THE TURwCv,

"ho e'Iuehiiy understood the good booI,
better than he did the turkey business
:" 'Huldy,' says the minister, ono dav
to his new help you amt experienced out
doors, and when you want to know anv,
thing you must come to me-
Yes, SIR said Huldy.
6 Now, Huldy,' gays the parson. avo,
must be sure TO save the turkey eggs s.
that we can have lot Of turkeys f.r
Thanksgiving
eyes, sir says Hubby, and she open.
ed the pantry door and showed him 2 nico
dishfuIl she'd been savin' up, Wal hs
very next day the parsons hen-turkey
was found killed, up 10 old Jim Scroges',
barn-folks said Scroegs killed it, tho3ob
Scroggs ne stood 10 i! he didn't-at sny
rate the Scroggs's made meal emit. and
Huldy she felt bad about 1t, cause shea
st her heart on raisin' the turkeys-au4
says she, ooh dear, l don't know what
l shall do, was lust ready to set her.
"'Do, Huldy 2 says tho parson, why.
there is the other turkey OUT there by The
door, and a fine bird, too, he is
''Sure enough, there was the old Tom
turkey a strut;in' and sidlin' and qgft.
term and futerin' his tail feathers in t5e
sun, like a lively young widower, all
ready to begin life over again,
"'Bus,' says HuIdy, you know Lc
can't set or eggs.
says the parSon-'he shall set OIL eggs
and hatch 'en, too
"sOh, Doctor,' says Huldy, all in ?
tremble, cause she didn't want to contrz>
DICT the minister, and she was afraid she
should laueh-I never heard tbata Tom
turkey would set on eggs
"'Why, they ought to- said the DAT.
! son, getting quite earnest 'whal else Js
| they good forf You just bring out tEe
eggs, now, and put 'em il the nest, and
I'll make him set on EN-
$50 HuIdy thought there wasn't no
! way to Convince him but TO let him try;
so she took the eggs out, and fixed EN- all
nice in the nest, and then she came back
and found Tom = skirmishin' with tue
parson pretty lively, tell ye. Ye see,
! old Tom, LIE didn't take the idee at all.
and he Topped and gobbled and fit tie
/ parson, and the parsons wig cot round so
( that his cue stuck straight out over Liz
ear, but he'd got his blood up Ye see,
the old doctor was used TO carrying his
pints o doctrine, and he hadn't fl the
/ Arminians and Socinians 10 be beat by
/ Tom turkey-so finally he made a dive
and ke;ched him by the neck in spite Of
his Topping, and stroked him down and
put HuIdys apron 'round him.
' There, Huldy,' he says, quite red in
the face, "Te've 20; him now and lie
travelled off to the barn with him as live
! ly as cricket.
"Huldy came sut, jist chokin' with
laugh, and afraid the minister would look
round and see her.
q Now, Huldy, we'll crook his legE
and set him down. gays the parson.-
When be got hia down, old Tom soE
there solemn enough and held his head
down, all dropping, lookin' Ike a real
pious old cock, as long as the parson sOt
by him.
g There, you see how still be sets
says The parsoR TO Huldy.
"Huldy was most dyin' for fear sac
should laugh, I'm afraid he'll get ugs'
says she, when you do
'Oh, no he won't,' Gays The parson,
quite confident 'thSre, there says he,
layin' his hands on him as if lie was pro-
nouncin' blsssin'. But when the parson
riz up, Tom be riE up too, and began to
march over the eggs.
Stop now, said the pars5n; I'll
make him get down again hand me that
corn basket, we'll pat that over him
$50 he crooked old Toms legs and goI
him down again, and they put the basket
over him, and then they both stood and
waited.
"'That'n do the thing, Huldy,' said
the parson.
's 4 don't know about it, says Hubby.
"'Oh, yes it viii child understand,
says he.
''Just as he spoke the basket riz right
up and stood, and they could see old Tom 6
long legs.
'''I'Il make HIM stay down, confound
him. says the parson, for you see parsons
is men, like the rest on US, and the doctor
had got his spunk Up.
g You jist hold him q minute and I'll
get something that'H make him stay,
5uoss' ahN Ott AS hSit ~ LIZ iO''o0
brought in q long, thin, tiat stone, and
laid it on old Toms back.
"Old Tom, he wilted down consider
ably under this, and looked rally as Il
he was goin' to give in. He staid still
there good long spell, and the minister
and Huldy left him there and come up TO
the house, but they hsda't more than got
in the door, before they see old Tom
hoppin' along, as high-steppin' as ever
saying talk talk = aRd 'qaitter quit
teri and strattin' and goblin as II he q
come through the Rcd sea and got the
victory.
"'Oh, my eggs!' says Huldy, I'm
afraid he's smashed 'em =
"And sure enough, there they was