Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-11-30

and West, in the coming time, as in
the old, shall know but one strife and
have but one emulation--to see which
shall love the old flag best, and which
shall be most ready to battle for it
against all foes..and that with eAearts
swelling with gratitude to Him IRON,
whom all Blessings nav, Ill shsil join
in the patriotic refraiii: { { =
My country tits of thee, @'z'
Sweet land of liberty, of thee l sing,
Lard where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims pride,
From every mountains side, let freedom
~ ring. --.~.'-'A-sa--a-s--->--
Our fathers God to thee, author of liberty,
To thee we sing, long may our land be
be bright,
With freedoms holy light,
Protect3us BY thy might, great God, our
king. s8 %
Thanksgiving Carving.
To-day is Thanksgiving day. There
will be more or less carving done to-
day all over this broad land, and we
think the old custom of making the
host demolish the kiln-dried poultry
at dinner should become extinct, and
that servant at a side board, on q
small salary take hand and q
can q nitrpv vglycerfne and shatter the
remains, thus giving the host chance
to chat with his guests instead of spat-
tering them with dressing and casting
gloom and gravy over the company.
This move places the manaM labor
OF dinner where it belongs, and re-
lieyes a man who should give his whole
attention to the entertainment of his
friends at table. You would not ex-
pect yoar host to take off his coat and
kill the fowl in 1yol presence in Or
der to show. yon that it was all ON the
and it is not customary to re-
quire the proprietor of the house to
peel potatoes at table for his guests to
prove that there is no put-ap job
about it. rs 4 - -
Therefore we claim that the lament
ed hen may be thoroughly shattered
at side table by an athlete at four
dollars per week, and still good faith
toward the guests be maintained. If
any one be doubtful Or suspicious,
etiquette will permit him to stand by
the side of the hireling carver and wit
ness the inquest. Still it would be
better fun for him to sit at the table,
and. if the parts given him are not sat
isfactory, he can put them in his over
shoes pro TEN. and casually throw
them out the back door while the other
guests are listening to the maiden S
Prayer" in the parlor.
Under the new deal the. host will
enjoy the dinner much more than he
used to with his thumb cut off and a
quart of dressing in his lap. No man
feels at home if he has to wrap up his
cut finger in rag and then scoop a
handful of dressing out of his vest
pocket and return it to the platter.
Few men are cool enough to do this,
heartily all the time and tell
ing some mirth-provoking anecdote
-H
1t is also annoying to have twenty
guests ask for the "dark meat,
please" when there are only three
animals cooked and neither one of
them had a particle of dark meat
about her person. Lately some peo-
pie have adopted the plan of segrega-
ting the fowl by main strength, using
the fingers when necessary, and then
wiping them in an off-hand manner
on the table cloth. They ask the SER
want to bring in that dark hen we Or
defed, so that we might have an
abundance of dark meat. If the SER
want says there is none, they smile
and tell the guests that the brunette
chicken, by some oversight, has been
eaten in the kitchen, and they shall
have to give them such relics as may
be at hand. This simplifes the mat
ter, and places them in u far more
agreeable place relative to the COM
pany. One great success, however,
in carving is mainly confined to the
watermelon. The watermelon docs
not confuse us. We always know
where to find the joints, and those
who do not like the inside of the
melon can have the outside. Now,
one great trouble with fowl is, that
one day we have Nebraska chicke1
and the next trip we have TO assassin
ate Mormon Shanghi pullet, with
high, expressive hip-bones and ANAL
gam paletot. This makes us nervous,
because they are so disimilar and
their joints are in different places.
The Mormon hen is round -shouldered
and her collar-bone is more on the
bias than the Nebraska fowl. This
glves totally different expression to
her features in death, and, we have
said, destroys the symmetry of the
carve. We began our education in
this line by carving butter in hot
weather, and gradually led up to the
anail on toast. In carving the quail,
first mortgage your home and get the
quail. The quail should be cooked
before carving, but not until the
chronometers balance and. other Or
gans have been removed. Place
your quail on the toast in sitting
position, then passing the dissecting
knife down between the shoulder