River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-19
MISS MUSLIN DECIDES TO
SPEND THANKSGIVING
AT THE FARM.
JOHN BRowSJoHN.

/ AL THE FARM.
JOHN BRowNJoHN.
Has anyone told you q don't think that
What it was that, the very last moment
Miss Muslin to stay in the country all
through
The months of November and December
too!
IT'S a most painful story; indeed there is
OF her many 'misfortunes' SO sad as this
one,
I Which feel sure would never have hap
pened at all
/ But for Master Miltiades Peterllin Paul
/ ''Nown-that promising youth one day said
/ If, my dear,
/ You will stay at the farm till Thanksgiving
/ this year,
/ Ii is possible you too may see the strange
/ sight
That appeared to myself on last Thanks
/ giving night,
/ shan't tell you a thing more about it, -
Blu strongly suspect that, between you
and me,
j Though he vowed up and down he'd not
say one word,
Twas the Ghost Of the Turkey to which he
referred.
But be that as il may, at least quite Ger
tai is it
Miss Muslin decided to lengthen her visit
And when, Thanksgiving night she went
upstairs, instead
OF going, as might be supposed, straight to
bed,
She sat up, in herr room, till each one in the
house
Was sleeping, and all was rs still as a
Then stole quietly down dt was now near
eleven,)
Bent on following the advice that her cous-
in had given.
TO see this strange wonder''-the latter
You must or 2ep slowly down, just before
going to ed,
And eat all there is that is left on the plat
OF the Thanks giving dinner! Indeed, it's no
matter
If you eat some pie also, and maybe few
OF cold boiled potatoes and plum dump
lings too;
Then go straight up to bed, and l give you
fair warning
You will see some astonishing things before
morning"
So little Miss Muslin (as already said)
Turning over this doubtful advice in her
head,
Crept down to the pantry But when she
got there,
She found that, although she climbed into a
chair,
And stood upon tiptoe, yet even then each
of the things that she wanted was out of
her reach.
Dear me! l will have to set down, Pm
afraid,
And wait til gro,r few inches" she said
But she soon, with sudden resolve, pushed
her hair back.
And impatiently planting her foot on the
chaiT-baCk,
BY taking firm hold of the edge of the shelf
She with great difficulty at length raised
herself
High enough to get hold of the platter
when, 10.
How it happened, exactly, I'm sure l don't
The shelf it gave way and she felt herself
rating,
And the next instant, there, ON the floor
she was sprawling,
While saucers, plates, kittles, pies, turkey
Fell thickly around with a horrible ciatter
Did it hurt her. 0, no; but think she'd
been glad
IT, instead,of what really did happen. itAad.
Of course such noise could not fail to
The people who slept in that part Of the
house.
1t was Grandmother Gray first appeared
with light
And found the poor child in a terrible
plight,
For it happened pail of molasses that
stood
ON the shelf had come down in a regular
food
On the head of Miss Muslin of Quintillion
square,
And quite saturated her beautiful hair!
Alas, poor Miss Muslin Again and again
They brushed and they soaked it-but al
ways in vain,
TIL at length, not without protestatious
and tears
On her part, her grandmother brought out
the shears
And cut her hair close, leaving not one
stray curl
To show whether she was a boy or a girl
Now someone has told you please don't
say that did
What it was at the very last moment, de
cided
Miss Muslin to stay in the country all
through
The months of November and December
too.
Ujde 1,cqke for Nogembey.