The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-12-21
THE TURKEY.
Thanksgiving a Day that Gives Special
Test to the Life of the Weary.

Le>t tO the Live of the weary.
That we should have season oil
Thanksgiving in which to express orr
gratitude io Him. the Givcr of ali good,
is a duty doubly binding upon us. Not
only has lie given uis all that is needed
for existence, but He has added thereto
manifold things with the sole end and
intent of making that existence pleas
| urablc. Ii man. in his nbStinacy or
! obtuscnes-. sometimes fails i'm the full
ENJOYMENT of them, the fault j. his.
Desire, capacity and reason have been
| given him that ne may the better APP
preciate the blessings bestowed: and if
| he makes bad Use of three such attrib-
utes. the conclusion is plain that he
would not make good use of Il dozen
| oilers if he had them.
| Fhere are some discontinued mOrtalS
in the world and, perhaps, il would
not he world without them who de-
clare they have nothing To be thankful
| for; that Thanksgiving was made for
the rich, not for the poor. An asser-
ton we will not dispute; but, the
post ssion of dollars does not consti-
| iute riches, nor the want of them pow
erly. There is many man, rich in
deed in all the wealth the world can
bring him, who gets very little out of
| his dollars. unless il be anxiety and
misery. and these are not exactly the
kind of riches for which he feels like
bein" thankful. No. The truly rich,
indeed, arc the ones for whom Thanks
| giving was intended and made, and of
these he il richest who is cOntented
with the least. Men-and myriads of
them have found and could tell the
world th.. solemn difference that lies
| between true and false riches-cOuld
they come from the grave 10 do so.
But our philosophy is running away
with us and making us forget u very
important adjunct 10 Thanksgiving
or rather something more than an all
| part and parcel of the day itself:
namely. the turkey. Custom now
mixes fcaSting and mirth with most OK
ouu. celebrations. though the events
they commemorate be sacred. or their
origin religious in lis character. And.
| i'm this, custom is wise. There can be
nothing very wrong in the enjoyment
of those lhingS which have been given
us for the purpose; indeed, TO refrain,
would he az Milton SAYS, an evidence
Of ingratilude To the Oliver. A free
and cheerful mind. too, especially nj
hours of meat. is one of the Soundest
suretieS for long life. Hope may be
the anchor, but mirth is the cable
whose unrusted links hold our craft
from dashing on the rocks.
Nor is there any thing homogeneous
in the mixture of cheerfulne>s with
matters of a sacred character. Long
| faced religion must stand, il il stands
at all. upon other doctrines than that
taught by Him, the Master: and its
followers are not following Him when
they practice IL.
But To return 10 our turkey. How or
when this delicious bird first became
such AN Important feature nj the
| Thanksgiving feast we are not pre-
pared 10 SAY. That it i worthy of lis
place at any table is the opinion of no
less an authority than Brillat-Savarin,
who enthusiastically says:
| The turkey j.. aSSuredly. one of the
nobleSt gifts the New World has given
to the Old Ii is the largest.
and. if not the most delicate, i at least
| the most savory of our domestic fowls.
II also has the exclusive advantage of
| assembling around ii all classes of sa-
| cicty. When our vinc-grOwers and
| farmers give feast on long winter \
night. what do We behold turning on
the spit before a hot iire?-a turkey.
| When the useful manufacturer. the
Woodworking artisan, wishes TO give a
treat To his friends the ObIigatO dish is
Il turkey stuffed with chcstnutS and
,arSagr>. And i'm our high gastronOmie
circles. in those select reunions where
politics are obliged TO give way To a
dissertation un taste--what l. eX-
| pyC;cd? What i brought up st the
! second course "a iruflled turkey.
This general gaStrOnomic fitness is
| quite - fully appreciated in the New
IL we'll as the Old World, and from
Thanksgiving up into the month of
| February. or even later. the turkey
has little respite from its marlyrlom
10 the greed OF man, and continues To
grace with lis juicy presence the tables
of ali classes that feel pecuniarily able
To pay for il. Indeed, Where do all
the turkeys come from?' i quite Is
often asked as that other problematic
one. which has been puZZling the
brains of all humanity, regarding the
destiny of the pin. We trust, however.
that no dcarth in the supply will ever
/ be seriou> enough to cause IT, any
| gastronOmic Inconvenience. and that
the Nation. a. she meets the day upon
the rim of the revolving years. will he
ever ready with the PRAYER upon her
| lips: Heaven bless Thanksgiving and
the turkey" -7Re Cder,r.
-Gratifying evidence OF the advance
of woman in England appears in the
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