Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05
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And so we stood and watched them
for quite while, until we thought we
would put stop to their game. We
each chose out a bird and fired. At
the sound of our guns, the eagles sailed
away. We had each killed an old COB
bier. and they were magnificent birds.
After loading our rifles and shoulder
ing our game, we started on our march
for the mill, which was about two miles
yet. When we reached our bin, my
brother went to saving, while I built
the fire and dressed the birds and git
dinner. That afternoon it began to
look like storm, and the next day,
day before Christmas, it clouded up
and just at night, it commenced snow
ing, and it showed all night and turn
ed very cold by morning We were
having a real old-fasioned blizzard. So
we had our breakfast, and I took one
of those turkeys and tied long string
to bis legs and fastened it to one of the
joists overhead, where let him hang
before that big log fire in the fireplace
After properly adjusted, he was left to
turn and turn, before that big fire, and
cook as turkey should cook, and nc
better way has ever been found to my
Knowledge than this; he cooks all
through all alike, on all sides. My
brother and I settled ourselves down
to reading. He was reading the"Scot-
fish Chiefs" and I was absorbed in
Goldsmith's Greece. We had been read
Ing all the morning, until about eleven
O'Clock, when my brother got up and
laid up his book, and with a yawn
went to the door and looked out and
said: "Thid, what you say? iess take
our guns and go up the creek to those
hazel bushels and kill us deer, its too
warm in here, and I am tired of read.
ing. and it will give US good appetite
for that old turkey. What you say;
all right?" So laid up my book and |
took down our guns, and after looking |
once more at my turkey to see If he
was comforta BILE and cooking good, we
bundled up and started out. Whew! |
how the wind blew; but we did not |
turn back for the cold, for we knew the |
deer would be hiding among those
hazel tllickets. When we had got |
about half way, we came to a log that |
had fallen acr )ss the creek, where the |
water was about four feet deep under /
it. My brother crossed over all right |
and followed, when just at the Deep
est part of the water, don't you think |
that old log broke in two right under |
me and let me souse into the water. |
Uh! whoopee! Jericho and ginger. |
Well, | didn't stay in there very long; |
when 1 came out my clothes froze as
stiff as stove pipe, and such time as
[ had getting back to that cabin. / |
thought I should freeze to death, had
not my brother helped me and carried
my gun. I do not think Ishould have
been able to reach the cabin alone;
as it was, it seemed long time. When
we at last reached it and went in the
hot air, l came near fainting. NV |
brother soon had me stripped and
tucked up in bed, which was as warm
as toast, where L stayed until / got
thoroughly thawed out and took a
good sleep. About for O'Clock awoke
up and as my clothes had thoroughly |
dried, and our old turkey was done to
a turn, got up hungry as bear. My
brother had got the dinner ready, and
the way we went for that turkey was
not slow. I do not think ever set |
down to better cooked dinner than
that Christmas dinner was, and now
i'm this 1887 Christmas the thought |
comes to me: / wonder II those tramps
and cold foot baths has anything to do
with my knees now, or the other aches
which find are not very comfortable
at my age. Well, who was it that
said: las our day, SO shall our strength
be-" TIP. r.