Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-09-27
The 5EG5.TiVE TURKEY.

Tie Gvuna Lake Man who's Fowl Wa
IaIl sua III, story LiseElso,
''lor sud General Manager Steb
u'r, It response % an inquiry, this
pugal o. be a Iolerable good country
iur uu Try around here. bnt | never
ga" ANY AewJbout to brag Of. This
,li oI yle lake doesn't srrm % agree
Will pu.lry rs well rs tie other Oul.
a1t lI.yu gail a turkey that weighed
lnriy pounds here and stood four fest
,IgA a zig ono. But having seen
w. hal lave seen over in the town Of
.ieutoa, Yates county, | don't cali a
. turkey like that much Of a me-.
Used O. hava3 fancy fruit and poultry
itrm over there a few years ago. and
got some turkey eggs FROM the west 10
experiment with. The father Of the
Eggs WAS u wild turkey and the mo
thcr Of them n high Stepping bronze
hen only had half a dozen Of the
eggs, and, looking back nj them now,
! believe that Tie esseuce Of the whole
sly was IN some way stored up in one,
Tor only one Matched oct. That one
was enough. At the age Of three
months, when my ether young tur-
keys. and prize Unc at that, were still
creeping around ia charge Of their
mOthugs ibis particular turkey ovict.
Ell his mother and all the other big
turkeys rrvm their Enclosure and was
surprising The community by eating
CORN irun tie bottom Of an apple bar
rci. Will, be stood on the ground out
side b wasI't long before he could
stand III my side and eat corn Off the
top ol my head with case, and | don't
fail a grea: deal short Of six feet.
The turkey kept on getting taller
and spreading out until / got 10 won
derug whether he wasn't a cross some
way between an ostrich and a giraffe,
for he put IN mind Of both of them.
BY the time he got so he could stand
at the side of the barn and pick grass.
hoprers or the hay through the NOW
window | couldn't bring myself but TO
think that he must have reached bis
growth, sure, but he kept on reaching
up and spreading out. He got so final.
" that he kinder o run things on the
fIrm TO suit himself. but he was so in
tolligeut and gcntlcmanly that | hat
ed n take him in hand and curb him,
for he was as high spirited rs he was
tall But finally | had TO give him a
set hack,
Il had planted some extraordinary
fine melons that ! was particularly
anxious 10 raise some specimens Of,
and M day, about the time they were
getting ripe, / discovery a handsome
bronze hen turkey, that | had let do
pretty much as She pleased on the
place, picking away at Que Of The
melons. / had her shut up in a pen
ct once, but having occasion 10 20
and look aI her the next day, there ]
found one Of the melons in her pen,
and she dining or ii with great rel
ish, How that melon could have got
in there ! couldn't think, for there
was no n on the place who would
dare to put it there. kept a watch,
and was rewarded by seeing my mann
moth gobbler stride over i'm the melon
patch, break off two of the incest
melons, sock one Of his long spurs in
one and the other spur in the other,
and fly with both melons 20 the hens
cage and drop them into her. This
was gallant, Of course, but il didnt
suit me.
John says 10 my man, we
must break that big turkeys spirit.
Hitch him To the plow 10 morrow,
and break up that new field with him.
MY man did so, and the turkey
plowed all day, and / could see that II
cut him 10 the heart. That was just
what | wanted, and | hoped he would
take the hint. But, either because he
was mad and determined on revenge,
or out Of the kindness Of his heart /
caught him in another affair that
made him a subject for still severer
discipline.
II had a graft Of particularly choice
apples entirely new. and especially