Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-12-29

see father and mother. I told mother
I wanted to make q kind Of q house
warming and she would come over
Christmas morning and spend the day
with my wife, and father would come
to dinner and we would have good
roast turkey. She said, e.Have you
killed your tarkey?n ..No, mann, but
I am going to. - '.Are you sure? -
'sYes, nam, sure. -
Well, was very busy getting things
fixed up about the place and cleaning
up around out of doors, for do hate to
see the yard and all about the house
Uttered up with old boards, stones.
mortar and all. You see my mother
always taught us children to keep
things up in good shape about the
house. She always dispised sloven
or slut. The day before Christmas I
told my wife, 'sNow, you cook all of
the bread and pies, cake and SO forth
to-day for tomorrow want full con-
troll of the stove, for I have promised
my ma to cook the dinner while she
and you sit and visit" The evening
before Christmas I saw ma and she
said, Have you got that turkey yet?"
'.No. man. but I am going to get it. u
.sWell, sir, don't think shall be very
ikly to eat turkey at your house to-
morrow" Eyes, mann, you will if you
live and deep your appetite" Next
morning about eight o'clock she came,
and the first thing she said, s.Have you
got that turkey yetp" mo, mann, but
you see that kettle of water on the
stove, that's to scald my turkey in as
soon as get back '.Well, sir, !
don't think shall eat any turkey to-
day if you have to kill it yet" .'Yes,
man, am going now as soon as I can
wipe out OH Betsey and load her; We
are going for that turkey, and I am
going to have it for dinner at precisely
two o'clock
After I had got everything ready. ]
shouldered my gun and made tracks
pretty lively for the bottoms above the
Shut-In. knew pretty we'll where l
should find any number oi turkeys. /
tell you the grass didn't have much
time to grow under my feet. When I
had got about halfway down to the
Shut-1n I ran right into a large flock of
nice big fellows. As came on them
full run they all raised their heads and
stood looking at me, as much as to say,
whats your hurry old manp" and
before they had got over their surprise
l drew down on fine young gobbler
and fired. At the crack of my rifle they
all raised and few towards the noun
tain, which was not far of, but the one
I shot at. I kept my eye on him. I
saw he did-not get up as high as the
rest and soon came down towards the
ground, but lost sight of him for the
time. l stopped and loaded up my gun
and went to the place where they stood
when shot. There / found had cut
some of the wing quilts from his wing.
Well, Mr.. Turkey, you are my bird.
I took the course they had flown. When
I reached the place where thought
should find my turkey lying dead, l
couldn't see him. I knew from the |
way l had cut the feathers he was not
far off. l looked all around, under |
every old log and every brush. Invent
back to the place where / shot it, look |
ed at the feathers again, said, s.That
bird is hid somewhere close to where
he ought to fall" I noticed there was
. dry brush close by with some drift
across it. / looked under that, but
could see no sign of a turkey. I
thought, well, well, don't know but
We will be without the turkey" and
started to go away. I got about
hundred yards, I said, '.No, sir; that
turkey is there" went back; 81 be-
ieve he is under that drift" I got
lown on my hands and knees and look
ID up under the drift, and, don't you
hink, saw the ends of his tail. /
ell you 1 made the old brush fly for q
ew minutes, and there lay my turkey I
lead as herring, and he was nice
me. took that turkey on my back
md trotted home in a hurry. As l i,
anne in mother said, ..Have you got
hat turkeyP" ..Yes, mann. / have
hat"
Well, sir, the water was still hot on
he stove, and it didn't take me more
han six winks to dress that turkey
nd make the dressing and get him in
be oven cooking. and while he was do
ng nicely got the vegetables ready
0 cook. Every few minutes would
aste that turkey with q liquid made of
1ater with melted butter, little salt. /,
,ith q small quantity of vinegar, and ,
idn't he cook just the incest brown /
un Ao1s H..