The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-30
HEADING THEM OFF.
CRUEL WAR WAGED ON THE ROYAL
AMERICAN TURKEY GOBBLER
Three Thousand of Them Slain for tie
Tables of the Peerless Princess
the Day Will be Spent
in Wichita.

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! There is one created thing that today
has no friends \ OF a solitary soul in this
broad land that will protect it. Not a
hand lifted to stay the murderous on
slaught that was yesterday and today
will be practiced on it. That is the
/ turkey. The gobbler and the hen are
| helpless, and stand aghast at the awful
| destruction and the fate that awaits them.
| They have been going around for days
| with their lips hanging down. so that it
was difficult for them to walk without
stepping on them. Misery written on
every feature of their faces. A picture of
giant despair, with dropping wings
There is one funny thing about the tur-
key today, and that is, when he is dressed
he is undressed, and wien he is undressed
he Is dressed
Another funny thing is the manner in
which meleagris gailopavo is toted home.
The unfeellng man or boy grabs him by
| the head and cruelty carries him home TO
the guiiiocine. The careful man will have
his legs tied, and, after wrapping paper
around the aforesaid limbs, will take him
home gently aud carefully. The kind
man will take the bird up in his arms
fondly. letting him rest on his arm all the
way, and will call out his wife and chill
dren to see it, And she will ask how much
it weighs and if it is fat, and the children
will smooth his glossy feathers. and papa
will want to know where to put 1t till the
hour of execution arrives. anu the little
girl will say, "Oh, papa. it's TOO bad to
kill the poor thing"
But turkeys have been in demand and
fortunately the supply is, apparently, in
eXhaustible. Fine fat hens could be
bought for cents per pound, undressed.
And they have entered many homes,
where today the family will gather
around the table more or less
decorated with silver and cut glass.
aud embeilished with celery aud cram
berry sauce, and discuss the relative
merits of white meat and dark meat, the
leg and the thigh, the wing aud the back.
The rich, the poor, the middle class will
have turkey tedOy.. Scores of men
who stand high in the estimation of their
employers have been presented with
turkey, so that there would be no doubt
in the mind of the boss that turkey would
be eaten by all connected with the estab-
lishment, from the highest to the lowest
Mr.. A. katz. the well known proprietor Of
the Philadelphia store, quietly sent
handsome ten pound bird TO the homes of
all his force, aud many benedictions will
descend upon his devoted head today be-
cause of this thoughtful deed.
j. w. O'Neill, he of the electric car line,
remembering the rough time his large
force most always has, aud their arduOus
duties, resolved that every one OF them
should have turkey, and consequently
forty-fve fine, large, fat turkeys were
purchased and distributed to the motor
neers. And do you think the wives and
children will forget Mr.. O'Neill today?
Untold blessings will be his Thanksgiv-
ing.
Doubtless there are scores of others
who did the same thing, at least the EAGLE
believes it. A careful estimate places the
number OF turkeys consumed today at three
thousand
Thanksgiving will be observed very gen
orally, and By all classes and conditions,
aud in every way besides eating. People
will dance and sing and pray and play and
in games of all kinds. Services win be
held both morning and evening in the
First NJ Z. church, in the First Presby-
terrain church, at st. Johns church, ut the
''House of Prayer" (old Episcopal church,
on Lawrence avenue, at the Dodge Avenue
NJ l.. chvrch, at the Oak Street Presby
:erian church and at tue German Evangel-
ical church.
The postoffice will be open from $50 to
IL II. III. The money order and registering
departments will be closed all day. No
delivery of mail by carrier.
Miss Lucy Ford will entertain her
friends ut the board of trade rooms during
the afternoon with delightful tripping
of the light fantastic toe, to the strains OF
cha rming music. and to which all devotees
of Terpichore are invited.
Business will be generally suspended,
especially during the afternoon, aud
thanks will be given for everything On the
slightest pretense.