The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-11-30

some biped and the almost universal
pigskin sphere After the turkey, tho
plum pudding; after the plu11 p1dling,
which soothes and sustains one like the
kiss Of a summer girl By the mooniit
sea, the football
Some men 90 from tae country 10 the
city to see game Of football, while
others 70 from the city TO the country,
when there is no game, 70 shoot birds
But they all eat turkey If this divine
bird comes within their pecuniary reach.
The Ebhiop who is So unfortunate as 10
have no pecunisry reach worth speak
ing Of must depend upon his natural
reach 10 penetrate the foliage Of his
neighboras tree and plnelS thersfpon1 The
mooBlit fowl as q watermelon or q
Bartlett pear. Some men will eatcorned
beef and Irish stew on Thanksgi wing day
and imagine that they ara doing the day
ard themselves justice. Snch men are
moral nonstUesities that defy analysis.
Those who would attempt 10 fathom
them and arrive at an ineligible and
satisfactory solution could make more
money writing visiting cards with q tel
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it be to attempt to preserve III musical
notation the spirited baroarole Of the
overripe Hgven5 Der pig or TO attempt TO
sound the depths If a country plumbers
sophistry with 81 ordinary plumb line,
The cid ian tailed gobbler will no
mora strut about the farmysrd with the
dignity and hauteur Of n retail floor
walker. No more will he HaEe his great
scarlet wattles like danger signal pre-
parasory TO chasing the small boy, who
would make him the unwilling recip-
lent Of a buoket of cold water. No mere
Will he sit in statuesque ball ON the
old elm and look wistfully over the
russet cornfeid, whose burrows ere pic
tuEesguely punctuated with dull gold
pumpEins. He has heard the whining
winds Of autumn rRstling IN the rosy
foliage and his blazing side WhiskeFs
for the last time Yesterday he was full
Of hope. To-day he is full Of ehestnuts,
and his drumstieks play solo Of JOY on
the souls of the people o0agregzted abelt
the table, especially that Of the small
boy, whose eyes thr0b with Joy and who
is as full OF anticipation as the turkey
is full of dressing, What a beautiful
study Is tine old gobblcr as he lies upon
the platter, bronzed to a crisp with his
white meat shining through his tawlIy
envelope that ever and anon breaks
with a sound that sends ripples Of soft
est music across the lilied miilponds
of orr sORlsi
When the turkey is so good, it is no
wonder that he nsurps that portion Of
our inner man usually set apart for
plum pudding or pumpkin pie The
man who likes plum pudding better
than turkey, if spch a man exists,
sho1ld not fail to change matters BIZ
putting the last first and the FIRST last
A Shanghai on Thanksgiving day
scratches gravel IN the background Of
Oblivion He is mere remote and OBJ
suure than is baseball player in the
height Of the skating seas0llor a furrier
IA tine sweltering d0gaay.
Thanksgiving day isa day Of tender
dreams that I'LL our souls with sweetest
music Usually it is a STILL gray day,
during which the dark lsaiags trees
stand sharply etched against liquid
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partridge drum and the blue jay squaSyk
a mile sway The smoke earls from the
old farmhouse straight into the air, and
from its quaint Windows fhe CROW can
be seen eircling wistfully over the old
eernfeld, with ontspread wings, as II
faaring to break the silence Of thesnene-
And the old farmer is thankful that his
sons have come back to spend this festal
day with hinaat their old home They
are delegated, for once more they scent
the roasting gobbler and dream Of
cracking the wishhere again, Just as
they did when small boys. and again
they will have the 3iaar oil nightmare
4 in the attic room that is lcolder than the
Z barn in winter and hotter than the p0-
tato patch in sumner But they are
really no happier than ti,use who nele-
bEste the day ina New York fiat that
II is so small that it does not furnish suaii-
Gent elbow room TO carve q turkey and
! therefore eoaapals the family % have d
friaassea or a canned turkey, neither OF
(which is a dish equal TO the require
nsnEg of 90 glorious an occasion.
The only time that Thanksgiving IS
not success is when the turkey Is so
Tough that flae only why it can be dis
\ jointed seems 10 be i5y blasting If
with dynamite Such q turkey d lis the
considerations housewife with heTr9r and
makes her register . vow TO ever after
subject fhe turkey 30 d thorough drUb
hing with a rolling pin III the same way
that she does tine average mustang
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