St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-02-16
A WONDERFUL GoBBLER.
The Poultryman Expected Him to Keep
Growing After Death.

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THE Ponltrynaan Expected Him to Keep
Growing After Death.
ssTalkin' about turkeys, observed
the farmer to the produce man the
other day, sswe raised one d year ago
that probably never had his equal in
size and weight la the history OF the !
world. =
The produce man looked incredntou
b1lt the farmer went ON without notice
ing 1t;
When that turkey was Matched he
was no bigger than the rest Of the
brood. but two days later he weighed
Eve pounds and was sprouting tail
feathers. The end of the first week
out of the she'll saw him d full-hedged
bird OF a trifle more than ten pounds,
and still he grew.
The produce man smiled indul ulgentlTs
eehoing the farmers words
And still he grew
Yes, Stree: never saw any thing
like ii. He was two weeks Old to the
day when he tipped the kaEn at
thirty fiye pounds, and be only seemed
TO have fairly started, for &
Yes, know slowly observed the
produce man, for still he grew.
Crew. we'll, should say sol A
week later he had put mp another
fifteen pounds without inpairin his
activity or seernin' to mind II In the
least. He picked up his corn ais lively
as ever, and still he grew.
There was a siclSIy smile on the prod-
uce man's face, but he made no re-
mark. p
'',Ye began TO wonder where it was
goin' to stop, went on the farmer.
for about this time his appetite, which
had always been extraordinary, began
to pick up at an alarnin' rate, and we
knew he'd just about got his second
wind, which meant putin on weight
more rapidly than ever. It took him
just ten days to put up another twenty
five pounds
s'That makes seventy-fye, !" gasped
the produce man.
ssKerrect, and still he grew,
And still he grew, sighed the prod-
uce man.
II suppose he was something like
eight weeks old when he reached the
one hundred pound mark, and quit
walking about, continued the farmer.
But he still grew, anxionsly put in
the produce man.
Never let up for a minute was the
assuring reply. We became q little
anxious about him Mt this time, on ac-
count of the henhouse, which we could
see would soon be too small for him to-
stand up In. Finally, we decided TO
transfer him to the barn, but we had
been little slow In comm to the de-
cision, for when we went to remove
him he had grown too big to go through
the henhouse door, and we had to take
out the whole front of the building to
accommodate his size.
sAnd still he grew, ventured the
produce man, in weak voice, and
with avery painful attempt at q smile.
out II fhs 6afn, and Nsfdy 81
faster than ever. Very soon II became
question as to how long the barn
would last hira, and then we decided
to kill him. That, as You'll easily
guess, was no small task, but we did y
lest felled him with d poIeax as YOU
would an OK, and We managed 20 give
him his death blow at the third stroke Is
ssAnd still he grew absent-nin inded-
II murrnured the produce man,
.sGresy nothin', retorted the farmer,
Indignantly. Did you expect him to
90 on GROWN forever2'
20, / don't know" answared the
other, somewhat recovering his spirits;
stranger things than that happened
to the turkey, II have not been dreains
ing. IN Y. Herald.