The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-24
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THANKSGIVING Is a day which fills va al
with thanks and roast turkey, As suca
"a day /; IL dear 70 the hearts OF All Amer
Jeans. Thanksgiving doeEnt MAKE as
much noise as does the Fourth or july
with it's frecrackers, or sc Christmas, with
SIS bella. The country il the only place
in which Thanksgiving may be enjoyed 70
fss fullest extent, although there are peo-
rie who claim that T. Is not without rs
own peculiar charm In the smallest KIND
OF a fat. At first IL may seem absurd TO
ahe student Of human affairs that a sixteen
pound turkey SHOULD be able % perform
with its maximum grace IN a 81 fiat.
But this fact Is not IA mystery when We
come 10 look f. squarely IN the face and
meet 81 with the mental disseetiug knife.
II Ia because these fat jewellers enjoy
many TAanksgivinss Ia the turkey or the
present.
After the head OF the family has gone
20 the table alone TO do the o~srving, be-
cause he would not have sufficient elbow
room n the family We're congregated
about him. they sit down and dream Of
the turkey. OF the past when they were
out on the farm looking across dreamy
vistas OF nesting landscape. punctuatea
by the scarecrow shiyering IN his straw
hat and linen buster, TO let the world
know tina summer was a thing of the
past. And stu they fancy they see this
old srarecrow standing among the corn
stacks. with the wind blowing through
his whiskers. They see him right over
there on tho nre-escape Of the ne.uhbor-
ing fiat. for all the iatscape 70 them Is
q large area Of farm land nesting with
red leafed trees and mortgages that can
not be raised by hand and are not self
raising like the -four raised upon IT.
IL has brought with II pleasant mem
cries which cover "a period OF thirty years.
u only goes back to last March I'm the
flesh. but II carries the man back to the
time when he slept like a top on 4 corn
husk mattress and arose IL the early
morn 20 gather the steaming pancake on
the ny. long before he dreamed that ne
would ever have to gather the matutinal
horse car on the ty. II takes him back
to tae old game Of shiny. and brings
back 10 nim faces that had long since
faded from his memory. Out i'm the crisp
chilly air be shouts. shiny on your own
side" as OF old. and hears the ye!ping
OF the hound. shining like patent leather
with enthusiasm. and Is stirred once more
by the ripping whiz Of the flushed par.-
ridge, and the reverberating bang OF the
sportsnans gun .that sound SO sweet
I'm the ais3es Of the silent forest. lie viii
not wake from this pleasant dream of
past happiness until the morrow, for then
the turkey VIII De- cold. and the logs Of
fancy's nreside viii nave been reduced -
white ashes % STIR htfGlly in The vagrant
gust or WIND. Even when the turkeys
shining carcass Ia. been chopped up 10
h. utilized aa the base OF an eeouomt,
soup. the reminiscent charm will have
vanished gracefully. Ike a $40 bill al a
seaside resort. for the turkey. like love.
fs never Itself again when once itra e,la
It's feet ara on the ash heap and viii strut
about no more. It's head, with ia great
pundreary whlskers % flaming red viii
NJ more MARBLE in the rosy kiss q dawn
Ard FIJI the hAhrfAn@ ~rarh 49, -
ton or the toc1nd feast. It's work is
done, and It's days are past. and now The
FAMILY. 50 well besrined WITH gravy 10
the very eyes az ard regard ono another
IN silent tsy. The smaller members VII
have 10 take a batts 20 get me turkey Of
them. Bat he victory - th~lrS. as .her
ct IN tho city Fat nllcd With visions ~
ecstscy and hrcsk Tho magic wlshbone
and wish That every one from The h'rhes.
40 the lowest has had ius- sn merry and
glad n Thanksgiving as has fallen 20 theis
happy lot. Y. X. MUr%KTTrRfCE