The evening times., 1895-11-26

turkey as there are great men to cat il and
order II prepared in their own way.
Never a great parsonage, but knew how
he took his turkey, and few in all the line
of historical faces that have not given eX-
, plicit directions for the roasting, the bast-
ing, the stuffng, and the serving. Separate
great man from his turkey dinner and you
rob anationalholiday M ola national spectacle.
Approach a great man upon tie subject OF
his turkey ard he will forget Ito frown his
greatness forth" and will grow affsblc
upon this subject of mutual interest.
M'KINLEY'S BIRD.
william Mckinley was resting one after
noon recently between stump speeches in
the western part of his own State when a
repertorial friend approached him thus upon
the subject of turkey: Where are you
going to eat your Thanksgiving turkey, Mr..
Mckinley, and how do you like it?''
81 can't answer the former 10 a surety
replied the tariff man promptly, but 1
can almost sing the answer to tie second
question, So well do know 1t. / have given
directions for my Thanksgiving turkey many
years, aud ! never vary them one iota.
II like my turkey roasted but not stuffed.
Now, shades Of 4 man OF New England an
cestry, Dynamite is too good for such a
fellow! BIT still i don't like my turkey
stuffed. / like a twelye-pound animal
with lots uf fat on him and butter spread
all over him. / want him roasted brown.
i think 1t is twenty minutes TO a pound OF
turkey, not counting the first few minutes
while he is getting used TO the oven But
don't want anything inside Of him. A spiced
gtuffing ruins the flavor of the meat and
gives Indigestion.
''How do j like him served? oh, like
him with string of sausages over his
breast as flavoring. 4 nd with a lemon
for head. That is Il good way 10 serve
a turkey. You can boil the lemon awhile
and make it soft, TO be sliced and eaten
like n pickle, IL you want to. My turkey
is an Ohio bird. i forgot TO mention that.
Have you ever eaten an Ohio turkey?
No? Then YOU don't know what ii is to
give thanks for your Tha nksgiying din
ner. Do you want the rest of the menu?
No? / am sorry. because / know good
dinner from beginning to end"
Benjamin Harrison was resting at his
summer cottage not three weeks ago,
when a friend stopped 10 ask him how he
liked his national bird cooked for Thanks
giving.
HARIIsoN's COUNTRY STYLE.
Il was Just this minute thinking about
my Thanksgiving dinner. That's funny,
isn't it?'' he said pulling a chair out OF
the French window for his guest. ''Well.
you can say that want an Indiana turkey
stuffed with Indiana chestnuts. When /
was at the White House my Thanksgiving
turkey travelled all the way 10 Washington
TO me with the chestnuts in it, placed
there by an indianapolis cook.
There's a queer thing about the cook
Ing of n turkey. And In my estimation
there's ouly one person who has solved
the riddle. Or one class of persons. A
farmers daughter can cook a turkey,
f.tt a1s in hp 7
turk ms the boys say, cooked hy ia amers
daughter. The chcstnuts inside must he
big ones. domestic chestnuts, but the bump
ing kind that grow in Indiana and no.
where else"
President Cleveland only smiled and shook
his head W hen asked hos he liked his Thanks
giving turkey cooked. That shake might
mean that he did not know, or 1t mightmean
that he did not want to tell But there is a
yearly guest at Mrs. Clevela Dds Thanks
giving table who volunteers the informa ton.
The President likes his turkey all dressed
up. Inside is the regular biscuit or cracker
stuifng of the country, black with pepper
and thick with stat and thyme and sweet
marjoram. But the outside of the beast is
what claims the attention of the President
He likes 1t rigged up and in 4 different style
every year.
This year Mrs. Cleveland will place rib
bons around the turkey of deep brown
hue 10 set off itsscrisp sides. The ribbons
are knotted at the sides OF the platter and
laid across with skewers to hold them in
place. The turkey is brought on whole, not
carved at the side, and the President re-
moves the skewers. They are laid upon a
plate with the ribbons clinging To them,
and they remain there through the body
OF the feast. This ribbon decoration is
a vcrypretty one and easily managed. Last
year Mrs. Clcvela nd banded the turkey with
strings of smiax.
TALMAGE'S TURKEY MOUTH"
DR.. Talniage, President Cleveland 'spastor.
since he went to Washington to "assist"
the Rev. Mr.. Sunderland, has the biggest
turkey mouth" according to his own say,
of any one in Washington. The good doctor
has scarcely been installed In his new posi-
tfon when q reporter waited upon him to
know bis turkey preferences.
II am cosmopolitan in my hkesr said