The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-04-12
a WONDERFUL ooBBLER
The Pouitryman Expected Him to kee'
Growing After Death.

Growing After Death
"Talkin' about turkeys, observed
the farmer to the produce man recent
Iv. 1--WE raised one year ago that
probably never had his equal In size
and weight in the history OF the
world" ,
The produce man looked incredulous.
hut the farmer went on without no.
ticing 1t: -.
"When that turkey was hatched he
was no bigger than the rest Oh tne
brood but two days later he welgneu
Ave mounds. and was sprouting talt
feathers The end Of the first week
out of the shell saw him full-hedged
bird of trihe more than ten pounds
and still he grew" .
The produce man smiled indulgent-
ly. echoing the farmers words:
"And still he grew.
yves Stree; never saw anything
like It. He was two weeks old to the
day when he tipped the beam at
thirty-fiye pounds, and he only SEEM
ed TO have fairly started, for
"Yes. I know" slowly observed the
produce man, "for still he grew" -,
"Grew? Well l should say SO!
week later he had put up another
fifteen pounds without impalrlng ms
activity or seeming to mind 1t IN the
least. He picked up his corn as i've
ly as ever, and still he grew.
There was a sickly smile on the pro-
duce mans face, but he made no re-
mark.
| 1--WE began to wonder where 1t was
goin' to stop" went on the farner'
"for about this time his appeute'
which had always been extraordinary
began to pick up at an alarmln rate,
and we knew he'd just about got MS
second wind, which meant putin on
weight more rapidly than ever.
took him Just ten days to put up an
other twenty-five pounds.
THAT makes seventy-hve, gaspeu
the produce man.
"Kerrect, and still he grew.
"And still he grew" sighed the pro-
duce man. I'll,
"I suppose he was something lk'
eight weeks old when he reacheu .h'
100-pound mark, and quit walking
about" continued the farmer
But he still grew" anxlously pu
in the produce man. ,
"Never let up for minute wa
the assuring reply. we pecanI
little anxious about him at thls tiihe
on account of the henhouse, whlcn
could see would soon be too small 10
him to stand up in. Finally, we ue
cided to transfer him to the barn. pu
we had been a little slow In colnii
to a decision, for when we went I
remove him he had grown too Dig
go through the henhouse door, anu W
had to take out the whole front Oh III
l building to accommodate his size.
. and still he grew" ventured IN
nroduce man in weak voice. an
with a very painful attempt at
smile. uoo
S "Yes he had more room to sprea
e out in the barn, and went on grow
e faster than ever Very soon IL "
o came a question as to how long u
harm would last him, and then we q
cided to kill him. That, as you
easily guess, was no small task, o.
we did it-jest felled him with poi
Ak as YOU would an OK, and we ma
aged to give him his death-blow at u
! third stroke"
n "And still he grew" absent-minde
Il ly murmured the produce man.
c "Grew nothin'," retorted the farm'
- Indignantly. did you expect MIN
- go on CROWN forever"
&c "Oh, / didn't know" answered I
,g other. somewhat recovering his spiri
le "stranger things than that happen
to the turkey, If have not De
dreaming."-New York Herald.