Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-12-03

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BEARING BETWEEN THEM GIGANTIC PLAT
TER.
friends, they were curious to know the
why and wherefore Of that New Eng
land feast.
AS they themselves were Of similar
sturdy stock to our pilgrim ancestors,
they could readily appreciate the signif-
icance of this rendering unto the Oliver
Of all good heartfelt thanks for the
counties Of the year. 1T is good old
CUSTOM" said my host, slapping me
heartily between the shoulders, and if
it's good for the Yankees why isn't it
good for the Scotchmen too? Cad, We'll
have celebration of our own What
say you, mother? Have we any fat tur-
keys in the pen? Thanskgivir; without
turkey, I understand is like :. Boston
Sunday without beans. Isn't it SO,
young man?'
assured him that he had hit rather
near the truth Of it, and that the two
made good combination, tur:: - being
an American product and beans derived
indirectly from Scotland itself. "But,"
I added, eff you haven't any turkeys,
guinea fowl will do; fine plump guinea
pullet isn't to be sreezed at, served
brown and with its own sauce
That is SO, but We'll have the tur-
Keys; yes, and the guineas too And
what's the matter with your taking
your gun up into the woods and trying
for a few brace Of wild pigeons? Par
rots, too, are mighty good, and the
woods above the spring head are alive
with them. y
That proposition met with my ap-
prova], for it was to study the birds Of
the island that had come to St. Vim
cent and it was while hunting a rare
bird on the mountain top, and living in
a cave the while, that 1 had contracted
the troublesome fever which came so
near to carrying me away from all the
haunts of birds as we'll as OF men. The
day before the date set for Thanksgiv-
ing, just at the breaking Of glorious
dawn, l set off, mounted on one of the
plantation ponies, for the thigh woods
above the sources of the river that flowed
through Rutland Vale. An intelligent
colored boy went along as guide and
kept pace with my beast as he climbed
the steep path into the mountain forests.
Beneath the great trees, after the forest
was reached where the wood giants
threw out their broad arms 100 feet and
more above our heads, we tied the pony
and assembled the ridge, where it was
too steep for him to travel. Here the
palms and gum trees seemed to be alive
with pigeons and parrots, the former
the great blue pigeons called there
''ramiers," and inhabiting the higher
tree tops. It required most careful bush
whacking to get within shot of them,
and sharp eyes TO detect them on their
elevated perches, on the topmost twigs
Of the trees against the sky. But before
the sun proclaimed the hour of noon ID
pigeons lay on the ground at my feet,
and parrots. These latter, being large
and wary, valuable alike for their flesh
and their feathers, were species en-
tirely distinct from any others in the
world, and consequently very desirable
as museum specimens. In fact, before I
yielded them up to the sable cook at the
great house l stripped their rainbow
hued Jackets off and preserved them in
arsenic by the taxidermist's art, regard
ing their meat as consideration entire
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Returning to the house, exhausted
but e]ated, we were greeted with up
roarious glee by the children, who had
also been out foraging. They had been
wading in the river and had brought
out from the river bed twoscors large and
wriggling crawfshes Moreover, they
had met with small army of land
crabs and had brought in as many as
they could carry of these fierce looking
but savory meated monsters. And they
had found guinea hens nest under
the bamboo thicket by the bend of the
river, with more than q dozen eggs,
which they had appropriated. and
wild cashew tree full of fruit, the nuts
of which Auntie Jude was going to
roast for them, and a grated mango
tree with just the most delicious golden
mangoes and a hog plum tree purple
with fruit, and-and Oh. For more
than 10 minutes they all jabbered to-