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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

into the cabin, and there he beheld the
man with the lost baby in his arms.
The man saw him on the same instant
and was evidently so startled, thinking
the boy was safely locked up. that he
yielded to his first impulse and rose
from his seat. hurrying to the other
end of the boat, now in the current.
Bob pursued, finding voice at last.
stop himI" he yelled. Hes a kid
napperr'
At that some of the passengers ad-
vanced threateningly upon the man,
and the latter, who was very tall,
leaned upon the low rail. lost his ball
ance at a lurch of the boat, and went
overheard backward A yell of dis
may broke from Bob. He saw IN this
untoward happening the loss of the
man, the loss of the baby. the loss Of
the reward. He cried out to the others
in the read:
Look out! I'll have that baby YETI
And, kicking off his shoes, dived like
the good water rat he was.
He sprang clear of the boat and
sank deeply, but, when he came up
| he saw the evil face of the man not
far from him. The hapless baby
bObbed between. and Bob was assured
that the cold water had nullifed all
( ill-effects of the drugged handkerchief,
for it screeched most Justify. The man
was swimming to the child, and so
was Bob. 1t was a race who should
rescue it. Bob reached it first, but
! the Infatuated stranger. roaring threats
/ at the boy, swan swiftly up, and, in
sheer fury at being beaten, grasped
/ BOb'S head and pushed him down be-
meath the stream.
/ Then arose a great cry of horror and
rage from the people in the boats
about who were watching, for the an
cry and disappointed man evidently
meant murder. Almost despairing.
| Bob let go of the baby and struggled
| free. A short, broken spar was drift
! ing past, and the boy seized it. Then
as the kidnapper tried again to cap
tpre the child. Bob raised the jagged
, stick in both hands and struck down.
I ward full on the Wretchs face. He
sank, soundless, and as he sank boats
came racing from the shore and picked
the little conquerOr up, clutching tight
the chOked, but still lusty, baby
Neither Bob nor the baby were very
well next Gay, but that was not the
fault of their bath in the river for the
I best of care was given to them imme-
dIately. 1t is supposed that the baby
was Rugged and squeezed too much,
but as to Bob's sickness, he undoubted-
] ~ ate too much turkey and mince pie
They were eaten at Mayville, too, in
Mr.. Rays home, where Bob was the
guest of honor that Thanksgiving day.
and near which he is to be found to-
day, contented with the country life
which the grateful merchant has made
possible for him. Also there is a very
little chance of Bob's family going
turkeyless on this or any other Thanks
giving day, for the porter has been
advanced to a position of trust and
pecuniary comfort. After all, however,
it is the baby who should look back
/ with most satisfaction upon that event
full Thanksgiving.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25
DIXON AND WALCOTT.
Good Exhibition at the Lyceum
Theatre Tonight.

Tonight. at the Lyceum theatre. the
DiXon-Walcott exhibition will take mace
and the event promises to be one which
all lovers of the manly art will appreciate
Under the able management of Jimmy
Dickson. the preliminary work has been
admirably arranged and that the place
will be well attended is evidenced by the
fact that yesterday the sale of seats ut
the box office was such as TO warrant the
publication of the well known line come
early and avoid the rush" to those who
Will buy today. There is every reason to
believe that the house will be crowded.
TOnight's exhibition is not going to be
smuggling match, but q clean, scientific
display. The two principals. who are
among the tOp-nOtchers. will appear in u
four round go in which each will display
the science which has enabled him to win
so many victories. Dixon. as is well
known, is the feather weight champion
of the world. while WalcOtt is no doubt
the best Welter weight travelling. They
are very clever. The exhibition viii open
with two four round bouts by local talent.
These events win be lively enough TO in
tarSt the spectators, for the principals are
clever They have been seen here before
and have always given satisfaction
Smith and Dixon will then spar four
rounds for points and it is expected this
will be d very clever affair. as Smith is
lively little man on his pins and has con-
siderable science.
Following this will come Wolcott and
Donaldson, of Bingham. Donaldson is q
husky fellow well put up and very handy
and it is expected by his friends he will
make good showing. Several OF his
friends from Bingham are in the city to
attend the event on this account.
Walc0tt and Dixon will close with q
four round exhibition and here is where
the spectators will get the worth of their
money Although the former is much the
heavier there VIII be no heavy punching.
which viii give Dixon ample chance to
diSDlaV his abilities
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25
TWO MILLION TURKEYS.
This Number Of LOrdly Gobblers VIII Be Eaten In the
United States.

II only one family in every dozen. eats
turkey next Thursday, over 1000 900 tur-
Keys VIII be required to go around. These
serkea 5 are sent flying north, east, south
stn vest, to all parts of the United
cars viii hold about LOCO birds il oacl5ed
closeiy in barrels, so that at least 1000
cars may be said now to be transporting
turkeys TO their destinations. Il placed
end TO end. a line of these cars would
pe over z miles long. FiguratiVely, there
lore, a solid Dhalanx OF turkey II miles
long. i've feet wide and six feet high is
rushing along in search of hungry holi-
gay diners. Nearly as many men as
mere are turkeys are required to handle
TINS immense amount of poultry, and the
cuDle contents of the mass is very nearly
square foot TO each bird, or, moro accu-
rately l,900.S00 square feet. If piled to-
gether in the same proportion, these tur-
Keys would make 4 column eight times as
nigh as the Washington monument and a
pyramid made Of them would look well
beside the ancient piles Of Egypt. They
would probably weigh upward OF l5,0O0,000
pounds.
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HOW TURKEYS ARE ICED.

ket for them on account of the scarcity
of other small fruits. At present more
cranberries are sold in Chicago than
in New York or any other eastern city.
Cranberries are not injured by freez
ing, and so it is an easy matter to
ship them in cold weather. They are
often sent as far as Manitoba in ordi-
nary open box cars. When they ar
rive they are frozen into solid blocks
of ice. The sides of the cases are
knocked off and the berries are exposed
in solid mass, like cakes of ice, eX-
cept that they are much more beauti-
full from their rich color They are
chopped off exactly like ice, and the
citizen of Winnipeg is so accustomed
to buying his cranberries en- bloc that
he doesn't mind it in the least, though
an easterner would probably object to
taking them in that way, thinking, in
his prejudiced mind, that the berries
were spoiled.
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eral years to determine the worth of q
marsh for predicting cranberries, and
the sloWness of returns, together with
the amount of capital required, have
brought all the largest marshes into
the control of stock companies.
HOW CRANBERRIES ARE RAISED.
1t REQUIRES hard labor throughout to
raise cranberries. The chief expense,
once the crop is started, is in the pick
ing, which is largely performed by
women and children, who receive from
l to IL cents per quart for the work,
and are able to earn from IS cents to
81 per day throughout the season. The
experienced picker works on her knees,
unnlindful Of the wet moss which sOaks
her garments. She thrusts her hands
through the moss and vines, lifting up
the whole mass and rapidly stripping
off the berries with q deXterOus move
ment acquired by much practice. The
sight of long line of men and women,
half a hundred in q group, making
their way on hands and knees across
the level field, is picturesque in the
extreme an effect heightened by the
battered and variegated attire of the
workers
AS fast as the berries are gathered
by the piclers they are measured out
by the boss" and unless they are to
y
in boxes Tor storage. This packing is
done in what is called ''chaff,' the
moss and leaves picked up in the field,
in boxes with Slated sides to allow q
free circulation Of the air. In this way
the berry .sweats'' without decaying
and win keep for a long time
When the berries are to be marketed
they are screened. The screen is like
an old-fashioned tanning mill and
serves the double purpose Of remov-
ing the chaff and sorting the berries
Beneath the hopper into which the
berries are poured are Il number OF
steps leading down like a tight Of
stairs with openings between them.
The chaff is blown out at the side and
as the berries fall from the hopper
they bound from one step to another
until they reach the bottom, where
they fall into receptacles placed there
To receive them. The hardest berries
viii bound more than the others and
run the whole course of t steps, fall
ing into the last box, While the softer
ones drop through the nearer spaces,
and in this way the berries are easily
graded. The softer ones @ shipped
to the nearest markets for immediate
sale and the hardest ones are sent
abroad or 10 distant points.
CRANBERRY BRICKS.
England takes thousands of barrels
of American cranberries every year,
and the west has become great mar
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

CMondayO which will be par excellence
the great day of turkey storing, fully
II, S99 barrels are looked for by the
Doulterers. On Tuesday, 5,177 more are
booked to arrive. Now, about TO large
turkeys or 20 small ones go to a barrel,
so that it would be no eXaggeratton to
accept the statement of a dealer to the
effect that AT the least calculation, the
number of turkeys which will be sold in
New York for Thanksgiving week will
reach Cos, $50. This is exclusive of the
turkeys which are brought alive in crates
TO the licensed markets. Adding the live
and dead stock, one reaches the remark
able total of 100000
An average calculation based on the
last ten Thanksgiving days may be taken
as typical of this one. For years, on the
Monday before the festival, there have
come into New York over the New York
Central railroad about 60 carloads of tur-
keys; over the union line OF the Pennsyl-
yan:a, about 10 carloads, and over the
Lehioh Valley railroad about 1O5 car
barrels, which means that the three rail-
roads mentioned brought an average OF
2o6.259 turkeys on one day alone each
year.
TURKEYS BY THE THOUSAND.
A visit to the largest wholesale poultry
market and provincial distributing agency
revealed a curious sight. Imagine a long
glaSs-rOOreG han. hung for its entire
length with four rows of dangling turkeys
each bird gaudily decorated with tiny
mars ana StreamerS and slips of ever
green. At the further end of the hall is
a great pair OF weighing scales, upon
which, as the visitor enters, q barrel load
oI turkeys Is probably piled. The atmos-
Dhere is almost arctic, and the custom
ers. as they hurry hither and thither,
have their coat collars turned up or
wraps around their necks to keep out the
cold. The effect Of this enormous display
of slaughtered turkey upon one seeing it
Tor the first time IS as though one had
entered some tabled giants kitchen, such
as are seen depicted in the pantOmirn >
scenery of our childhood. One feels as
CULVER must have felt in the larderS Of
Brobdignas.
But when the visitor reflects how, be-
fore the dawn of Thanksgiving, most of
that vast array of dangling birds shall
have vanished from their hooks, and been
carried east, west. north and south by
hungry holiday makers. the mighty dis
play does not appear so mighty after all.
A DISTRIBUTING POINT.
The largest quantity of turkeys come
to the New York center from Delaware,
Maryland, New Jersey, south central In
writer Was informed that hardly a car
| load of turkeys had been sent to the
metropolis b. that route in years. 1t is
not unintercSting reflection for the
gOurmand. as he sits over his Thanks
giving piece de resistance that the par
ticular turkey upon which he plies knife
ana fork may have fed upon the prairies
of the great west, or grown fat within
the farm fences Of New England.
To handle the turkey supply properly
calls for unusual exertions on the part
of the railway employees. On the Mon
da, before Thanksgiving thaT are
Obliged to work all night, so that the
orized bird and the other articles of
Thanksgiving fare may be unlOaded and
sent duly and on time to their temporary
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25
CRANBERRY BRICKS.
The succulent Berry Is Now Frozen
Into Solid Blocks.

y
Into Solid Blocks.
Turkey and cranberry sauce! By
force of long association and the eter-
nal fitness of things the two go natur-
ally together What is one without
the other or Thanksgiving day without
both? And so to make the 100000
turkeys required for the national feast
more palatable 600 barrels of cram
berries are raised on the marshes of
Cape Cod and New Jersey. To be sure,
not all of these are eaten on Thanks
giving day, but fairly large proper
ton of them are, and it is the almost
universal use of the tart little berry on
Thanksgiving that has led to the pres
ent wonderful extension of the bust
ness.
The business of raising cranberries is
a peculiar one in all its aspects. 1t
requires a special kind of ground, con-
siderable capital and a vast deal of
labor, and it is a special trade, more or
less irregular in its returns like all of
its kind. It is the chief industry of
two sections OF this country, where
nearly all the cranberries used in
America and Europe are raised, and
which it has transformed from waste
bog lands into rich farming communi-
ties.
The land on which cranberries will
flourish is seldom fit for anything else.
In the state in which it is usually
found it requires about $500 per acre to
make it fit so that the transformation
of swamp into a productive cram
berry beg makes it very valuable
piece of property. The first require
ment is a peat bottom. This is dressed
by spreading over it d coating of sea-
shore sand, into which the slips are
stuck and left to grow at their own
sweet Will. In connection with the bog
there should be an irrigating ditch or
Hooded at any time. 1T requires sew
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25
WITH TIE COFFEE.
4A%@aH~*oo& @Oo*~~w&%*

In the years which have flown, when
Frank Morehouse was a couple of feet
shorter than he is at present, he sold the
inhabitants of the mining camp of Frisco,
water. His plan was to sell a lot of
tickets good for so many gallons per
ticket, and then deliver his thin, wet
wares from door to door.
Among the customers Frank had vas
an Irish roman named McNulty. She
was practically a wildly" although she
had a husband and three sons, one of the
latter, the youngest, being consumptive.
Mrs. McNultv wasn't cash customer,
by any means. She had a habit of stand
ing off the water man, and was so naive
in her excuses that Frank used to stand
her work as sort of good joke.
But finally the water man grew tired
of "a stale joke. such. as this perpetual
water credit had become. He grew surly
as he delivered the fluid with which Mrs.
McNult.r used to wash shirts (and she
used a lot of it,. and the good woman
noticed as the first of the month ap-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25
VIEW OF PLUCKING ROOM.

freezing and storage warehouses. Here
the.r are first placed in a freezing room,
where the temperature is 12o or 15' below
zaro and where men in heavy oyercoatS
and r1ittens handle them. When solidly
frczen. they are conveyed TO the storage
rooms where, at a temperature Of i00 to
70 -.7.,Gve zero and in cold air kept in cir
c1,lation By powerful blower they may
he kept for a year if need be; at any
rare until the market calls for them.
Then they emerge as fresh and sweet as
ri 09n5 coo pounds Of poultry in cold storage
IN The different cities of the country at
Tho present tine. Some of IL has been
fi7rrc only a few days. some two or three
snnntns. but if it has been properly cared
for there viii be no difference in quality
uyhen II is cleared out, as it nearly all
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

viii be within the next few weeks 1t is
an instructive sight to enter one of
these mammoth refrigerators and to view
the tons on tons of poultry piled up there.
The whole thing illustrates as strikingiy
as anything can the fact that modern
ingenuity and modern appliances are
equal to any conditions that the require
ments of modern trade may impose. Poul-
try can be stored as easily as grain to-
day and it is safe to predict that however
great the demand there will be no turkey
famine on Nov. %.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

destinations. AS a result Of the rush. it
is stated at all the railroad depots that
all the available poultry and cold storage
cars are in use. The turkeys are brought
in specially prepared cars. lined with tin.
and kept ut an average temperature in
muggy' weather of 400
]. M. Thirswend, of Groesbeck. Tex,
says that when he has a spell of indi-
gestion, and feels bad and sluggish, he
takes two of DeWitt's Little Early
Risers at night. and he is all right the
next morning. Many thousands Of
others do the same thing. Do you? A.
C. Smith, g. D. Swift. 142 Main.
---E- go
Gray's Laxative Pellets cure consti-
patton
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25
TIE BIGGEST TURKEY PACKING
HOUSE IN THE WORLD.
How New York Disposes Of the
Lordly Gobbler.

New York, Nov. 24-New York. at the
approach OF Thanksgiving, looks as
though a Gargantuan feast were being
made read.r within it's gates. But OF
the feast, the turkey IS KING. All other
concomitants OF a Thanksgiving dinner
fade into insignifcance beside this regal
bird. and the amount of turkeys now
stored on Manhattan island, or expected
dllrin- the three DAYS before the great
festival is almost incalculabie-
A rough estimate may, however, be
made from the reports Of the wholesale
dealers and the various railroad Offices.
Over $1,000 barrels of dressed turkeys are
now in storage in New York. Tomorrow
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25
BuckIen's Arnica SaIve.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises. Sores. Ulcers. Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores. letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, COrns and all Skin Erup-
lions, and positively cures Piles. or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price % cents per box. For sale by T.
c.. NJ. l. drug store.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25
IN A TURKEY ABATToIR.

The Wonderful Process Of Preparing
Thousands of Birds Tor Market.
To kill few million turkeys and ship
them thousand miles TO market is no
light task. and the old-fashioned meth
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25
Catarrh is q Disease

Which requires a constitutional rem
edy. 1t cannot be cured by local ap-
plications Hoods Sarsaparilla is
Wonderfully successful in curing
catarrh because it eradicates from the
blood the scrofulOus taints which cause
il. Sufferers with ca.tarrh find a cure
in Hoods Sarsaparilla, even after other
remedies utterly fail.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25
Cold WAVE Coming.

Select your furs from our immense
stock; up-to-date novelties and gar
ments Mehesy, the furrier. Knutsford.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25

Hoods Pills are prompt. efficient, al
ways reliable, easy to take, easy to
operate
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-25
FIFTY MILIION POI-NDS.

Tbcrrh the receipts are fairly steady
for several weeks before Thanksgiving,
the great bulk OF retail sales is crowded
into the space OF few days. So the
problem of storage must be solved. More
thar, one-half of the poultry that comes
to the big mark IS IN October and early
November. travel at once to The great
The Forrest City times., 1897-04-09
Between the Acts.

Under the management of Mrs W.
Fl. Alley, the Forrest City Dramatic
Club will on Wednesday, April IA, pre-
sent the bright and laughable three act
comedy entitled Between the Acts. :"
1t will be a very happy and humorous
production, Astounding in well devised
dilemas from which escape seems well
nigh impossible. Aside from the merits
of the play and players, the proceeds
will go to aid the flood sufferers of St.
Francis county, the old proverb about
charity beginning at home, actuating
the members in making this decision.
1t will be presented by the following
excellent cast: Dick Comfort, VIII
liam L. Mason: George Merrigale, DR..
VIM. Crutcher; Alexander Meander,
o. b. Rollwage; Harris, Linn Turley;
Mrs. Clementina Meander, Mrs. J. NJ.
Nichols; SaIley. Miss Maggie Eldridge;
Edith Comfort, Miss Alice Rollwage.
Aside from the enjoyment which will
be furnished by the above named ex-
celent cast. every patron will feel that
he is assisting in worthy cause. The
date is April II, and the price of ad-
mission will be only 50 and ID cents.
The Forrest City times., 1897-04-09
SarsapariIIa 's'
are the best after-dinner
Hoods Pills pills, aid digestion. &c.

Thirty-fve years ago, April 6
and 7, 1862, the battle of Shiloh
wa, fought. Some few of the par
Elephants of that bloody struggle
live in our midst, and in fighting
the battle over remarked the SIM
ilarity of tho weather. then and
now. Three companies from this
county were engaged IN that
skirmisb, and the white heads of
the survivors marks the inroads of
a generation ago. The little band
of Confederates arc answering
"taps" rapidly.
The Forrest City times., 1897-04-09

Speaker Tappan, of Helena.
las asked the Governor not 10 re
convene the Legislature until after
hay 10th, as the floods in this sec.
uon will demand every attention
anil after that time. Index.
We are at loss to comprehend
tho wisdom of such request, and
especially arising from such a
source. Speaker Tappan cannot
certainly be so selfish as to use his
infuence for personal purposes.
Vet this is a bad bit Of statesman
snip. Speaker Tarpan should
know that the condition ofthe bor-
der counties in Eastern Arkansas,
should demand the converting of
lie Legislature at an early date
IS Is possible. 1t is highly proba-
i'otbat the present food will cause
tie necessity of some action to re-
lieve the farmers from replacing
iltir fences, or lessening the ex-
lcnse of same In some manner.
Ar Iappan is aware of the exist
irg conditions, and that some
Nseks since the residents in the
s4omerged territory made known
rcrierce the speaker should know
that by the 10th of May it is quite
probable that many crops will be
Planted. If the speaker favors re-
lief through this manner he should
$50 his influence TO have the legis.
lature meet at the earliest possible
period.