The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-12-14
The BEASLEY.S THANKSGIVING,

Beasley's Th~anksgivla' yecever heard
of. I never did see euch time.
EScaFit4 Why, jee whiz! They was
the m0rtalistI seaiFtest lot o'afoIks you
ever sawt5'Y' see, ReaseIey asst nae and
my wife TO come over Rnheat turkey
Ean' 1xin's with 'em, an they hadJ-sev'l
other compadyl there besides. Mary
Ann Dsiain and her brotherLshe's the
milliner, an her brother runs the
livery stabe-and Nose Finn an his
wife, an the tWosP Ike boys TO kind o.
lmatGh up againhthe two Beaseley girls
They had a fine dinner, @a-whaIIn' big
turkey and piles o. cranbarry sass and
Eeight kinds o'Ijellg and all SORTS o.
marm8lades and jams and some safry
1-tho.JI never was no hand at eatin'
sarryAtoo much like eatins weeds, as
the TELLER says-anF layer cakes and
white cake, an three kinds oSCpie-
cusbard AM kiVered apple an cross
barred 5appleAand then Mizz Beaseley
had some, bakin' powder biscuit. ISne
ssid her hired girl got the. bakIn' pow
ders5aS Eem'M aybFy's drug store. wi
We ell set down t the table anoMr
Beaseley asslfM0se Finn to asst the
blessin'. Then we all waited while
Beaseley cuttherturkey.TIl3 Ra7 .
Don't you LOOK at me carve" he.
says: go on with your talkin'. L
haiR2tsno hand at carVinAn zAnSEe all
laughed. ri ISL ~ ,2a ,3aTa51,.}
r. 'FShettI go outlRn' gitthes~ axGH1says.
MOsay anhWel laughed AGAIN. II ora
~ Better git q search warrant to find.
them 1ints," 1 says anntheY laughed
RgRin.5c-EaE Ess, wa Nv -nsIE
So we kep'on crackini Jokes and run
MIN saseley an lAughiu' an balkinA
E"What- part d0fyOui pFefer,sMizz
MuBeley ~ usays2B easeleyz to amyIWite.
FShetook dark meat. III s.uI@-s1c "a
The Pike boys saidEthey didnbkeer
an BsRssfy,says: SWELL, I always give
'em the neck when t~hey4donft keer, Pan
then they all laughed aginJ When it
come 3to,her, Net Beasely-thabsshis
oldest tgirl-says: IN take turkey,
paWp Yes, sir, she jes' ays:''IlLtake
turkey, paw.ns SHE'S right smart, pert,
Net is. Fnen5 they started the o her
Ghingsearoundaan' We,e't an passed an
passed an EFT an laughed an had a
lively time. The biscuits specially was
good, an were'E hearty of 'em. ;ca
When we was about through, the
door busted open an income Lem
Maybry,. lookin' scairt to DEATH his
eyes abulgin' out till you could a.
scraped 'emrtf with a stick. ':seIfzt
''Hev ye e'o yeU93 he hollered. -s7s1 "
Yes" says Beaseley! whats the
maUter9" 3-s 5yra's aG4. SIS
"Oy LordF sRysLem, a-sinkin' down
withla groaninto a cheer. 20, LordI"
SAYS he. lf.F- s---=ss1 3aeo-Izgs- 81
"Why, Lem" says Mizz Beaseley,
.'what in the world ails yes" '~G':1
20, you're all pIzsned," says he. , !
""Ptzen6dR" we says: '-- A3
Yes, plzened," he says. I'VE sent.
your boy Tommy over fer hakin' pow
ders an my-clerk gave him some plzen
/ pOWOoES OY MISTAKE.
Ijingi Maybe they wasn't. a sick
lookln' crowd about that timel Net
leaned over, gaspIn' onto Bill Pike.
Ole man Beaseley turned pale an the.
wImmen screeched. Some hollored 10
run for the doctor, an some. says git
Ipecac,~ an some jes' cried an Wrungl
their hands. Nose Finn says to me,
a shakin' round the lips
Brother Moseley,f I'll pay you for
hthat steer. e ! always meant 10. For
give me before / go to meet my Jedge,"
says he: l.1.' - 49, :s.-.'5- ! {
90" groans Mizz Finn, ssan'2I didn't
paynmy fare on the train las 8at'day.
10, TknoW'd judgment would Gomez
an down she went on her knees to
pray. Lem said he'd, run. back an try
to git some. antidote, and streaked out
of the house. Hearin'the hubbu6, the
hired girl come Funn1n' in an asst what.
it was about, an Mizz Beaseley says:
20, Mary Them bakin, powders!
Them bakln' poWdersl We're all, piEen
led with lem1" Hal - =lU5 ii "a
H"Plzened8 e. she says, says she. "Piz
ened4 How can Ye be piz9ned3, They're
the, same powders I'VE been usin''Tp5a
20. no, they ain'tiAsayssMiE1 BeRse-
Hey aWaIdn, her eyes, ~1ho = iaa'
%, we's all done for Isa1
hJesF here, in comes Tommy who
lhadRo watt till thelsecond table along
with the other chIldrens2zSgefn''em all
E9eFy iR7Ehe Began TOD and ruh his.