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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-11-25

ed, "my sins are not troubling me, and
think have enough brains to carry
me through this difficulty"
Still the fact remained that he didn't
know where he was going to get his
Thanksgiving dinner, or, what was
still more important, how he was going
to get ticket for the Yale Harvard
football match.
At first he let his mind dwell on the
THANKSGIVING DAYS he had spant in. the
past, and then he gradually veered
around to those he had seen described in
stories, but he could find no connection
between his present case and any he
had experienced or seen described.
SIN the stories l have read," he
thought to himself, "some miserly mil
lionaire is always made happy by hav-
ing his finty heart softened so that he
spends much money in charity. Now,
being poor, am just in the position to
make miserly rich man happy by let
ting him help me-
A few minutes more of reflection
made the whimsicality of the idea de-
ilShVlui, anu ITO oOClu0u W lCU Ou lC
But the first thing to do was to catch
his millionaiSs Stepping into hotel
reading room, he looked throug b copy
of Sunday paper in which he had no.
ticed series of interviews with rich
men, in which those ever interesting in
dividuals had confded to the reporter
their plans for Thanksgiving day. He
read:
81 shall spend the day in attending
to business" said Mr.. Putancall CURLY.
"He'll do" said the Young Man to
himself, "for besides being rich and
crusty he is bachelor"
1t took him about an hour to walk
down town to old Putancall's office
but, being without street car fare, he
had no choice but to pace off the dis
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-11-25

come his way by thousands, but he still
lives. Jacky is fond of holiday, and
one of the things that go to complete
a perfectly spent holiday with Jacky is
a good square meal" with "vittles"
of a different kind than the commissary
supplies. "Soft bread and shore food
are the main parts of this repast, and
there must be lots of them. While Jacky
enjoys every holiday that comes along
the one in which he. finds the most
pleasure is Thanksgiving day. This is
especially true when the ships are i'll
some home port or in the navy yard.
Then Jacky is sure he can have what
ever he wishes for.
The regular routine work of the ships
as far as possible is suspended for the
day, and after quarters the men are
allowed the freedom of the ship. The
mess quarters are decorated with the
ensigns and signal flags, while the long
rows of tables are abundantly supplied
with all the delicacies of the season
from the turkey which the men call
"the buzzard," with it's cranberry sauce
and other furnishings, to the choicest
fruits the market affords. Usually an
outside cook is called in to prepare the
meal, for every man in the ship is going
to enjoy the holiday, and no one works.
There are other things that occupy
Jacky's mind besides the 'grub, as he
calls it, for the day is long, and there
are lots of things that can be DONE As
soon as quarters are over the amuse
ment usually begins with parade and
review, at which all the officers of the
ship are asked to be present. 1t is not
dress parade, where the men have to-
wear their regulation uniforms, nor do
the tactics as prescribed by the govern
ment carry any weight. The uniforms;
and tactics are of the mems own get up,
and each participant does about as he
likes when, the commands are given.
The uniforms are remarkable, there be-
ing no two alike. Every color in the
rainbow goes to make up some part of
the grotesque costumes worn by the
men. This is one opportunity the men
have of showing their like or dislike
for some of the officers in a mild way.
During the drill, which lasts about half
an hour, the commands are given to,
mimic some of the officers, while the,
men themselves perform all kinds of
queer antics.
After the drill few athletic sports
are INDUCED in before the little red
pennant is run up to the signal arm.
and "mess gear" is sounded. They find
a desirable spot for the purpose. Then
football, baseball and other games are.
enjoyed Jacky's speciality is ''pig chas-
ing" and, without good healthy
porker, we'll creased, to give him run
about the grounds, the day would be lost.
Often the pig is too lively for the boys,
and many of them get a good tumble
before he is finally captured.
Suddenly the familiar sound of the
bugle comes over the water to the place
where the men have been enjoying
themselves. They do not wait for the
second call. One seems enough, and
they drop everything they have been
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-11-25

berry's incarnadined smile is intensified
by the turkeys flush of pride.
The turkey is bird among birds. a
dish among dishes, dream among
dreams.
/ When the small boy eats the drumstick,
[ Like an ear of corn, by hand
| And he somehow doth his thumb stick
1 In his eye to beat the band.
! Then the greatness of the turkey all will
b. fully understand
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you feel THANK
full, when you
have bitten off a
mouthful of it,
that you didn't
bite off two
mouthfuls. Any
one who takes a
good sized bite
out of a persim-
mon that is not
quite ripe and
feels his mouth
pucker until it
S ee ms like q
rel sky
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-11-25

"wELLr' EXCLAIMED MR.. PUTANCALL I'M
PATIENTLY, "wELLp'
lance. On his arrival he at first thought
the place was deserted; but, hearing
footsteps, Mr.. Putancall came out of his
private room to investigate. He was in
a decidedly grumpy and dissatisfied hu-
NOR, for the absence of his heads of de-
partments and clerks made him realize
that, after all, he was only one man.
Without them he was like an octopus
shorn of it's tentacles. The Young Man
stood and looked him over quizzically.
"Wellr' exclaimed Mr.. Putancall
impatiently, "welliS
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-11-25
THE PERSlMM MON.

IS When the rabbits gayly skipping
h Through the lyric haunted wood
~ And the small boys jaws are dripping
With the spirit of plum pud,
When the squirrel madly chatters
And the quail begins to pipe
And the baseball player scatters,
The persimmon's nearly ripe.
The persimmon is in certain sense
D Thanksgiving fruit, because it makes
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-11-25
"WHO SAID PUMPKIN

anu uudlly = ~
golden pie that PIE!
lifts one to realms of fairy gold, it is not
wonderful that it should gid our pass
ing thoughts at this particular season
and fill our spirits with liveliest antici-
pations of the glories of Thanksgiving.
Whether the pumpkin pie be made at
home by hand or in factory by ma
chinery the effect seems to be the same.
You cannot taste the wheels in the fac
tory made pie because the pumpkin pie
is wheel itself whose magnifcence
dwarfs the other wheels into insignifi-
canoe. Furthermore, it is pumpkin pie,
and when you say that you have no
room for hostile argument. The pump
kin pie, whether square, round or OBJ
long, is warranted to adjust itself to
any stomach, the stomach gracefully
exerting all it's power of elasticity that
the pie may be comfortably located, to
assimilate with the turkey, until the
spirit is suffused with dreams of peace
and resignation and the diner feels so
kindly toward everybody and every
thing that he refuses to doubt the ac-
curacy of ice scales and gas meters,
while the fact that the plumber is re-
garded as a moral monstrosity strikes
him as an empty fantasy Still he
would doubtless prefer to make bar
gain with plumber while clear headed
and unpied. In conclusion, our opin-
ion of the pumpkin at Thanksgiving
tide is such that we can recall no proud
er moment than that at which we were
pointed out as being "some pumpkins"
R. K. MUNdTTRICK.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-11-25

HE Young Man
spent his last %
cent piece in pur-
chasing a boz
tonniere of Yale
blue violets; then
he walked ur
Fifth avenue,
New York, to
mediate on what
he had to be
thankful for.
"My liver is in
excellent condi-
ton, - he reflect
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-11-25

FUChEK UU6Su D GuIuk
perhaps so much about Thanksgiving as
about some method by which he can
have the ribs ironed out of the roef of
his mouth, and his tongue reduced to
such a size that he won't talk thick.
The persimInon is sort of wild plum.
which is. however, not as wild as him
that partakes OF it not wisely, but too
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-11-25

1N ALL LID l6dSU u6 SO Lar
outsoars the eagle that to compare them
seriously would be like casting oxalio
acid upon the OK.
1t is believed by many thinking peo-
pie that Thanksgiving was invented to
give the turkey distinction and pres.
tige and to give us medium through
which to offer our gratitude while ex-
periencing perennial thrills of pleasure.
The selection of the turkey for the star
part was happy, because every one likes
turkey, be it hot, cold or canned. Un-
like veal, corned beef and fishballs, the
turkey is a concrete symphony that
causes every soul to ripple in song. Old
and young are alike victims to its peer
less quality.
The young eat it with their first teeth,
the middle aged attack it with their
second teeth, the old masticate it with
their third or store teeth, and it is even
toothsome to the toothless. The cram
berrys chief distinction is that which it
enjoys in being the tail end of the
Thanksgiving ticket. The cranberry
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-11-25

the national bird.
The turkey may
not equal the
eagle as a Fourth
of July minstrel,
but as a biped
calculated to gid
the feeting mo-
ments of the
T b a n k S 6 living
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-11-25
THE PUMPKIN.

Oh. the pumpkins golden glory
Lights the burrows and the stubble
And we're full of song and story
AS our fancies boil and bubble,
And we sigh
Ger the attributes ennobling of the
Pumpkin pie!
The greatness and supremacy of the
are universally acknowledged,
and the fact that it is sometimes called
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-11-25

sauce is some
times strained,
but not in its re-
lations with the
turkey. They go
together so har-
moniously that
they are one, and
several poets say
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-11-25
THE NEW CHARITY.
BY P. M'ARTHUR.

copyright. 1898. by the Author
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-11-25
TURKEY THOUGHTS.
AND ALSO THOUGHTS OF PUMPKINS
AND PERSIMMONS.
Three Dainties Far Famed at
! Thanksgiving Feasts-Even Canned
| Turkey Has It's Charm-The Fucker
of the PersimmOn.
copyright, 1888. by r. X. MI
THE TURKEY.

| [Copyright, 1883, by r. K. Munkittrick.1
THE TURKEY.
The first Thanksgiving having &C.
Cured in 1921, it seems strange that the
turkey did not then and there become
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-11-25

"punkin'' does
not detract from
it's fair fame. A
golden seed, a
golden blossom,
a golden fruit,
and finally a
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-11-25
THE NAVY'S TURKEY.
HOW THE JACKlES ENJOY THEIR
DAY OF THANKS.
How They "Guy" the Officers During
the Novel Annual Parade and Re-
view Aboard Ship Chasing the
Creased Pig.
copyright, 1885, by F. A. verdu.l

T is undou btedly
true that Jacky,
and that means the
sailorman of I'm
Gle Sans navy, is
more thankful this
year than ever be-
fore-he is thank
full he's alive.
Spanish shells have
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-22
BOLD MASKED ROBBERS.



Long Branch. N. j., Sept. ia gang
Of desperadoes broke into the trolley
car house at Shrewsbury, N. T., at Q
o'clock this morning. The robbers were
four in number wore masks of white
flannel, and were heavily armed. George
Clifford, a motorman, of this place, and
Charles Morris, a conductor, were
sleeping In one Of the cars, expecting
to make an early run this morning.
/. The robbers broke into the car and
tied the two men with the bell rope of
the car. The men woke UP and saw
three of the robbers standing over
them with revoIvers in their hands.
They were warned not to make an
cutlery, and then the robbers proceeded
to gag them Five dollars were re-
moved from Gifford's pocket. Douglass
Wolcott, the night Waterman at the
car house, silent in another car. He
was awakened. One Of the robbers
peered into the car, and Wolcott fired
at him through a window. Wolcott
then got out of the car, and the rob-
bers opened fire at him. the Waterman
returning the fire.
In the darkness Wolcott could not see
the men, but succeeded in backing
safely to the door, and then the rob
bers made their escape. The Red Bank
police were summoned, but no cleW has
been obtained to the thieves. A few
spots of blood on the floor show that
the man at whom Wolcott first fired
was struck.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-22
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED

Attorney General fGriggs is now
mentioned as ambassador to Great
Britain.
All of the Spanish prisoners except
eight. too i'll for removal, have left
Santiago.
Our Porto Rico evacuation commits
sioners expect to complete their work
in three weeks
Miss Winnie Davis, 1.-THE child of the
Confederacy." died at Narragansett
Pier, R. l., aged IS.
There is gloom in Naples over the
eruption of Vesuvius. which daily be-
comes more menacing.
Captain Allyn Capron died at his
home near Fort Myer, Va, yesterday,
victim of typhoid fever contracted
during the siege of Santiago.
SPANS peace commissioners are
Senior Montero de Rios. president of the
senate. Senior Garniga, General Cerero
and Senior Villaurrutia.
Turkey has yielded to the British
uItimatum. the disarmament of Turk
ish troops in Gambia. Crete, and sur
render of participants in the recent
massacreS.
Tuesday. Sept. go.
The Duke of Orleans issues a mani
festo to Frenchmen saying the minis
tiers are trying to destroy the French
army.
And now Congressman Hit is ''men-
toned" as ambassador to Great Brit
ain.
The emperor of China has issued
series of edicts in which many reforms
are proposed.
The London Times Havana CORE
spondent asserts that our government
existing in parts of Cuba.
Senator Faulkner, of West Virginia,
has accepted the position on the Cana
dian commission made vacant by SEN
ator Gray's acceptance of a peace COM
missionership.
&d Wednesday. Sept. 81.
New York bankers propose to tender
a banquet to General Miles.
Richard Malcolm Johnson, the move
list, is reported dying at Baltimore.
Ex-Secretary of State John Sherman
is i'll with bronchitis at his Washington
residence.
A decision of the Wisconsin su-
preme court has the effect of knocking
out fusion in that state.
General Shafter left Camp Wikoff for
Detroit, where he will attend the re-
union of his old regiment of the civil
war.
Another effort is being made to land
the cargo of the Comal, Intended for
starving Cubans, without paying the
$4,000 duty demanded by Spain.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-22
TRIED TO POISON AGU1NALDo.
a Steward Tasted the Poisoned Food
and Df.nnned Dead

steward Tasted the Poisoned Food
and Dropped Dead.
Manila, Sept. 20.-The Republica Fill
pima asserts that an attempt was made
TO poison Aguinaldo last Friday night
A steward, it is alleged, saw a Spanish
prisoner who had been allowed his free
dom make a movement which APP
peared like tampering with a bowl of
soup intended for Aguinaldo, where
upon the steward tasted a spoonful of
the soup and fell dead.
Eleven franciscan friars are alleged
to have been engaged in the conspiracy.
The popuIace, it is further said, at
tempted to lynch all the Spanish pris-
oners, but Aguinaldo interviewed.
During the evening a special thanks
giving service was held in the church
at Malolos. Soup intended for Aguin-
aldo is now subjected, it is stated, to
a chemical analysis before being pre-
sented to the insurgent leader, and the
Spanish prisoners are kept closely con-
fined
To set at rest the oft repeated stories
of insurgents opposition to the Ameri-
can forces in the Philippines Aguinaldo
has given out the following signed
statement for publication in the Uni
ted States:
THE Filipino government desires to
inform the American government and
people that the many rumors circu-
lated regarding the strained relations
between the Filipino and American
forces are base, malicious ISLANDERS of
the enemy to both parties. are without
any truth and are circulated for the
purpose of prejudicing the appeal of
the Filipinos for their release from
the oppression and cruelty of Spain.
The relations of our people and yours
have been and will continue to be of
the most friendly nature. and we have
Withdrawn our forces from the suburbs
of Manila as an additional evidence OF
our confidence in the great American
republic"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-22

There was strong opposition to the re
nomination of Congressman Loudenslagei
in the First Districts, but the Republican
machine triumphed at the convention.
Now, however, the Millville Reporter, an
Influential Republican paper, kicks over
the party traces and says his records is
such that no honest man can support him.
The editor adds that "in an issue of the
Reporter which will appear in the near
future it will fully and comprehensively
explain its reasons which are probably
we'll known to many persons in the dis
trict. It is usually strongly Republican
but has been carried by Democrat, and
Samue. IredeIl, Mr.. Loudenslager's oppo-
emit. is a popular man of irreproachable
character. Paterson Guardian.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-22
PLAIN TALK OF OFFICERS.
The OfIic Investigators Hear Direct
Charges of Inefficiency.

Lexington, KY, Sept. IA prnmi-
nent gentleman close to the national
administration, as well as to he ri.i-
GERS here at Camp Hamilton, says the
persent tour of inspection of the sou Il
ern camps by Secretary Alger, Quar-
termaster Lueington and Surgeon Cen
eral Sternberg will likely develop nu-
merous charges from reglmental and
general field officers against both the
medical and quartermaster's depart
ments, and especially against some com
missaries. The talking was begun here
by General Sanger against the medi-
cal department and by General Waite
against the cuartermasrer's and it is
expected that officers at other points
will add very materially ID this tcsti-
mony before the tour of inspc> ton Is
completed. Secretary Alger stated
that all of this informttlol and all
other evidence that M eod.i secure
would be presented to The lnv ;Iisating
committee al Washington.
At the conference here Tuesday of
Secretary Aiger with General Breciin-
ridge, the commander of Camp Mann
ilton, and other officers, General San
ger said while the division hospitals
may be a good thing, as it was con-
Quoted it had been a disgrace to the
service; that it had depriy ed the regi-
ments of their surgeons and cansed
hardships on the sick who should have
had better attention at the proper
time. Surgeon General Sternberg, in
repy, insisted that al acquisitions had
been honored in Washington ana that
any medical men failing to do their
duty should be reported.
General Waites told Secretary Alger
that the neglect of some quartermasters
to furnish supplies was criminal. While
in Chickamauga he frequently made re-
quisitions which were not honored. An
imperative order had been sent to have
all water boiled. He made requisi-
ton on Quartermaster General Lee for
water boilers. No attention was paid
to his requisition, and after he re-
peatedly urged Quartermaster General
Lee to send the boilers, and telling him
how the men were contracting typhoid
fever, he was met with a reply which
read: "The war department does not
furnish boilers"
General Waites then purchased the
boilers himself, but the seeds of typhoid
had been sown, and the daily report
showed the list of deaths and of cases
in the hospitals. Pointing at General
Ludington General Waites said: These
men cannot say it was somebody
else's fault 1t was the fault of Quar-
termaster Lee, and it was the fault of
Quartermaster General Ludington, who
is standing right there"
Ludington made no reply.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-22

A Loudenslager supporter says !" there is
nothing in Loudenslager's dealings with
the Woodbury. Heights Land Company to
bring discredit on him, because such things
occur in business transactions every day.
We know that confidence men are abroad
in the land we know the bunco-steereT
stands at tt e gateway to every great city
ready to greet the innocent traveller and
introduce him to his new business enter
prise, but we do not believe these men are
reported in Dun or Bradstreet, nor are
they pressed for positions of public
trust. No man who has read Vice
Chancellor Pitney's decision in the case Of
the Woodbury. Heights Land Company VS.
Loudenslager, can truly assert that such
methods as Mr.. Loudenslager employed to
fleece his friends was different in method
from that employed by the confidence man
and the professional bunco-steerer.
If the people want that kind of Con-
gresham, General Sewell has made it
possible to have one but there is no
compulsion about it, Samuel Iredell is an
honest man.