The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-12-22
THE BIG PRIZE TURKEY.

THE BIG PRIZE TURKEY.
a. Merry Christmas. Bob" said
| Sc.ooge, with an earnestness that
could not be mistaken, as he clapped
him on the back. "A merTier Christ
! mas, my good fellow, than have given
| you for many year. I'll raise your
salary. and we will discuss your affairs
this afternoon over bowl of smoking
| bishop. Make up the fires and buy
another cOal-scuttle. Bob Cratchit.'
And as to the big prize turkey which
the regenerated Scrooge sent to Cam
! den Town, do we not all know what
sort of bird d. was? That turkey
never could have stood upon its legs,
Mr.. Dickens says. They must have
snapped short eff like sticks of sealing
wax Hoy they managed to cook and
ca. that phenomenon the author
| doesn't say, as it was twice the size of
| Tiny Tim Yet they did it somehow. and
it was a mercy if the family (previous
V half starved) didn't all fall ill of the
unwonted gorg,ng of that wonderful
Christmas day.
Even assuming (as We easily may)
that the transmutation of an old skin
flint like scrooge into a high priest of
charity was quite beyond the common
run of modern miracles, and that din
negs from such sources are as rare as
they are welcome, it still remains true
that human nature is apt to be at its
hest at Christmas, especially in Eng
land. where, of all countries in Christ
endom. most Is made of that gentle
and kindly holiday.
Yet, sad to tell the very jollity and
generosity of Christmas leads to re-
Gretable excuses. People eat and
drink too much. end suffer accordingly
The roast and the boiled, the mince
pies, the plum puddings, the trenen
douS fluShings of wine, beer, and other
beverages These things overload the
stomach and give the digestion more
work than it can do, and punishment
follows. For Nature has no favorites;
she treats those who violate her laws
on the 25th December exactly as
though they had committed the offencel
on the first Monday in August.
And as to the chronic dyspeptics, of
whom there are enough in this old ISL
and to cram all the parks in London,
Hcy catch it fearfully about Christmas
time. For, in spite of all warnings, they
irH go in for heavy meals and take the
chances. Often the penalty is an acute
attack which may threaten life, and
nearly always weeks of pain and di- |
gestive disorders, whereof there are as
many kinds as the body has organs
and functions.
To them Christmas may be merry |
TO. an hour or two; then their merri- |
n.ent turns into misery, as October
fogs and rains succeed a hot summer.
Now the writer is far from advising |
free indulgence in the gustatory and
bibulous festivities of the country S |
most popular holiday, but there is mo
use protesting against the fixed reso- |
luton of the people to enjoy them
selves on THAT occasion. The customs
and traditions of centuries are behind
IT, and you might as we'll whistle in the
teeth of northeast gale,
AS prophylactic and cure for the
evils alluded to, can only recommend
the universal use of Mother Seigel's
Syrup, known to all as the best stimu
liant and digestant in the world.
In letter dated January 10, 1899, a
gentleman of Birmingham. who loves
the pleasures of the table. and has
money enough to buy whatever he
wants, writes thus: at Is only fair
that / should thank you, as | do with
all my heart, for the good done me by
Mother Seigels Syrup. For years |
have been vexed with indigestion, and
always had a tormenting spell of 1t |
after any public banquet or uncommon |
intake of rich food. Still, I was sell |
dom able to resist temptation, al |
though | understood perfectly we'll |
what yielding to it was sure to cost me- |
have sought preventive or cure
in vain at the hands of the best ply
sicians, all of whom assured me that |
there was but one way, namely, to live
on low diet, and let Injuries alone. |
But this did not suit me. and |
broke through the regulations fire.
Guently, with the inevitable results.
However, when | began to use Mother |
Seigel's Syrup / had (almost) a license |
to do as ! pleased. After an inviting
bat most risky dinner last Christmas
took double dose OF Mother Seigle,
and scarcely suffered at all. / told my
experience, ard a dozen friends adopt- |
ed this amazing remedy right off III
am convinced that, with little eau
tion, and dose of Mother Seigel's |
Syrup now and then, one man bid de-
fdnce 10 dyspepsia and the abominable |
ailments 1t sets up. Thanking you a |
thousand times. i am. yours truly, !
JOHN MACFARLANE."
With these facts we wish n merry
land a healhU) Christmas to the Brit
ish naODle