Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-11-10

thtrf on >kS0Oot tluc more OF - = IN
there wasn't anvthin' in the burg too
good for us. Our blood was in condi-
tion 10 assimilase any quantity OF rich
neSS without any bad efTec's- We fiew
high an never come down tc rcoSs
All the same We struck hard series of
three-one deals an there was shrink
age in our assets by the end of the week
that would have had depressing in
aoocnce on the bank Of England. We
could stand IL. though told YOU We
had made a stake.
"Weil. I SAYS 20 Joe: 1t amt no use
in sDendin' our wealth all in one place.
lets give Omaha a touch OF the sunny
side Of prosperity So we went on TO
Omaha and in two weeks more we was
busted. Not plum busted. yon urdtr-
stanu. We had about $4,000 left he
tween MS. IL was little over tha.. be-
cause that represented the eN0c'
amount % our investment. Il come
about this way: We was a settin' in
the bridal chamber Of the best hotel
in the place eatin' our dinner. which
was roast turkey. I disremember the
name Of the hotel. an don't see that
IL cuts any grass with you men. any
way. I said we was estin' roast tur-
KEY an there amt nobody can tempt
me 20 eat roast turkey now. want 20
tell vou- I killed man with neck.
yoke In Pierre last year for just offer
~ me some. But then II was a whole
/ lot different an shat turk tasted good.
/ We didn't leave nothin' Of il but the
/ bones. an when we had got 70 that
pint Joe stretched back an. lettin'
ont al the slack there was in his belt.
( which wasn't too much. he SAYS, Why
I can't we get turkey ike that on the
4 Pacific coast?'
That 81 me the idee When n nan
has idees DO don't take a stick OF giant
( 20 blast them ont in chunks that Kin
be handled. run my fork keerlessly
/ through my HAIR. which wuz longer
: than what II Is now. an I says Why
, NOT buy turkeys here drive them out
20 the coast an recooperate our shat
tered 6nancesT
Joe fell in with my scheme an that
evenin' We went out 10 the market an
investigated We was Ga luck. for the
market was elutted with turkeys an
they was uoin' begin az IS cents =
head. 1 hrgerea that they would sell
! on the coast for dollar a pound easy
an that they WOULD average j. pounds
.n weight. takin them all through. 80
we Jest put that whole $4,000 in The
birds an started out
-Thev was easy enough 70 drive;
there Amt "a more tractable or dOcile
bird on two leg than the turkee IL
IL IL had been hens. now ] wouldn't
never have undcrt COX IL. but turkeys
is al right. jest put a bell on the
biggest one in the outfit an started
him right. an the rest went goobln
along after him. IL wuz a. pretty d
sight 20 see them turkeys on the road
as ever Won seen I'M your life Tveiv,
) thousand five hundred OF them. an
not q straggler ia the bunch,
-Fcdd2 Wen. wha; 90 YOU .hink'
Wasn't there bugs on the road2
reckon there was IL was a grasshop
per year. I want 20 tell you, and TIT
way those turkeys fatted up was
! Sin 20 snakes. Fourteen pounds
Why. there wasn't one o. them TUX
that wouldn't have tipped the seal
a. - 81 3 week. an the bell turk an
. the one that I strapped the blanket
: an the coolrin' outfit onto wCu dn'
want 20 tell you what they did weigh
y -No trouble about night herdin
= A. soon as il was shutdown they woul
con menst iookin' around for a plac
( 20 roo~t an then they would fiy n
p into tle trees an we could rest cas-
4 until the mkt mornin We took Ia
old overland trail along the Platte on
q TO Fort Laramie. an not a bitch IN tn
d arrangements. We could see how z b
: folks in California was goin' 10 foe
2 round us with their dust when we 20
n there We could see ourselves in cal
e riares. with plug hats an spiketa
Y coats an blooded stock. Hah, ID
: YOU know what that would hav
brought us2 It's easy. Putin ID
!. the moderate estimate OF a dollar
" pound. ar ailowin' the average Of :
n pounds 70 the bird there We WEI
- with a clean profit OF S24 IS Gu ever
Z one % them. or sllowin for TOSS b
~ Losses by death or misadventure. "a
" $500 900 on the outfit II was a 2
n burned shame that we had 70 slip U
l on the deal"
d The old man began 10 smoke h
10 pipe IN stolid silence. and the stocl
i tender winked ~ the stage agent II
~ silence continued for half an hou
Z and was then broken BY the stoc
tender remarling that :; was abol
a. time for him 20 feed them horses.
Yes" resumed the old man. p!aci
" ". "We slipped up on 81. an IL IS
this ways You see. We had had 10
OF cottonwood trees all along q
Platte but when We started TO Gro