The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-11-25
. THE 0SIR|CH'S NISHBONE
Strange Relic. Found in the
Den of a Snowman.
ONE CHRISTMAS DINNER
Told by the Old Circus Mana Strlk
Ing Event In the Giants Life Re-
Called by a Singular Souvenir.

Ina Event in the Giants Life Re-
Called by a Singular Souvenir.
"That2" said the old circus man,
following the eye Of his visitor, which
had rested upon something hanging
on the wall of the old showman's den,
"Why, that's an ostrich's wishbone, q
souvenir of the great giant. 1t came
out Of an ostrich that we baked ono
year for the giants Christmas din
ner.
"You see, an ordinary ten, twelve
flfteen-pound turkey would be to the
giant about the same as quail would
be to us, he was SO big; and every
winter we used to scour the country
round about the town where the show
made it's winter quarters for twen.
ty-nve pound turkey so as to have a
bird that would come somewhere
near to being in proportion with him,
for the great giants Christmas din
ner. or course, even such turkey
used to look like pigeon beside him,
and one winter when we were talking
over the giants coming Christmas
dinner the old man says. BY gracious
let's give the giant this year, for once
In his life, anyhow something like;
let's give him a baked ostrich
"That, Of course, you understand
meant a very costly dinner. Now,
when these great birds are raised in
this country, l suppose you can buy
good-sized ostrichs for somewhere
about couple Of hundred dollars
~ n ctrIo he hod 0f
that time, cost US $3.50 pair. But
we had had that year phenomenal.
~ good season, with the great giant
easily our greatest attraction, and
there was never anything too good for
the giant, anyway. and so when the
subject came up tho old man says, like
that:
Lets give him, this year, on
ostrich. and we did.
There wasn't any trouble at all
about cooking tho bird. We had big
brick oven, that we'd built ourselves
to bake bread In, and we baked the
ostrich in that, without the slightest
difficulty, and beautifully baked ie
turned out. too: the chief cook him.
self, OF course. looking after the cook
ing Of it.
ut took two mon to bring the baked
ostrich in, at that Christmas dinner,
and the two men walking down the
room with 1t, on great wooden plat
ter, Keeping step all the way, was Ger.
talnly sight to see; and when they
had set this great bird, nicely
Drowned. down on the table In front
of the giant, and you had looked from
1T to him, and from him to it., why.
you felt that 1t was worth the money;
that this. as the old man had set out
to have 1t, was for once, anyway,
really something like.
Great as the old man was I'm plan.
ming on great scale, he never for
got or neglected the details; he hadn't
provided a baked ostrich for the
giants dinner and then left the grea,
man to try to carve this great birf
with an ordinary carving knife ant
fork. No; he had provided him 10,
this occasion with a carving knife hav
Ing blade longer and wider n a sabr
blade, and n fork TO match. And thi
carving knife and fork the giant picl
ed up and proceeded to carve with
just as If they'd been OF ordinary size
which, of course. they really was t
him. !.
1.-THE giant was rs generous ns h
was great. and It never occurred t
him but what others could eat a
much as he did. He carved Off a SCI
ond Joint Of the ostrich and sent
around to the old man, on one Of tn
platters that the cook had sent I'm t.
use for plates.
No, no! says the old man, whel
he sees that second joint coming. 'Yo,
keep that yourself Don't rob your
self
But the giant wouldn't listen tt
him; he insisted on the old man keep
Ing 1t. And he would have sent M
the other second joint, but told hin
Ia rather have a drumstick.
THAT drumstick, you know, ha,
more meat on 1t than good.size
ham, SO that there would have beer
even If l had liked 1t, good dea
moro Of 1T than wanted anywa,
But, say! While It may not be, a
they say in the Congress debates, es
actly germane to the subject. I'd lik
to say. just personally to you, that |
l had money enough so that l coul,
afford 10 buy pretty much anything
wanted to eat never should spen,
very much OF 1t on baked ostrich
That had at the giants dinner wa
the first l ever eat--I don't think
should miss it much II never ha
any moro.
"But tho giant? Well, the grea
giant actually seemed to like it--h
ate awesy on it as If he did, anyway
and in the course Of time in carving
when he came to the wlshbone an,
carved that out he held 1t , up an,
smiled. He didn't do this because 1
was so big which II wasn't. in fact I,