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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28
O-u-c-h!" He lodged A blow from the
Patriarch Of the Flock who Overheard
Anticipation.


him.
"spare Me-" said the young Fellow.
assuming the Defensive. II can give
you A Better one. Why do Turkeys
have No Hereafter?'
The Patriarch clustered Around and
dragged his Wings, looking very Fierce.
He knew he ought to know, but couldn't
for the Life of Him remember. So he
Glowered at the Culprit and asked Sc
verely:
"Well, Sir, why do Turkeys have No
Hereafter?"
Because they have their Necks Twill
ed in This"
"Pooh" said the Patriarch Contemp.
tuously. THAT was around on Clutches
when Adam wore kits. Now, here is
Something new that Caught on the
Wing. We are All to be Dry Picked
this Year"
"Whatw Shrieked A giddy Blond with
a pink Crest. Not on Your lifew
mo. Silly, but as Soon as it is Over.
1t is the old Way of Turkey Undertak-
ing and The only Way. In Philadelphia
where Clipped into the World, Dry
Picking was the Correct Thing. All the
old families held to 1t. That gives Tur-
key Feathers the chance of their Lives.
Turkey Tails for Fans-I am told the
Aborigines quite Dote on Them."-Chi-
cago Record II erald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28
Where's de turk? just watch me!!!',
THANKSGIVING in CAMP.
How the Army at Valley Forge Ccle-
brated BurYoy,: e,a Surrender.

HOW the Army at Valley Forge Cele-
brated Burgoyre's Surrender.
The first national Thanksgiving day
was authorized by Congress for Thurs
day, Dec. 16, 1777, in view of the sur
render of Gen. Burgoyne. The. manner,
in which the day was observed, aside
from religious exercises, by the army at
Valley Forge is thus described by an
officer of Washington's army:
4 Last Wednesday was set apart as
day of general rejoicing, when we had a
feu de joie, conducted with the greatest
order and regularity The army made
most brilliant appearance, after which
his excellency dined in public with all
the officers of the army, attended by a
band of music. l never was present
where there was such unfeigned and per-
feet joy as was discovered in every coun-
tenance.
''The entertainment was concluded
with number of patriotic toasts attend
ed with huzzas. When the general took
his leave there was a universal clap,
with loud huzzas, which continued till
he had proceeded quarter of mile,
during which time there We're a thousand
hats tossed in the air. His excellency
turned around with his retinue and huz-
zaed several times"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28
HIS TOY GuN.


A 10=year-old boy was given toy
gun by his father, who laughingly
promised him a dollar for every crow
he would shoot.
Highly elated with his gun, and san
guine of earning a small fortune by
shooting crows, the young sportsman,
relates the Chicago News, passed the
greater part of two days in a. field
watching for the birds. Not a crow
came near him, greatly to his dissat-
isfaction. and he reported his Tissue
cess to his father. who said, to COM
fort him.:
We'll, never mind the crows; I'll
give you half dollar for any kind of
bird you can shoot"
Early the next morning the boy,
gun in hand, took up his position in
the back yard to watch for spNrows.
A half-dozen or more unwary birds
soon appeared to pick up the crumbs
that he had thrown out to lure them
within reach of shot. At a move
ment on his part the sparrows rose
and the boy fired.
One of the birds was hit and fell
to the ground, where it lay for a min
ute fluttering its wings, and then be-
came motionless. The boy went for
ward, picked it up and looked at it.
The poor little head hung limp-tke
shot had broken the sparrow's neck.
For a moment the boy stood contem-
plating the dead creature in his hand;
then he turned and fed to the house.
"Oh, I've killed it! I've killed it,
mammal he cried, in a shocked tone.
ut can't fly any more!" and all that
day his lament was, ooh, wish had
not done it! wish l hadn't done
it,.
His father, who had not supposed
the boy in any danger of hitting a
bird, tried to solace him with the
half-dollar and suggestion of what
might be bought with it.
"No. papa" was the sorrowful an.
swer, II don't want it. l wish it could
make the sparrow alive again. 1
never thought it would be like that to
kill a bird"
And" said his father, in conclud-
ing the story, II was more pleased at
the tender feeling my boy displayed
than | should have been had he be-
come the best shot in the State"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28

spiration prompted us TO inquire what he.
knew about turkeys. ~
He'd got three" he said, shat he'd
been a-fatten' a-puppus for Thanksgivin',
and we could have 'em like as not"
Where did he live? we asked next. The
future possible President turned his
thumb in the direction of our back prem
Uses, and said that his name was Sam
Flale.
If he had said 1t was Norval on tile
Champion Hills, we could scarcely have
been more surprised. Hadn't those
wretched turkeys belonging to our unde-
sirable neighbors, the Flales, been the pest
and destruction of our gardening opera
tions all summer? and hadn't pater ia
malias threatened to shoot them until he
was hoarse? And wasn't it rather funny
that, after all our toll and tribulation,
the coveted turkeys could be found under
our very noses, and delicately fattened
for us on the best of sweet corn and To-
matoes, and other sass" that turkeys de-
light mall from our own garden?
Somebody said the dinner was poem,
and 1t certainly was triumphant sue
cess.
The company were in raptures; and one
guest, who had never lived in the country,
said it was SO easy for US to get good
poultry. Then we told our story and the
peals of laughter that reverberated
around the table were called forth by our
turkey hunt and its very unexpected end
ing.-People's Home Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28
A PUMPKIN sEED Parity

A progressive pumpkin-seed party
is an excellent entertainment.
The house should be appropriately
decorated with autumn leaves, chrys-
anthemums and Jack-o-lanterns, which
will furnish the seeds for the even
ing's entertainment. Tables are ar
ranged and tally cards are provided
as for card party
At table No. / the half of pump.
kin is filled with beans mixed with
pumpkin-seeds. A small spoon is
used to remove contents from the
pumpkin to plate in front of each
player. The players must not be al
lowed to hunt for the pumpkin-seed
until these are upon their own plates,
says the Peoples Home Journal, The
y 4 q
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28
Whit Turkeys Eat.

Turkeys are the greatest grasshopper
exterminators in the world. When very
young they must be fed bran, but after
that they pick up their own food. For
the starchy elements they eat waste
wheat from stubble fields; for the vege-
table part of their diet they devour sew
eral varieties of weed and grass seeds
and for meat substance they consume
grasshoppers and bugs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28
A Thnnlx.givins Game.

One of the funniest of the funny games
peculiar to Thanksgiving time is called
'hunt the turkey"
Go out to the kitchen and take the tur-
key out of the oven and bring it in and
hide it somewhere in the parlor. Under
the lace curtains In the windows is good
place or you might shove it down inside
of the plano. Then let the guests come
in and hunt for it. The person who finds
it must hit some one with it before the
person can get it back to the other room,
which is home base. 1t is not fair to
throw the turkey, as it must be swung
by the hands. If person accidentally
knocks over lamp or breaks picture OF
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28
A TEST OF FORTUNE.

Suspend from the ceiling crossed
rods of witch-hazel, or any other bush,
at one end of which is a piece Of
bread, at another some favorite sweet,
while a third holds candle-end and
the fourth red pepper. This is kept
twirling rapidly, and the boy or gir'
who stands by tries to take bite.
His or her fortune will be peaceful.
delightful, disagreeable or peppery. as
the bread, sweet, the candle-end or
the pepper may be seized.-People's
Home Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28
throws the turkey through the window h,
or she must nav forfeit.

or she must pay forfeit.
OF course this game, which is funn.
and one in which both young and old may
join, must not be played longer than half
an hour before the time set for the din
ner, for the turkey must be taken back
to the oven and allowed to finish cooking
before being carried to the table. 1t is
not fair to take bites out of the turkey
when it is found and it is also against the
rules of the game to kick the turkey
around the room. 1t must be held in the
hands, right side up. so that the stuffing
will not fall out.-New York World.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28

fry one onion chopped fine in four ounces
Of butter and little ham, bacon or salt
pork; cut fine, add whole egg and mix
well. Stuff the crop or wishbone part
thoroughly and fasten the skin over 1t on
the back of the turkey with skewer or
sew it; the rest put inside. Bake the tur-
key In hot oven and cook about ninety
minutesn
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28
Turkey Now

II see," remarked the duck, that chick
ems are selling in the market at cents
pound"
"Yes," replied the hen, 81 never felt
as cheap in my life."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28
,zQ}idr'en3
Ge-J/ MNArx.-.~
EATING HIS WAY.

Freddie despised the multiplication
table. 1t made you ache all over to
say your tables. And you couldn't
remember.
Mamma got up and went out of the
room. When she came back, she had
a glass jar of the tiny colored candies.
She was opening 1t, and pouring out
a splendid heap on the tablecloth.
Now" said she, brightly, here
are five little candy dots in row.
Here are eight rows. How many
candy dots?"
Forty" promptly.
Eyes. Now make seven times FIVE
and four times five and the rest. When
you have made the whole table, learn
1t. When you have learned it, eat
|sit!"
"oh!"
1t was the most splendid way to
learn your tables. Freddie went to
work with will. and, when the
teacher - that is, mamma said,
Schools out" he had learned his
five table. He didn't eat 1t till after
school.
The next day they went back and
reviewed the two table, and the next
day after the three, and the next day
after that the four.
syOne day the next-door twins teacher
was making their mother a call. Fred
die was making one on the next-door
twins.
Don't you go to school. little boy?"
the teacher asked him.
ooh, yes'm," politely.
f. ooh, you do? Well, / suppose YOU
think the multiplication table is per-
iefectly dreadful, too?. she asked, smil-
ingly.
"oh, no'm." eagerly. I'm very fond
of NINE"
Indeed! How far along are
you?"
1--WE only eaten as far as seven
times seven yet" said Freddie. And
he went home, wondering why the
neXt-door twins teacher had opened
her eyes so wide.-Annie H. Donnell.
in Youths Companion.
STORY OF GoosEY GANDER.
Goosey Gander's name was just
plain Baby Goose until one day.
\ This is how it happened
There were five little goslings in
the family. The liveliest one was
named Baby Goose and it was he
who was the naughtiest. If one Of
(! his brothers found a fat worm Raby
! Goose would not let him eat IT in
peace. If he did not want it him
self he would tell another brother to
try to snatch it away.
~ One day BABY Goose saw one of
his brothers find big fat worm right
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28

Each stroke of a mans heart occu-
pies about half a second, but the
heart rests after each stroke, so that
II only makes seventy a m'autss
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28
The wish tbat Jerv w,.h.a

The Wish that jerry wished.
Now what do you think that Jefry wished
On turkey bone Thanksgiving day?
Les WISH" said he.
you pull an ! pull-that is the way"
! pulled and he pulled at each end,
AS wishers have wished since turkeys were
made.
There came snap! the deed was done,
And Ieffy's piece was the longer one! :,
20 goody, hooray, It's my wlsh!" he said.
And what do you think that boy had
wished,
One ut each end. as wishers dot
1t seems queer, ] know,
But he told me So
Jefty had wished that his wish would come
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28

A gay young Gobbler, seeing how
Melancholy the Turkeys We're, PROFOUND
ed A Conundrum.
"Why are Turkeys the Drum Corps of
the Fowl Creation? Give 1t up7 Be
cause they all carry Drumsticks.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28
For years past governments have

been made on the Prussian state rail-
ways with the employment of female
ticket clerks. These, apparently, are
not successful, for the railway minis
ter has issued instructions that the fe-
male ticket clerks are to be gradually
replaced by men.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28

Sea urchins, star6sh and frogs are
rather low in the scale of nature. and
no higher species has vet been repro
duced by artificial Fertilization.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28
A Thanksgiving Dinner.

A pretty way to decorate the table Is
to scatter sumac, maple and other bright
colored leaves over the white cloth.
These may be preserved when gathered
in their glory by passing waxed fat
iron over them.)
Or arrange n border clear around the
tablecloth. If that arrangement is not
liked, centerpiece of white, encircled
with the leaves, is pretty; in the middle
set clear glass rose bowl filled with
more leaves or green ferns.
Still another appropriate center orna-
ment is fair-sized pumpkin scraped in
side until quite thin, the stem end cut
off about one-third down, and then the
edge cut in pretty notches, filled with
fruit; apples, pears and grapes. 1t can
be made to look very pretty, and then,
you see, its contents can be eaten also.
Turkey with cranberry sauce and
pumpkin pie always seem especially ap-
propriate for Thanksgiving. but if one
cannot have turkey, we all know chick
en- and spareribs are neither of them to
be despised. will send two plain
menus, which we have enjoyed, and l
hope the other sisters will think of
something still better, SO we can have
a variety to choose from:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28

Horse improvement in a. locality re-
quires more than the buying of huge
hulk of stallion and paying huger
hulk Of price for It.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28

MENU NO. /.
Roast Turkey Bread Dressing
Cranberry Sauce
White Bread Brown Bread
Baked Squash Mashed Potatoes
Cucumber Pickles Cabbage Salad
Pumpkin Pie Doughnuts
Preserved Pumpkin Tarts
Coffee and Fruit
MENU NO. 2.
Roast Sparerlbs Apple Sauce
Baked Potatoes Mashed Turnips
- Celery Cheese
Rolls Coffee
Baked Indian Pudding, with Butter Sauce
Apple Fruit Cake
Coffee Cider Syllabub
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28
Late Corn for En.ilaxe.

l planted corn on July 8 last year.
one peck to the acre, in drills, 40
Inches apart, and got corn well sup
piled with nubblns that made excellent
ensilage; better ! think than the fod.l
der corn that produce no ears, says.
an Ohio man. The corn was on good
sell and kept clean Of weeds; and
though the season was not adapted to
quick growth. yet by September 10 the
nubbins had passed the roasting
stage" and the. whole crop would have
made excellent fodder II there had been
no silo to put 1t In, but prefer to
store corn In the silo to any other way.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28

Sheep require clean place to eat
and must have it or else their health
will be impaired and food wasted.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28
When to sL,m.

Milk should be skinned as soon as
the least degree of acidity can be de-
tected, as the cream will all have been
precipitated when that stage is reach.
ed. Cream requires frequent stirring
If even ripening is to be secured. II
should be smooth and velvety and
pleasantly mot decidedly acid to the
taste, and is then ready for the churn.
Much of the success of the butter.
maker depends on the proper ripenins
of the cream Country Gentleman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28
Seeds Exhaust the Soil.

Ihe farmers who grow fax do 10
at greater cost of plant food than do
the growers Of wheat, corn or other
grains. The same. reasoning therefore,
shows that, as grains Of all kinds draw
their phosphoric acid from the soil.
these oily seeds will exhaust the soil
of Its phosphates to much greater
degree than the grain crops; hence 100
pounds Of linseed will carry on about
twice es much phosphoric acid from
the soil as will 100 pounds Of wheat.
But the same circumstance supplies an
additional reason why the manure Of
full-grown store stock fed upon OIL
cake is so much richer than that OBJ
tanned by the use Of many other kinds
of food. Linseed meal Is rich as
food and manure producer, because
the proportion of protein compounds
(albumen, etc }, In the oilcake is greater
than the fattening animal cnn appro-
pirate, and thus much of them pass
eff In more or less changed state,
and is mixed with the manure. The
oil Is in larger proportion than can at
times be laid on their bodies, even by
ifattening stock, but this excess adds
nothing to the fertilizing quality Of the
manure. The full-grown animal, how
ever, apprcpriates scarcely any Of the
phosphates, the whole Of these therefore
which the animal consumes In 1t,
food appearing again in it's manure.
The oilcakes, being richer In these
phosphates, weight for weight, than any
kind of grain used for food, the manure
thus made is also Richer In phosphates
than that which Ia obtained from AMI.
mails fea Vpea ether kinda 81 foqaa
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28
No Tabloid Birds.

'"There' are only three of us in the
family" said the customer, "and FIVE
pound turkey for Thanksgiving would
be all we could possibly manage"
you'll have to take real turkey"
briskly replied the dealer. 1--WE don't
keep 'em in tabloid form" Chicago
Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28
couple flnding the most pumplsin.seeas

PAOSoASocs
At table No. 2. the half of pump
kin Is filled with apples and pumpkin
seeds. The pumpkin-seeds are to be
driven into the apples The couple
who first succeed in placing so seeds
in their apples progress.
At table No. the couple progress
who made the greatest number of fig
ares representing animals from pump
kin.seeds and pins of various sizes.
1t is better to state what animal is
to be made-as pig.
AT table No. each person takes
10 from bowl of seeds, and engages
in the old game of up Jenkins" The
couple winning the most seeds. prog.
ress.
At table No. 5 conversation Is
carried on, and, as at table No. T..
each person has 10 seeds. Every
time one is trapped into saying yes"
or mo-" forfeit of a seed is paid.
Those holding the most seeds at the
end of a given time progress.
At table No. the seeds are car
ried on knitting needle from pile
in the centre Of the table to a plate
in front of each player. The couple
having the most seeds on their plates
progress.
Appropriate refreshments are serv-
ed, consisting of baked beans in in
dividual dishes, brown-bread sand
wiches, pickles, pumpkin pie, dough-
nuts and sweet cider.-Philadelphia
Record.
THE SAUCY SQUIRREL.
That squirrels have an absolute de-
light in teasing ! have always be-
lieyed since used to watch the fat
gray squirrels that live in our tall
elm trees, tempt our cats and
kittens to chase them, writes A. H.
s., in Our Four-fcoted Friends.
One squirrel had fayorite trick
of sitting in the grass near the foot
of tree.
His little gray paws he would quaint
ly fold across his white breast, so
quiet, SO Indifferent to our cat, who
was little distance away, qaivering
with hopeful anticipation, that 1t is
no wonder the lively young Marcus,
an unworthy namesake of our beloved
philosopher Marcus Aurellus, thought
he was sure this time of his game.
But when Marcus would spring with
eager haste toward the tree the SPUR
rel would make one graceful leap to
the trunk and up would go Mr.. SPUR.
rel with Mr.. Marcus nimbly climbing
in his rear.
Then it was that the squirrel got
in his little bit of fun.
/ saw him try it often enough to
know he planned 1t and enjoyed it.
When Marcus had climbed up pref
ty good distance on the great trunk Of
the tree, so far he could not jump
but would be obliged to back down,
the squirrel would turn and run
down the tree SO near the cat, who
had to climb with all four paws to the
tree, that he actually Haunted his
saucy tail in the cats face.
1t seemed to me could almost hear
him laugh as the discounted cat back.
ed down the tree and walked away.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28
Corn Fodder yaluable }.

Although corn fodder is not censid-
cred complete food, nor equal to hay.
vet 1t can be made to materially assist
In carrying the stock over the winter
by good management. On some farms
the practice is to stack the fodder and
straw and give the stock free access to
1t, but there are better methods Of uti.
llizing It.. Every ounce of corn fodder
or straw that is fed, especially when
properly prepared, is a. saving in hay.
Some may object to feeding such poor
stuff, on the ground that, 1t contains but
little nutrition, but If grain or ground
food (Which is concentrated. be used
In connection with it, the bulky food
will answer for the purpose Of dis
tention and also furnish more or less
nutriment. AS long as the animals do
not dislike the fodder and they gain
flesh, one need have no fear in re-
gard to feeding IT.
The manure, too, sxill be better than
when the material is to be trampled or
slowly rotted. By passing such ma
terial through the animal the digestive
organs assist to reduce 1t and render It
fine, and every farmer knows that the
finer the condition of the manure tha
better 1t is.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28
Winter Dairyinr.

ri -
Winter dairying is each year grow.
Ing In favor with farmers They have
found that the cost of keeping winter
mixer is very little more than OF
keeping cow that is to calve in the
spring. The cows In the summer.mflked
dairy dry on In November and BY
December tile dairy is dry one, un.
profitable, vet REQUESTING a great amount
of feed and care How much better II
Is to have the cows come in fresh In
October, keep them well fed and in
comfortable stables and secure uni
form flow Of milk through the winter
until grass comes again. This work
has been made easier since the sIlo has
Come into use, and plenty of succn-
lent feed is always at hand.
When an old dairyman comes to real
ize what 1t cost him in the past TO
winter an unproductiye dairy-the labor
and the thousands Of tons Of hay ax-
pended to bridge the dairy from one
season to another, just to get the cows
to cheap grass and low prIces-it looks
like fortune gone. Now, by the lat
er plan, the cows are most largely
productive when the food they consume
Is dearest and prices best.