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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22

SEPARATION prompted us 10 inquire what he
knew about turkeys.
He'd got three" he said. that 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 be had said it was Norval ON rne
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 il 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 in-all from our own garden?
Somebody said the dinner was a poem,
and 1t certainly was a 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.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22
Jour eOY."

Yes, and ma had turkey In the old
Thanksgiyin way,
With all the fixins proper fer to celebrate
the day.
And kin taste that turkey yet-'twas sure
slick old bird;
/ ate so much 1t was an hour afore / hard
ly stirred.
We had some neighbors to the spread,
which added to the JOY,
But let me tell We, Hiram, me and ma we
missed our boy.
Ye see, he alters jined With US In our
Thanksgivin' feast
Until he took that city job a-sellin' goods
down East.
Ma wrote him bout two weeks ago, and
stuck on a line;
/ guess he couldn't jes' make out that
shaky hand o. mine.
Leastwise. he didn't jine US, as In other
years he did;
1 wanter tell We. Hiram, me and ma we
missed that kid.
! reckon folks that's CROWN old is apt to
hgger back
We sat thar eatin' turkey, but our thoughts
was all o. Jack.
Ma had chair pulled up fer him, and
plate. and forks, and all,
And on bis plate his picter, she had taken
from the wall.
Ye see. Jack was the only one God gaze
us to enjoy;
We cried little. Hiram. Me and ma we
missed our boy
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22
GOOD REASON FOR GIVING THANKS.


thanks the Giver of all with profound
We think tweemonth
enable
plying the worlds still chiefly
depends
through the Provdenta SOUTH
and west the fact untu prosperity
walk Of life The
merchants the railways steamship companies the
sound of hammer and all testify to the
material
to
We either the world
this blessing the Al
mighty for having granted f blessing of liberty
independence When tossed almost
wrecked in the mighty liberty lave
always known dwel realize last
that the air freedom which has been the
breath of nols birth happi
growth material soul
In this
searching evil
doors strengthens the hands Dishonesty
seseeking
rpo high places and low these all condemned with hearth
that the
thanksgiving ITSELF
takes
blessings secured fathers their
humble
handed
families
81
praise God America this national holy
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22
Uncle sans ThanSsgivins.

1t must be remembered that the Presi-
dents proclamation appointing a day of
thank offering and praise to the Most
High goes not only to the forty-fve States
and territories, but also TO the new island
dependencies of the republic porto Rico,
Hawaii and the Philippines. The natives
of these tropical chimes take quite kindly
to any sort of holiday especially holi-
day that involves a feast, so that Thanks
giving is already popular among them
Uncle Sans national bird, the gobbler
is not we'll known 10 them yet, but it is
quite probable that they Will appreciate
his succulent qualities. There are enough
native Americans in the various islands,
including soldiers, merchants, officials,
school teachers and the ike, to see that
the Introduction is properly brought about
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22
How the Army at Valley Forge Ce1c-
brated Burgoyne's Surrender.


The first national Thanksgiving day
was authorized by Congress for Thurs
day. Dec. 10. 1777, in view ct 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:
Last Wednesday was set apart as a
day of general rejoicing, when we had a
feu de joie. conducted with the greatest
order and regularity. The army made a
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 s1n-
tenance.
The entertainment was concluded
with a number of patriotic toasts attend
ed with huzzas. When the general ook
his leave there was universal dap.
with loud huzzas, which continued till
he had proceeded a quarter of a mile,
during which time there were thousand
hats tossed in the air His excellency
turned around with his retinue and huz-
zaed several times"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22
THE RED BARN DOOR.

Close snuggled down In furry robes, mid
soapstones kindly heat,
We cleft the drifts TO grandpa's house, our
mothers kin to greet.
All day our jingling sleigh-bells' tune smote
keenly on the air,
But long ere noon some small voice piped,
PA, aren't we almost theref'
Then to beguile our restlessness our father
told once more
How we should know the place afar; the
sign, red barn door.
DER hill and dale we gaily sped, past farm
steads dull and gray,
Ans hailed each. snowy hamlet as mile
stone on our way.
No homely roadside object but our eyes
were quick TO see,
And mufied voices chartered fast in child
ish jubilee.
We We'd In sighting landmarks which IA
miliar aspect bore,
And lnngingly we looked ahead for grand
pas red barn door.
Our mother, from the seat In front, held us
in heedful thought,
And stayed our rising hunger with the
cookies she had brought.
Twas she who chose the friendly house
where we should stop to rest,
And sew US tucked, all warm again, within
our sleigh-box nest
She talked OF names once common In her
girlhoOd's rustic lore,
And knew each twist and turn tnat came
before the red barn door.
The reins held laxly in his hand, our father
sat serene
And hummed quaint melodies that kept his
old world memories green.
The long miles stretched away, and when
the heightened shadows fell
No thought of cold or cramping limbs our
eagerness could quell.
We scanned each distant looming crest that
reared itself before,
Till all at once somebody criecs Il see the
red barn door -
Now sometimes when the sleigh-bells ring
and roadways CLEAN with snow
I feel that flooding joyoasness that thrilled
me long ago.
see the shining faces in the paiing win
ter light,
The arms that wait In welcome there, to
clasp and hold me tight.
And then / pray that heavens gate such
gla mess MAJ restore
As when we came to grandpas house, De-
side the red barn door
Alice Crittenden Dc-by, In Youths Com
Danion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22

A chef who has for many years presided
over the cuisine of one of New York
City's best hotels gives this recipe for pre-
pairing and cooking the Thanksgiving tur-
key:
'Slit the neck of the turkey from the
back of the head down its whole length
and with the fingers separate the skin
from IT. Cut the skin a little above the
middle and pull apart, then cut the neck
off at the base. That wni leave the skin
intact for further use.
take the intestines out through an in
cision in the abdomen, but first take out
the crop by inserting the finger where you
have cut the neck off: Loosen the strings
or pipes. inside and pull them easily. then
the whole crop will come out intact. Wash
well, and the turkey will be ready fos
stuffing.
For the stuffing soak a small stale loaf
of bread in cold water and when soft
squeeze all the waser out place in a bowl,
add salt, pepper, thyme or sage or both :;
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22
A ThnnIssgi.ine 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 III the windows is a good
place or you might shove it down inside
of the piano. 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 a picture or
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22

1t happened in railway station
The baby cried and cried and cried
Perhaps he desires his BOTTLE" sug-
gested fatherly looking old party.
''He has not been raised on the bot
tle," cuttingly replied the handsome
young woman who held the infant
The baby's shrieks grew terrific He
made unmistakable signs that he want
ed his dinner.
BEG pardon, ma'am." said the elder
ly party. 'but may suggest that you
er-permit the child to-er-take nour.
ishmentT
This baby belongs to my sister" re
piled the young lady. blushing furious
ly, land she won't be here for half an
hour. I'm holding it for her."-Louis.
vile Courier-Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22

.
Congress is about to reopen and the
Industrious space writer's Of "syndi-
cate STUFF are already overhauling
their scrapbooks and getting their type
writer's ready to grind out the tradi-
tional tales OF the wicked Washington
lobbyist and his nefarious deeds.
A writer in the New York Sun has
been studying these tales az printed in
the especially in regions re-
mote from washington-and points out
their unvarying similarity and the fact
that they all contain the same stock
characters.
Room for the ladies' The female
lobbyist deserves first mention, for she
moves and has her being not only on
the ephemeral pages of newspapers. but
even between the covers of books which
have been in their time among the six
best sellers of the year.
She is always either Of the ''tigress"
or the "queenly' type. She scratches
matches to light her cigarettes on the
French heels of her .lace hidden shoe.
or she stalks through the corridors of
the capitol with infatuated Represen-
tatives in her train, or she descends
at midnight upon Senator's in their
home libraries to give them her COM
mands.
Yet she is unknown in Washington,
says the Sun correspondent as the
dodo Is I'm modern ornithology, and
more so. for, unlike the dodo, she never
was. OF course. there are strange
women" in Washington with their in
fuence upon personal morals and for
tunes, but, like their sisters elsewhere
entirely destitute of influence upon
public affairs.
The only female lobbyists ever seen
in the capitol are certain pitiable old
women, in seedy black and twisty bon
nets, who bother congressman in the
Railways about imaginary claims"
Then there is the $4,000 bill" lob
byist, who is always putting packages
of treasury notes into the overcoat
pockets of needy Congressman whose
votes are wanted" or else losing
pots to them at poker games. These
stories are still published and appar-
emily still believed.
However, there are real lobbyists in
Washington-now and then. They do
not live there, nor do they occupy mys-
terious and luxurious homes, nor is
there anything furtive In their move
ments or remarkable in their appear
ance. They look like and are just or
binary business men and lawyers, who
are, or whose clients are, interested in
pending legislation.
Often they are sent for by Congress
men because they are supposed to
know how proposed legislation will af-
feet material welfare. They come and
are conferred with and make argu-
ments before committees. If they get
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22

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 a waxed fiat
iron over them.)
Or arrange a border clear around the
tablecloth. If that arrangement is not
liked. a centerpiece of white. encircled
with the leaves. is pretty; in the middle
set a 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 APP
propriate for Thanksgiving, bat 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 /
hope the other sisters will think of
something Stlll better. so we can nave
a variety TO choose from:
MENU NO. l.
Roast Turkey Bread Dressing
Cranberry Sauce
White Bread Brown Bread
Baked Squash Mashed Potatoes
Cucumber Pickles Cabbage Salad
Pumpkin Pie Doughncts
Preserved Pumpkin Tarts
Coffee and Fruit
MENU NO. 2
Roast Spareribs Apple Sauce
Baked Potatoes Mashed Turnips
Celery Cheese
Rolls Coffee
Baked Indian Pudding, with Butter Sauce
Apple Fruit Cake
Coffee Cider Syllabub
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22
Refribufio1.

throws the turkey through the window he
or she must pay a forfeit.
OF course this game, which is funny
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
no. fair to take bites out Of the turkey
when it is found and il 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. that the stuffing
will not fall out.-New York World
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22


1t Is the common assertion of the
Democratic Free-Traders that the Ding
ley law has erected a Chinese wall
around the country and has restricted
trade. They do net look back to the
free-trade tariff revenue only period
of Grover Cleveland when the bars
were let down and foreigners wiped our
own business off the face OF the earth.
But the figures are all against them.
The foreign trade of the United States
is the largest in all its history, having
passed the three billion dollar line. In
the twelve months ending with August
the imports were S1.254 .399, 735 and .ha
exports S1.759.il7 SOS. a total for the
twelve months OF S3013.S17.63. II
shows an increase of 80 per cent since
1S99.-Chicago Post"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22
81 long as tine Republican narty holds

SD long as the Republican party holds
on to its beneficent policy of advancing
the interests of producer and consumer
its tenure of power will he assured. AS
this has been the policy Of the Repub-
lican party from the beginning. there
is an excellent reason TO suppose that
it will last. Under Republican sway
tie United States has advanced more
in the past forty years than it did In
all its previous life as nation, and
UNNECESSARILY more than any other
country has advanced In twice that
duration With the workers of the
country on its side Republican victory
in 1908 is as certain as any politica!
event of the future can be.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22

Now what do you think that Jeffy wished
On turkey-bone Thanksgiving day?
He brought 1t TO me.
Les WISH said he
you pull an l puli-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 Jeffy's piece was the longer onei
20 goody, hooray, It's my visit he said
And what do you think that boy had
wished.
One at each end. as wishers do?
II seems queer | know,
But he told me So
Jefry had wished that his wish would come
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22

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 it 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
minutes"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22

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.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22

"Afistah Snow" said the caller. twiriins
his hat in an embarrassed way, as 20
ve'y busy this evening""
Not particularly, Ephraim," responded
the Rev. DIR. Snow. us there anything l
can do for your"
Yes. sub. I'd like to have yo' come
ovah to Mis- Walkah's and pull of little
weddin' TO me. sub" Chicago Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22

For years past experiments 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.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22

When the hands perspire too freely,
try upon them wash containing ten
grains of fannie acid, half an ounce of
simple tincture Of benzoin, two ounces
Of elderfiower water and three ounces
of rosewater. This lotion is said to be
cooling to the hands, and to remove tho
damn uncomfortable feeling.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22

A gay young Gobbler. seeing how
Melancholy the Turkeys were, PROFOUND
ed A Conundrum.
"Why are Turkeys the Drum Corps of
the Fowl Creation? Give it up? Be-
cause they all carry Drumsticks.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22

The value of the diamonds in the
United States is estimated to be $780,
oO0.000. OF this amount $170,000.000
worth are owned by residents of New
York
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22

In Australia several kinds of snakes
are eaten roasted. They are said to be
equal in delicacy and flavor to the
finest stewed cells. 4 traveller declares
the steam from the roasting reptiles
is by no means unsavory.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22

81 see," remarked the duck, that chick
ems are selling in the market at cents
a pound"
Yes" replied the hen, Il never felt
as cheap in my life"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22

Sea urchins, starfish and frogs are
rather low in the scale of nature. and
no higher species has yet been repro
duced by artificial fertilization.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22
No Tabloid Birds.

''There are only three of us in tie
family" said the customer, "and a five
pound turkey for Thanksgiving would
be all we could possibly manage"
You'll have to take a real turkey"
briskly replied the dealer. I'VE don't
keep 'em in tabloid form" Chicago
Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22

In Cairo the proportion of blind peo-
pie to the population is one to every
twenty residents.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22

long, which would girdle the earth four
times, or form a solid belt thirty-five
cars wide and reaching from New York
TO San Francisco.
The meaning of these figures is plain.
They mean wealth-they mean comfort
and all the good things of life not only
for the railways that haul the crops to
market and the farmers that grow
then, but for all the American people.
They mean a general prosperity such
as no other nation on earth now an
joys or ever has enjoyed. And they
mean a prosperity that will stay and
grow from year to year, as seedtime
and harvest return, If the American
people but treat their prosperity with
American common sense.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22
s7,OOO,OOO, 900 in a Lump.

Vice President George J. Grammer,
of the New York Central Railway, has
issued his annual estimate Of the vol
ume and value of the principal crops
of the United States. Their value
amounts to the enormous sum of &c.
630,050,O0O.
These estimates are not made as an
argument for the reality OF prosperity.
They are made for a practical purpose
to inform the railways of the num-
Der of cars that they must use to get
these crops to market and to indicate
the revenue to be derived from trans
porting them.
If all these crops had to be hauled
by railway from producer to consumer
they would fill 13,753,753 freight cars
Of the average size now in use. These
cars would form train 104.195 miles
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22
THANKSGIVING IN CAMP.

Gee. Guess I'd better be diggin
iishin' worms"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22

what they want they are pleased and
pack their suit cases and go home. And
if they don't get it, of course, they are
not pleased, but go home just the same.
These are the only real lobbyists that
Washington knows about or ever sees
And they do not throw about $1,000
bills, and they are altogether too busy
to play anything, even penny ante.
The other kind of lobbyists-the kind
we used to read about in Lights and
Shadows of the National Capital and
other subscription" books prepared
for the rural market-are altogether
unknown In Washington. They are
myths.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-22

All the fall they feed the turkey,
Till he's almost had enough,
But he learns their motive only
When they cry, You're just the stuff =