The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-11-21

Purity eood theory, but, like mort thea.
riss. II was faulty in Jest one petick-
Ter.
Well, you'd ought to a. seen Mr..
6obbler. Gentlemen. take my word
Tor II or not. In one months time It
was big A. horse. an by the nrst O.
November Il was bigger n an els-
! plant.
Atoms come huckster. buyin'
Ihankseivfn turkeys Lowed he'd
pay 20 cents a pound for EN- I sez
70 him had one gobbler I'd sell him,
pervidin' he'd take It alive. Told him
! was a busy man. what with my re-
scarchin' an other scientific work, an
diont have no time for KILN an
cieAnin' turkeys. Hucxster said he'd
take IN sobbIer jest as It stood 30 I
piked on to tn back corner O. tn
farm. let down tn bars. an 'druv tn
kobbier up TO Til college.
Honest. ! was scared of IL mvself
II stood twenty feet high. an built nc
cordin That turkey was big enough
70 iurnish church dinners for all tn
churches In this state. But It was Al
gentle as lamb. Only thing about It |
was itn voice. I'd forgot to tell about |
'nat When 1t sobbled 1t made more
noise than house afre. Well. /
drove It up to tn college, an tn fac
uity an tn buckster an tn students /
an all was there--sn' they blame nigh
died with astonishment.
Just think how you'd feel II ALI
OF sudden right down a lane would
come a turkey as big as a freight car.
an II Just when 1t got about forty feet
rom you II spread tail as big as a
circus cent and began gobbling in a
voice that could be heard In the next
county. Why. tn faculty nachly duck
ca right inside tn college instanter
~ "a nuckster was SO scaret he jump
90 into his wagon an tried to hide In
que OF his coops that was full Of roost-
srS an mems an turkeys an guineas.
ihen my turkey. bein' a shy and tim
"a creetur, got scaret, too. an II I
new up on top o. tn Hall o. Lib'rai (
ATS an let out gobble that sounded
Ike million freight trains BLOWN
or IN nag man all at once. Seem I
~ hke that was tn first time It ever
new II could ny. It Topped its wings
'nc9 or twice, knocking all tn chimb- Q
eys on tn buildin' In tn exercise. an
men started right up In tn air. an \
'as never seen since. No. sirs. no n
ody ever seen hide nor feather OF II
rom that day to this. '
80 that was why lost my lob at n
college. Alphabet he got sore be-
ause ia stole his quick-growin 'medi- D
me- an tn rest O. tn faculty sot d
laa because they'd got scared ever a X
tue scientific experiment. They pass
4 IN word around an couldn't GET d
ork at no other college in tn coun-
y. so at last l made up my mind to m
'tue down here In what is as near cl
'nvion as / can find an seek TO be- la
fsotten. l wouldn't a. told you fel- W
rs about thishyere turkey, only
low you'll respec' my confidence tn
What became OF the huckster al
MIR asked Lafayette Allen. tug ri
ng at his whiskers. W
wen, now. that's just what started tn
10 rememberin' thishyere turkey. I &C
W mat same huckster goin' through at
wn today an how l knowed It was on
N was that he kept watchin' the sky ov
Ia time, expectin to see thishyers WI
rkey come down to roost" an
rhats pretty near as good a story. DO
nn. said the grocer. preparing to
$50 'ne store for the night. "as you Gu
laiy tell me when l dun you for ms
It little bill Of yours, all
m,