Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-11-21

l give Mr.. Gobbler. Next day blam
my hide II it wasn't twicet as big a
it had been,
That give me my .iee | drove tina
gobbler away over TO the far end O
the farm an penned 1t up. and from
then on l fed it three times a day
Every day | give it "a peck O. Alpha
bets rapid grower. Alphabet KEEP
wonderin' what was becomin' o. his
powder, an finally got to work on a
theery that this petickler ingrejunt o
tn system was so pecooliarly con.
structed that it nachly faded out O.
existence. which was, accordin' to his
theery, the reason people that don {
grow fast or big don't grow at all.
Purity good theery, but. like most thee
ries. it was faulty in Jest one petick-
Ter.
We'll. you'd ought to a seen Mr..
Goboler. Gentlemen, take my word
for It or not, in one months time 1t
was big as a horse. an by the first O.
November it was bigger n an ele-
plant
Along come a huckster, buyin'
Thanksgivin' turkeys. Lowed he'd
pay 20 cents pound for 'em. l SEE
to him had one gobbler I'd sell him.
pervidin' he'd take 1t alive Told him
l was busy man. what with my re-
searchin' an other scientific work, an
didn't have no time for KILN an
cleanin' turkeys. Huckster said he'd
take tn gobbler jest as it stood. So L
piked of to tn back corner O. tn
farm, let down tn bars, an 'druv tn
gobbler up to tn college.
Honest. l was scared OF It myself.
1t stood twenty feet high. an built &C.
cordin. That turkey was big enough /
to furnish church dinners for all tn
in this state But it was as |
gentle as lamb. Only thing about 1t
was its voice. I'd forgot TO tell about
that. When it gobbled it made more
noise than a house afire. Well.
1rove 1t up to tn college. an tn fac
ilty an tn huckster an tn students
IN all was there-an' they blame nigh
lied with establishment.
Just think how you'd feel if all
u a sudden right down a lane would
'ome turkey as big as freight car,
IN II Just when 1t got about forty feet
rom you 1t spread tail as big as a
lrcus tent and began gobbling in a
oice that could be heard in the next
ounty Why. tn faculty nachly duck
d right inside tn college instanter.
n IN huckster was so scaret he jump
d into his wagon an tried to hide in
ne or his coops that was full OF roost-
rs an hens an turkeys an guineas.
hen my turkey, bein' shy and tim
creetur, got scaret, too, an il
ew up on top o. tn Hall O. Lib'ral
rts an let out gobble that sounded
Ike a million freight trains BLOWN
IT tn flag man all at once. Seem
ike that was tn first time it ever
new 1t could fly. 1t Topped its wings
ice or twice, knocking all tn chimb-
Us OF tn buildin' in tn exercise, an
len started right up In tn air an
as never seen since. No. sirs. no.
'dy ever seen hide nor feather Of it
ON that day to this.
SO that was why l lost my lob at
college. Alphabet he got sore be-
use Id stole his quick-growin 'medi-
ne, an tn rest O. tn faculty got
ad because they'd got scared over a
tie scientific experiment. They pass
Tn word around an l couldn't get
DIX at no other college in tn coun-
=, SO at last l made up my mind to
tile down here in what is as near
nvlon as l can find an seek to be =.
rgotten. l wouldn't "a told you fell
s about thishyere turkey, only
ow you'll respec' my confidence"
What became of the huckster.
n'zi?" asked Lafayette Allen, tug. =
lg at his whiskers. ,
Well, now, that's just what started
to rememberin' thishyere turkey.
W that same huckster goin' through
"n today, an how | knowed it was
n was that he kept watchin' the sky =
tn time. expectin to see thishyere NJ
key come down to roost." VI
Ihats pretty near as good a story. Y
Il, said the grocer, preparing to (
'se the store for the night, AS you Z
laily tell me when l dun you for
~ little bill Of yours"