Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-26
IT VA. A LONG. LONG TINE AGO.

When we went over to Aunt Hans
/ for Thanksgiving forty years ago we
went in an old long sleigh over snow
path smooth and solid as ivory 1t
was fourteen miles. two hours sharp
driving with a pretty good farm team.
TIE drifts lay along side the highway
and sometimes we had to ,urn into
the field and skirt road filled fence
high And today those who travel the
same road are speeding along j; in
autos. covering in half an hour The
distance that brought us out % bed
early in order TO get there for dinner
a: y.
somehow or other climate as well as
times seems 10 have changes. Seems
like we always had snow and cold
weather a. Thanks giving when you and
were boys. Kind O seems 20 US ,ha,
We brough, out the croche;ed tippets
and kr., wooden mittens grandmother
used to make for us long before
Thanksgiving time Do You rem ember
any Thanksgiving IN those days when
here wasn't any skating, Hadn't we
been tracking rabbits Al, thru Novenl-
her' DiGas We mos; always finish
huski-g in the snowo Wouldn't we
have considered bright day Ike this
rather ereminate and OUT oe season
for THANKSGIVING
Talking % turkeys there was no
6eal;r O: turkeys then. Why. every
body had turkeys Don't you rernem-
Der how The neighoors used to fuss
over the hocks getting mixed and how
old Mis- Thompson ana Il! Jones wife
had 10 NJ dealt with pretty strongly by
the presiding elder in order to allay
a teud that started over turkeys why
every had EN-. They roaned all
over creation. Surely you remember
i being sent out as scouting and
searching party with orders TO see ev.
| cry one Of those turkeys IN the Der
before you quit under penalty of be.
/ ing Skinned alive" II one Of ,he 44r;r,s.
" and nine" were left at large to TAX.
up quarters with the neighbors flock
| why you remember. don't You. how
/ mother always tied little red ,yooIe-
yarn close Up under the wing OF IN.
young turkeys and wha. a time she
and Mrs. Pennington had when the,
We're separating their aocks ard fount
that each OF them had used the sam,
method OF Identification Turkeys
why in the spring IT was lob I,
watch and trail the cid hon turkey /,
her hidden nest and when her eggs ma,
been properly robbed from. ner an,
Matched under faithful old parnvar,
men. don't YOU remember how ever,
newly Matched turk had 20 be dose,
with pepper corn and how they all hat
to be creased with lard under the;
wings lest the mites should destro,
them? Huh. turkeys. We had .er
then. And when flock Of big. heay,
turkeys brought Collar apiece ,her
was rejoicing and a new carpet for In
front room. all right
Member the mince pies that wen
with Thanksgiving and Christina
those times? o. you do. 10 you? wis
TO goodness you could get section a
one Of them now days, don, vol,
Thick and ripened by sitting in tn
cool pantry. heated to a state of smell
righteousness in the big wood stove owe
and brought on at the close ot the nea
all piping and fragrant. Don't kno,
whether you liked mince pie better ,hs
way or when you lifted ii OF the 70
Of the packed store OF the dinner ma
when the schooimaster said "Dis
missed for noon Neither 90 1. Bu
man. man.
0, veil, II vas long time az,
When we start TO think about it an
, recall the procession Of Thanksgiylu
, Days that have come bringing an
talking away there's no end 10 mem
cries grave and gay But Il our chi
dTen have as good time today as y,
used TO have then both we and the
ought to be satisfied.