Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-11-23
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Evolution Of the Thanksgiving Turkey

Evolution Of the thanksgiving Turkey
Thursday--.Roaat turkey
Frlday--Left over turkey.
Satufday-Iurkey giblets (com-
monty called HASH.
Sunday BACK to good OF steak for
change. turkey bones for the
dog
Wild turkeys are still quite numer-
QUE In some parts OF Pennsylvania
and In the woods Of Maine. The do
nestle turkey, which 10 not as hardy
az the kind our Pilgrim ancestors
were wont to shoot, Is selling at a
fair price, on account Of It's scarcity.
Authorities on fowl raising claim that
out Of every 100 eggs set only one
turkey 10 raised, striking an aver.
age.
There are many people who still
insist on their turkey for the great
feast day.
At that, the Pilgrims had II pretty
good, and didn't know It,. Suppose
that they had had steam heated apart.
ments awaiting them on their arrival.
They mould have become unprogres-
sve and lazy as the Indians with
whom they had to contend, and would
have hired the red skins to do the
rough work. They would have been
holIering about the heat and bum ia
BILE service, etc, etc.
O.
All that the Pilgrims had to put up
with were wild animals, Indians and
unimproyed homes. Look what we
have to bear: A variety of bills that
make Heinz's famous assortment a
small issue--electric bills, gas bills,
plumbers loating bills, ad infinitum.
The only expense that they had was
a small amount OF powder for their
fowing pieces. OF course, face pow
der wasn't invented then, nor was
rouge or other artificial beautifiers.
The women had to spend their time
making clothing and getting the
meals ready.
You've got to hand it to the wom-
en- folks of those times for possessing
good taste when it came to creating
snappy styles in mems wear Hart,
Schaffner g. Marx have to take a
back seat when it comes to compet-
ing with the old spinning wheel
Look at the big, shiny buckles they
wore on their belts and on their OK
fords, and also on their ten-gallon
stetsons. You see they had to
buckle up" to 1t. They could tell
their tailors just what they wanted
and got 1t.
Then, too, the Pilgrims didn't have
to work for q living they could
starve If they didn't like to labor.
Nowadays fellow has to work in
order to pay his bills and his wife's
alimony. twghH @
The Pilgrims put their incorrigibles
in stockades. Look what a perfect
law-abiding citizens had to contend
with nowadays. Look at the hotels
he has to put up at land With. Look
what time he has to get shot OF
1.-The real stuff" Saxaphones are an
other thing the Pilgrims did not have
to put up with.
When they wanted to build house
all they had to do was to cut up
enough trees to build it with. Try
1t now. You would have the lumber
trust head after you, besides the
union for scabbing on the job.
Take up your old gat and go forth
in q,~st of deer or other species OF
animal that turks in the wilds, and
see what you get.
The old gun uses up couple dol
lars worth of shells; you get tired
chasing the rabbit and go to the
meat market and buy some meat and
a fellow comes around and presents
a bill to you for shooting his COW.
AS we said before the Indians and
wild beasts were a cinch for our fore |
fathers. Look at the wild women and
the fivvers that we have to contend |
with.
Then they talk about the hardships |
of our Pilgrim ancestors.
Well. 'tenny rate, here's hoping the |
bird isn't tough, and that the cram
berry stains will come out Of the ia
blecloth all right.