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The Exeter Advocate, 1921-11-3, Page 6Grandma Twitchell's Legacy By Daisy Wright Field 'Be we goin' to have chestnut dressing with the turkey this year, er eyster, er plain? And be we goin' to • have the cran'b"ries so, er jell 'slum Truth Perkins dropped the steel. ing she was toeing to stare sharply' at her young sister Tn:t:nkful, W110 was polishing some thin silver teaei spoons, "Turkey!" she sniffed, ,jerking out.. seethe epitefelle. "Now ain't that'. jest like you As imf Fa kill a turkey and int -rite in our relations to help us' reio eel right after s eeh a fool trick. as your r losing Grandma Twitelte" 's 3egecy :Are I'd laid an eye :open it. Tarkey, °Melee l'" "I don't see, Truth." ventured ber: sister, mildly, "0 that has anything te t;o with tem ?*eeliirg Thanksgiving. What's o tr own foolish fault—and I ain't decoy r 'twas Mein foolish e zits; to lay ottt thee five hundred do ars ir:, • liar eond r`eg, and then lose it-- ca.'r't righty be blamed onto. Pa'ori- denee. Anal 1' seems to ntd w' ought;. to ge cat bein' th n'alui ;est tate s..i:to fer s eeh basin's as we have." 'Yoe can go do bele.' jest as think -b Iui as you. please, for ail me" re-` torted the el,ler' sister, "'Dait"l be° witho:,t any Markey,. rer a crowd of,i hiirgs ' relations to help sem. I nay er" pis . relieve meth in this heir." theta:- • :e ,:what you hey to work for, ands PAW fill tit<r:r With it. No more seeeli foe'hdom:ess gees on in this hose, wh ...e I am Trail Perkins,," -Sete Trzth " pea lea the y anee r siFteY�9:Ile flushing the carnest- ressc,t her fee'lirg . "thick how poor, 'Feld Aune Beeks will Miss it and Cctu.�ir: IIHrRna, and how Grantimalt Tw,t°ehe l.atwaz s enjoyed herself. And meetshe folice will th'rk—",Truth, • wl,a• t . " snapped v2: . T', erdel%1 Iresi:tated. "'id ache tbaey'n1 shin% ;weal joust 4.M ft to please Gre "ling so elie'd lenvep • a nzethirge Nee %, ly know yea larva, ,. ,• at itis -,°.a 6—teen reetaletieg. e`u'S' Tkeesee. , 'tn 'eeettered Teeth 'eterle, 'ai, a r". r to to R. ,t o. feet,t ;a, et! y ^i eht. Ate! they e • li ":.,.1.. ee they l ,. neee 1 with ;,. t tl e17.; hen': mein' to set again. I der?are Q. leen's the ere- errat:nest eritter ft 1VQ." Wm. net gob' to are!) the st bjeet till Pvt.: told you wily I put the money Grandma wash i ercaryh' "o leave n:e. err then ring. It wee all mice, the very brat I ever had, and I chant want to ::pend it foolish," here' Truth snorted. "and I thought I emild keep it in the ring fill 1 needed' it had far something. Solomen Prese prom teed me my money; lea ck any time, anti Ira's a man of his w©ril ilesi-ies, I'd never heel a diamond ring in rosy life, eLrri you had, and I---" , "Well, mire didn't bring mo any luck, and neither did yours," answered Truth, her vie :softening slightly. "you know as well as I do that he died before I'd worn mine a month, and you lost yours,. Diamonds ain't for sech es we." "I didn't ever interd to wear it on my old brown hand, wen I bought it." :went on TharWel, but I couldn't re- sist the temptation that one time, and---" "And you • won't be tempted again. Wed, the's no use crying over spilt milk, but I do say it would be silly to have a Thanksgiving dinner over it." That ended the subject there and x: e, but nt lingered an in Thankful's 1 until the day before Thanksgiv- ing. That morning Truth announced that she would take that business trip to the city that she had long dreaded • delayed, and probably wouldn't be me until the day after Thanksgiv- Truth went to the city once a Nal, usually in the latter part of Oc- t•5ber, but she had grown to put it off longer each year, as her old bones grew stiffer, and the discomforts of travel harder to bear. Thankful was too timid to go in her place, and had left all managing to Truth—of neees- sity—so long as to be woefully in- efficient in business platters. This, aceording to Truth, was proven be- yond dispute by her tieing Grandma Twitchell's legacy up in a diamond ring. and then losing the ring. If she'd waited to talk it over with me," rrfieeted Truth, who. for all her hardness, was not all" selfish, and not really jealous of the legacy being left to her sister instead of; herself, "I'd nave advised her buying that north forty, and she'd have had a little in- come for the rest of her life from it. Bet Thi�ul never did have any business sense." Truth went to the elty as she had arranged, and Thankful was left to spend Thanksgiving by herself. I don't think it ever entered the elder sister's mind that the younger* would go ;ageie et her express wishes, and I'an sure it never entered Ti;;ankful's until she stood in the pen, feeding the dozen fat turkeys their morning meal on Thanksgiving Day, She was se- leering a dainty morsel from the pan for Peter, the bag turkey who was espeeally her own, as she had found the egg h a hedge by the wad, care tied it home and batched it tender a hen, and reiiseci the little turkey by hand. He was4a' a toa el- and la i home monster now. and his owner knew what a, juicy meal he would murk's, properly cooked with a savory dress- ing, flanked by cranberry* jell and pumpkin pie, Gaut it might never have enured toher so strongly at that per ecu aa: moment, hmd he not strut. to3 r:erasa the pen, in his sleek vanity, QS if teo show off to the best eel an-„ toe. Thus Pride goeth y✓efure e. Fall. "T'reth hes wire awry era let ane; aryl :lore to p4 .al the day in may own" way, and it's my tteekey," rain her rhea;; tits ,s silo waaehe:i the big gob. r'er !end it ever hie It ea phir p and *rely cox:Tan:ore. OrdicerRy, she t "ild have fot'ght for the life of her pet, 'en en eine ' i en ehe kit it e. re. • er nevi i t,a s erifice him to the feeer, ani invite the peen" relations efere-reenticnem3, than. to :ter:filo their feelings by having no feast at oil. She lznew it war the greatest joy of their long and lenety veer, not to mention the email Pef or's, who mate a meal invariably c the gene erees leavings from the Thanl:.egiving table o the Perkins sisters. `;Tha:rl: goo=?rese I male the-ritinee-� meat last week, and the pumpkin pie yesteraiay, and got the cranherrie., jest to melte b'Iieve we's goin' to keep the day in the good old way. Ther's plenty o' bread and pickle and jell and eceh, and one can of oysters left from Sunday's soup, I'll jest ruin over and get Lem .Tones to chop of Peter's head, and carry 'round the bids to Co.0Gln Hiram and Aunt Becky, and then I'll get to work, I don't etre what Truth says, and gener'ly she's a sight more level-headed than I be, the's allus something to he thank- ful for. It was all my own foolish- ness that lost that five hundred dol- lars, and maybe it served me right fer wantin' to own a worldly bauble like that at my age. 'Tiny rate, we ain't any worse off than we was be- fore, and we've Hilus been pretty com- f'table. If we had to go to the poor- house now, or one of us had to give up the other—" But bustling action was needed if Thankful's plans were to be carried out, and she ran hastily out of the gate, and walked briskly down the road till she came to the little yellow house where lived the Widow Jones and her half-grown son Lem. Lein. readily consented to conte over and The Three L's Three things I cry into the world of men— The golden trine; Love, Labor; Loyalty. These are the circle of the perfect life: 0n these three swing all heavens eternally Bereft of them, you have not anything Though you possess the world, But having thein,. You have all things whatever else you lack, Think on this trine. The gods have only these: Love that makes glad the brother and the bride Labor that builds their safety in the world— And orld And Loyalty that holds the world in tune. --Edwin Markham, execute the condemned turkey, and • afterward carry round the verbal in- vitations to Cousin Hiram and Aunt Becky. By nine &lock the prepare-. tions for dinner were well under way, and the guests had arrived, conning early, as they usually did, in order., to enjoy the long day to the utmost, Aunt Bachad Becky id laid than s in the little guest chamber upstairs and Hiram had hung his old brown coati and battered derby in the little hall_. closet. and now they sat on each side of ;a little table itt the waren parlor,! deep in a game of chess, with which they always; whiled away the time until dinner WAS ready. Thanle ul ex- ensr�il herself, nand with a huge ging- ham apron nearly extinguishing herd Qtiny figure, was dressing the turkey, Suddenly the farm tread of feet was heard on the little stoop outside a -d ' Truth stood within the room. a light powdering of snow upon her black bonnet and shawl, Tankful turned quite pale, as she looked up mutely for a reason t,"t' this unexpected aid startling :appearance, "We'd never spent Thanksgiving apart before, and when I conte to o think of it, I couldn't see no good reason why we should this time, so I-- Thant/VI Perkins, be you cleaning a turkey?" h•It's Peter,,. defended Thankful, weakly, "Was you e«pectin' to eat hint all. by y<oui;sell? Well, I never;" Tihnnkful straihtened up, with lock as Lar defiance as her sister had ever even on her face, and answered: "No. I bad no intention of spendin' this Tbanksgivin' alone. I have invited S #h ,e usual s and they aro in the Canada Returns Thanks for Peaceful Harvest We give thee thanks, 0 Lord! Not for armed legions, marching in their might, Not for the glory of the well-earned fight, Where brave men slay their brothers, also brave; • But for the millions of thy sons who work— And do thy task with joy—and never shirk, And deem the idle man a burdened slave; For these, 0 Lord, our thanks. _ —Robert Bridges. Canada this year celebrates jointly Thanksgiving Day and Armistice Day, due to a desire to fittingly observe the anniversary of the signing of the Dmistice which ended the world war and also of our annual day of National th.anksgiving without unduly disturbing business conditions. Our country hasevery reason to be thankful, not only for the successful termination of the war and the return of our Canadian men from overseas, but for the fact that conditions of life in Canada are so satisfactory, in com- �rison with those of other countries. With. a gradual return to normal busi-. s conditions we can face the future with ooufidence. The - war, however,' leftinits wake a heavy burden of national delit,,but even this does not flaunt the optimistic spirit of the Canadian people. As successors of the lardy pioneers who opened the country to settlement, they look forward to the day when, with teeming millions, the present heavy Pro 'rata debt will be Iso minutely divided that its effect will be negligible. The Royal Bank, in its September monthly letter, reviewing. g financial conditions, says; "In the exploitation of our natural resources all Canadian business will find real prosperity.!.' . With a return of the normal tide of imp - ,migration, and the improvement lof monetary 'conditions, dile partl--.to the •funds brought iti by settlers, conditions should early warrant fel 'iii- terests in undertaking. the more: active development of natural resources: j,,'ho Natural Resources Intelligence Branch of the Department of the Interior_ th.t Ottawa reports an increasing number of inquiries and much interested des Inlayed in our national resources in all parts of 'Canada. This anticipated. de Velopment, together ^with x revival of the building industry, will early over Cons the unemployment situation with which labor is at present confronted ,With our mines, fisheries, forests and :agriculture producing to the maximum And our water -powers developed to supply the electric energy essential to. ur manufcturerboth h employ er and e np loyee will qui. ckly realize an lin �revement in conditions that will tend to greater stalility. .Dov o iemit'of Aural resour es, with the production of raw at ri ' n n s a,l therefrom, is ungues: i:lonabl'y our first necessity, Our country, therefore, has every reason to be thankful that Nature has so lavishly provided her with: natural wealth, and also for the millions of her sons who work -- And do their task with joy, and carver shirk." ' • parlor howl" She turned back to her turkey,' and Truth jerked off her bonnet and shawl, and snapped oat something about "old' fools bein the biggest fools of all.". But she was interrupted by a scream from her sister, "Oh, Truth, hush! The hand o' Prov -1 idenee was in this I know it was, Here's thediamond ni n Truth only stood still and gasped," and stared at the sparkling thing in, her sister's hand. "Peter had swallowed, ill hex Chad choking between tears and hysterical laughter, "It must a'made the reseal choke goin' down, I remember now, goin' out to the pen to feed 'ern with it on, and that's the last place I noticed it on my hand, It was a mite loose, and slipped oft when I was seatterin' feed, and he grabbed it, He was spilus a .greedy" soul, and I guess ho only got his just deserts. To think o'killin' a turkey worth five hundred dollars fer dinner: Bet the' ain't any- body, not even the Governor-General, gotanythinga r more expensive fer din nor today than that!" But Truth was not even smiling at her sister's gay raillery. She looked veer solemn, very thoughtful, "Thankful if you'd been a hard- hearted old wretch like pre and hadn't insisted on having a dinner. and itt- aitin' in somebuddy to eat itt with you," "I tell you, sister Truth, the ways of Providence are past #iridin.' out. To- morrow we'll go to town together, and get the money back fer that ring, and buy the north forty. I've illus had a kinder hunkarin' after it, and it'll bring in something every year." f. Menu for Your Holiday Dinner Cream of Tomato Soup Saltine Crackers Roast Pork with Chicken Mashed Potatoes Spiced Peaches Hominy Creamed Onions Cole -slaw Pumpkin °Pie with Quince Jelly Fruit Nuts Coffee The soup should be served very hot in cups, each ,cup set on a plate, with two or three saltine crackers, and brought in front the kitchen after the family is seated at table. Pork and chicken, roasted together, make a delectable dish and an ex- cellent :substitute for turkey. Select either loin or spare -ribs and roast the pork' side by side in the pan with a stuffed chicken, basting frequently. Another way is to cut up a fowl, stew or steam it until tender, then lay'the pieces in the,.,pan: with ;the roasting' pork and allow -Chicken t hicket to. brown nicely' In serviik,,lay a slice of pork and a piece df-ehiaken o'ti each -plate: Hominy requires such long cooking that it should be cooked the day .be- fore and reheated, or .;cooked ;over night in the fireless cooker. In fact; reheated hominy always tastes bet- ter than that which is freshly cooked. Cole slaw ns a refreshing and whelescene addition to a dnnen A firm crisp head of cabbage should be used for theeslate A half-hour' before se err i dinner,';':Cut the head through �, � d thece'n , removing the core and slice the 'eal-�rabaf,e-as finely as possible. Mix the . Cabbage with the cream salad dressing, evade thus: One-half of a tablespoonful of salt,,one 'teaspoonful of ground mustard, one and one -ha f tablespoonfuls of sugar, a few grains of cayenne,Fpepper, two tablespoonfn s of flour, yolk of one egg; one and one- half tablespoonfuls of melted butter, three-fourths of a cupful of vinegar. Mix the dry ingredients, add the egg yolk, slightly beaten, then the butter, milk and vinegar, very slowly. Cook the mixture in a double boiler until it thickens, and when cool pour it over the cabbage. It is a singular fact that -while boiled cabbage is one of the most indigestible of foods, raw. cabbage is one of the most digestible. Any kind of spiced or pickled fruit e• sweet pickles, will combine well with this menu, and Trolls or baking- powder biscuits would make a pleas- ant addition. All housewives have their favorite recipe for pumpkin pie, but some think the flavor of the pie is improved if eaten with quince jelly. The pie is served as usual and• the jelly passed with it. Nuts can be placed in small bowls -at each end of the table, accompanied by raisins, if desired; or individual paper nut cups holding salted peanuts ean be placed beside the butter plate at each place. The fruit; , prettily arranged d in a low bowl o2 -basket, can be set an a mat of ferns or wheat beads in the ,centre of the table, either ferns or wheat radiating' out fromthe centre toform a : border. Placed thus ,the fruit serves for decoration and a re- minder of the •'harvest for which thanks are given on this, the national holiday: A Community Thanksgiving If there are families in the eons In like manner all twelve panto. munity who do not have family din- mimes are introduced And acted out, iters on Thanksgiving Day, perhaps a It adds to the interest if the 'company eontntunity Thanksgiving Day can be guesses out each word as it is acted. planned, Local color can be added by noising After the `bountiful dinner which al- the letters express various local incl. ways is of so much interest on this dents, but the following is a sugges- holiday, the following program ntay tive outline, be given: T Turkey—Two or three boys act. like turkeys, gobbling and strutting Thanksgiving hymn.. about, address on Thanksgiving bf a , and finally chase a little boy minister or teacher. ' and girl who are watching thele, off Salo. the stage. e - Short tens by old settlers—Tile Shocks eesn harvest sran- S o of o, pumpkins and branch - History and Early Days of this Com- es of autumn leaves, Shade the lights munnty, to imitate moonlight.. Bantonnime— - s ---Thanksgiving. AAuto'. o small boys guide Thanksgiving hymn, their wagon:, Mer>as the 'stage with Three or four pioneers of the corn- much tooting of hem, ns and manoeuvre munity are asked to give short talks ing. concerning the early days of the cont- N ---k` ewapep ens — A small boy munity. These personal remelt"- wallet across the st geeerying, "Extra, branees will prove most interesting to, Extra! All about :ho---,." (insert some all. The boys and girls as well as local joke), the teen and women will more fully Ii4 Einfell;—o'lher joyfully* reads appreolate the growth and the de- letter aloud telling her all her kinnfoll velopment of the cent nunity and the will be with ' ler en Thanksgiving. ' pioneers themselves well enjoy re- S--Shows--A *eery short one -act calling incidents of their younger movie, A bnriezque of the timeworn,. days, theme in Willett the heroine is kid- A Thanksgiving' pantomime can benapped by the villain and rescued dry made very entertaining, The object the hero ean be acted out to the great is to have each letter of the word arnusenient of the wuclien'ce, "Thanksy vti g" Mand for a word de- Q -••loose. Cheer --,.Several men grid hating something for which the conn- women, boys and girls game on the munity is thankful, The :meaning of stage, greet etch other heartily and the word Is acted out on the stage show every evli,a enco of 4rappiness, but no word's are � - I -Income ---A farmer and his wife spoken, The suc- cess of the pantomime depends en- count their eha,iues and make records tirely on clover acting. in an enormous book labeled "Income." Prepare twelve lettere comprising V—Visit—A family group visits the word. "Thanksgiving" by cutting: grandmother who is dressed up in thein ant of cardboard or having them'' style of long ago; it is an old-time drawn or painted in black or red on'' Thanksgiving visit. heavy squares a stair white paper. I Infant—This ean be a pretty In beginning the pantomime, the scene, young mother with her little chairman of the day, who introduces babe, asleep. The company may guess each of the 12 pantomimes, holds up Infant or Innocence. The one who the card bearing the letter T. He then`. explains can say that but for the In explains that the first pantomime rep-,( anocents--the Infants --where would resents a word whose first letter is: Thanksgiving gatherings be? T and that were it not for this par- N ---Nation — A beautiful girl is ticular blessing, our Thanksgiving dressed :as 1Vr'ise Canada, end "0 Car, Day dinners wouldbe incomplete. ads" played dining this tableaus. The curtain is then raised and boys G--Giving--•A very poor family is. represent turkeys by strutting about; sitting down to a plain meal when in and gobbling and end by chasing a comes Lady Bountiful with a well - little boy and girl oil` the stage. The filled basket. curtain is lowered quickly and the Each pantomime should take only chairman before introdueing the see- one to two minutes. If the costumes once pantomime Iota the company guess and stage setting are carefully plan - informally the word just represented, ned before the beginning of the panto - In introducing the second panto-, manes, tiresome waits between acts mince he holds up the cardboard hear will be avoided.. Soft music played ing the letter H, and explains that all between and during the pantomimes farm communities look foreraard to the adds much to the general effect. event described by the next word to The stage is banked in autumn be acted as it marks the fulfillment leaves, piles of corn, corn shocks and of the farmer's dreams. The curtain sheaves of grain. These decorations is raised showing a simple harvest will earl to mind the original purpose scene, and then lowered. of Thanksgiving, °which is: so essential. 1 anksgivh g Day Thanksgiving Day will soon be here. How glad 1 ani it S so near! The hay is ail in barn or stack, The grain is all in bin or sack, The corn is husked, the fodder in shock, While near the barn the pure-bred. stock Look on with calm contented eyes,. Their looks expressing mild surprise. The turkey gobbler, straight and true, And fat and heavy and juicy too Walks round the yard with solemn tread And thinks not of the days ahead. The pumpkin pies are ready to bake And lots of cookies,, tarts and cake, All these and many more there'll be Upon the table set for me. At last Thanksgiving Day is here; We rise .and greet it with good cheer. Then off to church, then home to eat. That Thanksgiving dinner can't be beat. And when at last we go to bed And all our prayers have been said, And as we lie and think, we say, "Thank You" again for this glad day! Thanksgiving, 1921. The world with all its goodliest gains, Home, with its calmest rest; Life's heaviest and life's lightest hours, Without Him are unblest. He shares our griefs; let us our joys h m ; And everyHifestive devoutly dayshare wae keep, Be our Redeemer there! "The fruitful season now is o'er, The Autumn has resignedher sto, Ungratefreul man to feed. How rich the bounty heaven be- stows ! To us unbounded goodness flows In every time of need." What you allow to live in your heart, harbor in your mind, dwell upon in your thoughts, are seeds which will develop in your life and produce things like. themselves. ''Hate; seed in. the heart can not produce a love flower ,in the life. A sinister thought will produce a sinister harvest. The revenge seed will produce a bloody harvest. —0. S. Marden. There is no freedom on earth or in any star for those who deny freedom to others.—Elbert Hubbard. You will be surprised to find how well it will pay you to take time to put yourself in tune. No. matter when you get out of tune, stop working, refuse to do another thing until you are your- self, until you are back on the throne of your Mental kingdom. National Treasures. The experience of the • ages that arespast, the hopes of the ages that are yet to come, unite their voices in ail appeal to us they implore us to think more of the character of our people than of its num- bers; to look upon our vast natural resources as a means to be .converted, by. the refining alchemy of education, into %mental and; spiritual treasures; to give. to the world the e auto x le f p �, a nation whose wisdom in- creases with its prosperity, and whose virtues are equal to its power.