Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1913 — Pat and the Turkey. [ARTICLE]

Pat and the Turkey.

Not long ago, in a western market town, I chanced to observe an Irishman with a livq turkey under his arm. The turkey was squawking and gobbling in a distressed way, a racket to which the Irishman did not at first pay any particular notice. Finally, however, the disturbance got on the Celt’s nerves. Giving the bird a poke in the side he exclaimed: ( "Be quiet, you! What’s the matter wid ye, anyhow? Why should yez want to walk whin I’m willin’ to carry ye?" •—Harper’s Magazine.