Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1883 — Buying a War Turkey with Advertising Bills. [ARTICLE]

Buying a War Turkey with Advertising Bills.

My adopted State used to send us a horse medicine called the Mexican mustang liniment. Around each bottle of the liniment fhere was an advertising oard printed in the form and similitude of a SSO bank bill. These bdls were exceedingly like the confederate money in color, while in finish rad general make-up they were actually superior'to that agile and somewhat gymnastic currency. One day, as they were opening a box of liniment, an Irishman, Patrick Sullivan by name, whose patriotism was mostly of the foraging rad- Jaxcenious order, asked for “them Mexican shkin plasters” and got them. Shortly after this, as were passing a farmers house, I saw. a fine, large turkey sitting on the sill of the that bad once let the blessed sunlight into that farmer’s parlor. Many were the wistful looks oast toward that national bird as he sat there', solitary rad alone, excepting the farmer’s daughter, who seemed to be tbe turkey’s guardian angel. Now, we were out of turkey just then. Beside, I felt, deep down in my heart of hearts, that some patriot would steal that turkey before morning. That it was, I suppose, combined with my strong natural liking for guardian angels of that particular age and sex, that led me to resolve to bny the bird. Calling up Pat, I gave him a $5 greenback and told him to buy the bird. Pat returned very shortly with tbe bird and the hill. “How is this ?” I demanded. “Did I not tell you to buy that turkey.” “And, be gorra P he replied, “didn’t I buy it; but the girl would not take greenbacks, sor. She wanted Confederate money, and, be gorra! I gave her dne of those Mexican shkin plasters rad got the bird rad $45 in greenbacks.” —Muldoon Maj. H. A., in Philadelphia Times.