Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1899 — THANKSGIVING [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THANKSGIVING

THANKSGIVIN’ IN THE COUNTRY

EC yer goln’ to the country, to spend Thanksgivin’ there, Jest take along yer appetite, an' sharpen It with care; -Fur ther's goln’ to be a turkey and a chicken pie, I ween, •Pertaters,- squash an' onions, too, the finest ever seen; in' ther's goln’ to be a raisin’ cake, an' mince an' pumpkin pie, An’ a puddin’ full o’ plums, et with sugar sass, oh, my! ■An’ ye’ll eat enough to bust ye, ’fore ye know what yer about; JU' ye goln' to get the colic, Es ye ! don't watch out. ,-ln* when the dinner’s over, on that Thanksglvln’ day, An' the dishes Is all tidied an’ the table cleared away, 'When the old folks in the parlor by the fire are settln' down, . An' the popcorn, an’ the apples is a circulatin’ roun’, 'When the men is talkin' politics, the women talkin’ do es, , . . An* gran'ma in her spectacles has dropped off in a dore. While the young folks in the kitchen is a frolickin' about, "Ther’s goln’ to be some sparkin’ Es ye don’t watch out. An' when It's gettin’ darker, an’ the fire is burnin' low. An’ the shadders in the corners keep a-wav-in’ to an’ fro, When the wind comes round the corner with a sad an' mournful soun’. An’ ye see outside the snowflakes, one by one, a settlin' down, ' When ye hitch yer chairs up nearer, as the twilight's wearta’ on .An’ speak of them ’twas with ye In Thanksgivln's that are gone, When ye look upon the empty chairs a standin’ round about. Then ye’ll blubber like the dickens Es ye • don't watch out.