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Show HOW DID THE TURKEYS KNOW? Birds Had a Premonition of Coming Disaster. A Virginia fainu-r tells a story which seems to Imllcnto that turkeys aro not as senseless crentures as they appear to be. "Ono night recently," ho says, "myself and my wlfo wero out driving. As I was putting up tho horso after returning hlmo i noticed my turkeys wero not ronstlng ns usual In tho big but ton wood troo by thu barn. Instead (hoy wcto perched on tho fenco posts nnd In tho llinbs of other trcos. "It struck mo ns mighty funny, ns turkeys on tho placti hnd roosted In that trco ever slnco I could rotnombor. Thnt night about midnight a hard wind and rain storm canio up and tho old buttonwood blew down. Now, how did thoso turkeys know that treo was doomed? At Bundown thoro was no sign of a storm and the buttonwood was fully fifty years old and apparently apparent-ly as stanch ns over." |