Show NOT INTENDED FOR CARVING second rd brought on for delecta t on of D ners one of the most inveterate of jokers was alvah raymond at one time postmaster at weymouth and for one or two terms a member of the massachusetts legis he was a very prominent figure during the P L L agitation and used to say that he was a member of the P L I 1 double L which meant people s license lay little louder while a member of the legislature he was also president of the ey mouth agricultural society the year that gen bugler was running for gov banor and as one of the attractions of the talfair of the society but ler was invite do speak on the fair grounds mr ha mond ft as noted for his hos vitality pita lity and after his speech at the fair where flat money was coined bj a breath of the gifted orator the distinguished guest together with the officers of the society were taken to his home where a tempting repast awaited them when all were seated at the tabe the host attempted to cane the tur the toughest turkey on record key but the knife slipped without making a scratch on the carcass again he tried with no better result A third attempt was a failure and then the knife was brandished and the bird viciously stabbed and slashed but to no avail and with a thorough ly disgusted expression the host seized the offending biped and hurled it through the window consternation was pictured on the faces of the guests and the host appeared disconsolate but just before the affair assumed the dimensions ot a tragedy the waiter appeared with another turkey which proved as ten der as the first was tough and as the proportions of the joke dawned upon the senses of the company gen butler led the laughter |