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Show TURKEYS ALWAYS TOO FA1 New York Butcher Declared His Customers Cus-tomers Were "Stagonized" by the Size of Birds. The fat butcher was busy arranging Christmas decorations at the back ol his counter when a woman asked him what he thought would be the pries of Christmas turkeys this year. "Well, now, you know," he said "that is something I tan't teJl. It'l just according to the demand. "But say, you should see the peopl who come in here, strangers, you know not regular customers, nnd they saj they want a turkey, and I pick on out. They say it is too big, and 1 say to them : 'Now how heavy a tur key would you like?" They say; ' don't know, but I'll take that one.' "I take that down and It weight within a few ounces of what the flrsi one weighed, and then they just mut ter something nnd go out again. "I tell you what it Is, madam ; the are fair stagonized stagonized tbej be." True, the word is a new one, but ft seemed to be arlequntely expressive ol agony nnd amazement over the stag gering price of the festive bird. Nev York Sun. |