Show the old gobbler gobblers chicken 6 A barrel laid upon its side with one head knocked out makes an ideal place fora forn turkeys nest one spring it happened that every hen lien turkey of the flock kwas was thus quartered in a barrel and the old gobbler strutted around lonely and disconsolate but never proud and quarrelsome filially finally however he be lost heart and concluded to follow the prevailing fashion and so he sought for a nest and went to sitting he ile chose a spot among some wild pars nips near an old quarry and there he sat with a patience and devotion to duty that was worthy of the other sex sexy look at him said the farmers wife addressing dressing her husband lius band do give him some eggs and see how he will make out but the farmer had no turkey eggs to waste on such a doubtful experiment indeed all the turkey eggs were alre already a d y under the hen ben turkeys A of ordinary ry hens bens eggs was therefore furnished tho the old fellow and the trial was begun the lonesome gobbler like some folks evidently thought he be might as well be out of the world as out of the fash fashion lont and so he accepted the situation and actually persisted in the matter for three long weeks it is true that his awkward legs broke come some of 0 the eggs but some escaped and were hatched and the little chicks were fostered and cared for by their odd incubator and two or three of them lived to grow up it was a curi curious crim sight to see them following the gobeler about the fields and the lien turkeys were no doubt somewhat surprised that is if they had any time to be surprised for they had their own broods of turkey chialdi children chil dien en to care for and raise youths companion at illion I 1 was surprised at seeing some enormous calves tongues offered tor for aa ealo Is in the market place they were marvels each tongue was at least four feet long and weigh weighed ed not far from ten pounds TI the e cattle which could produce such linguistic organs mus be veritable titans to my surprise I 1 found that the enormous tongues came caine f from rom very ordinary looking animals not riot above tho the average size Is this a peculiar breed of cattle I 1 asked are they long tongued instead of long horned homed not at all fill explained my guide they are tire the ordinary breed I 1 early discovered that calves had a fondness for salt and determined to use this discovery to tho the best advantage tying the calf when quite young in its stall I 1 suspended a piece of rock salt within bare reach of its tongue is it will naturally exert itself to reach the tidbit in a week I 1 hang bang the salt an inch higher and the calf will stretch its tongue until it can reach the lump each hach week I 1 increase the distance and the tongue lengthens in proportion at the end of a year I 1 have a fine healthy Ite althy tongue ranging g in length from three to tour four feet af but I 1 said after awhile tho animals head bead must become too small for its iW tongue how docs does it get it back into its mouth As you say the head becomes too small I 1 have therefore invented an artificial artificia lq mouth with which I 1 incase luease the 0 organ when not in use I 1 have made quite a fortune out of my scheme aa as ilie the tongues jonguel s are of a very fine quality being impregnated a ted with salt they can cat be lie 81 shipped I 1 ap pp e I 1 to 10 long ng dis I 1 and will stand any clini climate ate phil add ade ihla times |