Apotheosis of the Thanksgiving Gobbler By Garnet Warren
A long humorous essay extols Thanksgiving as a Puritan heritage and profiles Aunt Belinda as master turkey preparer. It details selecting, plucking, stuffing with chestnuts and sausage, and roasting with careful technique, praising tenderness, juiciness, and ritual over fast methods. The piece blends mock solemnity with vivid village scenes and comic reverence for the feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnet Warren
Sae New Tork Herik Co
Jacob
Turkey
Belinda
Why Autumn Leaves Change Color Not Frost
Autumn colors arise from oxidation and the tree’s chemistry, not frost. Light, heat, moisture, and the tree’s own excretions drive pigment formation. young maples redden first, climate affects brightness, and the vivid range varies by species and year.
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Jack Frost
England
The Worldly Wisdom of Mr Bumpkin in Jerseyhurst
Mr Bumpkin of Jerseyhurst journeys to New York and falls for confidence tricks, briefly enjoying city life before a police arrest after hours of drinks. The tale contrasts his cleverness with urban scam chairs and ends with a local newspaper framing his misadventure as a moral anecdote. A separate piece then surveys the goose as a sacred animal across cultures, citing legends from Britain to Egypt and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayselde Bumpkin
Jerseyhurst
Passaique
J. H
Humphin
Manhattan
North River
Jerseyhurst-O-T-P
New York
Kle
Tenderloin
Alloway
Mr. B
Johnson
Thompson
Notcvile
Dyba
Reuben Wadler
Mr. Thompson
Nothrike
Gug
Reuben
Fon
RY Cripea
Casey
Jeremy
Mr. R
Jersey
Jerusalem
Mr. Bread
Frazer
Caesar Merriions
Britain
Ireland
Lancashire
England
Hebrides
Scotland
Japan
China
Burma
Siam
Egypt
Nineve
Anajapoora
Himalayas
Rome
Walter the Fennilesa
Seb
Osiris
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Bud Perkins
Jenkin Long
Cy Gannett
Bill Geesh
Whittlin
Ben Stagget
Din
Yaller
Ben Nagegett
Ben
Sone
France
Earth
Uldmeres
Blandishes
Raffie
You and
Howdy
Bud
Ben Naggin
Blandish
Blandisies
Peters
Joel Davis
Ben Nagget
Richard le Gallienne
Worldly Wisdom
Mr. Bumpkin
Sy W. 4
Campton
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