And light grows dim,
We’ll list, but never hear,
Thy vesper-hymn.
The hand that struck thee down
Could not have known
That thou hadst songs unsung
And flights unflown.
—J. D. LaBarre Van Schoonhoven.
THE GOBBLER WHO WAS LONESOME.
A HISTORICAL FACT.
Turkeys are social creatures and, like some boys and girls, do not like to be left for any length of time to find their food or their pleasures alone.