title: The Two Turkeys
source: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
notes: Research in Progress
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https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/57305

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When Thanksgiving approached, the Honest Farmer killed both Turkeys, and by placing a Rock in the interior of the Prudent Turkey made him weigh more than his plumper Brother.
Moral.--As we Travel through Life, Let us Live by the Way.

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The Two Turkeys.
An Honest Farmer once led his two Turkeys into his Granary and told them to eat, drink and be merry. One of these Turkeys was wise and one foolish. The foolish Bird at once indulged excessively in the Pleasures of the Stable, unsuspicious of the Future, but the wiser Fowl, in order that he might not be fattened and slaughtered, fasted continually, mortified his Flesh and devoted himself to gloomy Reflections upon the brevity of Life. (more)

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