He said, "If I meet him, I will run this key down his throat," producing a key from his pocket.

We reported the occurrence at the village store, but were unable to excite any interest in the subject.
Thanksgiving was then, as it is and ought to be now, the great day of the year.

All the children were at home.

The ambition of the head of the house was to get the largest turkey that money could buy.

No Thanksgiving dinner was quite complete unless there were a baby on hand belonging to some branch of the family, no bigger than the turkey.
The preparation for Thanksgiving was very interesting to the small boy mind.