. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . l floral offerings contributed, expressed the apprecia-tion of the services of a faithful and trustedfellow-worker. Have you heard about yardmaster EdwardKellys Christmas turkey? Here is the story:The day before Christmas an express wagonunloaded a large box tagged to Kelly at theRossford yard office. A canvas was tackedover the top, and protruding from one end wasthe head of a fine gobbler. The feet stuck outat the other end. Attached to the canvas wasa card giving the name of the person who sentthe gift. Kelly telephoned home that he hadreceived a tu
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . l floral offerings contributed, expressed the apprecia-tion of the services of a faithful and trustedfellow-worker. Have you heard about yardmaster EdwardKellys Christmas turkey? Here is the story:The day before Christmas an express wagonunloaded a large box tagged to Kelly at theRossford yard office. A canvas was tackedover the top, and protruding from one end wasthe head of a fine gobbler. The feet stuck outat the other end. Attached to the canvas wasa card giving the name of the person who sentthe gift. Kelly telephoned home that he hadreceived a turkey and to cancel the orderwhich had been placed with the butcher. Laterin the day Kelly decided to examine his he tore the canvas off the w^ar whoop helet out could be heard all over the yard. Thebox contained rubbish, with only the head andfeet of a turkey, fastened in place in such mannerthat they stuck out from under the covering /Swallowing his chagrin, Kelly put the coveringback in place and left the office. An engineer. CHIEF CAR INSPECTOR V. G. ABLER ANDHIS FORCE, LEIPSIC JUNCTION. OHIO from Lima happened in at that time, and seeingno one about dived for the box. He put *t onthe engine and on arrival at Lima opened it,only to find that he had been beautifully is reported that a fireman stole the box fromthe engineer, and now is being chaffed by theboys w^ho were let in on the joke.
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