Here's a double-header GUEST POST of a favorite hunting anecdote from Thomas C. Rand's "Sketch of Keene, Gem of the Ashuelot Valley"...
Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #3) (Guest Post)
1860: Burleigh sends news about his family's Thanksgiving activities...
Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #2) (Guest Post)
1860: Burleigh relates a classic NH Thanksgiving... (Drawn by guest artist Dan Haines of Hopkinton)