I  nearly  got  myself  into  a  difficulty  with  my  new  acquaintances  by  handing  the
landlord  a  share  of  the  reckoning,  for  having  presumed  to  pay  a  part  of  a  general
treat  while  laboring  under  the  disqualification  of  being  a  stranger.  —  Hoffman,  p.
211.
Gentiles.  The  name  given  by  the  Mormons  to  all  who  are  not  of  their
faith.
Gentleman  Turkey.  A  turkey  cock.  The  mock  modesty  of  the  West-
ern States  requires  that  a  male  turkey  should  be  so  called.
I  remember,  in  my  younger  days,  to  have  been  put  in  a  state  of  bodily  peril  by  a
pugnacious  gentleman  turkey  who  took  umbrage  at  a  flaming  red  and  yellow  silk  that
constituted  my  apparel.  —  Adventures  of  Capt.  Priest,  p.  111.
"  This  is  a  tough  old  fellow,"  remarked  a  gentleman  on  board  a  Mississippi
steamboat  who  was  endeavoring  to  carve  a  large  turkey.
"  Wall,  I  kind  o'  think  you  're  right,  stranger,"  said  a  Hooshier  opposite.  "  But
I  reckon  it 's  a  gentleman  turkey."  —  Western  Sketches.
