Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-06-25
Strawberries and Cream.

Strawberries and Cream.
How delicious! IT'S music to my ears
Those three words thrill my soul with delight
How pleasant to the sight, how fragrant to
the olfactories, how agreeable to the palate
are strawberries and cream
Receive every good gift with nksgiving.
But who can be sufficiently grateful for straw
berries and cream?
Now is the time for strawberries and cream,
and now is the time that city people remem-
Der their country cousins. With what pro-
found respect, with what true affection, do
they remember those who possess large
strawberry beds. What strong desires seize
them to visit their dear friends in the ''God
made country" The whole family must go
to cousin Johns. Yes, the children may go.
Dear little ones, they want some OF cousin
Hannah's strawberries and cream. They
shall wallow in cousin Johns grass in search
of the delicious berries. What matter if they
do tread the grass down SO cousin John can't
NOW it with his two horse mower. No mat
ter at all; the little darlngs don't go into the
country every day. How Tommy loves his
well as he loves cousin IIannall's strawberry
short cake, 'that is dood." Cousin Hannah
isn't stylish and ma would not like such a
countryfied individual to visit her in her ele-
be obliged to introduce such verdant speci-
men to her dear accomplished, stylish, richly
dressed city friends. But cousin Hannah is
dear, good soul if she is short and fat,
and her hands are hard and brown and her
face is red. Cousin Hannah makes good
strawberry cake, and if cousin Hannah's dress
is not the costiest fabric, and made in the
latest style, she has strawberries and cream.
Cousin Hannah's house is low farm house,
and her furniture is plain, and cheap, but she
has kind heart, and cheerful home. SO
you will all go and see cousin Hannah right
in strawberry time just when she has the
most to do, right in the hot weather when
she feels the least like working. When
cousin John is haying, and has all the ''hired
men" he can get to help him. Cousin Hannah
has to cook and wash dishes for all these
men, and help milk the cows and skim the
milk and pick the strawberries, besides all
the other work.
Did it ever occur to you that it might not
be convenient for your country cousins to
have company at this time of the year? No,
indeed, cousin Hannah never complains of
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only time that you can visit her. Besides,
there is no other time that you can have
straw berries and cream. So you will all go to
cousin Hannah's. Straw berries and cream,
how my mouth waters, how my palate longs
for ysu. Were | uglier than a bear, and
more snappish than turtle, dish of straw
berries and cream would restore me to good
humor When partaking of the luscious ber-
ries and the rich sweet cream-not skim milk,
| am at peace with all mankind. and mot a
wave of trouble rolls across my peaceful
breast" l do not remember ever having
eaten all the rawberries and cream wanted,
but have eaten all | could hold, and felt to
weep because | could contain no more. l
smell the sweet odor OF the strawberries COM
ing, and must partake.
May providence smile upon you, and bless
you with an abundance of strawberries and
cream Adieu,
NELLY NETTLE.