The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-08-18
Breakfast Buiscut Hadc from Wheat
Harvested the Same Morning.

| rom the Mary>,iIIe Cal Appeal Iuiy l..
Yesterday morning. when thc
drowsv god holds us the closest, we
were startled from our innocent
! dreams by a heavy knoct ing at our
| bedroom door. We thought of bur
glars, murder, fire, everything, in
| short, except the cause of the ALARM.
Hastily putting on our unmentiona-
blcs, hind side first-which caused us
10 walk backwadrs-we opened the
door and bcheld the earnest face of
NJ. L. Ellis, one OF the heaviest
rauChcrs OF Suttcr county, now a
resident of Mary and connected
with the Plaza Steam FIGURING
| Mills, who, in answer to our inquiry
of What is the matter now?T re-
piled, "Dress yourself and go out to
the ranch with me; We have some
thing TO do there this morning
| Grumbling, we Obeyed orders-that
| is a reporters duty-and donning
our garments, went down to the
MaFysville stables, where we sup
posed we should lind team
ready. disappointment is apt 10
cone Oi too great expectations,
especially when one expects too
much Of stable men. The hostlcr is
a second cousin to Rip Van Wrinkle,
and had fallen asleep after being
awakened, aud before we could
! arouse him and get q team ready, a
half an hour had passed, and Il
io'clock in tie morning camc lust rs
| we rolled out of the stable. Drive
| with tight ines said the stable
man did we DO II? Not much.
Ellis rather pushed ou them instead
OF holding them tight. After taking
= drink from a bottle found in the
buggy tp preacher drove Tic day be-
iorc) aud lighting our cigars, our
companion ncOndosccnded 10 inform us
what hC desired. Said he: "YOu
, know hat once upon time General
t Gidwcll cut some grain, thTcshcd it,
, ground The wheat, baked bread from
. The iour, and ate ii for supper Now,
| propose TO beat this, aud beat il
: badly. II i seven miles To mv r;tuch
and | intend t. drive there. cut aud
tErcsil some grain, take il to The
Plaza Mills, grind it, have my Wit
J m: kc buiSCuiis from The 1pur, and
! VIC vii! cat them wita our brrakla
: before - O'Clock this morning" " After
finishing this long spet ch, he CAV,
= another push on the lines ami re
III lapscd into silence. In fifty minutes
/. we were at the rgnch, but here anoth
r cr disappointment awaited US. Tht
e tCams were not III the field, and an
: other half hour went by before tln
: machinery was ready to bc put il
q motion. Then Mr.. Ellis mounted {,
u the header and cut Il header full q
the golden grain We laid asid
our coat aud mounted the fOOtboar
l. of the thrcshing machine, and whe
, the grain arrived we fed il through
III From the grain thus cut and ttreshe
" our sack was taken, and as grain can
io ny not he ground without soaking, it wa
nI thoroughly wctted there in the fiel(
a. We then started for the city, wbic
" we reached in forty minutes froI
he The ranch. Arriving at the mill aI
cS other disappointment awaited u
cr The grain was two wet, and anOthC
u bali hour was lost in drying it.
III was then put through the screen
g from thence into the hopper, m
he soon sack of flour was produce
th from tLe wheat which stood in Ii
III field but a few hours before. Frol
n the mill 10 the residence of Mr.. Eli
ne when Mrs. Ellis took charge of
a's lse and in half an hour we heard Ii
OF welcome 10 breakfast. At 7:55
or the watch, which timed us all Ii
an way through, we sat down to splel
yo did breakfast, and before us was Il
C. biscuits made from the dour W
nm had worked so harl 20 obtain. Tn
n is true story, : - Hi stat ment I
the quickest wrrb r'e "a tnne in Il
State. If any m9l c..n beat this !
IL will have to cat his buiscuits fer SUI
per the day before The wheat is Gu