The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-08-24
Breakfast Buiseuit Made from Wheat
Harvested the Same Morning.

From the MaIysvilIe (CaI.} Appeal, July L
Yesterday morning, when the
droWsy god holds us Il closest, we
were startled from our innocent
dreams by heavy KNOCKING 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-
bles, hind side first-which caused us
to walk backWadrs-w opened the
door and Eeheld the earnest face of
M. G. Ellis, one of the heaviest
ranchers of Sutter county, now a
resident of Marysville, and connected
with the Plaza Steam FIGURING
Mills, who, in answer to our inquiry
of !" What is the matter now 2" re-
piled, "Dress yourself and 90 out to
the ranch with me; we have some
thing to do there this morning" "
Grumbling, we Obeyed orders-that
is reporters duty-and donning
our garments, went down TO the
Marysyille stables, where we sup
posed we should find a team
ready. disappointment is apt 10
come Of too great expectations,
especially when one expects too
much of stable men. The hOstler ie
a second cousin to Rip Van Wrinkle,
and had fallen asleep after being
awakened, and before we could
arouse him and get team ready, q
half an hour had passed, and "4
o'clock in the morning" came Just as
we rolled out of the stable. "Drive
with tight lines," said the stable
man T0i1 rro 10 Iko Mt ,,,,oI
Ellis rather pushed OH them instead
of holding them tight. After taking
a drink from q bottle found in the
buggy Ga preacher drove the day be-
fore) and lighting our cigars, our
companion cOndescended toinform us
what he desired. Said he: "You
know that once upon time General
BidWell cut some grain, threshed it,
ground the wheat, baked bread from
the -four, and ate it for supper. Now,
L propose to beat this, and beat it
badly. 1t is seven miles to my ranch,
and l intend to drive there, cut and
thresh some grain, take il to the
Plaza Mills, grind it, have my wife
make buiscuits from the flour, and
we will eat them with our breakfast
before 8 O'Clock this morning." After
finishing this long speech, he gave
another push on the lines and re-
lapsed into silence. In fifty minutes
we were at the ranch, but here anoth-
er disappointment awaited US. The
teams were not In the field, and an
other half hour went by before the
machinery was ready to be put in
motion. Then Mr.. Ellis mounted to
the header and cut header full of
the "golden grain" We laid aside
of the threshing machine, and when
the grain arrived we fed it through.
From the grain thus cut and ttreshed
our sack was taken, and as grain can
not be ground without soaking, it was
thoroughly wetted there in the field.
We then started for the city, which
we reached in forty minutes from
the ranch. Arriving at the mill an
other disappointment awaited US.
The grain was two wet, and another
half hour was lost in drying it. 1t
was then put through the screens,
from thence into the hopper, and
soon a, sack of -four was produced
from the wheat which stood I'm the
field but few hours before. From
the mill to the residence of Mr.. Ellis,
when Mrs. Ellis took charge of it,
and in half an hour we heard the
welcome to breakfast. At 80 by
the watch, which timed ms all the
way through, we satdown TO a splen-
did breakfast, and before US was the
biscuits made fIom the flour we
had worked SO hard to obtain. This
is true story, a plain statement of
the quickest work eyer done in the
State. If any man can beat this he
will have to eat his buiscuits for sup
per the day before the wheat is cut.