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Breakfast Buiscuit Made from Wheat
Harvested the Same Morning.

Harvested the Same Morning.
From tile MarysvilIc (Cal.) Appeal, July T.
Yesterday morning, when the
drowsy god holds us the closest, we
were startled from our innocent
dreams by a heavy KNOCKING at our
bedroom door. We thought of bur-
glars, murder, fire, everything, in
short, except the cause of the alarm.
Hastily putting OH our unmentiona-
bles, hind side first-which caused lis
to walk backwadrs-we opened the
door and Lchcld the earnest face OF
M. g. Ellis, one Of the heaviest
ranchcrs of Suttcr county, now a
resident of Marysvillc, and connected
with the Piazza Steam FIGURING
Mills, who, in answer to our inquiry
of "What is the matter now?" re-
piled, "Drcss yourself and go out to
the ranch with me; we have some
thing to do there this morning"
Grumbling, VIC obcycd ordcrs-that
is a reporters duty--and donning
our garments, went down to the
Marysvillc stables, where VIC sup
posed we should find II team
ready, disappointment is apt TO
cone of too great expectations,
especially when one expects too
much of stable men. The hostler il
O second cousin to Rip Van Wrinkle,
and had fallen asleep after being
awakened, and before we could
arouse him and get team ready, a
half an hour had passed, and 81
o'clock in the morning. came just as
we rolled out of the stable. "Drive
with tight lincs," said the stable
man. Did we do it? Not much.
Ellis rather pushed OH them instead
of holding them tight. After taking
drink from a bottle found in the
buggy Ga preacher drove the day be-
forc) and lighting our cigars, oul
companion condcsccndcd to inform us
what he desired. Said he: "You
know .hat once upon time General
Bidwcll cut some grain, thrcshed it,
ground the wheat, baked bread from
the flour, and ate il for supper. Now
| propose to beat this, and beat il
badly. II is seven miles to my ranch
and | intend to drive there, cut and
thrcsh some grain, take it to the
Plaza Mills, grind il, have my wife
make buiscuits from the flour, and
we will cat them with our brcakfa
before . o'clock this morning" After
finishing this long speech, he gave
another push on the lines and re-
lapscd into silence. In fifty minutes
we were at the ranch, but here anoth'
CT disappointment awaited us. Tho
teams were not in the field, and an
other half hour went by before The
machinery was ready to be put il
motion. Then Mr.. Ellis mounted lt
the header and cut q header full o
the "goldcn grain" We laid aside
our coat and mounted tho footbOard
of the thrcshing machine, and when
the grain arrived we fed it through
From the grain thus cut and tlreshcd
our sack was taken, and us grain can
not be ground without soaking, IL was
thoroughly wcttcd 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. Ii
was then put through the screens
from thence into the hopper, and
soon u sack of flour was produced
from the wheat which stood in the
field but a 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
wclcoWc to breakfast. AT I :5j by
the watch, which timed lis all the
way through, VIC sat down to II splcn.
did breakfast, aud before us was the
biscuits made ilom the -four We
had worked so hard to obtain. This
is a true story, II plain statement oi
the quickest work eyer done in the
State. If any man can beat this he
will have 10 cat his buiscuits for sup.
per the day before tho wheat is cut
a company of land proprietors,
owning about two hundred acres Of
land, near The city of Louisville, fol
which they paid at the rate of Sl0.
per acre, have managed to put them
selves in the way of making u good
deal of money by entering into 9
speculation which needed only tact
enterprise, and libcrality in OK
pending mOncy-in advertising an(
othcrwisc-,to make their venture Q
success. They bought the land or
the lst of June, and Immediately
proceeded TO lay ii out in squares,
streets. and avenues, well fenced ant
whitcwaslcd and named apprOpri
atcly--cstablishing, in fact, a complete
town, minus the houses, public build
ings, &c. Having progressed thus
far, they next advertised the sale cX
tcnsiveiy in the city and interior pa
pcrs of Kentucky and naighboring
States, prepared taking maps o
the proposed new village, built
short railroad to the line of the prop
crty at an expense of S3J, 1900, and du
ring the days of sale spread lin'
lunch free to all cOmcrs. The result
was that large throng--mostIy inc
chanics--attcmdcd, and the enterprise
oi the parties was rewarded by sci
ling one half of the tract for $3.50, 1000
The other half, the most valuable por
ton ofthc property, was reserved b!
the owners who it is thought with rca
son, will realize large fortune with
| in six months time from their enter
prise.
Al A