The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-08-19
HUKRilNG UP THE CAKES.
Breakfast Biscuit Made From Wheat Kar.
vested the Same Morning.

Breakfast Biscuit Made From Wheat Kar.
vested the Same Morning.
tFro,u the Marysvil!c, Cal, Appeal, July 27th.J
Yesterday morning. jus. when the dr.'wsy
god holds us tho closest. We were startled
from our innocent dreams by Il heavy knock.
ing ut our bed room door, We thought Of
burglars. murder. fire, everything in short.
except the cause Of the alarm. Hastily put.
ting on our unmcnti"nablcs, hind side first.
which caused US to walk back wards. We
opened the door and bc!,cld the earnest face
OF NJ. G. Fills. one of the heaviest ranch
crs Of Suffer county. now a resident Of Nh
rysvillc. connected with the Plaza fourin,
mills. who, in answer to our inquiry of
"Whal is the n,attcr?' replied: "Drcss
yourself and go out to the rancl, with me !;
We have something to do there this morn
ing" Grumblngly We "bcycd "rt'ers-tha'
iss reporters huty-and donniny our gar
mcnts, went down to the Marysvillc stables.
where VIC supposed VIC should find u team
ready. Disappointment is apt to follow to"
great expectations, cspcc ally when one cx-
poets too much of stable men. The hOstler,
who is second cousin Of Rip Van Wrinkle,
had fallen asleep after being awakened. and
before We could arouse him and get team
ready a half hour had passed. and -four
O'Clock III the morning" came just as We
rolled out of the stable. ''Drivc with tight
lincs," said the stable man. D:L We d. il i?
Not muci:. Ellis rather pushed them 'n in
stead Of holding them tight. After taking
drink from bottle found in the buggy
4 preacher drove it the day bcforr-And
lighting our cigars, our companion condo
sccnded tO inform Us what we desired liz
said: You know that once upon \ time
General Bidwe!l cut some wheat. thrasl,cd
t. ground tho wheat. baked bread from the
flour and ate It for supper. Now, propose
to beat this and ~ at it badly. 1t is seven
miles to my ra ,chc, and intend 10 drive
there, cut and thrash some grain. take it IL
the-plaza mills, grind it, have my wife make
huscuits from tho tl,ur, and We will Cat them
with our breakfast before nine o'clock thu.
morning." After finishing this long spcccl,
lie gave another push Oh the lines aud re-.
lxpscd into silence. In fifty minutes We
were at tho rancho, but here another disnp.
pOintment awaited Us. The teams were mi
in the field, and another half hour went hy
before the machinery was ready to be put il,
motion. Then Mr.. Ellis mounted to tho
header full of the ''goldcn g,sin." We laid
aside our coats and mounted the foot board
of the thrcshing machine, and when the
grain arrived we fed it through. From tho
grain thus cut and thrashed our sack va,
taken, and rs grain cannot 5c ground with
out thoroughly soaking, It was through,
wctlcd there in the field, We tLcn startc,
for tho city, which we reached in forty min
utcs from the rancho. Arrived ut the mil
another disappointment awaited US Th'
grain Was too wet, and another half hnu
WIS lost in drying it. 1t vas then pu
through the screens, from thence into tn
hopper, and soon . sack of -four WAS pro
duccd from the wheat which stood in tn
field few hours before. From the mill {,
the residence of Mr.. Ellis, where Mrs. Elli
took charge Of it, and in half Nm hour v,
heard the welcome TO breakfast. At 7:5j By
the watch which timed Us all the wa.
through. we sat down tn splendid break
fast, and before US va. biscuits made fruu
the dOur We had worked so hard 10 0btai,,
This il true story. = plain statement of tn
quickest work ever done in the S.ste. II IN,
msn can beat this he will have tO eat hi
biscuits for supper the day before the whea
Is cut.