The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-11-29

TENNESSEE GIRLS EXPLOIT AT A
COUNTY YAIR-THE PRIZE SHE WON.
Memphis Letter 10 the Louisville Courier. !

COUNTY FAIk-THE PRIZE SHE WON.
Memphis Letter TO the Louisville Courier.l
] heard Of a young lady the other day
up in Middle Tennessee. The story told
about her did my soul good. For years
past, rs mere matter Of form, tie Of.
ficers Of the county fair have been in
the habit Of Offering premium to the
lady (unmarried) cooking the best din
ner. 1t was dead letter. Nobody had
contested for the premium within the
memory Of the oldest inhabitant. This
year, however, the young lady of whom
! am speaking determined to compete
for the prize. Her name-I wish could
immortalize it was Kate Janaway.-
The fair men set up tOye for her,
stretched a canvass TO shield her from
the sun, and about IL o'clock of the la ST
day she went to work. The matter had
been talked about by every one in the
neighbOrhoOd, and curiosity was on tip
toe. The crowd collected around the
place where the stove was set up early
in the morning, and kept increasing, but
when Miss Kate herself, buxom hand
some girl OF nineteen, daughter of the
ex-Mayor of the town, appeared on the
ground and, putting Oh u white apron
and rolling up her sleeves, commenced
operation, oil other attractions were no.
thing. Every one was eager 10 see SO
novel sight. There was tree near
by which soon became black with spec
tutors who had clilned up to get bet
ter view. The branches were, finally,
50 burdencd that one by one they broke,
prccipitating those upon them to the
ground, until only one man was left in
The tree. He sat in lofty fork with eyes
riveied Oh the scene below. No amount
of persuasion by those beneath him.
enviOus 0f his better view, could in
duce him to come dOwn-evem q bribe
Of ten dollars failed. lie said he was
dinner preparations went Oh apace. The
savOry smell OF the cooking food SEEM
ed 10 lniOxicate the crowd, which press
I'd nearer and nearer. 1t took all the
police iOrce OIL the ground to keep or
.ier. Tie time arrived for the trotting
match, announced As tire sport Of the
day, but the anphitLeater was empty -
The judges lwilh the exception Of one
Grabbed old wilower,) the timers, all
were missing, and 70 nothing could be
done. Al hail-past Two the dinner waA
announced ready, and the judges. happy
men, seated themselves at the table--ihc
crow Il regarding them with al disguis-
cd envy. A roast Of beef, delicate.
done, was put upon the table, then fol
lowed corn-pudding, whose dclicat.
aroma fell upon the Olfactories Of the
excited crowd like breezcs Of Arab.
the blcst;" a prOfusi0n Of vegetables,
cooked 10 perfection, followed next
The judges ate and ate, pIaising the
flavor ol the food and The skill of the
last desert Of piping hot apple dump
lings made its appearance the fOrbear-
ance OF the crowd was at MI end. They
broke through the ropes into the ring
with one accord, and the dumplings dis
appeard ID n trice.
One Old fellow, proprietor Of Q store
aud owner Of big saw mill, proposed
to the Young lady on the spot, but he
was quietly cOllared and led o fl the
ground by two younger aspirants, who
made common cause against the aged
suilor, saw mill and all. That young lady
was the centre Of attraction in her town
after tho cooking feat. She received
twenty-five offers of marriage the first
week, aud her fame spread through all
the county round. An old bachelor fel-
low down i'm Grundy County, with al
farm SO big that il taxes him all day to|
ride around it, and cattle Oh u hundred
hills, heard OF her, and made pilgrim
age al the way to that town to learn tho
truth. lie got the girl, too, although
some of the young men of the place
sued on writ OF habeas corpus 10 pre-
vent her being carried out Of the county.
They were too late.
This is, / am aware, q rather sad end
ing, for so good story, but devotion
to the truth compclls me to give noth-
ing but the simple, unvarnislled reality.
She ought to have married that fell
low who set up there in the crotch Of
the tree SO long and at such fearful dis
comfort. He wanted her, and he was q
poor bilious dyspeptic v whom her splen-
did cooking would have soon restored
10 usefulness and society; but he was
poor. All!
~A good, innocent Philadelphian,
thinks that ncws-boys should be more
honest. He paid four cents for a paper
because the boy cried: "Battlc in North
Carolina! Horace Greeley wounded in
the ley" and there was no such thing