The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-07
HOH TO GETA HUSBAND.

A Scene at . Tennessee Fair'-A 1o"nb
Lady Cooking for Premium-Watcn-
ed, wooed and Won!
correspondent writing from memphis
gives the following amusing description OF
young ladys cooking at an agricultural iair,
to secure special premium.
Iheard Of young lady the other day up In
Middle Tennessee who, ss river men say, has
taken another chute. The story told about
her did my soul good, and for the comfort OF
other half-starVed dyspepties like myself,
whose tardy sustentation Is effected by means
of fried chicken, soggy biscuits, greasy hash
and sole leather Eitters, I'll relate IL. For
years past, aB matter OF form-something
cers,of the cSunty fair held In the neighbor-
hood where this young lady lived have been
In the habit of Offering premium to the
lady (unmarried) cooking the beat dinner. IL
was dead letter. Nobody had contested 1or
the premium within the memory OF the Oldest
inhabitant. This year, however, the young
lady Of whom L am speaking determined 10
compete for the prize. Her name-I wish
could Immortallze twas Kate JanaWay.
The fair men set up stove for her, stretched
q canvass to shield her from the sun, and
about clsven O'Clock OF the last day she went
to work. The matter had been talked about
by every one In the neighborhSod, and curl.
oslty was on tip-toe. croWd coliectea
around the place where the stove was SCI up
early In the morning and kept Increasing, out
when MISC Kate herself. a buxom. handsome
pirl of nineteen, daughter OF the ex-mayor Oh
ihe town, appeared on the ground, ana put
Ting on white apron oneranions anS all other at
fractions were nothing. Every one was eager
to see SO novel sight. There was tree
near by which soon became black with specta-
tors who had climbed up to get q better view.
The branches we're, finally, 30 burdened tnat
one By onas they broke, preclpitatlng those
upon them to the ground, until only one maa man
was left In the tree. He sat In q lofty fork with
ewes rlyeted on the scene below. No amount
ofpresnaslon by those beneath, envlous OF his
heffer view. could induce him to come down
eyen.a bri0e of ten dollars failed. He said ne
was bound to see or die. Meanwhile the did,
ner preparations went on apace. Tne savory
smell Of tha cooking food seemed TO intoxlcate
II took all the police force on the grounds TO
Keen order. The time arrived for the trotting
match, announced as the sport Of the Gay, put
the anphitheatre was empty. Tne JUDGES
with the exception OF one craooed olo WIZ
ower,) the timers, all were miss ng, and 30
dinner was announced ready, and the judges,
happy men, seated themselves at the table.
fhe:croWd regarding them with ill-disgulBed
envy, A roast of beet, delcately done, was
mt steamIng hot upon the table, then followed
corn pudding, whose delicate aroma fell upon
the olfactories of the excited crowd "like
breezes:of Araby the blest;;" profnaion OF
vegetables, cooked to perfection, followed
next, The judges ate and ate, praising the
flavor of the food and the skill of the cook at
every mouthiul. But when, at last, desert
of piping hot apple dnmpllngs made Its ap-
pearance the forbearance OF The crowd was at
an end. They broke through the ropes into
the ring with one accord, and the dumplings
disappeared In @ trice. One old fellow, pro-
priatorNofs store and owner of big saw-mill,
proposed to the young lady on the spot, but
ne was quickly collared and led OF the
grounds by two younger aspirants, who made
common cause against the aged snltor, saw
mill and all. That young lady was the centre
of attraction In her town after the cooking
feat She received twenty-five offers OF mar
riage the first week, and her, fame spread
through all the country round. An old Dache- |
ler fellow down In Gsundy county, with
farm 30 big that 1t takes him all day to ride
around 1t, aud cattle on hundred bills, heard
OF her, and made q pilgrimage all the way to
that town to learn the truth. he got the girl,
too. although some of the young men OF the
place sued out writ OF habeas corpus TO pre-
vent her being carried out Of the county.
They were too late This ls, / am aware,
rather sad ending for 30 good story, but
devotion to the truth compels me to give
nothing but the simple unvarnished reality.
She ought to have married that fellow who set
up there In the crotch of the tree 30 long and
at such fearful discomfort. He wanted Eer,
and he was q poor bilious tyspeptic whom
her splendid cooking would have soon re-
stored to usefulness and society, but he was
poor. All