Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-27
Cooking a Dinner.


V0OktuS u Oiuu0ts
new q Tennessee Girl Created .
Sensation.
l heard of young lady the other
day up in Middle Tennessee who, as
river men say, has taken another
chute. The sto-y told about her did
my soul good, and for the comfort of
other half starved dyspeptics like
myself, whose tardy sustcnation is
effected by means of fried chicken,
soggy biscuits, greasy hash and SOLE
leather fritters, I'll relate it. For
years past, as matter of form
something handed down from remote
antiquity--the officers of the county
fair held In the neighborhoOd where
this Young lady lived have been i'll
the habit Of offering premium to
the lady (unmarricdD cooking the
best dinner. 1t was dead letter.
| Nobody hail contested for the pre-
MUM within the memory of the
oldest inhabitant. This year, the
young lady Of WHOM am speaking
determined to compete for the prize.
ner name-I wish could immortal
ize twas Kate Janaway. The fair
men set up stove for her, stretch
e,l canvass to shield her from the
sun, and about II O'Clock of the last
day she went to work. The matter
had been talked about by every one
in the neighborhood, and curiosity
was on tip-toe. A crowd collected
around the place where the stove was
set up early in the morning, and
kept increasing, but when Miss Kate
herself, a buxom, handsome girl of
nineteen, daughter of the cx-Mayor
of the town, appeared OH the ground,
and, putting OIL white apron and
rolled up her sleeves commenced op-
crations, all other attractions were
nothing. Every one was eager 10
see SO novel a sight. There was a
tree near by which soon became
black with spectators who had climb
ell up to get better view. The
branches were. finally, so burdcned
that one by one they broke, pre-
cipitating those OIL them to the
ground, until only one man was left
in the tree. lie sat in a lofty fork,
with eyes rivcted OH the scene below
No amount of persuasion by those
beneath, cnvious of his better view,
could induce him to como down.
even a bribc of $40 failed. He said
he was bound to see or die. Mean
while the dinner preparations went
OH apacc. The savory smell of tho
cooking food seemed TO intoxicatc
the crowd, which pressed nearer
II took all the police force OH the
ground to keep order. The time
arrived for the trotting-match, an
mounced as the sport of the day, but
the amphitheater was empty. The
judges with the exception of ono
Grabbed old. widowcr), the timers.
were all missing, and SO nothing
could be done. AT half-past two
the dinner was announced ready
and the judges, happy men, seated
themselves at the table-tlIc crowd
regarding them with an ill-disguiscd
envy. A roast beef, dclicatcly done
was put stearning hot upon the table
then followed corn pudding, whose
delicate aroma fell upon the olfac.
tories Of the excited crowd, "like
breczes of Araby the blcst;' a pro.
fusion of vegetables cooked to per-
fcction followed next. The judges
ate and ate, praising the flavor of tho
food and the skill Of the cook at
every mouthful. But when the dc.
sert Of piping hot applc-dumpl.ngs
made its appearance, the forbcarance
of the crowd was at an end. They
broke through the ropes with one
accord, and the dumplings disappear
cd in tricc.
One old fellow, proprietor Of a
store and owner of saw mill, pro-
posed to the young lady OIL the spot,
but he was quickly led of the ground
by two younger aspirants, who made
common cause against the aged SUIT
or, saw mill and all. That young
lady was the center 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 bachelor way down in Grun-
dy county, with farm so big that
it takes him all day to ride around
it, and cattle on a hundred hills,
heard of her and made pilgrimage
all the way to that town to learn the
truth. llcgot the girl, too, although
some of the young men of the place
sued out a writ of habcas corpus to
prevent her being carried out of the
county. They were too late.
. This is, l am aware, a rather sad
ending for SO good Il story, but de-
, votion to the truth compels me to
give nothing but the simple, unvar'
nishcd reality.
She ought to have married that
fellow who sat up there in the crotch
of the tree So long, and at such fearful
discomfort. lie wanted her. and he
, was poor bilious dyspeptic, whom
, her splendid cooking would have
soon restored to usefulness and So
ciety, but he was poor. Ah.-[Mcm'
phis Correspondent Louisville Cour'
ier-Journal.
DUMMIEs.-They are toleratins the
use Of dummy engines on the street
railways of New York and othe,
. cities since the horse disease has be.