Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1872-12-06
How to Cook a Dinner.

A correspondent of the Louisville Cou-
ricr-JmUan writing from Memphis says:
| heard of young lady the other day ap
in Middle Tennessee, who, rs the river
men say, has taken another chute. The
story told about her did my soul good, and
for the comfort Of other half-starved dys-
pcpies like myself, whose tardy susten-
| tation is affected by means of fried chick
en-, soggy biscuit greasy hash and sole
leather frittcrs, I'll relate it For years
past, rs a mere matter Of form -somc-
thing handed down from remote antiqui-
ty-thc officers of the County Fair, held
in the ncighborhood where this voting
lady lived, had been in the habit Of offer
ing premium to the young lady Gun
married) cooking the best dinner. 1t
was dead letter. Nobody had contested
for the premium within the memory of
the oldest iuhabitaut This year, how
ever, the young lady of whom | am speak
ing determined TO compete for the prize
Her namc--I wish could immortalzc it
was Kate Janaway. The Fair men
set up stove for her, stretched canvas
to shield her from the sun, and about ] |
o'clock Of the last day she went to work.
The matter had been talked Of by eyo-
ry one in the ncighborhool and curiosity
was on tip-toe. A crowd collected around
the place where the stove MAS set up, ear
ly in the morning, and kept increasing,
but when Miss Kate herself, n buxom,
handsome girl of nineteen, daughter of
the ex-Mayor Of the town, appeared on
the ground, and pltting on white apron
and rolling up her sleeves, commenced
operations, all other attractions were no.
thing. Every one was eager to see so
novel sight There was tree near by
which soon became black with spectators
who had climbed up to get n better view.
The branches were finally so burdened
that one by one they broke, precipitating
those upon them to tho ground, until
only one man WAS left in the tree He
sat in a lofty fork, with eyes riveted up
on the scene below. No amount of per-
suasion by those beneath, enyious of his
better view. could induce him to como
down-cven bride Of $40 failed. He
said he was bound to see or die. Mean
while the dinner preparations went on
apaco. The sayory smell of the cooking
rood seemed 70 lntoX'cate the crowd
which pressed nearer and nearer. 1t
to9A 80 '.'o - NV 0'' '''0 s'o''u'
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the omphithcatro was empty. The Judges
with the exception Of one Grabbed old
wid0wer), the timers, all were missing,
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plc dunplngs made is nnnaaraneo n,
iorbearance Of The crowd was M nm end.
Thoy broke tbr,uob .hc ron,.s int, tho
rinq with ono accord and the dumnliuos
disappeared in trico.
0ne od Grllaw nronr;.. to,. ~ . sto,,
aud owner nfa ill., aoy nill nr,aasoJ ~
tLo volng l,5v o@ thc onat In H. ga,
anicIsly collred and led ~ tba arounJa
! bv two vonooor ,e,,;e,nf, WI ,ad.
common e,asa against fine oo@d suitor
the centre Of attraction in her town after
the cooking feat. S1o received twenty
I've offers of marriage the first week. and
her fame sprcad through ali the country
around. An old bachelor fellow down
! in Grundy county. with farm 50 biz
that it takes him all day to ride around
il. and cattle on hundred hills. heard
of her. and made a pilgrimage nil the
way to that town TO learn the truth. He
rot the girl, too, although some of tho
young men of the place sued out writ
Of hlJe,,s corbus to prevent her being
carried out Of the county. They were
too late.
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~ t.,,ab ,na,a,,oI, r,a ~ ,,;yo natb;aa Ian,