The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-27
The Premium Young Lady.
A STORY OF A TENNESSEE COUNTY FAIR
WITH SEVERAL MORALS.


correspondence of the Louisville Courier -yourall
heard OF a young lady the other day up in
middle Tennessee who, as river men say. has
taken another chute. The story told about
nsh ner uiu my soul good, and for the comfort Of
oLher nall-staryed dyspeptics like myself
mtose taruy sustelltatiOn is effected by means
VI lrle9 chlcken, soggy biscuits, greasy hash
anu soie-Ieather fritters, I'll relate it. For
years past, as mere matter of form-some-
thing handed down from remote antinnitv the
| officers of the county fair held in the neigb-
borhood where this young lady lived have
been in the habit of offering a premium 10
the lady (unmarried) cooking the best dinner
1t was dead letter. Nobody had Contested
for the premium within the memory of the
Oldest inhabtant. This year, however. the
young lady ofwhom am speaking determin-
ed to compete for the prize. Her name-i
wish l could immortalize twas Kate jana
way. The fair men set up a stove for her,
stretched canvas to shield her from the sun,
and about III O'Clock of the last dav she went
to work. The matter had been talked about
by every one in the neighborhood. and curios-
ity was on tip-toe. A crowd collected around
the place where the stove was set up early i'm
the morning and kept increasing, but when
Miss Kate herself, buxom, handsome Girl of
IL, daughter OF the ex-Mayor of the town. ar
peared ON the ground, ana putting on a white
apron and rolling up her sleeves commenced
operations, all other attractions wer: moth
ing, Every one was eager to see so novel n
sight. ThereWas q tree near bv which soon
became black with spectators who had climb
ed up to get a better view. The branches
were, finally, so burdened that one bv one
they broke, precipitating those upon them 20
the ground, ur.til only one man was left in
the tree. He sat in a lofty fork with ewes riy-
eted on the scene below. No amount Of ner-
suasicn by those beneath, envious of his bet-
ter view, could induce him to come down
even brlbe OF ten dollars failed. He said he
was bound to see or de-
Meanwhile the dinner preparations went
on apace. Inc sayory smell of the cooking
food seemed to intoxicate the crowd which,
pressed nearer and nearer. 1t took all the
police force on the grounds to keen order
The time arrived for the trotting match an.
nounced as the sport of the day. but the
amphitheater was empty. The Judges with
the exception Clone grabbed old widower.l
the timers, all were missing, and so nothing
could be done. At halt-past 2 the dinner was
announced ready, and the Judges. happy
men, seated themselves at the tabIe-the
crowd regarding them with ill-disguised envy.
A roast OF beef, decately done was mt
steaming hot upon the table, then followed
corn pudding, whose delicate aroma fell upon
the olfactories of the excited crowd sfike
breezes OF Araby the blest;' p.ofusion of
'O5So"oicSt SOOhcu W ptTlecJlOn, followed
next. The Judges ate and ate, praising the
flavor of the food and the skill of the cook at
every mouthful. But when, at last, dessert
| of piping hot apple dumplings made its an
| pearance, the forbearance of the crowd was
at an end. They broke through the ropes
into the ring with one accord, and the dump
lings disappeared in trice
One old fellow, proprietor of a store and
owner OF big saw-mill, proposed to the
| young lady on the spot but he was quickly
collared and led off the grounds by two
young aspirants, who made common cause
| against the aged suitor, saw-mill and ALL
That young lady was the centre of attrac-
tion i'll her town after the cooking feat. She
received twenty-five offers of marriage the
hrst week, and her fame spread through all
| the country round. An old bachelor fellow
down in Grundy county, with a farm so big
that 1t takes him all day to ride round it, and
cattle on hundred hills, heard of her and
made pilgrimage all the way to that tow:
to learn the truth. He got the girl, too, al
though some of the young men Of the place
sued out writ of habeas corpus to prevent
her being carried out of the county They
were too late.
This IS, am aware, a rather sad ending
for so good story, but devotion to the truth
compels me to give nothing out the simple.
unyarnished reality. She ought to have mar
ried that fellow who sat up there in the
crotch of that tree so long and at such fear
ful discomfort. He wanted her, and he was
apoor bilious dyspeptic, whom her splendid
! cooking would have soon restored to useful-
ness in society, but he was poor. All!
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UNDER-CLOTHING FOR COLD WEATHER
II have written on this subject before but
there seems to be need of precept upon pre-
cept. or late l have learned better ways
than knew before. For children of three
| and nuO tba, =. a.
haps than an under garment clothing the
body from the neck and wrists to the heels.
much like the night-drawers children wear.
They may be made with plain, easy. birh-
necked waist, with long straight sleeves and
with open drawers sewed to the waist. The
drawers should be rather full at the top, but
small enough at the lower part of the leg to
go inside the stocking reaching to the heel,
or leaving no gap above the shoe. doctors
disagree about the material of this undergar-
ment, some recommending wooden and some
cotton' Taking into account the difficulty OF
washing woolen without shrinking it, and
the disagreeable sensation many skins expert
ence in wearing it, probably the best way in
most cases is to have this under-garment
made either of cotton-fannel or thin cotton
cloth, with similar garment OF warm wool
en- material over it. Buttons at the waist
! support the other under-clothing There are
many sensible ladies in these United States
now wearing under-garments similar tc
those just described. Among them the pre-.
ference is usually given to thin cotton mate.
rial tor the suit next the body, with suit
made OF woolen (white flannel, gray ladies'
cloth, or red firemen's Aannel) in the same
fashion worn over the cotton suit in winter
weather. With two such wooden suits ior
frequent changes, to give opportunity for
thorough airing and summing of the woolens
they require very little washing. The wool
en- suit when taken off weekly for a change
need only be exposed to pure air and sun
light for day or two to purify it properly
washing it only when it vsibly requires it. i
men wear cotton under their wooleI
shirts the wooden may be treated IN
the same way, and men who ar,
not engaged in dirty work can wear thei
woolen shirts all winter with very little
washing, purifying them by the air and sun
shine each week when changes are made
Ladies'-cloth shirts shrink less than common
fannel.-Fdith Rochester IN american Agrs
cotltWdRst.