Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-30

ing? Yet the average American hu-
man being is subjected to ii in the
great multitude of honest homes.
Can you 90 nothing about If?
Then pies, Even that dismayed
Freedman could not deny that we
Have as many pies rs religions, and
ne would be a bold Frenchnian also
/ If lie asserted that we are as fond Of
ctr religions as Of our pies. Pies,
indeed, there must be. They are as
ancient as Thanksgiving, and The
pie on the table of that great day
was rs constituent part Of ii as the
minister in the pulpit. Nay, what
is the festival itself butts humble and
pioGs Offering OF thanks for the CO.
pioas harvest of pie-in its original
in.arials Indeed, the more meta
physical inquirer might justly ask,
rs l1e surveys the autumn fields gor-
geoas with The massive pumpkin,
II bat Is il there for except TO make
pies Ii is as mama fallen upon the
Garth. II IL a celestial hint of pie.
II IS 4 heavenly command of pie.
There is q time in the life of the
contemplatiye American when he
pereeives in himself nascent doubts
81 lie. lie may even 90 SO far as to
pro cst that heavy white dough,
shortened" with heaven and the
lard pot know what, is not whole
some food But what said the
learned and eloquent Rufus Choate,
when his mouth fairly watered at
the luxury of the forecastle and gal
ley Of a half-staryed coasting smack?
On Monday, gentlemen, the whole
some and toothsomc duff; on Tues
dag The nutritious and delicious
dundy-funk;n and In the climax his
rapt eye beheld in vision the very
tgansfgured material Of pie, although
he called 1t by kindred name, when
he exclaimed, ,'and on Wednesday,
gentlemen, with his own hand, with
his own paiernal hand, The captain
dealt out 10 them squash; not the
cold and shriyeled vegetable of our
uorthcrn cline, but the gorgeous,
the luXuriant, the exuberant squash
of lie tropics"
Think, madame, that you dealt
with this squash or pump
Kin, it is all the same; concede that
the German viii surrender his souer-
krout, the Scotchman his oatmeal
"parritch,n the Irlshman his potato,
the italian his lnacearoni, the !
Frenchman his frog, as soon as the
American his pie; waive all the ar
gnmenis against pic us pie; yet are !
you not morally bound to consider
the nature Of crust, and can you, as a
friend Of truth, assert that the white,
s0ggy slab Of duff" that underlies
%our pie is either wholesome or
t0oth-omet The question that |
comes home TO you Is, Can't you
make it dry and crisp without too
much reference to the lard -pot? |
When it Is apple with which you are |
concerned; the responsibility j.
greater, for, so as to speak, your APP !
ple-pic wears a lull suit; it has a
coat and trOwscrs, an upper and |
a lower garment; and, dear, mad !
anne, since cit is not always May"
why should the innocent fruit be al |
ways clad in white? Brownit, mad |
ame, brown 1t!
These are simple hints, but they
involve health, comfort, and pro-
Grcss. Let us regard what has been
said as "a first lesson studies, if you
please, for beginners, Devote your
cnargg 10 securing a juicy, broiled !
steak, dry and mcaly potatoes, |
brown aud not buttery pastry, and |
tight, thoroughly baked bread
"only these and nothing more"--and |
not your children only, madame, but |
all wearied souls who have been /
long watching for the dawn, will !
rise mp and call you blessed!