The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-12-01

As Colonel Sellers ,ooi; hogs merely is a
side issue, subsidiary 10 his eyc-watcr enter
prise. so Mr.. Abram 5 Hewitt is taking Indian
corn under his special care. He Is laboring
with a Congressional committee IN behalf OF
corn at the Paris Exhibition. He wants Il corn
kitchen established, in which the toothsome
griddlc cake shall make to Jingle with delight
palates all unused to its subtle flavor, while
the New England corn bread with swcetnln'
in it, and the less elaborate Virginia pone ana
hoecakc, and the egg enriched batter bread,
shall rive to European gourmandS Il new dc.
| LIGHT, tempting them to create demand
through their retail grocers for some part OF
our great product other than that which they
now buy for cattefeeding purposes. Mr. Hew-
lit would not stop here, however, in his apos-
Itleship of Indian corn. He would have high
priests of hominy, dcft workers in grits, skilled
Icompounders of samp established in the Amer.
lean kitchen at Paris, and colporteurs OF corn,
according to his plan, are to distribute recipes
printed in all languages, which shall teach the
outer barbarans of other lands how to prepare
this noblest of the cereals for consumption
This literature is to include directions for the
manufacture of corn oysters and corn pud.
dings and possibly also for the connection OF
that mildly invigorating tipple Of the Virgin
ians, corn beer. Corn whisky our European
neighbors drink already, perhaps, disguised as
French brandy or as old sherry wine
Mr.. Hewitt is right, and we wish him abund
ant success in his side issue. He has the au-
thority of high precedent too for his endeayor
although he may not know it. Mr.. Joseph y.
Wright, at one time Governor of Indiana, and
afterwards Minister to Berlin went to Europe
with corn in his heart, to speak metaphorcal-
". He laborcd long and earnestly to com
mend the grain Of the West TO European pal
atcs and European stomachs Humboldt, who
was his friend, persisttntly refused to be con.
verified to his gastronOmc DOCTRINES insisting
that Indian corn, while it might be wholesome
enough, could never, by any art of cookery, be
made palatablc The willy Hoosier diplomat
ist set trap for the man of science. Inviting
Humboldt to breakfast one morning he be-.
g,lilcd him with griddle cakes made OF Indian
meal and dressed with Wabash butter. In ig-
norancc of the composition of the food the
great savant atc-as Eve did of old-and was
caught in the snare Unsuspectingly he rel
shed the cakes and warmly praised them.
Then and only then the ioosier Ex-Governor
made known the nature OF the food that had
tickled his guests highly cultivated and dis
palate-a palate thcnceiorth caiho-
lie and cosmopolitan. He assured his guest
that not only did corn meal enter into the com
position of the griddle cakes, but corn meal
was the only product of grain used in their
preparation, and this assertion being confirmed
by the gentlwoman who presided at the table,
who had compounded the cakes with her own
skilled hands Humboldt was conquered. A
barrel of meal, the gift of the Minister, was
set up in his kitchen as one of his Laras, and a
recipe for the preparation of gridllc cakes,
neatly written in Il woman's hand. was pre-
scented to his cook.--N. T. ECeaiHg Post.