The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-04-30
yofEs FRoM rHE FARMERS c1rB.
Corn CAKE and Honey for All but the Lady
Farmer with the Lunch Basket

Farmer with the Lunch Basket
The club beamed. Sunlight danced upon
the japanned steam pipes. and more particu-
LARRY upon the head Of Farmer Martin. which
being bald and beautifully polished. Is ad-
mirnbly adapted for light terpsichorean exer-
cses Of this sort. The sunlight itself seemed
pleased, and between dances spread itself out
In lustrous daperings upon that abandoned
hoad like q skull cap OF glory. The aged lady
farmer with the brown lunch basket was there
without the basket. that highly decorative and
interesting object being replaced by large
Bible wrapped up in newspaper. Other lady
farmers were there also. including ono es-
pecially young and pretty. with fur-lned
cloak and Russian leather note book; and
when Farmer Lambert came in with seven
neatly tied bundles and his pockets stuffed
with ears OF corn there WAS no limit to the
plcasurnble emotion which prevailed.
Farmer Shermans paper ia commentator
Of the State Of Vermont was q delightful bit OF
descriptive and ruminative literature. Farm
ers were tickcd when he presented certain
New England characters by such apt titles MS
Miss Virgin Frigidity and AIR. Beeswax. When
he came TO speak OF places tnat hau been
familiar In his hoyhood. and Of forms that lay
buried in the yillHge chuIGhyhrd. the voice OIL
the essuyist became choked. and he wept
whercupqn Farmer Martin. TO conceal his emo
ton. made pencil marks ON the b OK OF Farmer
Chambcrs's SHIRT colGr-a proceedin.: Of which
Farmer Chambers, himself quite affected 10y
this pathetic reference to The lust great natural
wholly uncoGniznnt. And wien the essayist
turning with the deitncss OF art from the slow
joy. paused in wild dene Of The Green Noun
tunS and excl lined: Oh. could the poet
laureate Of the club nave been there TO marx
Weird 5 6rms Mr.. Gutter o upon whom all ewes
were admiringly turned, blushed. bowed. gig
chain, and turned in his toes In the most
whimsical way. Farmer sherman, in conclu-
sion, said that amid the Green Mountains 1t
needed not u muczzin on the top Of u minnret
70 call people To- prayer, that theieabouts Bob
search OF perfect peace and perfect nature
should 20 to his mother inlay in Vermont
4 large civil engineer spoke concerning q
the Poet Cutter set mis- boots on the backs Of
the heels. turning the solcs straight up. and
producing quaint and interesting effect
When Farmer Lambert assembled the plat
form and spread ont his seven bundles upon
the disk on the Chair, Farmer Martin. who has
waspish tongue, inquired in drawing and
sarcastic accents. Arc those the seven plaques
Of Egypt. Doctor Farmer Lqmbert,,s only reply
TO his intcrrngator was look which wouil
have made any other, man quail. This look
having been mplished the farmer opened
the bundles. whose contents we're as follows:
Bundle l-Pound OF old original Kiug Philips corn,
bundle 2-Cske OF corn bread on tin plate
EGnGe "A table tn.ie
BSn1iS "a "a S%S OF n .r"Gn
Buudie 1-AnOther bon oil money
Great applause greeted the opening Of the
bundles When it Ind subsidized Farmer Lam
bert sal that he had long been persuaded that
Mrs. A .t j. Brown Of WiEk NE r; Il
that he had sent to her for the receipt and n
specimen Tor the benefit OF the club. The re-
some doubt. owing TO one OF the directions.
which rend. dissolved saleratus. teaspoon
fuls." Whether three teaspooniuls OF the sal
eratus were 10 he dissolved or whether there
was to be taken three aspoonfuls OF solution
al saeratus, the farmer was not enabled by the
wording OF the receipt accurately to say. This
important point he would learn from Mrs
Brown. and communicate 10 the club at some
future time The farmer then delivered a long
and important address upon the art of making
corn bread and the ACCESSIBILITY of eating Il.
I Farmer Crane OF New Jersey. after eating n
didn't see anything pcrticker about that corn
bread" and proceeded TO devour quantity Of
! the honey with the assistance Of the table
knife. At each mouthtul the knife Disappeared
I down Farmer Cranes throat neariy to the
this side Of the Hudson TO regard him with
interest and disapproyaL
When Farmer Crane had finished. the rest OF
the corn cake and honey were distributed
among the club. Farmer Chambers. securing
o. es on 6e 81 ysnn
farmer with a pearl handled penknife; but she
wouldn't have it. Nobody offered to feed the
aged lady farmer with the B.b.e, who worked
/ her mouth in y nervous manner. presenting one
/ OF the most affecting spectacles to be imagined.
The corn bread and honey being all gone. the
aged lady farmer not having secured particle
| of either. the Chair directed the Secretary 10
write In reply TO eorresp1ndeent that thirtee re-
! il properly put together-the properly put to-
gether' referring to the cattle. and to their dis
/ position relatively to one another rather than
/ TO their anatomical construction. The Chair
| also, in few appropriate words, took notice OF
there had been none like lin since Humboldt
and CuvIer. and that nowhere IN any OF his
books had the RhSsopaNT s2td he S5
! ing, that man sprnng from a monkey.
Miss Adsmine Sinlberg Of Denmark an ar
in Sa H G rom the Peace sccety was pre-
! scented to the club as LAZY capable and willing
vis pdbe By the CHAIR to Visit Mr. Havemsyers
farm. and the picture Of the dog was stood
! upon the platform.
! which held up human nature in ludicrous
| light, and which invested with an atmosphere
Farmer odei, dddressed the club concerning
peaches. thereby winning wager, made the
week previous, rom Farmer Martin, who had
prepared.' Farmer odell said that he would
bring 10 the cub a Specimen OF q seedlipg
! Miss Sophia Cook. and named the Lorraine. y
in honor Of Miss Cooks, father who, was a
nobleman Of that vine-clad province Of France.
whether Miss Cook 5 fttI erwas callcd lie C9mte
de Cook or the lie Due de Cook. Farmer Odell
| very Justly returned 40 answer
/ Farmer Jones who was deputed by the club
70 attend the Atlanta Exposition and the Cattle
/ btion al Atlanta. and'said that tho Texas Con
yen"n hSa 6rsn r ysy FFSItsGg e hm The
the blackboard and pointed out Austin. Tex.
TO the ,cIup. The report. with the map. was
Farmer Lambert said that man has sy sur
faces, Of winch three are important. A l5-cent
flesh brush, the farmer continued, is the proper
farmers remarks concerning The surface OF the
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