The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-01-05

| comes thoS Stwenty-ninth-tlilS is tin
! twenty-second; that gives us six day
besides Sunday. Now have writer
down everything that is first needed Il
the grocer's and market; you can tax
the paper to Betsey and tell her TO ge
! the things as soon as she has finishc,
her work; and when they come yo,
may let me know"
Away ran the little girls, still won
dering what their mamma could meal
by their getting the dinner, but know
ing that they must not ask too man.
questions. Bctsey was the chamber
maid. a bright. willing girl. and sh
hurried through her work, and 500
came in from market and grocery wit
piece of beef, a piece of suet, a lttl
bucket of sweet cider. and paper G
raisins; and after her came tie market
man with u bushel of rosy apples.
Up ran the little girls to their mann
ma. who said, Now tell Mary 9Th
Cook) to boil the meat slowly till it j
tender. and then put it away to cool
and then come back to me and brin,
the raisins and bowl. and the chop
ping-bOwl and knife. and the knife tha
Mary peels apples with, and tell Betse
10 come with you with q basket of ap
pies" t...
1t was pretty long message. bu
they remembered it all. and were sool
back in their mammals room with al
the things.
Now. little girls" said she, .'si
down quietly, and will tell you jus
what we will do. am quite well, onl,
not strong, and it won't hurt me any t,
have you in the room several hours II
a timo if you will not talk too much.
can show you SO that by doing Il littl,
each day you can make all the mince
mix the pumpkin, and peel and cut tho
apples, for mincr, apple and pumpkin
pics. Then you can make the stuffing
and stuff the turkey. We will ge
along this year without any pudding ol
chicken-pie, and have just u turkey an,
vegetables and three kinds of pie. You
are too little to make pie-crlIst; but
will have Mary bring the things up
here and | will show her how to make
enough crust for two pies of kind.
Then when Thanksgiving Day CONES.
while papa is Mt church Mary and Bet
sey will bring the two kitchen tables mp
stairs. and as. they are jnst of u size.
they can be put together and make one
long one. and we will have dinner jus,
ready to put on when papa comes in
from church."
Kena and Carrie listened with their
eyes bright with happiness. and as soon
as their mamma finished speaking,
asked both together, ''When may we
beginp''
"Right away" said Mrs. Steadman.
''YOu. Rena. can peel those apples and
cut them off the cores. and you. Carrie,
can stone the raisins."
The little girls went right to work,
and by dinner-timc had the apples
peeled and chopped, and the raisins
stoned for the mince.
That was Thursday. Friday they
chopped the meat and the suet; that
was slow work, for it had to be, oh, so
fine; but they took turns at the chop
ping-bowl; and before dinner had it all
done.
Saturday they ground and measured
the spices ard mixed the mince, and
pnt it away finished. Oh, how happy
they felt!
But they were almost afraid to say a
word before their papa. for they thought
all the time so much about their won-
derful secret that they were very much
afraid that they would say it out with
as they heard the front door shut, Rena
would say, "Rememberr' and Carrie
would say, 'Yes, 7'eDeDabery' and then
they would run to meet him.
One night Carrie came very near say
ing, Thanksgiving will be so nice in
mammals room;" but she had only said
''Tha''- when Rena gave her such
punch. and off she cut it right there
with only weak little ''a-a" to finish
it off with; and then they both began to
laugh SO that they had to stuff their
into their mouths and
get around behind their papa's chair to
keep from being seen. Oh, it was
happy week!
Monday they could not work, for
Mary was too busy with her washing to
have them running through the kitchen.
But early Tuesday morning they be-
gun to peel the big yellow pumpkin
,hat the market-man brought Saturday
night; Mary quartered it for them and
,OOk out the seeds. and then they took
.wo quarters of it upstairs, and one
lid one and one the other; and when it
wns all cut in pieces they took it down
% Mary to stew. Then when it was
ender they took it upstairs again with
he sieve and q big dish, and eggs and
IN egg-beater, and Carrie strained the
pumpkin while Rena beat the eggs.
Then their mamma told them lust. how
much milk to put in, and how much
sugar and spice; and the pumpkin too
was ready for pies.
They set it away in cool place over
night, and Wednesday they peeled and
cut the apples for apple pies. and sat
yvofn w Ia M
Mary how to make the crust. Mary,
although she did not know much about
and was good-tempered,
kind girl, and was almost as happy in
the children's secret as they were them
selves, so she did not mind having to
carry her baking things upstairs. 1t
was late Wednesday afternoon before
the turkey WAS stuffed, but it was at
last done, and mammals room nicely
set to rights before papa came in. Rena
and Carrie were so certain they should
toll their secret if they were long with
their papa, that they ran off to bed
right after supper and were soon
asleep.
The next morning they were up
bright and early, and the minute they
were dressed. ran 10 the pantry to look
at the row of pies--theiy pies-and the
big turkey they had stuffed. lying in the
pan with his legs tied together ready to
go into the oven. "Oh, isn't it nice!'
said Rena; ''won't papa. be happy.
thought
''And won't he, thought said Carrie.
Papa's story was just as nice that
rs ual, but the little girls
heads and hearts were so full that every
little while they would forget the story
and be wondering if the girls could get
the tables upstairs. and if everything
would be ready in time.
But the story came to an end, and so
did the pleasant church service, and the
walk home; and then,. Rena's heart
beat SO fast that she could hardly speak,
amt little Carrie kept squeezing her
hand while their papa got out his latch
key.
'.Mamma is so WE'LL" said he, '.that
l think We can have some little games
in her room after dinner. / wonder if
poor Mary has tried anything extra in
honor of the day. l did not dare send
q turkey from market, for l knew she
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