San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-08-29
QUEENS CHEESE.

Mt Is curious what mistakes they
make in history" said old Grandfather
Blackmore. "Now this that Is In your
book here about her majesty's cheese,
isn't true at all---that Is. the general part
Of It Is true enough, but there's mis-
take In particulars"
"And what was her majesty's cheese"
asked Grandfather Blackmore's daugh-
ter-in-law-a Connecticut woman with
Yankee ancestors as far back as there
we're any Yankees.
"Did you never hear Of III" cried
Grandfather Blackmore. "Well, In.
deed! Then I'll tell It you, though to be
sure you could read 1t yourself. It was
u cheese made In the year ~, In the vii
lagc Of Pinnard, Somersetshire, to pre-
sent to her majesty Queen Victoria, then
young woman, and very much ad-
mired by her subjects
"The Pinnard ladies were all agog
about her. and to show their loyalty
they made up their minds to make one
of their famous cheeses, for almost every
county In England has q particular
cheese Of It's own, and Somersetshire
was not behindhand. So the wives
Of all the well-to-do folk-gentlemen
farmers we cali them-met together and
held council, and 1877 subscribers were
called for, each to offer one meals milk
of her best COW for the making Of the
cheese. And the 1877 ladies subscribed.
And a great vat was made with the
royal arms carved upon It and many
other things beside, and on the anni-
vcrsary Of the queens coronation fifty
Of them were to meet at Mr.. Nash's-
George Nash he was, and q fine man.
and hearty-and all the offerings OF
milk were to be received by them. II
would make twenty hogsheads, they
said, and 1t did, and It took them from
in the morning to 9 In the evening to
turn 1t to curd, and the largest and
finest and loveliest cheese 1t made! And
when It was ripened 1t was taken to
Buckingham palace and presented to her
majesty, who thanked them very gra-
ciously, and afterward sent the village a
present, though what 1t was I this min
ute forget. But about the cheese I am
so certain that I can point out little
mistake. Now this book says that there
were 1877 messes Of milk In the queens
cheese, and I can tell you there were
only 1885,"
"Why, how can you know, Father
Blackmore!" cried his daughter-in-law.
"I'll tell you." said the old man. "In
Pinnard, Somersetshire, there was
widow lady, by name Mrs. Lutwoyche.
She had good blood In her veins, and !
could tell you all about II only you Yam
KEGS don't care for that sort OF thing; but
she had very little money and only one
cow-a pretty creature, to be sure, but
giving very little milk. However. she
was one Of the best folk Of the place, and
and it would never do not to have her
name on the List. So In It went One Of
the 1877 names that were put down for
the milk to make the queens cheese OF
was Mrs. Sophy Lutwoyche. She was
all alone in the world, poor lady, but for
her daughter Charlotte. They had a lit
tie house, and little garden, and little
servant, and the little COW told you of.
and Charlotte was the prettiest little crea-
ture! She had English blue eyes and her
skin was like cream, and fell In love
witt, her the minute saw her. / was
not Somersetshire man, came from
Deyonshire, and Devonshire lassies are
called beauties. But Charlotte cut them
all out, and / followed her about as II
had nothing else to do. The Widow Lut-
woyche didn't favor me much. She
me not quite high enough for
Charlotte, though was to have money.
But did what I advise all men to do
when they want the daughter. l courted
the mother, and by the time the subscrip-
ton paper was taken about ! was inti-
mate enough to he at the cottage at tea
tune, and to know that Mrs. Lutwoyche
was TO have the honor Of being one OF
the ladies who was to go TO Mrs. Nash's
dairy to make the curd- Their only
trouble was how TO get the milk and
over Mt 5oclock In the morn
ing without troubling the neighbors, for
everything that could be hired was hired
already. There was to be jollifcation on
the Nash place all day long, and butter
prints with the queens portrait on had
Iecn made, and jelly molds like crowns.
and wreaths Of flowers were 10 be hung
everywhere. for IL was June and flowers
xerc plenty. Il was to he a great merry
making indeed Well, had q chance 10
10 the widow a real favor at Last, and I
yru,nis.zd her that would bring q vehicle /
n which she could sit neatly dressed
With Charlotte beside her, and In which I
he can could 90, and that Imyseh would 4
hive. and could stay through the day |
md take them homo sgHin-that Il, N
hey'd do me the honor 10 psrmit ma
.sShe was vel pls>ssd. and ! goa my |
srss bit Of real favor from her hat day |
-hea drove over 70 ths house In ths
awning.
-sTb~ widow ~zs ready. al IN black.
nd Chariofts al IN white. and there
tod TIE can b8rnisbed ike silver. and .
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