The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-25
QUEENS CHEESE.

isn't true at all that is, the general part /
Of it is true enough. but there's ms
take in particulars.
"And what was her majesty cheese:
osked Grandfather BhckmOre's daugh- |
ter-in-law-a Connecticut woman with |
Yankee ancestors as far back as there
were any Yankees.
Did YOU never hear OF it. cfie" /
Grandfather Blackmore. "Wel, IN
deed, Then I'll tell il YOU. though to be
surc You could read it yourself. Ii was
a cheese made in the year ~, in the VII
jaceof pinnard. Somersctshirc, 20 pre-
sent 10 her majesty Queen Victoria, then
a Young woman. and very much adj
mircd by her subjects.
"Thc pinuard ladies were all asos
about her. and TO show their loyalty
they made mp their minds to make one
If their famous chceses. for almost every
county in England has q particular
cheese of It's own. and Somersctshlre
WAS not bchmdhaud. So the wives
If all the well-to-do folk-gentlomen
farmers we call thcm-mct together and
held a council. and 731 subscribers were
called for. each TO offer one meals milk
Of her best COW for the making of the
cheese And the 735 ladies subscribed /
And a great vat was made with the
roval arms carved upon it and many
other things beside, and on the ami /
versary Of the queens coronation nifty
Of them were 10 meet at Mn. Nashs-
George Nash De was, and fine man.
and heartv-and an tho offerings OF
milk were 10 De received by them. 10
would make twenty hogsheads, they
said. and it did. and it took them from
g i'm the morning % 6 in tine evening 10
turn 10 To- curd. and the largest and
finest and lovelie5t cheese 1t madel And
when it was ripcned it was taken 20
Buckingham palace and presented to her
majesty. who thanked them very gra-
ciouslv. and afterward sent the village a
present, though what il was l this min
ute forget. But about the cheese l am
SD certain that | can point out little
mistake. Now this book says that there
were 80 mcsscs of milk in the queens
cheese. and can tell you there were
only ,35"
"Whv. how can YOU know Father
Ilacamorc." cried his daughter-in-law
"Ill toll 900" said the old man. "ln
T.nuard Somorsctshirc. there was a
widow lady. bv name Mrs Luiwoychc.
She had good Hood I'D her veins. and /
could toll YOU all about it only YOU Yam
KEGS don't care for that sort of thing; but
she had very little money and only one
cow pretty creature. TO be- sure. but
cigiug very little milk However. She
was one Of the best folk Of the place and
and ii would never do not t. have her
name on the li-t So i'm 10 went One Of
She .31 names Chat were pat down tor
the mill, % make the queens cheese OF
WAS Mrs Sophy Lutwoyche. She was
an alone in the world. poor lady, but for
her daughter Charlotte. They had BIT
tle house. and little garden, and little
servant. and the little COW told YOU of,
and Charlotte was thepreitiest little crca-
turc! She had English blue eyes and he
skin was like cream, and fell IN love
with her the minute | saw her ! was
not q S0mcrsetshirc man, came from
Devonshirc. and Devonshire lassics are
called beauties. But Charlotte cut them
an out, and followed her about as If l
had nothing else 20 do. The Widow Lut-
wovche didn't favor me much. She
thought me not quite high enough for
Charlotte, though l was 10 have money
Bat did what | advise all men 10 do
when they want the daughter. couried
The mother, and by the time the subscrip
ton paper was taken about ! was init
mate enough so be at the cottage at tea
time. and 10 know that Mrs. Lutwoyche
was TO have the honor of being one of
the ladies who was 90 80 to Mrs. Nash b
dairy 20 mako the curd Their only
trouble was how to get the milk and
themselves over 40 joclock in the morn
ing without troubling the neighbors, for
everything that could be hired was hired
already. There was TO be lolhhcation ON
the Nash place all day long, aud butter
prints with tho queens portrait ON had
been made, and jelly molds like crowns
and wrcaths of flowers were 10 be hung
everywhere, for IL was June and flowers
were plontv. 1t was TO be great merry
making indeed. Well. l had chance to
do the widow q real favor at last, and ]
promised her that would brlnga vehicle
i'm which she could sit neatly dressed
with Charlotte beside her, and in which
the can could go, and that myself would
drive. and could stay through the day
and take them homo again-that IS, II
they'd DO me the honor TO permit me.
"She was well pleased, and / got my
first bit of real favor from her that day
when drove over 70 the house in the
dawning.
"The widow was ready, all in black,
and Charlotte all in white, and there
stood the can Furnished like silver, and
/ helped the ladies into the yeats in front
Of the little carriage and went round be-
hind 70 put the can in, and lifted il
toward the place it was 20 stand ina
place made for the baggage, II YOU had
any-when. as II the old boy was an them
tfttfts ttth ftNtttffANN rtffN W. 80 ~ N-'~
minute. and down went the can to the
grass. jumped TO pick il up. took the
top for the bottom. and made matters
worse The milk poured out Of the can
in a stream. and by the time I'd righted
1t, il was empty.
1.-THE ladies did not SEQ what had hap
pened. and how 10 tell them did not
know put the cover on. ST the can in
its place. and went forward and took the
reins. trying my best 70 think how 10 get
the can filed on the sly bat mo- way oc.
CURED to me and slw The chmneys Of
The Nash house rising against tlc SKY
without having found an IDEA Then il
flashed on me There were twenty great
hogshcad, ready for tlc milk. and men
servants were omplyIug the cans into
them. One walked 80 60 our vehicle.
ready 10 take the can. but. No, cried |
Il want to have the honor of adding Mrs.
Lutwoycbe's contribution Ia tho niuasna