Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-12-16
A fAaN aoMI IN slAM.

One .ft~rnoon last Drc~m',-r hosted
io q slsm-sc farmers house on the hank
~ the Men,m River. u ioot-i mov
like two dog kennsls about ten feet high
tied ,eg.ther and i,alli upon . rsfi of
ham,co than snvthlng else. II wps 'i~i
10 two pole. driven deep Into the bci of
the rlyer and the rsfi vss s,ou, two fr-t
ihlrk sud made ~ these h,mhco siirk.
laid rro..~i-e III. the ooh hoas- ~
baby. Along the ~ige of th. stream
sni h,ek Into the counir, wss the farm
sr's little pl,ntstion. r.nsl.,ing % r~r-
h.p, ay- arr-s 20 rir- fi~li. snt . little
vegetable garden. The hoa.e eonsi.t~i
of thru r"om. With q l~ig~-llk- t-nrrh
ia front of ". sni The rsft ryi-ns,e, oat
frcm thl. porch .ni upon " two yellow
skinn-t. nskri little h,hl~s vere plsv-
Ing and lsurhlsg o. th~v loot~i down
ln'o ths ws;sr. ~ The mighty river With
In t~rl,e laeh~. of dros ming. is,opt~i
nv ios st th- fr,nt step. sni entered
4 short-hslr-i oii womsn sRi q short
hslr,.i voang ~omsn ssrr th~ enlV 49,
rutani.. sni th-y .qasii--i fsi oa the
foar ani h~gr-si me o. ~ llk~slss.
Th~r. "a. nSt . hit ef furuliur~ In the
hoa... ani ihe ccok stow. con.ls,esi ~ .
hos sl-sai t,,~ .lss ~ . .e,p iox. hll~i
nth s.he. upon -hl-h ~ -. .moai.
deriag sni csuslns ths k-ttle '.isc.si at
on ,hs coal. o. .lmm-r. This k~,ii~
With an .srth~n rlre o., sst Q .kilis,
f.rmsi th- whole ~ Tho callnsrv uisn-
~. 20 thls Slsm~s~ fsrm~r'. wlfr. I
sslel nv guiis ts .has m~ ihe t--irnom
20 th- fsmlly. IIe toll m@ th,t al .i~t,t
on th~ foo'. sni ~ plrk~i M Q little
hiork m ,de 20 bsm'uoo spilats tsrt~i Co
pl.-~. of woei .o that the whole was
about the slf~ of an orlilnsry loaf 20
hr-sd sai toll m- th,i ihi. ~. one 20
the pillow. ,h-V us-d. The somen
werr yerv lightly siiirSi. nlslr sole
costume cnn.l.ie.i - color-Si plec- ~
cotton The .iy. ~ .h~~, Wrapped
arousi ,h-ir waists f,lllng To- the tn~e.
sui h-lng 'herr pullc,i through sni tuck
voungrr glfl had q Turkish towel sroani
h~r .houlisr., hat the most striking
f~siur-. - their drrs. consl.te, ~ large
silver snklst. .nt hrsceiei.. Both NO
m-n w~r- chewing tho ,.-'rl NIT sni the
teeth ~ both wrr- black ani thslr llps
wrrc stained .. though ,h~v werr spit
ting blood. The elder woman of'er-'i
me chew anil I tasted thl. mixture
whlrh IL so common throughout fnfo-
Chla,. I found u hitter sni di.gns'lng
Will. wss wsl'lng. . llitl. ntkei four
yrsr-ah rhii rsm- In. sui ". mother
g,,- u To- eat ~ the b.,-l, which u III
Nth yigor. sni then picking M . clgsr-
ct. which Law 1t one slis ~ the room u
III II =, the coal. sni pnf',~, swsv heart
ilv. All sltm~s~ men, women sni chll-
drrn smoke sni chew, sni th-rr I. hsri-
lv farmers wif- In the country or
farmers child so poor that u rsnnot sf-
fari bath tobacco sni ih. ,~,-l nut.
After waiting . while ih. lori ~ the
family came In. IIe "a. dr~..ssi much
the .,m@ a. M. women sni b. h,d slso
short hair. n ws. dinn~r time sni ~
s.k~i IN. AMI INV guide ,o take blt With
them. Iexru.ssi my.slf hat ! watched
the meal. The mtn. ss !. the custom In
slam. h,i the frat blre. lie took the
ric- whI,h va. .,-sming from the ri'--
,-ot AMI roils>i the m,.. Into q h,ri hall
With hl. finger. sni then pat u Into
hi. mouth. THE. With vegetable cur
~ constituted the whole of the meal.
The wom.n ate sft~r the MN va. done.
After dlnner all took = smoke. sni left
not highly imprrss~l by tho g,stronomy
of the ~l,mese farmer.--American Agri-
culturi.t.