The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1891-08-15
elizabeth Ann"

"Out huntln' butter, ma'ams Wal,
we handle considerable of what l call
prime butter, at moderate prices.
Now this ere artikel, is good an
sweet said the village grocer. as he
handed out a square mold of butter.
"les, but those little molds look
so tempting, and we"-
You'd like them better, ell I'm
not sPrised, bu. them strawberries
an posies haint for sale, an they're
worth most thar weight in silver.
They We're given to me an Hammer
not more'n an hour ago. That's Liz
beth AIMS butter that hain't or nary
butter" And the old man re-cooered
the golden pats with cloths dainty
clean. ?
"Liz'beth Ann we inquired. lis
her hutter better
"Better y he echoed. ..'Liz'beth
Ann gets most twice as much as any,
body else for the butter she puts up.
You are strangers in these parts an
don't know bout 'Lizbeth Ann. |
can't say as her butter is rally So much
better some other women make.
Thar's tip-tOp butter makers around
here, but then, she gifts so much more
for it. Liz'beth Ann is jest as smart
as a steel trap. an good lookin', too,
an, is the mainstay of the family.
Folks think a sight O Liz'beth Ann.
You see, her mothers been roorlv
for years, an her father'd got sort
o. discouraged, as everything was run
MIN down fast. Folks was g~ittin'ter
kind o'scorn 'em for thar shif'lessness,
When 'Liz'beth Ann was bout fifteen
thar came along a drover with cows,
an in the lot one O. the calves was
seemin1y dead. Hegive it to 'Liz'beth
Ann, sayin' she might likely raise it
that if she could 'twould pay her, as
that calf was of goodfam1y. 'Liz'beth
jest did her best, feedin' an the most
allied the poor thing was twas
most done out.
'Liz'beth Ann often helped the
tanners wives in the dairy, an When
her COW s'prised everybody by givin'
sech an amount erich milk, she tried
best to make boss butter. She'd
ben studyin' up, an readin' the papers
on the subjec. o. takin' care O. milk,
took sight o'pains with her butter
maxim Twas funny to e her pap,
terribly wrapped up in her,
he brought IN the fiji st five
of butter, 'Liz'beth AIMS
made. He did't say anything 'cept
you'll find this butter extry sweet an
goo ], and sure 'nough, we did find it
Ill o that. Now my wife has her
dees, an works 'em out, on the sub
eek O. women's work, an, when she
ound 'Liz'beth Ann was tryin' to pay
pap's doctor bill, she said:
"That butter, ought to command a
better price than ;twould bring in our
So, next time she went to the
she brought back some purity lit
lie molds, an Liz'beth caught the idee.
Between them they meant business.
Fhe next time Hammer went to the city
he carried some o, them molds o, but
She jest went to the biggest res
anrant.in the place, an showed it to
EN-, boldin' up for a fancy price, an
,ot it, too. Says |, Hammer, chaplain
'atter tastes jest as well as that fancy
Says she NO, Bijab, where
men an women are goin't to have the
cry best eatin' goin' an hunt for it,
hey should be wilin, to pay a livin'
rice for the food, somebody bends
har backs to prepare. We plain vii
age folks, hain't able to eat daintles
n high %livin'; but thars plenty who
an afford it. 'Liz'beth Ann ill airn
cent, O the money. That res
aurant won't have her butter if it
sn't jest exactly right. It'll take work
n thought to get them pas sweete'n
old, as sometimes the weather III be
90 cold, or too hot oh, thars lot to
with"
THAT was six years ago. an Liz
beth AIMS married now, but she still
yes at home as her mother needs her
n all handwork togeather tendin' the
of course they've bought more
ows. Before 'L.k'beth Ann married
he was able to take care of herself an
the family, too. TO make money
utter maxim you've got to have a
Iarket for it. If Liz'beth Ann hadn't
AIDE her butter extry good an put it
p in temptin' shape, it never wonld
ave been looked at, ever by that res