Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-10-17
THE YOUNG FOLKS CORNER.
SPECIALLY DEVOTED TO THE
INTERESTS OF THE YOUNG.
Grandma's Pumpkin Ples--Regular-
ity of Habit--The Young Strang-
era Whistling Well--Hls
Mouth Needed Stretch-
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orandma.s Pumpkln PIes


Grandma was expecting company
for dinner-the minister and his wife
and little girl, So she was very busy
that morning cooking all sorts OF
good things, and among the other
things were the famous pumpkin pies,
made just as her grandma had made
them.
Her grandma! Why, it almost
made Mamie dizzy to think about
grandma's grandma.
Mamie was standing on a chair
close beside the table, helping grand
ma cook. She had come out in the
country the day before to try and
get over la grippe.
II should think" said Mamie,
shat that way to make pumpkin
pies wouldn't be very good, cause it's
such old style"
"0ld styles the best for pies, 1
guess" laughed grandma. You see
If it amt. Now l suppose, child, you
never do have 'em in the city, do
you?"
"0nly the kinds that lives in cans"
answered Mamie. "And papa says
that they can't hold a candle to
yours; but l never could see why
they d want to-"
~ should think they couldn'tv'
said grandma, decidedly. "And now
child we are ready for the seasoning.
Just hand grandma the spice box
over there, won't your"
Mamie put her nose down to
smell when the box was opened.
"Ah. how good, grandma 1t smells
more like Christmas than ministers
folks, think"
There's ginger and mustard stand
ing right beside each other" said
grandma That's the beauty OF do
ing our own work, dear, cause they
look just alike; but Icould go to them
in the dark, and not make a mis-
| take"
Just then some one knocked at the
sitting-room door, and grandma had
to go.
Now, dearie, don't get into mis-
CHIEF, will your" she said, as she start
ed.
And Mamie did not really intend to,
| but grandma was gone long time,
and by and by Mamie began to think
it would be a good joke to put the
mustard in the place OF the ginger.
Papa dearly loves n Joke" she
thought, "and so do l. How they all
will laugh"
So quick as thought, she changed
them.
Now, p'r'aps it will be better than
ginger Maybe I'll discover some
thing, she thought, trying to quiet her
| conscience.
When grandma came back, every
| thing looked all right, and she hurried
ly seasoned the pies and put them in
the oven
"The land knows Mrs. Pipkins is the
beater OF stayer," she said, as she
shut the oven door, and looked at the
clock.
But everything was ready when the
minister's family came, and grandma's
cap and Nannie,s apron We're stiff and
| spotless.
| The dinner was good, and they all
ate as though they enjoyed it, And
grandma, who justly prided herself on
her cookery, beamed with delight over
the way things disappeared.
When the pies were brought on, the
minister's wife said, Now we are to
have some OF the famous pumpkin pie
that we have heard so much about. !"
Nannies heart pumped down like
lead as she looked at grandma
happy face as she handed around the
great golden wedges.
But what was the matter with it?
They all took one mouthful, and
then a hasty drink of water.
Grandma quickly tasted hers, then
looked at Nannie's crimson face, and
Mamie burst out crying:
"Oh grandma, it was a joke" she
sobbed out.
No one laughed az all, but grandma
arose and took Nannie's hand and
took her upstairs and put her to bed
right IN broad daylight.
80 Grandma" said Mamie, when
they had all gone, and grandma had
come upstairs, 81 am disgraced foreverl
I'll never play joke again."
"It's no joke at all, when it hurts
folks feelings" said grandma.
And Mamie has been very careful
ever since to remember that.-Mrs.
L. E. Chlttenden in Youths Com
panion.
Regularity of Habit.
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