The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-10-21

The rate ~ ~ Ainshsn womsn Who A.
tempted American Methods.

The rate of ~ Alaskan Woman Who Az
tempted American Methods
There was wild excitement Ia Slwush.
town. ~ the struggling ruw 81 Indian
log huts above the canucry was called
when N was known that Sam. one oi
the Indian fishermen. had bought the
supcrintendent'H old cook stove.
For Montua Annie, SANS wife. had
cravcd for the precious piece 81 furni-
ture Now II was safely sot up la her
log hut the Ore was burning mcrrily
and the Chinese cook, especially RI
tnlncd ut considerable expense to give
private lessons Ia the art uf onoking,
was ins,ructing Annie In the mysteries
~ making biscuit
Every llonchmnn Alaskan Tor WON
AM In the settlement crowded into
Sans house Ca watch the proceedings,
and gave vent Ia their admiration IN
cultural wnhs. only the superintendent
az the canncry aud the storekccpcr
winlecd and smiled ~ each other. Tor
had they not a large stock ~ very
strong butter and lard ON hand. and
WIS not the willy Chlnuman standing IN
with them
That night lard rose FIVE cents aud
butter fifteen cents q pound NJ the
store Al day long smoke poured from
Sans stovc.pipc llcpo longer worked
regular hours Mt the ranucry. tits time
wns spent In cutting hrcwaod uud
fetching butter aud lard from the store
tn his house, for the Chinamun had i'm.
pressed on Annic the fact that no dish
whatever could he properly prepared
without an abundance NJ these articles
Sam soon snw insolvency staring him
~ the fncc. lie WIS not earning any
thing and his store hill Tor butter and
lard amounted in one wccl, tu ten doh
lara Rcmnnstrnnccs were useless, Es
Annie ruled him with rcd of iron ~
every Alaska luoochmun does her hus
band one day the cnnuory people
were blasting out some rocks iu the
salmon stream sam sat In solemn si
lcucc and watched them.
Ills brain was working all the tlmc
aud IL last brilliant idcn struck him
While everyone was watching the IT
fccts of blast lac sncalcd up aud stol
three sticks of powder. Returning
home. he divided these into smnl
his wifc's butter keg. Then lac got al
his personal property together. paclSc
II Ia his cnnoe aud startcn out un n dee
hunt, announcing that he would be- at
sent for three 90 four days.
When he returned. log hut, stove an
Annie had gone 90 q better land. Nor,
over, ANOTHER kloochmnn. who had bee
ndmiring Annic's culinary perform
anccs. had also Disappeared, all HN'
very little az her, which one uf th
ncighhor's boys found down on III
beach and brought home la basket
A She had met her fate Ia Sam
abode he, according Ia Alaskan matt,
laws. was responsible for the ncctd"r
and had Ia srttlc with the bcrcavc
husband She was old and ugly, N
could bead moccnRins clcvcrly, So th,
valued her ~ two hundred do
lars. payable la skins, guns ~
blankets. Whom sam saw tn
INCONSISTENCIES were useless
bowed "a the Inevitable, aud haviu
induced the creditors to give him tin
Co meet his liabilities he went Ia wo,
agnin In the cnnncry,
The next spring lac was lucky at h
huntipV liquidutcd his debts, an
after wording all summer, In the IA
purchased another kloochmnn,
The chief article ~ the diet Of 4
new mcnagc il plain smoked SALINE
aud whenever any cooking has 60
done IL II carried on In nn open q
place. and not In an American stove
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