The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-29
gers, who mostly found that the Georgia

gers, who mostly found that the Georgia
dictum was correct.
The sheriff Of neighboring county, Mr.
Calloway-bless his kindly souli-who
knew all about running barbecue, came
over and gave his services all day. We
shall never forget him. He did run it glo-
riously. So long as live I shall remem-
Der Sheriff Galloway, with body as big
as his heart, standing under tree, giving
directions like general issuing orders 70
his army He was in his shirt sleeves,
for the day was warm. a great broad
brimmed straw hat shaded his head and
shoulders Ii was thrown back from his
brow and revealed the jolliest rosiest OF
countenances and an eye that took In ey-
cry detail of that 90 at once.
4 long table stood not far away from
him. In front of it was a row of negroes
with hatchets You would hardly guess
what they were there for, but these were
the gentlemen who carved the barbecue
meat. a roast lamb was laid upon the
table. One or two sharp strokes cut il into
halves and one or two more into quarters.
Then a colored brother took the quarter
and proceeded 70 chop it into chunks small
enough for individual management while
it was being eaten. Chop, chop went the
hatchets in chorus, while the blacks bent
to their work. but not fast enough to
suit Sheriff Galloway. He knew just how
much roast pig to the cubic inch each ne
gro ought to chop up in given time. AS
we stared with admiration not unmingled
with awe at the strange scene the sheriff
rOared in his stentorian voice:
Il don't hear them hammersl You mig
gers amt a-workin noneI Keep them
hatchets agoin!'
A Mysterious Compound.
Then, with double speed and mighty
vim, the chopping proceeded. The ortho-
doX way to eat barbecue meat is in a sort
of sandwich. You take a piece of bread
plain bread. The meat is carried around
in great bowls. You hold ont a piece of
bread. The man who carries the bowl of
meat gracefully flicks a chunk of meat
upon the bread Another attendant usu-
ally is near with what is called Bruins
wick stew" 1t is a mysterious compound
whose ingredients I tried to discover, but
without success. 1t appears to be COM
posed OF green corn, tomatoes and red pep
per, but l don't know. l do know that
it is very good. A spoonful of Brunswick
stew is ladled out upon the chunk of meat;
then another slice of bread, good, thick
slice-none of your fashionable afternoon
tea kinds laid upon the whole. You
give them little squeeze to keep them to-
gether and begin to bite.
And how many the northern visitors did
bite that day! Great heavens, how they
did eati People who had fOrsworn pork
as of the evil one and did not taste even
sugar cured ham once year at home de-
vOured hunks of fat roast pig, defying tri-
china, scrofula and satan, and smacked
their lips, vowing it tasted good, and they
didn't care if they did eat it, Nay, they
even went out of the way to get the very
latest layers they could find, declaring if
they committed sin it would be a good
big one while they were about it. The
Georgia roast pig was tenderer, juicier
than any incubator chicken New York
people pay 80 cents bite for broiled.
Chicken, indeed Alongside that incom-
parable barbecue roast pig a New York
broiled chicken is as frizzled india rubber.
We sat under the great awning while we
ate Tables had been spread, and there
were white tablecloths upon them, with
the most approved OF grotesque Japanese
paper picnic napkins. AT one stage of the
proceedings souvenirs in the shape of tiny
bottles containing a mysterious liquid
called Georgia mountain dew were dis
tributed among the visitors.
They say the barbecue is going out now
in Georgia. Rising young Atlantians are
fastidious in their tastes. They are slight
ly inclined to turn up their aesthetic noses
at the feast, with the row of Africans ply
ing them hatchets," and the luscious
roast meat, and Brunswick stew sandwich,
as thick as cake of sapoiio at the very
least. They say, too, that, whether owing
TO the Brunswick stew or something else,
the moral and intellectual effect of the
barbecue as steady thing is not to be
commended.