The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-02-11
copyrighted by the Author)

ever thing you fetch pears like lesscs,
! whether 1t is or not-sorter like 'iasses,
| spill a little and it's sho to sit on ever
| thing in the house, in pertickler the door
| knobs.
| Our gang is ali plum sights; ssu is
| chopt and the grease ana pine smoke is
! ground in so deep that hot water ana soft
| soap can't move it.
Pap he knowed 1t was gwine to be a cold
| snap. II know in reason" says he, its
| a-iixin' to snow or sieet or suInpn, Tor 1
! seed wild geese a-flyin' south. and the old
| red SOW was totin' of leaves 10 her nest,
| and thems both mighty good signs OF cold
| weather; l lay ii you 'ups was III town
! right now you'd see the cold wave TAG
| a-hansin' out" So him and buddy turned
| in and hauled UP big Chance of hickory
! wood and lightood knots. IL KEEP S.tun
! colder and colder and that night NAV look
| like she tried to kill and Cousin PINK
| a-plin' kiver on US. She went 20 the bot
| tom of her cedar bedclothes chist ana tuck
! out them big yarn check, douJle-wove
| kiverleds that Aunt Nancy wove enGCrin
| OF the war and piled two OF EN- on us,
| besides the six quilts We had done pat on
| our bed and We couldn't hardly turn over;
! then away yander in the night when we
was both sound asleep, she crept in the
| shedroom and felt Of our noses 20 see IL
we wasn't froze. She sot the milk jar so
nigh the fire hit was most cooked. and
don't think she slept q wink that night
wonderin' if Mis- Simmonses' hteie chiAun
was warm.
Buddy and pap riz by times next mornin'
and fixed to Kill hogs. Pap he don't XIII
all of hisn't at onc't on account Oh the
| backbones and sparribs and sch as that.
and on account of the moon, TOO.
Il watches the noon says he, anu
kills some of my hogs on the Increase 50
the meat won't shrink up when You Die ~
then l kills few OF EN- ON the decrease
SO the meat will SO 70 grease When me ole
oman biics her beans and turnlpS ana eau
bages and sch - that. don't want no
dish water / want my vittles eood anu
greasy. / like potiquor rich waen you
bile your turnip green's and to drap IN q
few corn meal dumpiins. they aatnt noIhlh
better'n bile bile bread that's cooked long
with q piece Of fat meat that hAit on lle
decrease OF the moon. Yes, l believe in
the moon" says pap. Him and buddy hNed
a vat down ny the branch at the wash
ulace-a vat is a hole III the ground Lo-@u
up to hold water and deep tho"Sh
10 scald a hog; they net blS rocks II
a logheap 1ire ana hung EN- In the Fdt 70
heat the water, and then they plteheu III
and cleaned them hogs IN llttle Oh no .tHG'
Hit don't take pap ali day 10 % notMh
No women folks all went down thar u
help. too. and as pap says, 10 be IN tn9
way" The little SimmonSeS and MIS- GOSa-
ems chillen hung around and waited 70 ga
the bladders 10 blow up ana busL 10
Christmas guns, and TO sit the Pig taHs 10
hrile on the Goals and they smeit SO Sood
il made us all horngry-and tAcy eoohea
the nelts on some hot rocks, anu rcasled
sweet taters In the ashes, and STOOD thitt
IN the nine smoke and ct and smeared
grease and ashes and taters XII you
wouldn't er kuoWed 'em from piss. ana
time we gals got ready 10 90 70 the nous
we didn't look much better COUSIN RIM
lowed her apron was greasy enough -
mako a not OF soap. ana that lnlud1i ma"
r., tau nan she wanted thcla hickory asheS
,,ndar that loghcap saved zoe ne hopper -
she wanted to make pot Of s2lt soap III
the fun OF the moon in March
our hogs was tolerbic TAI, cohsiu-I'HS'
tbav run in the woods and ct ucofas anu
-" ,,,,et ana sjch ike. and never had
much corn. our corn was sorter hupOlh5
90 year and we didn't make none TOO
much, nohOW. -, sbouIdnr-
pan no trimmed the hams ana Shoui-c
and all to let me aud NAV nave '4'o -.
10 lard kase he wouldn't AT J" 'ii''i
r,sde out'n cotton seed grease 20 lave TO-
hndg,s lifa We pack 81 some Of our saSsa-e
80 io,yu in jairs OF lard, and We stuffed
come and hung EN- up, ana put up to'Ae''
Ia shucks. 80, 1T ~ ro9
Won can't make sassages too hot 81 r.
o,ncr 10 suit pap, nor too Iuii OF ia6e 40.
4, bome-made apple vinegar. We 1Idp1
some of the feet in vinegar, TOO. CaieuoHS
,e,,.d "Brains is the best part oil the nos
Inf hoe.s is like some folks; some o. en-
hoin't got as many brains as totherS-tH a'
all the objection / got TO 'cnl-1hay nan
enough" We cooks en- Win "ls9' ny
NV, and aiss hain't often skase at ouf
house. -. .,,oot t-.ea
pan don't hardly ever lose no meat h''Se
il,o,gs how 10 pack it down IN salt
o,d iist when to hang II, ana sh'oAe -,
and how 10 put up the hams III 'A9ne' oi.o
an like that and he's got hams no" W. ~
trroa wears Old lie gifts Sood price lOi
,am thar in town. But we are nslh o nc
fresb meat at our house now Inc Weata-
- been so cold we cont so IN 'l0theF
houee to cook; we jist cook N ma"
roo,o-the fireplace is so big, ana the nam
ca wide and The fire never goes out hiSh'
nv dav-ye kivers MP chuneR at Deoliihe'
We eot n good rack to hans the di'he'
mot on and a big Hat rock in the Jam 70
sci things on TO keep warm; the men i"INS
ding on 4 big back log IN the mofh'HS' IN
i lasts nearly all day; we ding IN 4 plic
OF chips and bark to make cca's QuiI'N 10
(,,r rjscu;t oven. Pap. he likes biscuits
bolxed in a oven the best, and so Go l. SONY
folks says it's all notion, put L 90"
I,aer fix 'em e. suit me and pap. zap
sigbt He thinks nobody can't beat me
hastir' OF q spar rib fore the nFe- iHilS
{, mn and keep IL turned furst one SiCe
and then 'tother till it's brown and o2he.
You may have all sorts of filters ana nap
lacks and sweet things, but pap fuIher
have a good old-fashion ash-cake as any Of
'em. and he won't let you wash all tue asle9
off neither He wants I've hon'nE, 100.
Know, in reason NAV makes the prettlest
and whitest big hominy ever l seen. Anu
nan he's great for simmon beer. TOO anu
ginger cakes-in the winter time. Nav
lows she druther have fatty-bread Ihdue
outn cracklins as any sort OF sweet CAKE.
We can't git much work done TINS sort
of weather-we set around the hath anu
stick our feet in the fire and burn out our
shoes and twist and turn about-treeze on
one side and bake on 'tcthe'-|oGldH
freeze if everybody would shet the door after
emit mostly stands wide open; ana the
wind blows ashes and smoke ali over the
house. ard looks like ever time you Try
10 dodge the smoke it ketches you Wusser.
lney say it follows purity folks, but ourn
haint that sort of smoke-hit don't az
beauty no odds-leastways if any or US
was ever purity the smokes done kiVered II
all up -
Gals is uglier in cold. snowy weather than
any other time and pears like that's me