Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-11-11
THE GREaT
PIE CASE.
By CLARENCE HESRY PEARSON.

CNPEAKIN' of pie" said Uncle
EliaEim Elderblow as he abb
~ sently helped himself to a
second piece, 'somehOw puts me in
mind of how a Pie come marster nigh
breakin' up the Methods church at
Onion Ridge.
"Never heerd of it? Sho, now! l
thought everybody round here
knowed all about the gret pie case.
Come ter think, though, you must a.
been purity young in them days, but
] remember ii as though t was yis-
terday.
"You know OF Lem Sampler, that
lives over on Pease Hill? Wal, Of
Uncle 'I.isha Pcase, who probably
died afore you can remember, used
to be a neighber of his, an durin'
! 'Lisha's last sickness, Lem went one
night an sot up with him. Every
| thing was pleasant, an he went off
in the mornin', scemin' perfectly
friendly az fur as they noticed. But
afore long it begun tOghe whispered
round that Lem had told that Mis-
| Pease-Mis' Josephus Pease, Uncle
'Lisha's daughter-in-law, you know
had gin him some pie for luncheon
that night that was so tarnal tough
you could drive a board Dail with it.
And it turned out that he had said it,
an said it bold an open in a number
Of places, too. That madded the
Peases wuss'n anything, for they was
proud, high-spirited folks, an Mis-
Pease lad the name Of bein' the best
cook in the hull town. There was
words passed between Josephus
Pease an Lem, an then the thing
got inter tie church an the l'eases
brought charges agin ol' Lem for
lyin'
snow, of course do MT know the
fac's about that ere pie. Iknow Mis-
Pease could make pies that would
make hungry man feel glad FROM
the tip Of his tongue clean to the tips
of his toes, for L We ct 'em. But
mebbe, lavin' sickness in the family,
she didn't PIT in jest the usual
amount Of shoytenln', or the oven
wa Mt het Jest right; an mebbe Of
LENS teeth had begun to fail up on
him, or he had a leetle tech of rheu.
matiz in his jaws. Some folks
L'lieved one thing, an some b'iieved
another, and notmn' in that part of
the town ever made 80 much talk
sense ol' Nyidder Hill eloped with
the hired man ter git red of livin'
with her childun.
Son the day of the gret church
trial, the hosS.sheds back of the
church was all iull, an there was
teams hitched ter the fences clean up
] Deyeud the buryin'.grOund. Afort
they got commenced you could see
lunches of men an women all up an
down the road an on the church.
yard, talkin' an argyfyin' an maxim
gestuses. tell We that ere hull com
munity was jest a-hln'. Blme.b,
the bell struck, an the folkes flocke,
inter the church, an the house wa
chock full.
"The Peases put on a lot of wit
nesses ter show what first-rate cool
Mis- Pease was, an show how goo,
her pies alters was. Then some wo
men and reg'laE baker swore tina
no pie crust could ever be made stii
enough an tough enough ter drive
hoard nail. tell We things tegu
to look mighty squally for ol' Ler
; Sampler, bat he hid his head as hig
: as a twO-year old colt, au' when
come his turn to have his say be say
ter the jedges, says be, Il aint no gr,
: Orf n, but I We got witness her
thal 4 prove that these ere e1 5ert
on pie crust do ut know what the
: re talkio' about.
5 awIth thsshe luss out an OF ca
e pct bag an takes oui = pie an
piece Of soft pine boatd an a nail
l tenPennypai lie passed the pie d
: terthe kermiitee Of jedges ler let e
zee that it'Ws, a geayvine article