Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-25
Van Bruen, Pa.

PENNSYLVANIA, as / have said be-
fore, has a great many things tat
one does not find in Tennessee,
but there are some things in Ten
nessce that are not found here.
For instance, there is the holly
bush and the mistletoe, and the
muscadine, and the white corn
bread and the jowl and green's,
and dozens of other things, some |
of which are good 10 eat, and
some Of which are "purty" to be-
hold.
In boyhood | ate my share of
corn bread, and my prejndices
against this old family friend and
companion were so aroused that /
made up my mind years ago that
we would part our ways forever,
but since | took mp my abode
where the corn dOdger is not
known. and where the only thing
that even savors of kin3hip to it
is sickly looking littIe cake OF
fried mush made of yellow meal,
these prejudices have relaxed and
[ have determined that if al OPP
portunity ever presents itself |
will buy spoke" Of white corn
meal, save up a few eggs until
some Pennsylvania comes in to
eat a meal with me, and then |
will set him down to a "pone" OF
; old.fashioned egg bread and make
him eat it or choke him to death
on the spot. With all its faults,
corn bread, like the "nigger" has
It's good traits, rs you will dis.
cover when you have parted
, company with them.
: Then the jowl and green's! |
once lived next door to a Boston
Yankee who knew no more ab0dt
i this delightful dish than a terrap.n
knows about the 42d problem OF
Euclid till | gave him a few les.
sons in "hog's jaw and turDip sat
D ADJ Then "you'd ought to see
e him eat.n You see these fellows
: in cold climates pull up their tur'
nips and "hole them" in the 1all
;, so that when "springtime comes
gentle Annie," there is nothing
4 left to make "sallet outen," and OF
n course the fellow who goes South
t never knows anything about lie
lows till some "home nit siOnary'
4 teaches him, but once taught hc
will invariably eat more salad THAI
a hackleback COW can eat Of fOd
:, der.
J. By the way, the stuff the Ten
u nesseean calls fodder, is unknown
to the Pennsylvania. Here Tia
farmer cuts his corn, and th'
It stock, blade, husk and all MAKE
o his fodder: but, Of course, there il
not the fun in this method OF treat
IS inc corn that the Tennessee DO,
o rets who goes ont on long, laz.
day in August and pulls Off th'
n blades one by one and sticks ZEN
down between the stocks 10 dry
! On! how he swcats and gfina a
~ ~ the sun pours her rays down OF
- :; him-allnost hot enough 10 dis
% solve q fire brick--and as til
- fodder worm" vaccnatcs him il
-. 900 places at once about ever
III other effort he makes to yank OF
e the willing blades that hang o
" like the neck of an old goose a
an old.time "gander pulln'" Their
I'd is a time for all things, but ! d
n not think that when you are "pu
linz fodder" is the best time 70
i'll deep meditation on serious sui
ne iects, though it may be.
IF "Corn bread and turnip salad an
IT fodder pullin'n touch the pract
cal side Of life, but the holly bu5
n. and the misCletOe are listed wit
N. the romantic or aesthetic things
10 life, and | spare you from turtle
"a. mention of them GOw-hut theI
re is one thing more Of a practicl
in nature familiar to the Iennesseea
oe thnt is unknown TO his Pcnnsy
lis vania cousin. 1t ID the old.tin
N. Ash Hopper, with "sassafra'
he trough. You may search tbls sta
from Matam0ras to Smiths Ferl
~ from Elkland to Housewife
~, ~, and you will not find a man, w
"' man or child who knows ar
% more about an ash hopper tia
I'M the average Hardin county be
ne knows about the Comstock lol
Ite or the mean depth OF the Vi
w river.
eS This does not mean that we {
ny not have soap, but it means TIL
oy the "smart Aleck" in town NJ
learned how to make it without {
as ash hopper, and the plodding W.
,is fsring man in the country n
nd forgot how to make it with u
Mt. ash hopper. Such is life! U
re things pass away and new ont
-er take their places Tho worI
ne moves and man makes progress
er. The rear guard today bivonaca
pc the tents of yesterdays advan
nd guard. Long $50 man exercise
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