Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-10-07
Van Ruren. PA.

'N"' - N'h' ~ Ablitihh OliikGl III luC
"revolution," and descendants of
this mare have remained in the
family to the present. This gen.
tleman's father was with Gen.
VIM. Henry Harrison in the army,
rode one Of these horses, and
other members of this horse family
were in the war of 1861. l
do not know whether the great,
great grandmother of this tribe
was related to Jobs war horse or
not, but surely they had some war
experience. Two things aside
from their "war record" is notice.
able. Their lineage is known
further back than the lineage of a
great many men, and the record is
somewhat better.
Pennsylvania is o great place
FOR old men and fat women, as
we'll as for old horses, and, by the
way, the women here often live
to good, old age, too. | often
wonder why so many people here
live as long as they do, and why
such a large per cent of the wo.
men are as robust as they really
are. Is it in the climate, or the
habits of the people, or both?
They are all trained to work,
and then they do not eat so much
shot stuff as Tennesseeans do,
nor so much grease. Once in q
great while a fellow finds hot
bread, but the rule calls for cold
bread. Women bake once or
twice q week and do not parch
themselves three times day in
order that the little ones may
have bread, and then the people
do not tank up on hot coffee 81
times a week and "chaw" twist
tobacco between meals simply be-
cause it is q beautiful custom. But
the Pennsylvania does want a
"spread" every time he eats.
Apple butter, peach butter, cherry
butter, ounce butter, berry but
ter and 40 different fruit and berry
preparations-jellies, jams and so
on-that my Tennessee education
taught me to class with pie. This
has no political signifcance.)
These all go in the "spread" and
are good, no doubt, when one
comes to know how to eat as his
neighbors eat, but my trouble is
in the fact that | am sometimes,
like the Israelites were in the
wilderness, prone to look back.
ward, and too often find myself
hankering for o pot of boiled
bacon and beans, seasoned with
onions and red pepper, eaten with
bread SO hot that it would burst
the bulb of thermometer, and
washed down with black coffee at
about 100 degrees Fahrenheit-in
the shade-and if | substitute
spread" and lemonade they leave
an "aching void the world Car
never fill"-with a light diet-at
least hardly ever.
Maybe this difference in eating
has something to do with living
after all. Living certainly ha:
much to do with the liver an(
sometimes the liver has much tt
do with living, and no doubt wha
man eats, and the way he eats it
determines whether he is "a goo(
liver or not, and whether he has {
good liver or not. In any event
| have signed an armistice will
the hog. Just why one SHOULD
eat twice his weight annually il
swine meat and pig fat is reall,
more than | can tell, and just how
the man who does this all his lift
E can avoid having some hoggisl
traits, Is also hard to understand
and God has filed this world will
health-giving vegetables aud de
licious fruits and left no excuse
for the man who shuts his eyes
and goes on chasing the pig to hi
death. With a family of six WI
do not average two pounds o
hog product week, and we al
feel better For it--even the hog.
One day last week | was invited
to y dinner given to some friends
who were going to Denver, ant
there was nothing on the tabl'
akin to meat Of any kind, excep
Jersey butter, and we all ate
rousing dinner and were as happ.
as if we had dined in a slaugthe
/ house-maybe happier.
f But then, "every fellow to hi
liking" as the old woman SAT-
when she kissed the calf. eff
man is bound to have gold stand
, ard middliug with pig fat ant
pepper sauce" l "reckon" h
must be permitted to indulge a
his pleasure. The whole prohi
bition party, women and all, hav
, so far been unable to persuad
their neighbor who drinks re'
. liquor to "stop his foolishness,
and of course as long as he drink
and "chaws" he must eat.
, BY the way, the prohibition com
bine in this state is making thing
: warm, and it is possible that Doc
: tor Swallow may give the Repub
, linan brethren more trOuble thai