The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-17

corn. Oatmeal was unknown. wheat was
rarely used. ard tho fruits were confined
10 apples, plufgs and curants, Tho ma
tofify of homes. even ~ the early part ~
this century had no fruits excepting those
mat they gathered IN their Wild state, Tha
Indians had ~ cultivation corn, beans ard
pumpkins. The culture ~ these they hO0g
taught their Whlta nelaht1fs. II must 10
acknowledged that inis did not make
narrow margin for table comforts, espee-
iaIiy when W. add 81 these That delicious
sugar which the Indians had learned ~
mako from the maple tree, and sometimes
from the bgtserBut and birCh, Roger VIII
Haf0s says that "a spoonful VI corn
parebed IN ashes. mixed with water"
made him many n good meal The wild
fruits included blgokbeFges. stfawborfes,
grapes apd hueklsbeTrifs. Tie Indians
had cultivated apples IN All probability; ~
not, they soon learned the arr from the
whites. The f1rei orchard planted by white
men west NJ New England vas IN 1874. All
~ the coIon.sta were soon supplied Win
pumpkin pies ana apple pies, and win
barrels 81 older. In an n discussion was
Hfld IN Eosi0n as ~ the expense DeofHs
safiiy incurred BY u family ~ only med6rs
ats means II WA act down that bfest
and MILK wefs quite sufficient for the
morning and evening meal
In the sarly part ~ this century the bpik
~ the food Of u common farmers family
consisted ~ rye muFh and milk, win
hotns.Dred meat a sheep was Killed about
once . month, and ~ the spring veal was
Introduced for 3 change, Cheese was hal
IN Abundance. and In many eases honey.
In IN. fall 0HT ~ m0rs pigs we're butch
cred and piehsd away fpr winter food
Dried pumpkin and dried apples we're
swsetfned with New Orleans pi6iassNs, ana
Zee at. sfatsg liz 4.,ff
ieaIly used. one thing otir fathers had IN
Abundance which 20 ~ Ia becoming mors
ard more scarce, that 49, ~ild game ana
fsh from ths streams Marine fowl aiso
came IN immense number sii along fbs
coast, while the nTks ~ pigeons fairy
dafkenhd the sky for whole weeks during
the spring The writer ~ ihia article can
remainder when the r0cts reached from
horizon 20 horizon and were not aii passed
~ the north inside ~ three weeks nlshf
fsut food from oil quarters ~ the globe
could noi be hsd 80 ~ Tho present. time
Oranges we're rarely seen. and bananas
had never been heard ~ ~ wac about
ix1 Hhen the cultivated strawberry hogan
e. be knGNn, and great improvements pffs
made - afAftine new ana choi varieties
~ apples and ptafa into our Seeding uFes
~ 10 not uncommon today for . frpit lover
10 cultivate forty az my varieties ~
Craps Mot one % these varieties dates
back 81 $50. n 49, except barely the ca.
N eha The Delaware WIS introduced
about the middle ~ the century, and flnea
that date Improvement has gone on 10
rueh rate that Nn may easily select 100
varieties worth planting ~ out home vine
tarda The Use % oaimral began about
isss. since white date the mbltlpli alton
81 ooreal preparations for food has Eona
oH wifh great faFiaity u T. stiN ffnba
iem @hefhff health has been materially
improved ~ fhs modern intensified aitfss
ton ~ articles ~ Diet. Perhaps 49, have
not pct any nafe wholesome dish thBn the
mush ard milk - i"e
Tho cfBfufy has Nroughi naturally, 9Th
al other ehanNsa. Gffaf alterations - cor
conceptions ~ mnfais In fact, 10 not
believe ftat ~ any other dire ton has
pfeafsaN been mote rapid than 30 eihieal
ootcept,1fs ard methods " hf@. 'efitin
~ = dat New 81 Eiandsrs with their d.
vsflJn go flWpe AFFAIRS 80 noi uHtN slDai
So opens ~ q ua century. ttsin g" HaFs
faua ifnf0as qusiGa roHfefnieH human
bandaae o. L1aa Diabe, Dem0ffAh