The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-14
BORN OF A GRUMBLE.
AToOTHSOME MORSEL OF THE EARLY
DAYS IN OHIO.
Vinegar Pie, and How 1t Was Made,
and How Ii Came to BE Made, and
How the Man Who First Hit Into
1t Described 1t to His Friends.

'HSS"r L ie' anu HOW IL NnS Made,
and How Ii Came TO BE Made, ana
How the Man Who First Fit Into
1t Described 1t to His Friends.
when one understands how pie is the
glad epiphany of the souls yearning for
beauty of living, as it were. the bud tip
of a plant cropping its way upward be-
tween the dull, hard clods to sunlight
and the air. he understands also how
some kinds of pie have a story to tcll-a
pathetic story for those who can appre-
ciate," says Harvey Sutherland in Aims
lees.
In the early days of Ohio there was
a vinegar pie \ paste was made Of
Hour and water. Enough vinegar was
added to give it pleasant tartneSs. ana
sugar was stirred in to suit the taste.
linen this was used as a filling for the
top and bottom crust. Smile if you can
at this poor effort. but bcthink you who
1t was that made it and whore and why.
We may set the scene in a log cabin in
the wild woods of the Western Reserve
and people it with settlers from Connect
icut an ambitious husband and his young
wife who have left behind them the old
folks at home, knowing that they will
never look upon their faces moro Thy
have come the long. long journey in their
covered wagon to the far west of OAil
to seek home in the wilderness The
Indians are but barely gone The timber
wolves still howl nights while the vonn,
mother bushes her babe to rest. In the
twilight bears snulllc mt the doorsiu of
the rude cabin. 1t was sufficient shell
ter from the weather. hut no rag Garnet
covered the punchcon floor 10 sootbe The
eye with its coloring. no pictures hung
upon the mud chnkcd wall of lors.
There was no lack of food 10 eat. The
virgin soil. never before turned by \
plowSharc. brought forth riotouslv. Stand
ing nj his door, the husband might kin
wild turkeys with his rifle. There was
game in plenty, deer and squirrels. pos
sums, wild duck, wood pigeons and. once
in Il long while. a feast of that most
highly priced of all meats. PORK. W III
j.. berries grew all about. and here and
there up~Waug tree planted hv Johnny
Applcsccd. ragged. wild enthusiast that
he was. almost legendary Hero in his
bcurticout resolve to scatter FAR and wide
over the new country the bat fruit ever
God gave TO man. There WAS plenty to
cat b"t whom at last thr s, ~ Of iii ill.,
Tor winter was exhausted the soul sick
eued at the plenty OF Nero animal fond
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