The sun., 1900-12-16
4 GREAT PIE RECORD.
Mrs. walters Baked s,3O3 Pies Last Year
and Her Family Ate Them.

ALTOONA Pa. Dec. i5.-Mrs. John Walters
OF Paint township. Blair county, holds the
undisputed record for pie-baking In this
part of Pennsylvania. Her record IL based
on figures furnished to the world by proud
husband. who has aided and ebetted her
in tho consumption of 5000 crisp fuly tart'
and pies during the year ended Dec. l.
Mr. and Mrs Walters live on fertile farm
I'm the northern part of the county. Mr."
Walters. according to family history was
not born with the pie-bakinG Instinct strongly
developed. In fact, II is said, that II was an
acquired accomplishment following matri-
mony. Mr. Walters. the story goes was a
lover Of pie before he met his wfe-to-b"
Conscious Of a record OF pie, well baked
extending over nearly half a century. Mr..
Walters tells, nowadays, thet one OF the
stipulations of the marriage contract was
that she should have pies on tue table every
day till death did part her and her husband.
The youthful bride. at the start, baked
many pies such ~ Mr.. Walters mother
had never made But she improved. At
any rate the crisp pumpkin or apple tart
was alwavs to be found Oh the Walters ma
hoyany Years OF training htt"d h"r Tor
The uroud record, s.SOS pies, anuouuced for
Farmer Walters came down the valley
on She day the s.3osd pie was baked 70 .pr.hd
appearance OF a champion iit~eat"r. one OF
his .eyen lanky sons. each ot whom ihher'l>
hF oye ,3T Ip 20 pI.sy e truth OF f
statements. Inquiry ns to who ate all the
piea was natural.
ofter his uuestioner, why, We home folks,
of course I'm good for three "A day, and
] hopc I haven't raised son who can. do
man who. I'm sorry 10 say can beat even me,
Why. that fellow will eat six pie, a day and
get fat on e% Sn NsG ha9 aat hiee pe fhs asl
man had said he had stomach trouble and
w0nldn't touch the nj icest tart Msrr could
bake lie disappeared one night with my
best coli and haven't seen him since
Farmer Walters took dar on last week
~ Gcure ny some statistics on hle w'ie pie
"H' T have the figures all here" he laid. MARY
kept account In December, 1899: she put
ou, "a niss Iana@TN ;TCo NS iay Gi Jans
$40 July. 500: August, 600 September 1os;
October 7s7; November. eeS. 81.
"Sou will notice july was the prize pie
month That was during harvest wont
saw a good workman that didn't IKE n EN-
reach r.iu f'' . nile and IA half Putting them one
on tor Of The other. they wo1.d ihr, oe e
step apart they would reach a. miles and a
man could tram on a pie every step, o,r.
She WSuldnt no Pdns let let anybody try her hand a,
such an important Job She bake- em In the
! big oven in the garden, where they get ihe
flavor OF the hickory bark. Nothing IKE
| hickory bark to make pie taste riellt
Every day she bakes twenty ples she "a v
! that l. enough for any family or course
Saturdays and days when We have Wal, or,.
! she doubles up. On days Ike that hhve
self. That fellow will cat two pies more than
| he ought Ia when he has 'em 10 work on.
Last Thursday he said he wasn't well. but he
| managed to get away with five pumpkin
| o1istards an he only stopped then when
| Mary told him IT wasn't good Tor him W eat
| so many pies when he was sick.
| Farmers Walters is s5 years old, Figuring
| on three pies a dav. he thinks he has eaten
"Gf course he said that NAV be a leeta
| high or a leetle low Mary and never kent
any account of the number OF pies we ate
since she said Yes