The sun., 1900-11-18
ENJOYED MOUNTAIN FARE.
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Ws.r,sia tp"Ii.s Uapt. fu Nshhits
sud u,td' som. Uaoh wood. rn,.u.ir.
meats ouuHs ~ tou..r tolsn,~.r.
ItAptNu, I't, Soy u fnfusr Nsv York
volunteer VIM yhumui,i M the iniuplinos with
10 Hr.k- count, lnd accepted an invitation ~
sp,ri 10 week th's autumn ~ his ffi"ud's hpr"
Iu tho lliuc Mountains lie aud ,ptnpau.un
f"aourd tn" Ir ,-ids farm Just ~ Hupy"f uw"
one dty a-t rrnk In~ supurf vas suited -
a." nrrc'tcs provoked los the kc,n mouutnin
air. Ia ~" ,putfe uf the table Wla big pInt'-
oi ft"d uhuit Tharr wIs plenty ~ ft'ali
wheat hf",i soi ou the hearth. golden hutfer
Just out of the spriuR hous". -otno green teppcrs
stuffed wl'h cur rtrpass well spio"d. sOns
cold eat fresh JIIiug sliced red b-ets and
st"nm,ug bot hHn"d IRISH putatos. The New
Norkor- had th"u plate, heapcd high with
rabbit
-pon't be afraid o' that game said the
farmer, we snot ~" rabbits up In the rocks
last night ry moonlight. You SEQ. rabbits arc
getting too sharp &" trot out much during tho
dnv. Daylight rabbits are scarce. We mes
them by bright moonlight and In al hour had
siN fine ones. al We want"1 for this mess. Rab-
bits. 10 be good. must be fresh. We skinned
them last night, and they'ya heen soaking In
salt water nearly all dgy 20 draw tho blood out
Of them, whers they were shot. Mother has
I parboci them. and then iri"d them IN butter.
. | horo you'n enjoy them ~ H.. way Ike
rabbit heit. some people sfov them or maks
pot pic with them with potatoes and dough.
but this Is the way rabbit IL D-N"
The New Workers pitched IN because they
were hungry and that supper was one Of tho
4 best they ever ate the rabbit was tender and
sweet. the potatoes hnf a mnun'uIn son tasts
aud they wore hight aud mealy, aud the coffee
was perfection.
Il would IKE to take hunt for rabbits to-
might" said one 81 til' y'-',"'~.
Alter supper they went ont ~ hear tho odd
sounds In the mountains aud see the weird and
fantastic shadows liner" was moon enough.
and they were soon oN with tho dpy@ aud guns
, for tho ravnc@ a halr rule away. IN minutes
tho hounds were hay inS '"you- chorus. aud
the two New Workers with their Urcech!oaders
: went ahead. eager for tie sport.
shoot the rabbits aud not the shadows" said
thc'7rnl"r with laugh.
Of the guns among IN" trees ard rocks echoed
loud in the stillr.~ Of the risht. For two
J the leaves and moses, ara nlne raT,lls weIs
the sum. total Of the rirl, port They were
shooting dinlcult as they jumLrd and irolicked
In the moonlight. The visitors we're frank
enough to ad'.it that at least half dozen
IL beat: shooting ut Filipinos. all hollow
said one II the N"w Yorker
f., Coming down fr r'm the mortain II was ar.
ranged - have three of the rnhf it, for breakfast
and 10 pickle the others for hn>"npfoiicr, At he
ilTmnGT'r me d N[%S c s Mg' eId d' The n fqTmep
thcr cut the game ny and Iced the rnent in
T tHe neat, ot'' after % With Il VA va sol way in ths
spring. house. They At" arIlc~ and drank
under % tn the iamyiicht. and at id o'corE cft for
the garrett under the roof and went 10 hcd.
,hey slept under a red patchwork Guilt that
/ was made half century hg9. 1hc bedcInS
sa 'Tt Hr 'nd c 6r "sd sdnd 2 s In T@ ac
both put In nine hours strairhiaway. By
o,'clock the neNt m"rlinE the had washed
washed the more they wanted Of that cold.
"Ymll to re't'ng tired Of rabbit" said the
farmers daughter. as she served the hrenk-
a%yay St " or Two 2gf II 1n2%.s % o In ,h s"GT ub
be. and III let you boys give m" some lessons
The men smiled eood-rnturedly. because
"rIai's al HIGHT" ,hcy said in chorus. hut
! The Girl had hroiled the ra ts on hot hickory
ooais. and basted them with highly seasoned
I with a few hot huckwheat cakes. some crisp
Young radlsh,s and rosNted annle7 Ihe rich
cream turned the @ r9r"T soidnn fGdi nr9wn h fhd
New Workers. did ample iustio 10 the meal
even II they had 70 eat alone, The men folks
had eaten an hour before and done the MORN
rfe Gr't foreloon. In the mountain. they
Mere down and under Tho leave. but TIE hunt
was much EMO, ed IN ,hc cr,sr air Of ne hills.
ccn RI rn sfare @ yaS snd as he h'f hnd .r 0 ns s
along the rad several Ane ~hot. in Surherrv
and aHT1 aHg fey s2,"g niGseI
ing the BIRD for good "ldfanTTrd rot
lust thirt, eight in two horrs and there We're
H or II s two DOZEN Sw GTsr'
after driving four miles IN the nearest eNrress
oh's Gnd ne 2thcr fl, fourteen were ricksd
folis ate two a. 60 with tonst although the
visitor. .wcrc prevailed uron to trr another.
to "" eat n. roHgiHdr- Q, the bird Thev Ind
han,o mY'c ard singing - the house, and
bv moonltsh, tSso,Ser'S TRe' R rseq wers homs S"s
NV Q o'clock and snoring under the shingles
All the neSt dsv thev wcr. in the wood.
a raw rlrnin pulled from corn neld tasted
d.;Ire 3 return 70 " farmhouse for dinner
n nine ' "a, rabbit, sSev had W hot Tfo tenth nth
rabbit wa. shot IN rieces and that went 10
h ds IN. The in T the nrnn 4'Sa sha
few red annles the la4t on the tree, in n neigh
boring orchard ,nnrlisd then With mn"h:on
ne con.,abie with a holi TO hunt for hon
for strangers In that copntrv when thev
reachei the farrnhouse thev werc hungry
a. be1rs. The flicker no'-rie with the side
q shes and relShes and hot coNoe was n rl~al
tho" will long remember. After suurer thev
smoked Corncoh rires down The lane as thew
let"rei to 'he grooming owls in tie rarins
ani he!ri ~" chor,- 81 thousand crtcFets
and kat dds that had not Yet been frozen
into ril"N""
TIE next dav thev v"nrlred int dense thick
cts for pheaE1r's killing two. and In the after
noon thev took another dash at the rartridges
Rndhaccad even. That evening, bvin vitHtion.
th"v attended PIC roast IN the mountain
whore a dozen mO'intniueers sat down to a
supper Of q Young pic six weeks old that had
been baked IN an oven brown IA a chestnut.
They had potatoes and Sauerkraut as n relish
and fedcrwci- to wash N down Federweis
l. new rod grape wine iust active ferrren'in1
II il made of CLIFTON grapes grown on the hi,ls,
and Il Is quite palatatle with roast young pork
and kraut. rye bread and butter
The next dav they rested about the harm
huSked corn, helped to sort potntDes caught
an opossum and In the evening after supncr
of hot rickled rabbit and hrowu eravv. which
IL known as hascnDfeTer thev s-arted ont for
q coon hunt In the moonlight They 'ravnped