The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-02-16
GREAT PIE RECORD.
Mrs walters Baked ssos Pies last
Year and Her Family Ate Them.

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Year and Her Family Ate Them.
Mrs John Walters OF Paint town
ship. Blair county. Penn, holds the
undEsputed record for pie baking in
that part OF Pennsylvania Her rec
ord is based on figures furnished 20
the world By proud husband. who
has aided and aberted her IN the con-
sumption of ss03 crisp. fluffy sarts and
pies during the year ended Dec L
Mrs Walters. according TO family
history, was not born with the rebak-
ing instinct strongly developed In
fact. 1t Is said that II was an acquired
accomplishment following matrimony.
Mr. Walters. the story goes, was a
lover of pie before he met his wife
to-be Mrs Walters tells. nowadays.
that one of the stipulations of the mar
rage contract was that she should
have pies on the table every day till
death did part her and her husband
The youthful bride. al the start. bak-
ed many pies such as Mr.. Walters
mother had never made. But she i'm
proved Years of training fitted her
for the proud record, 1903 pies. an
nounced for the year Just closed
Farmer Walters came down the val
ley on the day the s393d pie was bak-
ed to spread the news. He is q tall,
lanky fellow, with the appearance of a
champion pie-eater. One of his seven
lanky sons, each of whom inherits his
love for crisp pastry, accompanied
him, TO bear witness to the truth of
his fathers statements. Inquiry as to
who ate all the pies was natural
who tethe pies?" Walters repeat
ed after his questioner Why. we,
home folks, of course. I'm good for
three day, and hope haven't rails
ed son who can't do as well as the
old man Then I have a hired man
who. I'm sorry TO say, can beat even
me. Why. that fellow will eat six pies
a day and get fat on EN-. Never had
hired man ABOUT the place who
couldn't eat pies. The last man I
had said he had stomach trouble and
wouldn't touch the incest tart Mary
could bake. He disappeared one night
with my best colt and l haven't seen
him since"
Farmer Walters took day off last
week to figure up some statistics on
his wife's pie baking
July, with 500 pies. was the prize
pie month. That was during harvest
l won't have a harvester unless he
eats pie. Never saw a good workman
that didn't like EN- Figuring that
Mary's pies are foot across. and put
ting them all in a string they would
reach a mile and a half Putting them
one on top of the other. they would
be higher than the Eiffel tower. Put
ting them a step apart they would
reach Al miles and man could tramp
on a pie every step.
who bakes the pies? My wife, of
course She wouldn't let anybody try
her hand at such an important job.
She bakes 'em in the big oven in the
garden. where they get the flavor OF
the hickory bark. Nothing like hick-
DRY bark to make a pie taste right.
Every day she bakes 20 pies. She
says that is enough for any family.
OF course Saturdays and days when
we have visitors she doubles up. On
days like that have known the hired
man to make pig of himself That
fellow will eat two pies more than he
ought to when he has 'em to work on.
Last Thursday he said he wasn't well,
but he managed to get away with i've
pumpkin custards, an ne only stopped
then when Mary told him it wasn't
good for him to eat so many pies when
he was sick"
Farmer Walters is Go years old.
Figuring on three pies day, he thinks
he has eaten about 1880 pies since
his marriage.
"Of course" he said, that may be
a leetle high or leetle low. Mary and
never kept any account of the num-
Der of pies we ate since she said
yes New York Sun.