The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-23

A Texas man in SIC Postohce De
partment was telling how scarce Repub-
Hcans we're in the Lone Star State, when
a Minnesota man got back at him with
the story OF man going into court TO
get off a Democratic ticket in Mime
sofa The candidate who is seeking TO
unload his honors is r. r O'DeH, who /
has been nominated for Congress The
court gave him an order so he could
get his money back and resume his
place in private life
Mr. Richard L. Peed. one Of the Gov
eminent Job printers, is an experienced /
craftsman from Ohio. lie was in the
publishing business at Noblesville, Ohio /
for several years and conducted news /
paper there He is clever and popular /
man and turns out great deal of fine /
work. Nj. Peed is baseball enthusiast /
and was formerly connected with some
Of the league teams. He keeps up his 4
interest and is an able fan at the I
games mere
Mr. William !. Mclaughlin. the oloest ]
man in years OF service on the Interior !
+ Department watch force. died Thursday
night He had been Ill Cor over two F.,
months During his illness ne was the
/ recipient Of close attention By many
/ friends. including members OF the watch
/ He did not resign his position. thus dy-
+ ing in harness after continuous service
i OF thirty-six years. He fvas one of the
oldest Watchmen IN the city He was
/ popular with the employees OF the de-
( partDent. During the greater part ot
his long service he was lieutenant Of
( the watch and always performed his du-
4 ties with marked care and aIacrity.
Mr.. Mclaughlin was 2 native Of New
I Jersey and went into the civil war with
the first New Jersey regiment to 90 out.
He saw hard service and toward the last
+ of the war was severely wounded He
was appointed 10 the force in 1856 He
was seventy years Of age He was
member Of Lincoln Post No ], G. A. r
Mr. John J. Duffy, one Of the messen-
gers in the Interior Department. is a
Spanish American war veteran. He was
appointed from the Sixth Maryland dis
trict shortly after he was discharged
from the army. He was IN the Cuban
campaign and knows something abou-
+ what war is ike
a clerk in the Pension Office who has
just returned from t.l. blue grass re-
I gion of Kentucky Yhtrs he. has spent 8
month rustieat1ng, was receiving the
I congratulations of his fellow employees
upon his sleek and weII-fed appearance.
Yes. said he: I think have gained
some forty or fifty pounds in avoirdu-
pois. and no wonder. for have seen at
tending constant round of barbecues
Tor the past thirty days. Out in Ken
lucky the months of July and August
are given over 10 these festivities. and
the folks are kept on The hump all the
time in order 10 take them all in You
city people have heard OF barbecues, and
those OF you who have attended one Of
the spurious affairs sometimes held in
the suburbs OF Washington vaguely as
sOciate them in your minds with d large
crowd Of people scTambling 10 get .
! diminutive slice of beef that HIS been
/ scOrched over charcoal fire. Beer add
ed 10 the menu usually makes up the
bin Of fare
"Out in Kentucky. the original home
/ OF the barbecue, they do things differ
entity Beef is never used, but a shoat
} is always the piece de resistance.
may explain that d shOat Is pig
and for this occasion is never over fat
in fact he is usually caught and
slaughtered while running le5se IN the
. woods or pasture The butcherieg Is
done the day before the barbecue, and
| the sh0at is carefully dressed and the
{ carcass placed in enc OF che big spring
houses TO cool Of Along about 1usk the
pit is filed with q lot Of weII-seasoned
hickory or white oak wood and the fire
) started This fire is kept roaring hot
all night aad i}y ; O'Clock in he nOT-s-
ing the pit Is filed TO thg briE-I with
glowing mas d Goals
e. The cIae 4 Hho il usually an old
, Ehite-hsfred aegro. now puts in his
. appearance 20 take the place OF his
+, subordfIztes} who have Sept the fire
going 6uriB.S the night Placing -
Der CT green Stills Gcros5 he mouth OF
$ the Pit 2 h.sgC g3f6I-on is formed. and
upon ibis Il csFsfuliy laid the carcass
2 OF ths>shoAT is IS sometimes supple
2 menfed = - or two OF q numbe-
Of chickens In Pot nearby Is mix
2 ! tUTe which 10 some extent is secret
2 known only &c the chef. though II j.
! composed largely OF lat from the roast
ing meat vinegar. salt. black an
2 cayenne pepper and butter As the
q meat slowly browns. this mixture IS
e literally applied with q large 55op. g Id
] Is absorbed With the juices Of the
s meat
p The process is slow. and the sru
q marks the hour OF midday before the
+ critical eye Of the cook detects in The
I golden brown skin OF the shoat the signs
! Of being well done The annetizing odOr
floating upon the air is waited toward
he waiting company and serves 70
Ehet into keenness hunger long re
pressed The tables laid under the
spreading branches Of \ giant oak con
q lain many delIcacies. but this dag
S homage IS paid to the king OF all Vi
G and5-barbecued shoat.
4 And how the people eat. II IS &c
q uncommon sight TO behold q man az
r. woman With a hunk OF homemade bread
and three or four pounds Of delicious
2 .rest make a finish OF it, and call ioI
= more. II Il was cooked In any ether
4 way they would likely call for 2 doctor
/ Hurt them? Not bit OF II.
After dinner the old men adjourn "a
+ Ire nearby spring and. with the min,
$ that grows along the borders. a It'll;
O sugar and 4 little OF the fluid that has
u made Kentucky famous. they brew 6
= nectar ST for the gods 70 drink
2 The young ones romp and play OF
u make love. and everybody is happy anc
s coutented as only they can be after en-
0 Joying genuine barbecue. II some O.
y ihese pale. an5emic people. who haunt
2 the drug stores II quest Of cod liver OF