The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-12-31
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scene Ia Coaaecticuf v lfch Added
Flavor 10 Radishes for the
Reh0Tder.

"These radishes said the speaker
picking up one from a dish OF the LITTLE
pink bulbs that stood on the table be
fore him, remind me Of some that
saw on a very different table, and il
the midst of very different surround
ings, on canoe trip that friend ol
mine and myself made in vacation
time last summer
Striking in from Long Island sound
up little river that comes in OH the
Connecticut shore, we found it to be a
| picturesque stream enough In some
places along it there we're little bluffs
ten or II feet high, and al some places
trees, and along some stretches of it
there were grassy slopes coming down
to the waters edge
1T was a pretty stream, running
| through a pleasant country And
padding on we came, at half dozen
miles or so above its mouth, to more Of
those little ten or ~ foot bluffs, quite
appropriate TO the size Of the river. and
over back of these bluffs we saw two
or three farmhouses
1T was noon then. and the day was
hot and we wanted drink So we tied
up the canoe and climbed the bank
coming out at the top upon little ele-
waited plateau laid out as a truck gar
den
Every inch Of it was cultivated. but
the ground had not been plowed
throughout in uniform straight fur
rows, as in one great field 1t was laid
out in patches, in which the burrows
ran in various ways, giving variety to
the appearance of the whole; but in
every patch every inch was cultivated.
And over at the other side of this con-
siderable garden farm We're the houses,
with barns and trees and the well.
while everything about the place
gave evidence of constant care, there
was, when we started across for that
well, nobody in sight anywhere but
when we had come to an old-fashioned
grape arbor that stood near one Of the
houses, and had looked into that, the
absence of people from the fields was
instantly accounted for For sitting
under this arbor there were 20 or more
persons, men, women and children,
evidently all the people on the place
eating their dinner comfortably in its
shade
This was apparently their regular
custom. Running down the middle un-
der this arbor there was a long fixed
table upon which the food was placed,
the people sitting along the arbor
benches on each side. and the dinner
that they were eating here in this cool
and leafy dining room, which the COM
nany pretty nearly filed consisted |
wholly Of bread and radishes-black |
bread and radishes
There were quantities Of the rad /
ishes. which were contained in two
or three big wooden bowls. like chop |
ping bowls. placed at intervals along |
he table, and there was plenty OF |
black bread; and of this simple but
abundant meal they were all eating
with every indication Of wholesome
and hearty enjoyment
They were Italians. and good-look-
ing and healthy looking people. all
two or three families Of them. appar-
entity that had Joined forces and set
lied down here in this rather out Of the
way place to make their fortunes, and
living here in their accustomed man
ner.
And to come upon them thus. and
All so Unexpectedly, was running
across, IN Connecticut. a little bit Of
Italy; and the speaker. relates tho
New York Sun. concluded. as he helpeG
himself to another from the dish
'radishes have always had an added
aavor for me since"