The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-08


pieces of beef, which had been specially prepared for
drying and four great hams and strips of bacon.
Mrs Dole came of family famous for its efficiency
done that should be- done but must be done in just
the right way and at just the right time Debby thought
was that she have to sausage
carefully from the bone and take every seed
puousy from the rasins which went into the mincemea
But all this trouble paid in the end for not only did the
family find everything good, but great fame of Mrs.
Dole fine housekeeping spread abroad among the
bors and into the far off towns.
~ wonder, =" they all said eff Prscy is going to
make such wonderful housekeeper her mother si'
Old Trotty was harnessed early and Ben went
around to collect such of the women could not
veniently be driven by their The day before,
three sets Of quilting bars had been borrowed from
neighbours for family could very well keep than
By O'Clock in the Dole family the breakfast had
been eaten Then the had been cleared of every
thing which could be spared and what left
Stdied up' to tie last refinement of which Mrs Dole
and her daughters capable. il.
There four large, square in the main
great, airy chambers above them The kitchen in
wide extension at the back of the main structure
In the east front room spread out gorgeous
rising sum- quilt, which Prscy herself had been piec
ing for years It contained five thousand pieces!
lining made of chintzes saved from laidby gowns
of grandmohers aunts and cousins well from those
Of the immediate family.
In the parlor, the opposite side of the narrow
entrance hail. spread out bars, also ready for the
was the work Of Betsey and Debby. Debby had not
clearly understood that she had been making quilt for
wept over doing 'sstent'' Of patchwork Now she
glad enough that she had done it. Another one,
which to be forBetsey, half done already, and
pieces collecting for third for Debby herself
Mrs Dole kept the patchwork constantly going in her
household, as well as everything else.
Perhaps the most wonderful Of all the/'Rose of
Sharon quilt, which Aunt Spiddys work. It was
composed of red white ground Each rose
had leaf and stem made of several red pieces most
for quilting in Aunt Spddy's room which just be-
hind the parlor In Mrs. Doe's room, just behind the
nate stripes of pale and dark blue flannel fine
and soft, which Mrs Dole herself had spun. The other
was wadded with the softest of lambs wool
It for the very coolest weather and answered to
modern tsdown quilt
Today the Squire and Ben had made roaring fire
in the fireplace of every of the For days
beforehand they had spent their odd moments in filing
woodboxes Dory had lugged, as he said, 'scords Of
wood and little Hiram Joshua helped with all
their strength The brass andirons had been polished by
Betsey.
Shortly after 9 the women began to come, each with
her needle thread thble and scissors BY that time the
fires all well started each with it's mighty back
log which would last all day long, tho none was 50
big that in the kitchen Every hearth ttwiped
up clearly. There not speck of dust any
TEL sill, chair. Great Espare rbs' roasting
In front Of the kitchen fire. and their savory smell
lest to the quitting An addition to the ordinary dnne
table had been made from which always kept
n the barn. few nails set them up, and tho they
rough they strong Then white linen cloths made
with Mrs. Dole IS hands from flax which she had
raised hetchelled herself, laid these long
tables
When Mrs Bannock, the wife of the village store
keeper who supposed to be the richest in the
place. into the Kitchen she noticed that Hiram
Joshua playing twelve men Morris at side o.
the fireplace.
stWhat pretty board you have there, Hiram!'' sh
exclaimed.
Glory made it, said Hiram proudly.
ct wonder if he would make one,'' said the grea
lady IT will pay him pretty penny if he will make
such a one as that
When Dory came in from saving wood in the she
where he had ttstent' Of two hours per day Of har
saving, he was delighted Mrs Bannock said that sh
would take two and would give Dory shilling apiece 70
them.
But that not the only help which that da
to great scheme of the twins. The other developer
thru Debby,s great experiences with her needle
Each quilt quilted in different pattern. One