The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-02-01

! want to suggest another DISH"
put in comrade who had not spoken
before, and that is log skin stew.'
Now, you re shouting, brother,
that was fue."
How was it prepared?" innocen,ly
asked young man who was an inter
ested listener to all that was being
said
Well, sonny, we sometimes found
where party of fellows, luckier than
we were had found hog and killed it.
They generally skinned it and threH
the skin away. We were glad to get
the skin. We would take it to camp
and scald it to get the hair off, and
then from the skin we would make as
fine stew as you ever stuck in your
mouth"
and I want to suggest another
dish,' said a happy looking littles sman,
as he smiled over great bigi sand
Wich almost as large as his face, "ard
that is peeled collard stalks. Once up
In Virginia hal not had anything to
satfor two days. We came one after
noon upon a collard patch. You
ought to have seen those hungry men
as they pulled up those oollards.
Then we peeled them and ate the
heart of the stalk. This is good eat
ing we are having today, but it is as
nothing when compared to these COL
lards. have never tasted anything
half 30 good since then, nor do ever
expect to taste anything again tnat
will beas good as they were."
well, boys, want to suggest
another dish, said we'll fed looking
man, "and that is milk and hominy.
The reason say that is because in oil
my experience I have never yet tasted
anything half as good as supper We
had up in old Kentucky. One day q
fine looking cow came up to the camp,
and We suceededin oornering her un-
I'll we milked about q gallon Of milk
from her. We got Q lot OF hominy
from o mill not far away and soon we
had big spider full Of the hominy
j SS:sSS.iSs along toward state OF per.
fection. We poured the milk over it
and then stirred it up together, aud it
seems to me that can taste il even
now. It was Ike best thing that had
ever passed between my lips and I
have never since then tasted anything
that was half as good to me-"
It'll never forget how we used to
hustle to get something to eas,'' spoke
up tall man who appeared to be
preacher. "When we were not far
from Chattanooga, we were oamped on
the Tennessee river. The corn fields
on our side Of the river were all guard
ed and we had been forbidden to touch
them. We had been allowed to 70 in
bathing, however. We'd go up the
river above the line Of guards and 60
in swimming. We'd 60 to an island /
in the middle Of the river and rest,
and then we'd swim on across. We'd
go into the corn fields and pulfas
many pumpkins as we cared to have.
We'd get some long poles aud run
them through the pumpkins and take
them down to the river on our should.
ers. Then we'd get some dead poles
and on them we'd tie as much green
corn as we wanted. We'd put all Of
it together and make raft. This
we'd d push out into the river aud then
we'd swim along with il until we
reached landing landing p!ase tbsei5 below tho
guards, When we'd come out and Garry
it to camp
'Is's pleasant to think about those
old days, boys" said one OF the older
men, "now that they are gone never
to return, but Fdon't want any OF
these sweet women to have TO eat q
dinner liketha ] hope my boys will |
never come down to it. =
You are right, old comrade,,'
was the call that came from every |
side. and then the meal having boon
finished. th> boys lined themselves np |
along the sidas .of the hall, called the
Daughters Of the Conf federacy and Che |
little boys out and gave them IL cold |
rebel yell that used 20 atrike suoh ter
ror TO the heartsof the boys ii blus9 /
when they were not exactly sure Of
their ground. ssS35 5SSS
Then che gathering broke up. eomeI
TO 60 over the river 20 Join Lee and
jackson before the end os anothsrI
year aud some 60 boR Tho head and
bend the back q little longer r5with the I
weary Elcsd of life. Alex. w.
Bealer. In Atlantis Journal, Jan. 3.