The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-07-23
THURSDAY. JULY %, 1903.
WITH AUNT BECKY.

NhCAlOuo Vi 1901 N"Ab
Modern and Olden Days
How to Eat Melons Exam
pie and Precept IA Variety of
Interesting Comment.
Correspondence Of The Robesonan.
We are having hot weather
these days and are kept busy
hunting for a cool place. The
mountains and the beach are
both much in mind, and those
who are fortunate enough to be
resident at eitherresOrtare almost
to be envied just now. The
Squire and | are contemplating
a move toward the mountains in
a few days, where we hope to re-
cuperate and gain new strength
from the invigorating air and
healthful waters.
/ am glad to see in the last
issue of The Robesonian a com
plete vindication of our late
sheriff, Mr.. Geo. b. Mcleod,
whose numerous friends through
out the county were much inter
ested in regard to it. | am per
sonally under obligations to Mr.,
Mcleod, for procuring me a sea-
in crowded car lately. He
doubtless did not know the old
lady to whom he rendered as
sistance, but | knew him, hav
ing met him some years ago il
Maxton, and he is a gentleman
easily remembered.
Work season is about over OF
farms until the harvest-time
comes on, and everybody cal
have a little rest but the poo
women-fOlks, who have add
tional labor these days in tn,
way of canning fruit and vege
tables, which is hot work.
heard one lady remark that sh,
was almost glnd when the frui
crop was a failure and the bur
den of it. rolled away. In Older
days there was no such enter
prise, as the air-tight jars ha
not been invented; but there wer
bushels of apples and peache
dried on every farm. This pre-
cess was troublesome too, bu
gathering the fruit in the cool c
the afternoon and getting it on
early in the morning we escape
the heat of the day and the hes
of the stove, as no cooking Wa
required. Preserves were mad
and kept to perfection in thOs
days, in stone or earthen-wal
jars and pitchers by saturatin
cloths in hot beeswax, as a CO.
ering, which, though not entir
ly air-tight, answered every pu
pose in case of preserves, pic
les, etc.
The melon crop is on hand ar
we are greatly enjoying the
these warm days. Some of o.
neighbors are gathering for shi
ment today, the first ever ship
ed from this immediate sectio
as it is four and a half miles
John Station, the nearest ship
ing point, but if this first We
ture proves successful, doubtle
others will follow suit next yea
| love melons and my favor
way of eating them is to go
the patch, make my own sele
tons, break it over a stump
root, and sit down and dig
out: then | am always sure
getting enough. Now, childre
Aunt Becky is teaching you
bad example, | expect, and y
must not follow it extensively
you might eat too much and S
sick; but you must do as W
papa and mama tell you. Or
upon a time the Squire hat
family Of cOlored tenants on
farm. The man was kind
local preacher and was not fC
Of work; his wife had cooked
our family from the age of
until she married, and she
not relish field work either.
ter some years their child
were growing up and they
cided to farm, and, as | 81
were our tenants. One day
cotton chopping time the 'Sql
went down to see how thi
were getting on and came u
Harriet and her chaps in the fl,
She was sitting down rest
and arguing with the childl
who wanted to rest too, and "
trying to convince her that t
needs must follow her exam
but she told them, Don't
do as | do, but do as tell We
About that time she discov,
the proximity of the 'Sqr
took on a good humored g
an resumed her hoeing.
Poor Harriet, she died
since, but | often think of
She was a good negress and
of the finest cooks | ever s
Her method of frying fres
was inimitable, and I've n,
eaten the like since. In disl
ton she was childishly and
and happy, always laughing
singing, was devoted to
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