Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-14
MATS EXPERIENCE WITH THE
 SOCIAL CORNER

Dear Editor and Sisters: q tell Jane
 they aren't no wise her sisters, but
 she says that's the fashion in the So-
 cial Corner.) I have been moved on
 account of certain experience of
 mine luther day to write the Social
 Corner a letter, and to kill two birds
 with one stone. and give the editor
 little advice.
 Now. twas this way: I was cuttins
 corn in the southeast corner of my
 corn piece that day; now that ere
 corn piece is the hottest place Ions
 about noon you ever seen; and as I
 went over to dinner I was terribly hot;
 and hungry-hungry as a bear, which
 set me thinking about that there pun
 kin I carried Jane Ann night afore,
 Now, you know to my house I allus
 have punlzin pie on Saturday as soon
 as one gets ripe till the last little
 measly punkin is gone.
 Jane has been rather hectoring about
 trying some of the fandang1es in the
 Social Corner; but I set my foot right
 down on wasting good eggs and such,
 says l.. pies and fried cakes is good
 enough for me: and whats good
 enough for me is good enough for the
 rest of the folks.
 tell 'er-that is, mostly. Well, as
 I said, I was thinking of that ere pie,
 and just as I reached the doorstep I
 elled something dreadfully like soot
 burning, and grease, too. I WAS some
 scared, and threw open the door shouting "Jane Ann. what in tarnation
 you doing?' Sure as preaching, there
 sat Jane Ann up to the table, partly set for dinner, with a pencil and piece of kids school paper, writing (she'd got about to bottom Of the page). She looked up dazed like when I jumped in; then made a run for the oven. If you'll believe my eyes, she pulled out dish of suthin looked like
 a chunk of snow on the south road
 aftes g thaw.Then out came the pot of beans, from the oven top shell, black as your hat.
 We'll says Jane, apple fluff ain't
 hurt; and the beans will do, by scrap ing off the top!"
 Now. I was some mad at such do- ings, and I calculated when I got time to just give Jane Ann piece of my mind. I did ax in voice of thunder as
 to what she was wasting good paper for. She said how some woman had sent in fxin and told sisters to name it. So Jane sot right down to do it (Ain't heard anything about it sense) Well. arter a while we set down to dinner with the partly sburned beans. When I got through with my third plate I looked around for my pie. ana found setting by my plate a chunk o1 that f1ummery puH-Jane called it. What does this mean?' says I. Where is my punkin pie?' Says she: Some of the sisters CD think we shouldn't get into a rut in our cooking, so made this instead "Ruts be darned." says l. You give me some pie.''
 WAS going to say something else, 1 but Jane had disappeared in the but tery and brought me out my pie. l Says she: See if that ain't good ?" 1 It looked like mince pie. ] bit into it-'twas mincc.
 I ,I,I, l top Of the burnt beans.) Was the wom- l an crazy? Mince pie in September ! Now to my house and dads long 1 Thanksgiving week M. and also Jane l Ann, made mp 8. whopping big pan ol rnince fxin', and we eat mince 1 till it was gone long toward spring. l Twas all-f1red good; but meats pretty ] high these days.
 l s'Nat,'' says Jane Ann. "ain't that good pier
 l "Yes," says ], nliddling slow, "bu, l where did you get your meat Meats I awful high says l. cross like. 1 "Ain't no meat in it, says she. l Well. now I was plumb scared. l Well, never mind.'' says I, sort of 1 smooth like. I thought best to lumor i do with crazy folks. Well, just then l she planked a paper down in front of i me with tomato rnince onto it. which ] said it sure was mince pie without 1 meat; and cheap-aWfu cheap. l Now says Jane Ann, "dontA you 1 think I better send that there recipe? ?' i Now, I felt sort of lifted up arter my 1 scare, and I says: fsNo, Jane Ann, you 1 get out a pen and ink and paper ont l the setting room table arter chores to- 1 night, and I'll write (You see, Jane | ain't edicated like I be-
 1 T don't know, says Jane sabout 1 that pen. It scratched when you sent | for seeds in March,
 1 Here" says I, and put two cents l right onto the table 0'm awful free l handedl and, says I, Send one of the ] kids to the corner store and get a new 1 one
 ] Now Mr. Editor. you can see by this 1 just what's going on; and I for one l think you should see more what these i wimmen folks is having printed. 1 will say that ere mince pie was good. and cheap; and if y6u have any more ! things like that. such as chicken pie without the chicken, Jane Ann shall try um. But I have no use to my
 house for such ffummery as puffs Nand