Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-17

pepSla for a month.
Over in one corner was a group of
those unsteady inclined trying to
make up quartette.
Jim volunteered for tenor Billie for
bass The soprano and alto were at
last satisfactorily filled, while the rest
way. They alters talk right round in
circle, and when you think you got
the thing all clinched, I'll be switched
if you Amt jest where you started
from. Yes, sir zee.
sort of laid out to let the Corner
know Jest where l stands on rights"
and that settles the question as far as
/ am consumed.
Yes, ] know Mis- Robinson and
Carlyle says how Wise men some
times change their minds, and fools
never Howsomever, when Nathan
lei makes up his mind, it's sot right
there, ! yum. l was tickled to think
Jane Ann was starved. Well, now
you jest ought to see her and them
kids store away yictUals
Shoe, now" says l to Jane Ann,
Guess follls don't know Nat Joined
the Grange twenty odd years ago.;
and say, Jane Ann belongs to a club
Of ten. 1 bet nail to a hshhook she
amt afraid to speak in meeting, nei-
Their.
Yes, reads the paper sum
enough to see it looks like rights"
wimmen meant to hack down that
there pole with Carrie Nation hatch
ct.
Now, / think a hull lot Of Uncle
Sam. Think he is a right proper old
gent-does things right on the square.
It's jest like him when he gifts time to
think Ont to right uD and gin the
wimmen that pole-but 'twon't do to
rile him. No. stree.
Says J. Jane Ann, Nathaniel may
be a hundred years behind the times
maybe a hundred and fifty-what's a
few odd years more or less; but he
knows what's proper for the wimmen
felix's IN his family. every time; and
you amt going to poster Uncle Sam
for that there pole, you nor Abby
Jane nuther. Last time 1 seen his
photygraf in the paper hs was pretty
nigh skin and bones-most likely from
working overtime. Course. if Uncle
Sam puts that there pole on a waiter
$50 to speak, and hands it to YOU
with his respects, or some such onto
it--'twouldn't be perlIte not to say,
Thank We! But ye shan't hector him
for 1t. 'Tain't seemly.
Na-o-w Mis- Robinson, you rattle
off information like a department re-
port and DabolTs almanac DO pretty
| middling fur q woman. but I'm on one
ride Of the fence-you ON tuther-I
shan't never sit on the fence, nor
| jump over. Let's shake hands through
| the fence.
Queen Bess: You put the hull thing
! right in a nutshell
Ready; Seems like you must feel
suthin like a trapped woodchuck.
Cherlsette: l tell Jane, l guess as
how I'll see if I can't swap a setting
| Of eggs with you. Say. now, you could
have knocked me right down with a
! feather when / opened that there
paper q spell ago and seen Jane AIMS
letter right up to head Of the page
purt as banty rooster. Spellin'
right up to the handle, too. q don't
see no sense i'll spelling, any how;
Alters spell! right out Of my head.)
James dreadful proud; 'spose likely
| John Henry helped her sum-he is a
| right smart yOungster-( Of takes
arter his pa). Well, twas all right.
You see just how 'tiz-Bhe had a little
money I'd gin her. Alters makes a
woman dreadful Independent to gin
UNI money!
Jim: When I read about that there
| hen says 1: Jane ann. that there
| Cropple Crown amt no new breed of
| hens-just a nickname for a hen he's
| took a notion teW," and, says /: IF
| | was a parscn ! could preach a hull
| sermon from that there text, Keeping
1 her fur the good she'd done But
! Jim's g. big hearted Teller, and he
| amt no nutmeg Yankee, nuther if
he was a full-blood Yanl1 he'd sell the
| shoes right off his feet, if he got
| his price, If he knowed thsS was the
only 'tarnsl shoes he'd got but what
| pinched his corns terrific. NJ was all
| fired disappointed to find you didn't
| like dried-apple pie Now, Jim, seems
| like a Teller want brought up proper
| that don't like US. Now, let me tell
you how marm did the trick: First
| place, long September. she'd pare some
best windfall greetings to be got, and
| when we had a sunny spell she'd get
| um ready and spread UNI on clean
| cloths on piazzy roof-south side Ono
! oven drying for herr. When dry she
put UNI in clean paper bags on top
of the buttery shelf.
! Now. long toward spring comes a
time when mince amt quite so tasty
| as twas, and even punlSin pie is lit
tie off. Then. says /. down comes them
dried apples.
Msrm she takes a couple handfuIs
puts UNI in big yeiler bowl, washes
UNI good and plenty-then covers with
warm water-set on stove shelf over
night next day cooks UNI slow till
| done.
Now comes the trick-she has some
whopping deep plates ready; then she
takes that ere apple, slaps in some
| butter. leetle nutmeg, salt. suEar-not
| too rnuch-then has an orange round
handy, and chops some of that there
| peeling fine, and throws that in bout
half to a pie It don't do a mite Of
harm to s1op In the Juice Of that there
orange, tool When she comes to top
she sort OF remembers all she's put
in that pie, and Scrlmps us a leetle tt
make up. only siapB on few pieces Of
| crust like she's making a chicken coop
! Now, when you get outside a piece o.
| that pie. twill make you glad yor
was born. Jest try 1t and see, JHxn.
I No, l amt had the grip, nor nHthin
ketchiR-got nigh tnoksred out, ant
has to set by the fire a spell, reck.
on, with rheuTnAti2-hah 1t powerful,
Yours truly,
NAT,