The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-11-25
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BY OLIVE HARPER
rCopyright. 1915. by American Press Asso.
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1EY cousin Esther was n notable
houSekeeper and the best cool
in Wyoming valley, and she
WAS preparing dinner III Il
happy frame of mind
The young folks had all gone to town.
to church. and We're to return with the
guests. Margaret. the artist daughter
had carried Il basket to Il sick neigh
Dor. So Cousin Esther laid the table
Willie the range was stramins and siz
cling with the good things in the oven
and on top. There were to be twenty
eight guests ut table.
Cousin Esther brought large baskets
from the cellar loaded with preserves.
jams, jellies and pickles. great red APP
pies. cheese. II cold boiled ham. pink
and delicious home raised aud cured.
And there were big pitchers of milk
and thick cream. The tElm WAS put at
one end of the table. and the preserves
and pickles in pretty glass dishes were
set along in double lines. The table
WAS stretched to its capacity and sup
pIcmented by two others. with the old
Avery silver ut the head.
Cousin Esther thought that the hest
decoration for II table WAS an ;lblm
dance of good and substantial food
She provided neither soup nor fish. but
Margaret had taken Il pumpkin and
ScOupcu it out and filled it with late
flowers. hurdered with richly tint9!
foliage. Tie dishes of iellies and tx.
pickles with their duh greens gave col
or in contrast With the snowy cloth,
The chcrS. WAS piled IN generous
cubes. the butter. golden and sweet. in
fancy dishes. Piles Of slices OF bread
cllt from firm. biz white loavrs with
crisp crustS We're pnt M intervals
along the whole length OF the table.
and six distinct kinds ot cake were
there. I'LL frosted AMI 'lnrut.
Tile dresser n.'u lnr pes mince ap
Pile. cranberry. lennon and pumpkin 1t
looked like II baker. SHOW window.
tlankrd by the biz dishes of arplrs and
the milk and cream and the great
punch bowl which held 'le nuts
hickory nuts, wn!nutS and hulternnts.
With quick. short steps CoEsim Es
Their fairly dew between the table,
range and "huttery." where all the
kitchen work WAS done save cooking
The Kitchen was twenty feet square
and paneIrd and tloored with oak.
which Margaret had sllelncked till 1t
shone This room was both kitchen and
dining room and had southern windows
BY the time the table was set Mar
garet returned from the sick neigh
boris rosy and radiant. bringing the
crispneSs of the mountain air along
Yes, mother; they were glad of the
things. Anna can sit up But what II
helpless thing Il man is! There would
have been no Thanksgiving there hut
for you"
"Rut for you. you mean. Go and see
IL the visitors are coming. hope they
won't lie late to spoil all my cooking.
Yes: they are coming up the road
We have just time to dish up" Mar
g:lret doliIied her painters apron aud
flew to help.
Cousin Esther let her mash the tur-
nips. squash the potatoes and season
the boiled onions. Everything WAS put
on the table except the pies. Then
came the crOwIing glories Of the feast.
Il big chicken pie and II pan Of baked
beans from pne oven and from the
other sparerib and monstrous tur-
key brown us chestnut and emitting
appetizing doors.
The meats We're set on the top Of the
range to keep hot, while the immense
roast of beef was replaced in the oven.
and the gravy was made. The vegeta-
bles were dished. set on the racks and
tea and coffee made A plum pudding