Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-11-24

guests Margaret, the artist daughter.
had carried basket to sick neigh
; Dor. So Cousin Esther laid the table
cling with the good things in the oven
and On top. There were to be twenty
: eight guests at table.
:. Cousin Esther brought large baskets
from the cellar loaded with preserves.
jams, jellies and pickles. great red ap
pies. cheese. a cold boiled ham. pink
and delicious home raised and cured
And there were big pitchers Of milk
and thick cream. The ham was put at
one end Of the table. and the preserves
and pickles 10 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 best
decoration for table was an abun-
dance Of good and substantial food
She provided neither soup nor fish. But
Margaret had taken pumpkin and
scoOped 1t out and filed it with late
flowers bordered with richly tinted
foliage. The dishes OF jellies and the
! pickles with their dull greens gave col.
or In contrast with the snowy cloth.
The cheese was piled in generous
cubes. the butter. golden and sweet in
fancy dishes. Piles of slices of bread
cut from firm. big white loaves with
crisp crusts were put at intervals
along the whole length of the table.
and six distinct kinds OF cake were
there. all frosted and uncut.
The dresser held the pies mince. ap
! pie. cranberry. lemon and pumpkin. 1t
looked like bakers show window.
tlanked by the big dishes Of apples and
the milk and cream and the great
punch bowl which held the nuts
hickory nuts. wa!nuts and butternnts.
With quick. short steps Cousin Es-
Their fairly flew between the table.
range and "buttery." where all the
kitchen work was done save cooking
The kitchen WIS twenty feet square
and paneled and hoored with oak.
which Margaret had shellacked till It
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 q
helpless thing man Is! There would
have been no Thanksgiving there but
for you"
But for you. you mean Go and see
II the visitors nre coming. ! hope they
won't be late to spoil all my cooking"
Yes: they are coming up the road.
We have just time to dish up." Mar
garet donned her painters apron and
dew to help
Cousin Esther let Der mash the tur.
nips. squash the potatoes and season
the boiled onions. Everything was put
on the table except the pies Then
came the browning glories Of the feast.
a big chicken pie and a pan Of baked
beans from one oven and from the
other sparerb and a monstrous tur-
key brown as chestnut and emitting
appetizinS odors.
The meats were set on the top Of the
range " ~eeP "o'' "n''e Tue nn'nenSe
roast Of beef was replaced In the oven.
and the gravy was made The vegeta.
bles were di>hed. set on the racks and
tea and coffee made. 4 plum pudding
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| Cousin Esther stnod in III. door with
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! hurried Them N the removal OF their
wrans ,n conn. ,n dinner. IN. table
was so cr,wtlru win the ments and
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