The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-27
MORE LIGHT ON THE PAPAW.


To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: The
appearance I'm TIL SUN the other day OF
a letter over my signature involving
the poetic and rhetorical Grafton Of Mr..
Meredith Nicholson. the well known
Indiana novelist. on the subject OF the
apaw as Intensely developed In that
State has caused me two special won
ders, one being that so many persons OF
the superior intelligence which reads
THE sur didn't know anything about
papaws. and the other being that SO
many OF the inferior intelligence whicn
does not read The Sun never even heard
Of a papaw. had innocently imagined
that every native American OF intelli-
gence knew that the papaw grew lus-
ciously In certain sections OF the United
States. even II he did not have an eating
acquaintance with Il. II il bitter in
deed to contemplate what Mr.. Meredith
Nicholson would have thought Of New
Workers. had he heard what I did when
] spoke OF and sometimes read aloud
his famous Grafton on papaws.
But Mr.. Nicholson's bosom Will he
more sadly rent when he hears what the
Courier-JoUrnul OF Louisville. Ky. just
across the Ohio River from the Indiana
papaw zone and In the heart Of the
Kentucky papaw district, avs o a
supposedly well known by-product OF the
pspaw. Listen to Marse Henry's con-
fession ~ ignorance
on account Of the scarcity Of apples this
season, Adam Brewer. who operates a
fruit distillery near Campbelisburg. in
Washington county. announces that he
viii attempt to distii a brandy from
papaws. So ia as known the manufac-
ture Of papaw brandy never has been at
tempted. but Mr.. Brewer believes that a
palatsble liaueur can be made from the
fruit.
I might make q few incongruvial re-
marks at this point. but I yield my tint
to the edi,or OF the Beattyville Enter
prise OF Lee county, KY, OF date oc-
tober /. In that section OF the state
where the papaw IL now as the noun
tain banana, Br'er Grove. nc kin 10
Jim, thus slams the beargrass editor
along the brandy lines, and Mr.. Nichol-
son will take heart again and also an
other drink. Hearken:
Now. what, do you know about that
We used to think that folks that lived
down in the settlements knew about every.
thing. In fact what they don't know was
| tore out" But the more we read thu
more are We convinced that they dom
know beans-about some things. After tn,
erterpris!ng Hoosier discovers how TO make
papaw brandy. II he would only come "
we will take pleasure In showing hin
many who have been nourished and
oheer-d from childhood up on that insid
ious beverage. when shown the above
clipping one Of our good friends from
over on Noname creek says. "Wcll. b.
gosh! ! b'lieve I'll get me some zin'
tubs and some blue mud 20 daub then
together with and a few other tricks NJ
n dark hollow ! know Of and then senC
over and no-ate Il around amongst, then
Hoosiers. ! could run mo q moonlight
school for & week or so and-bu'. say. a,
YOU reckon we'd ever ne able to re; ri,
q. 'em7"
In order that New York and othe
uniformed readers may not confuse IN,
"Ioosiers' referred to in the text Will
Mr.. Nicholson or any other Indianian
II may be stated that tire term "Hoosi.r'
is used In Kentucky TO describe any per
son not up to the recognized Kentuck,
standard. regardless OF where he ma,
hail from.
AS this communication Of mine I
largely and widely educational. | ma,
sugges that the editor OF the Enfcrpris
has evidently never heard OF papaw pie
When he has stuck a tooth into iha,
properly prepared and washed dow,
with hhations ~ pipaw brandy. he will
wonder why the habituts OF the Olympu
restaurant made a piece dc re,istanc
OF nectar and ambrosia. THE SIN shine
for all. w T.
" YORK, October is.