Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-03-08
CHAPTER XII.
COPYRIGHT, 1913,
BY HARPER & BROTHERS.
off on a Postum Hunt.

when Uncle Jeff shuffled around the
corner Of the house. ..~
'Mawnin', young marsters! Hope
sees you well ter day." he saluted
them, raising his hat. Uncle jeff
prided himself on his manners, as he
belonged to one Of the prominent fami-
lies Of the county before the war.
every well, thank you," answered
the boys. Flows your health, Uncle
Jeff?' -"
Powerful porely, powerful porely. l
has de rheumatic an de dyspepsy, but
I'm thankful hit ain no wuss. Jes'
think Of all de ailments mout have
en- amt got. OATS whut I'm thankful
fer"
"Hope you~will get better soon." as
sured Tom.
''Thanky, sub, en- I hopes yo injoys
de same blessin'."
GLOW about the possums,'' inquired
Joe. - D.:
"Dat's persackly whut I come up
hyar ter see yo' all erbout Marse Tom
Yo' wuz a-talkin' erbout wantin' ter 20
possum huntin' en- ter tas'e er baked
possum wild yam taters swimmin' in
de gravy on de side"
"Oh, yes; I'd love to do BOTH
'Well, now's de time
Glow do you know, Uncle Jeff?"
"Oh. knows. De moon is in de fust
quarter, jes' ernutf ter give er little
light en- not ernuff ter th'ow er shad-
der. Er possum is er powerful cow
ardly varmint, en- he won't feed on er
bright moonlight night. His own shad-
der skeers i'm. An den hits sorter
nippin' en- frosty, en- er possum aim
fifteen ter eat less'n he be dressed en-
put on top of er. single roof fer de
fros' ter soak in i'm all de night"
"Oh, that's foolishness! Why won't
a refrigerator do as well? The object
is to get the animal heat out of the
carcass" answered Tom.
"Mout be foolish, but wants ter ak
yer one queschun. Who started dis yer
business er eatin', possums.ni
whut pens on de fros', or wife folks,
whut has desc hyar freezeraters-huh?"
Il don't know" admitted Tom sheep
ishly. 80,
I'm cose you dunno. Hit wuz de
niggers, en-. OATS de way de niggers
fixes possums. Can't nobody but er
niger cook er possum jes' right nei-
Their? I'd as soon eat er dawg ez er
possum cooked by any one else en- on
less de fros' has soaked in i'm J.
Joe had been an amused listener.
"That's fact, Tom, about nobody but
a darby knowing how to cook possums
just exactly right. Why, Colonel Aims
worth, who lived down the river from
here, got to specializing in cotton and
made whole lot of money. He under
took to put on great deal of style then
had his house fixed over and sent to
New Orleans and got French chef,
and the first entertainment was a big
possum supper to lot of his cronies
from New Orleans. You just ought to
hear the colonel tell about it.
'"That Frenchman didn't know how
to cook possums, and he brought them
in roasted and swimming in cream
gravy with lot Of chopped vegetables
all over 'em, a la something or other.
The colonel called him to the dining
room and asked him about it. Then the
colonel got so mad at his dinner being
ruined he grabbed a big fat possum by
the hind legs from the dish and slam
med the chef over the head with it and
ran him down the front steps trying to
hit him again.
THE colonel said he agreed to pay
that chef a hundred dollars a month,
but any cook who couldn't fix possum
right wasn't worth two bits year. He
sent the chef back on the next boat
and sent for Aunt Venus, Uncle Jeff's
wife, and she cooked the possums next
day. + . ys.
Uncle Jeff stood chuckling., Is
= wuz dar., Yo' jes' oughter seed dat
Frenchy bounce down dem steps. He
wuz fat, an de colonel he wuz fat too,
a-makin a lick at i'm wild every jump
wild dat possum all smeared over wild
cream gravy! He wuz de maddest wife
man | ever seed. De guests aim quit
latin twell VT, Ireckon. Hit shore wuz
funny!'' .Ss} n " f
AL right, have your way about the
frost, Uncle Jeff, '' conceded Tom.
"Only / want to help catch possum
and eat it if it is cooked right" .sIsS
Nov OATS de way ter talk. :Yo'
leave de huntin' ter me en- Unk' Rube,
an n, de cookin' ter Mis- Venus, en- all
we axes yo' boys is ter furnish de ap-
lpertites en- dom founder yo'se'fs.''
We can furnish the appetites ali
right, " assured Joe. "a 3 5s.
Well, right after supper yo' all put
on 70 ole clo'es, en- me en- Rube'll git
de dawgs en- de res Of de fxin's.' &
Joe stayed to supper, and about half
past 4 Uncle c[l jeff sounded his horn as
he came up the front drive, accompa-
MED BY four elping dogs. Uncle Rube