Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-03

our way an see how we do it. We
hang the upper part O the smokehouse
full O. hams, shoulders, sides, spiced
IN peppered sausage in clean inside
corn shucks, an then we make fire
III the center out O seasoned hickory
wood an chips rs dry as powder. We
close the house tight an keep the fire
goin' fer days an days. \ Chicago
meat drummer stopped one day to see
the process, an he told me that his
stuff was jest smoked barely enough
to stain the outside a little tiny bit
| He said that eff western meat was
smoked as thoroughly as mine that
you folks would have to pay a dollar
pound for it. You see. wood amt
no object to us out our way. whar we
are constantly clearin' up new ground
an. as fer the bother O. keepin' the
/ tire goin'. a child could attend to it.
though body has to make quick runs
In an out, holdin' the breath. to put
chips on. declare I'd rather see the
smoke oOzin' out betwiXt the shingles
Of smokehouse than any sight ever
looked at"
II know your hams must be deli
cious, but
They are as sweet rs sugar on the
tongue" Abner went closer to the
porch as he interrupted her. Two
chairs in the shade behind the honey.
suckle vines looked inviting.
Take a seat and rest, Mr.. Daniel"
/ Mrs. IIillhouse now bethought herself
to say, and as he accepted and dotted
his hat she went on: About the hams.
Old fashioned eatables do seem to be
passing out of use. Folks buy 50 many
fancy things put up in cans here late
ly. III think over your meat and let
you know. l noticed in the Clarion
not long ago that you took trip away.
/ Where did you go?' She had seated
herself by him and was divesting her
thin hands of the cotton gloves she
wore while doing garden work
"Oh, I went everywhar. it seems to
me"-he was laying his hat carefully
on the floor at his side-"north, west
an south; stopped quite awhile in Au-
! gusta. By the way, that's a pretty
town, Sister Hillhouse-got the widest,
shadiest avenues you ever laid eyes on.
The big, fine houses, set away back
on wide lawns as green an level as q
billiard table, with grass clipped as
close as convicts hair; an roses!
| Oh, my! Joe uillhouse's wife, Jane.
yore sister-in-law, has oceans Of 'em
j both summer an winter. l used to go
to school with Joe over in Gilmer, an
he made me put up overnight at his
! new mansion. I felt a little like a
yahOo at that fine table, with all them
glitterin' dishes an silver cOntrap-
/ tons. Jane is wonderful up to date
| woman, jest the wife fer a risin' man
like joe
Il never thought she was anything
EXTRA" Mrs. Hillhouse said frigidly,
mot In education anyway. She never
: had half as many advantages as girl
that l had. Her pa was just a poor
circuit rider, while my father owned
the finest river bottom plantation
that
James maxim up for lost time, l
reckon" Abner seemed unconscious Of
the factathat he was interrupting her.
up here in this God forsaken section
she had no sort o. show fer her nat
ural talents, but down thar in that
swift town she is feelin' 'er oats. 1t
is pretty sight to see Jane in a fluffy
yaller silk dress, cut low at the neck,
an her arms white an plump at the
head O that scrumpt1ous table order1n'
them niger gals to tote forward this
an that toothsome dish. Joes maxim
got a big, CROWN business, an he
spends freely
Yes, he's doing WE'LL" Mrs. Hillhouse
declared, with animation that crept
from her flushed cheeks to her eyes.
He wants partner too. He has writ
ten John to come down an take an in
terest. Joe says we needn't have any
rent to pay, that there is plenty Of room
for US all liz his big house. Yes. he's
crazy to have US come"
You don't tell me!' Abner exclaim-
ed in we'll assumed establishment AN
what pity, too, fer John certainly is
/ tied here hands an feet Unloadin' a
piece O. property like a newspaper on
its last legs amt no little undertaken,
! I'm here to state"
WED have no trouble at ALL" Mrs.
Hlllhouse answered. I'm fact, two
young men here in barley are now bor-
rowing the money with the hope that
We will decide to soil
"Oh, them fellers!" Abner said, in a
tone Of sympathetic dismay. well, If
your sole hope lies in that direction I'm
sorry to say you will meet with disap-
pointment. They came to me after
bein' turned down everywhar else.
couldn't lend money to crack brains
like them an told 'em So"
Mrs. Hillhouse's features fell into
anxious gravity. 1t was as If she could
think Of nothing to say at the moment
1T is that way all through, Sister Hill
house." Abner said consolingly as be
took up his hat and fitted it over his
knee THAR is always some wall or
other ris1n' betwlxt US an the plums O.
life-that Is fer some of us-you an me
an John, for instance, but Jane an
Joe have drifted at high tide into a
patch O. clover especially Jane. II
yore husband jest could git In with his
! brother down thar now you'd eclipse
Jane mighty soon, fer you know what's
what. You are dyin' Of the dry rot In
thio ToooS1v old tOxrD