Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-12-21

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fuhged II then resernbed the oldfashione
motto candies That the motto couplet might no
, be lacking, the following lines written an
, inserted -p
Those Jell girls may be tart and sweet,
But I've heard that they lack spice.
II Of me youl deign TO eat
am sure youil vote NICE
Grandma made Wonderful fruit cake-th,
Kind that lasts year. and improves with age
This was surrounded wi Chr white parchment paper
and covered with a. white paper dolly, and fancy
edges This laid. carefully over the waxe1
paper, which covered the frosting, studded thlciey
with whole hickory and butternut meats. The
whole was packed into round box made by
Myrtles skillfu fingers TO make She cut two
disks OF cardboard OF the required size, and two
long strips OF the same cardboard. one the height of
the cake, the other narrower. for the cover She
bound the edges together with gummed tape. aud
covered their junction with narrow strips OF gold
paper Then She neatly covered top and sides
with Christmas paper. all holly and mistletoe.
Lastly, she tied two bright scarlet ribbons about
the box one each way. She made plump bows
and. gathering the ends Of the ribbons sewed tiny
sleigh bells on them, that the box. when moved
gave forth sweet musical sound
Myrtle surveyed the box with satisfaction her
head on enc side.
you ought TO please" she said. 'You appeal
to the eye, the ear, and the palate"
The box certainly did present an imposing APP
pearance. On the inside OF the cover appeared
the lines:
"Of course this cake was made by mother;
She says u don't suit, she'll make you another"
great generous ball OF cottage cheese was
wrapped In paper and packed In square box,
with plenty of tissue paper In the corners. Ac-
companying II was the legend:
III Esau had known of the cheese called cottage
He'd have traded for that, instead Of the pottage."
There two generous oaves OF bread one OF
salt rising" the other yeast raised. ON q card
the llnes
Grandma says. when you boy.
And eating salt rising you could stop;
But In case you tire of the old-fashioned kind
Here's another loaf, raised with the hop"
Packed about the ioaves. and neatly wrapped
each by Itself In parchment paper. dozen
little individual butter pats nodded In the form OF
a rose. Myrtle wrote:
ave wonder IT, when you eat you'll mutter:
Aha That tastes like Old Home butterr"
The miuce Pic was concocted with immense care
from the careful choosing and mixing of the In
gradients 20 the construction OF the faultess haky
crust just touched with the fulntest hint OF golden
brown This carefully packed between two
woodei plates, tied firmly together. On the top
plate vas written
"Whcn Is It true that mans mnce pier
Cannot you take the hint1
Why. mans Mint Spy OF course. you know.
When he acts as spy In the mint"
The duck was of course the chef d'oeuyro of
the whole undertaking. When Il was ready lying
It's hack with It's fat legs composed at It's plump
Sides Il surely did look appetzing The poet
-arlat," as Tim called her. wrote the following:
Not porclne sucking. but nice fat duckng
You draw for your Christmas dinner
You neer saw duck
That was nicer 10 pluck
We hope you VIII vote him winner"
some beautiful red Brother Jonathan apples
we're tucked IN the corners. and glass OF elder
berry Jelly These gr,ntma's contribution.
aud she wrote. IN a somewhat trembling hand. the
note:
pear Johnny:
'arhese apples came efr from the tree where you
Ell and broke your leg that time DO you
nember3 l wouldn't let them cut n down when
hey cut the others. The elderhcrry jelly
made from the elderberrses that grow ON the
'ushes by the old swimming hole
MOTHER
when everything was finished and the box
bout ready TO 80. there still remained two things
o be done. One 10 put In the oid-fashloned
aguerreotype Of grandma. with Aunt Myrtle
taken AZ sixteen) standing side OF her.
nd Uncle John GA the other. This had been
nken many years before. for relative. and had
zen sent away. and its existence forgotten. Myr-
le had been named Cor her aunt, and she looked
cry much the latter had done at her age. Aunt
iyrlle had died at eighteen. Myrtle never saw
eT. The other thing to be inclosed was the anna
eur photograph OF grandma and the present
Iyrtle She had posed In imitation Of the pose
a the early picture with her arm around grand
ias neck. The resemblance between her picture
nd that Of Aunt Myrtle was almost startling.
When grandma looked at the two pictures to-
ether she shock her head
do really look as old at thatl" she sighed.
] hate TO send that TO Johnny. I'm afraid II will