Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-02-13
All-Rouna Champion Girl r.rmel

! Twelve-year-old Emily Morse who va
the frat State Champion OF Girls Gar
den Clubs In 1914 and who wrote tn
best story on her seasons work /,
1915, this year carried Of double honor
in the Canning Club at the State Contes
OF Agricultural Clubs held In December
Not content with canning the creates
number of pints and making the larges
profit, she also wrote the best essay.
seldom happens that the State Cham
pion OF . club project writes the bes
story about that project, but Emily l,
surely the princess OF all Gamers.
MY SEASONS WORK IN CANNING
I began my work in canning on Jun,
S0th. On that day picked and canned
i've quarts Of wild strawberries, and sole
the same for S1.75. A few days later
canned nine quarts of cultivated straw
berries for my mother. All through ths
summer she went around on crutchel
while recovering from an operation or
her foot. My father was away from
home every day and the canning fell to
me. This may look to be quite q task
for little girl, but am proud to tell
you that I.canned 227 quarts of fruits,
meats, and vegetables. Here is list oil
the vegetables have canned this sum
mer: Is quarts of beets, "a quarts oi
beans, % quarts of peas, 10 quarts OF
carrots, 1-2 quarts Of corn, 8 1.2 quarts
of beet green's, quarts OF sour pickles,
9 quarts of sweet pickles, quarts OF
tomato pickles, 8 quarts of pumpkin, s
quarts of squash, quart of cabbage, l
quart of red peppers, quart of cauli-
flower. and quarts of potatoes.
Besides these have several quarts OF
canned and sold five quarts of wild
strawberries which / mentioned at the
beginning Of my story. have nine
quarts of raspberries which picked aud
canned with these same little fingers,
and 20 quarts of blueberries. Some
people say they do not like blueberries
in the winter, but / think they make
just as good pie as they do when pick
cd fresh in the summer. / have 8 quarts
of Wealthy apples and quarts of High
land cranberries, 8 quarts of peaches,
quarts of pineapple, and 8 quarts Of
crabapplss. / have also trout, chicken,
turnip green's and beet greens. This
makes total OF 20 different kinds Of
vegetables, Is kinds OF fruit, ! kind of
dsh and kind of poultry.
People say to me, "What kind of jars
do you use?"
Here Is list of the jars that I used
this season: The Queen, the Lightning,
the z. 2. Atlas, the Imperial, the Safety
Valve, the Sure Seal, the Mason, the
Economy.
This makes eight different kinds of
jars, and my choice among them Is the
Ecouomy jar.
Last year I took some of my canned
fruits and vegetables to the fair and won
second prize of $500 on them. This
year our local leader thought the club
ought to show some of its work In can
ming on the fair grounds. ! being presi-
dent went around among the members
and told each one to get some jars ready.
When the day of opening came we went
to the grounds with our collection of pre-
serves, but We had hard time finding q
table to use for our exhibit. After q
long search We found one that was very
large, and We arranged our things az
pretty as we could. Then the fun COM
menced. Some one would come along,
pick up the jars, turn them upside down
and all ways, set them down with 9
bang and say, "Well, these little girls do
flus work" Then they would turn to
some one else and say, "Do YOU suppose
these children do this work." And the
answer would be, "No. I DON'T" This
made us feel pretty bad, but after q
little while four or five other ladies
would come along. / expected to hear
the same remark, but this time It was,
"Say, look here. This work is done BY
the Girls Agricultural Club. I think
this club work Is fine for the boys and
girls. Now clubs are being formed all
through the states, they say. and they
are doing wonderful work." This sound
ed good to me, and I stepped up close to
the lady who spoke the encouraging
words. The difference In these two
ladies makes me think of a motto have
been told many times. "If you cannot
say q word that encourages, do not say
q word that discourages.
This is all / have to say about my
work this season. wish oil the club
members another prosperous season and
hope to meet you all again next year do
ing the club work.