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Of the spelling school, there were a
lot of fellows with their girls over in
Grattan and at Patterson's Mills,
place at one time called "Hog Hole"
and down in Keene, who made up their
minds TO go, because in those days
about the only amusement there was
in the fall was the husking bee, in the
winter, the dance and spelling school,
and in summer, the old-time cir
Gus.
Howbeit, in those early days, in the
spring of the year, when the grass
In the swamps and clearings, and low
wet places, leeks grew in abundance
and the cows would feed on them raw
enously, and the milk from the cows
and the butter from the cream would
taste and smell awful; much worse
than skrpk's cabbage or limberger
cheese. Frequently it would be nee
essary for a person to taste of leek
or strong onion before buttering
their bread In order to eat it with any
degree of relish.
"Gusta" Gladstone, president of
the club, and the other officers, had
met to decide on a question for de-
bate. Several questions had been
sent in for consideration. Among
them was one from an old settler
down in the Brink district--"Resolved,
That Leeky Butter Does Not Smell
So Bad and Is More Wholesome Than
Limberger Cheese" Another from
the Blystone neighborhood-"R esolv-
ed, That the Indian Has Suffered More
Than the Negro at the Hands Of the
White Man" 1t was finally decided
to discuss the "leeky butter one" as
being a subject of local Importance,
and the people in closer touch with
the problem. The committee at the
corners were notified of the selection
of the question, and that Sanders
Speller" would be used in spelling
down.
! Now, it came to pass, that on the
night of the meeting the multitude
coming from the surrounding country
was so great that the schoolhouse
would not hold them all, and when
the teacher raped for order there
was standing room only.
When the president of the club was
introduced, she said the reading of
the minutes of the last meeting
would be dispensed with, there would
be song by Rosalind Thompson, en-
titled, Bring Back My Bonnie to Me-"
and an Grafton by Philafder Loomis-
"The Sword of Bunker HILL" after
which the meeting would adjourn to
the hall in the hotel. Philander and
Rosalind were loudly applauded.
At the hall when order was restor-
ed, "Gusta" stated the question to be
debated-Resolved "That Leeky But
| ter Does Not Smell So Bad and Is
More Wholesome Than Limberger
Cheese" She said, "That Myron
Riggs of Cooks Corners would take
the affirmative and Sally Ann Petit
bone of Chadwick, the negative"
Myron argued long and ably, "That
leeks were a God-given plant, made
especially for cows, to keep them in
good health, acting as a spring tonic.
They were good for man or beast He
had eaten them and liked the smell
and the taste of the butter twice as
well as he did limberger cheese. He
had never heard of leeky butter MAX
ing anybody sick, but limberger
cheese had killed thousands and made
countless numbers sick to their stom-
achs."
Sally Ann Pettibone, in her re-
marks said, THAT her experience, and
that of her grandmother before her
with leeky butter and tainted milk
were such as to cause a rolling up of
her stomach at the very thought of
it." She said, "That cheese of the
limberger variety was better than
butter. She had eaten a lot of il and
she just dotted on it's flavor and taste
Timothy, Qualey, who had the ex-
perience with Jimmy McFadden at the
Shiloh meeting said, "Begorra, he
Guild see a devil-o'-bit of difference
between the two, but would stand by
the cheese every time"
Anthony Wooden, from the Dutch
settlement said, "Limberger cheese
und pretzels, by golly, vas goot
enough fer me; it is schmell half SC
bad as salt rizing dough brud, vat
mine wife she make, Won sniff OF
leeky butter make me sick inside
oudt."
Erastus Milmine, of near Pine Is
land lake, said, "He stood for cheese
first, last, and all the time. His cows
got into the leeks and when his wife
made butter his dog wouldn't como
into the house for three days, and his
cat became so sick drinking the milk
that it had thirteen fits in one day.
Jimmy McFadden said, "He hadn't
thought of taking any part in the de-
bate, but was satisfied that any one
who liked leelSy butter or limbergeI
cheese possessed a perverted appe-
tite that needed correcting"
Mike Madigan, from the east end OF
Muskrat lake in Grattan took excep-
ton to the remark about perverted
appetites," and said, "He had eater
both leeky butter and limbergeI
cheese, and had carried cheese around
in his coat pocket so long that il
drove everybody out of the house
where he boarded, and the stronger il
became the better he liked it."
Sam Mcpherson said, "He had nc
hesitency in saying, that limberger
cheese was rank and smelled to hea-
ven,' and of the two he would take
the butter, leeks and ALL"
This closed the debate and "Gusta'
referred the question to Alice Stock
| ing for deciding it at a future meet
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