MORTON
By Our Regular Correspondent.
Cain Bros, are now ready to
saw again, having re-built.
Mr. Ellis is quite sick. We
hope for his speedy recovery.
Pumpkin Bend is having a
series of meetings now, much
good being done.
Miss Toria Cain the belle of
Morton, is attending services at
Pumpkin Bend.
There are many gallant young
beaux here. But, strange to
say, Miss Toria rode off un-ac
companied. But she is an inde
pendent, business young lady.
Doubtless Mr. Angus told the
facts about his very fastidious
calf. Mrs. Puffin has not a
horse, cow, calf, duck, chicken,
dog or cat, but will follow her
everywhere. She, too, has a
very intelligent animal. This
animal is a thoroughbred O. 1. C.
hog. At one time she waged
ceaseless war upon an old black
sow. Finally she, the Q. I. C.
became the mother of 8 little O.
I. C’s. She was too sick to care
for them, but got up, went to the
black hog and talked in their
language. The black one had
little ones of her own but she
immediately took the little white
ones also. The compact, then
made, was kept. The white sow
never claimed the pigs, and never
a gain fought the black sow. This,
is true and can be proven. Mrs.
Ruffin also has a body guard in
the shape of a dog. This dog
would give his life to protect her.
Borne days ago, the wind was
blowing, thunder roaring, and
lightning flashing. The do;.:
came hurriedly to the school
house, caught his mistress by
the dress and tried to pull her
home. He was only pacified by
being followed to the door and
told his owner would come on
soon. Animals have sense.
Officer W. L. Melton was in
our neighborhood serving some
legal papers a few days since.
Ho is always genial and smiling,
but is a fearless officer.
Our townsman, Mr. Purcell,
wears a broad smile now. It
is a line “plow-boy,” so he says.
That is right friend Purcell, were
it not for plow-boys, the world
would have to stop eating.
On Monday last a gentleman
walked to the mill, grasped A.
B. Bolton by the hand and called
him “brother.” It was Jas Bol
ton of Gibson county, Tenn. A.
B. Bolton had not seen him foi
22 years.
Wiil Cain and wife of Hunter,
are here visiting the old folks
Just as Messrs .Cain were aboul
ready to saw, some catch ir
the machinery did considerable
damage. Truly, "It never rains
but it pours.”
INSECTS FOR FOOD.
A French entomologist, M.
Dagin, recommends insects as
an article of food. He speaks
With authority, having not onlj
read through the whole literature
of insect eating, but having him
seif tasted several hundreds o:
species raw, boiled, fried
broiled, roasted and ashed. Hi
has even eaten spiders preparer
according to the following recipe
" Take a plump spider, remove
the legs and skin. Rub ovei
with butter and swallow.” How
ever he does not recornmenc
them, but this may be prejudice
on his part. He states two ob
jections to spiders. They art
not insects and they feed 01
animal food.
Cockroaches are a foundatioi
for a delicious soup. M. Dagir
follows the recipe given by Sena
tor Testelin in a speech deliverer
in the senate February 17, 1878
“Pound your cockroaches in r
mortar; putin a sieve and poui
in boiling water or beef stock.’
Wilfred De Fonvielle, the French
scientist, prefers the cockroach
es in the larval state. The per
feet insect may be shelled and
eaten like a shrimp; that way Dr.
Gastier, member of the national
assembly of 1848, used to eat
them.
Caterpillars are a light food of
easy digestion. Not only Afri
can and American native races,
but Frenchmen appreciate them.
M. De Lalande, astronomer, had
dinner every Saturday with the
zoologist, Quatremere D’lsjon
valle. Mine. D’Is;‘onvalle, who
knew hia taste, collected in the
afternoon all the caterpillars she
could find in her garden and serv
ed them on a plate to her guest.
The most popular insect food is
the locust. It is eaten fried,
dried in the sun, ground in flour,
broiled (among the Beduni) boil
ed in milk (a Morocco recipe), ox
fried and served with rice as in
Madagascar. The Jesuit Father
Gambon thinks that locust flour
might become popular in Europe
as a condiment. “ London News.
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