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THE POLK COUNTY NEWS, TRYON, N. 0. Asthma-Catarrh and RmnA: (8D8EM 'mm. meiuifs mm HE Christmas season brings to mind the many Christmas days gone by, with their four great features tur- key, cranberry sauce, plum pudding and mince pie. It was a good old English cus tom, not to be rejected by the American colonists, although modi fications were necessary to suit the . religion ind conditions of living In the . colonies. ; the Christ-spirit being substituted for the pagan yuletide, the famous "boar's head" was omitted, and the Christmas pie became known as mince pie. However, many old observances were kept, including the mistletoe and holly, and Christmas was a day for family gatherings, with a feast prepared by the women of the house. It Is quite possible that we would not like their flavorings today. They used: a variety of spices, wines and seasonings in even their plain est dishes; but as everything was prepared In the home, either under the supervision pt the mistress or by her own hands, the mixtures were wholesome. - Everything was turned to account in the sea son with a view to future use, so in this way preparations for the holiday were going on Ipng before the day. In cherry time, a supply was carefully packed in hay and kept for Christmas. The Christmas cookies, with : coriander seed in them, were baked six months before and kept Jn an earthenware jar in the cellar. Mince Meat Recipe. The rich plum pudding and, cakes were made 'early in the fall and put away to mellow and ripen. The mincemeat was then made, the recipe for which was recently found in an old Philadelphia cookbook. We copy all but the spelling: "Four pounds veal, four pounds suet, two pounds rais ins, one pound currants, six apples, some rose water and sack1 half a pound, no more of sugar, three-fourths pound cloves, mace, nutmeg and cinnamon, some candied orange peel, lemon peel, citron and blanched alnionds." They made a puff paste for their pies differ ent from ours. One recipe called for flour, one pound butter, ten eggs, and some milk or water. Some housewives made their winter supply cf mince pies before Thanksgiving and reheated them before using. For the lemon tarts, the lemons had to be first soaked in salt water for two days. Then every day for fourteen days they were put Into fresh cold water. When they were made, apples, or anges and sugar were added. A few days before Christmas the mistress went to market, the maid carrying the basket. ;.She would get her turkey, cranberries, celery, oysters, and a little pig for roasting whole. The day .before Christmas the real excitement began. The stuffing was made, and such stuffing! Bread crumbs, beef suet, liver, lemon peels, nut meg, savory, pepper, salt, cream and eggs. The little pig, only four or five weeks old, was filled to his utmost capacity with mashed potatoes or apples. Not the least to be considered were the green decorations.! Ground, pine for festoons and wreathsmistletoe to hang, and holly everywhere were the necessities. - When Christmas morning came the excitement was at the highest pitch. The housewife, her daughters and her maids were up early. The brick oven was heated and the mince pies put in. The turkey was dredged with flour and put on the spit, with a small unwilling child to watch and turn it as It browned. Another child was set to cracking nuts and polishing apples. ' L- ' Roasting the Little Pig. The little pig was put before the fire to roast in the dripping pan, in which were three bottles of red wine for basting. While the things were cooking a long table, the length of the room, was spread with the white . linen cloth, napkin, china and silver or pewter. In the middle of the table was the famed Christmas bowl. Here are the quaint directions for making it: "Break iine sponge cakes and half a pound of macaroons in a deep dish; pour over one pint raisin wine, half pint sherry. Leave them to soak. Sweeten with two ounces of powdered sugar candy and pour over one pint and a half of custard. Stick with two ounces sliced almonds. Place on a stand and ornament with Christmas , evergreens." . The tankard with the Christmas brew was put on the table, and all the sillabubs, jellies, pickles, lemon tarts, red apples, nuts, the cookies and the cherries fresh from the hay. The fireplaces were now blazing, and the red berries and green leaves of the holly were shin ing in the light The mistletoe was waiting for the unwary, and the good smell of the brown turkey, savory stuf fing and applesauce was everywhere. Don Their. Best Frocks. After the housewife and her daughters had seen to everything they hurried to put on their best flowered silks, with white whims around . their necks and the most secret beautifiers on their faces. Then the dinner being nearly cooked, they took the little browned pig, raised him gently and put two small loaves of bread under him. and added more wine; an anchovy, a bundle of sweet herbs and a half a lemon was put into the sauce, which ; waa poured over him hot. They had him sitting on his haunches looking lifelike. Then they put ia bbb tiwiiiw i in 1 1 1 i ju' sz. x. x va f imn. " - -1 ,; rr- VW1 IS . A' I -F7 SI ' - I Tit C3I a red apple in his mouth, which, alas! he could never eat, and garnished him with holly. At last the company came, the mistress . pre serving a calm exterior, but with an inward anxiety lest something be burned or spilled at the last moment. When all is ready the beaming host says, "Friends, will thee join us in the - Christmas feast?" And with great dignity he leads them, with the guest of honor on his arm, fallowed by the older people and the children. The Table DecoYated. The table is a picture to cheer the hungry. The large turkey is at cne end and the pig at the other end of the long table, with everything they are to eat between, excepting the plum pudding. , After the silent grace, which stills the noise for a moment, theV carver takes his knife, and with a deliberation born of steady nerves carves under the fire of twenty pairs of eyes. The directions in "Gentlewoman's House wifery" says: "Raise the leg fairly of the tur key and open the Joint with the point of-the knife, but do not take off the leg. "Then lace down both sides of the breat bone and open the breast pinion, but do not take it off. Then raise the Merry Thought between the breast bone and the top of it," and so on till ie turkey is boned. . While this Is being done the "Christmas bowl" is passed. After they are helped to turkey and pig they pass the vegetables and delicacies, and even the mince pie is eaten when they have the desire for it. The Correct Manners. The proper conventions are strictly adhered to. The book of etiquette says: "A gentlewom an must not lean her elbows on the table, nor by a ravenous gesture discover a voracious appe tite, nor talk with her mduth full, nor smack her lips like a pig." The children were kept in order. In all the feast was decorous, but merry for all that. At last, when they have eaten to the extent of their capacity, the plum pudding, blazing and with a piece of holly stuck in the top, is brought In and eaten with brandy sauce. Then the toasts are drunk with the good home-brewed wine, and the feast is done. HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS Christmas, originally Cristes, masse ("the mass or church festival of Christ"), is the English name for the season in which the birth of Christ is commemorated. It is apparent, however, that a festival was celebrated at this season long be fore it was held sacred as the birthday of Jesus of Nazareth. The Saturnalia of the Romans and the winter festival of the heathen Britons were both celebrated about December 25; and later, the Roman festival in honor of the sun god, Mithra (Instituted 273 A. D.) From the latter thu' day became to be known as the "Birthday of the Un conquered Sun;" and after its adoption by the Christian church in the fourth century as the anniversary of Christ's birth, this name was given a symbolic interpretation. A study of the customs associated with this period also reveals a heathen, if not invariably a solar, origin. The lighting of the Yule log (la bnche de Noel) on Christmas eve, once a wide spreid European custom, is or was a function of such predominant importance among the Li thuanians and Letts that tjieir words for Christ mas eve literally signify vLog evening. The sports of the "Lords of Misrule" in England are thought to be an inheritance from the Saturnalia The decoration of churches with the once sacred mistletoe and holly is pagan survival. GKBCBE MKMJTP HmDHWOKKS DUE WUu DOHIM nor? wnrreM . LL gifts, carefully marked, should be consigned the day before to the one in charge, and she must purchase a quanity of clothesline and clothespins. The line should be stretched back and forth across the living room, and each gift, wrapped in tissue paper and tied with red ribbons, should be fastened to the line by a clothespin, decorated with wings of red and green paper. In the bay window a table should be arranged on which is placed a "Jack Horner" pie, containing a Christmas souvenir for each member of the family. The ribbons attached to the pack ages in. the pie should be carried up to a hplly decorated hoop suspended over the table, each ribbon tagged with the name of the one for whom it is intended. When the "family wash" has been taken down each person seeking his or her own gift they gather around the pie, and at a signal "pull out their plums." s , " Hidden in Egg Shells. When the family is all present 'at breakfast ; start to serve the meal of coffee, bread and but ter, ham and soft-cooked eggs without any men tion of gifts. At each place have an eggcup or saucer, on which you put an egg, the contents having been removed previously through a small hole in the end: partly fill with sand, and let each contain a small paper with a suggestion in poetry of where or how to find their gifts. As each person thinks he is cracking bis egg he finds the puzzle inside. Much merriment and good cheer will bt tie result Serve original content" of eggshells in omelet with the ham Hide one person's glft3 In bookcase, paper in egg to read: If you are either wise or smart You'll find me in a hurry. Among gifted people I now dwell; So hunt, don't sit and worry. Frost King and Snowballs. As this is the time for the clever woman of the family to devise some unique way of dis tributing Christmas gifts, she may decorate the living rqom with evergreens, holly and mistle toe, and then place in one corner a table covered with a white cloth, hidden from view by a screen of generous size. On this table is placed snow balls. These snowballs, made of white cotton batting and tied with white robbon, contain each designated present, and are heaped in a pyra mid, thus obtaining a mass of snowballs of varied size. The pile is scattered freely with diamond dust, in order to give it an s attractive sparkle. If there is a small boy in the house he may be dressed as a Frost King, in a costume of white wadding, sprinkled with diamond dust; leaves and holly berries can be sewed here and there upon the robe. At a given signal the screen is removed, disclosing the tiny Frost King, who, with a few words of Christmas greeting, gathers the sio'wballs into a pretty basket, and as each ball bears a small tag he finds no difficulty n distributing the gifts to those assembled. - A Holly Pie. A novel way, of distributing Christmas gifts on Christmas morning is to make a big pie in the center of the table ol holly branches, and ar range it so the gifts can be easily drawn from under It. Each gift must be tied with u narrow red ribbon and one end lead to each place at the table. This is great fun, and of course every one is anxious to see who. gets the most rib bons, the lucky one being declared the most popu lar. The pie is not "opened" until end of hreak. fast.' A Christmas Trail. One member of the family should take charge of the gifts, and when the coast is clear should lay the "trail? with them in all of the available downstairs rooms. Start from a tiny Christmas tree on ihe living room table by fastening to it a card for each person, marked, for example, thus: "Card No. 1. father. Loo1: for card No. 2 in umbrella stand in hall." In the stand he wiV find a package tagged in this manner; "Card Nv 2, father. Look for card No. 3 in your hat In hall closet." The third card will be found on a gift in the spot designated, ith further instructions, which 'are, followed ,on tc the next, until all his presents come to light. Everyone pursues his or her trail at once, and a merry scene of confusion is the result. These cards may be prepared be forehand, and no difficulty will be experienced if, in placing the gifts, each trail Is finished before starting to lay another The last cards should direct the family to their places at the dining room table, where they will find amusing soute nirs of the occasion.. Cobweb Method. A rather novel and entirely inexpensive way of distributing Christmas gifts is- to employ the "cobweb" method. Suspend a rope diagonally" across the; room, over which the strings may cross, each string to be labeled at Its source with the name of the member of the family or the friend for whom it is intended. A sheet can be hung across one end of the room, hiding the gifts from view until time for winding the strings. Let all begin the quest at once, it being necessary to find the beginnings of the strings where the names are attached. This will afford consider able amusement, as the strings should be run through keyholes, under beds, over' transoms and even out of doors, if possible. Aside from the element of mystery contained In this method, there is the added value which attaches to those things which have been reallj earned through one's own efforts. - GOV. MANNING OF SOUTH CARO LINA WELCOMES SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CONGRESS. MEETING AT CHARLESTON In Welcome Address Manning Enum erates Progress of South and Gives Other Statistics. Charleston, S. C. Governor Man ning's welcome address before the Southern Commercial Congress was as follows : , . When I issued my proclamation cor dially inviting you to meet in this his toric city as guests of South Carolina, it was with the high hope and confidence that this congress would bring together men representative of the industry, and though of the South and of the Nation men fitted to grapple with and solve the important problems that are the special and p-atriotitc study of the Southern Com mercial Congress; and these "problems are vital, not only to the South, but in a par ticular way5, are of national importance. The need was, as it seemed to me, for men personally aware of the necessities and resources of the South, and men who would respond readily to the stimulus of the foreign delegates who are good enough to meet with us and apply the lessons of their experience to conditions particularly local. This hope is realized in your presence today. The pleasure I had first in issuing an invitation to you on behalf of South Carsima is doubly completed now, for I welcome you not only on behalf of the State which permits me to represent it, but I welcome you also for myself. To see you here is an earnest of , the good results we hope for from your de liberations. To be here to share in these deliberations is a source of gratification and a pleasure to me. To facilitate your labors, voluntarily assumed, and to supply your comfort, it is my privilege now to extend to you, without measure, the hos pitality and welcome of the people of South Carolina. This Congress presents a grer.t oppor tunity for invaluable service, and must react to give us courage. While the great powers of the Old World iare bending every effort of body and mind are devot ing their best science to the deadly arts of war, we are meeting here in security and calm to labor , for the still progress of peace the betterment of our p-eoples. While they struggle forward doggedly, al most blindly, to apeace that seems con stantly more and more remote and more dubious in it ssigniflcance, our meeting is, in part, a celebration of the semi centennial of peace between the States, the end of the last armed conflict to shake continental America. MpT-e thoucrht of what has been ac complished in that fifty years should give us heart for the achievements that must be our own, if we are not to fall below the standards set for us by our fathers. To us in the South these fifty years have meant the rebuilding of our political, social, industrial and individual life, la terally from the ground up. For noth ing that we have today was in existence then but the ground under our feet, and the 'faith and the courage that is in us. The contemplation of the achievements and progress of these fifty years brings to our hearts a chorus of thanksgiving, and we may be pardoned for confessing to a sense of pride as well as of joy. God has sustained us and the struggle against L adverse circumstances in these fifty years will go down in history as years of hero ism, and of manly (struggle; and, thank God, they are crowned by victory. Our faces are turned to the future full of hope and determination. You gentlemen, wihj par6on a reference to local matters, that you may know and understand our local needs and help us to real'ze our aims and ambitions. It took years to adapt ourselves to the new cond't'ons in which we found ourselves In 1865; but after we got our bearings and realized what had to be done, our minds were focused on these problems; and to day we are going forward in the upbuild ing of our resources. We have built up an educational system that is fitting our people for their life work; and in spend ing' last year over four millions of dollars on our public schools, we are making of our boys and girls better and more effi cient citizens. We are developing our water powers, in cotton manufacturing , we stand second only to Massachusetts among our sister States. The sneakers who have pTeoeded me have told you of this city and its accomplishments. In the state we have made world records in production, w'th 256 bushels of corn to the acre, by Captain Drake. In Marl boro County; while in the Boys' Corn Clubs, Jerry Moore, a sixteen-year-old bov of Florence County, has produced L'28Ri bushels of corn to the acre. Two thousand six hundred pounds o cotton to the acre, without artificial fertilization, in TjancasAr. . U. D. Thompson, of York county, 4 bales on one acre in 1S97. The Sea Island cotton grown on Edistc Islard is the finest gi-ade and has th lowest staple of any cotton in the world. Carolina, head rice is the finest quan tity of r'ce in the world, and the yield of this per acre is a world record. She stands fourth in manufacture of commerc'al fertU'zer. Fifth in canning industry. Fifth in maT"a"ture nf hos'erv Third in production of raw cotton. Five cuttfngs of alfalfa are harvested in one year n York countv. The Sentembpr 1. 1915. estimates of the umted States Department of Agriculture poTn- ir--reae th's year over the 1914 yields o' sundry crons. other than cot ton, in the -Southern States as follows: ?rn .100 341.000 bushels Wbeat 6 1R2.000 bushels.. 14.253.000 bushels Tr-sh potatoes 13 344.000 bushels Sweet potatoes 6.705 000 bushels ay 1.227.00Q tons ; Tobacco 97.923,000 pounds South Carolina now ranks 13th among e states in the value of products, having risen from the 21st place to the 13th in one year. But, gentlemen, we want not only world records, but we want higher averages; and we must have a growth., a develop ment and an increase in profitable pro ducfon i that will bo felt generally throughout the length and breadth of the state. Oly one-half of the acreage in South Carolina is unde rcultl vatlon. but 41 per cent of all improved lands in South Car- ?iT)XlS rlt(Z the r&est percentage In te United States. The per capita expense of government in tn's county runs from $10.35 in Ne- "at TLnto J1'46 in South Carolina and Noth Carolina. I might .go on and tell you more, but 1 rp!t here will interest you enorgh td .stay with ts lone enough to l " , ; w"'! advantages we in of r,"r7:ra?, beyee wi not be tuny r ' iii ier ine 18 or January. 1918. I I' then compare .notes with my friends Governor Stuart, of Virginia., and Gov error Craig. of Nortn arollna , a ov I,tr"st vou w"! pardon me for g'vine lrX? - V " to sy that everything you say here. -and the oo clus.rms you -erh in tmV. Coheres, w'll t T".1 Wt to the South and to the nat-on. 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