ADVENTURES IN COOKING 105

VERNA N. BRADEN, Convener of Agriculture
Mary M. BrouGHTon, Convener of Citizenship

PIONEER WOMAN

Contributed by a man who says his grandmother raised eight children successfully in the
West when Indians were on the warpath.
Grandmother, on a winter’s day,
Milked the cows and fed them hay,
Slopped the hogs, saddled the mule
And got the children off to school;
Did the washing, mopped the floors,
Washed the windows, and did some chores;
Cooked a dish of home dried fruit,
Pressed her husbands Sunday suit,
Swept the parlor, and made a bed,
Baked a dozen loaves of bread;
Split some firewood, and lugged in
Enough to fill the kitchen bin;
Cleaned the lamps and put in oil,
Stewed some apples she thought would spoil;
Cooked a supper that was delicious,
And afterwards washed up all the dishes;
Fed the cat and sprinkled the clothes,
Mended a basketful of hose;
Then opened the organ and began to play,
“When You Come to The End Of a Perfect Day.”

—A nonymous