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MLr3$ tr -r-5 THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD. OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1907 tGB3aOKIEZZZtK5irX3ZSn!g& 2 PASTOR IN msmmLwmammaBBBBm 8 m. i E 1 B il Maryland Minister Eats Yellow Legged Chickens but Doesn't Fulfill Contract. Walnut Valley has rebelled For weeks the Rev. Mr. Davles, pastor of the Methodist church, has been without Tried chicken and Maryland biscuit. The trustees of tho church have called upon tho Rev. Mr. Da vles to explain. 'The women arc an gry, Indignant, and full of wrath. They have declared for ven geance, and a movement Is on foot to have tho case brought to the at tention of the church authorities, with a view qt unfrocking the minis ter. Worse than that, tho women, backed by tho trustees of tho church have refused to give the minister another trial and every woman In the church has vowed not to cook bam and egs for him. And, having devoured practically the entire visible supply of spring chickens In Walnut Valley district, In vain effort to decide which wo man In his congregation could cook tho best chicken and make the best Maryland biscuit, with Hour gravy, tho Jlov Mr Davles not only has failed to chouse a wife from among tho romrotliors, but he declares that he has Eiown tired of fried spring chicken, Marjlawl style, andljicr biBcnlt of Maryland biscuit, and that now im -wants to marry the woman In his cons-rogation who can prppare ham and eggs in the most palatable StvlG Tru'focs Refuse Another Trial. To this the trustps of th" church havo turned a deaf ear. T'.iey de clare that the Rev. Mr. Davles can not eat the visible supply of ham, and then turn, perhaps, to vegetari anism, and that he must choose a -wife or get out. So strife rages in the congrega tion of Walnut Valley M. n. church strife that will not end while onlv Miss BPtsy Wilson rejoices, and while rejoicing over tho ancer of the otbpr women, she disposes of spring chickens at 90 cpnts pach and pggs nt 30 cents the dozen, -which prices are almost unheard of In Walnut Vallev Tho trouble which now has come upon the Rov Mr Davles and his congregation has been brooding for three years in fact, ever since the young minister anpired In Walnut Vcllnv to start the little church. Around him he rallied the mem bers of the scattered flock, and after one venr of nreaching the conToga tlon decided to erect a place of wor shi. The Rov. Mr. Davlos is young, and he Is strong and handsome. TTe stands G feet, with a thin but strong face and let black hair. It wan during tho time that he was holding services in tho Bon Mor ris barn and at tho various farm houses, and boat ding around with the members of tho congregation, that he made tho now famous .offer. Ho had boon eating fried spring chicken at tho homo of Miss Betsy WMson, who herself is a great cook and a wonderful hand with chickens. Miss Rptsy is not In tho first flush of youth. In fact, ppopie call her an old maid Sho H the kindest body in the valley, always volunteering to help hi cases of sickness and death, and her plum lam once took first prize at tho county fair. Miss Wilson rurs her own place, and takes care of her Uncle Samuel, who 13 lame. The minister was invited to visit tho Wilson nlac for a week, and when Miss Betsv invested $2.40 at Rvder's Rtore for enough pilnted lawn to make herself a new gown everybody lavghod. and wondered If tho minister would fnll in love with her. It was o'lenly stated that Miss Potsv was trying to make him, so everybody laughed except somo of the younger girls, who wero a little alarmed, because they knew of Miss Betsy's ability as a cook and tho weakness of mankind for food. u Old Maid n Famous Cook. But tho Rov. Mr. Davles ate, and wont his wnv and a few davs later ho remarked that ho would marrv any girl who could fry chicken and make gravv and Maryland biscuit as well as Miss Betsv hut that Miss Betsv herself was the drawback. Miss Betsy Wilson heard of it. Sho colored with pleasure over tho praiso of her cookery, and with pain over the added remark and she vowed that never again would she cook for tho Rov. Mr. Davles. That started discussion. Somo one asked tho young minister if ho wore in earnest and ho replied that ho was ontlroly In earnest; that any woman who could cook that well was a good woman and would mako a good wlfo, and that his only ob jection to Miss Betsy was ago and tho fear that he. being young, would provo Incompatible. It developed that nearly all tho unmarried girls In Walnut Valley decided at tho same time to trv to roach tho heart of tho young minis ter thiough his stonach. Before two months passed tho cooking con test for a husband was on In earnest. CJIrls Hoirln to Kit Chickens. As for tho Rev. Mr. Dalcs. he sel dom alluded to tho auhlect at all. nf- ter his first romnrk, nlthough whon pressed ho declared thnt his offer remained unchanged, and that If ho could llnd any such cook ho would ask her to marrv him, Tho suildon devotion of tho pret tiest girls in tho valley to their household duties was suspicious and their efforts to perfect tho art of making Mar land biscuit and fry ing chicken nro declared to havo beon enough to causo nnv modest maiden to blush when caught nt this occupation. Tho Rov Mr .Davles, ovon after tho church was built and tho plans for tho parsonage laid, continued to board around in his congregation and everywhere ho wont ho was ro saled at least onco a day with Mary- land biscuit and fried chicken. But he never again was invited to eat at the home of Miss Betsy Wil son. Miss Betsy merely sniffed Efforts were made to bribe her into giving lessons in cooking, but she flatly refused. One day, however, Miss Betsy re ceived a call from Miss Daisy Blan ton, the prettiest", weakest, sweetest girl in tho whole district. Miss Bet sy alwa)s had been Inclined to sniff at Daisy because Bhe was so pretty, and useless, because Bhe wasn't strong enough to churn, or milk, or make apple butter, and more because her father hired a girl to do the work and let Daisy wear prettv clothes and take piano lessons. But when Mis-s Betsy found Daisy In tears, and hoard the sobbing confession that she was in love with the minister and could not win, his love in return Miss Betsy took her In her arms and comforted her, and told her to run along home, and return tho next morning for the first lesson. Daisy Illuiiton Takes Lesion . Tli lpsonn, of course, wer se cret, but in three months Miss Betsy vowed that Daisy could fry chicken even better than she rould, and that was better but her quince jel and plum jam were not quite as good. So, when the Rev Mr. Davles came again Daisy fried three of the choicest pullets, tender, iafcy and plump, and laid them be foie him and at the end of the wek, after he had eaten fourteen spring chickens, the minister went away and never spoke a word of love, and scarcely mentioned the chickens When Miss Betsv heard Daisy's sobbing story sho got mad and sniff ed. That was only a short time ago. But Miss Betsy was determined. She hunted un tho trustees of the church and laid certain statistics before them. She told them that the con- rrogation had been feeding the Rev I Mr Davls yellow legged chicken and Maryland biscuit for three years, that half tho girls In the valley were weening their eyes out, and she px plnlned to them how she had taught r)i!v to make biscuit and frv chick en that tho minister ate almost with out notice. She proved to them that fie number of chickens in the dis trict had decreased alarminclv -and sho asked them if the minister" was honest, and if so why ho didn't keep hl3 promise. Tired of Chicken and liNcuir. The actuation was a serious one The Rev. Mr. Davles was called In and tho Inquisition bpgan. The min ister was surprised when the minister told him thct statistics proved he had eaten at least C90 chickens. Not nnlv was Iip surprised, but pninpd. Ho hastened to explain that It was tho rnstiH of his thoughtlessness He stated that he had grown tired of snrlng chicken and Maryland biscuit six months before, but that out of consideration for his hostesses he had continued to eat what they offered him. He said he longed for a chance But the trustees, urged by Miss Betsy's sniffs, balked T'ipv refused to bpp-ln a new eia of eating So the Rev Mr Davie" Is disconsolate, pnd tim gl-ls in desnair all but Mi Rofsv, who is getting exoibltant pri ces for poultry and eggs See tho Dummy Smoker using Kadce Cigarettes in Club Cigar store window. It's a wondci. A!)oat TSie Lusitania It will surprise not a few to learn, poihaps, that the now Cunard tur bine steamer Lusitania. whlcn can claim tho distinction or being the largest and perhaps tho fjbtest liner In tho world, representing an outlav of $7,400,000. She is tho most oxponshe bteamer over built. Indeed, wero it not for tho financial assibtanco of tho Biitlsh government and the engineering and bcientitlc skill which was placed at tho disposal of both owneis and buildeis, the uiisitlana, which may bring back to tho Uiitish nation the "bluo riband of tho Atlantic," would uuver havo been an accoinpliwhed fact. It was so far back as 1903 that tho Biitlsh government entered into negotiations with tho Cunard com pany and ngroed to supply a sum of ?13,000,000, with which they weie to build two largo vessels capable of maintaining a speed of 24 knots, a September of that year a com mittee, composed of experienced and promlnont engineers, was formed to considor tho kind of machinery that was to bo employed, and thoy voted on tut bines. In September, 1901, tho keel wns laid in Messrs. John Blown & compauy's jard on the Cljdo. Tho launching took place on Juno 7, 190C, nnd on Septomhor 7, wio gie.u nncr started on her maiden tiip to Now Yoik. Tho estimated cost of $G, 500, 000 has beon exceeded by, It Is believed, about $9 00,000. Tho fact is the erection of tho boat represents more or less an experiment, nnd in tho earlier part of tho undertaking nu merous and costly experiments boa to bo nindo with models to ascertain tho correct and best position for placing the hugo machinery, propel lors, otc. Tho expense of running tho new liner will bo enormous. Tho cost of making a round trip from Now York to Liverpool nnd back, in cluding victualing tho ship, wages of tho crew, insprnnco and deprecia tion cannot bo less thnn $150,000. But tho Lusitania may bring Liver pool a dny nearer to Now York. By agreement with tho govorn tho crow, Insuranco and doprecla bo British subjects. Indeed, tho Cunard company has now becomo a deflnito British Institution. On no r With Gas The Cheapest aid Cleanest Fuel for Cook- complete met mi Convenient fsl t i?i PrTcyyro 9 iz,wi!rrjjx rrxSw-vcsew 28, I W lil week, I will sell all Trimmed Hats, Fancy Feathers and Fancy the regular My Stock is Complete MPC f e23EE5E account must It allow a foreigner to hold tho p ist of director on tho com pany or nny Importnn, ofilce, or any one, not being a BrltFst subject, any of Its shares. Tho Cunard company had to alter its articles of associa tion to moot these conditions. 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