Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : which commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety-nine, and of the independence of the United States of America the twenty-fourth. : Volume X. which commenced at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the third day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety-nine, and of the independence of the United States of America the twenty-fourth. : Volume X
Chapters: July: Home, sweet home ; Picnics and what they lead to ; Thrashing day ; Sing unto the Lord - August: Speaking of birthdays ; Vanilla pie ; It at first you don't succeed ; Waldeck weekend - September: It's done with mirrors ; The mystery deepens ; Sidetracked ; Another disappointment ; At last a clue! ; The plotthickens ; Dead end - October: Applebutter time ; Knee-deep in Indians ; Auction preview - November: Yankee versus Pennsylvania Dutch ; Til death us do part ; -and still fluttered down the snow - December: A hooked rug is begun ; Twin wood carvers ; Silent night ; Christmas Day - January:More of Mrs. Richards ; Baker-General of the Army ; What price antiques! ; Hexerei - February:The last of the old-time potters ; Old Bethlehem days ; Nemesis on the trail - March:Five-foot bookshelf of the past ; Little red schoolhouse ; Sorrow songs and such - April:Cave diem! ; Midnight alarm ; Mountain Mary - May:Dunker love-feast ; The gun that won the revolution - June:Summer serenade ; "Yes, well-good-night!' ; Year's end.
Summary
A wealth of historical fact & little-known lore, mouth-watering recipes & accounts of bountiful repasts, all given month-by-month for a year; Miss Hark, who was born in the heart of the Pennsylvania Dutch country at Lancaster, has a sensitive understanding of her neighbors that has given her a passport into their private lives, their feasts & their ceremonies.