Show FIRST MAPLE DUE TO SQUAWS SQUAW ABSENT MINU EDNE S SAID indian chief he first to enjoy thib one of the greats of naturist Nat Natu rss nags now on cor corn mercial bad basis As the be legend runa runs a big indian hief chief had instructed hh his squaw to ca cool 0 k a pa co of venison for his solo sole enjoyment oi alq return from a long chase after putting tho the mat in water nate rob obtained by melting molting enow it seems see mathat that the squaw became so absorbed in n making it a pair 1 of I moccasins mocca ains that she let lot the meat burn just as many more note civilized hotta elyes lavive done mu time times since aitio also liko ithe ibo the more modern housewife ehe she boms to nave have been read ready to meet tho the emergency As there wn DO no time to melt scow snow again she bethought herself of the water running from the maple waple tre behind the toe wig wan wani securing a quantity of this sho she poured it in with nith the meat the hunter as dr delayed bayed in his big coin ins ing ro that when he returned there was nothing but lit a 4 sticky in the bottom of the tile pot fearing a storm the squaw aid ald when hen she heard her husband coming but bearing hearing no outburst she ventured forth and found the lusty chief ous otis to everything overy thing about him except the pot ho he held between hie his knees eating the contente contents with the utmost delight and licking his fingers with alth great gusto this was as the first ath dish of maple syrup that waa was served but it was a most fortunate discovery for our forefathers tell tall us its that as far bach back as 1730 tho th first maple syrup and sugar were acre made in vermont and for man anni years there atte her output was aas nearly one third at 01 all that was made in the country in choso ulden day days maple sugar making as not oni a aular picnic where many a love diatel began but it was a most necessary neceA sary function for maple bugar alig ir was the c il 1 kind of at hyoun to the earl settlers nearly eiers eleto i farmer in those day owned his own awn sugar camp and emery member of the farn fam lly was called upon to lend a hand haril in the labors of n sugar kang time primitive att sugar ier making has gore its way nay along with the candle dipping and many of the other lome indus trie tries of early days the ingenuity of roan man has broucht about most wonder ful changes among them the e oai ap orators clearing and straining and boiling down the rup passing from one pan to another r the aid of human da ds latest h how oa that tho the great maple hugar sugar producing states are ohio vermont and new york but thy greatest producing county in the world according to its area la Is on the western and it Is in geaugh county there have been tapped tn lit gauga county during the last fifteen lears an average of trees trees were tapped in 1890 and in 1904 an increase fit df sicre has been an average per year of gallon gallons of maple syrup made to produce gallons of deyrup syrup it has required on tho the average trees or nearly pounds of sugar per tree the avezac avei ac car co tract bulk price has been 59 cents per gallon making an annual income at the calr cosi tract ct price 0 oc |