| Show A WOMAN OP OF FACULTY a CleverT clarar aukee fed a company of 02 soldiers soldier on an pudding and milk while you are speaking of what wo w won icen on can do to help in time of war said a new england woman yesterday let mft tell cell you how a massachusetts woman during the revolution red fed a whole company of soldiers at a half hours notice air it t was the morning after the battle of at JAx ington that mrs pond the wife of colonel pond of west dedham was greatly 17 astonished toni shed at seeing a company comrey of about t one hundred men stop tn in front t of her house she soon discovered that they were totally exhausted having marched all night and that on empty stomachs stomachs they were in great haste for something thing to eat but mrs pond not having expected them was totally unprepared with a womans comans wit however she rose to meet the e emergency mer gency with the aid of a woman and a hired man she filled an enormous kettle of water and placed it 0 ver over the fire to boll so that she might make some hasty pudding I 1 there was a a store not far off and hers here seme of the soldiers helped themselves to earthen dishes and pewter spoons while others milked mrs ponds ten cows cow and still others stirred the pudding the two servants meanwhile collected all the milk available around the neighborhood within an hour the meal was served and the soldiers re refreshed f meshed and cheered marching on to their destination new york tribune |
