Show GREAT APPLE DUMPLING youths companion an aged citizen of north carolina tells the story of the greatest apple dumpling ever made his home Is in halifax county where prior to 1840 there was a voting precinct known by the odd name 0 dumpling town in 1840 alien william henry harrison was elected president after a most exciting campaign dumpling town had exactly voters and every man of them cast liis ballot tor harrisan Harris cn the people of the small but prosperous ton of scotland neck in the county showed their appreciation of the unanimous vote of dumpling town by a generous and whimsical gift two days and a night mere consumed in building a big dumpling which was made of apples and flour and which weighed pounds one pound for each vote castr at dumpling town this monster of a dumpling was put in a sack supported by a tripod and lowered into an immense iron kettle it required two days and a night to cook it properly then it was lifted out and placed in a specially made bowl cut from the trunk of an enormous cypress tree and round it placed dumplings dump lings 0 the usual size A band of music and 50 wagons were sent to dumpling Dump lins town and in these wagons were taken to scotland neck the true blue harrison men and their families there was great cheering when they arrived at scotland neck and the guests cheered themselves alien they saw the feast prepared for them for besides the dumpling no end 0 good things filled in the spacious warehouse and the feasting and fun lasting tho rest of the day and nearly all night A barrel of the best was used as a sauce for the big dumpling and the hungry people ate it all |