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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1891
Page
7
An 1850 plantation Christmas tale opens with a river scene and a gathering at the large house. A boy races to the plantation bell for a holiday week of merriment as Ellsie Cheverill and guests arrive and rumors of a vanished beloved figure swirl through the festive rooms.
A Christmas Eve tale follows Elsie and Rodney amid plantation life. Amid gossip and social barriers they wed in a moonlit grove, with Mrs Cheverill solving class tensions by offering employment to the overseer’s wife and inviting all to Christmas celebration. The story shifts to the old St Luke’s church’s colonial memorials.
A discussion of an Harper's Magazine portrait and the life of a Seathern colored man highlighted by painter John W Alexander. The article notes the hero of a Thomas Newman Page novelette may be misremembered as a Virginia figure, while the true subject is Ole Tan ever depicted in a Chelsea studio.
A garbled 19th century cooking excerpt describes preparing a Christmas turkey with pork fat, bay leaves, and a rich gravy. Steps include trussing the bird, basting, and simmering with carrot onion celery and parsley, then thickening the gravy for service. Elegant garnishes use olives and force meat balls with chicken, veal, and sweetbreads.
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