brown sugar cake? now, there's a cake i think i would prob'ly love.......any one got the recipe?........also, still lookin' for a good brown sugar pie recipe.....mac ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancee Seifert" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 3:02 PM Subject: [IADECATU] A PLEASANT SURPRISE -- Mr. and Mrs. R.D. HOADLEY. > Decatur County Journal > Leon, Iowa > Thursday, August 10, 1911 > > Last Saturday evening as the shades of twilight were gently falling if any > one would have looked into the various homes of the relatives and friends > of > Mr. And Mrs. R.D. HOADLEY, they would have noticed a subdued excitement > and > hurry and bustle as of some anticipated pleasure and some such remarks as > those were frequently heard: "Won't RALPH and NELL be surprised. I do > hope > they won't find it out until we get there." And among the children some > such > as these wonder what GLADYS and LOUISE will do. We will have lots of fun > when we all get there. > > Meanwhile in the HOADLEY home all unconscious of the tumult going on round > them, they after a busy and hard day's work, for the threshers had been > there that day, were quickly and quietly doing their chores with the > prospects of retiring early for a quiet night's rest and pleasant dreams, > but their dreams, however, were suddenly interrupted by the patter of > horses > feet and the clamoring of many voices saying: "Arise and let us in." Mr. > HOADLEY, or RALPH as he is familiarly called, opened the door and bid us > enter, saying in his jolly and pleasing manner, "Come in, we were looking > for you." Mrs. HOADLEY very kindly offered us the use of her house, which > the guests were not long in taking. The evening was spent in various > amusements, including a number of games on the lawn and the way the older > ones joined with the younger ones in the spirit of the games, it vividly > recalled to our minds a part of the poem "Willie Grey" learned in our > childhood, in which the author says that "Men are only boys grown tall; > hearts didn't change much after all." > > Refreshments were served during the evening which consisted of ice cream > and > cake. The ladies furnished cakes and the gentlemen the cream. There were > angel food cake, devil's food cake, brown sugar cake, checkerboard cake, > dark cake and light cake, and as the ladies in the vicinity of Good Hope > and > Van Wert are noted for their culinary art, especially in the fancy cake > line > there were cakes to tempt the most delicate appetite and the way six > gallons of ice cream and the cakes disappeared one would have thought > their > appetites had truly been tempted. Between 70 and 80 guests were present, > who when near the midnight hour, departed for their homes wishing Mr. And > Mrs. HOADLEY a long life of peace and prosperity and thinking they were > royal entertainers. > -------------------------------------------------------- > Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert > December 6, 2009 > [email protected] > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >