“During the winter she and her mother had managed to do most of the work themselves, hiring little Mary Robinson next door on especially busy days, and now and then calling in the assistance of Jimmy Bowen and his hand sled to carry orders to customers. But when spring came Lilian prepared to open up her summer campaign on a much larger scale. Mary Robinson was hired for the season, and John Perkins was engaged to act as carrier with his express wagon. A summer kitchen was boarded in in the backyard, and a new range bought; Lilian began operations with a striking advertisement in the Willington _News_ and an attractive circular sent around to all her patrons. Picnics and summer weddings were frequent. In bread and rolls her trade was brisk and constant. She also took orders for pickles, preserves, and jellies, and this became such a flourishing branch that a second assistant had to be hired.”
A cook of roughly the same moment, setting down the same dish.
HOUSEHOLD METHODS OF PREPARATION. BY MARIA PARLOA. *** PREPARED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS, A. C. TRUE, DIRECTOR. [Illustration: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE] WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1917.
Sources: The passage is from L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery, Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901, free to read in full at Project Gutenberg. The recipe is from Parloa, Canned Fruit, Preserves, and Jellies of 1887, also free in full. Both are in the public domain in the United States. The binding above is ours — ochre cloth, sheaf stamp.