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     the territory at all and some minutes later he saw a clearing ahead of him 
     
     and bounded out into the open. But horrors of horrors! In his haste, he had 
     
     landed in the middle of the road and just as the horse drawn carriages came 
     
     around the bend on their way home from church he stood there, ashamed 
     
     and miserable, with a salmon still wiggling under each arm. It would be 
     
     many long years before this incident of salmon poaching would be forgot- 
     
     ten and the account of his escapade fade from the memory of the story 
     
     tellers when they gathered at Clark’s milldam on a summer evening. 
     
    
   
   
    
     GOOD COOKIN’ AND HOME CURES 
     
    
   
   
    
     When good cooks get together their main topic of conversation is food 
     
     and how to prepare it. This soon leads to an exchange of recipes. The 
     
     women of Wilmot Valley were often called on to prepare their tastiest dishes 
     
     for fulling frolics, barn raisings, church teas, picnics, and pie and basket 
     
     socials. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Good Cooking and Home Cures.