. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . re occupiedby two, and in some cases, three or four workmen. Theentire crew, divided into little messes, bought their provisionsat the Italian commissary store and cooked and ate themin the open air—the bread being baked by the and sold fresh to the men daily. In the commissary store,partitioned from the rest of the barracks, was a profusion ofthe supplies particularly valued in the Italian workingmanscuisine — beans, pork, macaroni, freshly-baked bread with acces-sori
. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . re occupiedby two, and in some cases, three or four workmen. Theentire crew, divided into little messes, bought their provisionsat the Italian commissary store and cooked and ate themin the open air—the bread being baked by the and sold fresh to the men daily. In the commissary store,partitioned from the rest of the barracks, was a profusion ofthe supplies particularly valued in the Italian workingmanscuisine — beans, pork, macaroni, freshly-baked bread with acces-sories quite as essential in shape of goats milk cheese, olive oil,and strings of garlics, and of little, round, dried red invitation of the commissario I broke and tasted a loaf of thebread. It was as light and and sweet as bread could be,alike attractive to sight and taste. After eating of it I couldunderstand why that, where unprovided with a baker of theirown nationality in the camp, the Italian laborers on the Bangor& Aroostook road should choose to send away, as far even as to. IK NliRTHLAM) 40 IN FAIR AROOSTOOK. Bangor, when necessar}, to procure bread to their Hking. Trya-thees, sir, tha sardine. Its a verra fine, said the com-missario. He was opening a tightly packed and coveredkeg or firkin, holding perhaps two gallons, as he spoke. Itwas filled with large salted sardines packed as solidly togetheras if put into place under a screw press. 1 took a sardine anddivided it with Mr. Burpee. It was very sah, but it was nothalf bad to eat as an accompaniment to a piece of bread ; norwas a bit of the cheese, hard and dry as it was, with a flavorlike that of new Roquefort. The bakery, in a house by itself, with its vast, glowing brickoven from which the fire was raked before the batch of doughwas put in ; the table, half filling the room, piled liigli with fresh-ly baked loaves, was well worth the seeing, if onlj^ to realize theartistic possibilities that may
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