Tired of Strawberries Yet?

Mrs. Elton, in all her apparatus of happiness, her large bonnet and her basket, was very ready to lead the way in gathering, accepting, or talking — strawberries, and only strawberries, could now be thought or spoken of. — 'The best fruit in England — every body's favourite — always wholesome. — These the finest beds and finest sorts. — Delightful to gather for one's self — the only way of really enjoying them. — Morning decidedly the best time — never tired — every sort good — hautboy infinitely superior — no comparison — the others hardly eatable — hautboys very scarce — Chili preferred — white wood finest flavour of all — price of strawberries in London — abundance about Bristol — Maple Grove — cultivation — beds when to be renewed — gardeners thinking exactly different — no general rule — gardeners never to be put out of their way — delicious fruit — only too rich to be eaten much of — inferior to cherries — currants more refreshing — only objection to gathering strawberries the stooping — glaring sun — tired to death — could bear it no longer — must go and sit in the shade.'

Jane Austen, Emma.

Yeager and son picked about 50 quarts of ripe strawberries Tuesday for sale in Hobart.

Hobart Gazette, Oct. 22, 1920

This was Jacob Yager and one of his sons, and since he (or they) had already picked 1,500 boxes of strawberries — reported, that is, and perhaps even more unreported, I suspect that behind the bragging all of the Jacob Yager family were wishing never to see another strawberry as long as they lived.

The same issue of the Gazette updates the state of the Severance takeover of Gary: "Parents of Mrs. Geo. Severance, Jr., have moved from Hagerstown, Md., to Gary, and are living near their daughter's home" — without giving a surname. Did I ever get a maiden name for the mysterious Alberta, now Mrs. Geo. Severance, Jr.? I don't think so.


Sources:
♦ "Additional Local News." Hobart Gazette 22 Oct. 1920.
♦ "Local Drifts." Hobart Gazette 22 Oct. 1920.