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"Quiet and unassuming, 'Mammy' Zimmerman 

 was wonderfully adept in housekeeping duties, a most 

 excellent cook and with a knack of preparing a meal 

 in record-breaking time and maintaining her genial 

 good nature under the most trying circumstances. A 

 dozen or more 'hungry hunters would crowd into the 

 Zimmerman home without notice at any time, to in- 

 variably find a cordial welcome and a good, substantial 

 supper ready for them within an hour. That the 

 same conditions prevail at the Zimmerman home to- 

 day is no doubt largely due to the example set by 

 this good old lady, who will be ever held in kindly 

 remembrance by all who 'have partaken of her un- 

 alloyed hospitality. 



"By the way, the recent blizzard and snow storms 

 will not make the Zimmerman home a very desirable 

 place of residence for the unacclimiated citizen. With 

 a foot of snow on the ground previous to the fall of 

 the 14th inst., which would add nearly two feet more, 

 the situation looks decidedly unplea'sant. But with an 

 amply stocked cellar and larder and full barns, which 

 is the rule of the genial 'Jake' to maintain at all 

 times, outside of the fact that he may be deprived of 

 his favorite North American daily paper and other 

 communication with the outside world for a few days, 

 he and his estimable family will not want for the 

 necessaries of life, and can laugh at the ground-hog- 

 gish weather." 



