Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1903 — Exorice in the Riondike. [ARTICLE]

Exorice in the Riondike.

One can the better realise what are luxuries of the table In the valley of the Yukon by reading Mrs. Sullivan’s book, “A Woman Who Went to Alaska.” It was on the way down t%e river from Dawson that her party came upon the first vegetable gardens The river banks were lined with canoes; many natives stood looking at us from the shore, and while stevedores handled the wood, many passengers visited the town. It was not long bofore they came back with handfuls of turnips, just pulled from the ground, which, had these been the most luscious fruit, could not have been eaten with more relish. I tried to buy one from a young man,* but he had evidently been long away from such luxuries, for be refused to sell. Afterward his gallantry got the better of him, and he politely offered me one-half of the turnip, which I took with thanks. As my brother peeled the precious thing, I asked him how long It , was since he had’eaten one. “Two years,” he- promptly replied. Knowing that he was especially fond of such things, I ate a small slice, and gave him the remainder.