Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1896 — Fashionable Corn Husking. [ARTICLE]

Fashionable Corn Husking.

For several winters the National Society of New England Women has been reviving one old custom from the land of steady habits, and it is under the auspices of the members of this organization that the “corn huskingß” will take place. Last wiater an oldfashioned “quilting bee” was given by the society at the Hotel Majestic, and the great success of that affair led the members to hit upon the idea of imi-, taring the “husklngs” of their grandfathers and grandmothers* time. All of the plans for this unique entertainment have not yet been completed, but enough is known to warrant the statement that the Waldorf “husking bee” will exhibit a curious admixture of the backwoods and the highest refinements of society.—New York Letter.