THE PATRIOTS.
The burly cannon cracker to the tlender
little flag
Said, "How are you to celebrate the i
dayf ,
Vou never mnke a single lound, Jrou can
not jump nor shoot,
And where they put you, there you have
to stay."
The rockets, roman candles and the giddy,
racy wheels
With patriotic cal began to brag
Of how they'd leap and bang and hzs and
flare and whirl and all
United to deride the silent flag.
But when the dny was done, the crackers
lay in scattered shreds:
And bits of wheels were clinging to the
trees;
The rocket sticks were lying prone; but
high above the scene,
The little flag still frullickcd with the
breeze.
Mncy Stiffen
Vadgfiterof ffic Retioufon.
Jf fcL XtRUC STORY T
Grandmother need to say that her
grandmother's Revolutionary experi
ences were not all so sad as this one,
and once she was so thrflted at a
story that she exclaimed:
"Oh, grandmother, I wish I could
be In a war!"
Then Nancy Butler Brooks, as she
was then named, was very angry.
"You wlckod child, hush! You
don't know what you arc wishing!"
Anyway, poor grandmother had her
foolish whim gratified, for she lived
through the Civil War, and we have
her portrait, painted after she was
ninety years old. We also have a
manuscript history of the Butler fam
ily, written by a descendant of Nan
cy's, In which the deeds of tills rare
girl are told.
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AME3 BUTLER, . how It was. The massacre happened
Duke of Ormond, ' near enough to the home for Nancy
had much to do ' to hear the shots, and fearing she
with history ( knew not what she made her way
making In the through the swamps and forests to
days when Crom- the scene of carnage. When the ene
well ruled Ens- j mles saw that it was only a girl, they
land, and It has . taunted her, telling her how hard her
often been said that, if the ' father was to kill and how he bounced
latter had heeded the ! beneath the sabre strokes, and all this
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duke's wise counsel all
would have gono belter
with the Protector.
That the duke was a
brave man is well known,
and that his courage was inherited
by many of his descendants the his
tory of our country truly testifies.
My story, however, has to do with
in such insulting tones that Nancy's
black eyes flashed Are, and she said:'
"Yes, make your boasts to a girl,
you cowards! but if my father and
brothers were living you would be in
hiding if you did not have double as
many men. Here He brave men, and
you are dastards, and you know it!"
Her great loss had made her in-
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The United States Flag.
Your stripes of red throb with the
life blood of thousands; your stripes
of white sigh with the burden of
women's tears; your field of blue
breathes the steadfastness of a coun
try firmly united; and your stars sing
of a union that Is welded together by
tho mighty hand of an Almighty God.
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Kor weeks we were scheming and planning,
liut keeping it dark, juxt the same,
How to beat tho old sexton, Kill Manning,
Who tried to get onto our game.
The hour for the deed was the midnight
W hen nobodv ncur us should spy
Who climbed the tall steeple and startled
the people
By ringing the Fourth of July.
And Bill was a foxy old fellow,
1 1 is purpose was settled and grim,
Wilh a temper that never got mellow,
For boys were not boys to him.
Oii the '1 hird he just took out the clapper,
Vanity of Life.
How small a portion of our life it
1s that we really enjoy. In youth we
are looking forward to things that are
to come. In old age we are looking
back to things that are gone past;
in manhood, although we appear in
deed to be more occupied in things
that are present, even that is too
often absorbed in vague determina
tions to be vastly happy on some
future day when we have time. New
York Press.
A Wife's QttatiriritUon.
There are thre9 things which a
good wife- should resemble, and yet
those three things Bhe should not re
semble. She should be like a town
clock keep time and regularity. She
should not, however, be like a town
clock speak so loudly that all the
town may hear her. She should be
like a snail prudent and keep with
in her own hou30. She should not be
like a snail carry all she has upon
her back. She should be like an
echo speak when spoken to. But
she should not be like an echo de
termined always to have tho last
word. New York Press.
tone by her aunt that "Miss Ward
was too old to play with dolls any
longer," the separation from her play
things almost broke her heart, nnd
many nights she wept herself to sleep
on her pillow, mourning for her
pretty toys that had been so ruthless
ly denied her.
Her father provided the finest
tutors for his children, and the Ward
home became the centre of a distin
guished class of pebple, artists, writ
ers and musicians gathering there at
regular Intervals to enjoy the gra
cious hospitality of their host and the
society of his brilliant sons and
daughters, of whom Julia was tho
most gifted. Washington Star.
4J
Mows the Soil Well.
A firm in Ohio has invented a new
kind of plow that will stir the soil to
a depth of twelve or Blxteen Inches
without using any more power than
is required to run an ordinary bIx-teen-lnch
plow six or seven Inches
deep. This firm claims that it has a
principle Involved in the construction
of Its "tilling" machine which makes
it possible to absolutely guarantee
that this can be done. If such Is the
case there ought to be a broad outlet
for this Implement, because farmers
generally are coming to believe that
it pays to stir the land to a good
depth, especially In the fall.
Mrs. Iioosevelt.
Mrs. Roosevelt wears wonderfully
well. One could not guess from her
appearance that she will next year
be entitled to silver wedding presents
and congratulation. Her eldest son
is to be married on her return to the
States. Her appearance Is extremely
agreeable. What is so remarkable
in her face Is its exceptional capacity
to show pleasure in lighting up. The
features are of regular proportion
and well modeled and bear out her
claim to French ancestry Huguenot,
by the way. The deep commissures
are distinctly French and may be
thought to denote a sense cf the
ridiculous finer than that of the ex
President. Her comeliness is reflncd.
London Truth.
Queen Goes Shopping.
A few days after my arrival nt
Milan, while strolling one afternoon
on the Callrria Vlttorlo Emanuele,
that favorite Milanese and cosmopoli
tan resort, I passed a glove shop, and
remembered that I hod left my gloves
In the railway carriage. I thought
I might as well buy a new pair, and
entered the shop.
A customer had gone in before me,
a lady, young, tall and slender, quiet
ly but elegantly dressed in a plain,
dark traveling frock. Through the
long, blue motor veil that closely
shrouded her fnce I could dimly see
her large, dark eyes nnd masses of
black hair. The face appeared to be
refined and pretty. She was leaning j not ed upon in lt8 entirety by roots
over tne counter ana trying on gloves of oat8 wneat or clover. Root sys
whloh a young shop assistant handed tem8 of unuue crops are variable In
'ler- I their construction and plant food
"They are too large," she said, j mado available one season is apt to
shyly. , ,e ost jn drainage water unless
l nat is because the Bignora na3 so
Fnrm Machinery
All farm machinery should be In
good condition for the work of the
season. Not only docs this apply to
such tools ns are to be used during
the planting and sending time, but to
the mowers, reapers and binders.
These machines are Bometlmes put
away after the season's work is over
and not again brought, out or looked
over until wanted the next year, when
it Is found that some particular part
has become so worn that it gives way
and the work Is delayed, which may
mean much In hay time or harvest.
Such hindrance can often be nvolded
if the tools to be used are overhauled
in time and weak places made strong.
Weekly Wltner
Rotating' Crops Advisable.
Rotation of crops 13 advisable.
Roots of corn spread over an area
no Indication of moisture on this waH
until last winter, but I thought it was
due to the extreme and unusual lew.
temperature. This year, however. It
Is even worse. Upon close examina
tion I found the outside ceiling was
checking here and there, and the
paint was also losing its grip until
many small openings were forming
which permitted cold air to enter and
come In contact with the Inside ceil
ing and so destroy the dead air space.
A dead air space is one In which,
there Is positively no movement of
air. Two openings the size of a lead
pencil would be sufficient to destroy
this dead air chamber In a space of
100 feet long. I have therefore com
menced stuffing this air chamber with
straw by taking out occasionally a
board and the surface soon dries off.
I have a perfect system of ventila
tion. I can see no way to improve
It. yet the system cannot keep a cold
wall dry any more thBn It can keep
single windows from frosting. Dou
ble windows, however, accomplish the)
result berauso they are so perfectly
tight that a true dead air space is
formed.
Our hen house is built with stuffed
walls nnd double windows and the
air Is as dry, and algo the side walls
and celling, as In a summer day, and
now I purposo to do the same thing
in a hog house with air chamber.
Farmers generally ore not inclined
to accept those teachings, fearing
mice and rats. Posr.lbly there might
bo trouble with board floors where
they could work under and from
there get Into tho side walls, but
with cement floors there Is no op
portunity for them to work under.
Weekly Witness
small a hand." replied the young as
sistant gallantly.
She smiled and did not ansyer. An
elderly lady who was with her gave
the youth an Indignant and scandal
ized glance. After patiently allow
ing the measure of her hand to bo
taken, open and closed It was in-
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CS.
Lentil Konst. Soak the lentils, about a pint, la water for
three or four hours, or over night. Drain, cover with fresh
water and put on to boll until very soft. Strain through a
colander to remove the skins, then mash the same a3 you
would mashed potatoes. Season with salt and pepper, also
sage or celery, or other savory herbs. Put In a baking dish,
pour in enough milk to make the proper consistency, sprinkle
generously with bread crumbs, pour over the top a little rich
cream, then flecks of butter here and there. Put In the oven
and bake until a good brown. To serve this cut In slices,
and serve with cranberry or curant jelly.
various crops are grown In rotation
on the same area. Remember, the
uoll Is a compound which can be ex
hausted of its components used by
plants as food. Plow under one crop
every four years to supply nitrogen;
buy phosphorus In the form of rock
phosphate, and plow and cultivate
well to release potassium. Big crops
will result, and the soil will remain
productive.
Willi till of us tioys stanuiim by,
And he "guesxed that would hold us,1
fmiil as he told us
We'd rung our last Fourth of July.
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But he badly mistook us for nappers,
And for faint hcuite.1 (uittcrs ns well,
For hammers were better than clappers,
Ko long as he left us tho bell.
We threw a stone up through tho belfry
Which carried a rope on the llyj
And in spite of Bill Manning and all of
his planning
We rang in the Fourth of July.
The Household-Ledger.
the courage of a young girl. . Her fa-
ther, James Butler, a namesake of !
his ancestor, the duke, camo to Amer
ica when it was really a new world,
and settled with his family in South
Carolina. He had a wife, many stal
wart sons, and our heroine, Nancy,
a black-eyed girl of sixteen.
The country was in a state of rev
olution, and, while it was a time that
tried men's souIb, and women's too,
It wag also the opportunity for brav
ery, hardihood and loyalty. James
Butler and hla sons wero said to know
not fear, and were auch "terrors" to
the enemy that it was considered a
great deed to capture or kill even one
of them.
One day a notorious Tory named
Cunningham, suspecting that Butler
would vUlt his home to see bis wife,
who lay very ill, waited in ambush
with a large party of Tories to take
him unawares. The English soldiers
were many in number, for they dared
not venture on this etplott without
overwhelming odds. As Butler, two
of his sons and a few soldiers were
making their way toward Butler's
woodland home they were surrounded
by the Tory band, fired upon and then
backed to pieces with sabres. The
Americans made a brave defence, and
Butler himself fought desperately,
even after tJoth of his hands were
cut off. But when the Tories were
done the little band wag nothing but
a mangled mass. The Tories then
hid In the thickets, hoping more of
the family would appear, but James
Butler's other sons were far away,
with the army, and there was none
to come save Nancy.
Nancy Butler was my grandmoth
er's grandmother, and my grand
mother has often told me what her
grandmother told her. sad this was
different to her own safety; but her
words made the- men ashamed and
they troubled her no more.
It was almost impossible for Nanpy
to identify her dead, but her shrewd
and loving eyes at last saw some fa
miliar articles of attire that helped
her In her sad and terrible search.
Then she went home to return with
their "old sore back" horse and
wheeled sled," and a Mrs. Smith, the
only neighbor, and together they car
ried the bodies home, dug the graves
and burled them.
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To the SUir-Spnngled.
The Lily of France muy fade
Tho 'i'hinlle and Shamrock may wither,
The Oak of Knglaml may soon decay,
But the Stars will shine on forever.
When .'America" Was Sung. v
"On one Fourth of July in Bos
ton'," write Dr. Hale in 'his "Remi
niscences" in Woman's Homo Com
panion, "I had spent all my allowance
for July and all my ' 'lection money'
on the Common possibly for a sight
in the camera obscura, though I doubt
if I had money enough for that
certainly for raw oysters, three for
a cent if small, two for a cent If large;
probably half a glass of spruce beer,
one cent, and two or three checker
berry medals die no lost and
make what allowance you please for
tamarinds, cocoanuts, sugar-cane and
other foreign delicacies. I was re
turning penniless, and bad to pass
Park Streeet Meeting House, when an
event of historical Importance took
place. Long columns of boys and
girls were going into meeting. The
spectacle of a procession of children
going to meeting on any day but Sun
day was as wonderful to me as a vol
canic eruption from the Blue Hills
would have been. Of course, I joined
the throng. So is it that I am one
of the little company who heard the
national anthem sung for the first
time
THy country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet (and of liberty,'
"I hope I did not Join In the sing
ing, for at that time do was to me
even as re and ml, and I am afraid
I should not have Improved on the
harmonies of the occasion."
On Good Breeding.
A great part of our education Is
sympathetic and social. Boys and
girls, said Emerson, who have been
brought up with well-Informed and
superior people show . in their man
ners an Inestimable grace. Fuller
says that "William, Earl of Nassau,
won a subject from the Klntf of Spain
every time he took off his hat."
You cannot have one well-bred
man without a whole society of such.
They keep each other up to any high
point. Especially women; It requires
a great many cultivated women
salons of bright, elegant, reading
women, accustomed to ease and re
finement, to spectacles, pictures,
sculpture, poetry and to elegant so
ciety In order that you should have
one Madame do Stael.
Woman niul Love.
One thing that the generaliZ3rs
never take Into, consideration (pos
sibly because they do not know It,
and generally because they are men
or old-fashioned women) is the enor
mous percentage of non-maternal
women. Whether this was the case
in ancient times, or whether it Is the
gradual result of education and
leisure, increased independence and
the facilities for knowing men before
marriage, I cannot say, but the fact
remains that thousands of women
that are married ought not to be; are
the dutiful mothers of children whom
they secretly regard as enemies. They
have married in their springtime be
cause tradition and youthful Instinct
(nothing is move evanescent) sug
gested it. There was a time, happily
nasslnz. when the collocation "old
maid" was almost a term of insult;
when it was even a matter of pride
to be a young grandmother.. There is
no possible doubt that whether worn
en got the vote soon or late, this di
vision of their sex will come early
and more early to Jhe conclusion that
the less they have to do with love the
liannler they will ' be. Gertrude
Atherton, In Harper's Baznr.
deed a very small one she found two
pairs of gloves that suited her, paid
for them and turned to go.
Just then the owner of the shop
returned. He looked at the lady,
gave a bewildered start, and, as soon
as Bho was gone, shouted to his assistant:
'Have you the least idea whom you
have been serving?"
4A very pretty woman I know-
that!"
"Idiot! It 'was the Queen!"
The Queen! It was my turn to
feel bewildered. The Queen alone.
unprotected, In that arcade full of
people! I was on the point of fol
lowing her, from professional habit,
forgetting that I was not at Milan
ns an official, but as a private tourist.
But It was too late, she had already
disappeared in tho crowd. X?.v!?r
Paoll, in McClure's.
Traveling cranes are now equipped
with scales, so that the load nay be
weighed In transit.
A "Word About Julia Ward Howe.
Julia Ward Howe, author and re
former, was born May 27, 1819, in a
handsome home in Bowling Greon,
New York City. At the time of her
birth that part of the city was the
niOBt desirable residence quarter, be
ing both aristocratic and fashionable.
Her father, Samuel Ward, was a mer
chant and banker of New York. Four
of her ancestors were Governors of
Rhode iBlaud. two of them being
Wards and two Greens. On both
paternal and maternal, sides Mrs.
Howe sprung from fine old blood.
When In her fifth year Julia Ward
lost her mother, a beautiful and ac
compllshed woman of twenty-eight,
Six llttlo. oues of whom Julia wbb
the fourth were loft without I
mother's love and care. Of her fa
ther Mrs. Ward has this to Bay: "He
was a majestic person, of somewhat
severe- aspect and reserved manners
but with a vein of true geniality and
benevolence of heart. His great gruv
lty and the absence of a mother nat
urally subdued the tone of the house
hold; and, though a greatly cher
ished set of children, we were not a
merry cne."
Although as a child Julia Ward
showed remarkable aptitude In her
studies, being advanced to classes
comprised of girls twice her own age,
she was still a merry, playful child
at heart, and when, on nor ninth
birthday, her dolls were taken away
from her and she) was told in a serious
.fx.'.
Two materials frequently appear In
one light gown.
Some braid novelties show touches
of leather in their make-up.
Cushion covers of suede leather aro
exceedingly popular this season.
Coarse blue linen frocks, embroid
ered with blue and coral silk, are
made for young girls.
Either banding, piping, or feather
stitching in color is effective for the
small boy's Russian suit.
Wreaths, bow knots aud roses are
the favorite designs on the embroid
ered silk hosiery for the bride.
The sleeveless coats of the most
diaphanous materials promise to be
more popular than ever this season.
Parasols of embroidered linen ar
popular. They are only suitable fof
carrying with linen or cotton frocks.
In place of the narrow stitchlnb
characteristic of the short glove of
last season, the long silk glove now
worn has wide embroidery on the
back In self-color or in black.
So popular is the frill of plentlng
at the left of the front of the shirt
waist that blouses which fasten In the
back are given the blouse's closing
effect by meanB of dainty accessories.
The jabot is a long frill and gives
length; the rabat is a flat little tab
which lends an air of doctrinal se
verity to the prettiost face; the plitso
is the side frill, the most popular of
all.
The prettiest fad In Paris Is the
pllsse the ruff of chiffon with dainty
ribbon roses set in to wear over a
tailored suit with a collarless blouse.
It Is soft, crisp and becoming to the
face.
Lltt'.e girls are wearing bats that
have departed from the simplicity
that has beon so popular. A mass of
lace and frills crowns little ones'
heads, no matter how plain the coat
and dress may be.
A very Interesting trimming shows
tinsel cord balls strung on heavy
soutache, knotted at Intervals, This
i especially fashionable as an edge,
as It simulates the ball fringes with
out boing pendant.
Not only is the Chantecler coloring
seen In everything In hats, coats and
suits but the form of the bird is
also appearing. The latest device Is
the form woven very black, with a
fine mesh face veil.
Farm Profits.
The farm of the Jarvis brothers, at
Fly Creek, In Otsego County, has be
come a subject of controversy. A
correspondent of one of the agrlcul
tural papers summed up what the
Jarvis brothers have been doing, and
stated that with an Investment of
$20,000, only $8000 of It in real es
tate, forty-five head of cattle, $500
worth of farm help a year and insur
ance and taxes of only $50 a year, the
Jarvis brothers make an annual profit
above all expenses of $5450.
"Incredible," exclaims a doubter
who merely forces the correspondent
j to proceed to prove his words. The
' correspondent adds, truly enough,
I that there ase other dairymen who,
j with modest investments, are doing a
good deal better than the Jarvis
brothers. He doesn't need to quote
I the ciu.-ndc case of the lJcv. JuHhiii
i Detricli, who some jears ago bought
a fifteen-acce farm near Philadelphia,
; with a mortgage of $7200, paid off
the mortgage in six years, and made
that piece of ground provide rough
! ago for thirty head of stock, which
yielded $2400 a y?ar for the sale of
milk alone. The Dotrich cows gave
, but 4 800 pounds of milk on the aver
age a year. Tho Jarvis cows are said
to average 10,000 pounds.
Mr. Detiich became so famous that
visitors overran his little plot of
, ground and ho had to sell It, but
! conspicuous success In dairying Is not
so rare now as It was then. Syracuse
, Post-Standard.
! How to Tend Chirks.
When chicks are from twenty-four
to thirty-six hours old they are ready
to be moved from the Incubators to
: the brooder house. Put them in
i hovers nearest the furnace. Be sure
, to havo heat up in hovers nt least
j twelve hours before the chickens are
put in, to insure the hovers to be
I warm and dry. There should be dry
sand well sprinkled over hover floors,
or some road dust; sand is the best.
; Let the chickens alone until they are
j thirty-six hours old, then feed them
j some oatmeal well rubbed up lu the
! hands. Feed this for a few days, also
j some green evaporated bonemeal and
I chicken grit. Give water and milk In
j fountains, made by Inverting some
tin fruit cans over saucers, first cut
I ting a notch lu tho edgo of the can
j about one-quarter of an inch deep.
Such a fountain will keep chicks dry
and the drink will be kept clean.
When chicks aro a few days old begin
to feed a chickeu food containing
meat and grain. Feed five or six
times dally. On the south side of the
brooder bouse have roomy yards sown
to rape for chicks when they are a
week old to run in, and also provide
rapo for cutting and feuding them
later on when the yard rapo Is used
up. This method of rearing chlckeus
Is more of a pleasure than work. Use
plenty of whitewash in houses; put
It on with compressed air sprayer
that is the best thing for the purpose.
Fill every crack aud crevice that tau
be filled in this way and the job Is
quickly done. During warm months
spray yards and hovers with sulphuric
acid and water. Four ounces of the
acid to three gallons of water. This
will destroy all vermin aud their
eggs. Most cases of cholera are only
lice and mites sapping the lite out of
the chickens. Warm houses for the
wluter layers son be built quite
cheaply of rough lumber, and a lib
eral use of heavy tarred paper will
make frost-proof housus. Newark
Call,
Stable Walls.
1 am now fully convinced that the
best stable wall Is a hollow wall or
space of cot less than eight Inches
filled with cut straw It possible; It
not, with whole straw. Five years
ago I built a stable; a part of the
wall Is a single air space aud a part
Las a double air space. There was
Making Good Butter.
In order to produce a good quality
of butter, two very essential things
aro, good care and good food for the
cows. The cows must be provided
with clean bedding and the stables
need to bo kept clean, well lighted
and ventilated.
Before the milking begins on my
place the sides and udders of the cows
are rarefully brushed, thus prevent
ing dirt and dust from falling Into the
milk. The milking Is done with clean,
dry hands; to milk with wet fingers
would be an extremely filthy habit.
Just as soon as the milk is drawn
from the cow It Is strained through
a wire gauze and three thicknesses
of cheese cloth. All the milk utensils
are thoroughly cleaned after being
used, by first washing them In luke
warm water, next In hot water, and
then they are scalded in boiling
water. Every dish or cloth that is
used in connection with the inllk Is
put In a clean place, where there U a
circulation of pure air, after being
used.
The cream (s separated from tho
milk with a hand separator and held
until there 13 a sufficient quantity to.
churn. The churning Is done three
times each week with a barrel churn.
In prepprh.e 'h- elnp-n : t n 1 1 the but-ter-wi;;er
tor use, lliev w" thor
oughly KinMd with br.iilng water be
fore the en nil! 1h pi;' iin 'i '.be i huiii
or the butter on the butter-worker.
A thorough scalding and cooling of
the butter-worker prevents the butt"r
from sticking to it.
The cream is strained Into tho
churn through a hair sieve and the
churn la never filled more than half
full of cream. The churn Is not
turned very rapidly, and is slopped
several times at tho beginning to re
move the cork, so a to allow the es
cape of gases. Whin the cream be
gins to break, care is exercised not
to gather the butter granules into one
large lump. The churning ceases
when tho butter paiiieks aro about
the size of wheat kernels. Then tho
churn is fastened and the buttermilk
drawn off.
When the butler Is well drained
from the buttermilk, It is rinsed with
a little water, and after this has
drained away the cork Is put in the
churn nnd cold water added. Tho
cover Is then put on the churn nnd
the churn revolved slowly six or eight
times; tho water Is now drawn off and
the butter left to drain for about
fifteen minutes.
When tho butter is well drained It
is ready to salt, and this Is done la
the churn when the butter la In gran
ular form. About one and one-halt
ounces of salt are used for every
pound of butter. This Insures the
right amount of salt when tho butter
is finished.
It Is a very easy matter to work
butter too much and have it greasy.
We never work the butter with the
hands, because tho warmth of tha
hands will make It greasy and rlva
It a salvy appearance. We use the
lever worker and pross the lever on
the surface, and occasionally fold tha
butter over with a ladle. The lever
of the butler-worker or butter paddle
is never allowed to slide over tho
surface of the butter, but is pressed
straight down when working the butter.
The butter is pressed Into squure
one-pound prints and carefully
wrapped with parchment paper which
has been soaked in salt water a few
minutes before being used. The but
ter is sold In our local market, except
what is used at home, and practically
all the milk Is fed to the chickens,
bogs and calves.
By following the above method In
making butter we never tall to pro
duce a product of first quality, which
sells for from two to five cents per
pound mora than roost that offered
by others. I think that more of onr
country butter would be far better
than it Is It care was exercised In
making It. One of the mistakes made
by many Is In not churning the cream
when It has reached the proper stage
of ripeness and at the right tempera-,
ture.
A proper handling of the milk Is
very Important. Too often It Is drawn
from the cow In stubles In which the
air Is filled with dust and put In un
clean vessels. Cleanliness in all
things and at all times Is a feature
most essential It good buttor t de
sired. W. H. Vuderwoed. Is tit In
diana Farmer. 1 .'