The Polk County post., February 28, 1919, Image 2

Bread—An’ Butter
—An’—Apple
Butter
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By B A R B A R A KER R
(Copyright, 1918, by M cC lu r, Kewep&per
Syndicate.)
She was a little brown wisp o f a
thing, sitting iu a big chair propped
upon a box to make her Just the right
height to stir the apple butter. She
could rest the long handle of -the stir­
rer on the arm o f the chair so It
would not be so heavy, then «he could
keep the paddle moving over the bot­
tom of the greut copper kettle.
To
help keep the rich butter from stick­
ing to the bottom o f the kettle her
mother had thrown In a number of
bright, new copper cents thoroughly
cleansed with hot vinegar und salt.
I f the npoJe butter was not scorched,
Surah June was to have all the pen­
nies for her own, besides, o f course,
all o f the good bread and butter and
apple butter that she could eat all
winter.
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It was an Ideal October day. Along
the fence was a riot o f color, with now
and then a sumach, like an Immense
bunch o f scarlet geraniums or a clump
o f goldenrod.
The pokeherrles with
their purple Inkwells mingled with the
browns, russets and greens o f summer
weeds and a greut profusion o f wild
grapevines.
And Snruh Jane ap­
proved.
The air was spicy with the
fragrance o f cooking apples and cider.
The great copper kettle, hung over a
slow outdoor fire uenr the spring-
house, and the long stirrer moved
rhythmically over the bottom, pushing
the pennies about ceaselessly.
Sarah Jane was droning an Impro­
vised little song which she attuned
to the swish o f the pennies and the
gurgle o f the apple butter as It surged
through the holes In the wooden pad­
dle of the stirrer:
“ Peter— pltter— patter— putter—
Itreud— an'— butter— an’ — apple but­
ter—
Too much hard cider will make you
stutter— ”
“ Well, hello, little poet 1 How do
you know? Tried It? I've brought
the rest o f your cider from the mill,
but It's not hard.
W here’s your
mother?"
Ashamed that anyone, especially
Milo Ward, the Idol of her childish
heart, should have beard her silly lit­
tle song, Snruh Jane hung her bead in
mortification.
She would have run
away, but she was mindful that Dun­
can farm was famous for its apple
butter, which had never been burned.
She tried to pull her little brown bare
feet up under her skirts and almost
upset her precarious perch.
“ Look out for tlie throne!” cried
Milo, ns he caught the chair and right­
ed It on the box.
Then, seeing her
embarrassment, he took the stirrer
from her hands, saying gen tly: “ Don’t
mind me, little Say-June.
Let me
give the stirrer u few whirls while
you find your mother for me."
Snruh Jane needed no second bid­
ding.
She found her mother, but
would not return to her post till Milo
had delivered the cider nnd gone. She
heard him say to her mother ns he
was leaving:
“ I guess I tensed Say-
Jane, Mrs. Duncan; tell her I ’ll have
better manners next time, for I ’m go­
ing away to college."
October came nnd went In the val­
ley. Other children, sons and daugh­
ters o f the farmers, went to college.
Many of them, after finishing, returned
no more, but took up their lives In va­
rious ways In other places. One who
did not return was Milo Ward, for Ids
family had moved away and the Ward
farm wus sold, ltut Sarnh Jane could
not remnln aw ay; the old folks at
Iiome needed her. She nnd her moth­
er still made apple butter, hut not in
the lilg copper kettle, for there were
so few now to eat It.
Then war broke out, nnd Snrali
June, patriotic und sweet and whole­
some as her own valley, wanted to do
her bit. She would make apple butter
for the soldiers.
She brought forth
the copper’ kettle, and ns she sat pa­
tiently stirring her thoughts reverted
to that other October day when she
was so mortified, nnd she nnd her
mother laughed over the memory.
When the apple butter was done nnd
set away to cool In great stone Jars,
Sarah June made a market bnsket full
o f apple butter sandwiches nnd took
them In to the station, for she had
been warned that a troop train was
coming.
She delivered the delicious snnd-
wlches Into eager hands thrust through
the windows till she had Just one left,
when she saw a soldier hurrying to
meet her. Thinking tlint he was com­
ing for the treat she held It out to
him, crying out her wares In her mu­
sical contralto: “ Just one o f my fa­
mous apple butter sandwiches left.
Warranted pure elder, fresh from the
Duncan farm.”
"Bread—an*— butter—an’— apple bat­
te r !” mimicked the soldier. "And It’s
little Say-Jane, too. Don’t you tell me
you don’t remember m e!” and he took
the aandwlch nnd the hand, too.
“ I remember that you promised
you’d have better manners next time,
and now you’ve reminded me o f that
awful moment— H
“ When the queen's throne toppled—
and when I tried to fix It she abdi­
cated— ’’
"It looks as If you were Intent on
searing some one else Into nbdloatthg,”
remarked Sarah Jane with a sweep of
her basket toward the train—“the
w ay you go flying through the coun­
try. not tven stopping to see tha old
home place.”
.
“ Who says so?" bantered Milo. “ 1
have a lid-hour stop-over.
I was
going out to your pluce, hoping you’d
Invite me to stay, and then take me
around to see the old places.
Be­
sides one apple butter sandwich
Is only tantalising when you haven’t
tasted the Duncan brand for so long."
Sarah Jane for a moment was
tongue-tied with a rush o f her old
childish diffidence.
“ Oh, have
a
heurt!” he pleaded, as he took her bas­
ket from her arm.
“ I ’m sure your
mother would bid me welcome.”
“ Yes," assented Sarah Jane demure­
ly, “ mother Is such a good patriot,
she'd do anything for a soldier.”
“ I ’ve a great mind to make you apol­
ogize right now for that remark to un
old sehoollnate, little Say-Jane,” he
threatened as he helped her Into the
roadster.
“ We are going to cut out
all the hero stuff. I ’ m not making an
International appeal.
In fact. It Is a
sort pf domestic matter. I ’ve bought
the old furm and I’m going to tulk
business to you— ’
"Be careful 1" warned Sarnh Jane
In a panic. “ I'm not a good driver—
It Just about takes all my mind— ’’
"Oh, In a case like that, I ’ll take the
wheel, or else we'll stop at the old
hedge, under that big hedge apple tree,
and I ’ll tell you why I did not come
sooner."
As he drove through the sweet-scent­
ed lanes he set about giving, ns he
termed It, a strict account of himself.
And It must have been quite satisfac­
tory to all concerned, for while 26
hours’ leave Is all too slwrt, It was
still long enough to convince Sarah
Jane o f his sincerity. Of her love for
him she had been convinced years ago.
So when he left for.th e front It was
with the understanding that when he
returned the old Wuid farm was to
be again occupied by Wards, und If the
old copper kettle was not needed for
ammunition it was to have a place In
the Ward granary between seasons of
apple butter muklng, when there was
any to be put up for winter use.
“ Bread— un’— butter— an’— apple but­
ter.”
HEIGHT
Not
THAT
FEW
ATTAIN
Many People Can Boast Their
Complete Guiltlessness of the
“Seven Deadly Sins."
The “ seven deadly sins" are pride,
.envy, lust, avarice, anger, sloth and
gluttony.
The fathers, the sages, the wise
men o f the world, handing down from
one generation to another through the
centuries what they hud observed and
learned, at last agreed that all our
spiritual and mental miseries, as well
as most of our physical sufferings,
come from an Indulgence In the
thoughts nnd actions Included in the
above-mentioned list of sins.
Old-fashioned people used to keep
tills list constantly* before them, nnd
their spiritual and physical health
progressed or declined In the meusure
that they were able or unable to con­
trol their thoughts und appetites.
In these modern days we are still
surprised to learn that the list of
seven deadly sins was ever even made,
and we are more surprised to know
that It Is a list which really covers
the whole moral scheme of existence.
* The man who can finally subdue
himself into a state In which he does
not break any o f the laws for which
the seveu deadly sins stand as In­
fringements, muy well congartulate
himself. lie Is what we would call n
pretty good man, nnd we would like
to have him ns a neighbor. Not to be
proud, not to be envious, not to be
lustful, never *to be avaricious or
angry, nor to be a lazy man nor a
glutton, means that you need fear no
man or devil, and tlint you certainly
shnll not be afflicted with gout.
"B e good nnd you will be happy.”
There's many a saying, but there Is
none better than that.
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GREEN FEED S FOR POULTRY
There Is Much in Proper Curing and
Handling— Beets and Mangel-
Wurzel* Also Good.
I f you have fed clover or alfalfa to
poultry In Its green state or dry you
know its value. I f you have not used
It as a hen feed do so this winter,
even if you have to buy some, and
in future seasons you w ill lay in a
good supply. There is much in cur­
ing and handling this food to have It
right for hens. I f it has been done
properly, cut Into one-quarter-inch
lengths, and place It In a tub or bar­
rel, then turn on steam or hot water,
frhleh at once brings back the aroma
of the harvest field. Next spread out
In the mixing box and sift on some
cornmeal, middlings and animal meal,
salt a little nnd you have as good a
mess fo r laying hens.as can be pre­
pared. In some respects alfalfa Is
better than clover. It Is very rich In
protein, yields more In a year than
clover, nnd hens like It better.
For poultry It should never be al­
lowed to become woody. A good field
o f alfalfa will produce more hen feed
than the same amount o f space put
Into nny other crop.
Next in order fo r a dependable win­
ter food come beets nnd mangel-wur-
zels.
There are different sorts, red,
yellow and white. A ll make a good
winter hen feed. They are composed
largely o f water, but It makes an ex­
cellent winter food, being easily grown
nnd kept and Is very handy to feed.
By feeding plenty o f green food to the
hens In winter there Is a profit de­
rived In two ways. The hens will be
more healthy, therefore lay better, and
by working It Into (he dally ration the
cost of feeding the flock Is lessened
considerably.
HINTS ON HANDLING POULTRY
Among Other Things for Farmer to
Remember Is That Male Doesn't
Influence Number of Eggs.
(P r e p a r e d b y th e U n ite d S ta te s D e p a rt­
m e n t o f A g r ic u ltu re .)
It is urged .that oil farmers and
poultrymen adhere strictly to the fol
lowing principal rules In handling
their poultry nnd e g g s :
1. Keep the nests clean; provide
one nest fo r every four hens.
2. Gather the eggs twice daily.
8. Keep the eggs in a cool, dry room
or cellar.
4. Market the eggs ut least twice a
week.
5. Sell, kill or confine all male birds
as soon ns the hatching season Is over.
City Brother Had Not a Great Deal
the Beet of His Relative in
the Country.
Dr. Samuel Schwab claims that the
oldest good story Is the one about the
boy who left the farm nud got a Job
In the city. He wrote a letter to his
brother who had elected to stick by
the farm telling of the Joys o f city
life. In which he said:
"Thursday we nuto’d out to the
country club and we golfed until dark.
Then we trolleyed buck to town and
danced until dawn. Then we motored
to the beach and Frldayed there.” Tlie
brother on the farm wrote back:
‘‘Yesterday we haggled to town and
bnschnlled all afternoon.
Then we
went to Ned’s and pokered till morn­
ing. Today we muled out to the corn­
field nud gee-hawed till sundown.
Then we suppered and then we piped
for awhile. A fter that we stalrcnsed
up to our room and bedsteaded until
the clock lived.
Very Possibl*.
A Kansas City business woman the
day before Thanksgiving received a
box o f chrysanthemums, which she
proudly set upon her desk for the de­
lectation o f her fellow workers. The
mums really came from a rival busi­
ness concern, but when the other girls
wanted to know who sent them she
only smiled and said, “ the florist,” In
her most mysterious manner.
“ Come, come,” they said. "T ell us
who."
" I shall not,” she bantered. “ I ’m
married and It wouldn’t do to tell the
truth about i t ”
"But," Interjected the office anthol­
ogy, “ perhaps the truth vould make
you free."
Windswept Attu lslund, a bit of
Alaska at the tip of the Aleutian
string, farther west than any other
part o f North America, Is the home of
a tribe o f about 100 Aleut Indians,
said to be the poorest people, financial­
ly, on earth.
Nature, however, provides these fa r­
away Indians a living.
From Attu
and the nearby islands and from the
surrounding waters they get e g g s , fish,
geese, seals, occasionally a walrus,
berries, and, lately, blue fox.
From the fa r south Pacific the
Japan current brings fuel. Driftwood
thought to be from the Philippine
islands, Hawaii und other southern
lunds is scattered along Attu’s beaches.
No trees grow on the island.
F or clothes the natives use goods
brought from the outside world by oc­
casional traders. Those lucking in the
cloth o f the whites make their gar­
ments from grass and skins.
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Like the Indian tribes o f old,, a na­
tive chief leads these Aleuts and acts
us their head in all matters, trading,
hunting, fishing, as well as In the coun
eils o f die tribe, and in the Russian
services to which the natives still ad­
here.
Russians first settled on the Island
in 1747, when they sailed west o f the
Commodore Islands, off Kamchatka
and established an important trading
post on Attu. The Russians planted
herds o f enttle and goats, but in a few
year;» both the Russians and their
stock left fo r other parts.
MORRIS BROTHERS, Inc.
The Premier Municipal Bond House
Government and
Municipal Bonds
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Why Swift & Company Handle
Poultry, Eggs, Butter and Cheese
Swift & Company w ent into the pro­
duce business because they saw a
crying need for the kind of service they
were equipped to perform.
The produce business was in chaos.
Collecting, transportation, preparation
and distribution was hit or miss,
with delay, deterioration and loss on
every hand.
The farmer w as at the mercy of an
uncertain, localized market. He had
no way of reaching through to the
people who needed w hat he was
raising for them. There was no prem­
ium upon improving his stocks, for
grading was lax or lacking.
The consumer had to accept produce
that, as a rule, had no known respon­
sible name behind it. He had no wey
of knowing how long the eggs or the
butter he was buying had been lying
around in miscellaneous lots in the back
room of a country store. Much of the
poultry was not properly refrigerated
before shipment or properly protected
by refrigeration in transit.
Swift & Company’s initiative brought
system to this chaos. Their organiza­
tion, equipment, and experience in
handling perishable food products were
already adjusted to the task. Their
refrigerator cars, branch houses, cen­
tral points, far-reaching connections,
trained sales force, supplied just w hat
was demanded.
Now the farmer has a daily cash
m arket in touch with the nation’s
needs with better prices. Standar’di-.
zation makes better produce more
profitable. More consumers are served
with better, fresher, finer foodstuffs.
N o th in g su ffe rs fro m th is sa v e
inefficiency, which has no Giaim upon
public support.
Wild Hemp Growing in
Canada May Be Used for
Making Binder Twine
W ild hemp has possibilities for the
manufacture o f binding twine and its
cultivation may become a part o f Can­
ada’s post-war industrial program.
The Indians o f the coast and In­
terior o f central British Columbia have
long been famous as carvers, weav­
ers and boat-builders, but It was only
recently that attention was attracted
to the fine rope which they make from
wild hemp. A t Aw lligate In the Bulk-
ley valley near New Hnzelton there Is
a village o f Indians who display re­
markable skill in making rope from
the abundant wild hemp which covers
the surrounding country.
They have
been making this rope fo r centuries
by a method o f their own, hnd It Is
so strong that they use it for towing
their heavily laden canoes up the cur-
rents-of sw ift rivers. This is convinc­
ing proof o f Its stoutness. They also
make twine and thrend from the hemp,
but not in such quantities as In the
(lays before they were able to pur­
chase these articles cheaply from
traders.
The wild hemp closely re­
sembles the common fire weed of the
United States.
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Desserts for Children.
A dessert for a young child should
be something easily digested, nutri­
tious and attractive to the eye. Cus­
tards o f various kinds are especially
good fo r the little people— gelatin des­
serts served with cream, simple pud­
dings not too rich, and fruits of va­
rious kinds are all good desserts.
Hundreds Hens Should
Every Farm.
Be on
so as to produce Infertile eggs. The
male bird 1ms no effect on the number
of eggs produced.
M ISSIO N
OF
OYSTER
SH ELL
Not Given to Supply Grit, but to
Make Bone, Muscle and Feathers
— Help Out Ration.
Many poultry growers, especially
beginners, have the impression thut
oyster shells make a good grit for
fowls, but such Is n8t the ease. Oyster
shells. In some respects do help to
I grind the fow l’s food, but the chief
mission is to make bone, muscle and
1 feathers. They form the shell o f the
egg. or assist In this matter and at the
: same time aid in making n complete
ration when fowls are fed charcoal
and grit together with their grain ra­
tions. I f you keep them before the
hens nnd do not feed fot-produclng
feeds, they wiU prevent soft-shelled
eggs nnd keep them from acquiring
the egg-eating habit, which Is one o f
the greatest losses ever experienced
by nny poultrymun. In almost every
feed given to fowls we find n shortage
of ash. The oyster shells supply this
want o f ash and the hens lay their
full quota o f eggs.
AVERAGE YEARLY EGG RECORD
About 130 Par Hen Is Good Estimate
— Result From Flock Properly
Cared For.
About 130 eggs per Jien Is a fair av­
erage for the yearly egg record. ▲
Hock properly cared' fo r should pro­
duce about one third as many eggs as
there are hens, during the months o f
December, January and February.
Strawberry Custard.
I ’ repnre n pint o f good boiled cus­
tard, using two eggs, sugar aud flavor­
ing to taste, and one pint o f good milk.
Using * a teaspoonful o f cornstarch
stirred into a little o f the cold tnilk
und well cooked before the eggs are
added, also mixed with cold milk, will
make a thicker custard. Tw o table-
spoonfuls o f sugar will be sufficient
In this pudding. Freeze slowly until
It begins to get thick, then add one
large cupful o f strawberry Jam, which
may have been pressed through g»
rlcer to remove some o f the seeds. I f
canned berries nre used, the removal
o f the seeds w ill be easier.
MORRIS BUILDING, 309-311 Stark St.
Established Over
PORTLAND, ORE.
Twenty-Five Years
Phone Bdwy, 2151.
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I t to d a y y o u ’v e m a d e som o p ro g re s s,
D o n o t tire ;
S it n o t d o w n upon th e m o rro w ,
S te p u p h ig h e r.
—A d e lb e rt C ald w ell.
One
MIGHT CALL IT ABOUT EVEN
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POULTRY
Indian Tribe Inhabiting
Attu Island, Alaska, Said
to Be the Poorest People
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
Daily Thought.
When?
\\ hatever chance shall bring we
jj 0 one can foe perfectly free till all
w ill bear with equanimity. Terence. are fre^, wrote H erbert Spencer. N o
one can be perfectly moral till all
Riches are a disgrace to him who are moral; no one can be perfectly
hath^ kinsmen in want.
happy till all are happy.
Fruit Dumplings.
Make a batter o f a cupful o f flour
sifted with a teaspoonful o f baking
powder nnd a little salt; add rich milk
to make a drop batter. Butter the
small cups and drop in a spoonful of
the batter, then add n tablespoonful or
two o f canned cherries, Juice and a ll;
then another spoonful o f batter. When
four or five email cups are filled,
leaving space to rise, set them into a
shallow' pan, adding boiling water to
come well up on the sides o f the cups,
but not too much to boll over into
them; cover and cook 15 minutes;
serve with sugar and cream.
Any
cunned fruit may be used; the Juicier
the fruit the better.
Set In Their Ways.
W ill Meddle, the efficiency sharp,
is trying to teach the hens to lay
square eggs so they can be packed
to better advantage, but is not meet­
ing much encouragement from the
old-fashioned hens.
Sweet Revenge.
A Cleveland man was kicked by a
mule. Instead of complaining to the
owner of the animal, he backed the
mule to a point within a few feet of
a beehive and let it kick.
Not So Bad After All.
Javanese Orchids.
A lot of people forget that today is
There is a very interesting orchid the fatal tomorrow about which they
In Java, the grammatophyllum, all were so worried.— W ilm ington Jour­
the flowers of which open at once, nal.
and they also all wither together.
Clear Your Skin
Savelour Hair
WlttL Çutiçura
Fruit Juice Pudding.
A U .K N ‘8 FOOT-EASE DOES IT.
When your shoes pinch or your Corns and Bun- 1
F or this pudding any strained le ft­
ions ache, get Allen's Foot-Ease, the antiseptic
over Juice from canned fruits may be powder to be shaken into shoe* and sprinkled in J
used. Take a cupful and a half o f the the foot-bath. Gives instant relie f to Tired. A ch ­
ín ». Tender Feet. Sample FREE. Address Alton ¡
Juice, add a half cupful o f water, into S. Olmsted. LeRoy. New York.
which has been stirred two tablespoon­
Granulated Eyelids,
fuls o f cornstarch. Cook until well V / x i i w
m C j U
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Eyes inflamed by expo- I
done, then fold In lightly the whites of
sure to San. Dastard V M
two eggs. Pour Into a mold with at F ~
_
il licitly relieved bv Msriae
Promptly treat coughs, colds, hoarseness,
ternate layer» o f ttie sa.ne fruit, i
V ÍT v * 4 EyeStBMly. N o Smarting, bronchitis
and similar inflamed and irritated
drained, and serve when cold witn a
m
j ut E ye Com fort.
A t I conditions of the throat with a tW tel remedy
custard made o f the two yolks.
Y o u P ' igijÚM o ' by mail 60c"per Bottle.
F.'r Bock rt i!te C»S free write
s-»|
Murine t ye Remedy Co.. Chicage.
Sea* 25c
0Mmmt25aad50c
Irrita tin g C o u g h s
"K tu u > w
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P. N. U.
No. S, 1919
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