Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-22

one Of the kindest and best creature
IA the world, but she is alwsvs wo,
ryihg over her bad luex. Nothiu,
cter goes right with her, try to max
It right n she will. She feels conf
dent that she was born under ah un
lucky star.
often laugh It her, and tell Le
there 10 really no such thing ~ tas
luck; that she 10 invariably the autho
other own misfortanes, aud oil that
sort Of thing, but IL 10 like singing
psalms to . dead trce-dsar expcri
enoe, she says, has taught her 70
know better than that.
This morning she called on ms te
talk over her misfortunes - usual
and tho first thing that turned up Ii
her mind was . recent failure
TO MAKE saFr soar.
"Ilow did You ron your Icy ?"
asked.
~ put ashes in large barrel till II
was full, and then allowed water to
soak through from the top in the
usual way"
"Was your 10y strong enough to
bear an egg so soon a. it came from
the barrel ?"
eyes"
"When you had boiled it did it peel
q feather dipped into it?"
eyes"
"Aud did it seem to Gu. up tho
grease ?"
"Yes."
"Well, that was all risht-whst
was the trouble then?"
why, the Icy and the grease would
not unite; when 1t had cooled the
grease was all on top aud the ley at
tho bottoua--it's always just Try
luck"
"What kind Of wood did you burn
to mako your ashes p
soak, bay aud magnolia"
"And what did you put in tho bot.
tom ofyour barrel, under the ashcs?"
"Nothing but = little brush and
broom sedye, to keep the ashes from
running ont"
Cali has been perfectly right ex-
cept tho lastAan that lies tho secret
of your bad luck. You should have
put at the bottom Of your vessel q
few pounds of quick line- that you
are likely to always find necessary
when;you burn swamp wood. Ashes
from swamp wood have q great powerI
to absorb carbonic acid from the
Atmosphere and carbonssacid produ.
ces the effect which you name; but
lime neutralizes the acid and makes
It all right"
She dropped the subject without
further remark, aud launched out on
her recent bad luck with the setting
OF fine Brahma eggs sent by express
to her daughter in Meridiau-out or
the dozen only one had Matched. But
1t was only her luck. ltold her there
was less in luck than there was in
e.. PACKING EGGS TO SNIP.
She had packed in pine saw dual.
which was all wrong. She should
have wrapped each egg 10 itself in
'everal thicknessess Of newspaper
md then packed them nicely in cot
:on, being careful to I'll! the spaces
between them. When the eggs were
hus nicely packed, the box, If it was
lot yet full, could have been filed
With chopped straw or ssdge, but
'cver with saw dust, and particular.
y pine ssw-dust. The turpentins In
aw dust would almost invariably
uin the eggs for "sstting" purposes.
The lid should never be nailed on 4
'ox OF egg s..intended for. letting" %
he jar consequent IL apt to injure
hem. 1t should be put on with
crews.
And she had suffered all sorts OIL
,ad luck with her
srARcHINa.
Her asrvant had triod and she had
ried, but with all their trying they
ouldn't starch 80 as to give the linen
finish. told her to add to each
int of starch madc ready for table
se . teaspoonful each of epson salts
nd fine clear gum arabic. She prom. [
'ed to do SO, and if she keeps her
l shall never hear Of that
streak Of bad luck again. Z
And she couldn't imagine how it I
that my Irish potatoes wore
mealy and had so excellent flavor I
lille hers were too strong to be pal l
table. But it was better to be born 9
lcky than rich, she said. .old her o
nero was 10 luck in that-it was all u
= way 1 had Of Q
PREsERvING IRISH POTATOES.
She wanted to know something ..
bout 1t, and I told her always put :
" potatoes up in Stacked lime,
it thoroughly among and
yer them throughout the barrels. !.
took 10 great deal Of lime, but It !.
the potatoes from gotting
rong. Northern potatoes would ..
1t strong In our climate unless 90
'ested, but line aud . dry room ,
eeps them good tho year round.
A centenaslan.