Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-05-28
THE WALLFLOWER.
What She Knows about Cheese.
Making.
-From the Puget Sound Courier.l

TFrom the Puget Sound Courier.l
Iknew as soon as ever mother took
down that everlasting old Patent Re
mort that something was up, and said
to nv sister Hepsie, who was washing
dishes, that we might prepare for a
muss Of some kind now, for mother
was consulting the oracle. 1t was
April. and all winter had been deVot-
ed TO making rag carpets and flock
beds. That came from the Report
She conceived the idea that 1t would
be a grand thing to make a bed for
each of her seven sons. The process
consists in, first, begging rags from all
vour neighbors; second, bring the
horse block in the house; third, chop
the rags with a hatchet as fine as pos
sible. All winter long our arms swung
the hatchets, and our heads acheo
with the noise. The result was one
flock bed, which mother tried TO sleep
upon but could not. | do not wish 20
be thought vain, but do believe II II
hadn't been for those everlasting rags
I might have been something else TO-
day than. Wallfower. A very nice
young man visited at our house, but
Hepsie and were always in the rags
when he came. He took his exit, and
soon after 1 heard he was engaged 70
a young lady who made tattng anu
wax flowers instead of fiock-beos:
And now I said to Hepsie, Mhat
can it be?" We learned soon enough,
to our own dismay, that it was-HoW
to make cheese. By and by moIher
came into the kitchen with an un-
commonly amiable look upon her lace
We both knew it was something tnen.
"Girls," said my mother, " girls,
don't you think it would be nice to
have few cheese on hand against
harvest?" Now we are in for 1t, L
thought to myself. But said Hepsie,
4" How can we? We haven't tub, or
hoop, or press, nor even rennet. "
"Oh, that is nothing" said mother,
al can manage" There never was
one equal to her for managing. LET
me see,n she continued. there are
half a dozen coal oil cans, which,
when their tops are cut of, Will do
very well. AS for a press, We can
press them round the corner OF the
| house with a rail-" "Oh, mother "
I cried, 1--WE can never lift them, and
1t will make such o slop." Don't be
afraid of q little wholesome work, -
said she. I was not afraid of the work,
bat to see our nice kitchen floating in
curds and whey was not pleasant
prospect. "Jake shall 60 tomorrow
and get a runnet,n continued mother.
{" Prudence" she added, in brisk
tone; you must help milk, for we
shall want an extra quantity" That
was the beginning Of SORROW for me,
for If there is one thing l do detest II
is to milk.
The next day I had beau; such q
nice young mana lawyer-from the
city. We were sitting in the parlol
Z when Jake returned. He came right
in where we were (why is it brothers
, can never learn that their presence Il
not required when their sisters beaux
are around?), sat down, made some
remarks about the crops, &c. Jusi
then my youngest brother, Sammy,
surnamed the Terrible, came in and
stood looking at Jake. By and by he
said, pointing at something hanging
from Jakeis pocket: Il say, you ar
losing mothers runnet, and she wanti
! to make junket for dinner.p My haii
fairly stoUd on end.
I1eed hardly remark my friend die
not remain for dinner. 1t was thu
} last time 1 saw him. He has sinc'
: married an orphan-one without bro
thers-happy orphan.
The next morning at an early hou
s all was hustle and stir; mother haC
the stove covered with cans Of milk
we had cold bread and water for ou
breakfast. When the milk was sufh-
cientIy curdled, mother emptied tn
clothes basket, threw an old table
cloth over it, then dipped the curd in
to 1t, the basket being placed upon
chair. The whey streamed over tn
, floor at its Gown sweet WILL"
r Mother seemed happy, and sung il
: shrill key
: HOn Jordan's stormy banks 1 stand" /"
! We all got our feet wet, but tina
4 was nothing. She said twas healthy
A follower was made to fit the potat
!, steamer. which did in place of hoop
= We boiled the potatoes after that, be
cause the bottom came out OF th
steamer. I lugged rail from tn
nearest fence, which was g quarter c
a mile, and finally we got the chees
to press-but not before we had brok
en- two or three boards from the corne
q of the house. ..
Ny sister-in-law, with her littl
boy, was visiting at our house. Moth
er put little Adam to sit on the ral
= until after the first turning, when
s. would require heavier weight. HI
5, s, mother took him home that evening
5, They did not come again until afte
l. cheese making.
oi The circuit preacher came to OF
&. house frequently and people said Yhi
i. an excellent minister's wife Prudent
would make. Well, "lt might hay
beenn but for eheese-making. b
came one bright morning
For 'tis nc jest;
To laugh it would be wrong,
p The troubles of worthy priest
i. Is the burden of my song.
i Mother begged him to lift SON
10 cans from the stove, when one Of the
ID slipped, struck upon a chair and spi
1t the milk in every direction, complet
u ly running the minister's new suit
nj clothes. Hepsie laughed aloud in spi
re of my frowns. The story leaked on
Il and soon after he changed circui
with another minister, on the plea
health.
Hepsie never had but one beau,