Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-31
The heyser Family Churniug white
wash.


They have new hired girl over at Kevser's
farm, just outside our town, and on Tusstag
before starting to spend the day with friend
aTs; keyser instructed the girl to whitewssh
the kitchen during her absence. Upon return.
ing, Mrs. Keyser found the job completed in
very satisfactOry manner. On Wed nesiavE Mrs
heyser always churns, and last Wednesday
when she was ready she went out, and, fiai-
ing that Mr.. keyser had alre adv put the milk
into the churn she began to turn the handle
Ihis was at eight O'Clock in the morning.
and she Turned until ten without any signs 0f
butter appearing. Then she called I'm
the hired man and he turned until dinner
time, when he knocked Of with sons very
OFFENSIVE language addressed to that butter
which had not vet come. After dinner the
hired girl took hold Of the crank and turned t
eneTgeticslly until two O'Clock, when she let 70
WIN reIaaIk which conveyed the impression
that she believed the churn TO be haunted.
Then Mr. keyser came out and said he
wanted TO know what was the matter with
Il at chuID, anyhow; II was good enough
II. MIR. Reyser then worked the crank
until half-past three, when, as the butter
had not come, he surrendered it again to
the hired man because he had an engagement
in the village. The man ground the machine
10 an accompaniment of frightfnl impreca-
tioDs; then the Keyser children each took
turn for half an hour, then Mrs. Keyser tried
her hand, and when she was exhausted she
again enlisted the hired girl who said her pray
efs while she turned. But the butter
didn't come. When Keyser CANA hama
and found the churR still in action he blasted
his eyes and did some other innocent swearing
and then he seized the handle and said that be-
would make the butter come if he kicked up
an earthquake in doing il. Mr. Keyser
erected about two hundred revolutions
OF the crank minute, enough to have mads
any ordinary butter come from the ends Of the
earth; and when the perspiratiOn began to
stream from him and stand still the butter
didn't come, he uttered one wild veil of RAE
and disappointment and kicked the churn over
the fence. When Mrs Keyser went to pick II
up she put her nose down close to the butter
muk and took sniff. Then she understood how
It was. The girl had mixed the white wash in the
teiligent servant who knows how TO churr can
find situation at keyser's. There Is a yacan-
cy.-"&az Adeler,"in The DGnJuTy N..gs.
AN "INJUN" SQUAw's TASTE FOR Coon
CLOTHEs-Au Extraordinary StJTy from Wfoas-
yGn.-The Bay City (Mich) Tribune tells the
following story: "ln family ar Arenac great
preparations for the marriage OF a dauyhtsr
have lately been going on. tine happy day was
hHed, the wedding dress and Indispensable
orange blossoms were secured, the various
other neCessaTies for such an occasion had been
provided, and all was jOyf Al, when, on the day
previous to that set for the contamination of
the happiness OF two individuals, au Indian who
lived with his tribe few miles distant knocked
at the door OF the dwelling referred to aud
asked If the family had lost dress. Of course
there was only one dress thought of At that
time, and with two steps and bound the dam
sci who opened the door few up stairs to the
room where the wedding garments had been
lClb' AO uOOl was Optneu, ana 10 ana behold
the room was bare. Upon returning to the In
dian it was ascertained that a squaw OF his
tribe had been wearing an elegant dress and
other hnery, and knowing that she had
not come by it rightfully, the Indian had
come TO town to ascertain if any one had
lost any articles. He went to the various
houses, but no one had missed anything;
and at the dwelling from which the articles
were taken their absence had not even been
noticed; the room in which the garments were
LETT was spare bed room, and, having no oc-
cssion to use it, no members of the family had
entered II for two days. The bed WAS found in
scondltion which evidenced that some one had
slept In 1t, and 1t was subsequently ascertained
that the squaw who had stolen the articles had
entered the house unnoticed, slept in the bed
one night, and the next morning had arisen,
and donDipg the wedding outfit left for her
home. On her way thither she passed through
the woods, sOiltng and tearing the dress very
badly. The loss of the wedding outdt necessita.
ted postponement of the marriage antit
another dress could be procured"
CHEAP BOARDING. HOUSE DIALosUE.-sfWm
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"Av it's plain to We, Mrs. Foggarty.v
"DO You find it guide, Misthur Finneg an?"
Excellent, Mrs. Foggsrty; that koind of tsy
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