Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-10-28

The BANK CHECK. is rather diff
cult for an ignorant man to understand
the ways Of doing business at a banF.
If, like the colored citizen of this story,
told by the Detroit Free Press, he ca, =
n 1t write. and is asked to endorse a
c eek, he is apt to be Disguised.
A colored resident of Detroit, who is
the owner of cast-iron horse and IN
old wagon, was hired to draw some
dirt for yard on Beaubieu street, and
when his work was completed the own
err of the premises handed him check
for 81 so.
" Is dat a seven dollar and half
bill q asked the colored man, turning
the check over and over, and regarding
it with great curiosity.
That is Il check on a bank" was
the reply. Take it down there and
get your money!
Ode Teller at de bank owes yor,
does be ?" was the next Query.
Il have money there, and he viii
band you 81 so
II dunno bout dat slowly re-
marked the co!orcd citizen. "Spos:n
l go down dar an he says dis yere doc
ument is an order on q hardware store. ,
Oh, it will be all right" replied
the citizen, ADD he started down town,
aud left the negro looking at the back
of the check. When he reached home
at hight his creditor was there and wait
ing. Holding out the check, the ne
gro said
"Dis yere paper doesn't seem to be
WORT cent. l took it down dar, and
de feHer in de bank looked at it and
looked at me, and den he stuck up his
nose aud yelled out, What's yer name
an whar you live tole him mighty
straight, an den he wanted me TO write
my name on de back, an fool around,
an I jist picked up de manuscript an
walked odt. De family is out of Eaters
an meat, an I'd like to settle dat ac-
count for postage stamps or shinplas-
ters."
WHEN AND How TO SALT Mich Cows
I would say that, until five or six years
ago, had the old-fashioned idea that
to throw COWS handful of salt once a
week along path in the pasture, vas
all they required. About that time my
attention was called to the fact that
once week for couple of days after
sailing there was an increase in the
quantity OF milk. Acting on this sug-
gestion, I tried sailing twice week,
and found a decided improvement. I
then thought if twice week was good,
perhaps every other day would be better.
Hero, again, my attention was called to
the fact that on the days they were
sailed they gave more than On the other
days. MIXED some eight OF ten, so
that I noted these things more closely
than I otherwise would. I therefore
concluded to try il every day, and
liked the result nd noticed thai when
they missed their salt there would be
a decrease in the milk. When sailed
every day, very small amount will
do, say a tablespoonful just before
they are turned out of the stable in
the morning. 1 tried sailing in the
evening in the stable, but found that
had tendency to shrink the flow of
milk, so, after several trials, gave that
up. In trying the above experiments,
it was MOI for period of few days
OF weeks only, but for year or two.
Another thing. find that the corn 1
feed my cows, which grind and re-
scald to mash, if it be sailed will
decrease the percentage of cream-all
other feed being just the same. The
reason, I presume, is that the salt in
this case has tendency to run more
to fat than to the product of milk
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