Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-15
Bric-a-Brac on Butter.

Mr.. EDITOR: May I be allowed
to participate in the butter tourna-
ment l am willing to conform to
the rules, and pay whatever is nee
essary, although as It's assuming
the shape of a free fight, the rates
have been reduced. l especially
approve of the letter from MIS-. S.
A. T. This lady has literally "sat'
on the balance. One portion OF
her letter is a trife obscure. She
says other men have wives besides
Mr.. Anderson. Does the lady
mean that Mr.. Anderson is some
body's wife? -a
For Mrs. Shannon Anderson, l
have Che profoundest sympathy,
but trust the price of her butter
will warrant trip to the W, m
Springs. / suggest warm" as a
sudden change IF temperature,
would not be advisable. The best
plan would be to send some of her
butter By mail to the experts in the
different counties. l am about the
best judge in Claiborne. t.e
"Merrie" talks business better
than any. She is undoubtedly a
good housekeeper; and l like the
word "woman." That is the no.
blest name. That hit at the town
lady and black page isn't bad. l
was about to propose an exchange
of photographs, but upon reflection
it won't do, even to get good butter.
Ladies, pardon me; but 'twould
be ungallant to ignore your letters.
| feel satisfied you are all good but
ter makers. l know it left your
hands the best O. butter, and also
know that butter has peculiar pro
pensity for fraternising with other
butter, and It's sometimes very diff
cult to keep the grades distinct
with no mark and only 'hair's'
breadth difference. Courtesy should
give you the "6eneft Of the doubt"
But as for these he-men wrang-
ling, that stakes the more talk"
Gentlemen, you ought to be
ashamed of yourselves. There's no
end to "Nothing MORE" and
"Ralph'' suggests ''Barnaby |
Rudge." Ralph having fired the
last shot, I.beg to interview. When
you pulled that beam out of your
brothers eye did he beam with
smiles, or remark so "mote'' it be ?
When you speak of Structures do
you mean Nothing More"
was fright ?" How can "diverg-
ence" be a "lone ?" Are you a
bow-legged man? L agree with
you as to boarding house butter. 1t
don't need any help, Now when
butter conglOmerates you knoa0
dealers and producers let it 60 at
the same old price @! What is meant
by 'odorous" butter Fragrant or
otherwise One fatal point in his
argument. He says Nothing
More would be a public benefactor
by telling ''hO1O to make butter
can tell you hOa0 to make
a thing, when nobody can make.
Ralph does very well, however, for a
young man.
Now, Nothing More" when
you write column after column and
sign it s'nothing more" turn to and |
read "Poe's Raven" and if we
have any more of this nothing more,
and if you will sign nothing more
any more, you'll neyermore be able
to write any more. If there's any,
thing more, write once more, and
I'll be more and more satisfied.
Ladies, upon my soul | sym
pathise with you. Not long since
my babe was teething, and took a
spell that my wife might churn. In
ten minutes l gave her the babe and
took the churn; in fire minutes l
quit the churn to a hired substitute.
The question should be decided by
letting a picked nine of consumers
churn awhile and another nine of
producers fix the price. The liter
airy portion of you will recall the
ransom of the Jew and the Prior
n Ivanhoe. The fact is, lis the
Did, old story, labor and capital;
with the exception that butter in
Tennessee is ridiculously low. Ten
.10c) cents is the usual store figures
'or the "best' butter out in these
parts. L do not know what private
families in Knoxville give for "gllt
edged butter, but in Philadelphia
it has always commanded from 75c
to S1.25. But then "it's BUTTER"
and elegantly handled. Ladies, l
will not think the farmers wives Of
Delaware and Chester counties can
excel you. The fault must be in
the absurdly low price of al farm
animate or inanimate,