The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-09-23
THE HOUSE AND FARM /.
This Side and That.

The HOUSE AND FARM.
This Side and That.
Good, sweet nutty.havored butter is
not made by every housewife. but there
are those who can and do make butter of
as fine quality as the finest creameries
Can produce. We have in mind now
number of ladies whose make ofbutter is
par excellence, made in the s'old-fashioned
way" and we recall others some of
whom have passed to rest-whose butter
was as rich and delicious as the premi-
UNI packages of the most renowned but
ter diaries in the land. Suoh butter can
always command high price and gen.
orally does; but this is not always the
case. The honest dealer will not take adj
vantage of the producer of a good article
by dispsraging its quality or misrepre-
eentiag the state of the market. It is q
sad commentary, however, upon human
nature to be compelled to admit that
there are very many who drive the best
bargain they can in buying and selling
country butter, looking upon any pecu
niarysadvantage thus obtained as not only
proper but as an exhibition of shrewd
business talent. But the man who will
thus take advantage of his fellows is not
to be trusted; he will bear watching =
Not long since one Of our eastern ex-
changes gave an illustration of this mat
ter which is worth reproducing, and we
give it room in this connection, with q
single suggestion that it shows the ne
cessity of taking a reliable paper con-
tanning the current market reports, and
ofcarefully reading them.
BUYING.
"Here comes Robby from Sleepy Hol-
low, with a load of butter. We are short
arn't we Jonas?''
ayes, all gone but the bad lot, and
they are all crying for something good
: Robby, from his wagon, "Nlpper, I've
got some butter for YOU"
Nipper is busy and does not hear.
"Helo there, Nipper come and see this
butter" - 81
Nipper slowly closed his order book,
cocks his stovepipe on the back of his
head, thrusts thumb in each arm hole
of his vest, and shuffles slowly toward
the street as though about to squirt at
the state of the weather.
''Why, Robby, what you got tbere?'
BUTTER"
"Butter, hey? Now, if ye had eggs I
might buy. Buffers dull, Robby."
lis that so? Daisy heard as it had gone
up ... ".e.
"Gone up well, yes; gone up the
spout. Dick, take them turnips to Rich
6nger,'' turning away. -....
"Won't ye look at this lot, Mr.. Mp.
perp' 49,. - W
"Robby, we're full. Jonas was Just
sayin' he couldn't store another tub. The
town is glutted-glutted, and heaps of il
Is spelling in New York, and there are
no buyers ..."..
''But this is an extra lot, from the best
pasture, with the spring brook in it, lust
where you used to catch trout, Mr.. Nip
per, and Daisy made 1t with her own
hands. 98 h.
eyes, yes, but it looks salvey like
worked too much-no texture, you see,
and full of buttermilk; won keep, Rob
by, won't keep. Then 1t lacks tone and
Havor.' r. a,4.t asr37r F585ssT-s
''see here, Nipper, What'lr ye gives"
"Well, Robby, if I give you ten cents
for that butter Jonas will be as mad as a
boiled lobster; Jonas will swear and
make things lively. But you're an old
friend, and I'm going to do it and take
the consequences" 80. ..
"Richfnger, come this way can show
you an awful nice lot of butter; there it is.
That's what call elegant; made by
Daisy Buttercup, the neatest aud pref
test girl in the country. I used to
spark her mother before she married.
She's dead now; old friends, you know,
and can't help dealin'. Look at the COL
or-there's dandelion and buttercups;
look at the texture-as tree from salve
as snowflake, and if ye find hair or a
bug I'll make ye present of it. I dare
say ye can scent the clover blossoms.
Taste of IT; notice the tone, the mellow
ness, the aroma-equal to cream candy
any time. What do you think of it, Rich
fnger9''
'What's the price, Nipper9'
"Twenty-five cents to an old custom
"Pretty high, isn't it9'
"That depends on what ye're buyin'
Grease is grease, and butter is butter
If We want grease I can sell for less, but
It we want to lay in the best grade, the
gilt-edged, the golden-leat, as it were,
June butter-butter that'll keep, mind
ye, ye might go further and fare worse
Let me tell We that butter is on the rise
the town is cleaned out, and them New
York chaps are out looking up round
lots. That means foreign demand, and
great scarcity, sir-great Scarcity
Prairie Farmer.
Prof. II. E. Alvord contributes to the
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