Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-02-03
Save the Cider.

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Zone thing is certain, I" said Mfr. Hath.
away, emphatically, 'forty gallons of cider
won't keep while we're drinking ID. There
must be something 10 put I'm it 10 keep n
from spelling, and I've heard that mustard
seed is the article.
al agree with you," said Mr. LefTing-
well. ''If youdon't take care fit, the cider
will sour, and encline to the idea that
horse radish 10 the best. Put I'm horse
radish and your cider viii keep NIL win
ter"
''Let me remark, gentlemen, said Mr..
Anderson, laying down chicken wing and
wiping his moustache, that raislns are
what you want. Dump I'm plenty or raisins
and you've got your cider where you want
II. Think 50, Mr.. Sherwood"
81 can't say | do" reJoined Mr.. Sher-
wood"
''There 10 no doubt that the cider will
spoil unless you put In something, but
what you want is borax. A. pound of
borax will keep that barrel of cider until
spring.
Each gentleman sustained his view with
potent arguments, but the dinner was fin
lshed before any conclusion was arrived nc,
and the party separated.
''They can talk about their borax and
raisins and horse radlsh until they re gray, I"
said MIR. Hathaway, 40 he Topped out OF
bed at daylight the next morning, shut
III have my mustard seed i'm before they
roll out" and cautiously stepping down
stairs, he extracted the bung and poured
liberal dose OF the seeds into the barrel
THAT with keep" he muttered, f'for six
years." and driving the bung home, he
went back TO bed.
ats clear to my mind that Hathaway
In trying to save that cider by faith, "mut-
tered MIR. Lef1ngwell an hour later as he
groped around for his cloths. Mustard
seedl" Why, he might Just as well put
in squash md. I'm going to fill that
barrel with horse radish before he's up and
show him how TO keep cider. Mustard
seedl l'll head the subscription with five
dollars TO test his sanity" And Mr. Let
fingwell shivered down TO the cellar
and cracked away with the hammer until
the bung flew out like bullet 'rTherel"
he calculated, as he pushed the horse rad
ish In with his thumb, t'that'n do the
business, " and with chattering teeth he
pro wled back to his room.
Zone would think to hear those people
talk that they'd been brought ur i'm an
orchard" said Dir. Anderson 10 himself, as
he jabbed the right foot into the wrong
slipper ''Boraxl Horse radlshl Mustard
What that cider wants ID raisins, and that's
what it's going to get" Upon which Mr.
Anderson crept down into the cellar and
innoculated the barrel with a couple OF
pounds of raisins. '1t's beginning 10 spoil
already" he solilOquized, eyeing the hoat-
ing seeds and radish suspiciously, without
identifying them. s'f hadn't been light
ming quick wed have been drinking vinegar
by this time" and satisfied that he had
saved the beverage he went back 10 the
Sherwood, as he opened The door careruifys
and slipped down stairs. what I'm
afraid of Ia that those fellows will begin 10
tinker with that barrel before / Can get
there. II they can manage TO stick their
foolishness in first Pm gone, but ii | can
empty this borex before they're around
there's so much cider saved. Mir. 6her
wood belted away nj the barrel until the
bung toppled out and in went 5he borsx.
That's The business" he observed with
great satisfaction, as he replaced the bung.
alt viii teach those boys not to be 90 dog
matte with their remedies hereafter.
81 don't believe that cider was very good
in the first place." said MIR. Anderson. as
he pushed his glass from him that night
at dinner. "We got swindled on that
cider.
''. think so,' said Dir. Sherwood "It
had bad taste when we tapped it. It
isn't fit to drink now.
"I'd head subscription with five dol
lars to send that cider man TO the peniten-
tiary," observed Mr. Letfingwell, severely.
1t is not good cider. We couldn't have put
anything in it to keep it. What do you
think, Hathaway9"
81 had my suspicious OF 1t from the
first" said Mr. Hathaway. 'It's old
stock, and / think we'd better give it
away"
And then there was silence and each
gentleman wondered il il hadn't been bet
Ter TO have let the other gentleman try
their various recipes before zealously ad-
ministering his own.