The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14
a Love OF Room Decorated by
the Hand OF Connections Work


the Hand OF Oonnecticut Work
ing Girl.
From the Hartford Times.
A young working girl, of this city, by
the exercise of her own innate good
taste and putting every spare penny
where it would do the most good, has
furnished forth a charming room at
comparatively small expense and suffi-
tiently aesthetic to please the most fas-
tdlous person. The floor painted by
her own hands, is dark walnut shade,
partly covered by large rug made of
cheap ingram carpet in small pattern
Of cream and olive, bordered by a broad
sive wall paper is plain olive, hecked
with pink, finished by a narrow olive
friez, terminating at the corners with
cluster of four tiny pink fans. One
window faces a dingy brick wall and
she painted the window panes
in bright water colors, following pretty
traced pattern, which gives bit of
stained glass quite effective in the pref
ty room. The other window is draped
gracefully with long full folds ofsprigged
muslin, depending from rings on plain
pine roll, to be replaced in the winter
with a heavier curtain of olive cotton
flannel.
The furniture is light wood and a lamp
with rosy transparency stands on five
o'clock tea-table Of unvarnished wood
and throws a soft light over the room,
which also contains books. shelves Of
pine, a couple of secondhand easy
chairs and small dry-goods box for
shoes, covered by her own hands, with
pink and olive cretonne. A large clothes
horse, on which she pasted the story of
Cinderella, Walter Cranes picture over
olive paper, shuts off the washstand and
bedstead from view. The toilet taccesso-
ories, set off with fresh sprigged muslin
over pink lining, are a pink and white
Washbowl and a large pitcher of the
quaint shape that comes now in the
cheaper grades of china; q second
hand wardrobe, draped with portiere
Of olive canton flannel, contains the
unnsthetic dust pan, brooms and other
and comfort, all trihes of that description
pretty willow rocking chair, ornamented
with olive and pink ribbon, and a
knitted hassock to match, the two lat
ter Christmas gifts, stand on the rug.
On the olive-draped mantel are grand
mas Nankin teapot, two tall silver
candlesticks and a large ginger jar, not
decorated and spoiled with gummedon
pictures, but left in its pristine blue and
white beauty, filed with white daises
gathered on Sunday afternoon walks
Two or three photographs of good SUBJ
iects, that are better than chromos and
cost less, hang on the wall and complete
the pretty refuge Of this proud and
Industrious girl, who is self-respecting
enough to earn her own living rather
than to be dependent upon her rich
relations.
Col. Thompson on Creameries, etc.
Col. Clark w. Thompson of Wells,
Minn., president of the Minnesota Agri-
cultural society, is authority on dairy
matters, and few days ago gave some
points to a reporter: Col. Thompson
stated thatathis creameries at Wells it was
not necessary to use ice ut all, as the
water from his artesian wells circulated
through the rooms, lowered the temper
ature to just about the perfect degree re-
quired for the manufacture Of the very
best butter. An important point brought
out by Col. Thompson was the fact that
he now purchases cream from FARMERS
instead of milk. The old system of
purchasing the milk necessitated the
killing of the calves, and the result was
that farmers soon found themselves en-
tirely run out of material for good mich
COWS. Now the cream only is bought,
and the farmer is enabled to raise his
calves and keep up the supply Of mixers.
Another disadvantage of the old system
was that the enormous quantity Of milk
which: had to be hauled to the creamery
from considerable distances was seri-
Gus drawback on time and labor, and
often the milk would sour before
it would be got to the fac
tory. Now, however,. in using
cream alone, expense in hauling is
saved and much larger territory can
be carried by the collecting wagons,
while there is no wastage by souring.
Col. Thompson was much impressed
with the necessity Of farmers generally