The Worthington advance., 1882-09-14
A Love Of q Room Decorated b,
the Hand Of q Connections Work

A Love Of q Room Decorated by
the Hand Of . Conneotiout 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 q charming room at
comparatively small expense and sufii-
ciently aesthetic to please the most fas-
tidlous person. The floor painted by
her own hands, is dark walnut shade,
partly covered by q large rug made Of
cheap ingram carpet in a small pattern
of cream and olive, bordered by broad
band of plain olive felt. The inexpen-
sive wall paper is plain olive, flecked
with pink, finished by a narrow olive
cluster Of four tiny pink fans. One
she painted the window panes
traced pattern, which gives bit Of
stained glass quite effective in the pret-
ty room. The other window is drapct
gracefully with long full folds ofsprigye,l
muslin. depending from rings on a plain
pine roll, to be replaced in the winter
with a heavier curtain of olive cotto,,
flannel.
The furniture is light wood and lamp
with rosy Transparency stands on u five
O'Clock te:t-t:.bls Of uMvarnished wood
and throws . soft light over the room,
which also contains books. shelves of
pine, couple of second-hand easy
chairs and a 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 Crane's picture over
olive paper, shuts off the washstand and
bedstead from view:~ The toilet accesso-
ories, set off with fresh sprigged muslin
over pink lining, are pink and white
washbowl and 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
unacst hetic dust pan, brooms and other
homely articles necessary to neatness
and comfort, all trifles of that description
bought at the five-cent counters. A
pretty willow rocking chair, ornamented
with olive and pink ribbon, and a
Il knitted hassock to match, the two lat
ter Christmas gifts, stand on the ruy.
On the olive-draped mantei are grand
mas Nankin teapot, two tall silver
c..nd|esticks and large ginger JAR, not
decorated and spoiled with gumined-on
white beauty, filed with white daises
Two or three photographs of good sub
iocfs that dro hoffa1. t6on ChrO,uoo on6
cost less, hang on the wall and complete
the pretty refuge Of this proud anil
industrious girl, who is self-respectine
enough to earn her own living rather
than to he dependent upon her rich
relations. ..r
Col. Thompson on Creameries, etc.
Col. Clark w. Thompson of Wells,
Minn., president of the Minnesota Agri.
cultural society. is authority on dairy
points to reporter: Col. Thompson
stated that athis creameries at Wells it was
not necessary to use ice at all, as the
throug III 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 farmere
instead of milk. The old system of
purchasing the milk necessitated the
killing Of the calves, and the result was
that farmers soon ound themselves en-.
tirely run out Of material for good milch
cows. Now the cream only is bought,
and the farmer is enabled TO raise his
calves and keepup 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 ne got to the fac
tory. Now, however. in using
cream alone, expense in hauling is
saved and a muc!, large: territory can
be carried BY. the collecting wagons,
while there is no Wastage by eouring.
Col. Thompson was much impressed
with the necessity Of farmers generally
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