The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-02
SAFE HIDING.


How . Rlorids llatroa Kept Her Fruit
From Spelling.
Mrs. L. il . thrifty housekeepcr. As
her family il large one. her preserv-
ing kettle is one of immense proper
lions. and As the fruit seasons came
around. first strawberries and then
blackberries. her preparations began
to assume Their usual majestic proper
tions. New to the place. she did not
depend upon her own Judgment but
conferred with some of the Older resi-
dents. who assured her that they had
found only one practicable way of
keeping blackberries, and that was to
bury them in the ground. So. after the
jars were all prepared. Mrs. L. hired
an old darby to dig in a certain spot.
where he diligently went to work. Per-
haps quarter of an hour had passed.
when the old black man appeared.
holding up q junk bottle. "'Pears if
de yerth was full oh desc YER" he said.
II goes to one place an l digs an up
pops a bottle. and den goes to anoder
spot an digs an up pops anoder bot
tie. SEEMS if dis yer place is possessed
OBJ bottles" Mrs. l.. took them. They
were heavy. For mOmc4t visions of
enchantmcnt passed before her view.
Were they filled up with iewels-with
goldp For they were all carefully
sealed.
Try again" she said. cheerfullv.
''When my husband comes in l will
have them opened"
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reluctantly, to the task. Half an hour
elapsed Mrs l.. went out to look. and
10! before her bew ,ldered sight there
was an immense arrav of bott!es-bot-
ties black as old Tony; bottles stand
ing. lying down. bottle, every where
Use got out heap" said Tony. look
ing up. awe-struck. "an' dey isn't done
coming Wit. 'spect Satan done struck
up whisky field har. l clar 10 good
ness rs just little skeered." and the
old man looked over his shoulder.
just then the man of the house came.
and he was more startled than his
wife.
lit might be nitro-gycerine. you
know"
Good heavens! and if he broke
one with his spade we should all 60 to
glorv.' supplemented the husband.
Presently little odd figure was es-
pied com ing along the sandy road. 1t
was the gossip and news-monger of
the settlement, and she was com ng
directly to the l.. mansion. She and
Tony made their appearance together.
the latter with despair written on his
eyeballs.
Use done digging" said the old
man. shaking his head mournfully;
Use heerd o. bottles buried up an be-
witched, with souls on der inside. l
don't like no such work, an I'll tank
ye for de pay SO fur
Goodness preserve us! you've found
those bottlc!" cried the new conner. her
br ght little eyes swapping. 'Wcll.
yon are lucky! There's enough for q
regiment. already"
Enough of what? What is ite''
asked Mrs. l..
"Whv. p ckles. tomatoes. kctchup-
lots o things! Them Thomas people
that lived here put 'em up. remem-
Der Miss Thomas stand.n' Jest there
where you're standin' now and laugh
ing at the long rows O. bottles. You
see, if she'd o come back. they'd
akept boartlers. and she put up enough
to last for year. But she went for a
vacation. and took sick and died in her
old house on East; and did pity her
husband so! He married Miss Meek
ly year after. SO he got over It
most men does - and then he went
away. and he died. SO don't see bat
them tOmatuses is all yourn. re-
member he spoke of 'em fore he
went away. an said he'd dug an
dug. an couldn't find out where h 8
wi Q had put 'em, and she couldn't
tell. No more l wouldn't for my
me-after to use an I'm glad she
didn't. Lord! but amt you lucky?
Don't need to put up p;ckle-not
one"
The old darky was soon appeased !
and ,et to work again. think he ex-
tracted sixty Or seventy. and then
went to work ut the blackberries l |
suppose that must b, q good way to |
preserve them. for Mrs. l.. SAYS the |
catchup is delicious. So you see things |
can be put away SO safely that they |
can't he found when wanted. -JacksOas-
ri1le (fla.) Gov. San francisco Chro's;-
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