The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-28
AN ESSAY ON RUrTER-MAKING.
BlLI NYE WRITEs LEARNEpLY ON tn
HARTICLrLAR EINE ATT

PARTICULAR FINE ART.
Butter is the mature fruit of the full.
blown COW. It is the greatest effort OF
her life. The COW tolls not. neither does
she spin.yet saY unto you that Golomon
in all bis glory could pot heat her on
hand made. oy rather milkmald, batter.
This subtle joke I have repaired and
newly upholstered for use during the
winter.
Batter comes from the COW in liquid
state. 1t is qnite trick to win her con
fidence so that she will yield it Rp 10 a
total stranger. onee SoN9ht 10 WOO the
laoteal Auid from the milk resort Of
large speckled GOV to whoa vas a
comparatiye stranger She wa7nH one
Of those blooded COWS that lo2k rs though
they have been cut out Of sheet Of
paper with pair Of scissors. She was
low COW, with coarGe instincts, bern in
obscurity.
Her brow was low, but she wore her
tail high and she WAS haughty-ob, SO
hauehty. The young man yLo had
hitherto acquired the milk from this COW
desired one evening TO bio him away to
neighborng village, where he might trip
the light bombastic toe till the wee sma'
hours anent the twa.' Quotation from
noet who was poor spellpr.) He want-
ed me to milk his large speckled plebjau
COW, and I sai would. The movement
was certainly iil-adyi5od. l undertook
to do as bad agreed, but failed. From
the moment entered her stall and made.
commonplace remark to her, knew
our Acquaintance would not lead 10
yarn attachment. Somehow / felt
constrained aud uneasy in her society
from the moment we met until loving
friends pulled me through the stable
window and brought me back to con.
sciousness. shall meyer undertake to
milk strange COW again until tie sign
is right. So far the sign has not been
right.
1 might be sent on polar expedition
and get stranded on an iceberg, with no
ether alternative bat to milk COW or
eat an old friend, but l should Late to
TICKLE tie COW uuless the friend was
very old friend, indeed.
Butter is produced by expuusing tie
jnice from n rare and costly chemical
known as cream Cream is the bead on
the milk. Milk is known as dry and ex
IRA dry. A good mllkman will always
e,k You whether You want your mijk
wet or OF herwise.
An old well digger named Grady told
me about going over into Southern Iudi-
ana at one time 10 dig well for man
named Wi,hum. Wiihnm was said 10
he very close. He was the most coutig-
uouS man in Indiana. His wife hsed
to skim the milk on one side and the IL
tnrh it oyer and skim the uuGbles of.
l, was constant struggle between With
um aud his wife to see who would be the
meaneS.
The FIRST dav that GrPdy was there they
hid n round ball of butter abont as big
as a lemon and as herd MS PhaEaoh'e
heart. The butteE.knife bad handle
that wouid turp every tine any one tried
to get lick Ut the batter, and the little
rounA bill would f lp oyer on ihe other
side aad smile, Nov aud then e hiied
man would Feach oyeg with his own
knife and make slash at the bVtter. bat
the butter, conddent Of its own strength,
would tip oyer with q dGll thnd, and the
man would henye 2 sigh and give it up.
Then another farm hand gould make n
/ wild dash at il. but burst into tears and
quit. Finaily Grady, WHO had watched
this performances seReTal days, jabbed
his fork dowp through the middle OF the
yellow Chunk, aud successfully cat it iu
| two. In the center WAS a small solid
wooden top. There" says Grady,
I've found cut what the blpmed thing
Is wound on, anyhow"