Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-08-25
COUNTRY LIFE AND WORK.

MY Prairie Bird.
took her away to the sports of the West. ~e
Where Buffalo Bill presides; 1y
bought her = boquet of roses the best .
Ny Broadway florist provides.
found her a seat in the very front row.
Where all could be seen and heard,
From Cody, the eagle Of all the show.
To Daisy, the Texas bird.
told her the names Of the Pawnee chief,
And the number in full Of his squaws:
I explained the clay pigeons fight in brief,
And the Winchester rifles laws.
felt her tremble and crouchingly stoop.
While her hand grasp ed tight my own,
When she heard the fendish yell and the whoop,
As the painted tribes charged down.
noted the blush on her modest cheek
As past these warriors raced;
For her eye observed, though she didn't speak,
That some were undrest to the waist.
''The Eagle that screams,' and 1.-THE Bull that
Sits,''
And 1.-THE Bear that loves Green Conn.,
With other chiefs, nearly gave her fits,
And fancy reused her scorn.
But all the way home with silent stare,
She would never vouchsafe a word,
Though found her the ferryboat's softest chair.
And called her my Prairie Bird.
Yet though we both dined on Delmonico's best.
With champagne our glasses full;
She only would say when hardest prest,
''I'n thinking of Sitting Ball.
CARE OF THE CELLAR.
Lime Is cheap. A peck Of lime will absorb
seven pounds of water, and when thoroughly
ar-slacked it is just in the right condition to az
y11ry IN no 10~1 II 10
The conditions Of dryness can be had by occa-
sionally placing lime in the cellar in broad
dish. This will absorb the moisture from the
air, but II warm, damp air is admitted this dry
ing will have accomplished no good end, unless
the lime is constantly renewed, and then the
cellar. instead of being cool will be warm
Hence to gain the maximum GOODNESS naturally
the ventilation Of the cellar should take place
at night or, better, just before daylight, when
the air is usually in its coolest state and gener-
ally the dryest.
The philosophy of the subject is the air of a
given temperature is capable of holding a definit
and fixed quantity of moisture. Tue tempera-
ture of the air being raised by about 81 Fab
renheit, it becomes capable Of holding double
the quantity Of the vapor Of water previously
held. Reduced by 81 it will give up one-haif
its moisture. This property of air is the chief
| cause of the deposit of dew and Of rain. Hence
when warm air is admitted into cool cellar the
excess OF moisture is deposited upon the walls,
floor, and other cool solid portions Of the apart
ment.
Thus, il the air is admitted to cellar in the
morning and the place closed at or as soon after
sunrise and kept dark, butter, lard, and other
articles of use may be kept comparatively firm,
| and there will be little or no dampnees about
the walls or upon the articles kept therein, II,
| as heretofore stated, little quickllme is kept
in the cellar and renewed as it becomes fully
| air-slacked. If the cellar is kept for milk-and
many farms have no better place-no article
should be kept there that will give off odors in
| imical to butter, since it is well known that
either milk, cream or butter, exposed to the air,
| will absorb whatever odor may be present.