The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-08-26
COUNTRY LIFE AND WORK,
NY Prairie BIRD.

took her away to the sports Of the West.
Where Buffalo Bill presides:
bought her . boqnet OF roses the best
Ny Broadway florist provides.
found her Q seat in the very front row,
Where MI could be seen and heard,
From Cody. the eagle Of Ill the show.
To Daisy, the Texas bird.
told her the names OF the Pawnee chief,
And the number in full Of his sqnaws:
! explained the clay pigeons flight in brief.
And the Winchester rides laws.
felt her tremble and crouchingly stoop,
While her hand CRASHED 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
Az past these warriors raced:
For her eye observed, though she didn't speak,
That some We're undrert to the waist
.sThe Eagle that Screams" and 1.-THE Bull that
| Sits,
And .The Bear thas loves Green Corn"
With other chiefs, nearly gave her dts,
And fancy reused her scorn.
But Nil the way home with silent stare,
She would never youchsafe : word,
Though found her the ferry boats s0ftest chair
| And called her my Prairie Bird.
Yet though we both dned on Delmonico's best,
With champagne our glasses full:
| She only would say when hardest pfest,
| I'm thinking Of Sitting Bull.
CARE or THE CELLAR.
| Lime il cheap. A peck OF lime will absorb
eeven pounds OF water, and when thoroughly
airsaeked 1t is just in the right condition to Az
| ply to the land. II lie then . hydrate Of lime
The conditions Of dryness can be had BY occa-
eionally placing lime in the cellar In broad
dish. This Will absorb the moisture from the
air, but IL warm, damp air ie admitted this dry
ing will have accomplished no good end, unless
the lime lie 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.
given temperature is capable Of holding definit
and fixed quantity Of moisture. TIE tcmpcrA-
ture Of the air being raised by about - ? Fab
| renheit, 1t becomes capable OF holding double
the quantity Of the vapor Of water previously
held. Reduced by p : II will give mp one-half
| Its moisture. This property OF air lie the chief
cause Of the deposit Of dew and Of rain. Hence
| when warm air IL admitted into cool cellar the
| excess Of moisture is deposited upon the walls,
floor, and other cool solid portions OF the apart
| ment.
Thus, II 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 dampness about
the walls or upon the articles kept therein, II,
as heretofore stated, . little quickllme IL kept
in the cellar and renewed as it becomes fully
air-slacked. II the cellar IL kept for milk-and
many farms have no better place-no article
should be kept there that will give OF 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.