Blue-grass blade., 1892-09-03
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
HARVEST DRINKS.
A Refreshing Reminder of Old Times
Hot Weather Advice.

A Refreshing Reminder of Old Times
Hot Weather Advice.
Eleven o'clock on a hot harvest day. /
Sweet and cool is the valley where the I
smooth-flowing Rock river reflects the /
shade of sturdy oaks, bright elms and |
fragrant ccdars Our canoe Is drawn !
up on the beach and we have been fish /
ing under the pleasant shelter of the |
alders. aspens and the brilliant red
bush. Swiftly the black slSater-bugs
cut their angles in the water; softly the
lappinr wavelets wash the pebbly
shore. Two farmer girls are having
happy times and dreaming dreams
sacred and sweet. Blown by the
strong lungs of Irish Maggie we hear
the TIN hoIn from Forest Home, five
minutes walk up the bank and the
pasture to
Where the woodland and the prairie
Forming double charm.
Stands a cottage neat and airy,
On our northern farm"
That homely tocsin means: Come,
girls, your mother wants you; it's time
to take the harvest drink out to the
field" So we put on the little blue
sunbOnnets that we had hung upon
hazelbush, lead our goat Jennie, who
has been tethercd in the tender grass,
her panniers carrying our books and
drawing materials there are seldom
any fish to add to her incumbraneesD
Ger our fishing tackle with the air of
experts, and soon appear on the vine
covered porch where mother stands,
shading her eyes to watch for her two
girls. Then we slip an old broomsticl<
through the jughandle and walk half n
M lie to where the musical click of the
reaper. drawn by those cherished pets,
old "Jack and Gray" will turn the next
corner of the great golden. billOwy
field. Father is driving, and our
brother ''ralles off"
| Father sees us coming, calls a halt,
gathers 'the hands," and under the
shade of friendly pile of sheaves they
crowd to take a drink" Mother
made it." says the mild voice OF sister
Mary. as she passes the lineup from
the gurgling mouth of the garrulOus
old jug, tipped to the proper angle by
her elder sisters hand. That's good"
says Mike, smacking his lips; ''Das
was very gut" echoes Swedish Knute,
content to miss his beer; ia wOhl,
assents good-natured Hans; and so the
word goes round. They know the squire
would never tolerate Intoxicating
| liquors in his harvest field; they know
the sauire's wife's dinners cant be
beat" though she was schoOl-teaeher
till she was twenty-seven- and did not
/ learn to make bread until after her
marriage, when she mixed brains with
/ all her cooking and household manage
ment. They like ''the folks" so well,
and are treated with so much good will
that though there's not another harvest
field all down the river" where whisky
is not to be had, they don't complain
but smile a bit among themselves about
''the Yankee ways" Twice every day
all through the harvest the siuire's
daughters carry them drink, and usual
ly somebody follows with a basket of
mothers doughnuts," and creamy cot
tage cheese.
Those were simple, beautiful old
days, and the drink was primitive
enough. Mother gives us her recipe,
more than forty years thereafter; 1t is
this: Cold water. fresh from the spring;
best molcsses, about one gill to two
quarts of water; ginger enough to give
it flavor; 1.-TWO forest nymphs who
dwell in the depths of the woodland
shade" to carry it afield.
Look on that picture, then on this:
Chicago has just passed through ter
rible ''hcated term" 1t is most en-
couraging to note that the daily press
stands up for temperance drinks.
Scientific ideas are evidently getting
about! The papers squarely state that
''the soda-water fountain had a bigger
patronage than the saloon More lem
on and egg phosphates were sold than
beers One fountain sold over six
Thousand drinks, another claimed eight
thousand, another sixty-tive hundred,
and so on Soda, lemonade, lemon
phosphate, egg phosphate, in fact all
the phosphatcs were unusual sellers.
The women, however, elung to crushed
raspberries and crushed pineapple, with
ice-cream accompaniment. Vanilla and
chocolate were still strong favorites,
and buttermill< is climbing toward the
top. Meanwhile, plain Lake Michigan,
wIgglers and all, went down parched
throats increasingly. SOda-watcr, beer,
milk, wine, lemonade, ginger ale, pop,
iced tea and claret punch, all combined
did not come within sight of the fig
ures established by the cold water. II
was the favorite drink" The health
commissioner says: Use ice. not whis-
ky, in case of persons overcome by the
heat. Crack it in small pieces and with
a towel or handkerchief as a cap pack
the ice around the head under the ears
and neck. Do not use whisky or other
stimulantS. Wear loose flannel oI
wooden, nothing tight Take a sponge
bath in the morning. eat very little
meat or anything else that will produce
heat. Put yourself on fruit or vcge
table diet Wear vet leaves and gras:
in the hat" The health commissioned
thinks there are better EOt-weathei
, drinks than ice water. Lemonade i.
not only refreshing but a healthfu
, beverage. For men who work in tn,
sun or hot mills or factories the bes
mixture in the world is oatmeal water
1t is refreshing and healthful. Abov,
all things beware of spirituous liquors
LINTON Signal