The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-01
TEMPERANCE NOTES.

TEMPERANCE NOTES.
HARVEST DRINKS.
A Refreshing Reminder Of Old Times
Hot Wextlicr Advice.
Eleven O'clock on a hot harvest day.
Sweet and cool Is the valley where the
smooth-flowing Rock river reflects the
shade of sturdy oaks, bright elnis and
fragrant .cedars. 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 skater. bugs
cut their angles in the water; softly the
tapping 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
Che tin ho1n from Forest Home, five
minutes walk up the bank and the
pasture to
"Where the woodland and the prairie
Forming u double charm,
Stands . cottage neat and airy,
On bur northern farm"
That homely tOcsin means, "Come,
girls, your mother wants you; it's time
to take the harvest drink out to the
field" Sc. we. put Oh the little blue
sunbonnets that we had hung upon q
hazelbush. lead our goat Jennie, who
has been tethered Id the tender grass,
her panniers carrying our books and
drawing materials There are seldom
any fish to add to her incumbrancesD
and whistling to old Ranger. we shout
DER our fishing tackle with the air of
experts, and soon appear on the vine
covered po:ch where mother stands,
shading her eyes to watch for her two
girl& Then we slip an old broolhstick
through the jughandle and walk half 1
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 ''rakes off, NJ
Father sees us coming, calls a halt,
gathers ''the hands," and under the
shade of a friendly pile of sheaves they
crowd to take 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 goodl''
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 squire's wife's dinners cant be
beat" though she was school-teacher
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 1.-The folks" SO we'll,
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,
butssmile q bit among themselves about
ss'the Yankee ways" Twice every day
all through the harvest the squire's
daughters carry them drink, and usual
ly some body follows with 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,
moge than forty years thereafter: it is
this: Cold water. fresh from the spring;
best-apolasses, 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 aheld.
Look on that picture, then on this:
Chicago has just passed through a ter
riGle cheated term 1t is most en-
couraging to note that the daily press
stands up for temperance drinks.
Scientific ideas arc evidently getting
about! The papers squarely state that
''the saltwater fountain had bigger
patronage than the saloon. More lem
on and egg phosphates We're sold than
beers. One fountain sold over six
thousand drinks, another claimed eight
thousand, another sixty-five hundred.
and SO on. Soda, lemonade, lemon
phosphate; egg phosphate, in fact all
the phosphatcs were unusual sellers.
The women, however, chung to crushed
raspberries and crushed pineapple, with
icc-cream accompaniment. Vanilla and
chocolate we've still strong favorites.
and buttermilk is climbing toward the
top. Meanwhile, plain Lake Michigan,
wlgglers and all, went down parched
Threats INCREASINGLY. Saltwater, beer,
milk, wine, lemonade, ginger ale, pop,
iced tea and claret punch. all combined,
did not come within sight of the fg-
ures established by the cold water. 1t
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 or
WOODEN, nothing tight. Take Il sponge
bath in the morning, eat very little
meat or anything else that will produce
heat. Put yourself on fruit or vege-
table diet. Wear wet leaves and grass
in the hat" The health commissioner
thinks there are better hot-wcather
drinks than ice water. Lemonade is
not only refreshing but healthful
beverage. For men who work in the
sun or hot mills or factories the best
mixture in the world is oatmeal water.
1t is refreshing and healthful Above
all things beware of spirituous liquors.
Union Signal.
FROM FATHER TO SON.,
The Terrible Inheritance of u Little
Child.
"A few months ago l was present in
DIR. Carriers consulting room, says a
writer, watching the prisoners from