The Newtown bee., 1894-01-12
STEPNEY.
THE sTEPNEY CREAMERY RECEPTION.

THE STEPNEY CREAMERY RECEPTION.
 Last Saturday was reception day at the Stepney creamery, and many of the farmers of this section, with their famil- ies, availed themselves of this opportun- ity offered by Hollister Sage, the genial to call and examine the pro- cess of butter making at his creamery. The Stepney creamery is situated on slight prominence near Stepney Depot, and it is founded on a rock. The past history of this creamery is to be forgot ten, we predict, in it's future success, if the farmers only join hands with the present proprietor. Hollister Sage, who purchased the entire plant from the Mon- roe Creamery Co.,, in November, Is gen. tleman of no mean ability. He is very enthusiastic, but at the same time mixes his enthusiasm so thoroughly with prac- ticability and hard work, that if any one can make success of creamery busi- ness in Stepney, MT Sage can, and he will. MT Sage was assisted in receiving his guests, last Saturday, by his better half, Mrs Sage, his sister, Miss Emma E. Sage, and Miss Lillie Beers of Long Hill, and everyone was made to feel perfectly at home while under the roof of the gen. ial host and hostess. The building is ad- mirably adapted for butter making, being well built and convenient. On the upper floor to the front is large room for re- ceiving the cream. Here the guests were received on Saturday and at the noon hour were served with as delicious coffee as mortal ever drank, and fat, plump, ham sandwiches that one would never dream were any relatives of your lunch counter sandwiches. Perhaps the Sage butter that was liberally spread upon the bread had something to do with the fine flavor. A table was spread at one side of the room, artistically covered with ferns and while the guests arranged themselves about the room on impromptu seats, Mrs Sage and her assistants urged all to free ly partake, and the invitation was not sighted. From this room the cream passes to the basement, where the work is done. Two large tanks of 200 gallons capacity each receive the cream and it is heated to the proper temperature. From these tanks it goes to the swing churn and in very few minutes is tranformed and ready to be put on the butter work CT near at hand. Here it is salted and worked and put up in neat pound prints, each bearing the name of Sage in old English lettering. It looks fine when wrapped in parchment paper ready for market, but what is better it tastes fine, as the scribe can testify through the gen. erosity of MT Sage. Wolcott Bunnell, a capable and efficient butter maker of many years experience, has charge of this branch of the work and MT Sage feels that he has secured the right man for the right place. The creamery is al-
 so supplied with running water and with
 an engine and boiler that furnish the power. All who availed them selves of
 the pleasure of MT Sage's reception had
 a delightful time and many were the l good wishes be-spoken for the success of
 the creamery under it's new management. But MT Sage realizes that he must have
 the cooperation of the farmers and hopes | by fair treatment to merit their support,
 and not only make Stepney creamery a good thing for himself, but a good thIng
 for them too, and have the Sage butter
 eagerly sought after in the marts of trade,
 MT Sage contemplates either purchasing
 separator or Cooley creamers, and in a
 short time will probably be purchasing
 milk as we'll as cream.