Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-24
tn loot rests we're used in Rome A. D.

with foot rests were used In Rome A. D.
15C.
Goblets with stem and stand like
those we use to-day were employed In
Troy 900 b. c. Among the valuable
objects found by DR.. Schliemann was a
golden goblet. Vessels of this metal
were commonly employed 10 the service
OF the temples. A curious goblet with
three stems has been found at Pompeii.
It's use is conjectural, but the supposi.
/ uon is that 1t was used 10 pour liba-
tions TO the gods.
Satcellars first came into use In me-
dl@Val times; there was only one on the
table, and il held from two to three
! quarts. The salt was placed about the
middle Of the tables length. Az the
upper end sat the lord of the castle or
palace and his intimates, aud the salt
cellar marked the dividing line be-
tween the associates OF the nobleman
and his dependents, SO that to "sit be-
/ low the salt" meant social inferioritY.
Among the Arabs practice from time
immemorial has prevailed Of churning
| by placing the milk in leather skins,
/ which were shaken or beaten until the
butter came. The Huns did their
churning by tying bag of milk to a
short lariat, the other end of which was
fastened to the saddle. The horse was
put at brisk gslIop, and after round
OF some miles the churning was consid-
cred TO be accomplished
Smoothing irons were first used in
France, and are supposed to have been
Z a in haf ipt in
the sixtesnth century. After the in
PRODUCTION of starch, linens were first
made smooth by pressure, being
starched and placed between two boards.
This being found not to give the best
results, resort was next had to pressing
with cold fatiron, and finally the iron
was heated 10 impart the polish now
considered INDISPENSABLE.
Individual plates Tor table use were
unknown 10 the anCeuts, who held their
meat in their hands or employed the
the fat wheaton cakes then made on
which to hold their victuals. They are
lirst mentioned IN A. d. 600, as used by
the luxurious on the Continent, and in
the ninth century they had come into
common use both in England and on
the Continent. They were made OF
wood or some kind of earthenware, the
former material being preferred because
II did not duh the knives.
The cups Of the Assyrians closely re.
semble our saucers. Every nObeman
gentleman had his owG cup aud cup
bearer, the latter of whom always &C
companled him TO feast, carrying be-
fore him the cup OF gold, silver, crystal
or marble, which his master only used
on stats occasions. Saucers for cups
were introduced in the latter part Of
the eighteenth century, and at first
were greatly ridicuied, the persons who
employed them being said not TO be
a0le 10 drink without having two cups.
Spoons were the earliest table imple-
ments, with the exception of the knife.
They are mentioned as used in China
st least 1000 b. c. Specimens OF
spoons Of gold. silver and bronze, and
dating from extreme antiquity, have
been found in many countries. Apostle
spoons, or spoons in sets Of twelve, each
OF the set bearing on It's handle q repre-
sentation of one OF the Apostles, were
made in the Middle Ages. Unbroken
sets are now rare. enly two or three
authentic being known, though single
spoons are comparatively common
ST. Louis Globe-DemocraL