Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-07
THE HIRED WAN.
z 4 FEW THINKS.
And Gives Up LA0 accept I.p
His Granite Broad. He
Takes Up An
EStTay.

iA3DAC W Ian upon INN uuIli ne De-
gins to write for the newspapers;
since | struck out in that line | have
proudly heard myself spoken of very
endearingly as The Smart Alex"
Big Head Hod," and many other
like aliases, which give me great sat
isfaction, as | am aware that not
everyone is eligible to have handles
attached to their names Then again,
l feel gratiied upon noticing that 80
many inquiries are coming relative to
my receipt for making granite bread,
| little thought that it would take so,
the bread, 1 mean; but since it drove
an Indian out of my house, perhaps
others want to make some like it to
keep of tramps next summer. Well,
as | have no secrets that are worth a
picayune to me l just as soon di.
vulge my way of making this bread
as not, so, here goes:
Dose, where there is but one in the
family, besides the dog: Take two
quarts of -four and sift into it a tea.
spoonful of soda and a pinch of salt,
rock salt is best, as you are apt to
find 1t again when eating the bread
then take sour milk enough to rem
der the -four into a mass of dough of
such consistency as would mire a
frog, tiguratively speaking; if you
have difficulty ia securing sour milk
in cold weather, give the COW a pint
of vinegar before going to bed; the
bread stuff into a stiff dough is now
ready for kneading; bat be careful
and work well; if the complexion of
the bread is too white and clear jar
a few ashes from your pipe, as you,
of course, are always smoking when
bread making, or should be, and
don't wash your hands too clean next
time; and then, | think, you will
note a marked difference in the tone,
(phosegraphically speaking,) of the
bread; however, should the color
still be too low toned then get your
-four at some other mill, because it
wont do to have your bread too
white, as it is liable to lead to gos.
siping remarks by your neighbors
wives, all except mine; now the
bread is ready for the oven, and there
it is; if the bread, while in the oven
becomes too frisky and climbs over
the top of the pan and begins to
covourt about the 81 just run it
back into the pan and tell it to stay
there, and twice out Of five times it
will do just as you suggest. l think
that one reason why / struck my
bonanza on bread was because after
l. had chased it back into the pan a
second time and built on a good fire
] hitched up my team and went three
miles after a load of hay, leaving the
bread to take care Of itself.
Pickerel lake is rather to one side
of the general line of news, however,
l was very fortunate in catching on
to . few items last week, which may
prove interesting to your hungry
readers.
! was visited by a veritable stray
Dutchman who came into my enclos-
ure on or about January 26, 1895;
said stray had one white befront foot,
that is to say; he had one foot done
mp in a white grain sack, a-la-artic
style, his other foot was black like,
having on a dark German sock; he
was about forty-five years of age,
should Judge, didn't examine his
terth however; and would weigh
about two hundred pounds when fat.
He thought he liked me, and intimat-
ed that | looked lonesome and in
need of a companion of about his
build; but ! told him ! rather
thought differently, and SO turned
him astray again.