Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-11-23
SPINNING WHEEL.
APPLE BUTTER.

APPLE BUTTER.
What's the prince of occupations in the au-
tumn on the farm?
What's the job that sWayS the scepter mid
the sweet October's charm?
Harkl / hear somebody mutter
Why, it's maxim, apple butter;
That is reckoned the prince of jobs in au-
tumn on the farm.
How's the apple buttermaking done in au-
tumn's pleasant days:
When the SunShineS full of languOr and
the air is full of haze?
oh, it's easy, mighty easy,
Yet it keeps you mighty busy
Maxim up the apple butter il the early
autumn days.
First you make lot o cider from the wine
sap and the pippins,
Squeeze the cider press down solid SOS
you'll get the latest drlpplns.
Then you put it in little
And you boil it down a little
Till you have the very essence Of the wine
sap and the pippins.
Peel your easy-cookin' apples, quarter, core
'em-wait no longer
For your elders boiling, boiling, getting still
q little stronger
Then begin your preparations
For the prince of occupations
For the cider doesn't need to boil another
minute longer.
Bring your perforated stirrer, and your stock
OF patience, too,
agitated stew
Stir it-stir, don't let it stick
or twill spoil most awful quick
! For it takes lot of labor and lot of pa
When you see the mixture boiling till it
warns you by a splutter.
! Then the stirring must be lively, or some
naughty words you'll utter
AS upon your wrist or hand
With "Splut'' the hot drops land,
-fI11 inf hat h11tt
once starts to splutter
That's the prince of occupations in the au-
tumn on the farm;
That's the job that yields the scepter, mid
the sweet OctOber's charm.
Hush! / hear somebody mutter,
Yes, but eatin' apple butter
Is luxury in autumn and in winter on the
farm. Washington Star.
A merchant prince was a great man III
old Philadelphia far greater man than
the master of a little school. even though
it were the most select in the city-even
though the teacher were an eXiled French
gentleman of royal blood, Duke Of Orleans
then, King Louis Philippe in after years.
The story Of how the princely school
master courted the charming Abigail,
daughter of Thomas Willing, is related
with new detail in a recent number Of the
Ladies' Home Journal. Dressed in his
best, and probably, Notwithstanding that
he was a modest and sensible young man,
little in fear of an unfavorabe response,
the exiled prince called on the American
merchant and asked him for his daughter.
There was, perhaps, more pride than hui
mility in the answer he received:
''Sir, should you ever be restored to
your hereditary position, you will be too
great a match for my daughter: if not,
she is too great match for YOU
SO the poor schoolmaster went away
disappointed, and although only his 'po-
sition'' and the lady's appear to have
been considered by the hard hearted par
ent, it is probable that if Mistress bigail
had not agreed with his opinion she would
have made her influence felt. AS it was,
Louis Philippe married the Princess Marie
Amelie, daughter of the King of Ma
pies, while Abigail Willing of Philadel-
phia, who might have been Queen of
France, became plain Mrs. Richard Pc
tiers.
A Canadian paper has a clever cartoon
on the ''unwonted activity of England
just now. Uncle Sam, smoking a MA
Mia" cigar, says to John Bull, striding
along in sailor clothes, with gun over
his shoulder: 'Whar you goin' a-gunnin',
John?" and John answers: "Blest if /
quite knows yet Sammy. Maybe hover
TO Fwrance, h'eagle uniting, and then
h'again, maybe hover to Roosher, bear
'untin' y, know
One evening in San Francisco Evangel-
list Moody sat in his room at the hotel
playing a game of cards with Mrs. Moody
and two friends, when a messenger came
in with dispatch, says an exchange AS
the boy stood waiting for a reply Mr..
Moody suddenly asked: Won't you sit
down, my lad, and have a game of 'au-
thors' with u.s.? The boy declined and
soon left the room. Hardly had the door
closed when Mrs. Moody said: why,
Dwight, what made you think of inviting
that boy to sit down and play with us 2"