Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-12-06
BAGS FOR
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Il never realized what comfort and
convenience in keeping vegetables
could be-" said . pattern housekeeper.
until ! took the advice of a neiRhbor
OF xpine and made some burlap bars.
I Gpt burlap of good quality, and dur
1o6Smy leisure moments sewed half
q Dozen bags, holding from n peck
toehalfb nshel. They were overseamed
and sewed so that they would be dur
able as we'll as convenient, and pro-
'ided with heavy. hens at the top and
strpng strings. - & .."...-
I'VE have quite a large family and
L buy many things in larger guam
tities than most of our ncighbors. We
get,lima beans by the. peck, and find
it ? most excellent plan. Potatoes.
when they first come, are bought by
the half bushel. onions in reasonable
quantities, and 80 On through the list.
Under the old system there was never
q time PEen ] could tind an empty
basket 'or dish. especially in the busy
Some IL would rush into
the house with IN imperative demand
for a basket. crate or large nan. and
IT had 10 go, for waiting 30 iuoi; M
'+D '''< was WI ~ 49, IuCS ION.
| drew the line on my vegetable bags.
and, iad2rh. they were rot as Eluch l.:
demand as h baskets and boxes.
which was extremely good luck tor
Inc. We made great deal of ice cream
IN the season, and as my Kitchen space
is limited, | found it CXtreIacIv lii
convenient to have a bnrrtI Of salt.
and any of the boxes ordinarily used
for III" purpose became cmpt, cr very
short notice. SO I made salt bags as
we'll, each n holding half Il bushcl.
These were suspended from strong
hooks in the ceiling Of the stcreroom,
a v onc. which was in regular use,
N was. therefore, kept within, reach.
It was q great comfort to feel that
II 1 wanted to make n dessert, it was
not necessary to go to the barn, or
send TO the warehouse in order to
ill my salt dishes; neither was l bur-
dened with the bulk of this necessary
article standing around in great, .un-
wieldy vessels, Indeed, / have found
bags my best friends. l have one for
the inner portion OF my ice cream
freezer. This hangs from the CELL
ing. We use but little graham -four.
a cloth bag is prepared, and the pa
per bag as it came from the store is
slipped into it, This too, is suspend
ed overhead. Dried fruit IS, put up in
paper bags, then ip cloth ones. as the
nature Of the article may demand. -,
l asked the clerk at the dry goods
store where | buy most Of my supplies
OF that sort TO put away for me any
odd lengths of heavy sheeting that
may come into his hands. These /
use for bags for food articles. They
"re m~oth-proof. bug-proof and weasel
proof, and have saved me many q dol
lar besides. much annoyance. When
get oatmeal, which, I always buy in
bulk--the! pinhead: quality, which is,
in my opinion, the only sort worth us
ing-I fill a small con for everyday
use. This is replenished from the large
lot, which is kept in q cloth bag out
side Of the paper bag, and forms. an
additional item in my ceiling decora-
This bag suggestion has SO many
possibilities, and I find so many uses
for these inexpensive receptacles, that
strongly advise! every housekeeper
60 devote n, little. of her small change
to the purchase of materials for maxi
ing them.'-S.,Y Y. Ledger. .... .s.-.