The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-30
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ltS n pity that tne BOdTu VI fiedilh
went on tour of inspection OF the
reservoirs. They must have poked
around with their canes and umbrellas
and stirred up the water fearfully for
1t has been of a dark Spanish hue ever
since, by spells. Another thing which
is to be deprecated is the little habit
the water company has of taking sun
day to turn off the water and mix up
the mud. The results are very bad for
Mondays washing. A great many
housewives in this city have wept over
the condition of the clothes after the
cleansing process in the coffee colored
fluid provided on Monday morning had
taken place, while the remarks ut
tered by laundresses and maids OF all
work have been too profuse for repeti-
ton in print.
Speaking about water, reminds me of
milk A lady was heard to complain
the other day Of her hard lot in being
unable to escape the combine" i've
made three attempts" said she. "One
day a nice young man approached me
in a reverent sort of fashion and want
cd to know IL I wouldn't like to have
better milk than / was getting. OF
course, i eagerly assured him that I
should. Who ever wouldn't prefer to
have something better than she has,
except in the way of husbands, or her
her own disposition and temperament.
Then he declared that he was selling
real cows milk, fresh every day, and
l agreed to begin patronizing him the
next week.
"Well, for eight days we had real
cows milk, but after that we began to
| notice difference. l induced the cook
to keep awake one night and lay in
wait for that milkman, to see II there
hadn't been change. She didn't
catch him, but saw his wagon which
bore the proper insignia, indicating the
nice young mans ownership. But the
milk didn't improve. Finally, after a
| few days we did see him and he con-
| fessed that he'd sold out to the COM
bine.
"Then we tried another individual,
who made solemn vows and told us
deep, dark things that fully convinced
| us he could neither be bribed nor
| bought; but one morning he came
| blithely to the front door and said he
was going to be street car conductor
| and had sold his route to the combine.
No amount of questioning could de-
| duce the proof of our secret belief that
| the street railway company and the
| milk combine We're in league.
There was one more experience"
| continued the speaker. "A friends of
ours had been telling us for weeks
of her good fortune in securing Won
| derful milk. which was brought to the
| door every morning by lady who.
| of course, was Independent enough to
| keep out of the trust We Immediate
| ly had wild desire to meet this lady
| and after some days of anxiety made
| arrangements that she should bring us
a certain amount daily. She couldn't
! supply us with as much as we desired
| as her cow did not give enough for
three families she said; but we were
reasonably happy. Yesterday I dis
| covered that our milk lady was buy
ing her supply from the combine and
that the COW had been a myth al
| along. Imagine my feelings! Now Tn
| going to buy combine milk, but l pro-
| pose to make the life of our particular
delivery man burden, for l shah just
measure the cream on top of the bot
tie, and if it isn't of the proper thick
ness and general consistency there will
| be trouble.
What can't understand" she add
ed, meditatively, "how it is there il
so much water on the outside OF tht
bottles. / can comprehend the manne
in which it gets inside, but l can't Sc,
why the bottle always stands in a poo
of water every morning.
| vn,, non Eoa, ,,oo1oro al copl thi
weather if you aren't obliged to b.
much in the sun and if you don't fuss
over the heat. Don't go around ejacu
lating "Whew!" every few minutes
Don't wear any more clothing than i
absolutely necessary, and don't worry
The last requisite is the most impor
tant. 1t is better to be busted wit
something to keep your mind fror
dwelling on the altitude of the ther
mOmeter Sundays, when you hav
leisure to think about your miseries
the heat is always most oppressive. A
regards the hot nights, when slee
seems impossible, you will find that t
take a cool bath will reduce you
temperature and then to throw asld
pillows, will almost invariably give yo
, a comfortable night, at least in Scran
| ton, Where tnere is sure 10 De a OreeZt
1t is a very easy matter to accustor
ones self to sleep without a pillow
, After the first night you will abando
it from choice. The consequence
, that the base of the brain and tn
spinal nerve centers do not becom
; heated from the close embrace of tn
| feathers and the rest secured is Yer
refreshing. This is practical advio
from one who really does not suffe
, from the heat. Saucy Bess.