The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-19

An Article OF widespread Commop Use
That 10 Not Made In Factories.

An Article OF Widespread Commop Use
That 10 Not Made In Factories.
A mau who had gen In pictures milk
ing stools occupied by milk maids en-
ssgsd in milking COWS that stood plAc-
IDLY switobing on fiy now and then
and looking dsowsily out upon lovely
summer landscape thought 70 him self
that, taking into account the enormous
number Of COWS In this country that were
daily niiked, there must bs an snor.
nous number OF milking stools useo, and
therefore that the milking stool must be
. corsiderebls item Of mnnufacturs. and
that It might evan be that there we're
factories that made nothing else. with
this idea In mind, ne set out to get some
facts conccr ming the trade in milking
stools. At two establishments for the
sale Of doiry supplieA where he saw .
great variety Of all sorts OF things for
dairy use, the inquirer was iuformed
that they did not sell milking Stools
and had never heard OF them a. IN article
OF trade. 1t was quite true that there
were many thousands OF them In daily
use. but they were mado by the farmers
thsmselveA 1t wouldn't nay to make
them to sell, chespiy as they could b.
made. because the farmer could make
them chesper still, and thers wss no oo-
cssion for him TO tuy thing that he
could make In q very short time for moth
ing. or next to nothing.
The most elaborate OF milking stools
would be made OF . piece OF board or
plank. with the CORNERS rounded of,
making the stool round. or practically
-, and into the under side OF II would DO
bored. not quite through. three or four
anger holes. Into these holes would be
driven regs for legs. But not all milk
ing stools are so elaborte as this. Two
dsirymsn who wero asked for information
on the subject said that they had never
seen a milking stool for sale In any store,
city or country; that every farmer made
his own, ana that it might be something
far simpler still than the milking stool
with legs. II might te simrIy q hanoy
small box, or it might be short stick Of
wood with o piece OF board nailed across
one end. stool that would be picked MP
by the board. Whatever 1t was. the milk
ing stool was something that was found
or could DO made on the farm.
"No snch thing AZ an ornamsnted milk
ing stool Of any kindr' asked the in
quirer.
There's generally some cow In the
herd that does Whatever ornamenting
there is DONE said one Of the dairy mon,
and from this the inquirer was led to in
fer that the COW does not always stand
plscidly. lazlly switching OF fly. and
gazing drowsily meanwhile Of upon a
peaceful summer landscape. but that
there is now and then q COW that occa-
sionally rears and tears and upsets the
milk pail and kicks the milking stool
into very small slivers.
Inquiry at the ofIices of two large deiry
establishments elected the same informa-
tion. Indeed, 1t was not until the In
quirer had sought the establishn emit CT
Wholesale chair manufacturer that he
found the milking stool produced 40 an
article Of trade. The stool so made is .
disk of wood with short turned less
called by the more euphonious name Of
the miikmaid's stool, and sold, flashed
Ia the natural wood. not for milking
purposes but in city stores, to women
who paint, enamel and ornament them
In one way and another, or adorn them
with ribbons making Of them useful or
decorative articles Of furniture. The Sun.