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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-15
TO MAKE

For the beneft OF the inexperienced
we give a few formulas for making
simple poultices:
Bead and Water.-R 3move crust
from s,ices of cured bread, pour on
boiling water, set by the fire d few
moments, drain eff the water, press
the bread as dry as possible with the
hand, loosen it up, put into 8 cheese
cloth, or other thin beg, and apply
hot.
Flaxs :ed.-Pdt boiling water into a
heated bowl, sprinkle in to fl x3eed,
stirring vigorously until the whole is a
smooth paste. Put in a cheese cloth
bag and apply as hot az car be borne.
II used to hasten suppuTation, as it is
most commonly, this poultice should
be applied fresh as fast as n cools. If
this irritates the skin, first grease the
latter with vaseline, then apply poul,
tice.
Bread and Milk Stir bread crumbs
toto boiling milk until the mix:ure Is
like mush. Apply same as above.
Bran.-Put a pint Of bran On the
stove in a pan. Pour on enough hot
water to make it simply moist. H Ii
fill a heated bag, tie it up and apply as
hot as can be borne. r new often. 1t
is convenient when large poultices are
needed.
Indian Meal Spread common In
dian meal mush On a cloth and apply
at once.
Turnip or Csrrot. Boil the vegetable
until it is soft, mash, loosen up and
follow directions for making faxseed
poultice.
CharcoaI.-Sprinkle on the surface
of a bread poultice q thin layer Of
finely powdered charcoal. Elk cellent
for foul smelling sores.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-15
FROM SAMPSON COUNTY.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-Will you allow
another farmers daughter to join your
merry circle9 l have long beeen an
admirer of the Social Chat, and have
thought many times of writing but for
fear of the waste basket I have kept
silent until noW.
Ienjoy reading the Social Chat very
much. It has given us some very in
teresting also instructive letters.
As this is my first letter / will only
tell you and the cousins in what part
of the State l live.
Ny home is in the western part Of
Sampson county, fifteen miles west Of
Clinton.
am sorry I have not seen any let
tiers from Sampson, though some may
have written who did not name their
county. I am proud to say 1 am a
native of Sampson county, and as
proud to say / am a native of North
Carolina.
North Cardinal thou sweet home of
On 40 dearer land does the sun ever
shine;
From ocean to mountain top climbing
the sky
I love thee. my home land, and will till
Idle"
If my letter escapes the vase basket
I will try to write something of inter
est next time. Wishing you and all
the readers of The Progressive Farmer
much success 1 will close.
LLEWELLYN.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-15
AUNT eNNIE LETTER.

We have a number OF letters this
week and as I have been doing much
more than my share of the talking for
several weeks past, I will not write a
long letter this time.
We have an interesting letter from
Mrs. Wood on Butter Making which I
am sure ali will appreciate. Hope to
have more letters on household topics.
We have also two new members
Llewellyn and Faith-both good. l re
greet that L'ewellyn's letter was mis-
laid. 1t should have appeared some
weeks ago. Hope che will excuse this
and write again.
Oar ''Old Bachelor" has come again
and I am sure you will be interested
in his letter whether you agree with
him or not. Let him come again. Ia
the Chat each has a right to his opin-
ion and a right to express it. Hoping
to hear from more Of you next week.
aunt JENNIE
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-15
CHICAGo's RARE LITERARY FINE

A stout man, with a negligee shirt
and a white felt hat on-in very truth,
it may be added that the garments
enumerated were not the extent of his
wardrobe-went into Harry Faulk
enau's bookshop in Madison street and
asked if the proprietor wanted to buy
a curiosity in the way of an old book.
Certainly" said Mr.. Faulkenau.
"What have you2"
"Well, I've got a treasure-a lily"
replied the man, hopping his neck and
grinning at the excellence of his fad.
1T is the Oldest book, Isuppose, in the
world. / never saw anything like it"
what is the name of it2'
Il don't know just what the name
is. The cover page is entirely torn eff
1t is not what you would call in good
condition; but you ought to see it.
Say it is old-has nothing but f's' for
SIS and-oh, it's the oldest old thing!
Aud, sa3 it's good, at that"
"Well, what is it about3'
'O1, it's about every old thing. Say,
it has animal stories and these things
they call essays, and-oh, say there
is one story Of a mani forget his
name-and he was a regular old.
Say he was worse than the terrible
Turk h caught a lion one time, and
killed it with his hands; and another
time he killed 10 900 people. Josh
mebby, but it's well told. And there
is q story about another man that set
down on the ground and a gourd grew
up higher than his head in a night.
What do you think of that9 And of a
woman, and she was turned to salt be
cause she looked over her shoulder.
Say
And there is some good things in
it, too. Hare is one / wrote down:
The golden bowl is broken, and the
silver cord is Ioosened, and the pitcher
is broken at the fountain--' I can't
make out the rest of it. Say here's
another: Look not upon the wine
when it is red, when it shoWeth it's
color in the cup, when it. That's
rubbed out again. Well, amt that
right9 D0n'E l knows Say, it's a
peach. And old. Why, I'll bet it's
the oldest book in Chicago today.
What will you give for il9"-The
Verdict.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-15
FROM GATES COUNTY.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-As / have been
reading your many letters in silence SO
long and enjoying them 30 much, l
would like to talk with you all just a
little.
Mrs. J. L D, l have never heard
your plan for canning fruit before, but
I imagine it is much better than the
old plan.
Water Lily, l agree with you, for al
though I have never sailed on the
Albemarle Sound, / have been on it in
a row boat, which l think l like much
better than sailing.
r K, l do not agree with you, l be-
lieve in marrying for love or not mar
rying at all. just suppose some one
were 60 blind fold you and put you in
a crowd of girls, and you were to take
one that you had never liked at all.
Ii you had never liked her before, how
do you Ghink you would get along in
married life, when you had to stay to-
gether for life9 Well, as my letter is
growing very long I will close. with
best wishes to all and hoping to hear
from you all again OBJ. FAITH.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-15
"oLD BACHELOR" RzAPPEARs

LEAR AUNT JENNIE:-It has been g
long time since I wrote, as all the Chat.
terers sat down on my last letter with
such vigor that it was not till the ap-
pearance of Rex's epistle in last weeks
Progressive Farmer that I screwed UP
courage enough to think of writing
again. I will now rely on Rex for a
defender and venture to the front. It
will be remembered that I announced
last year that love is a disease of the
brain chiefly affecting people during
vacation when they can think of moth
ing sensible to do. Now Rex s~ustains
my theory and does it we'll.
We are told that in the early days
of the colony in Jamestown, Va, girls
and women were brought over from
England and sold to the highest bidder,
payment being made in tobacco. The
man who purchased a wife had never
seen her before and Uice UersG they
did not have oven a weeks acQuaint.
ance. Yet we never heard of divorces
or unhappy marriages among them.
You will notice that the disease Of
of the brain" to which I have referred
did not prevail at that time. They
looked at marriage as a business mat
ter-a question IN which kisses and
sweet words did not play an impor 5ant
part.
Every kid has his attack of lovesick-
ness. What does it amount to? If he
doesn't marry, he soon gets over it,
which proves that it doesn't last long
enough to seriously affect married life.
l think of course there should be some
congeniality but as for this dreamy,
mythical love, a sensible man prefers
to retain the proper use of his faculties
"a thing which he loses when he gets
inglove-so that he can reason sensibly
and intelligently about the business
question Of choosing a life time part
ner. To sum it up: Love is a kind Of
idiocy which prevents you thinking
nationally of the person loved. B9tter
let it alone and keep prepared to act
sensibly and thoughtfully over matters
of such import. Come again, Rexl
OLD BACHELOR.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-15

"a Slippery Elm. Pour boiling water
on powdered slippery elm bark until
the consistency of mush lie secured.
Put In thin bag and apply.
Egg and Alum.-Mix we'll the whites
OF VI eggs and a teaspoonful of pull
verified alum, spread on a piece of cloth
and apply to the part affected.
Mustard Add boiling water to
ground mustard and wheat four until
a thick paste is formed. Let the pro
portion be part of mustard to three
of f3ur. Spread on a stout cloth and
haste securely over it a layer of cheese
cloth. Apply warm. A slow, gentle
but prolonged burning usually pro
duces most good results. To prevent
blistering add white Of egg to ingredi
ents.
Y6ast.-FJr gangrenous sores apply
a poultice made of a pound Of four
and pint of yeast.
More and more are congresses and
lamentations coming to take the place
OF p%oultices. By these we mean a
cloth folded several times, dipped into
water, wrung lightly and applied to
the affected part.
To reduces il fl .mmation use the cold
compTes:-it you can stand it. Change
every Eve minutes or oftener.
A hot compress will also ofttimes
allay Inflammation, relieve tightness
in chest and throat, assist where the
kidneys are implicated and allay pain
in general. 1t is the safer of the two.
The "hot compress" is more commonly
called a fermentation"
When it is removed, the part
with dry, hot flannel or cotton bat
ting.
A speedy way to bring about the
sam9 results is to wrap q hot brick
first in a wet cloth, then in many lay
ers of dry cloth, and apply to the seat
of pain.-Practical farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-15
LAMENT OF a LITTLE GIRL.

NY brott er Will, he use to be
The mic S kind OF girl,
He wore a little dress like me
And had his h .lr in curl.
We play e1 with dolls and tea sets
then,
And every kind Of toy;
Bus all these good old times are gone
Will turned into a boy.
Mamma has made him little suits,
With pockets in the pants,
And cut eff all his yellow curls
And SAINT them to my aunts,
And Will he was 30 pleased, l believe,
He almost jumped with joy,
But I must own I didn'G like
Will turned into a boy!
And now he plays with horrid tops
l don't know how to spin
And marbles that I try TO shoot,
But never hit nor win,
And Ieapfrog-I can't give q back"
Like Charlie, Frank or Roy.
Oh, no one knows no. bad | feel
Since Will has turned a boy!
1 have to wear frocks just the same
And now they're mostly white.
have to sit and just be good
While Will can climb and light,
But I must keep my dresses nice
And wear my hair in curls;
And, worse-oh, wortess thing OF all
I have to stay a girl!
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-15

Advice in this letter to set milk in
pans in the cellar is given on the as
sumption that the person is still using
the common round pan. But to q per.
son who has a creamery and is out of
ice, my advice is to use as cold
water as a be had, changing it fully
often as it equalizes temperature
with the milk. However to those far.
mers who are without ice and i'm
proved apparatus for cream raising l
would repeat advice, to set milk in
cellar. MRS E R WcoD.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-15
Social Chat.
EpTrEp BIZ AUNT JENNrE. RALEIaH. n. 9.

Here is q column for everybody-ladies, gen.
tlemen, boys, girls. fathers and mothers.
Everybody is invited to write on subjects of in
terest to them. Never mind If you are not
perfect as a writer, give us your thoughts and
we Will see that they are In good shape before
they are published.
TaE Progressive FARMER is paper for every
member of the family, and young and old alike
are its patrons and its friends. We hope to
unite these thousands of our friends ''in a bond
of friendship that will be a help and an tnspira-
ton to each one of u.s." The friendship of each
Of our readers. the confidence of the old North
States sturdy sons, and the trust of each Of her
daughters, is what this paper aims to win "bY
helping each one of them to do more, to be more
and to enjoy more in this beautiful world" We
nope this spirit will animate each letter, and
breathe through every page. Address letters to
Aunt Jennie, - care of THR PROGRESSIVE FAR
MFR. Raleigh, n. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-15
MARRIAGE MAXIMS.

Never marry except for love.
Never taunt with a past mistake.
Never alloW a r. quest to be repeated.
Never meet without a loving vel
come.
Never both be angry at the same
time.
Never forget to let self denial be the
daily aim and practice of each.
Never let the SUD go down upon any
anger or grievance.
Never neglect one another; rather
neglect the whole world besides.
Never make a remark at the expense
Of the other-it is meanness.
Never be "sGubborn," but let each
strive to yield ottenest to the wishes of
the other.
Never part for a day without loving
words to think of during absence.
Never find fault unless it is perfectly
certain that a fault has been commit
ted, and always speak lovingly.
Never let any fault you have com
mitted go by until you have frankly
confessed it and asked forgiveness.
Never forget that the nearest ap-
proach to perfect domestic happiness
on earth is the cultivation, on both
sidee, of absolute nselfshness.-Ex
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-15

as a matter of fact, we all have our
faults, whether they lie ready to view
on the surface or deep hidden in our
lnner nature. It these faults are
known and understood beforehand
they are not likely to prove nearly
so destructive Of domestic bliss as they
are If allowed to come into view after
the bloom begins to fade from the rose.
This brings to mind another matter
closely related to it. No marriage a
be happy if therejs the slightest Gle
ment Of deceit on either side. Deceit
cannot outlasE so close a union. If
fac g that should have been known to
man or wife before their wedding come
to his or her knowledge after ward,
there is inevitably a sense of injury
that cannot be kept down. On the
other hand, faults and follies that are
confessed and forgiven beforehand
may be forgotten easily afterwards
Then tell each other all your silly mis-
takes and mishaps. If there have
been affairs of the heart at all serious,
acknowledge them. SO shall you have
a free, full understanding which will
refult in perfect faith and trust in each
other. So shall there be no latter
ward" to your honeymoon.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-15
MAKING GOOD BUTTER WITH.
OUT ICE.

DEAR AUNT DEMONSTRATING enjoy
ed Mrs. J. L. DIS letters on preserving,
I hasten to write on a subject with
which I am familiar-butter making
1t is true of course, that there is con.
siderable difficulty experienced in at
tempting the manufacture of really
fine butter in summer without the aid
of ice. Temperature is an all import
ant factor in determining the quality
Of the product during hot weather and
ice is almost Indispensable in order to
secure the proper degree of cold for
the successful termination of ones
eff ,rts. Y3t with due care and labor
a very good article may be made with
cut using ice.
The first thing necessary in order to
secure good butter without the aid of
ice is a good cool cellar. This should
be perfectly clean and free from every
thing which might in any way con.
tamInate the air. All decaYing boards,
vegetables no matter in what state of
preservation should be removed and
the walls white washed or washed over
with a solution of copperas and water.
Thoroughly disinfecting every portion
Of the cellar is a necessity.
Provide racks for the milk pans and
have the latter Of bright new tin,
which is the best material. Discard
any which are old or rusty.
Skim when just turning sour and
keep the cream in the very coolest
portion of the cellar. Churn every
other day.
To cool the cream sufficiently set the
vessel containing it in a tub Of cold
water in the cellar over night. Have
a wooden blanket wet in cold water to
lay over the top This keeps out the
warm air and tends to keep the cream
cold.
The churn should be well cooled
with water also. Churn the first thing
in the morning.
When the butter shows signs Of com
ing add a handful Of salt and several
quarts of cold water, according to
amount of cream, to reduce tempera
ture. Take out the butter or draw off
the buttermi K as the case may be and
wash thoroughly in water as cold as
can be obtained. Do not churn too
long but stop when the butter is IN
grains, before it is gathered into a
lump.
After was ling until free from but
termilk, salG according to taste. Work
the salt in thoroughly and evenly,
pressing with the ladle to exclude
moisture, then set away to harden
again before re working very lightly
SO as not to injure the grain.
A person determined to succeed in
making fac butter will manage in
some way to accomplish it, if she has
to hang the c:eam in the well to get it
cool enough to churn.
Utmost cleanliness must be observed
in every detail. The milk things must
be kept perfectly sweet, everything
free from the least eff odor.
The nose should play a most import
ant part in detecting anything wrong
about the dairy work. 1t is a valuable
agent in doing detective work and an
observing eye should also be kept over
each particular point from start to
finish.
The great bulk of butter still comes
from the farm and good or bad, the
farm butter makers stand responsible
for it If each would try her best to
improve the quality Of her own what
a difference might be noted in the next
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-15
ZONHE .
THEY Saw

Have you heard Of the terrible family "Thev"
And the dradtul, venomous things they say
Why, half the gossip under tho sun,
II you trace it back, you will find begun
In that wretched II use Of They"
a numerous family, SO I am told,
And it's genealogical tree il old;
For ever since Adam and Eve began
To build up the curious race Of man,
Has existed the House CT They"
Gossip mongers and s~preaders of lies,
Horrid people whom all despise!
And yet the best Of Us, now and then,
Repeat queer tales about women and men,
And quote the House Of They"
They live like lords and never labor.
A "They's" one tssk is to watch bis %neighbor,
And tell his bushes s and private fairs.
To the world at large they are Sewers of tRres-
Those folks in the House Of They"
1t is wholly useless to follow a They"
With a whip or a gun, for he slips away
And into bis house, where you cannot go,
1t is locked and bolted and guarded SO
This horrible House Of They"
Though you cannot get in, yet they get out,
And spread their villainous tales about.
OF all the rascRls under the sun
Who have c9me to punishm MT, never one
Belonged to the House Of They"
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in Youths Companion
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-15
EVOLUTION IN TENNESSEE.

A girl named plain Mary" at her
birth, dropped the ''r" when she grew
up and became Miss May. As she be,
gan to shine in a social way, she
changed the ~" to sc" and signed her
letters Mae. About a year ago she
was married, and now she's dropped
the ''e" and it's just plain MA" That's
evolution -Rogersville Review.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-15

4 BRIGHT woman acquaintance
a was talking to me on the subject
= marriage the other day.
i wonder if you will think it sur
- ing" she said, IF 1 tell you that
n nv opinion nine out of every ten
marriages. result in disappointment
md d~isillusion for the wite9
Il am not speaking of the acute
sss," she went on, womanlike, with
q waiting for an answer, but Of the
ygage union. Taks myself as an ex.
s-pIe. My home is a happy one; I
i've my husband, and I know how
ruly and thoroughly he loves me.
There never has been a serious
loud upon our welded happiness. Yet
there was a time, not very long after
our marriage, when 1 made myself
a3youghIy miserable and unhappy.
A LOVERS DEVOTION.
The cause of it was simply this:
During all the period OF courtship
gi engagement l was treated with a
ts7orion that fairly surpassed the ro-
mantle ideas I had formed on that sub.
iNuCommon with most young girls.
ItE@Iot merely in the matter Of at
e1ar1s, though. Harry seemed to
anticipate my every wish; but there
YES an indeinable something il all our
relations much sweeter than anything
Ct that kind could be.
"Icould see his face light up invol.
l2.8ri!y when I came into the room
Fhere be was. There was a note of
:ldaarment in his voice whenever he
:p9ke to ne. Every little act, how
ever unimportant, had a aress 10 i's
manner. These are the things that
mean everything to a sensitive, loving
girl. 1t is altogether right that they
a10uld, too, for they are matters III
3:iCctive, while mere attentIoEs may
be studied.
Il don't know that I make my mean.
Is clear. 1t is a little hard to put it
Il words. The things that I refer to,
Nobody but a woman in love would ap
Fsciate anyway. As l said, with a
nan they must be instinctive. Il he
.ss lot do them involuntarily he can
ever earn to do them.
AFTER MARRIAGE
just these little love tokens we're
o. tljngs I missed when we had set
led down after our honeymoon, 1
@c:ainly can't say that Harry was
Yer a. Indifferent husband, or that he
-3giectad me. But there wasn't the
&na-well and lover
4e eagerness that l had known be.
he.
"Ot course I know why it was.
SSiy had his business, his friends, a
~ldsed interests which he had for
S.Ien to q greater or less extent dur
@s cur courtship, but watch came
z TO him after we were married.
n1a's thoughts can contain only
''.U. 90 much, and his affections are
-. TO year fl a little with use. But
,U11t appreciate all t. s st the time,
AZ Sized some useless tears all by
~'se.t before l came to understand it.
-.-Ie then I have known many young
yves who have had the same exper
.s1.s
leave quoted this woman extensively
"'-1s9 ner words relate to an exper
-'s which young wives rarely men
out which many of them feel.
words illustrate just the diver
-,o IN the views Of marriage com
-'y aeld by men and by women.
Toe wOmRn's mind marriage is the
c - experience. With a man the
of'snip ls more likely to be 80. The
w. '1ea OF tie chase and capture sur
Gno, although the practice itself is ex
"a having won his wife, he is likely
"eaE their after-axperience as q
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-15

Some say that the age Of chivalry is
past. The age of chivalry is never
past 80 long as we have faith enough
to say, CID will help me to redress
hat wrong; or if not me, He will help
those thai come after me, for His eter
nal will is to overcome evil with good.
Charles ( ngsley.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-15

He-What will you take for a kiss9
She-I didn't know there was any
substitute.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-15
After the Honeymoon.
BY CARR.

Copyrighted. 1899. tyiJudgePub. Co. Pub ished by permisstonJ