Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-13

knife sor hot or cold bread, you may
| slice 4 ham or beef roast, even though
warm, with it with expedition, or yoc
may carve a fowl more advantaSeoasiy
with it than with carving knife"
A sharp twenty-inch butchers saw
and small butchers cleavcr were tied
together and on the beribboned card
this message was traced, when I was
young, the only butchers cleaver |
knew was that mentioned in Dixie
flat | used to sing
"'Or missus marry Will ID. Weaber;
His face was sharp like butcher
cleaber,
But dat did not seem to greab err
But now / am old realize its worth
in the kitchen. When there are ham
bones and spare ribs to get in two III
some way you will realize the worth of
the saw"
A tidy little household scale with a
tin scoop and brass dial that would
weigh an ounce of soda and twenty
pounds of sugar equally well, and a
wooden peck measure, pint and a
quart measure of tin. were placarded
thus. These. niece, will save you guess
work in cooking and preserving ard
will defend you from the false nallace
that is an abomination.
That you may be relieved az tae Sc
convenience of washing your c1c a;os
spoon every time you mix another food,
| send yo,, six, and that you may keep
them in place | send haif-dozcn iron
hooks for your kitchen wall was
aunt's message with the large long
handled iron spoons.
"A husbands love may ward it off
for a while, but, my dear Juritha, you'll
come to driving nails and tacks and
turning screws sooner or later and here
are your tools" was the prophetic writ
ing on the hatchct and scrcwdriver.
The card on the heavy cotton UNI
brella said, Niece, keep your gold
handled umbrella upstairs with your
best dress, but keep this in plain view
in the kitchen-it will gladden. your
neart on rainy Gay.
The oaken stool twenty-four inches
high, like those used in dry goods stores,
had written on it, REST will help to
keep the roses in your checks, dear
niece Never stand at any work when
you can sit as we'll Whether pairing
apples, preparing vegetables or mixing
cake at the kitchen table, be seated on
this STOOL"
Down in the bottom of the great box
were an ice-cream freezer of the latest
and most approved pattern. timed ice
butter-mold, a glass dairy
kitchen sandstone for
knives. pot chain, dish
cloth, a canopener, a steak-pounder, a
mouse trap, wire soap bracket and a
.iny wire soap shaker for saving bits
Of soap.
Last of all there was thick book, a
cook book, full of all man
ner of recipes and sage advice in the
calm of housekeeping and cookery.
The dear old woman must have spent
lays in making it, and she had written
IN the hyleaf, Herein are written the
ested recipes of lifetime. Follow
hem in detail as | have written them,
Turitha, and through the stomach bring
lelght to the heart of the husband"
Within the leaves of copy of
magazine was gilt-edged
ard which said, 81 have found good
able magazine a household necessity
You will receive this one one year as
'art of my gift"
Rita 1--WE softened our girls some
What harsh sounding name thus) was
S happy as one of the birds in the
osevine over aunt's gift, and gave it
he place of honor-an entire corner
n the room in which the presents were
displayed. Of all her beautiful gifts,
one attracted so much attention as
UNITS homely one which proved as in
eresting to the guests as it afterward
roved useful to the bride.-Farmers'
lone Journal.