The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-31
THE LITTLE DAIRY.
by CATHERINE ROGERS.

When Katharine was tiny baby grand
papa had two nice mooley cows. There was
much more milk, Of course, than we could /
drink, even with Katharine's assistance.
She did the best she could to help us. So |
grandpa said that the best way to use the |
milk was to make butter.
IT like fresh butter much better, anyway, !
than the sailed kind we buy" said grand
papa.
"But we can't make butter" said dear
grandmamma; Twelve no dairymaid and no
dairy"
80, I'll see to that" said grandpapa,
Grandmamma only laughed. She did not be-
lieve he really meant to do anything.
But the very next day came two men
with spades and picks, and began TO dig
near the spring.
"What are they doing?" asked grand
mamma.
"Wat and see," said grandpapa.
By and by came two men and two loads
Of lumber, and the first thing grandmamma
knew, she looked out of her window early
one morning and there was a dear little
house, with door and a window and
sloping roof and ventilator just like
chimney!
"My gracous!" said grsndmamma.
"lVoud you like to come down after
breakfast and see the dairy" asked grand
papa.
Well, it was the tiniest, prettiezt little
dairy anyone ever say. 1t was butt with
double walls, SO that the hot sun couldn't
get in, and it had cemented floor to keep
| out the dampness All along one side was a
traroh - fbrn,iuh which the s0ld
spring water ran, and on the other side was
| a big table, which could be hooked up
against the wall, when not in use.
And there was dear little wooden churn,
and pals and pans and wooden tray and
ladle.
EYES," said grandmamma, at is all very
nice, but where is your dairymaid?'
"Here she u.s." said grandpapa, holding
| open the door-and who should come in but
| Cousin Celia, who was little girl herself
| then, only u years old. She had on one
| Of Martha's caps, and her sleeves were
rolled up almost to her shoulders.
"Gracousw said grandmamma again.
Well, all that summer grandpapa and
Cousin Cecil made the butter, with Celia
TO help. They poured the milk morning
and night into shallow pans, and left them
in the cool spring water until the beautiful
yellow cream rose to the top. Then Celia
skinned it off and put it in the churn-
and when there was enough cream in tht
churn they all took turns churning it unit
! the butter came. Often, when the weather
was warm, it took long time.
! When cold weather came we all wen
away to the city, as usual, and the dairy
was closed. The two mooley cows and thu
| o,,J fex, 1nf+ for Tr,I
and Thomas to care for.
Grandpapa and Celia talked often durini
the winter of the good times they had hal
making butter and planned all sorts Of i'm
, provements in the dairy for the following
summer.
, Just think how dreadfully they felt whe
they returned to Holiday house in May
and John told them that the older moole
cow had died, and there was just enoug
milk for the house without leaving any 70
e butter making. Celia cried and grandpap
S looked very much disappointed for awhile
e and then he said:
q "Never mind I think we can afford t
buy another cow. I'll see about it."
a 81 wish you wouldn't" SAID CRANE
:, mamma. Butter making is so much tro
be-"
+ Trouble" said grandpapa; "no tro
e BILE at ALL"
: III don't mind getting little tired" sal
: Cousin Cecil, "and it's such funl"
"Asl, Celia" said grandmamma. "Yo
had the fun of making butter, but Celia ha
!, the hard work. She had to carry the mi
away down to the dairy, and carry I'll
/ churn and the pals and pans to and frol
} the house to be washed and scalded, an
d scrub the dairy and do all the other thinl
e that you and grandpapa could not do {
forgot. You'll have TO get special workir
:, maid, as well as another COW, if you NAL
= butter this year, for Celia has all she ca
. well do in the laundry"
' And SO they talked it over, and decide
to leave the dairy locked up and buy ord
S nary sailed butter, and after awhile Cet
I and grandpapa found other things to occur
3 and amuse them, and forgot all about the
d disappointment.
I. That all happened six years ago. No
i Cousin Cecil is almost grown up, al
= Katharine is no longer tiny baby, b.
/, big girl seven years old, with three frol
= teeth out and another one loose.
y When we all came to Holiday house tn
y summer, Katharine and her little broth
Roger each took one of dear grandpapa
n hands and walked all over the place. The
4 went down past the spring house, and n
= ticed how much water was in the sprin
:, and how the honeysuckles had grown.
= "What's that other little house, with Il
'l woodbine climbing all around the wi
r dow?" asked Katharine.
4. "That used to be the dairy" said gran
e papa.
re "What's dairy?" asked Katharine.
,e So grandpa told them all about it.
i "Why don't you make butter there now
:, asked Roger, when he had finished.
- at is so far from the house that it is tt
y much trouble to fetch and carry ever
Z thing!" grandpapa answered, "and we
" only one COW, you know
til Lets see the little house," said both t
to children.
q So grandpapa found the key and open,
Vi the door.
10 "What a dean little housed" exclaim,
] Katharine. II wish We might have it t
q playhouse"
a "Why, SO you may!" said grandpapa.
a "Good-by" said both together, and tn
1T ran off, clapping their hands for JOY, to t
IN Catrina, their nurse.
Well, they swept down all the cobwe
and opened the window, and swept al
washed the floor. Next they hung turk
red curtains at the window, and put a r
es cloth on the table and strip Of matti
~ on the floor. This last they found in t
We attic. Then they tackled some bright p
If, lures on the wall, and brought down thu
~ 4al L. fpN9t h.