The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-01-17
THE LITTLE DAIRY.
nv CATHERINE RscEas.

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She did the hest she could ~ help ne. sc
grandpa said that the best way 10 use the
milk was to make butter.
Il ike fresh butter lauch better, anyway,
than the szlted kind we buy said grand
Papa.
"Bu, We can't make huttcr" said dear
rsudmamma; we've no dairymaid and no
dairy"
40, I'll SEE 10 that" said Rrsndpapa
Grandmamma only laughed. She did not be
lisve he really meant to do anything.
hut the very next day came two men
with apades and picks, and began 10 dig
near the spriEs.
What ART thcy doing?" asked grand
mamma.
Wait and zee, said graudpaps.
ny and by came two men and two loads
Of lumber, and the first thing grsndmsmmA
knew, abe looked out Of her window early
one morning and there was dear little
house, wilh a door and window and
sloping roof and a veut'lator Just like a
chimney
Ny Eraeious!" said grandmamma.
"Woald you like 10 come down after
breakfast aud zee the dairy" asked grand.
papa,
Well, Il was the tiniest, prettiesi little
dairy anyone ever say. 1t was huilt with
double walls, % that the bet son couldn't
get IN, aud Il had a ecmented floor 10 keep
oui the dampness. Al along one side was
trough Of cement, through which the cold
spring water ran. and on The other side was
big table. which could he hooked up
against the wall. when not IN use.
And there was dear little wooden churn,
and pals and pans and a wooden tray aud
ladlc.
Yes" said Frandmzmma, III is all very
nice, bat where is your dhirymsid"
Here she is" said TrandpapA, holding
opsh the door-and who should come in but
Cousin Celia, who was little rirl herself
then. only y Year, old She had on one
Of Marlhz's caps, sax her sleeves were
rolled up almost 20 lsy shoulder
''Hnrious" said gTandnamma again
Wen, all tina: summer grAnapapa and
Cousin Cecil made tho butter. with Celia
TO hcip. They poured the milk morning
and night into shallow paus end left them
IN the cool spring water until the beautiful
yellow cream rose to the top. Then Celia
skinned it Of aud pot II in the churn
aud when there was enough cream in the
ehurn they a.. took turns churninR Il untl
the butter came. Often, when the weather
was warn, Il took 4 long time.
When cold weather came We al went
away 70 the city. as usual, and the dairy
wss cl0erd. The two moo,ry cows and the
horses and dogs and cats were left ioF John
and Thomas TO care for.
Gundpapa and Celia talked often during
the winter Of the good times thsy had had
making butter and planned al sorts Of i'm.
proycmvnls in the dairy for the following
summer.
Just think how Argadul.y they iel when
they returned 10 Holiday house in May,
and John told them thst the older mooley
COW had died. and there was Just enough
milk Tor the house without leaving any for
butter making Celia cried and gmndpapa
looked very much disappointed Tor awhile
and then he said:
"NyyCr mindi think We can afford l..
buy another cow. III sce about IT,"
- wish YOU wouldn't" nd rraLi.
mamma. "Buiirr making "a 20 much trru
he"
Trouble" said grandpapa; no trou.
bic az alln
Il dont mind gettiur l...Ie tired. said
Cousin Cecil, land IT, such iuni"
"Ask Celia" said guantanamo "You
had the fun Of making butter. hut Celia had
the hard work. She had TO carry the milk
away down 20 the dairy. and carry the
chuTn and the pals aud pans TO and frum
the house 10 be washed and tca,dsd, and
scrub the dairy and do az the other thirn
that Jon and grandpapa could not do or
forgot, You'll have 60 get a special working
maid as well a. another COW. II you make
butter this year. Tor Celia has al che can
vel do in the laundry"
And so they talked il over, and decided
70 leave the dairy locked up and hay oidi.
nary salisd butter, and after awhile Cecil
and grantpspa found other things 10 occupy
and amusc them, and forgot ell about their
Impeachment.
That al happened six years ago. row
Cousin Cecil u almost grown up, and
Katharine is no longer a tiny baby, but
4 biz g.rl seven years cid, with three front
teeth out and another one loose,
When we all came 70 Holiday houss this
sum ntg. Katharine and her little brother
Roger each took one of dear grandpaps's
hands and walked all over the place. They
went down past the spring house. and no.
tjcci how much water was in the spring,
aud how the honeysuckles had grown.
What's that other little house, with tho
woodbnc climbing all around the win.
dow asked Katharine.
That used TO be the dairy" aid grand.
papa.
whats dairy!" asked Katharine.
So grandpa told them al about t.
why don't you make butter there noWf"
asked Roger. when he had finished
1T is so far from the house that Il IL ioo
much trouble to fetch and carry every
thing" grandpapa answered, and we've
only one COW, you know"
Let's see the little house, said both the
children.
So gNndpapa found the key and opened
the door.
What dear little house," exclaimed
Katharine. Il wish we might have II for
a play house"
"Wby, so you may" said grandpapa.
Good .byl" snid both together, and they
ran off, elspping their hands for JOY, to tell
Catriua, their nurse.
Well, they swept down all the eobwebs
and opened the window, and swept and
washed the floor. Next tey hung turkey
red curtains at the window, and put red
cloth on the table and strip Of mating
on the floor. This last they found in the
attic. Then they tackled some bright pic.
lures on the wall, and brought down their
little chairs and table from the nursery
Bat the trough looked badly--of course
there had been no water in Il since they
stopped using the dairy, and Il was all dry
cement like the floor.