Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-12-12

knife for hot or cold bread, you may
slice ham or beef roast, even though
warm, with it with expedition, or you
may carve fowl more advantageously
with It than with carving knife"
A sharp twenty-inch butchers saw
and a small butchers cleaver were tied
together and on the beribboned card
this message was traced, when / was
young, the only butchers cleaver
knew was that mentioned in Dixie"
that / used to sing
= OF missus marry Will d. Weaber;
His face was sharp like butchers
cleaber,
But dat did not seem to greab 'er.'
But now | am old realize its worth
in the kitchen. When there are ham
bones and spare ribs to get in two in
some way you will realize the worth OF
the saw"
A tidy little household scale with
tin scoop and brass dial that would
weigh an ounce of soda and twenty
pounds of sugar equally well, and
wooden peck measure, pint and
quart measure of tin, were placarded
thus, These niece, will save you guess
work in cooking and preserving and
will defend you from the false balance
that is an abomination'
That you may be relieved of the IN
convenience of washing your one COOK
spoon every time you mix another food,
I'send you six, and that you may keep
them in place / send a half-dozen iron
hooks for your kitchen wall, was
aunt's message with the large long
handled iron spoons.
"A husbands love may ward it OIL
for 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 Ratchet and screw-driver.
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 kitehen-it will gladden. your
heart on rainy day"
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 cheeks. 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
shredder, a butter-mold, a glass dairy
thermometer. a kitchen sandstone for
sharpening knives, pot chain, dish
cloth, can-opener, steakpounder,
mouse trap, wire soap bracket and a
tiny wire soap shaker for saving bits
Of soap.
Last of all there was thick book, a
manuscript cook book, full OF all man
ner of recipes and sage advice in the
realm of housekeeping and cookery.
The dear old woman must have spent
days in making it, and she had written
on the hyleaf, Herein are written the
tested recipes of a lifetime. Follow
them in detail as have written them,
Juritha, and through the stomach bring
delight to the heart of the husband"
Within the leaves of a copy of a
household magazine was a gilt-edged
card which said, 81 have found good
table magazine household necessity.
You will receive this one one year as
part of my gift"
Rita 1--WE softened our girls some
what Understanding name thus) was
as happy as one of the birds in the
rosevine over aunt's gift, and gave it
the place of honor-an entire corner
in the room in which the presents were
displayed. OF all her beautiful gifts,
none attracted so much attention as
aunt's homely one, which proved as in
teresting to the guests as it afterward
proved useful to the bride.-Farmers'