News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-11-01

folks. It was too bad her box party
was the same night they had a play
on at L. G. A.
Mr.. Chattin is nearly through
thrashing and will start the saw rig.
Mrs. Bessey's aunt, who has been
with her for the past couple of
months, went to her home in st. AL
bans. Her nephew, Ralph Whitcomb,
came with closed car for her. Come
again, Aunty.
was requested to write how but
ter was disposed of before the rail-
road was built. Butter was packed in
SO and 30-pound tubs land kept
through the summer and sold in the
fall about now. Buyers came from
Boston and with the home buyer came
to look at the butter They would
make an offer and if you accepted a
day was set to deliver at Waterbury
or Burlington, the nearest railroad.
Then for two days before the time
was to go was hard work. The butter
had to be taken up and turned so
the butter would set on the cover and
tub and cover marked. Then the tub
was taken off, leaving the butter
standing on the cover The tub was
washed in the big tubs, scalded and
set out to cool, then slipped back on
to butter turned back and cover
washed. Cloths were cut and laid
over the butter. Two marked with
an iron with your name, and then
stamped with the buyers name. For
years Slayton of Boston had our but
ter. Then about three the morning
they were to start all were up, wagons
washed the day before and clean
straw in would be packed up to the
door; all the covers were strapped on
with little strips often and loaded and
the pail of dinner put in and break
fast and by that time horses had
had their breakfast and was ready
to be hitched and the good-byes and
the years hard work was gone and
often box of dressed poultry and
sometimes four or five dressed hogs
went. We always had two wagons
full to go, besides that final getting
the butter started. Butter had to be
brined every two weeks, that is a
brine of salt and water and saltpeter
and sugar was scalded, when coal
would be poured onto each tub till it
would hold no more. That was to
keep the air away from the butter
"A housewife had to understand MAX
ing butter and caring for it to have
it keep nice. The cellars had to be
kept as clean as possible so as not
to faint the butter; butter could not
be made to keep now with the separa-
tors; it would have to be the old way
of curing the cream.
Dear Girls, did you know, you that
have never voted, should take the
freeman's oath and see that your
name is on the check list? No voting
if that has not been seen to. The
fourth is the day to see to that and
then come out the seventh and vote
to your best judgment for the man
you think is the best. Don't vote as
someone tells you to, but read and
Judge for yourself. The liquor ques-
ton is in awful shape. We are the
made a law and can't enforce it.
Neither party wants it; there are just
as many republicans that want liquor
as democrats. The law is making
law breakers every day; there is
money in the business and men that
we're in other businesses have dropped
It and gone into this business that !
mas money and thrill in it. Don't |
,hink it is the poor Mike that is in it,
out people that have nice homes. /
When $100 can be invested and get |
$500 inside of "a hours, then they |
brow their loyalty to their country
.side and try to fill their pockets.
officers can be bought for money.
How many of those fires throughout
he country do you think could be |
aid to liquor; men hiding around /
signalling to their friends,
light a cigarette, a few puffs and
brow away; do they care whether
here is a fire or not? If they did
hey would be in their homes. /
now of a party of men that, two,
md sometimes the break of day finds
hem at their post watching for the
FOODS from the north; as for those