The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-11
By Nell Gordon

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BY Nell Gordon
This is starting out to be what
one might call buggy week. First
I met the man from Dayton who
stated the Bedford stone was formed
from millions of bugs. Then after
getting the oolitic bug well into my
head I met Mr.. William Palmer, a
salesman for a tin can company.
eff you are running to bug sto-
ries," he said, 81 will tell you why
it is SO many women are unable
to can corn or green beans success
fully. 1t is all on account of q bug
or microbe that appears on the vege-
table and seems happiest after it
gets into the middle Of can Of food
set away in a dark cellar"
1 tried to appear interested. I
could visualize many and many a
pantry shelf with spoiled cans on
which some woman had spent hours
in >trying to preserve, but this bug
business was a little beyond me.
Yes" 1 said, II suppose there
is an art to canning of which the
commercial Gamer has greater
knowledge than the housewife. In
fact, it seems to be almost a SCIENCE,
this preser wing food in the time of
plenty for the time of need"
wondered what 1 would say next,
being at a loss for words, but my
informant relitved me of the worry
ut is the science applied to the
art that has allowed the industry
to become a success" he said. THE
science of bacteriology applied to
the art of canning. Dean Russen
Of Wisconsin convinced the Gamers
several years ago that much of the
spoilage was due to a microbe which
appears in the corn and green bean
when the Vegetable gets to be Of
"a certain tenderness. The house
wife not having the knowledge of
just when to pick to avoid this mi
crobe will always have more or less
trouble with canning"
Who Invented Canning
What was the name of the woman
who invented canning, l asked, sure
in my thought that it was a woman
Canning was not invented by a
woman" he replied. "a man by the
name of Appert won prize offered
by the French government for some
method Of feeding the army when
the snow was on the ground; also
for a method of keeping the food
palatable for the navy when it was
far out at sea. This was during the
wars Of Napalean. Appert won the
prize by giving to the world the
present method Of preserving by the
application of heat" said Mr.. Pal
mer..
: 1 took time to think, then I knew
MIR. Palmer had told the truth, Isn't
is just like a man to invent all that
work for lis women?
Going to Bedford
When onl va few miles out of
Bloomington I was offered a ride
by a kindly looking old gentleman
who said his wife kept a boarding
house in Cincinnati. He was on his
way to Bedford for a visit. The
scenery was beautiful, SC they say.
saw little OF lie but it wasn't the fault
of the landscape. It was the pace
we rode. Our conversation was
limited. At every turn in the road
he would ask me what the sign read
then he would remark, Barring an
accident we should be in Bedford by
noon"
AS we wheeled around curves
without slackening the pace and re-
CARELESS Of the other fellow, 1 began
to think up an excuse for asking
him to stop. We approached a house
in front of which sat an old lady
smoking pipe. l asked him to
stop to let me out so 1 could chat
with the old lady awhile"
ooh, you can talk to her when
you come back" was his reply.
Then he added, Barring an acct
dent we should be in Bedford by
noon"
Through the village Of OoDtic we
went without slowing down. The
hotel is in plain view of the high
way and on the lawn are rows of
benches. one of which bears the
sign, Liars bench, called his
attention to it, thanked him for the
ride and asked him to step SO I
could leave him and take a picture
of the bench.
''oh, y&a can set that on the way
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