Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 11, Number 179, Decatur, Adams County, 30 July 1913 — Page 3

THE DINNER PAIL Argument in Favor of It soThreshers Advanced by Miss Mattie Young. SAVING OF LABOR — — For Over-worked Farmers* Wives as Well as Saving of Valuable Time . Mr Editor: If yon will allow me a lltle > | ae ■ I would like to ro ily to aii article q, the Democrat of th- 22nd- Also of th. 24th. Ilowevt r, | d,.n't think th;.-, either was written by a good cook o' contains any argument. Don’t w<r nor they were ashamed to sign the! names. The statement that the nearest wat U a man’s heart is through ins >ton: ach places him on a level with th. brute, and if taken seriously nil tie girls seeking a husband will in the fn i tore he going around with a basket <>i nicknames and noodles. It's my opinion that any man who! will require his wife, who is ahead) overworked to prepare a threshing; dinner for from twenty live to thirf people In a hot kitchen, the very hen testweather, has no heart to reach. I and if he has. God pity the woman who wins it. The idea that woman should be required to keep up an old custom that should have been abandoned twenty hve years ago, simply to satisfy a lev people who have more stomach than brains. It is time we are learning! to live, and stop living simply to ■at Plain living and high thinkim is needed in the farmers’ home as t, sell as other homes. You may say •tlie farmers are plain livers. Yes, lit I :i way, they are. Some so very plain that to prepare a threshing dinner and . try to compete with his neighbor, who I is favored with more of this world’s roods makes it very embarassing. Do you know that there are few farmers who are prepared for such ae-l < asious. And that much time am! hard labor, saying nothing about th'expense tlnvt- cottld be saved. Now.t-j days, time is money and should be looked after as well as the dollars. If you will put a feed box on the back of your wagon .take your own feed, whei it is nearing the dinner hour, some of jou can feed your horses without I bothering the man you are supposed to be helping, take your bucket and go to a shade tree, eat your dinn s which we promise you will be fit .er a king. Yes, you will get a little rest, more than your wife will; then while ■others are looking after their horses and dinners you are ready for work ; and the mechtne need not stop Sup we give the three machine men their j dinners- That is a small job. The) <an easily arrange to get their dinners and keep the machine going. By 30 doing tlie farmer is saved the troubl. as few are prepared to make room t" deed from twelve to fourteen horses , Now, what is wrong about tli.it W > is out anything? I was told by one omy neighbors that the machine sto;>ped over two hours for dinner whet dong a small job of threshing, rail if the men had all worked to the in terest of the party who was threshim niid all taken their dinners and horse ’feed they could have finished that jo! that day. As it was the good cool, was forced to prepare two big men's mid keep tlie threshers over night and give them breakfast. And what lit grain was threshed it was only lit hogs and chichens. What do you think ot that? It is so strange some people will strain out a nat and take in a camel But we know it takes .a little time an I patience to throw away an old custom But wo believe there is enough intelligence in Blue Creek township, ami also Adams county to wipe the eld custom out of existence. It is sim: v a business proposition, but some Ipie do not seem to know that In'mm' is a business, and seem to think ■' . threshing time is for frolic, and one that can use the most swear words and get off what he calls mart thim is the star performer. But by the wa they are not all that kind <>l on the farm. The one that we around, or that good woman, wishes U> inform the Democrat that publii s '■ timent is In favor the dinner pail ami by another year you will see our r<>amen carrying the pail. I really cm. t F,e e what is so lad about it. 1 carried II lunch for several years ami durum the cold months in the year at that, and worked as hard as any thieshand here I am, fifty years old. and can make a good hand in a field ' f ' "" 3 cold dinner, If necessary. As far ajt the good woman being , turned down .by the women is a mi take.' Out "of twenty only two pi"l"tred the big doings, and I was informed

it..tn had not eookod for tnresners tor eight, years, and the other one has not had much experience. And the most intelligent men were just its enthusiastic ns the women Several expressed them-''H'-s that they were tired of feeding ■' l'U< k ot parasites who came merely tv nil up on tilckiuii-ks and noodles, ami when once filled was soon sieged "ith that tiled feeling which remained I with them all afternoon. If the man "ho Is threshing dared speak his sentiments, well you might hear some big \oiils |f the cook is a good one there is not much effort on the part oi the parasite to hustle the job. A ' " hard-working, honest men must overwork in order to move tilings : 'l< tig. But it the eook happens to be 1 poor one the parasite hustles a litHe to get away and excuses are made or going home tiefort 1 meals. Last season was a hard one on ■l’ hv people in Blue Creek township. ■ many good cooks were forced to i'lepare several meals for a small job thresiiiuc on account of rain. One 'armor hail the machine standing in his barnyard two weeks to get a mall job of threshing done. The nut- , thine pulled in about 10 a. m. and i m arly an hour's threshing was done when it began to rain. The good cook vas straining every nerve to have the iv dinner on time. Os course the threshers all remained for dinner Toward evening the sun came out, and 'loin all appearances if the sun would ■hine tlie next morning they could pro 1 -'d with the threshing. So In the evening the good cook went to her i'oultry house and proceeded to make 1 ready some four or five tine fowls or the next day for dinner. Strange, ut alter threshing but a short time down came the rain. The threshers ul stayed for dinner For two weeks 1 he rain kept that good codk’s nerves unstrung, not knowing just when she must make ready for another big feast or how many more she would i have to make Finally the rain ceased. the sun came out, and another big dinner was devoured. The few bushels of gtain were finally threshed and lot one bushel was marketable What would you think of that man if he was not willing to carry a dinner pail? How many have not had a similar ex1 perience I think there was all of ten men in my rounds who told me of similar ■ experiences of their own, and such experiences seems to hurt the quite-well-te do farmers as much as the very 1 poor, but he can stand it better. | \ few weeks ago avery destructive hail stoi m passed through Blue Creek township, doing considerable damage to buildings and ruining the rye, vlie.ii. barley and oats crops for many armors, as well as the cooks’ gardens. I was one of the heavy losers 1 and saw it would scarcely pay to have ( the grain threshed. It was very exi ■ nsive to cut it, and many left much ot the grain in the fields. I hail my hands a little more than full all spring with sickness and work and had very little time to talk with any one and learn what they thought of the situation, but it looked to me like we should begin cutting expenses and lessening labor whereever possible. I finally heard men expressing their tiews and no one seemed to think we oidd get enough out of the grain to . y expenses. And some mentioned iln Idg dinner problem. While the , 1 tion of abo'ishing the abominable big thr. siting dinner has been agitatmg the minds of some of the Blue I’i eel, township good cooks, no one . om< d to want to make the break, 1 i 1 owing there would bo some opposition, as there always is. I learned over the ’phone of a number of good <<<oks who were very anxious to get in of the nuisance. And as I did not care for tlie kickers, I made the break ;.nd you can see by the paper what one of the kickers did. Well, lie is very much mistaken when he thinks my efforts were in vain. While we cannot carry out our plans this year, owing to some who are with on the dinner problem going in another club and not having time to see others, we have things in good shape for another season. Some of the kickers said the women did too much -Axin' just plain grub was nil they asked for—beans, potatoes ami meat. Now all we need to do this year in order to win out is for ,11 the ijooks to furnish plenty of p. ins, potatoes and meat. Strange, some of the men make such a fuss nbont taking their own dinners when iliri ailing, when nearly every woman sn id their men folks’were taking cold dinners every day on the wagon hauling stone and eating ns they dro'e along the dusty road. Now it looks 11 little like it might, be contrariness when it comes to the threshing dinner. \frnid their wives might have a minute they would call their own. Yes, the meat question was evidentlv mentioned along with the expenses and I think every woman, ns well ns the men, sqid it would take a flve-dol-jri- hill tor. one dinner and owing to the gardens being destroyed, everything, nearly, must be bought. And do

you know, the good < 00k as a rule. I must take the egg and cream money,! which she earns by the hardest. Some men have much to say about support- , Ing their wives and families, but If yon Investigate you will find the farmer’s wife, as a rule, supports herself, and many times not only herself, but also the husband and children. Now, good cooks, if you expect the men to take off their hats to you stop! spending the money you earn by the hardest of labor for big dinners for threshers, clover liullers, corn shred- . ders, and hay bailers. Buy yourself a fine dress, and as soon as yon van an automobile, go to town in good style. At threshing time put on your best dress, and If your complexion lias be- . come bronzed by the heat of the sun make use of a little talcum, and as the ihildren are more than likely to be near the threshing ground, you b« there, also. See there Is no profane language used or vile stories told, or , your little boy persuaded to take his first chew of tobacco. Don't think you won't be respected. That is just the! type of women men take off their hats to. The Madison comity women found it out. I want to inform you I don't claim the honor of making the break to Hy 1 t.ride the ofd custom. There were some good men who did all they couliX last year to start the ball rolling. And the threshing club that was organized at the Salem school house a hort time :go voted 011 the dinner question When put to a vote eight were willing for their wives to remain in the old | rut, while six were willing to join the bucket brigade. Had all members been present al! would have carried their pails this year, so I was told by one of the members. And this was all done by men. Look out for the women next year! it is suggested that the farmer has reached the point where he can be independent, that he can say, -No dinner. no threshing." Now I wonder if the women could not come as near doing the threshing as tlie men could ! the cooking. Some of the good cooks who have had experience in the field as well as in the house said they were willing to exchange work any time and would not stand around and wait ts>4se given a snap as the hardest job is easy compared to the cooks'. And I nave had enough experience to know who is right. Now. really, who can be the most independent? But by the wav that is the first time I ever heard a farmer mention independence. They are usually talking about some crooked toad, some one is trying by th? hardest to straighten or stope, and tin l exorbitant expenses, and the hard times, and the labor problem. Can’t get no help in house or on the farm, j and if fortunate enough to hire an imitation of a hand, must pay two prices ana the taxes are more than farmers can stand. But let a woman steal a. little time to help to make a move to stop aleak and better conditions, stop! a leak, though perhaps small this year.' another next year, well of course she ! knows there will be kickers. Os course we do not expect the poli-l tician or perhaps the very well-to-do! farmer, who has big boys and girls,. and has plenty of ills own help now. or the man whose wife is a poor cook or the hired man to take friendly to the move. But they might just as well smile and lend a hand to help th,, women along .because you know we mean to win. As there will soon be other important subjects for us to take up. w<> must get the big dinner problem off our hands as well as the big dinners that we may have more time to prepare ourselves and be ready to vote intelligently when we become citizens of tlie United States. Some men suggest hat we go back to tlie old custom of helping each other. But we never go back- Our motto is "Onward to something better." That custom of helping each other had not entirely died out when I returned to the farm. I tried It one year. There is nothing in ft; worse than nothing. When four or five women try to work In a strange kitchen, and small at that, rnd a dozen children or more about to be looked afer, it only adds to tho burdens of the chief cook. The most of women agree it’s a failure Figure It out. And some of the good men say it is pride, just a fad. The women call it common sense, and Ignorance on the part of those who ' want to continue in the same old way oui fathers trod. Some say it is not sociable. Well, if 1 that is the way the good cooks enjoy | sociability we are willing to let what I little there is go. Now think the mat- 1 ter over, good cooks and honest men. 1 and don’t be afraid to express your ' selves. MATTIE YOUNG. ('LEAN THE VAULTS-Under the 1 Indiana law the vaults must be t cleaned at this season. Leave your 1 order with Dan Straub, or at Schlick- ' man's livery barn. Work guaranteed. - Dur Straub. 17Rti j LOST—GoId watch between Myers 1 Dailey store and south part of city. ‘ Please return to .1. M. Rice or to the J Myers-Dailey store and receive re- 1 ward- '

KINGDOM IK MARKEI __ Owner of Lewis Island Wants Million and Half. Domain In the Hebrides Has an Area of 437,221 Acres, a Population of 30,000, and Moors Where Deer Roam. London. — Scattered around the shores of the United Kingdom are a ' number of islands, large and small, whose proprietors, while owing allegiance to King George, are, neverthe- I less, monarchs of all they survey, with greater power over the comfort and well-being of their "subjects" that his majesty enjoys. Indeed, in some instances, the British parliament has no power to tax these island estates without the con sent of their owners, nor can any one laud or reside upon them without the ! permission t their rulers. Some cf' i them are but a few acres in extent while others run into many square ! miles of territory, boasting of a lordly castle and a quite a large population Perhaps the principal island proper ty in the United Kingdom is Lewis, in the Outer * Hebrides, whose present ruler Is Major .Matheson. Lewis is cer ' talnly no mean kingdom, seeing that It boasts of an area of 437,221 acres and j a population of nearly 110.000 souls. Indeed, it is the largest island in the , United Kingdom next to Ireland. For the man desirous of setting up in a 1 moderate sort of way as a monarch here is an admirable chance, for Major Matheson is anxious to dispose of his kingdom. The little kingdom boasts of ex- ; tensive locks, where magnificent fish ing is to be had, while in some paits it is mountainous. Mealasbhai and Ben More, the twe highest peaks, tower 1,800-odd feet above sea level. Over its extensive! moors and forest land the red deer ' still roam. Everywhere there are numerous antiquities and Drudlcal re mains. The owner’s residence Is a magnificent castle close to Stornoway, the principal town. Many members of I the royal family have stayed here, including the late King Edward. The principal! industry is fishing, and in the season the girls of Stornaway go ail over Scotland packing herrings. Next to fishing, cloth weaving engages the attention of the islandefs, who are a hardy and thrifty set of people, the majority of whom know no other tongue but Gaelic. Major Matheson is asking one and a half million dollars for this island kingdom. TERRIER RESCUES 4 KITTENS Carries Them One by One From Burning Top Floor to Safety in Rear of Back Yard. San Francisi 0.. Cal.—Four little motherless kittens owe their lives to I Blanca, a fox terrier. One day when the flat at 874 Grove street caught fire and the rooms and halls were filled with smoke, Blanca, who had adopted i the kittens, kept her head and through ! the turmoil that followed carried het foster children to safety. Through stairways filled with fire men and excited tenants Blanca made ! four trips to the top floor and each I time returned with a kitten in her ! mouth. Each trip Blanca would take a kitten to the far end of the back yard out of danger, and after placing it gently on the ground would dart back again for another one. When all four had been carried out of harm’s way ! the terrier devoted her time to com sorting her wards by licking their fut and running around them. No one was allowed to approach. When Blanca's puppy died she dis appeared one afternoon and returned with a kitten in her mouth. She did not stop until four had been brought home and since that time she lias cared for the little creatures with a devotion that only a dog can show. MAN ASKS FOR DEPORTATION To Win a SIO,OOO Wager Frenchman Who Started Tour Years Ago in Hurry to Return. New York. -Louis Grandjean, who declares that he will win a SIO,OOO wa ger if ho arrives in Paris by July 15, is hopltfg to get the Immigration an thorities to deport him. Ten years ago. he says, he left Paris to win tho SIO,OOO stake put up at the Jockey club there that before July 15, 1913, he could not visit every country in the world, always working his way, never being subsidized or accepting charity. Penniless and hungry, he applied to the police for his arrest on a charge of vagrancy, hut when he found that he might be sentenced to the work house for six months ha saw it would interfere with his getting to Paris in time, so he pleaded not guilty and was released. He took the advice of the ' police and will seek to he deported. , Grandjean passed through New York In 1908 and called upon Mayor McClellan at tho time. Since then he has been al! through this country, Canada. Japan, Australia, the Philippines, ' Panama and South America, so he , says. Innocent Man Two Years In Jail. Topeka, Kan.—Convicted and imprisoned two years ago on a charge ot j robbery because a bloodhound seemed to direct suspicion to him. George . .Horton was released from the state penitentiary when evidence found recently proved bls innocence. I

PLAGUE OF COAST T— New England Shore Lice Victirr of Mosquitoes. Salt Marshes Furnish Principal Part of Pest and as They Are Large and Voracious Feeders They Make Life a Burden. Paterson, N. J.—The salt marshes along the coast funxUli the principal part of the mosquito plague in most of tho New England states. Contrary to the habits of most mosquitoes, those of the salt marsh species fly Inland long distances, and as they are large and very abundant, and are voracious feeders they make life a burden to many inhabitants. There are two ! species of mosquitoes which breed | abundantly on the salt marshes and which are commonly called the brown IJ | wl |. Zw u Sy ■ y.. ® M «. • » The Brown Salt Marsh Mosquito. i salt marsh mosquito and the banded salt marsh mosquito. The brown species breed upon the marsh early in the season, going long distances inland in search <f food. About July first, it is almost wholly replaced by the banded species, which remains during the rest ot the season. Ihe general methods sf mosquito control are: (1) a draining es the marshes; (2) .dllng ths breeding pools, and (3) screening of all raiu water receptacles. The first draining is the method which should be used for the permanent control of the mosquito nuisance; the second may be employed temporarily until draining can be done, and the third should receive attention each year. Where mosquito'larvae or wrigglers are found In any pool, they may be killed in a few minutes by spreading a fllri of ell over tho surface of the ! , water. It is necessary for the larvae to come to the surface about once ! each two minutes to breathe, and the oil not only prevents the air frvm en | tering their respiratory system, but ! also enters their breathing tubes, de ; stroying the tissues, and they soon die. Tbe oil must be applied about once each ten days to keep the pool in a safe non-breeding condition. For this purpose ordinary kerosene, which . can be purchased from any grocer, | will answer. Some prefer a heavier ; oil. called light fuel oil. Ciling, at its best. Is but a temporary expedient, and should be practiced on the salt marshes only until j the marshes can be drained, in mid ! summer the tai l vegetation often ob scures many small breeding places, ! and likewise makes it difficult to dis- ' tribute the ell on the surface of the water, where needed, most ot It striking the vegetation. A convenient method of applying oil is by iueans of small compressed air sprayers with cylinders of galvanized | sheet iron. Each cylinder contains ! x. ■ I I The Banded Salt Marsh Mosquito. a pressure pump and will hold about I ten and one-half gallons of liquid. It may be carried in the hand or held by 1 a strap thrown over the shoulder, i Such an ctitflt, Including short pieces of hose with nozzle, may be purchased i for about $4.50. A two-foot extension rod is almost a necessity and costs 35 cents extra. Where large areas are to bo treated barrels of oil should be distributed at various convenient points, in or around the marsh. The amount of oil to be applied is one fluid ounce to each 15 square suet qt i water surface. A legs quantity will I often fail to kill the wrigglers. i

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| Fort Wayne & Springfield Ry. Company. TIME TABLENorthbound. Cars leave Decatur at 5:50, 7:00,i ‘ :30, 11:30, 2:30, 4:00, 5:30, 9:30; arrive at Fort Wayne at. 6:53, 8:10, 9:40,1 12:40, 3:40, 5:10, 6:40, 10:40. Southbound. Leave Fort Wayne at 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, l:m>, 4:00, 5:30, 7:00, 11:00; arrive in Decatur at 8:10, 9:40, 11:10 2:10, 5:10, 6:40, 8:10, 12:10. Connections are made at Fort 1 Wayne witli the Ft. Wayne & North-! J ein Indiana Traction Co., Tlie Toledo i & Chicago Interurban Railway Company, Tlie Ohio Electric, and Indiana' Union Traction Company; also witu Ihe Pennsylvania, Wabash, Nickle Date, L. S. & M. S„ ('. 11 & D„ and G R. & I. railroads. Freight Service. Freight service consists of one train e ach way Gaily: Leaving Decatur at 7:00 a. m., and returning, leav-! I ing Fort Wayne at 12:00 m. This j enables shiiqiers to telephone orders I and receive shipments promptly. W. H. FLEDDERJOHANN, General Manager, - . Decatur.lr.d. c — NOTICE TO PUBLIC. Any person throwing tin cans, bottles, or any kind of refuse, .putting I wagons or parts of wagons, on my | three lots in the rear of buildings' owned by me, and situated at the! corner of Second and Jefferson ' streets will be prosecuted in future. I JlSt-'l D. E. STUDABAKER. [' I j DIRT Foil SALE—We have a large! j amount of dirt that must be disposed 1 of soon, to bo excavated from tit-Myers-Dailey building Here Is a good < chance for some one to get a latpply I lot good dirt. See Linn & Patton at i once 3t I

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