Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1883 — Bananas. [ARTICLE]

Bananas.

The bananas eaten in the Western States are shipped from the Isthmus of Panama to New Orleans, and are thence carried to the prominent cities. It may not be unprofitable to many people to say to them that the best banana is one whose skin has begun to turn dark—the kind which the ignorant buyer is likely to reject. A banana sliced length] wise may be fried in butter, and is an excellent accompaniment to fried bacon. It may also be used for a fritter, and it very pleasantly mingles with sliced oranges and with strawberries.

A granger whose name is Bob Shield, Was mowing the grass in his field, By a snake he was bitten, And he has just written, “St Jacobs Oil has the bite healed." A lame Chinaman on the Pacific, Of pains and aches was prolific; He limped all around, Until he had found St. Jacobs Oil, the great specific.