Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1898 — Bidad's Sleighride. [ARTICLE]

Bidad's Sleighride.

There once lived iu Vermont a young man who was not much more than half-witted, but who, like many other people who are lacking in intelligence, always wanted to do just as other and more gifted people do. In the town where he ran his ambitious career, “Bildad’s sleighride” is still a synonym for an enterprise that depends largely on the resources of others. One winter when the sleighing -was good, and all the young swains of the town were taking their young lady friends to ride, Bildad was impressed with the desirability of organizing an expedition of this sort on his own account. But he ha/l no “rig,” and no money to hire one with. Nevertheless, he came one afternoon to a worthy young lady of his neighborhood and asked her to go slelghx-id-ing that evening. “But, Bildad,” she said, “you haven’t got any horse.” “John Miles, he’s promised to lend me hls’n.” “Why, John hasn’t got any harness.” “Pete Corliss’ goin’ to let me take his’n.” “What are you going to do for a sleigh ?” “Mrs. Beals, she said I could take lier’n.” “You can’t go sleighing without a string of bells.” “Nathan Page’s goin’ to let me take his string.” “You’ve got to have a buffalo robe.” “John Currier, be said he’d jest as soon I’d have his old one; and, by gorry, I c’n cut a whip myself.” The young lady said that under the circumstances she guessed he would have to borrow some other girl. Nevertheless he persisted in his search for a partner until he actually found one, and went on the sleighride in fine style.— Youth’s Companion.

The reason that milk sours so readily in summer time is because it cools very slowly and does not become cooler than the air. The bacteria which have got into the milk will multiply very fast and cause the milk to sour rapidly. If milk is cooled to a low temperature as soon as drawn, the bacterial growth will be checked at once and will not begin with much rapidity until the milk has become warm once more. By some it is thought that thunder aids milk in souring, but electricity Itself is not capable of souring milk. It is the warm, sultry condition of the atmosphere preceding the thunderstorm which favors bacterial growth and has? tens the souring of milk. If a man’s too poor to lend his friends money lj§ will retain longer.