People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1893 — A MILK CHURCH. [ARTICLE]

A MILK CHURCH.

It» Creed and Prospects. Hoard’s Dairyman. Ed. Hoard’s DAiRYMAN:-The dairy interest in this section is still prospering. We have organized whac we call “Milk Church,” which has taken in all the good people from all the other churches, such as believe the Lord helps them that help themselves, and such as can attend to their own business, and keep their noses out of other people’s business. In short, they have heard of that man down the river that made a good living attending to his own business. We held a Milk Church Picnic on the 25th of November, and gave to the sister that brought the greatest weight of cooked chicken and turkey the first choice of 5 dress patterns, that were contributed by the 5 merchants of our town. The one that got the first choice had 69 pounds, the next 37 pounds, and so on. If I had had the selecting of the sisters, I could not have selected ones more worthy. The picnic was backed up with 500 pounds of parboiled and roasted beef, and two muttons and two roasted pigs. We invited the palrons, stockholders, and everybody that was friendly to the creamery, also the students from the Catholic college, and from the Indian school, some 120 or more. They all came. The number fed was not counted, but would run from 600 to 800. We also had 1,500 buns and creamery butter and

A. McCOY,

fresh butter milk and hot coffee. We had a good time and think we have planted the Milk Church on the sure foundation of public esteem and confidence. We are establishing stations where we take in milk, and separate it, and send the cream to the creamery. We hope to be able to churn 1,000 pounds of butter daily. Our butter commands Elgin prices at the factory, and less than full 60-pound packages 2 cents extra. We have the best dairy district anywhere, when we get it developed, and we are going to develope it as the Milk Church is united and in earnest.

Jasper Co., Ind. Pres.