The Sonora Sun. (Sonora, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 11, 1906 Page: 3 of 8
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SOIL BACTERIA.
The agricultural department at
Washington Issues the following in-
structions to farmers who desire bac-
teria for Inoculating soils for legumes:
"The organisms for the common le-
gumes, such as alfalfa, peas, beans,
clover and vetches will be distributed
to those applicants who desire to aid
in testing the efficacy of these organ-
isms in different parts of the United
States. As a general rule, the quantity
sent to each applicant will be suffi-
cient to Inoculate a little more than
one bushel of the seed for which the
inoculation Is desired. In special
rases, however, when large quantities
of seed are to be inoculated, directions
for preparing the culture liquid will
l>e forwarded, and as much as desired
can be made up at a cost of a few
cents per gallon. In writing state
what legume you expect to sow and
give approximately the date of plant-
ing so that we may send the organisms
In the best possible condition. This Is
necessary, as our methods require the
inoculation to be made either before
pr at the time of planting the seed.
Pull directions for use are included
in each package sent out. The bac-
teria are beneficial only in connec-
tion with legumes and are not appli-
cable to other farm or garden crops.
Evpn with legumes these bacteria are of
no decided benefit except when proper
nodule-forming organisms are lack-
ing in the soil, but a crop of legumes
with nodule-forming bacteria Im-
proves the form of succeeding crops.
When applying for inoculating mate-
rial do not neglect, to state the prob-
able time of planting, kind of seed
and amount to be treated.’’
WITH THE FLOWERS.
In taking cuttings he sure to use a
sharp knife.
For vines to train upon the trellis
in the window garden, we would av-
vise the Maderla vine and the cobea.
Plants that, have a rather tough bark
like the English ivy and oleander,
root bitter in water than in sand.
When plants are not growing much,
but little water is needed. If too
much water is given, there is danger
of the soil souring.
Among the plants best adapted to
cultivation in window boxes are geran-
iums, fuchsias, heliotropes, plumbagos,
begonias, pansies and tea roses.
In sunny windows almost any sum-
mer blooming flower can be grown
successfully. Let the children start a
window box early this month. Fill
the box with ordinary garden seeds.
Do not plant the seeds too thick.
Flowers on the table during the
winter months are greatly appreciated.
Aim to combine freshness and variety.
It Is not the number but the quality
and arrangement.
A good way to start cuttings indoors
is to place the cuttings in a box of
sharp sand, giving plenty of moisture
and placing the box on the back of the
stove where bottom heat can be fur-
nished.
Plant food is best supplied to plants
when they are making active growth.
Many plants have been killed by giving
them rich food when their stomachs 1
were unable to digest it.
the fence strongly built at the first.
Borne claim that It la necessary to
have a barbed wire strung along the
posts near the ground, no matter what
the character of the fence above It.
We do not entirely Indorse this view.
We think there are some kinds of
woven wire fence which would be
found strong enough to confine swine
without the barbed wire referred to.
With reference to cooking food for
swine, those who write upon the ques-
tion generally advise against it. They
do so on the ground that it has been
found by experiment that it does not
pay to cook food for swine. The fact,
however, is too frequently lost sight of
that in the winter season it is wise
to steam food for swine for the reason
that it may be fed to them in a warm
state. When thus fed it warms the
body and keeps the animals more
comfortable than they otherwise would
be. Because of this, therefore, it
doubtless does pay to steam food for
swine, when the weather is quite cold,
although it does no.t puy to steam it
or cook it when the weather Is com-
fortable.
THROW IT TO THE HENS.
One -f our leading poultry papers
had the following query in the De-
cember 'ssue: “What is the best way
to feed green bone?” The editor an-
swered: “Throw it to the hens.”
It is supposed that the person mak-
ing the Inquiry was in ignorance as
to the amount to feed, how often, and
whether it should be fed in mash or
separately. “Throw it to the hens” Is
misleading advice. Green bone is a
stimulating and forcing food for lay-
ing hens and chicks. It canont be
tossed to the hens as grain is. and fed
ad libitum. Both green and dry bone
should be fed in small proportion to
tho ration. If fed in the mash it is
more evenly distributed; there is less
danger of the greedy birds taking all
the meal. If it is fed separately and
regularly fowls are not likely to over-
eat of It. Green cut bone In fair quan-
tity insures health, growth and eggs;
when fed too freely it brings on di-
gestive troubles and diarrhoea. Not
more than a teaspoonful three times a
week should be given to the laying
hens. “Throw it to the hens" if it
seems best, but see to It that each hen
gets her share.
LAND SKINNING.
The land skinning process is under
full headway through much of the
fertile territory of the great Missis-
sippi valley, a soil which it has long
been customary to say was practically
inexhaustible in its natural fertility.
The rains are eroding the surface of
the hillsides, the weeds are commit-
ting a continued round of grand lar-
ceny, and the tenant one-year renter
systematic highway robbery prevails
over much of this once fertile tract.
These lands are better than those of
Delaware and Virginia, but they are
being needlessly forced to that point
where the question of the use of com-
mercial fertilizers will have to be con-
sidered. It is only a question of time.
Continuous taking from the soil and
returning nothing will wear out the
best soil the Lord ever made.
A TYPE OF HOG CHOLERA.
The department of agriculture re-
ports the discovery of a typo of hog
cholera which is not caused by bacteria
hut which is none the less exceeding-
ly contagious. Hogs coming In con-
tact with the sick almost Invariably
contract the disease, which, fortunate-
ly cannot he communicated to any oth-
er animal than the hog. The symp-
toms noticed arc largely the same as
In the ordinary swine plague and hog
cholera. The first day there Is a loss
of appetite and llstlessmss; the second
day the hog becomes very sick, hollow
in tho flanks, with a staggering gait,
maybe diarrhoea and again maybe not.
The eyes become aore and the lids
glued together. Death usually takes
place within seven days, and approx-
imately within two weeks after the
first exposure. The disease particu-
larly affects the kidneys. It Is con-
fined so far to southwestern Iowa, and
farmers In that section should he par-
ticularly careful not to allow strange
hogs to come on their farms or to per-
mit their hogs In any way to come in
contact with other herds.
The department recommends the iso-
lation of ail sick animals and the dis-
infection of all Infected lots with a
thorough dirdnfectanl. The details of
spe»ial methods of treatment will be j
given to the public by the department
In due time.
In an exchange we notice a state-
ment to the effect that it is hopeless
to depend upon a hired man to prop- I
erly fped the stock hoar upon the
farm. We take exception to the stats- j
ment. We look upon It as too sweep- I
ing. There are some hired men who
will do this work well, although there
are men who cannot be trusted to do j
it. It Is not fair to class the former i
with the latter. Men in any station
In life should be given f.’ll credit for]
their work.
In building fences for swine they
should be strongly built. Some pigs
are much quh ter than others and are
much more * sally fenced In. When.)
however, swine that are confined be-1
gin to learn that they can break [
through a fence, It soon becomes no
easy matter to confine them. It la
•very much better, therefore, to have
FERTILIZERS FOR WESTERN
FARMS.
The majority of farmers on the new
and fertile lands of the west and
southwest have thought but little
about the use of commercial fertilizers.
Recent changes in crop systems in
many sections hav< led farmers to ln-
| quire if there should not be a re-
j placing of the elements taken from the
soil. The practice has been to ignore
the principle of returning to tho soil
any plant food, so long as there {
was a large amount of naturally
rich or virgin land. Leaving out the
question of virgin lands, we have
reached a point where a great major-
ity of our farms could be benefited by
a careful preservation and utilization
cf plant food.
No Trick at All.
Canby Dunn—Do you take any stock
in the story that a man engraved the
entire alphabet on tho head of a pin?” !
Y. Knott—Certainly. He could have ^
engraved the Ten Commandments on
it. It was a coupling pin. Ring off.—
Chicago Tribune.
People who intend to buy fancy,
pure bred poultry should buy in the
fall or winter, as they get them cheap- 1
er and besides can gtt better stock
than In the spring, when most poultry
breeders arc sold out.
There Is nothing more important
than to keep feeling hogs on full
feed. This, however, must not b> over- !
done, for It Is possible to injure the !
digestion of the hog.
Sugar beet molasses Is being fed
with success In many sections of the ;
country to cattle that are being fin-
ished for market.
Feed troughs should be large enough
to give all the fowls opportunity to
feed.
Meal should be mixed dry and
crumbly; It causes illness when too
wet.
It Is essential that confined fowls
be supplied with plenty of gravel.
The healthy hen U a hearty feeder.
POOR COWS.
When a man Increases the number
of his cows at tho expense of quality
he does a very unbusinesslike thing.
Better not keep cows unless they are
good ones. Take better care of what
you have and be content rather than
buy poor cows. When one raises his
own cows he should test out the heif-
ers that do not promise well as possi-
ble. no matter if they are registered,
and have a good pedigree. We must
have something in the dairy barn be-
sides breeding to make a success. We
want Individuality. When this is well
backed up by breeding ail the better,
but the profitable cow we must have.
It is not always judicious to sell a
heifer if she doe* not come up to the
standard the flrHt season, provided she
gives promise of better work later on.
One must use Judgment, as well as the
scales and Babcock test with a heifer.
It is a good plnn to have an animal
clearance sale and dispose cf the un-
desirable cows to the butcher.
MAKE A NOTE OF THIS.
Commission merchants say that on
an average there is a difference of
four cents a dozen between soiled eggs
and those that are sent to market
bright and clean, and it Is not neces-
sary that all the eggs of a shipment
shall be soiled In order to make a
consignment rank as such. Even a
very small proportion of soiled eggs
In a package will cause the whole to
be rated several cents below the mar-
ket price. The trampling on the eggs
by the dirty feet of the hqns, fresh
from the moist earth of the yard, and
the discoloration produced, does not
affect the contents, but It gives the
eggs an uninviting appearance, and it
Is not expected that people will be
Indifferent to the looks of things which
they buy for their table. Poultry
keepers can afford to take time to
clean tlie shells of the eggs which they
send to market when the failure to do
so means the loss of four cents a
dozen.
NEATNESS IN BUTTER PACKAGES
The careful packing of butter has a
good deal to do with the fostering of
tho butter trade whether that trade
be with a few private families or with
large commission houses. This matter
has been frequently referred to In these
j columns, and without doubt some im-
provement is being made. The com-
mission men report that the manner in
which butter Is put up helps or hinders
them in making sales. A creamery
that has tho renutation of neatness
in packing finds itself sought not only
by the commission men, but by largo
grocers that want an article that looks
well. This matter of looks Is especial-
ly Important In butter that goes to tho
homes of the wealthy. They will form
opinions on the looks of things. Two
packages of butter may be similar in
quality, but if one is put up In better
style than the other the buyers are
prejudiced In favor of that package,
and the eaters, if they have seen the
package will aotually imagine that
tho butter Is of better flavor.
A FEED YARD,
The most useful and economical de-
vice about our farm yard Is our feed
yard. It is a small space about 50 by
100 feet, inclosed on the north and
west by a tight, high board fence; on
the south and east, the fence is lower
but some buildings servo as wind-
j breaks. When wo commence hauling
I up our hay In the fall we stack all
along the north and we3t sides. This
gives us a well sheltered yard where
cattle can ba fed when it Is too cold
for them to go out In tho pasture and
where the young stock can bo kept
at i.tglit until late In the season, as
they are protected from the wind.
We can feed from stacks around tho
| yard, and though the yard will need
] cleaning occasionally, we find it 1
I great saving of feed, time and labor.
The horse can conveniently cat for 20
hours out of the £4. A horse which Is in
good health has a good appetite at all
I times ami is able to stand plenty of
work and Is rarely on the sick list.
To be a good feeder especially on a
journey, is a gnat recommendation
in the opinion of every good Judge of
horseflesh. The reason of a horse be-
ing such a constant cater Is that its
ftomach is really small in proportion
to the size of its body, and therefore
it requires fending often, not less than
four times a day, two of which should
be early In tho morning and at night,
while hay should In the stall he alway.'
within Us reach.
Duel to Death in a Canoe.
Fort William, Ont.—W. A. Thomp-
son and Isadore Bouchard, while in a
canoe on Helen lake, half a mile from
shore, engaged in a combat, capsizing
the craft. They then climbed to the
top of the upturned canoe and engaged
in a hand-to-hand struggle lasting
nearly 30 minutes, when, their
strength spent, they slipped Into the
water and sang.
Alfalfa meal Is one of the b-st hog
foods we know of; in fact, the sams
Is being fed quite extensively to all
live stork including poultry.
All stock should be salted regularly.
If this Is attended to, It will keep their
digestion in good order and oftentimes
prevent many diseases.
When a horse eats eagerly, bolting
his food without chewing, he should
have dried meal and shorts mixed with
oats.
Keep the colts In a growing condi-
tion from the day they enter the world
until they are matured.
It Is a good rule to acald out the
drinking vessels once a week.
ADVENTURES OF ADOLPH.
ANNA AND ALFRED. '
Adolf, an Austrian artisan, adored j
Anna, an aristocrat.
Anna adored Adolf.
Another aristocrat, Alfred, an am- !
bassudor, adorod Anna.
Anna abhorred Alfred.
Alfred addressed Anna, admitting j
admiration.
Anna assumed amazement.
Alfred ndjured Anna.
Anna admonished Alfred.
Alfred adopted aggressiveness.
Alfred's auducity alarmed Anna.
Anna, afraid and agitated, acquaint- I
ed Adolf.
Adolf accused Alfred.
Alfred, angered, abused Adolf
awfully.
Adolf answered'Alfred.
Alfred attacked Adolf.
Anna, aghast, aided Adolf.
Adolf and Anna almost annihi-
lated Alfred.
Alfred abdicated absolutely.
Anna accepted Adolf.
Adolf and Anna abruptly abscond-
ed. abandoned Austria altogether, ar-
rived at Antwerp, and always abided
abroad afterward.—Tit-Bits.
It Suited Him.
Irate Pa—Did you tell that young
man who calls on you every night that
1 am going to liavo the gas turned off
promptly at ten p. m?
Daughter—Yes. papa.
Irate Pa.—And what did he say to
that?
Daughter—He said he would consid-
er lc a personal favor if you would
have It turned off at 8:30.—Royal Mag
azlne.
Took It for Granted.
Homely Lady—Oh, I guess you can
fill the place. My husband is an
easy man to suit.
New Cook—looking at her—Yes,
mum, I can readily believe It.
Homely Lady—to herself—Strange,
she should take that for granted, but
probably she knows a superior wom-
an like myself wouldn't marry a crank.
—N. Y. Weekly.
Certainly Not.
The Wife—I don't think that looks
very nice for you to sit there with
your feet on the tabic, John. I'll have
to go and get you that hook on table
etiquette, I guess.
The Husband—No use, dear; I’ve
read that book all through, nnd it
doesn't mention In it a word about feet
on the table.—Yonkers Statesman.
Bi tter Than Labels.
“One of my children was born In
France,” she said with unconcealed
pride, “another in Germany and th«
third In England.”
“Indeed?” replied the formal caller.
“That even beats having your satchel
plastered with the labels of foreign ho-
tels, doesn't It?"—Chicago Record-Her-
ald.
Natural,
Bacon—What did you think of the
lover In the play?
Egbert—I thought he acted very
natural.
“I thought ho acted very queer "
"Well, love makes everybody act
queer, you know.”—Yonkers States-
man.
Perfectly Willing.
Mrs. Farmer—Wouldn't you like to
hoe the cabbage patch? Why not
take example from the littlo busy
bees and—
Weary Willie—I’m willin’ ter, mum;
Jest ez soon cz I seo a boo grab a
hoe an' hike it to de cabbage patch
I'll do de same t'lng.—Judge.
Didn’t Inherit Any.
Redd—Did Richley’s father leave
him anything when he died?
Green—Everything but brains.—
Yonkers Statesman.
IN THE OLD PARLOR. -
Erma—Why in the world did Katb- j
arine give up Jack for Tom? Surely, 1
Jack was always pressing tho ques-
tion?
Ida—Yes, but Tom was always '
pressing Katharine.
A Stage.
All the world's 11 stage, they say;
For each a part Is set.
And when mosquitoes start this way.
We play behind a net.
— Washington Star.
In Society.
Ice Box—I hear you are entertaining
a good deal lately.
Thermometer—Yes. Indeed! I'm giv-
ing everybody a hot time.—Detroit
Free Press.
A Frost.
“Did you get on well as an actor?"
“Y-es—I got on well enough, I guess,
but I couldn't get off half quick i
enough.”—Cleveland Leader.
When All Elae Fails.
"Dear, do you think a woman ought
to work for a husband?”
' By all means,” replied the one who
was well along, "If she can’t get one
any other way.''—Milwaukee sentinel.
The Bad Boy and the Oroceryman Il-
lustrate the Russo-Japanese War
by Exploding tho Grocery —
Dad’s Experiment at Raising
Hair on His Bald Head.
BY HON. GEORGE W. PECK.
(Ex-Governor of Wisconsin, formerly pub-
lisher of "Peck's Sun," author of
"Peck's Had Boy." etc )
(Copyright, 1901, by Joecph B. Bow'.es.)
The old grocerymau had a war map
spread out on the counter, and for an
tour he had stood up in front of it,
reading a morning paper, with his
thumb on Port Arthur, his fingers cov-
eting the positions occupied by the
Jap and Uusslun forces In Manchuria.
There was a crash in front of the g/o-
cery and the old man Jumped behind
a barrel, thinking Port Arthur had
been blown up, and the Russian fleet
terpedoed.
‘‘Hello, Matsuma, you young mon-
hoy," said the old man. as the bad boy
burst the door open and rushed in
with a shovel at Bhoulder arms, and
came to “present arms” in front of the
old man, who came from behind the
barrel and acknowledged the salute.
"Say, now, honest, did you put that
chunk of ice in the stove the day you
skipped out last?”
“Sure Mike!” said the boy, aa he ran
the shovel under the cat that was
sleeping by the stove, and tossed her
Into a barrel of dried apples. What are
you doing with tho map of the seat of
war?”
"Oh, I was only trying to figure out
the plan of campaign, and find out
where the Japanese would go to when
they are licked,” said the old man.
"This thing Is worrying me. I want
to see Russia win, and I think our
government ought to send them all the
embalmed beef we had left from the
war with Spain, but if we did you
monkey Japanese would capture It,
end have a military funeral over It,
and go on eating fish and rice. When
this country was In trouble, in 1811-1,
the Russians sent a licet of warships
to Now York and notified all Europe
to stand back and look pleasant, and,
by the great horn spoons, 1 am going
to stand by Russia or bust. I would
like to be over there at Port Arthur
ami witness an explosion of a torpedo
under something. Egad, but 1 glory in
the smell of gunpowder. Now, say,
here is Port Arthur, by this barrel of
dried apples, and there Is Mushapata,
by the ax handle barrel, see?"
•‘Well, you and 1 are Just alike,” said
the boy. "Let's have a sham battle,
right here in the grocery. Get down
that can of powder.”
" 'Taint against the law, Is It?" said
the old man as ho handed down a tin
cannister of powder. "I want excite-
ment, and valuable information, but I
don't want to unduly excite the neigh-
bors.”
"Oh, don’t worry about the neigh-*
bors," said the boy, as he poured a
little powder under the barrel of dried
apples. “Now, as you say, this Is Port
Arthur. This chest of Oolong tea rep-
resents a Japanese cruiser outside the
hurbor. This box of codfish represents
a Russian fort, see? and the stove rep-
rcrents a Russian cruiser. This barrel
of ax handles Is the Russian army, en-
trenched behind the bag of coffee.
Now, wo put a little powder under all
of them, and lay a train from one to
tiic other, and now you get out a few
of those giant firecrackers you had left
over from last Fourth of July, and a
Roman candle, and we can Illustrate
the whole business so Alexovltch and
I to would take to the woods."
The boy lit tho Homan candle, got
behind a barrel of potatoes and.
WHEN THE FIREWORKS WENT OFF
IN THE GROCERY.
turned tho sputtering Roman candle
on the giant firecracker under the
stove, and when he Haw the fuse of
ths firecracker was lighted, he turned
tl:e torch on the powder under the bar-
rel of dried apples, and In a second
everything went kltleig; the barrel of
dried apples with the cat In It went
up to the celling, the stove was blown
over the counter, the cheese box and
the old groceryman went with a crash
to the back end of the store, the front
windows blew out on the sidewalk, the
Store was full of smoke, the old man
rushed out the back door with his
whiskers singed and yelled “Fire!”
while the bed boy fell out the front
door with his eye winkers gone, and
his hair singed, tbs cat got out with no
hair to brag of, and before they could
breathe twice the fire department
came clattering up to a hydrant and
soon turned the hoee Inside the gro-
cery. There was not very much fire,
and after tipping over every barrel
and box that had not been blown sky-
high the Bremen gave one last look at
the Inside of the grocery, one last
squirt at the burned aud singed cat.
that had crawled into a bag of cinna-
mon on the top shelf, and. they went
away, leaving the doors and windows
open; the crowd dispersed, and tho
lad boy went in the front door, peered
around under the counter, pa,led the
tork out cf a bottle cf olive oil and be-
gan to anoint lir.^alf where he had
been scorched. Itearng a shuffing, as
of arctic overshoe alu* -ith water, in
the back shed, «n.f a email voice,
saying, "Well. I'll emned." he
locked up and saw face of the
old grocerymau in the back
door.
“Have all the forts ivd war ships
come down yet?” said the old man,
looking up toward the ceiling, holding
up his elbow to ward off any possible
descending barrel or stove iid- "I now
realize the truth if Cen. Sherman's re-
| mark that war la hell. GowK how tt
smarts where the skin is burnt off.
(live me some of that salad oil,” and
I lie old man sopped the oil on his face
ami head, and the boy rubbed his lips
aud cars, and they 1 «i at each
FISHINO BAREHEADED TO MAKE
11IS HAIR GROW.
other, and tried to smile two cracked,
and wrinkled and scorched smiles,
across the counter at each other.
"Now, you little Japanese monkey, I
hope you arc satisfied, after you have
wrecked my store, and fitted me for
the hospital, nnd 1 want you to get out
of here, anil never come back.”
"Say, you are unreasonable. Do
you think I will go off and leave you
to die here under the counter of blood-
poisoning, like a dog that has eaten
r loaded sausage? Never! 1 am going
to nurse you through this thing, and
bring you out as good as new. 1 know
how you feel towards me Dad felt
the same way towards me, down in
Florida, the time he got slum.
“What about your dad getting slum
In Florida? I never heard nhout It,"
said the old groceryman, as ho took a
hand mirror uud looked at his burned
face.
“Why, that was when we first got
down there,” said the boy, looking at
the old man and laughing. "Gee! but
you would mako a boy laugh if hit lips
were chapped. You look like a greasedr
pig at a barbecue. Well, when w«
struok Florida, and dad got ao he
could aaslmllate high balls, and cat
oranges off the trees, like a giraf, h<^
tald he wanted to go fishing, and get
tanned up, ao we hired a boat and
I rowed while dad fished. I ast him
why he didn’t try that new prescrip-
tion to raise hair on his bald head that
I read of in a magazine, to go bare-
headed in the sun. Ho ast me if any-
body ever raised any hair on a bald
head that way. and I told him about
Mr. Rockefeller, who had only one
hair on his head, and lie played golf
bareheaded and in two weeks had to
have his hair cut with a lawn mower,
’cause it made his brain acho. Dad
said if Rockafeller could raise hair by
tlie sunshine method lie could, and he
threw his straw hat overboard, and
began to fish In the sun for fish and
hair. Well, you’d a dlde to sec dad'*,
head after the blister* began to raise.'
First, he thought the blisters was hair,
but when we got back to the hotel an4_
he looked In a glass, ho see it wasn't*
hair worth a cent. His head and face
looked like one of these bippopota-*
muses, and dad was mad. If I could
have got dad In a side show I could
have made a barrel of money, but ho
won't never make a show of hlsself,
not even to make money, he la ao
pioud. There is more proud flesh on
dad than there Is on any man I ever
mused. Well, dad ast me what was
good for blisters, and I told him lime
juice was tho best thing, so he sent
mo to get some limes. They are {
little sour thing, like a lemon, and l
told him to cut one in two and soak
the juice on his head and fac«, and I
went to supper, ’cause dad looked so
disreputable he wouldn't go to the
dining room. When I bought the
limes the man gave me a green per-
simmon, and of course dad got thu
persimmon instead of the lime, an4|
when I came back to our room aftei
supper dad wag In bed, yelling for ti
doctor. Say, you know how a persim-
mon puckers your mouth up when you
ent it? Well, dad had Just sopped
himself with persimmon Juice, and
his head was puckered up like the hide
of an elephant, and his face and
cheeks were drawn around sideways,
nnd wrinkled so I was scarL I gave
him a mirror to look at hlsself, and
when he got one look he said: “Hen-
nery, it is all over with your dad, you.
might Just as well call In a lawyer to,
take my measure for a will, and aai
undertaker to fill me with stuff so t|
will keep till they get me home by ex-
press, with handles on. What was that,
you called that fruit I sopped my beadi
with?” and he groaned like he was at
a revival. Well, I toM him he had-
used the persimmon instead of tbei
lime Juice I told him to, and that I:
would cure him, so I got n cake oft
dog soep and laundered dad, and put
on stuff to take the swelling out, and|
the next day be began to netlee thing*.''
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