ROAD BOARD CONFERENCE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLII, Issue 4327, 24 December 1874, Page 3

ROAD BOARD CONFERENCE.

>• TO OV THB ITTESIiTON ' - dEtearist Imohasequenoeoc the/vtoknos of the mmr> ■ (nliabwm nsb/opened)* aenapEi tibA toewtog not to wtoffw me, and that I whhUl be there that tw. ww occwwfi 5 .bdt’it was purely acoriental. • v-j ■ I : 1 -i.CObywrnkea of uritaer 1 ) uifaniol ml iMhsA.-illMSiAfw ■• 0 ■ • * -jfio/ft c>i-i.7irrrrr? ‘ f ; :ft%trrßow ; aanT ,ipi»^,xtqmr9 t . moat insfe mtoi. In.. spring time> i it; a]»styß ; 'seems as if mischiefs, likPthe WPedSr'tptmig ‘.'i uomore quickly than uacaUyt «nd h»ej to 1 - «mptoy,».littlo'ex6m ptoVrest fa order Uf fflafoh ifditf&msssa mm ' .partieular abPnt <being tb a bubble, ' dttSf* those green pese. xboued only ' 1 use . hovered dbwfl ! fcy ~n all-i «; »u ;■’ When !, scetihem plflced tabm aithHf, ,i squash, erS ehotej I think - ,better * Bad.been epicures ;.w>-, ‘■•l require such extreme cleanliness thanjUferm 1 weather.' Somepedpie tefi tiie that’theiftmsils « Ny!fe!;ls ■ J > pardocß«T sbocld like;to know how they ,wash. -J fcheir milk vessels. - I have had servaHts/frim J tome: of ■ seen one who. had been in tM habitdf wosomjffl| a milkpan well, ■ Just ( nature^' ¥ : l.'/kixhefpre, Ji#.:,, jbm '•! ' dieholotbj, amA empty all :lwri «iipp«*al idP’ :,c bolllng l water; ‘into the top "fean^' 11 a - 1 clothftnniyi,9cc| rubyoun(pansjth.eroiiKWj|' ,, *‘ ■ “Sure, ma’am, an’l’ll hold the cloth.W 1 Vs!’-I ;. i»«i Ahd Jwhea r yem ’aotae to ithe ■ bottom! jean* «k ’ *i#i’|f. l t^ i , vratee;be'nearly cold?!’ “ , 9ttre,«| ,J J L ySu’re an’ ho A

next lime use the milk cloth, pour only a little of the boiling water into tbeettp|Mi, andachhalittie more as you come toeaoh Wkn'lwhew shall I pile, ma’am ?” “ I’ll tell you presently, Bridget/ but you do not call them clean yet,?’’ ;" SniM ma’am, an’l do.” "Wslli-;|br; the sake ofy pleasing me, Bridget, just 'gcour each >onie again, with- another lot of hdtC Wjfteir. ftrddg ,ot washing powder j staid them! anofner rgallon of boiling water, and rinse, >in i the be done to-day.” “ Now place them all out singly, facing the sun.” “ Faith, an’ my Mrs Aisey, said , the sun would sour them altogether.” “Sour the tin, Bridget/never.It must have been something your Mre Aisey left upon it which soured.” But wnenChiirni ing day comes, poor Bridget is confounded altogether.' “ How much faonT wdter wdlf yer want?” * "I geSrally use^abotitfoul--teen deep tin bucketfuls.” " Why, Mrs .Aisey didn’t use none’ at 'ill scarcely.” ” Well/yoii see, Bridget, taste differs.” ,‘;f / a;; i a good boy’s sun»j,-but Phochok jawpiug/thfl butter contrived to baffle the management, and was as soft as pap. This was-unhappy accident for me, for I leamt how my clever bothering ” board and prints, she just quietly put it away in a very'strohg brine,' and iuAtWhdtiW.it rifcttiiW gma. From this circumstanced ot salt, not only as a curative but preventative of sfflsasawTO'E salt and water, with it, into the ohum.y* { As a rule, people handle their butter too much. However they xhay scour their hands, just the insensible perspiration is. more, than the delitate nattuis of iltahntfer wilHbtar. In warm weather ahand,should never it. It should *hd tdiietf Out'Or the bhdta/wuh 1 wooden patters, and after being paddled with these, in several fresh, cold, cold, waters, it salt m I qrt cold waiter, thoroughly puddled igain lb tins, then! dried, |by jneaitjng out leverll times, Jin thin, on the ooara7 with «

square of exquisitely clean cheese cloth; repeatedly rinsed bucketful of.coldest water, and ihahand* Such butter as can be made upon these plans cannot be paid for, nnderls per lb. <' One might just as reasonably go into, a draper’s shop, and request to hare a yard of satm at cahqoprice, aa, smeqt to; jmve .good buttor, commpn mariet price,, and what a waste it is to Make such bad butter that it can only be sold again, to bemused in maiding 80ap! But there are also the shearers to be managed, or rather to; ibe managed . We believe in the doctrine of the woman' who, when told how cleverly she managed her hasty tempered husband replied : “As to management, ! don’t; prqfese rnuoh : of' that. I do my duty Slot him. lovingly, and I think that is the best sort of management.” I was speaking the other , day to a very intelligent man, who had occasionally sheared at large stations. I asked: “ How do tha. men fare?” “ Oh, generally pretty rough.” Couldn’t they manage, to . make them, more’ , are oftep obliged to tojks ~an .hapds, that come, and ‘ they are rough ones sometimes, can’t do nothing with them'amclh They get tea, and meat, and bread; the roughest come rushing in to meals first, take** as particular as pny lady,, some I do pity the shearers—their occupation is such Sa, suffocating different to reaping and sowing, and ploughing and mowing. And Ido thfill fetlv management, their condition might be much •stewed' fruitt"»'A( teßrk'vrei<rvpc^faeiirlDn} : ' ! ships again, by.making th om really good tei, with a little mfiralng’s milk in it, served up .with stfyed gooseberries and creamviarafi fa -' little piece of breadi for, each- one theytwfe 1 •tOd f ettnMWeit much. For dinner,thby mt,- 1 I'WflJbookednaeat .and.f plentyi rfr.vegetableb,. ; fruit tarts and cream (they arO üßed : to .ifese; •things ’dt hoine/cfo'they need them Uife?at" 1 shearing time ?) At htfif-paatitwortheiJlget tea agamVafc fonr, fresh test, Stewed' fruitbrid bream; after work, a good Christian siipjpek ■ ■Mj superiors in knowledge of stafcion manage- I meat -will probably say;' “ Well; J all Jchis fid Simply absurd,' and it wetddbebnipOssible ■ to carry out these bright designs ”uponoiir : larger scale. I own that such plans 'requite much thought and labdttlr, but what yon not give to Have BUch A.good setof , fellows, as you might ohooee,'lot ;ony, station’ ■ where-they were oared i; for like this P Do aa you, might reasonably eipeot. tho par .to do to you,‘were your positions reversed. Don’t •forget‘(as it appears poor Captain Smith; did) the “ Ancient Manner." , “ He, piiayeth best Who loitath'beet AH things, both great and small,; , j For the Great God; who loveth us, j He made and loveth all.” " 1 Tour obedient sertfu^, t j P.S.—I have never replM to Williaut” of Timaru, His letter interested me ex- , ceedingly. fiintual. fpend, ;Hrs v®ayy> has written another work—“LongeVenings,' and what to do 1 in them.” .<■■■■.. j ■ Dee.’23. ' - ,: 1 .-. ,