TilK Olll’IIANAUE NEWS LETTER
fingers into CoM water every few
minutes so that the basket will not
^e* n>< ' 1 r\ If this isn't Hone tin
Usl et ft ill not I r- mi . ii b. out ion oil.
coarse aud will not weave dose to
gather.
Making a basket, six lucbes in
diameter at bottom, it will take to
weave it at least a month or more.
After the basket is finished it is fast
ened down tight so that it will not
rip or ravel, the ends of roots that are
left in the basket while weaving aie
neatly trimmed off, then the basket is
washed in luke warm soapy water,
and rinsed attain in Hear cold water
once or twice, but never in bluing,
and it is hung in a place to dry, as was
done to the roots from which the bark
had just been removed.
Of course any b.xly would iron a
thing after it has beeu washed, but
ironing a basket is a different thing
to do. Just before the basket gets too
dry it is placed on a smooth board
with a clean covering like a house
maid would iron on a clean cloth.
The basket is then laid on side ways
and one begins rubbing down on it as
hard as a woman can stand For
rubbing the largest solid part of it a
seal or bear’s tooth is used instead of
a hot iron.
After this is done the basket is
finished and is ready tosell, the basket
being sold for one or two dollars. A
woman never realizes the work she
has done on it.”
Funny Advertisements
Curiously worded advertisement*,
which are unintentionally funny are
very common, it would seem, in the
English papers. A London periodic
al offered a prise for the belt collec
tion of such announcements. Here
il tbe result (in part):
"Annual »alt' now going on. Don't
(ro p]*nv.)i <rs t i In* cheated conic in
liert
"A lady want! to Mil her piano, as
•he is going abroad in a strong iron
frame.”
"Wanted, experienced nurse for
bottled baby."
‘'Furnished apartment suitable for
gentlemen with folding doors."
"Wanted a room for two gentlemen
about 30 feet long and 'JO feet broad."
"Lost a collie dog by a man on
Saturday answering to Jim with a
brass collar round bis neck and a
muzzle.”
"Wanted by a respectable girl, her
passage to New York, willing totake
care of children and a good sailor.”
“Respectable widow wants wash
sug for Tuesday."
“For sale-a pianoforte, the pr< p
erty of a musician with carved legs.”
"Mr Brown, furrier, begs to an
nounce that he will make up gowns
capes, etc., for ladies out of theirown
skin.”
“A boy wanted who can open
oyiters with a reference.”
“Bulldog for sale; will eat anything:
very fond of children.”
“Wanted an organist and a boy to
blow the same.”
• Wanted a boy to be partly outside
and partly behind the counter.”
“Lost near Highgate Archway, an
umbrella l>e'onging to a gentleman
with a bent rib and a bone handle.”
••Widow in comfortable circum
stances wishes to marry two sons.”
"To be disposed of, a mail phaeton,
the property of a gentleman with a
moveable bead-pieceasgood as new.”