THE STRAWBERRY MAY 1906 



on the milkweed. One grew sturdily 

 close by Mr. Murphy's kitchen range, 

 and was in full fruitage when alas! the 

 fire went out and it succumbed to the 

 cold. Mr. Murphy says that each straw- 

 berry when examined was found to con- 

 tain a quantity of cream varying from a 

 few drops to a teaspoonful, depending on 

 the size of the berry. He is not dis- 

 couraged, and promises to repeat the ex- 

 periment next summer." We fear we 

 shall have to take even th's mm grano 

 satis! 



MOSQUITOES and strawberries 

 make a queer combination certainly, 

 but that is what the people in the neigh- 

 borhood of Mount St. Elias can boast of 

 in a region of perpetual ice and snow. 

 .'\long the edge of the glacier, it is said, 

 is a strip of luxurious vegetation, where 

 strawberry vines cover the ground for 

 miles. 



Strawberries vs. Lager Beer 



ONE of our family — The Strawber- 

 ry's great family — away out in 

 Idaho has undertaken a work 

 along the lines of practical temperance 

 that must win the instant approval of 

 everybody. M. H. Vorberg of Haley, 

 Idaho, is the man and his plan is to furn- 

 ish the sweet and healthful strawberry, 

 dressed in rich cream in place of the beer 

 that intoxicates and makes all kinds of 

 trouble in this good old world of ours. 

 Everybody who knows about such things 

 declares that modern beer is generally a 

 concoction of stuff so full of poison that 

 it is the parent of an innumerable family 

 of diseases, fatal alike to mind and body. 

 Our German friends who used to drink 

 the lager of the Fatherland tell us that the 

 American article, as a rule, is far more 

 dangerous than the old country brew, and 

 everybody will admit that anything that 

 steals away health and reason is a pretty 

 good thing to let alone. 



Well, Mr. V^orberg has observed human 

 nature long enough to know that the way 

 to get mankind to leave ofF that which is 

 bad is to offer him a good substitute in 

 attractive form, and with remarkable good 

 judgment has decided that the strawberry 

 is the thing — the only trouble being that 

 you can't have strawberries all the year 

 'round, while breweries pour out an end- 

 less stream of lager the year through. 

 However, Mr. Vorberg will make the 

 most of the season while it lasts, and 

 will fix up a comfortable place, 

 with neat tables where one may sit 

 down and enjoy to the full the ripe fruit 

 smothered in cream, or in crisp, light, fresh 

 strawberry shortcake, or both, if the 

 customers want them, and he says he in- 

 tends making his experiment more at- 

 tractive than was ever any saloon. 



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movement, and may there be many others 

 to follow his example! Pathologists tell 

 us that the juices of fruit are distinctly 

 anti-alcoholic in their effects and are an 

 aid to the cure of alcoholism of high effi- 

 ciency. Let everybody try this strawberry 

 cure — it's a good thing for all conditions 

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 He solves the problem of life, not for 

 one, but for all men of sound body. — 

 Emerson. 



CHILDREN on the farm and no 

 strawberries! This is almost a 

 crime. Last year we just didn't know 

 what to do with ours, they grew so fast, 

 so we all ate all we could, and how the 

 little folks did enjov them! Of course, we 

 can grow them! Minnesota and the 

 Dakotas are the very home of strawberries. 

 Last year at Fargo, N. D., a man from 



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 child ne\er sees a strawberry unless it is 

 bought in town. Put out one good long 

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