the guests are seated, and solicits a largess 
from them. The collection made, they 
join their party again at the table; and the 
lord, recounting to his company the suc¬ 
cess he has met with, a fresh jest is given 
to hilarity, in which, though it can hardly 
be said to be upon the ‘light fantastic toe/ 
the stiffness of age and rheumatic pangs 
are foi gotten, and those who have passed 
the grand climactric, feel in the midst of 
their teens.” 
In a very interesting work on Northamp¬ 
tonshire, England, there is an account of 
a September custom which will, very ap¬ 
propriately close our article for this month. 
A meadow is divided into fifteen por¬ 
tions. answering to fifteen lots, which are 
pieces of wood cut off from an arrow, and 
marked according to the landmarks in the 
field. To each lot are allowed eight mow¬ 
ers, amounting to one hundred and seventy 
in the whole. On the Saturday seven night 
after Midsummer-day these portions are 
laid out by six persons. These are called 
field men, and have an entertainment pro¬ 
vided for them upon the day of laying out 
the meadows, at the appointment of the 
lord of the manor. In running the field, 
each man has a boy allowed to assist him. 
On Monday morning lots are drawn con¬ 
sisting, some of eight swaths and others of 
four. Of these, the first and last carry 
garlands. The first two lots are of four 
swaths, and whilst these are mowing, the 
mowers go double.” 
The rules were as follows: No man or 
men were allowed to go before the two gar 
lands, or mow above eight swaths over 
their lots before they laid down their 
scythes and went to breakfast, nor were 
they allowed to mow any farther than a 
certain set piece; but must leave their 
scythes there and go to dinner. The pen 
alties for transgressing the rules were, that 
they must pay a penny or deliver up their 
scythe at the first demand and this as often 
as they transgressed. 
“The dinner, provided by the lord of the 
manor’s tenant, consists of three cheese¬ 
cakes and a new made cheese. The cakes 
and cheese-cakes are of the size of the win¬ 
nowing sieve; and the person who brings 
them is to have three gallons of ale. The 
master of the feast is paid in hay, and is 
further allowed to turn all his cows into 
the meadow on Saturday morning till 
eleven o’clock; that by this means giving 
the more milk the cakes may be made larg¬ 
er. 
The Crystal Creamery. 
Our illustration shows one of the latest 
and most approved Family Dairy Creamer¬ 
ies. 
The glass cans, holding five and ten gal¬ 
lons of milk each, are hung in an iron vat, 
like a sink, fourteen inches deep, the vat 
being placed in the top of a refrigerator, 
correspondidg in size to the number of cows 
from which the creamer is to be supplied 
with milk. The upper part of the cans is 
surrounded by water, the lower parts ex¬ 
tending downward through openings in 
the bottom of the vat, being accessible at 
the lower points by the doors in the side of 
the refrigerator, or cabinet. 
The bottom of the glass can is shaped 
like the top of a bottle, and the milk is 
drawn from the center, instead of the side 
of the can, the vexed question of sediment 
is solved. 
The cooling of the milk is entirely at the 
top, and around the upper part of the can> 
by means of water alone. That this new 
method is an improvement on the old plaji 
is apparent to every thoughtful person. 
There is not the least necessity of cooling 
milk at the bottom. Cool it at the top; the 
bottom will from necessity be cooled, and 
the result in raising cream will be very 
much better than can be attained at the 
bottom. 
