THE POPULAR POTATO.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 28, 5 April 1907, Page 3

THE POPULAR POTATO.

I It Is Regarded , ls Strnugc That Everybody Kids a Ves-etuMe of ' So Little Nutriment. One of the best known physicians in Worcester declares the po'tato famine u blessing in disguise, if p»c.ple will replace Ike potato with .-übs; ii men of greater food value, lie thinks, as we do, that there is iwiiu'of the articles of food in. common use thai contain so little nutriment as the pcioio, and many others furnish more in .-•mailer amounts at much less relative eo,- i, Ho especially names s::"edded wheat, rice, raw cabbage and fruits as mure nourish::':?' than potat s--aad, in fact, all grain foods, says flic Boston I!;;di^etYYhsn the potato rot hr-uo'ht famine to Ireland the people of that country were no! prepared to resist it, as they were probably at \h- lowest condition, both mentally and'-physically, that the people of thai country ever were, and thousands whose subsistence had been fe.r years upon thai root peri.-.hed from famine; then America sent them ship loads of corn and other provisions, and those who could do so emigrated to this country, where tiny found work and fo«,-d. Now there are those who are asklne. Ireland to ship us all the potatoes they can spare, not as a charity, but in return for such food' products as. we have in abundance, or for -our good money. The man who gives a peck of com for a bushel of potato.'s is making a .poor trade, as far as food properties go. When Cwo Was Said. A Barnard colli -e girl tills in the New York Times of visiting in a loon-a-hold where grace war- said at the table —.<( rniocrasi >i:ai;y. Her earn siv eo>! the better of In r. and she a.-lo d lie. mistress, of the house why they didn't the rite regularly. ''Why, - ' said' the lady with some surprise, "we say grace only when we have reason to be thankful. We never dream of givingl thanks v\hen w» have only roast beef or beefsteak, or some simpk t bin:.' like that. But wheneve rwe have game or something really nice then we .say grace, for it's worth while." An Old Institution, The eight-hour day is not such a new thimg. On April ?., 17'.;2. the town of Partridge-field, Mass., now I'< ni. vnttri "to grant one hundred and fifty pounds for Repairing Highways in said town, to be Avorh.i a out ~ third.- in June i.< v;, at .'is Gd per Day. and the other ihird in September at 3s per day, Kight hours in a day to be Deemed a Day's Work.".. '