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Show B Water-Cresses, H "Water-cr esses 1 Nice, fresh, water- H cresses! Who'll buy my water-cresses?" H This is one of the.fltreet cries of London, B and many other English towns. Ar.d H the watar-crnss girl ca l always find H customors for her wares. Water-cresses B a ro reckoned by old-country people B Almost a necessity in tho early spring B time to purity tho blood, and keep oir B spring fevers. I used to konw a rich B juiau who threatened to discharge his B ardncr and Iiis cook tho first day thoy B Jut him diuo without a salad. Hero is a B perennial salad and one not to weary of 1 B .It is often said that water-cresses will B grow in certain localities, but experience B .bIiowh that once planted in our little B .creek, it fairly "takes it." B I have heard it said too, "Water-creES B .can't be good for the cattlo won't touch B .it!" True, cattle aio wary creatures. B .At first tho dows passed it by, then B .made tentative taste of it, andcvontually H 'they'd clear it off wherever they could B 4jotat it. They find out what's good and H .wholesome, as their betters do. Having B found tho valuo of the "nice, fresh H water-cress," it were better for tho H -"betters," if they'd use it with their B daily food more frequently. Orange B Judd Farmer, J |
