For all of you who are just getting around to your spring-cleaning... hope you will enjoy this, : ) source: Progressive Batavian July 14-1871 "Cleaning House" A female lady, with high poetic fancy--and a broom, has been cleaning house. Here is what she found in the kitchen drawer: Three aprons, two dusters, The tail of a pig, A dirty jack towel, A dish cloth and wig. A foot of a stocking, Three caps and a frill, A husk and six buttons, A mouse trap and quill, A comb and a thimble, With madonna bands, A box of specific For chaps on the hands, some mace and some cloves Tied up in a bag, An empty thread paper And blue, in a rag, Short pieces of ribbon, Both greasy and black, One grater and nutmeg, The key of the jack, An inch of wax candle, A steel and a flint, A bundle of matches, A parcel of mint, A lump of old suet, A crimp for the paste, A pair of red garters, A belt for the waist, A rusty bent skewer, A broken brass clock, Some onions and tinder, And the old door lock, A bag for the pudding, A whet stone and string, A penny cross bun, A new curtain ring, A paint for the butter, A dirty chemise, Two pieces of soap, A large piece of cheese, Five tea spoons of tin, A large lump of rosin, The feet of a hare, And corks by the dozen, A card to tell fortunes, A sponge and a can, A pen without ink, A small patty pan, A rolling pin pasted, A common prayer book, Are the things which I found, In the drawer of the cook. submitted by Linda Web-Page Editor: BETHANY ~ Its Past and Present ~ "The Poor House and the People," ~The Lives of Those Who Lived at the Genesee County Almshouse in Bethany During the Nineteenth Century~ http://www.arkwebshost.com/family/bluebird/TownOfBethany.shtml