Lacon High School - Tickler Yearbook (Lacon, IL)

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L RECIPES Some delightful dishes concocted by the Domestic Science class: Prunes a la Prunes Take six large unwrinkled prunes and put them in a pint cupg into this put two quarts of large prunes and cook over a slow HTC for five minutes. 1' Note-- A small prune may be added for seasoningjj Serve frozen within a few sec- onds after oooking. A Tomato Dish Take three green tomatoes and add six ripe tomatoes, one spoiled tomato, two dried tomatoes, four pickled tomatoes and eight preserved tomatoesg add about a quart of mashed tomatoes for seasoning and set away in a damp cup- board for about six weeks and serve at midnight on some old bridge. t'Note-- This must be done to appreciate the flavor.j Cake Without Sugar Take one-half sack of Hour, add to this, in place of sugar, three cans of baking powderg mix well and add one egg. QNote-Egg must not be too old or flavor of cake will be spoiled.j Add one teaspoonful of butter and one pint of milk. Mix in a concrete mixer and bake in a hot oven for three daysg if cake is still soggy bake some more. CNote-This cake is very healthful except that it is rather indigestible, due to its concrete nature. It causes violent dis- turbances in the abdomen and has been known to kill in three days--outside of this it is very goody Nail-Keg Brandy. Sh! Sh! Keep this, but don't tell your friends. Sh! Take three gallons of rain water and into this put three pounds of nails, two quarts of raisins and two boxes of Rough-on-Rats. To this add a pound of gunpowder and brew in the dark of the moon in a hollow stump. XVhen ready to drink dig your grave and do not stand more than ten feet away from it when you drink or you'll never reach it. Roast Milk-Fed Duck Have ready one medium-size quart of milk and one duck. Feed the milk to the duck and kill duck. Roast in quick oven and serve hot,

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L THE BACHELOR This f70f'lIl is iu1'ifft'11 tuitlmut l'l'gUl'lI' to rytlzm or rules of 'Z't'l'.S'lft'!lf1:01I, but I hope that thc' moral roiztainrd in it will IIIUIT tlzan atom' for ifx laid: of regu- larity. So, -with an apology to the girls, I begin. My heart lills with pity, as full as it can. Every time I see a married man. XYhen I hear , Don't do this and Don't do that! My hair stands on end like a frightened cat. A chill strikes my spine as I think and see- Wlhat if the fatal words were meant for me? The girls of today are beings of doubt, One minute you have them. the next you're without. Your girl of today, despite all your sorrow. Is another,s girl on the dawn of tomorrow: One moment they,re gentle and tender with love, The next they're as distant as the heavens above. My days are by far too short in this world To subtract from them by chasing a girl. I rise in the morn, my heart filled with glee, For I can joyfully say, I belong to mef' AND THE BAND PLAYED ON 'Twas midnight on the ocean, Not a street car was in sight. The sun was shining brightly dim And it rained all day that night. 'Twas a winter day in summer, The sky was raining glass, .Xnd the barefoot boy with shoes on Stood sitting in the grass. 'Twas evening and the rising sun XYas sinking in the west. The little lishes in the trees Were huddled in their nests. The rain was pouring down in drops, The moon was oh! so bright! XYhile everything that could be seen XN'as hidden out of sight. XYhile the organ peeled potatoes, Lard was rendered by the choir, And while the sexton rang the dish cloth Some one set the church on tire. Holy smoke, the preacher shouted, And in the rush he lost his hair, Now 'his head resembles heaven. For there is no parting there. Randall f01lllS0ll'S jirst attempt at poetry, J