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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Nov. 



tnVtts department. 



PUT UP THE BABS. 



After the milking was over, 

 Annie would follow the cows 



Half a mile down to tl.e clover, 

 And turn them in to browse. 



Neat little figure is Annie, 

 Handling the bars in the lane, 



Letting down ever so many 

 Just in the sunlight's wane. 



Wild roses blooming beside her, 

 Match not hei cheek's lovely red; 



And the leaves trying to hide her, 

 Dance at her musical tread. 



Witching curls peep from her bonnet — 

 P>,ep like bright birds from their nest I 



And the heart— happy who won it I 

 Beats with a gentle unrest. 



Lips may be humming a ditty, 

 And faces may show unconcern; 



But secrets there are— what a pity 

 That some are too easy to learn. 



Now, while the robins are nesting, 

 Why does she wait in the lane ? 



Though if white arms need a resting, 

 No one, of course, could complain. 



Lights in the farm-house are gleaming, 

 And bars must be laid in their place. 



But little Annie stands dreaming. 

 A blueh on her beautiful face. 



Is it late ? Not that she cares now ; 



Ah 1 merry eyes, mild and brown, 

 Cotild you not tell why she wears now 



Just the least mite of a frown ? 



Over the path by the hillside. 



Some one would wander by night; 



8ome one who came from the mill-side, 

 Lured by two eyes that were bright. 



Meadow and valley grow stiller. 



Under the earlier stars; 

 Would it be strange if the miller 



Helped Annie to put up the bars ? 



HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY. 



CONTRIBUTED FOR TFIE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Breakfast. 



HOW ONE WOMAN PREPARES FOR IT. 



Shall I tell those housewives who look with in- 

 terest adownthc column of "domestic receipts," in 

 the New Enoi.and Farmeu, — as it comes weekly 

 laden, as it inevitably docs, with good things, 

 "both new and old" — how they can economize, and 

 give their husbands and sons and brothers, a nice 

 cup of ('offee ? 



First, you can mix your coflee, equal parts — Java 

 and Rio — scorcli it (not burn it) a nice dark brown, 

 — it is better to scorch it often, as often as every 

 day or two. 



When you get ready to make your coffee for 

 breakfast, have ready some scorched {not burnt) 

 molasses — perhai)s two table-spoonfuls, set on the 

 stove, in a tin plate or dish, and I)oiled down to 

 candy, and scorched. Put this into the cofl'ee-pot 



when you fill it up for the table. You M'ill need no 

 more than two large table-spoonfuls of ground 

 coffee, with the scorched molasses, for four persons, 

 and if you do not let it boil more t\\&x\ fire minutes, 

 and put in a little fish-skin, to settle it, I can war- 

 rant you a most delicious cup of the coveted bev- 

 erage, economically cooked. 



And, with all, some nice breakfast cakes. Make 

 your cakes of Indian meal three-fourths, of flour 

 one-fourth. Take new milk, if j'ou have it, if not, 

 water, with a little shortening ; mix the night 

 before, with a little yeast ; fry in the morning, as 

 griddle cakes, small or large, as you choose, eat 

 with butter, or maple molasses, or sweetened 

 cream. A little saleratus must be added in the 

 morning. Mrs. Vermont. 



Putney, Vt., Sept. 16, 1867. 



Remarks. — Much obliged, 

 hear again from Mrs. V. 



Shall be pleased to 

 Ed. 



Good Yeast. 



To one cup grated potato pour one quart boiling 

 water. Add one-half cup sugar and one-half cup 

 salt. Also, when cooled till a little more than milk 

 wann, one cup of yeast. Put in a warm place to 

 rise. Keep in a jug in the cellar. 

 Bread. 



To a quart of warm milk or water stir in flour 

 to make a thick batter, and add one teacupful of 

 yeast. Put iii a warm place to rise. When risen 

 Btir in flour sufiicient to knead and make in loaves. 

 Set them by the stove, and bake soon after they 

 begin to rise. 



Breakfast Cakes, 



One cup and a half of flour, one cup and a half 

 of Indian meal, one table-spoonful molasses, one 

 egg. Two teacupfuls sour milk or buttermilk, in 

 which dissolve one teaspoonful saleratus. Bake 

 in the oven. 



CoflFee Cake. 



One cup sugar, one cup molasses, one cup butter, 

 one cup strong coffee, two eggs, cream tartar and 

 saleratus, one teaspoonful each. Cloves, cinna- 

 mon and nutmeg, raisins or currants, and citron if 

 you can afford it ; six cups of flour. AVill make 

 two good-sized loaves. 



Cookies. 



Two cups sugar, two-thirds cup butter, three 

 tablespoonfuls milk, one-half teaspoonful salera- 

 tus, just flour enough to roll thin. Roll sugar on 

 before cutting them out. Bake in a quick oven. 



Somerset, Oct. 2, 1867. m. p. b. 



DOMESTIC KECEIPTS. 



An Easy Chair. 



A delightfully easy sewing chair can be made in 

 a few hours from an old cane seat chair, from 

 which the canes have been broken away, by saw- 

 ing off the front legs about two inclics, the back 

 ones three or four ; tack a bit of old strong car- 

 peting, canvas, or something of the kind across the 

 seat; make a curtain of an oldsmall-ligurcd dress 



