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NEW ENGLAND FAKMER. 



Dec. 



labks' Stpaitmtttl. 



From the Lover's Diary, by Alice Cary. 

 BY THE SEASIDE. 



Come out to the side of the sea, my love, 



Come out to the side of the sea; 

 The sun is set, and the stars are met, 



And the winds and the waves agree; 

 But star so bright, uor wave so light, 



Brings pleasure or peace to me, 



come, for I sit and wait, alone, 



On the rocks by the side of the sea 1 



1 am going down in my memory 

 To the blessed long ago, 



"When the golden ground of the buttercups 

 Was dashed with the daisies' snow. 



And I'm thinking of all you said to me, 

 And if it were true or no, 



While I watch the tide as itTuns away 

 From the beach so black and low. 



If I should die, my love, my sweet, 



Die of your smile forlorn, 

 Burv nie here by the side of the sea, 



Where all my joy was born. 

 Where the waves shall make my lullaby, 



And the winds from night till morn 

 Shall say to the rocks, "He is gone to sleep 



Where all his joy was born." 



HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY. 



CONTRIBUTED FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Sweet Apple Cakes. 

 Five cups of sour milk ; five cups of com meal ; 

 two and a half tea spoonfuls of soda; lialf a cup 

 of molasses ; a teaspoonful of salt, and about two 

 quarts of sliced sweet apples. It requires a very 

 hot oven, and a good deal of baking. 

 Tapioca Pudding. 

 Put three table-spoonfuls of tapioca in soak in cold 

 water over night. In the morning, add a quart of 

 boiling milk, the yolks of three eggs and a cup of 

 sugar, leaving out two table spoonfuls of the sugar 

 to beat with the whites of the eggs for a top to the 

 pudding after it has boiled as much as a soft cus- 

 tard. Flavor with vanilla. Brown it lightly in 

 the oven. Serve cold. 



Chocolate Caramels. 



One cup of milk ; two cups of sugar ; two cups 

 of molasses ; one cake of chocolate grated fine. 

 Boil till it candies. Pour out on a flat dish and cut 

 in squares. 



Cocoanut Cakes. 



One pound of sugar; one-half pound of butter; 

 three-fourths pound of flour; six eggs; one cocoa- 

 nut grated fine without the milk. Beat the yolks 

 and whites of eggs separately. Add the flour and 

 cocoanut just before baking. If you please, you 

 can bake one-fourth of the grated cocoanut in the 

 cake, and after it is cool, put the rest with pow- 

 dered sugar on the top for a frosting. 



Mufllns. 

 For tea, maliC a sponge about eleven o'clock, by 

 dissolving a yeast cake in a little warm water and 

 flour. At two, add one pint of milk ; two eggs ; a 



quart of flour and a tablespoonful of butter. 

 Warm the milk enough to melt the butter; mix 

 thoroughly and keep in a warm place to rise. Bake 

 in rings. 



Orange Ice. 



Express the juice of six large oranges ; strain, 

 and add a quart of cold water ; make it very sweet ; 

 beat the whites of four eggs to a stiff froth ; pour 

 the whole into a "freezer" properly prepared, and 

 freeze immediately before it is ivanted. 

 For Chapped Hands. 



Three ounces white wine vinegar ; three ounces 

 lemon ^uice ; one-half pint white brandy. Rub 

 this liquid on the hands frequently, especially af- 

 ter washing with soap. Mary. 



Parsonjield, Me., Oct. 30, 1867. 



Cracker Mince Pies. 

 Take three large crackers ; one cup of vinegar ; 

 one cup of molasses ; two cups of sugar ; a piece 

 of butter the size of an egg ; raisins and spice to 

 your taste. This will make three pies. 



Mother's Cookies. 

 One and one-half cup of white sugar ; the whites 

 of two eggs ; one cup of thick sour cream ; one- 

 half teaspoonful saleratus; nutmeg or spice to 



your taste. 



Lemon Pie. 



One lemon sliced fine ; one egg ; one cup of su- 

 gar ; one-half cup of water ; one table spoonful of 

 flour. 



Steamed Pudding. 



Take two cups of sour milk ; one-half cup of 

 sour cream ; one-half cup of sugar or molasses ; 

 one cup of raisins (or dried berries) ; one tea- 

 spoonful of saleratus ; spice to your taste, and a 

 little salt; stir in flour until it is as thick as com- 

 mon gingerbread ; steam one hour and a half. To 

 be eaten with sour sauce or sweetened cream. 

 Snow Balls. 



One cup of sugar ; two eggs ; four table spoon- 

 %ls of milk ; one teaspoonful of cream of tartar ; 

 one of soda, if the milk is sour; spice to your 

 taste ; mix them hard enough to roll out ; cut with 

 a small cake cutter, and fry in hot lard ; then dip 

 them in the white of an egg, and roll in powdered 

 loaf sugar till white. 



To Take Ink Spots out of Linen. 



Dip the ink spots in melted tallow ; rub until the 

 tallow comes out, and the ink will come out with 

 it. Vermont Farmer's Wife. 



Weston, Vt., October, 1867. 



DOMESTIC RECEIPTS. 



Brown Chicken Soup. — Cut up a nicely-dress- 

 ed chicken ; put it in the pot with water to cover 

 it, which must be measured, and half as much 

 more added to it before the soup is (lished. Keep 

 it covered tight, boiling slowly, and take ofi" the 

 fat as fast as it rises. When the cliickeu is ten- 

 der, take it from the pot and mince it very fine; 

 season it to the taste, and brown it with liutttr in 

 a dripping pan. When brown, |)iit it l)ack in the 

 pot. Brown togctiicr butter and Hour, and make 

 rich gravy, by adding a pint of the soup ; stir this 



