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Fresh Apple Sauce all tie Year. 
Two methods, which we have practiced tor sev¬ 
eral years with good success, may he new to some 
of the readers of the American Agriculturist. At 
any time during the Autumn- or Winter, and espec¬ 
ially when there are indications that our apples are 
beginning to decay, the less sound ones are careful¬ 
ly pared, cored, and all decaying spots removed. 
They are then thoroughly cooked and sweetened 
ready for the table. A part of the sauce is put boil¬ 
ing hot into bottles, and cooked and sealed just as 
described for putting up green fruits. (See page 
»U, July No.) This will keep well into Sum¬ 
mer and even to a second year, and he always ready 
to be poured out for immediate use on the table, or 
in pies, etc. After tilling all the bottles desired, 
another portion of the sauce is stewed as nearly dry 
as it can be without burning, and is then spread out 
thin on plates, and set near the stove or range, or 
into the oven when it is at a low temperature. 
The mass is dried down to a thin layer, which is put 
aside in a dry place. This “ apple leather ” always 
fills a good place at a time when green apples are 
scarce. To use it, put it into a little water to soak 
over night, and simply scald it before using. It 
thus preserves a fresh flavor, and furnish®, an ex¬ 
cellent apple sauce for all seasons. We much pre¬ 
fer this method for drying all apples for home use. 
A preparation like this is occasionally brought to 
market, and finds a ready sale. We should be glad 
to sec it become a common article of merchandise. 
Good Codfish Bails. 
We are indebted to a lady reader of the Agricul¬ 
turist for the following, which—as we have tested— 
makes a better fish ball than those commonly pre¬ 
pared. First get good fish—not half the codfish 
sold are cured right, and hence the general dislike 
to this really good and healthful article of food. 
Tick the fish into small pieces, soak in plenty of 
water until fresh enough for the table, and chop it 
very fine. Chop fine also a little pork, and fry it, 
and put the pork, and fat fried out, with the fish. 
Stir in one or more beaten eggs, according to the 
quantity of fish, and add about as much potato as 
there was of fish, previously mashing the potato 
fine. Make into balls, roll them well in flour, and 
drop them into hot fat; cook the same as dough¬ 
nuts. The eggs improve the taste, and these to¬ 
gether with the flour prevent the fish from being, 
saturated with the frying fat, which, in the usual 
method, not only spoils the taste, but renders the 
balls indigestible. 
Minced Yeal—A Mce Relish. 
While stopping with a friend in Connecticut, rc- 
centiyffwe were treated to a dish that was certainly 
a good thing, and, as usual in such cases, we asked a 
description of its preparation for the lady readers 
of the American Agriculturist. It has since been 
tried “at home ” with good satisfaction. Take, say 
^s. of veal, and chop it fine. Add to it 8 well 
beaten eggs, V/ A tablespoonfuls of salt, 1 table- 
spoonful of good black pepper, 1 nutmeg grated, 4 
small crackers rolled flue, three tablespooufuls of 
cream or milk, and a piece of butter about the size 
of an egg. Stir well together, and make into the 
form of a loaf of bread. Bake it in the dripping pan 
for two hours, basting (dipping on the gravy) fre- 
quently. Those opposed to spices, may omit a part 
of the pepper and nutmeg, though for a relish, the 
quantity recommended is not too large.— Query — 
Could not beef and mutton be prepared iu the same 
way. The veal preparation is certainly first-rate. 
“spiced hash.” 
The abo vp query was hardly needed, for the very 
next item we take from the “Ladies’ Contribution 
Drawer,” at the Agriculturist office, is the following 
from a New-Jersey lady: Take the remnants of 
cold steak or any other kind of roasted or boiled 
meats; hash them fine, and mix with potatoes 
well mashed, and add one or two beaten eggs. Sea¬ 
son to your liking, with salt, pepper, nutmeg or 
mace, and cloves. Make into a loaf, and bake it 
brown. It is good, eaten hot or cold. 
Tlie Biditor with Ills Young Menders. 
don’t cheat yourself. 
A dishonest man once sent lfis son to make a 
purchase, and among other pieces of money he gave 
him a twenty cent piece, which looked much like a 
quarter of a dollar, and told him to be sure and 
pass it off; meaning that he should cheat some one 
by getting twenty-five cents for it. Presently the 
boy returned in great glee. “ I got rid of it, father,” 
said he, “I slipped it iu between two pennies, and 
the man never knew the difference!”—He had passed 
it for a penny, thus cheating himself. Silly boy, 
was he not ? But boys cheat themselves worse than 
this sometimes, when they least suspect it. John 
takes every opportunity to slight his lessons, and 
makes up excuses to satisfy his teacher. He often 
boasts to his companions how nicely he cheats his 
teacher; but it is himself who suffers the loss, and 
•bye and bye he will find it out. James puts a cigar 
in his mouth, struts down the street, talks saucily 
to his parents, and cheats himself into the idea that 
he is quite smart, almost a mau : he cheats himself 
out of the love of his friends, the respect of his 
companions, and is fast losing a good character. 
In many other ways, too numerous to describe, 
boys, and men too, cheat themselves. 
The late Mr. Amos Lawrence, of Massachusetts, 
who had risen from poverty to wealth and high 
standing, by his industry and integrity, wrote the 
following excellent letter to his son, twelve years 
of age, in which you will see how important he 
considered the habit of being truthful and honest 
with, one’s self. He says: 
My Dear Sox.— I give you this little book, that 
you may write iu it how much money you receive, 
and how you use it. It is of much importance in 
forming your early character, to have correct habits, 
and a strict regard to truth in all you do. For this 
purpose I advise you never to cheat yourself by 
making a false eutry in this book. If you spend 
money for an object you would not willingly have 
known, you will be more likely to avoid do'iug the 
same thing again, if you call it by its right name 
here, remembering always that there is One who 
can not be deceived, and that He requires his 
children to render an account of all their doings at 
last-.' I pray God so to guide and direct you, that 
when your stewardship here is ended, he may say 
to you that the talents entrusted to, you have been 
faithfully employed. Your affectionate father, A. L. 
A SAFE PROPERTY. 
When the city of Megara was conquered and 
plundered by the soldiers under Demetrius, he was 
anxious to protect the philosopher Stilpo. So send¬ 
ing for him, Demetrius inquired What property he 
had lost in the confusion. “Nothing,” replied 
Stilpo, “all my possessions are still safe in my 
head.” That, after all, is the safest property, which 
one can carry with him af all times. Let the boys 
and girls of the Agriculturist Family all get as much 
of this substantial wealth as possible. 
TOO SHARP FOR HIM. 
Prof. Johnston of Middletown University was 
one day lecturing before the students,on Mineralogy. 
He had before him quite a number of specimens of 
various sorts to illustrate the subject. A roguish 
student, for sport, slily slipp«tu piece of brick 
among the stones. The Professor was taking up 
the stones one after the other, and naming them. 
“ This,” said he, “is a piece of granite; this is a piece 
of feldspar,” etc.—presently he came to the brick¬ 
bat’ Without betraying any surprise, or even 
changing his tone of voice, “This,” said he, holding 
it up, “ is a piece of impudence!” There was a 
shout of laughter, and the student concluded he had 
made little by that trick. 
WHO CAN SPELL THIS ?—A USEFUL PUZZLE. 
Here is a capital thing with which to puzzle your 
friends, young and old, and at the same time give 
them a first-rate lesson in spelling. Get one or 
more persons to take a pencil and paper, and write 
the following sentence, as you slowly read it: 
Preferring the Cornelian hues, and separating the 
innuendoes, I will merely state, that a peddler's pony ate 
a potato out of a cobbler’s icagon, gauged by a sibyl. 
We read it off to a large company the other even¬ 
ing, including many well educated persons, of whom 
three were school teachers, but not one of them 
wrote all the words correctly. One wrote it thus: 
Preferring the Comedian hues, and seperating the 
inuendoes, I will merely State that a pedlar's poncy 
eat a pototoe out of a cobler’s xeaggon gagued by a sybil. 
This includes thirteen wrongly written words. 
The puzzle will be apt to fix the correct spelling of 
these words at least. 
NEW PROBLEMS. 
No. 80. Figure Puzzle —Arrange these sevon pieces 
in the form of an exact square. Do not cut the 
Agriculturist, but copy the figures separately, and 
then put them together. 
No. 31. Enigmatical Story by Aunt Sue.—Find out 
what letter each number represents, and write out 
the story with the words in place of the figures. 
Two hoys, one named 25,13,24,19,17,15, and the 
other 0,20,21, 7,8,27, went to 27,14,17, their uncle 
7-one 15,4,13,6,14,19. He had 0,15, 21 fine 20, 
21,3,5,14,9, but lie forbade the 22,8,12,27 to 19, 4, 
24,17, without his 1, 31,18,9,14,11, 6. Now master 
0. was al, 8, 3,14, 22,17, 5, 5 and 15, 4, 23, 24 boy, 
hut his brother 25. was obedient to his uncle’s 15, 
4, 37, 2,14, 9. Oue 12, 10, 10, master 0. said to his 
brother, “Let’s 27, 8, 12, 12, 22, 14 the 20, 21, 19, 
0,17, 27, for wc have a fine, 1,3,10,Tl, 1,17. Uuclc 
has gone to G, 21,15, 13.” “11,21, indeed,” answer¬ 
ed 7, 25, 27, 0,14,19, 25, “20 21,15 can you 13, 31, 
what you 9,18,36 ? Has not uncle forbidden us to 19, 
38,13,17 them ? But master 6. did uot, 10, 0, 6,14,13, 
34 to what his brother said. He took, 31, 13, 17 oi 
the 20, 31, 3, 5,14, 27 and 19, 21, 24, 1-1—2, 23, 7, but 
was 6, 3,3,31, 15, 11 and severely hurt, aud having 
disregarded his uncle’s 1,21,7, 7, 8,11, 34, 37, he 23, 
21,9,6 his good opinion and 22,10, 26—23, 22, 22 for 
0, 2,19,14,14 weeks, and during the 1, 3,8,4, 5,6, 7,8, 
9,10,11,13,13,14,15,16, 17,18, 19, 30, 21, 23, 33, 24, 
25,26,27, 
ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS. 
No. 29. Illustrated Pebus. (See cut in Nov em¬ 
ber No.) Furs-tea bee shoeriewer rye-t t-iieu go 
ahead; or, First he sure you’re right, then go ahead. 
Correct answers received to Nov. 12th, as follows : 
Wm. G. Kieffer, 27; Levi Capp, 28; G. M. Eng-- 
lis, 24, 28; Rena Y. Tibbals, 34, 27; Luther 'S. 
Tibbals, 38; Calc W. Waterman, 28; Emory Mills 
aud Hudson Mills, 34, 27, 28 (The rebus is rather 
too difficult for our columns); H. H. Witmer, 28 
“Farmer’s Boy,” 28; “Jerusalem Mills,” 24, 27 
(There was no signature to you letter.) II. W 
Knight, 28; Otway B McCluire, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28; 
Seth F. Laue, 28; W. Harrison Lane, 28; F. A. 
Sanders, 28; Saidee and Katie A, 27, 28; Thomas 
Young, 38; Wm. H. Ranlett, jr., 29; Wm. Leo 
Raymond, 28 ; Thomas S. Peck, 28; Kate Andrews, 
28, 29; Joseph Denay, 29; A. N. Crowder, 24, 37, 
28,29 (Your previous note was not received); D. 
E. Wager, 29; Henry Russel Wcstcott, 29; Elroy 
M. Avery, 29; Wm. H. Bliss, 29; Ellen A. Pond, 
29; Haller H. Bayley, 29; Chas. P. Augur, 39; Thos, 
D. Spiedley, 29; Chs. L. Siewers, 39. 
