1863.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
dish, which she says was found economical daring 
the long drouth in that State a few years since. 
“ Cut two ounces of lean bacon, or a red herring, in 
pieces, put it into a pot, with three onions, a few 
pepper corns, and a small bundle of thyme and pars¬ 
ley, and three pints of water; let it boil three 
quarters of an hour. Then add to it one pound of 
clean picked whole rice, and let it boil just three 
minutes (no longer). Take the pot from the fire, 
and let it stand by the side of it, and the rice will 
swell, and take up all the water, and become^quite 
soft. If properly done, it will weigh nearly five 
pounds, and will completely dine five men. If the 
rice be not sufficiently tender, a little more water 
may be added as it stands by the fire. This is a 
cheap and excellent dish.” 
Corn BSread without Milk. — Con¬ 
tributed to the Agriculturist by “ Aunt Prudence,” 
Tuolumne Co., Cal. On % pt. of corn meal, pour 
IX pint boiling water, to which add two heaping 
teaspoonfuls cream tartar, one of salt, and X cup of 
molasses and let it stand all night. In the morning 
add IX pt. of flour before it is sifted, and one heap¬ 
ing teaspoouful saleratus, well dissolved in X pt. of 
cold water. Turn this into a tin pail thoroughly 
greased, and place the pail immediately in boiling 
water, and continue the boiling two hours. The 
cover of the pot should be wrapped in a clean cloth 
to absorb the moisture, which would otherwise 
drop from the cover into the pail and spoil a por¬ 
tion of the bread. 
Transparent Ties. —Contributed to the 
American Agriculturist , by A. Thompson, Pendleton 
Co., Ky. Take 3 eggs, 2 tablespoonfuls of sugar, 1 
teacupful of rich cream, 3 tablespoonfuls of jelly, 
1 of butter, flavor with essence of lemon*. The fair¬ 
er the jelly the better, as it makes a nicer lookiug 
pie than dark jelly ; either makes a delicious article. 
The above ingredients are enough for two pies. 
[From the absence of explicit directions, we sup¬ 
pose the materials are to be mixed, enclosed in 
crust, and baked in the ordinary way.— Ed.] 
Mint on Boiling- Potatoes. — “Aunt 
Prudence,” writes to th a Agriculturist that old and 
very poor potatoes are greatly improved by paring 
and soaking them in cold water for several hours 
previous to boiling. Good potatoes should be 
cooked without peeling. 
Queen Victoria !*u«l«ling. — Contrib¬ 
uted to the American Agriculturist, by M. Crane, 
Wis. Take one cupful each of Hour, sugar, grated 
apples, grated carrots, finely chopped suet, and 
dried currants; season with one teaspoonful of salt, 
a little nutmeg and essence of lemon. Mix all well 
together without water, and tie it in a wet cloth. 
Place it in boiling water and cook two hours, or 
longer if the pudding be very large. 
Milk TmldLing.—Contributed to the Agri¬ 
culturist by'“ C. B. D.” Add to one quart of boil¬ 
ing milk, one teacupful of flour wet to the consist¬ 
ence of cream; when well cooked, mold in cups, 
turn out when cold, and dress with cream, sugar 
and nutmeg. 
Fruit Cake. —Contributed to the Agricul¬ 
turist by Mrs. C. Moore, Washtenaw Co., Mich. 
Mix 2 beaten eggs, 2 cups of sugar, 4 of Hour, 1 of 
sour cream, 1 of butter, 1 tablespoonful cinnamon, 
1 teaspoonful cloves, 1 of soda, 1 pound raisins 
chopped line. Bake in a slow oven.— Icing for the 
same. Beat the whites of two eggs to a froth, add 
X pound of powdered white sugar, beat from 8 to 
10 minutes, and apply when the cake is nearly cold. 
Apple Fritters.— Contributed to the Amer¬ 
ican Agriculturist by James Briekcr, Indiana Co., Pa. 
Take any large sized apples, except sweet, pare them 
and cut them into circular pieces about one-fourth 
of an inch in thickness, at the same time taking 
out the cores with a sharp pointed knife. Make 
some batter of wheat flour as for common griddle 
cakes, drop the sliced apples into it, have ready a 
deep griddle or spider into which put about half a 
pint of lard. TV hen it is hot, with a large spoon 
drop the apples into it; to be eaten while warm. 
Jiidge not from Appearances. 
A few years since a party of ten or twelve clergymen 
went on an excursion on South Bay, Long Ishind. They 
had been cooped up in the city during the year, and wisely 
thought a week or two of recreation would prepare them 
to work witli more vigor. They were dressed for the 
occasion with coarse clothing, thick boots and straw hats. 
They hired a sloop, and enjoyed themselves highly for a 
week, sailing up and down the bay. When Saturday 
night came, the sloop was anchored near a small village. 
In some way, a few of the inhabitants learned who they 
were, and the next morning a committee invited each of 
them to preach in one of the neighboring churches, which 
they accordingly did, to the great gratification of the vil¬ 
lagers. On Monday, one of the number who was cook for 
the company, went ashore to buy some milk and eggs for 
breakfast. He stopped at a farm house, and stated his 
errand. “ I’ve no eggs nor milk to sell,” said the lady of 
the house. She spoke quite short, and with a scowl that 
seemed to say, “I don’t want to deal with a suspicious 
looking man.” The coarse coat, somewhat blackened 
by cooking, the tattered straw hat, and sunburnt face 
certainly were not prepossessing. After a little parley¬ 
ing she asked “ Who are you in that boat ?” “ We are a 
good set of fellows, having a little fun,” was the reply. 
“ Humph, I should think so,” said the lady. Have you 
got any rum on board ?”. added she spitefully. “ Why 
madam, we are a company of ministers.” “I guess 
you’ll make me believe that” was the answer. “I be¬ 
lieve you heard me preach yesterday,” quietly remarked 
the gentleman. “ Why, is that you ! 11 exclaimed the 
vvomffh throwing up both hands. “ You shall have all 
the eggs, and all the milk, and any thing else you want.” 
And after that there was nothing lacking in her hospital¬ 
ity. The clergyman gave her a gentle hint that clothing 
was not always a safe standard by which to judge of a 
man, and left her, greatly amused with the incident. 
A Faitlifid 
A tanner had a large mastiff to guard his premises from 
thieves. The foreman of the yard regularly fed the dog, 
and the two were on the best terms. The owner suspect¬ 
ed the foreman of dishonesty, and discharged him. In 
this he was probably not mistaken, for a few weeks after 
the man determined to steal a load of hides during the 
night. He knew the premises perfectly, and felt sure his 
old friend the dog, would offer no resistance. He ac¬ 
cordingly drove a cart near the fence, climbed over, and 
threw the hides, one by one out of the enclosure. The 
dog appeared pleased to see him, and did not offer to pre¬ 
vent his operations. When the man was ready to go, in¬ 
stead of unbolting the gate and passing out, he started to 
go as he had entered, climbing the fence, so as to leave no 
clue by which he might be detected. This unusual pro¬ 
ceeding aroused the dog’s suspicions, if such a term may 
be applied to an animal’s ideas. He at once sprang upon 
the thief, seized him by the leg, and held him until the 
owner came to his assistance and secured the culprit. 
€ut-iotis Sentence. — Translation. 
Prof. E. North, of Hamilton College, N. Y., contributes 
the following concerning the curious Latin sentence, 
“ Sator arepo tenet opera rotas," which was published in 
the Agriculturist on page 57, (Feb. No.) “This double 
palindrome (word or sentence reading backward and for¬ 
ward the same), is one of the most <Mrious results ever 
brought about by the use of words. Notice that you may 
read four ways, and the sentence is the same. In trans¬ 
lating put a colon after arepo. “As a planter I move 
Slowly: industry checks the wheels.”—This is a clumsy 
paraphrase of the familiar proverb, festina lente, “make 
haste slowly.” The sentence is itself a good example of 
what may be accomplished by making haste slowly. Who 
can tell us the author of this scholastic curiosity V ’ 
The Game of Matching- Fairs. 
Not (infrequently when a company meet to spend an 
evening, it takes considerable time to get them mingled 
together. We have seen the gentlemen collect in one 
corner and the ladies in another, and not more than half 
enjoy themselves until some one of sufficient tact had dis¬ 
tributed them more naturally. A correspondent of the 
Agriculturist, “Jim Hop Along,” having been thus situ¬ 
ated, after some study, has hit on the following game 
which will serve admirably to ‘ break the ice,’ and pro¬ 
duce some merriment. Cards or bits of paper are num¬ 
bered from one upward to correspond with the number of 
gentlemen present, and another set of smaller ones are 
similarly prepared for the ladies. The two sets are first 
shuffled separately, and one given to each person, who 
must keep ins or her number secret. Then a gentleman 
starts to seek his foitune. Approaching any lady he may 
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fancy, he bows and presents his card. Should the num 
ber on her card correspond with his, he salutes her and 
takes a seat by her side, and the next person on the right 
proceeds to make a choice. But if the first gentleman 
be unfortunate, the lady returns his card, gives him her 
seat, and starts to seek her own fortune, as he had pre¬ 
viously done. The company soon beome interested in 
the game: there is no little fun over some of the pairs thus 
brought together. After all are matched, if desired, the 
numbers may be shuffled again, and another trial made.” 
Mew Ttizzles to toe Answered. 
No. 37. Illustrated Rebus. —A poetical quotation. 
No. 38. Problem by J. W. Robbins, Tioga Co., N. Y. 
How can fifteen sheep be enclosed in four yards, so as to 
have an odd number and a different one in each yard ? 
No. 39. Arithmetical Problem..— Three men, A, B, & C, 
dug a ditch 100 rods long for $100. The ditch being deep¬ 
er at one end than the other, A. took the deepest part and 
got 20 cents per rod more than B, who took the middle 
part; and C, took the shallowest and received 20 cents per 
rod less than B. Each man received $33X ; how many 
rods did each man dig? 
Answers to Puzzles and Problems in April 
No. (page 121.) — No. 35. Illustrated Rebus. — “ Doe toot 
hers as theys hood dot o u or Do to others as they 
should do to you. No. 36. Problem. —Answer: The 
clocks will show the same hour at 12 o’clock on April 15 
The followj^g have sent in correct answers to recent 
puzzles and questions ; the numbers indicate the prob¬ 
lems answered by each : Annie J. Hooper, 29 ; H. A. Col¬ 
lins, 31, 32; John R. Wilkinson, 30; W. Noliff, 32 : John 
Lee, 33 ; Nathan Tyler, 31, 32, 33 ; James D. McGiffert, 
31,33; Howard, 33,34; Thomas D. Smedley, 33 ; Geo. 
C. Comstock, 31,32; Noah S. Barnum, 31, 32; A little 
girl, 32; -Israel C. Rinehart, 31, 33, 34 ; Calvin B. Brad¬ 
ley, 30 ; David Sheaffer, 31, 32, 33, 34 ; Joseph ICerschier, 
33; Purinton Maryot, 33: Geo, Wistart Kirk, 31, 32; 
Samuel F. Lazear,” 33, 34 ; Fred. Taylor, 33, 34 ; L. C. 
Pancoast, 31, 32; E. D. Hewit, 33 ; “ J. K. J.,”32, 33,34; 
W. F. Grant, 33 ; Daniel S. Carver, 33 ; C. P. Hoffman, 
31,32, 33 ; Marcello Hutchinson, 31, 32, 33, 34; E. C. 
Maderwell, 31, 32, 33; “ Georgius Rex,” 31,32,33; J. W. 
McCulloch, 31, 32, 33, 34; Mary E. Parl-in, 31, 32, 34; 
Frank B. Conger, 31, 32,34 ; Orlando Vaughan, 31, 33, 34 ; 
Chilion Conger, 31, 32 ; George Sawyer, 31, 32, 33, 34 ; 
James H. Hamer 32, 33, 34; N. Lewis, 33; John F. 
Holmes, 31, 33, 34; Maria A. Rotch, 31, 32, 33, 34 ; B. B. 
Edu-ards, 32, 33, 34 ; F. & L. Burke, 32 ; Joseph Pool, 
31, 32, 33 ; Wm. H. Bates, 31, 33, 34 ; L. W. Stilwell, 31, 
33 ; Cornelius Hoagland Jr., 32, 33; A. B. Foster and W. 
A. Vaughan, 32, 34 ; Ella E. Badger, 34 ; B. K. Melick, 31, 
32 ; F. M. Swan, 31, 32, 34 ; “ H. F. C.,” 31, 32, 33, 34 ; 
Charles Foster, 33 ; Josiah C. Britton, 33; Charles S. Ed- 
sall, 31, 32 ; A. S. Fradenburgh, 31, 33 ; Schuyler Duryee, 
33 ; Frank E. Ferris, 33, 34 ; J. D. Rider, 33; Alice R., 31; 
Robert W. Steere, 32; Willie Staples, 33; Lansing L. 
Porter, 32 ; N. S. Barnum, 34 ; L. D. Hays, 31, 32; Alice 
E. Bradley, 34; S. B. Hulburt, 33; Charles R. and Ellen 
F. Cole, 31, 32, 34 ; Isaac D. Sharp, 33 ; A 1 lie Decker, 31, 
32 ; G. W. Holstein, 33 ; Mattie J. Taft. 32 ; M. Thomp¬ 
son Jr., 31 ; George Brow n, 31 ; J. S. Coles, 31, 32; “W. 
W„” 32 ; S. Sheppard, 31 ; Watson Dewees, 32, 33 ; K. 
G. Whelen, 31, 32, 34; Cale W. Waterman, 31, 32 ; S. M. 
McCausland, 31, 32; Isaac F. Mills, 31, 32, 33 , Emma 
Coon, 31, 32 ; E. C. Hutchinson, 32, 34 ; M. Seongale, 31, 
32,33; “W. G. J..” 31. 33; G. W. Litchfield, 33; J. 
Newton Stauffer, 33 ; Wm. E. Wooddell, 33 ; Theodore 
D. Schoonmalcer, 33 ; Agnes J. Sawyer, 33; S. D. Merrill, 
33 ; “ J. H. A.,” 31, 32, 33 ; Rufus W. Weeks, 31, 32, 33, 
34; Robert G. Weeks. 31, 32; George F. Weeks, 31; 
“ L. B. P.,” 31, 33 ; G. W. Sarson, 33 ; G. F. Butterworlh, 
33 ; S. N. Dater North, 31, 32 ; Howard Himinelwighl, 
32; H. A. Lamb, 31, 32 ; “ C. W. R.,” 32 ; George A. Bar¬ 
nard, 31, 32 ; H. Bowers, 33 ; Samuel L. Henderson. 34 ; 
Wm. C. Johnson, 33; Celia Trew, 31,32 ; “Brushey Val¬ 
ley,” 33; Johnny T. Dickerman, 31 ; Allen Terrell, 33 ; 
James Cock, 33; Lizzie McMichael, 31, 33 ; S. Olis Bar- 
row's, 31, 33, 34; Daniel B. Vansyckel, 31, 33, 34 ; Wm. 
J. McMarrigal, 31 ; Bell Rutan, 31, 34; “B. K. H.,” 31, 
32 ; L. L. Fisher, 31, 32, 33 ; Henry II. Osgood, 31, 32,33, 
34 ; James S. Harold, 32 ; “A. T„” 31, 32, 33 ; L. O. Gay, 
33 ; Mary J. McMillan, 31, 33 ; Hiram Mitchell, 33 ; Hen¬ 
ry Martin Kellogg, 33; “E. S.,” “ A. R.,” “A. I’.," 
“ M. W.,” “ J. P„” “C.B.,” “S. R.,” “A.C.,” 34; How¬ 
ard Colburn, 33; R. R. C. Grantham, 33 ; Alvin Hammon, 
31,32; Edmund B. Newton, 33 ; M. R. Alexander, 33 ; 
J. II. Ford, 33; Sarah A. Glaze, 33, 34 ; Albert D. Rust, 
31 ; S. Emina Barker. 33 ; Isaac T. McLain, S3 ; V. Liz¬ 
zie McClure, 33 ; “Vic.,” 31, 34; Wm. P. Dawes, 33; 
John M. Creswell 32, 33, 34 ; James Mowry, 33, 34 ; John 
Farquhar, 32; John Green, 31, Nettie Spink. 34, Mrs. 
C. A. Snook, 31: Albert C. Siewers, 31, 32; Alex. L., 31, 
32; H. Waters. 35 ■ Jacob Lasley, 31, 32, 33. 
