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Z?/>e  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
pour  over  the  rind  again.  Let  stand  an¬ 
other  24  hours,  then  boil  all  together  for 
a  few  minutes,  put  in  jars  and  seal. 
A  Pair  of  Rompers  for  Five  Cents 
I  have  just  made  a  delightful  discov¬ 
ery.  I  feel  that  it  is  entirely  too  good  ro 
keep.  In  order  that  you  may  believe 
what  I  say  to  be  true  I  am  sending  the 
pattern  and  a  sample  pair  of  rompers, 
that  you  may  see  how  fine  they  are  for  a 
small  boy  or  girl ;  how  pretty,  how  com¬ 
fortable,  and  how  economical.  The  romp¬ 
ers  are  made  from  a  yard  of  unbleached 
cotton  that  cost  five  cents.  The  trim¬ 
mings  around  neck,  sleeves  and  legs  arc 
scraps  that  could  not  be  used  in  any 
other  way,  being  left-overs  from  other 
dresses,  and  too  small  really  to  make  into 
anything,  so  I  do  not  count  them  in  the 
cost,  and  anyone  can  find  three  buttons 
from  some  other  pair  of  worn-out  romp- 
terial  left  over.  Also,  this  pair  has  five 
buttons.  My  first  pair  had  three. 
mbs.  T.  E.  n. 
A  Harvest-home  Sunday 
We  had  a  new  minister  just  over  from 
England  where  there  seems  to  be  an  over¬ 
supply,  while  we  people  in  Northern 
New  York  have  with  difficulty  had  our 
pulpits  filled,  especially  in  the  rural  dis¬ 
tricts.  All  Summer  the  church  meetings 
had  with  earnest  efforts  on  the  part  of 
the  church  people  been  kept  up.  A  min¬ 
ister  “supply"  came  from  six  miles  away 
to  meet,  with  us  once  a  week.  It  was 
with  joy  that  avc  heard  the  news  that  the 
superintendent  had  at  last  secured  for  our 
charge  a  young  man  from  England  who 
was  even  then  on  his  way  across  the 
ocean.  Wo  learned  also  that  our  new 
minister  had  a  wife  and  five  children 
and  we  knew  that  as  he  was  coming  to 
Diagram  of  Pattern  and  the  Rompers  Completed 
ers.  Of  course,  you  could  count  the  cost 
of  the  time  it  takes  to  make  them,  but  it 
does  not  take  long,  and  no  mother  counts 
that,  so  presto!  a  pair  of  rompers  for  five 
cents!  Unbleached  cotton  shrinks  a  good 
deal,  so  it  is  well  to  shrink  before  cutting 
and  you  can  be  sure  of  a  good  tit  after 
washing. 
The  pattern  is  an  invention  of  my  own, 
and  is  nothing  more  than  the  little 
kimono  slip  for  children  at  the  top,  and 
the  little  straight  drawers  pattern  that 
children  always  wear  first,  put  together. 
It  makes  a  splendid  one-piece  romper  pat¬ 
tern  that  is  so  easy  to  make,  so  easy  to 
launder,  and  looks  so  pretty.  They  can 
button  either  before  or  behind,  but  I  find 
it  very  convenient  to  button  them  all  iu 
front.  My  little  boy,  who  is  now  five, 
has  been  dressing  himself  since  he  was 
three  because  alt  the  buttons  were  in 
front.  That  has  meaut  a  great  deal  to 
me,  for  there  are  other  babies  younger 
and  no  nurse.  The  rompers  can  of 
course  be  made  from  more  expensive  ma¬ 
terial  as  I  have  been  making  them  for 
years,  but  those  “liye-cent  ones”  are  just 
a  recent,  discovery,  and  I  feel  that  some 
one  else  should  know  about  them.  Little 
girls*  perfectly  plain  kimono  dresses  with 
drawers  to  match  can  be  made  from  the 
same  material,  and  prove  very  attractive 
and  serviceable.  Just  a  little  touch  of 
color  in  the  trimming  around  the  ueek 
and  sleeves,  makes  them  pretty  enough 
foi  .ny  little  lady.  You  can,  of  course, 
get  more  expensive  unbleached  cotton,  but 
the  cheaper  grade  looks  very  much  nicer 
than  the  other,  which  is  thick  and  ugly 
when  laundered.  The  cheaper  wears  very 
well,  too. 
The  rompers  I  am  sending  as  sample, 
take  a  little  more  than  a  yard  iu  length, 
but  that  can  be  made  up  by  getting 
enough  for  another  half  pair  in  the 
width.  The  first  pair  I  made  took  actu¬ 
ally  oue  yard  iu  length  of  material.  It  is 
a  pattern  that  can  be  so  easily  adjusted 
to  lengths  and  widths  of  any  scrap  of  ma¬ 
ns  in  the  Fall  of  the  year  he  would  ha\Te 
no  time  to  prepare  for  Winter  by  laying 
by  in  the  cellar,  stores  of  vegetables  and 
fruit  for  Winter  use,  as  is  necessary  in 
this  part  of  the  country.  So  we  planned 
before  he  came  to  have  the  first;  Sabbath 
service  a  “Harvest  Festival,”  and  had 
the  church  gaily  decorated  Avith  all  sorts 
of  vegetables  and  fruits  of  the  harvest, 
to  be  given  him  after  the  service — a  good¬ 
ly  showing  of  the  “first  fruits”  “given 
heartily  as  unto  the  Lord.” 
As  the  charge  lies  in  a  rural  district 
and  the  nearest  churches  a  half  dozen 
miles  away  there  was  no  difficulty  in 
getting  together  loads  of  stuff,  which 
arranged  carefully,  Avns  decorative  and 
artistic  as  well  as  forming  substantial 
and  useful  gifts.  The  heartfelt  thanks  the 
minister  gave  us  showed  plainly  that  to 
him  and  his  “large  small  family,”  as  he 
phrased  it,  these  things  Avere  very  Avel- 
come. 
All  the  country  people  who  Avere  asked 
gave  liberally  and  gladly,  and  one  or  two 
unintentionally  omitted  were  really  hurt 
by  being  left  out.  It  was  a  real  rally 
day  for  the  country  people,  calling  them 
all  together  again  to  welcome  the  stran¬ 
gers.  The  service  was  an  unusual  and 
beautiful  expression  of  the  good  Avill  nud 
best  wishes  of  the  home  people.  Every¬ 
one  stayed  awhile  after  church  to  shake 
hands  and  A’isit  Avith  neighbors  and 
friends.  They  felt  they  had  been  for 
a  while  as  “sheep  without  a  shepherd,” 
and  a  resident  preacher  Avas  welcomed 
heartily  to  keep  up  our  church  services, 
to  visit  the  people  iu  sickness  and  health, 
to  christen,  marry  or  help  bury  our  dear 
ones,  as  was  needful.  The  bags  of  vege¬ 
tables,  piles  of  apples,  strings  of  corn  and 
onions,  the  delicate  green  of  massed  cab¬ 
bage  nud  cauliflower  with  a  darker  back¬ 
ground  of  coarser  vegetables,  the  canned 
fruits,  jellies,  pickles  and  catsup  com¬ 
bined  to  till  the  minister’s  cellar  in  line 
shape.  f. 
Quince  Recipes 
Quince  Marmalade. — Pare  and  core 
and  Yut  into  pieces  the  fruit,  put.  the  skin 
and  cores  into  a  kettle,  cover  them  with 
Avater  ami  boil  thirty  minutes,  or  until 
tender.  Strain  off  the  water  through  a 
colander  and  as  much  pulp  as  will  pass 
without  the  skins ;  to  this  add  the  rest  of 
the  fruit  and  three-quarters  of  a  pound 
of  sugar  to  each  pound  of  fruit ;  boil  it 
until  it  becomes  a  jelly-like  mass;  mash 
the  fruit  as  much  as  possible.  Turn  into 
glasses' and  seal. 
Quince  Rutter. — One-half  gallon  of 
quinces  quartered  and  cored,  one-half  gal¬ 
lon  of  tart  apples  quartered  aud  cored, 
two  quarts  of  sweet  cider,  one  pint  of  cold 
water.  Cover  the  crock  and  stew  gently 
until  the  fruit  is  very  soft,  then  pass 
through  a  sieve.  Add  five  cupfuls  of 
sugar  and  cook  until  thick.  The  quantity 
of  sugar  must  be  governed  by  the  cook’s 
taste. 
Quince  .Tam. — Take  one  pint  of  quince 
juice  left  from  presences,  add  one  pound 
of  sliced  apples,  three-quarters  of  a  pound 
of  sugar;  boil  tAVo  hours,  stirring  well; 
pour  into  glasses  while  hot  and  seal. 
Quince  and  Pear  Sauce. — Throe  pounds 
light  brown  sugar,  six  pounds  pears,  quar¬ 
tered  if  large,  small  ones  cut  in  halves ; 
nine  pounds  quinces,  quartered.  Boil 
sugar,  pears  and  quinces  nearly  all  day, 
taking  care  not  to  let  them  cook  too  rap¬ 
idly,  until  both  pears  and  quinces  are  of 
a  rich  red,  and  the  juice  an  amber  syrup. 
Can  and  seal  tight.  The  fruit  keeps  its 
shape,  the  pears  having  gained  a  fine 
flavor  from  the  quinces,  and  the  quinces 
having  an  added  goodness  from  the  pears. 
Quince  Honey. — One  medium  quince 
and  one  cupful  of  granulated  sugar  will 
make  one  jelly  glass  of  honey.  Pare  and 
grate  the  quinces,  then  stir  this  grated 
pulp  into  a  boiling  syrup  made  of  the 
sugar  and  enough  water  to  dissolve  it. 
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