APB1L i9 
Jomcstiti (Bconomij. 
.CANNING FRUITS, ETC. 
In the Rural New-Yorker of Feb. 22, 
“ A Nebraska Reader” asks how to ran string 
beaus, tomatoes and small fruits for the 
market in tin cans, and to be given the mode 
sample can we tested (with friends) filled the 
bill, ana meets the claims which Mr. Ford 
makes for the process. He asserts that it is 
as cheaply and easily done as by any known 
process; if so, it is certainly superior, in our 
judgment. 
Ladies’ Work Stand .—(See illus., page 253.) 
The skeleton of this stand is made of rattan. 
The squares between the rods should be eov- 
of putting in fruit, sealing cans, and all other Wlth S roen > silk, which is drawn 
things of importance. If he wishes to go 1 t'other, and either fastened with a button, 
mm the business. 1 should recommend him or a small rosette and a Hat tassel. The hag 
things of importance. If he wishes to go 
into the business, I should recommend him, 
if possible, to visit some factory where the 
process is in operation. If he cannot do this, 
the following directions, if carefully followed, 
will lead to good results:—The cans in use 
are generally made upon the premises, in 
large establishments. In Maryland, we are 
informed that a large number of t hose em¬ 
ployed are made by convict labor at the State 
Penitentiary. Very few are used a second 
time. The fruit or vegetables must be picked 
at. the time when they are at their best, cure 
beiug taken to avoid any unsound, over-ripe, 
or immature specimens, as it must be re¬ 
membered that a single piece determines the 
character of the can, and one or two cans 
may condemn a lot. 
The fruit having been picked, is next thor¬ 
oughly cleansed. All the silk is removed 
from the corn, the peas urc shelled, peaches 
pared, beaus Btrung, etc. The corn is cut 
from the cob, taking care not to cut too deep. 
Thus prepared, the fruit or vegetables arc 
spread in thin layers on large tin coolers, 
which are placed in tanks containing ice 
water, until such time as the contents may 
be wanted for canning. Green corn is gen¬ 
erally considered the most difficult article to 
preserve nicely. It is treated as follows: 
The cans having been previously well clean¬ 
ed, are filled with the corn prepared as above, 
and are then sealed up by soldering on the 
lid ; a small bole is then punched through 
the lid, and the can is placed in a large pan 
containing boiling water ; this should come 
almost to the top of the can, which must be 
secured to its place to prevent upsetting, or 
other accidents ; it is allowed to stay in this 
bath about half an hour, or until steam es¬ 
capes freely from the hole in the lid ; it is 
then removed for an instant, and the hole in 
the top Is sealed with a drop of solder. The 
cun is then replaced in the bath and kept at 
a boiling temperature for three and a half or 
four hours ; at the cud of this time it is re¬ 
moved and allowed to cool ; when cool, the 
ends of the cons should be slightly concave, 
and they must preserve this concavity until 
opened for use. There is no surer proof that 
a can is spoiled than that afforded by swelled 
heads. 
Tomatoes are treated in exactly the same 
way, except they do not need more than 
half an hour's boiling after being sealed. 
Beans and peas require almost us much 
heating as corn. Peaches and other fruits 
are packed into the cans, and then sirup of 
the proper strength is poured over them until 
the cans are full, when they are treated the 
same as tomatoes. The whole process is ex¬ 
tremely simple, and only requires care and 
perfect cleanliness. I have no doubt but 
your correspondent will be successful upon 
the first trial, s. 
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DOMESTIC BREVITIES. 
Putty Frames. —Take from two to seven 
pounds of putty, according to the size you 
wash to have your frame ; as much Spanish 
Brown—or any other shade of paint you may 
wish to dissolve—as will give right color; 
work this hi your putty until no specks are 
seen. Then work the putty into whatever 
design you desire, with your fingers, and lay 
them on your frame. Grapes, leaves and 
curls, or tendrils, are used more than any 
other design, I have seen small cucumbers, 
small tomatoes, and similar fruit, put on 
putty frames. The bordering on both sides— 
next the glass and outer edge—should resem¬ 
ble “bead " work as much as possible, mak¬ 
ing the putty in shape of coffee on the edge. 
Another pretty way for coloring a dark, rich 
color, is to take logwood dye, with a little 
saleratus dissolved in it, washing the frame 
after fancy work is made. I have never tried 
this with putty. Only by practice will tiffs 
work excel others.— Ann. 
Canned Tomatoes Whole. —April 2d, we 
received from Mr. F. G. Ford, Brighton, 
N. J., a can of whole tomatoes, which were 
put up late in October, after they had been 
frosted. He has a process (patented) by 
which tomatoes are thus put up, as plucked 
from the vines, whole and kept in such a 
condition that they may be eaten, cut in 
slices, with sugar, vinegar, pepper and salt, or 
maybe boiled, baked, stewed, etc., just the 
Bame as if just gathered from the vines. The 
for the reception of embroidery or other I 
fancy work, is made of green silk, drawn to¬ 
gether by a green cord, at the end of which 
is a tassel of the sumo color. To hide the 
joints of the rods, a scarf of green ribbon Is 
put at each junction. In the lower part of 
the stand is a pincushion, which is made in 
the sumo style as t he filling-in of the squares 
above, and also drawn and held together 
with a button. 
Aunt Ilattie Wye off's "Recipe for Making 
Fried Cali ex is the best ami cheapest T have 
ever tried: -One cup of sugar, one of lard or 
butter, one teaspoon of sale rat us, one pint 
sour milk, a little salt. Mix hard enough to 
roll easily, and fry the usual way.—D. A. 
Wycoff. 
Packing Eggs in Salt. —Take the eggs, 
grease well with tallow or lard, then pack 
small ends down ; do not let them touch each 
other; fill in around with salt; tie up the 
crock or jar tight, and set in a dry place, 
and the eggs can be kept well and for months, 
—K. M. s. 
Invisible Ink. —Will some one please in¬ 
form me how to make invisible ink—that is, 
ink that cannot be seen on the paper until 
placed in the sun or undergone some other 
process ?—Nellie Rushmork. 
'Podc; and ftlaniicni. 
COSTUMES. 
Emrroilered costumes will be more worn 
than ever this spring. Almost all the im¬ 
ported costumes are heavily embroidered, 
especially those of batiste. The embroidery 
is in black, brown and white. Although the 
work is very coarse the suits are very ex¬ 
pensive. Those exposed at the late opening 
cost |40, * 50 , end even *75. This is nonsense, 
of course ; batiste dresses, much more taste¬ 
ful aud.stylish, can be mudefor far less money. 
For example, a costume of the finest quality 
of batiste, which sells at *1 a yard, was made 
with a flounce, ill side plaits, over a ruffle of 
black lawn ; u standing ruffle of batiste was 
likewise placed over a, standing ruffle of 
lawn, in both cases the lawn extending be¬ 
yond tlio batiste; a wide band of batiste 
over black, with alternate folds of lawn and 
batiste, was placed between the two falling 
aud standing ruffles. The polonaise was 
trimmed with a. lawn and batiste ruffle head¬ 
ed by a similar hand. 11 constituted one of 
the prettiest garments we have seen this 
season, and was as simple as pretty. 
White costumes are everywhere displayed, 
and a re very elaborate. Embroidery is the 
chief trimming. The front width of a dress 
will have three flounces with embroidered 
edge, with inserting set in, and one flounce 
with the inserting in the back widths. The 
over-dress will lie an apron-front trimmed 
with inserting and flounce, and the back 
loose and flowing, finished in the same man¬ 
ner. TllC waist is a basque with surplice 
neck, and full embroidered ruffle ; sleeves 
caught with a bow of ribbon below the el¬ 
bows, ending in a ruffle. Other dresses have 
small embroidered ruffles at intervals u)l the 
way up the back. Ribbon is occasionally 
put under the embroideries, and bright Bashes 
depend in every manner, except tied in a 
bow at the back of the waist, 
Hamburg embroideries, in delicate pat¬ 
terns, are sufficiently handsome for ordinary 
white dresses. They wash well and do not 
wear out. 
DRESSES FOR THE MOUNTAINS 
ore found in dark blue goods, mixtures of 
wool and cotton. They are made with the 
skirt trimmed in patterns with various sizes 
of flat, svhite worsted braid, such as children’s 
dresses are trimmed with. This trimming is 
placed around the skirt and up the front. 
The polonaise is trimmed in the same way, 
has coat sleeves, a sailor collar, and is worn 
with a belt. Already made up, these gar¬ 
ments cost .$<10 and $70, but they are lined 
with silk and finished in the handsomest 
maimer. They can be made for one-fourth 
the price. 
Shot silks, in two colors, are among the 
Parisian novelties. A dress from Worth’s 
has five narrow flounces on the front width. 
The polonaise is made with five seams, each 
seam gathered lengthwise in the back, mak¬ 
ing four longitudinal puffs. It is trimmed 
with a ruffle and a triple niching. 
Sicillictmc is a fabric extremely popular. 
It. has the appearance of Irish poplin, with 
the luster of silk and softness of Cashmere. 
Black Sicillienn© trimmed with jet, is more 
desirable than black silk. For full dress they 
are worn with white satin vests. 
NOVELTIES. 
The Henri II. sack is made of alternate 
stripes of black velvet and gray satin, over 
which is placed black guipure inserting. The 
front is loose, the back tight, and from the 
waist arc gray satin plaiting©, forming the 
basque. Black gimp ornaments arc placed 
on the seams under the arms and are con¬ 
nected by two cords hangiug loosely over 
the back, They are very pretty for early 
spring wear. 
Black, watered silk ribbons are used for 
sashes on Cashmere polonaises. They are 
arranged in succession of loops. Watered 
silk piping has also taken the place of plain 
black silk piping. 
The Miguon is a pretty ruffle for the neck. 
Take two pieces of clear white muslin, simply 
hem them, plait them, and arrange one as a 
standing ruffle, the other to fall over the 
dress, between place velvet ribbon which tie 
in a bow in front. Lighter ribbons may be 
used for dressier occasions. These may also 
lie tied in the back, IJndersleeves to match 
consist of a, deep puff and two ruffles like 
those at t he neck. 
A necklace for party wear is made of a 
full rucking of tuUe. In the center is placed 
a slender vine, with here and there a flower. 
They are tied in the back with gay ribbons. 
Mechlin lace is taking the place of Valen¬ 
ciennes. It is the old-fashioned thread lace, 
which is made in standing raffles for the 
necks and sleeves of dresses. The Venetian 
fraise is a standing ruffle veiy full of Mechlin 
lace, which is placed, heart-shaped, about the 
necks of dresses, and stands out like those 
seen in old pictures. 
PARASOLS. 
The fashion in parasols is so absurd that 
we cannot predict a long reign or advise any 
one to pay $S and $!) for them. The most 
popular is the Bludgeon. The sticks are 
short, vei-v large, and just beneath where 
the hand clasps, it terminates in a huge 
rough knot. They are not only not beauti¬ 
ful, but, inconvenient and tiresome ; others 
have a huge ivory knob as large almost as a 
door knob. The prevailing colors are blue 
and plum, though the ecru, with deep brown 
edge, is still used. The ordinary pongee para¬ 
sols with fringe are' yassee. 
Parasols for full dress have lace covers. 
The value and beauty depend entirely on 
the lace. The paltry imitations aud coarse 
white Llama lace are fur more vulgar than a 
blue, plum or brown umbrella with a neat 
ivory handle. These are always in style ami 
can be bought for $5, Sli and $7. 
BLACK CREPE HAT. 
On page 257 we give front and back view 
of a hat, the body of which is of black crepe; 
the edges are covered with light blue silk; 
the inside with olive-green silk ; around the 
body of the bat, are two wide bands of olive- 
green silk ; the ties are of the same material; 
also the broad scarf which falls over the 
chignon. On the back of the hat is a bow or 
rosette of light blue and. olive-green silk reps. 
The hat is ornamented with green and light 
blue feathers and a bouquet of different 
colored roses in front. 
FICHU-COLLAR. 
On page 257 we give an Illustration of a 
beautiful Swiss muslin faille and lace Fichu 
collar. The collar is made of mull and lilac- 
colored silk reps, alternating of equal width 
and edged with narrow luce on the inside 
and wide lace outside. It is fastened by a 
bow of lilac-colored silk. 
THE LATEST TRAVELING COSTUME. 
On page 2t>4, we give an illustration of the 
latest fancy in traveling costumes—one which 
has much to recommend it to ladies who are 
disposed to travel in a mountainous country, 
or whore there arc no clean hotels. As will 
be seen, the bustle consists of a hair uiattrass, 
with a satchel on top to give it the fashion¬ 
able elevation. On one side the punier, is a 
pillow ; on the other, a blanket or quilt. The 
chignon consists of a powder-bog. The Al¬ 
pine hat is to be used as a coffee-strainer, and 
i the feathers are to be used to clear it, in ease 
it becomes choked up. The lower part of the 
skirt is garnished with raffles, which are 
used to hold combs, scissors, curling irons, 
etc. We fancy it requires no further descrip¬ 
tion ! 
WHAT SOCIETIES ARE DOING. 
HI. Mate Farmers’ Ass’n. —Officers for 1873: 
/’res. W. I’. Ft..\ aa, Mum, Madison Co. Vicc- 
I’res'ts. 1st District, A. II. bottom Dull on Sta¬ 
tion. Cook (.’m; 2d, I). \Yiirtliington, cur. Ash¬ 
land anil Warren Ave., Chicago, < 'ook Co.; 3d, 
N. S. Church ; It It, Thus, M. It. Itlehards, Wood- 
stock. McHenry Co.; fitli, I). W. Dame, Lanark, 
Carroll Cm; ill h. Unfits Coni. Bulla. Bureau Cm; 
Tib, II. It, ('onklln, Morris, Grundy Cmj8th. Win. 
Colon, I’Olittae, Livingston Co.; Hf.li, I,. F. Boss, 
Avon, CuHon Co.; Kith, 11. C. Lawrence, Prai¬ 
rie City, McDonough Co.; Dili. Uurterworth, 
Quincy, Adams Co.; 12th, Honj. Dornliliiser, As¬ 
sumption, Christian Co.; 13th, Joshua Brown, 
Normal, McLean Co.: Itth, J. B. Porterfield, 
•Sidney. Champaign Co.: If>lh, James Wright, 
Assumption. Shelby Co.; Iiith, M. M. I teuton. 
Cent,rnlin, Clinton Co,; LHi, James Smith, Jr., 
Morn, Madison On.;-Pth. T. A. E. Holcomb, 
South Pass, Union Co,; I'JtJi, Itichnrd Richards, 
Ewing. Franklin Co. See. -S. M. Smith, Kowa- 
uoo, Henry Co. Traw. Duncan McKay, Car- 
roll Co. 
The 111. JVfrhcron or Norman llorse Ass’n 
was organized in Chicago, Feb, 35. The meet¬ 
ings of tho Association are to be hold semi-an¬ 
nually, ono of which Is to he held id the time 
and place of tin*. Stain Fair, w ImrCstthc officers 
tiro to lie elected. The following are tlm offi¬ 
cers; Pres. 13. Dillon. Viee-I’res. — M. Prich¬ 
ard. S'i c, M. W. liimham. Tri as. Isaiah Dil¬ 
lon. Dlreetors. N. M. Hume, M, Gundn, Timo¬ 
thy Slatterly. Levi Dillon ail'd M. W. Dunham 
were appointed to write an address to hurse- 
broodors of the West, on the subject of Norman 
horses and their Introduction Into the United 
Stales, and the results of their crossing with 
the native stock of the country. 
Western Penn Poultry Sue. Officers elect, 
for 18*3: Crrs .- Edward Onp.nn, Pittsburgh. 
Vlce-I'res’ts. -lion. Jarurd M. Brush, Frank Ar- 
dary, C. B. Eben, A. M. Marshall, Pittsburgh; 
Jus. I .ook hart,, Robert Henderson, W . A. Ueed, 
Allegheny City ; S. If. Cook, McDonald Station. 
Teens. C. A. Ntoveus. Allegheny City. ( he. Sec. 
A. A. Miller, Oakdale. lice.See. Kinder ISIair, 
Pittsburgh. /■>. Corn. Fred Kennedy, John 
(iehrlng, T. H. Uamabottoni, Pittsburgh; G. 
W. Evans. John Dyer, John Morrow, Allegheny 
City; David Meld rum, East Liberty; John Mc¬ 
Donald, McDonald Station. 
town Suite Ilort. Sue.—Officers elect for 1873: 
Pres. G. B. Brackett, Denmark. Fj ce-Pres.— 
W. C. Brewster, Davenport. See. J. L. Build, 
Shellshiirg. ’rreas, -D. Leonard, Burlington. 
Directors. District, 13. II. Calkins, Burling¬ 
ton ; 2d, Emily J. Ives, Wapello; 3d, J. M. 
Stridiim Montgomery Co.: tfh, c. M. Nichols, 
Davenport; 5th, It. S. WilwL Malcolm; 0th, 
C. L. Watrous, Des Moines; »th, 11. Dayton, 
Winneshiek Co.; 8th. E. It. Heinz, Norn Springs ; 
0th, postponed election; lutli, It. \. Day, Cal¬ 
houn. 
Selienrelady Co., N. ' ., \g. Hoe. Officers 
elect for 1873: Pres. —(1.(1. Maxon. Vice-1’res’ts. 
—A, J. Thompson, Hon. Chits. G. Ellis, Richard 
Rosa, Hum John C. Ellis, G. W. Brower, Clius. 
H. Toll, J. J. DflPorest, John Van Antwerp, 
Walter Bradshaw and John Van Vulkonburgh. 
Treat. - Ahim Vreunion. See. L. A. Voting. 
Also a Board of thirty Directors. Fair at Sche¬ 
nectady. Sept. D 12. 
The Carroll Co.. Aid., Ag Hoc. The Fifth An¬ 
nual Fair of our Society will behold on the30th 
of Sept., In!, 2nd and 3d of October next, at 
Westminster, Mil. The President, of the United 
States and Cabinet, Gen. Sherman, Hon. Henry 
Wilson, Vico-President, and the Governor of 
this State, have accepted invitations and prom¬ 
ised to attend.—\V m. A. M< K I'.Lr.BP, Sec. 
Cortland Co., N. V., Ag. Hoe. Officers for 
1873: Pres. Stkpukn L. Fun km, Cortland. Vicc- 
I'res. A. L. Merrill, Homer. See. ’I'. Mason 
Luring, Cortland. 'Irens. A. 1>. Blodget, Cort¬ 
land. ICx-(!om. J. C. Carmichael, Henry Mc- 
KevRt, Lyman Hibbard, Win. It. Hibbard, Ad¬ 
dison Rowley, Dwight Hitchcock, Nathan Sal¬ 
isbury, Thomas Kennedy, Jr. 
Seneca Co,, IV. V,, Ag. Hoc. Officers elect 
for 1873: Pees. John g. KiNO, Romulus. Vice- 
Pres. James Wood, Seneca Falls. See. Win. 
W. Stacey, Fayette. Teens. John D, Coe, llora- 
ultp;. lure (tors. 11. P. Hnllock, Romulus; 
Isaac L. Huir, Waterloo; Jacob Meeker, Lodi; 
M. II. Hitter, Fayette: Peter Pontius, Fayette; 
Milton Hoag, Seneca Falls. 
The National Dairy men's Club mid Board of 
Trade, Utica, N. V., recently elected the fol¬ 
lowing officers for 1873: Pres. 'I'. D. Curtis, 
Uthm. See. K. J. Wlcksoii, Utica. Teens. —L. 
L. Wight. WUUostown. K.r. Cam. E. G. Ellis, 
lUlea; C. VV. Smith, Frankfort; A, L. Blue, 
North Gage. 
Osnego Co., \. Y., \g. Hoc. Officers elect 
for 1378: Peis. .John Davis, Sandy Creek. Vicc- 
1‘res. -Albert 1ft Smith. Sec. Henry L. Barton, 
Mexico. Teens.— L. H. Conklin, Mexico. Direcl- 
ites .—Azanuii Wart, If. J. Daggett and Remain 
Robertson. Fair at Mexico, Sept, pi is, 
Wright Co., 'linn., \ g. Mir. Officers for 1873: 
/hot. W.m. Si.rioht. Vice-Pres. 11. Ferguson. 
Teens. .1. W. Hanufurd. See. Joslah F. Lewis. 
Kr. Com. Sam. E. Adams, Thus. McLeod, W. 
II. Lord, C. II. Jackson, James Abell. 
Gosport, IihL, l>l»l. 'g. Hue. -Officers elect 
for 1873; Pres. u. Guay. Vice- Pres. -VV. 11. 
Montgomery. Scc’y.- .1. K. Prills. Treat—J. 
Wooden. Supt. T. C. Bailey. Asst. Supt — 
James Sninit. 
The New England 'lilk Produeers’ N mh’ii met 
at Boston, and fixed the price of milk for the 
six months jrom April 1st ut 10 cents a can, a 
tritie less than five cents a quart, delivered in 
Boston. 
Franklin Co., N. C,. Ag. Hoe. Officers elect 
for 1873: Pres. -Oapt. S. J. Davis. ice-Pies’ts. 
—V. M. Cooke, Dr. O. L. Kills. See. Dr. W. C. 
Lankford. Treat). Calvin J. Pritchard. 
The Ag., 'lech, and Blood Stock Vmm’ii of 
Texas holds Its Fourth Annual Fair at Hous¬ 
ton, commencing May 13th anil continuing six 
l days. 
, The Conn. Klule Poultry Sor. is <>ul of debt 
and in excellent comliHiui. The next annual 
- exhibition is to be held at Hartford, Nov. 18-21. 
• The Indiana Hhort-llmn Breeders Assn is 
5 to hold a meeting at Indianapolis May 27. 
j The National Agrienlliiral Congress meets 
^ in Indianapolis, Wednesday, May 28. 
The Iowa Stale Fair for 1873 occurs at Cedar 
’ Rapids Sept. 8-12. 
The Illinois State Fuir for 1873 occurs at Peo¬ 
ria, Sept. 15-20. 
