JAN. 4 
II 
While returning from the still the old chief was 
always In a roaring good humor, even It the Yen- 
geese cheated him out of halt his grist, as they 
were apt to do, but non fait non citferentalts. [If 
there are any ignoramuses who cannot translate 
my Latin they must go to college or employ a pro- 
ressor. I can't write on scientific subjects with¬ 
out using scientific terms; neither can I send a 
dictionary to every Rural subscriber till my sal¬ 
ary Is amplifloatto.) 
It would be unfair to the novlttus if t should de¬ 
lude him into corn culture without indlcatto of the 
many difficulties before him. It Is of the first Im¬ 
portance to have land, manure, muscle, pluck, 
good seed; then. If the atmospherical condltloncs 
are propUionalte, corn will come anyhow, non 
helpit you conifer. 
The metaphysical conditions are prima facte 
importa, and have more inrluoncta upon the final 
yield than all the other points upon which I have 
animadverto. After the crop 13 housed, while rival 
farmers, over a little of the corn-Juice, are (Hsmtt- 
unt the yield per acre, they are apt to muitipuflcars 
the number of Mils per acre by the number of 
actual bushels of corn upon the same area, and the 
product Is made to appro/Jmare too nearly to a 
paraUelopipedon, whose base is larger than the 
surface upon which the crop was grown. This Is 
sure to disrupt ire the eurn-crmulttm,. 
Incidentally It may be remarked that a too oopl- 
ous imbtbitiore of cornvs sptr (ties will tnevllabu- 
Turn production serpentartum In tmotes. “I pray 
you avoid lt. v or you’ll get shakes. In this year of 
cornucopia we have a great crop; all our knowl¬ 
edge has been put Into the ground, and now our 
yield Is In exact pi'oportlonabUUy to our outlay. 
So It has always been and always will be. Live 
and learn. 
JERSEY BULL, DIAVOLO. 
This bull was the first prize In the yearling 
class at N. Y. State Fair In 1880. It is the 
prc perty of Hon. Erastus Coi ning, of Albany. 
The engraving, Page 9, from a photograph 
taken for the Rural New Yorker, at the 
time of the fair, and reproduced by onr own 
artist with great faithfulness, is a very cor¬ 
rect portrait of this spirited and beautiful 
animal. That he Is “good enough” goes 
without saying, for he won the highest honor 
in a largo class. The photograph, as usual, 
slightly exaggerates the legs, perhaps, but the 
lifelike play of light on the hide, the shadows, 
the spirited pose of the animal are excellent, 
and so well preserved that the picture is a 
source of pleasure simply as a work of art. 
Diavolo was sired by Stockwell 3d. the noble 
bull which wou the first at the same show In 
“aged” class, and was ltnportod by Mr. Corn¬ 
ing. His dam, Tranquility, is by the same 
6 ire, her dam being Daisy Morton, also im¬ 
ported. 
rniustic (fitouomu. 
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CONDUCTED BY EMILY MAPLE. 
CONCERNING THE DISCIPLINE OF CARE¬ 
LESS PEOPLE. 
MARY WAGER FISHER. 
I know a woman of very large wealth who 
trained her children to careful habits with a 
strictness not all the mothers in the country 
are capable of, but which, if they were capable 
of, there would be fewer careless people in the 
world to vex and annoy the careful ones. Her 
method was to pick up every article left by a 
child out of its proper place, and put it in a 
box or bag for two weeks; It might be a “Sun¬ 
day” hat, shoes, cloak, stockings—no matter 
what it was, it went forthwith into tbe secret 
receptacle aud remained there until the ex¬ 
piration ot the fortnight. At that time the 
children were assembled, the bag produced, 
one by one the articles were taken out, held 
up, and th8 owners called to claim them. Of 
course it often happened that the punishment 
was very severe, as when % child was obliged 
to remain at home for lack of some article to 
wear; but the result was delightful—each 
child soon became accustomed to take care of 
THE RURAL 
his own things, put and keep them in proper 
place, and always know where to find every 
article he wanted. And that is precisely what 
every child should be trained to, and any 
mother who does less than to train her chil¬ 
dren, especially her boys, to orderly hab¬ 
its, fails in her duty ; and I am free to confess 
th3t a very great many fail herein. 
I have had, within the past year or two, a 
great deal of experience with a boy nearly out 
of his teens, who was born with the “bump” 
of carefulness left entirely out of his composi¬ 
tion. From his infancy up he had been talked 
to and scolded at continually for this woful 
fault, but never trained to take care of any¬ 
thing. He would leave his best coat, hat or 
boots out in an all day’s rain, and wherever he 
fouud it convenient to lay down any article 
whatever—clothing, books, horse-harness or 
what not—there it remained until 6ome other 
person chanced to come across it. A more in¬ 
corrigible and hopeless case it would be impos¬ 
sible to imagine. I am explicit on this point 
so as to assure every reader who has such a 
“ pest” in her family that the case is curable. 
To begin with, I gave orders to all the domes¬ 
tics about the house never to pick up or put 
away an article of his clothing. When the 
sitting-room devoted to the “help” became 
fairly obstructed by this youngster’s belong¬ 
ings I would call him in, aLd, pointing around 
to each article, ask him if he knew to whom 
that belonged, and by the time he left the 
room he would be loaded to the top of his head 
with dry goods, and very often with wet goods 
—garments that had been soaked in the rain 
aud thrown down in a wad in some corner. I 
continued in thi8 manner for several months, 
but without any perceptible change in the 
boy’s habits. Finally I hung a bag in the room, 
and without auy comments I put iDto this bag 
whatever anicle I found in the room that be¬ 
longed to him. Boots aud coats and trousers 
that were too large to put iu tbe bag I stuffed 
away in the most obscure corner of a dark 
closet that opened out of the room. I laugh 
uow when I think of the perplexity that young 
man has endured in search of bis wearing ap¬ 
parel, and I am not at all sure that he has yet 
made the discovery of the bag in the room, as, 
in common with all careless people, he has 
eyes but he sees not. But the bag, and the 
putting-out-of-sightof his possessions, wrought 
better results within one week's time than all 
the talking aud scolding hud accomplished in 
fifteen years. To succeed in a reform of this 
sort requires stolidity ot feeliug. As to the boy's 
feelings in the matter, the more he can be 
made to suffer from his carelessness the better, 
for any suffering that he can be made to un¬ 
dergo, short of destroying his health or killing 
him, will be of but small account if he is cured 
of his fault by the ordeal; for 1 hold that an 
utterly careless and thoughtless person, in 
whom no trust can be imposed with security, 
is an absolute nuisauce, and has no claim upon 
society for a place iu It, except the irresponsi¬ 
ble one that he is in the world and must stay 
somewhere until the world is happily rid of 
him. 
Very many persons act upon the theory that 
because a boy is a boy he must therefore be 
inordinately careless, aud have mother or sis¬ 
ters trotting after him in order to keep him 
and his belongings in shape. If there is any¬ 
body able to wait upon himself, to keep his 
room in order, his drawers of clothlug in a 
proper state, to sew on his loose buttons, and 
to darn his stockings. It is the healthy, romp¬ 
ing, all-alive boy of the family, and to expect 
anybody else to do these things for him is alto¬ 
gether a mistake. I know of no reason why 
the tired mother should never have an evening 
for rest or reading, because of the never-end¬ 
ing darning and mending and odds and ends 
of work for husband and boys who spend their 
evenings in eating apples, in whittling a stick 
by the fire, or in some other equally profitless 
way. To the thorough-going housekeeper 
there is never an end of the work, but there is 
nothing that so lightens the load and facilitates 
the easy and agreeable motion of the house¬ 
hold machinery as for each member of it to 
wait upon himself and to do his own “ picking 
up.” It is only a trifle for each one to do these 
small things for himself, but when aggregated 
and put upon the mother or sister, who has 
plenty of other tasks, it becomes a burden that 
is ascrnel as it is unnecessary, And if any or all 
mankind leave these things for some woman to 
do, it is the fault of womankind. The most 
important member of the family is the wife 
and mother, and if she wears herself out in 
doing for the members of her family what they 
can and should do for themselves, her love for 
them is of very small compass. The man who 
always left his boots and his soiled linen in the 
middle of the floor, because his wife “ liked to 
pick up after him,” ia by no moans an uncom¬ 
mon person. He is closely related to the man 
who depends upon his wife or daughter to lay 
out his clean linen lor him and to brush his 
clothing. If he brushes it himself, he always 
does it iu the house, because, as his wife has to 
“ dust things anyway,” she might as well have 
“ more dust” while she is about it. I think it 
ia a misfortune for an energetic person to 
EW-YORKER. 
know “everything,” but I do think it is a 
very important thing that all boys should be 
taught how to use the needle sufficiently well 
to sew on buttous, to fix their torn buttonholes 
neatly, to sew up a rent in the coat, or a rip in 
the trousers. There comes a time in the life of 
every man when he would be saved much vex¬ 
ation and annoyance by knowing bow to do 
these things, Instead of standing in despair 
and humiliation before his looking-glass, un¬ 
manned and unnerved by the sight of a rent or 
a lost button. Needles, thread, thimble and 
scissors should be in every boy's bedroom; the 
use of tbera will go a little way. at least, in 
teaching him observation, carefulness and 
self-reliance. The sooner a child learns that 
iu order to be best waited upon he must wait 
upon himself, the better. For boys and girls of 
all ages there is no equipment better for them 
in life thaD the formation of careful habits, and 
the ability to think, act and do for themselves, 
and to carry the resources of their own hap¬ 
piness witbin themselves. 
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DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
Steamed Corn Bread. 
Two cups of white Indian meal, one cup of 
sifted flour, two and a halt cups of but¬ 
termilk, a tablespoonfnl of melted butter, 
two tablespoon fuls of sugar, a teaspoonful of 
soda and a teaspoonful of salt. Beat thoroughly, 
put into a buttered mold or tin pail and steam 
one hour and a half, then set in the oven ten 
minutes. Turn out and eat while warm. 
This makes an excellent dessert eaten with 
liquid sauce. By adding a cupful of dried 
cherries or currants it is much better for a 
pudding. 
Corn Gems. 
One Bcant p’lLt of meal, two tablespoonfuls 
of sugar, a teaspoouful of salt and a generous 
pint ot boiling milk. Siir thoroughly and let 
stand until cool, then stir in three beaten eggs 
and bake in buttered gem pans. 
Indian Crumpets. 
Bring one quart of milk to the boiling point 
and pour over a quart of fine meal, mix, and 
let stand until lukewarm, then stir in two 
tablespoonfuls of sugar, two of melted lard and 
butter mixed or of either alone, and a tea¬ 
spoouful of salt, half a teacupful of home¬ 
made, soft yeast. Let rise five or six hours, 
then put Into greased tuuffin-rings, set before 
tbe fire for 20 minutes and bake 35 minutes in 
a rather quick oven. Mart B. 
Corn Mush. 
When the water intended for mush begins 
to boil, salt, sift in the meal with one hand, 
stirring with the other to prevent lumps. 
When thick, set the kettle into the oven and 
let it bake an hour. This cooks the meal 
thoroughly without danger of burning. 
Fried Mush. 
The addition of flour—a teacupful to two 
quarts ot meal—to mush intended for frying 
makes it very nice. Fry in beef-drippings, not 
lard aud if the slices of mush are first dipped 
ia beaten egg aiul then in cracker crumbs be¬ 
fore frying, they are very much better. 
Corn-meal Fritters. 
Two cups of white meal, three cups of sweet 
milk, one-half cup of flour, four eggs, beaten 
separately, a tablespoonful of melted butter, 
a teaspoouful of salt, two teaapoonfuls of 
baking powder. Beat the velk. to them add 
the milk, butter, salt and meal, beat hard, add 
next the whipped whites, and last the flour and 
baking powder. Drop at once into boiling 
lard. Eat with a hard or liquid sauce. The 
batter should he just thick enough to drop 
readily from the spoon. Make the fritters of 
small size. Mrs. Brady. 
Hominy Croquettes. 
Boil two cups of fine-grained hominy. When 
quite cold work in two beaten eggs, two table¬ 
spoonfuls of melted butter, salt and pepper to 
taste. With floured hands make into oblong 
rolls and fry to a light brown in hot lard. 
llomtny Muffins. 
Two and a half cups of Boft-boiled hominy, 
one quart of sweet milk, three eggs beaten 
well, a large tablespoonful of melted butter, a 
tablespoonfnl of sugar, a little &alt and a lat#e 
capful of flour with two U-uspoonfuls of baking- 
powder sifted with it. Mix well before adding 
floor, beat the flour quickly and bake in hot 
muffin-rings. h. l. i. 
-- 
v/orn-mcal Pudding. 
Two cups of Indian meal, one cup of flour, 
three cups of sour milk, two tublespoonfnls of 
sugar, a tableepeonful of melted butter, a 
UtUesalt, any spice you please, and a large 
teaepoonfnl of soda dissolved In hot water. 
Beat the ingredients free from lumps, adding 
the soda last. Pour into a buttered rao'd or 
tin pail and boil two hours without stopping. 
Eat with liquid sauce or maple sirup. 
Corn-meal Pudding No. 3. 
One scant quart of meal, one quart of new 
milk, three well-beaten eggs, two tablespoon- 
fnls of molasses, a teaspoonfnl of salt, any 
spice yon please, and one-fourth pound of 
beef suet minced very fine. Bring tbe milk to 
a boil and pour over the meal and suet. When 
cool add the sugar and yelks, and last the 
whipped whites. Dip your padding bag into 
hot water, flour it and ponr in tbe mixture. 
The bag should be but half filled as It swells 
very much. Boil five or six hours. Eat with 
butter, sugar aud nutmeg. 
Mrs. E. Sargent. 
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