ueulars, 
iarrow Co., Geneva, 
APRIL 2 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Bomcstir (Sroiiamij. 
CONDUCTED BY EMILY MAPLE. 
pounds of Paris White. Soak the glue over 
night in a tin dish containing a Quart of warm 
water. If the wash is to he used in the morn¬ 
ing, set the dish containing the glue into a ket¬ 
tle of boiling water over the lire, adding a pint 
of cold water to it. Stir the glue until all dis¬ 
solved and quite thin. Put the Paris White 
into a clean pail and pour over hot water until 
of the consistency of thin cream. Now mix 
the glue mixtnre with the whiting and apply 
with a flue whitewash brush. It may be too 
thick, in which case thin with hot water. 
Mary B. 
Baked Kggs. 
Take a common earthen platter with a flat 
bottom and set into the oven until hot; butter 
it, have the eggs broken and slip them care¬ 
fully onto the dish. Sprinkle over a little salt, 
allow a spoonful of cream to two eggs, put 
directly into a quick oven and bake four or 
five minutes—very nice. e. l. 
a^iswllstteoug. 
GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 187S. 
GERMAN 
THE WELL-DOING OF WORK. 
R. B. 
“ Whatever is worth doing at all is worth 
doing well.” 
If by “well” is meant in the best manner 
possible, I do not believe it. There is much 
time and strength wasted for want of a judi 
cione—not slighting, for the work is no- 
slighted if it is done as well as is worth the 
while—proportioning of the amount of labor to 
the occasion. 
I am no advocate of careless, slipshod work; 
I believe in thoroughness, in long apprentice¬ 
ships, in perseverance that amounts to ob¬ 
stinacy, in mastering every step in the trade 
or profession, in skilled laborers, in nicety of 
detail and fineness of finish ; but I dislike to 
see labor, and care, and time, and skill wasted 
on something that is reallv of little account; 
wasted, when they might be devoted to worth¬ 
ier objects. 
The versatility of the American people is 
making a nation of dabblers, but I am not 
ready to approve of that while I protest 
against doing everything in the best possible 
manner. It is wall, it is best, to know a little 
of everything and a great deal of one thing. 
A liberal education gives ns the first; the rudi¬ 
ments of many things with the discipline and 
culture that comes with study, and lays the 
foundation for learning much of one thing—the 
life work. This primary dabbling is right. It 
gives ns an insight iuto things that would 
otherwise be sealed books to us and makes us 
intelligent listeners and lookers-on where we 
have no active part. It is almost indispens¬ 
able to the well-rounded character, and the 
help it gives in prosecuting the one thing is in¬ 
calculable. But if that some one thing is cot 
well-learned, the Jack-of-ali-trades-and-mas- 
ter-of-none falls far short of the mark. His 
case is not one where I wish for an applica¬ 
tion of my text modified from “well” iuto 
“ well enough.” 
I had a class-mate who used to rise early 
and retire late, who had little time for library 
books, rest or recreation, because everything 
must be done so well. Lectures, note-books, 
exercise-books must all be copied, and the la¬ 
borious re-writing consumed a great deal of 
time, which seemed to me then—and does still 
—a great waste, aud that might have been 
mueh more profitably spent. My first copies 
were very readable, and I felt that they were 
quite well enough done to be laid away, aud 
be very seldom seen, when school-days were 
past. 
I remember well how my elderly relatives 
used to patch. A smooth, beautiful piece sew¬ 
ed over and over like embroidery, when, like¬ 
lier than not, the garment was ouly a little too 
good to be discarded, and consequently it 
shortly fell away from the patch, and all that 
superfine sewiDg was lost. And the darning 
that was finer and prettier than the stockings; 
the overcasting close and even enough for 
trimming, when half the number of stitches 
would have made it neat and serviceable! 
I know a housekeeper who sweeps and du6ts 
religously, who goes over rooms but little 
used as regularly as the day comes, and she is 
as guiltless of ideas as her house is of dust. 
Wouldn't it be better to let both accumulate a 
little ? We couldn’t excuse the corners or fes¬ 
toons of cobwebs, but thoroughly done one 
day, and with only just a hint of dust the next, 
mightn’t that Indefatigable duster better give a 
rapid “fleck and a promise ’’ and she sit down to 
some of her husband’s books, which she “ never 
has time to read?” Iustead of continually 
dusting the binding of Lowell and Little Clas¬ 
sics, to read The Vision of Sir Launfal or 
Rob and his Friends; either would take no 
longer than one day’s circumspect scouring, 
and her book-shelves are full of such gems ! 
The problem is, where to draw the line. It 
cannot be drawn except in a veiy general way; 
experience and common-sense must teach 
each one to do that for himself. Be methodi- 
ical, systematic, thorough, for that is to be 
efficient, but there is nothing incompatible in 
ail this with a little judicious “well enough,” 
which is only a kind of abridgment, or short¬ 
ening of methods to suit the case. 
pbctiUmeousu 
FOR 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
Red Wash for Briekii. 
Mhlt one ounce of glue in a gallon of water; 
while hot put in a piece of alum the size of an 
egg, one-half pound of Venetian red and one 
pound of Spanish brown. Alter trying upon 
the bricks, if found too dark, add water, if 
too light add red and brown. 
To Knlsuiulue Walls With I'arL White. 
To give the walls oi a large room, t ay Id by 
20 feet, two coats, it will require about one- 
fourth pound of light glue and five or six 
Trad© LONDON PURPLE. Marls ^ 
Valuable insecticide ior the extermination of the COLORADO BEETLE, COTTON WORM and CANKER 
WORM. For prices. Circulars and Opinions, write 
H EMM IXGWA YLONDON PGRPLK CO., (Limited) 90 Water H., New York. 
Professor 0. V Riley says - London Purple can l • mote effectually sprinkled or sprayed on to the plant 
than Paris-g retell by virtue of its greater licences. 
Professor O. E. fiessey says. it promises lo be a moat excellent remedy. It quickly kibe both the Larva 
aud the Winged Insects. 
Professor J. L. Buddsoys: A single application placed every one ol the i ests on their lacks uvtr the 
ground, either dead or In a dying condition, in lees than six hours. 
WASHING AND WASHING MACHINES. 
Seeing an inquiry in the Rcral for an easy 
method by which the family washing may be 
done “ without the expenditure of such hard 
labor," I venture to say a few words in regard 
to this much dreaded part of housework. 
In the first place there is no royal road to 
the wash-tub and the accomplishment of 
clothes washing. Much depends on the length 
of time the clothes have been in use since last 
washed, and the occupation of the wearer. 
Some employments soil clothes vastly mure 
thau others—and here let me suggest a change 
of garments at least twice if not three times a 
week. Also much depends upon the eonven- 
A QUESTION. 
Is there any reason why old-fashioned peo¬ 
ple should not be new-fashioned enough, to 
carry their food to their mouths with a fork 
instead of with a knife ? Is there any reasuu 
why a farmer, any more thau a merchant or 
a banker, should shovel his food intohia mouth, 
as if tliat receptacle were a granary or a corn 
bin ? Is there any reason why the mother, or 
the father, should mortify thegrowti-ctp daugh¬ 
ters by drinking their tea from the saucer in¬ 
stead of from the cup ?” 
Summer Sausage, 
Sausage may be kept for use id hot weather 
by frying the sausage as for immediate use, 
packing it tightly iu a jar, and covering with 
hot melted lard. Cover the jar closely and 
set in the cellar. When wanted for use, take 
out the pats, or balls, and heat in a skillet, as 
in frying. The “ Penney Ivania Dutch” fry to¬ 
matoes in their staeou, and pack away in a 
similar fashion for Winter use. The sausage 
I know keeps perfectly, aud the tomatoes 1 
have been assured keep equally &o. 
TAYLOR f, 2, AND 4-HORSE POWER. 
iences for washing—having water and fuel 
near at hand, which otherwise consume both 
time and strength iu getting in readiness for 
the day's work. Convenience is labor saving, 
and economy, too, in the end. It saves much 
exhaustion of patience and vexation of spirit. 
My method of washing is an old-fashioned one, 
and is as follows: The day before washing get 
the clothes and sort them, preparatory to 
soaking them over-night, putting the cleanest 
ones in a tub by themselves, and the dirtier 
ones in another ; cover them with water in 
which there is some soap, and let stand. Hav¬ 
ing thus soaked them, wring them out with a 
clothes-wriuger next morning. Proceed to 
pound them in a nice Suds in a barrel with the 
clothes maul, sorting them and changing 
water when necessary. They should be 
pounded through a second time, by which pro¬ 
cess they are now ready for boiling, with per¬ 
haps the exception of a few wristbands, which 
will require a little rubbing on the wash-board. 
Have the water in the boiler entirely cold; 
add a little soap; put in the clothes; bring to 
a boil, boiling 20 minutes ; take out, put into 
clear, hot water, as this discharges the soap and 
remaining dirt, after which rinse twice, intbe 
last “blue’’them and hung them up to dry. I 
use no washing fluid, as all such eompouuds 
have a tendency to destroy the fabric. 
It is true that a multiplicity of inventions 
and appliances are every day being thrust 
upon our notice in order, as their originators 
claim, to lighten the task and make washing 
no work! but. in fact, really to put money into 
l heir own pockets at the expense of the labor¬ 
ing classes. Thty are nearly all, if not wholly 
a fraud, a contemptible cheat. Among these 
is the notable “Robbin’s Washer and Bleach¬ 
er,” about which such a hue and cry has been 
raised. One of these machines was left at out¬ 
house with a request from the agent that 
I would use it and give him my opinion of it. 
I followed the directions, curious to see the 
little device, or rather humbug, begin opera¬ 
tions, which it did sifter cousumiuguearly oue- 
half a cord of well seasoned, hard wood. The 
water began discharging through the tube, a 
little suds and a little puff of air about every 
alternate second, the former of which fell on 
the clothes a few inches from the tube, 
scarcely any force being perceptible. What it 
accomplished I failed to discover, unless it 
was a dreadful waste of fuel. I could have 
attained the same results without it. In my 
opinion it is of no benefit whatever in tbe 
process of working. 
Its invention seems to be based merely ou 
the fact that suds iu a boiler brought to a cer¬ 
tain degree of heat will discharge the dirt from 
soiled garments, under certain conditions. 
But to plunge clothes dry into boiling water 
without previously soaking them, “yellows” 
the garment and spoils them, as many can 
testify who have tried this ingeniously con¬ 
trived humbug. I would not give u penny a 
ton for them for my use ; hence 1 regard them 
aB a complete nuisance. Plain common sense, 
plenty ot soap and water, and fuel and a con¬ 
venient wash room with its appurtenances, 
together with willing hands, will tend greatly 
to dispel even the horrors of washing and 
washing-day. Mrs. M. H. 
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is nutritious and palatable; 
a particular favorite with 
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