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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
AUS. 40 
domestic (feitoraj). 
CONDUCTED BY EMILY MAPLE 
BUTTEB MAKING. 
Otra gentlemen farmers are falling into the 
habit of discussing butter making as though it 
were their especial province, and as if they per¬ 
formed all of the labor and understood all the 
minute details of the business. They no doubt 
think they do, and we housewives are perfectly 
willing to give them their just dues, but some¬ 
how the care of a dairy comes rather hard upon 
us wives. Onr husbauds and bons may milk the 
cows, strain the milk, churn the butter, wash 
and work it over and pack it in tubs and boxes— 
all of which is a great help and lightens womens' 
labors very muoh—but the skimming of the 
milk, the keeping of the miik pans, churn, milk- 
room, etc. pure and Mweot, with no sour smell to 
taint the cream, are all a woman's work. A sweet 
milk-room with a right temperature is of vast 
importance in the manufacture of good butter. 
There is little danger of keeping things loo nice. 
By this I do not wish to imply that daily mop¬ 
ping of the floor is either a necessity or a bene¬ 
fit. On the contrary, tbe less you wet the floor 
the sweeter the room will remain. Once a week 
is of ten enough to give the place a thorough 
wetting. Add a little carbolic acid to the water 
and wipe tbe floor very dry and every sour or 
musty odor will be dispelled. Sunshine is a neces¬ 
sity in the milk-room. A httlo morning bright¬ 
ness helps to keep the atmosphere pure and 
wholesome. Flies and dust must bo excluded 
while fresh air is admitted. Screen cloth will 
serve to keep the flies out, while cloth frames 
hung from the tops of the window frames, on 
the outside, will keep out the dust and will also 
give a perfect circulation within. I do not like 
water in any form about the milk-room. I have 
tried sevoral methods of using it, such as run¬ 
ning water, passed through tubs iu which tho 
pans wore set; paus with w'ater-pipes passing 
through them, etc. Butter made from cream 
which has risen in a dry atmosphere is certainly 
of better quality thau that made whore there is 
a water moisture exhaled constantly. Aud it is 
also firmer aud keeps better. 
I like large, flat pans best, for wo get more 
cream from them; it is much easier to skim 
them than if they were smaller and deeper, and 
they are easier to keep dean. 
I did not try the Cooley system of setting the 
rvn' ltr in tin cans and placing them iu a water tank, 
for years of experience had taught me that air 
was a necessity to tho making of perfect butter. 
Those who were at first enchanted with this new 
arrangement have after a few months’ trial dis¬ 
carded it and gone back to the open paus. 
Perfect butter requires perfect management 
in making, as also perfect neatness. Dish-cloths, 
towels and strainers caunot he kept too sweet, 
and the breath of blooming flowers and green 
grasB in a milk-room is of benefit. No odors 
which are not sweet should be admitted. Mats 
to wipe the feet upon are a necessity before 
comiug in from the cow stables or yard, and 
sometimes the bottoms of the milk-paiia need 
wiping too. A housewife has all this to see to 
as well as to know that a broom has been used 
to brush off tho cows before milking that no 
dust or hairs shall fall into the milk. Good 
sweet pasturage as well as fresh, running water 
must be provided if good butter is to be tbe re¬ 
sult. Stagnant water will impart to both milk 
and butter an offensive taste, and impair the 
health of the cattle as well. Frequent salting 
is not to ho neglected as the butter comes much 
quicker and is harder if this be not omitted. 
Never put the bauds into butter. There is no 
excuse for so doing, and every sense of cleanli¬ 
ness forbids it. True, the bauds are clean, Htill 
as hatter absorbs any aud every impurity with 
which it comes in contact, excessive perspiration 
of the hands or any humor of the blood might 
thus be imparted to tho butter. A wooden 
ladle to lift the butler from the churn, or to 
turn it over while being washed, answers just as 
well, aud a vast deal bettor- As regards Baiting, 
use the best salt, end to work in just tho right 
quantity, weigh both butter aud salt. As re¬ 
gards qnantity, thero can be no rule, taste of 
the consumers alone being oonsulted. If tbe 
butter be well worked before salting, less salt 
is required than if salted when partially worked. 
Tabs and boxes should bo well looked after be¬ 
fore the butter is packed in them. Scrub them 
and soak in brine for a few days, then wash 
thoroughly aud rub the inside with a little salt 
before packing in the butter. 
Gbanbmotheb. 
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS AND RECIPES. 
Care of Carpets, etc. 
It is necessary to watcb carpets closely in sum¬ 
mer, especially if tbe early part of the season be 
rainy. Damp rooms, as well as dark ones, favor 
the ravages of moths. The good old rule of 
sweeping every Friday, whether rooms are used 
or not, should be heeded, as freqaent sweeping 
and dusting disturb these little pests. All 
articles of furniture should be moved on sweep¬ 
ing day, not only to do the work more thorough¬ 
ly, but to dislodge the moths, should there be 
any. After sweeping, strew line tobacco or 
camphor gum all along the edges of the carpet. 
If pictures are hung by worsted cord, brush it 
often with the broom that is kept for walls. 
Lambrequins, if of woolen fabric, ought also to be 
brushed every few days. Borne good house¬ 
keepers scatter corn-meal over carpets just be¬ 
fore sweeping; others use salt. I prefer the 
latter, for it seoms as if the meal would tend to 
harbor the moths. Woolens and furs, which 
were put away in newspapers in the spring, 
Bhould be examined now, aired and beaten, and 
put up again in fresh papers. It is to be hoped 
that each parcel is labeled, in legible writing, 
so that when wanted—it may be in haste—no 
time need be lost. Neglecting to label articles 
leads to a great waste of time, in obliging one to 
undo and turn over a dozen packages, perhapB, 
before finding the one wanted. 
Wedding Cake. 
Three-fourths pound butter; one pound brown 
sugar; eight eggs ; one pound flour; two pouuds 
currants; three pounds raisins; one pound oitr 
ron ; one teaspoouful each of ground cinnamon, 
cloves, and nutmeg; half teacupful of molas¬ 
ses; half teacupful of brandy; one tablespoon- 
ful of thick sour milk; oue tablespoon even full 
of soda dissolved iu the milk. 
To make: Soften tbe butter, and stir to a 
cream; add tbe sugar, and beat till light; then 
the eggs without beating; next the molasses, 
brandy and spices; then the fruit, which inudt 
first be rubbed with Hoar, to prevent settling ; a 
toaoupfui of flour extra, or more, will be needed 
for the purpose. Work in the pound of flour, 
and, last, the soda and milk. Mix well, hut 
quickly, after the soda is added, and place imme¬ 
diately in the oven. Bake in a tin milk-pan, 
holding six or eight quarts. The sides of the 
pan should be buttered, aud the bottom of it 
covered with thick white paper, well buttered. 
It is best to put a tiu cake-tube in tho center of 
the pan. Any tinner can make one ; it is only a 
scroll of tiu, seamed at the sides with Bolder, 
aud about six or seven inches long, and two 
inches iu diameter at one end, aud one inch at 
the other. By making an oblique cutting at the 
small end, the tube will answer to core apples 
with. If a tube caunot bo obtained, it will be 
beBt to bake tho cake in two basins holding three 
or four quarts each, Have very little fire when 
the cake is pul in the oven. It will require an 
hour for it to melt aud rise. It then begins to 
bako, which will take about two hours more. 
The heat may bo increased after tbe first hour, 
hut must not he quick, at auy time. If the onkn. 
becomes brown before it is done, cover with pa¬ 
per, or put a dripping-pan on upper grate, di¬ 
rectly over the cake. It is well for the house¬ 
keeper to make all necessary preparations for 
fruit-cake the day before it is to be made, as it 
saves time and fatigue at the time of baking. 
Even a week before wanted, the raisins can ,be 
seeded, the citron fiuely sliced, and tho currants 
washed and dried. Iu that case, turn the brandy 
—one-half cup—over the fruit and cover closely. 
Soda Biscuit. 
One quart of flour; three, teaspoonfuls of 
baking-powder; one-half teaspoouful of salt; all 
stirred together very thoroughly. One table- 
spoonful (heaped) of butter; one-half table- 
spoonful of lard mixed with the flour, eto. 
Sweet milk and cold water, equal parts, to make 
a soft dough; do not knead it. lloll an inch 
thick, cut into Bhapo, aud bake quickly. Instead 
of bakiug-powdor, soda and cream-of-tartar can 
bo used. 
Muffins. 
One heaped teaenpful of flour; two teaspoon¬ 
fuls of baking-powder; one tablespoonful of 
white sugar; one beaten egg; one tablespoouful 
of melted butter ; one teacupful of sweet milk. 
Drop from a spoou into muffin rings set iu pie- 
tins, and bako iu a well-heated oven. 
GrahamiGems. 
One teacupful of Graham flour; one teaoupful 
of white flour; two teaspoonfuls of baking pow¬ 
der; oue tablespoonful of brown sugar. After 
stirring, add oue beaten egg, one large spoonful 
melted butter, and sweot milk to make a rather 
thin dough that will fall easily from the spoon. 
Drop into hot buttered gem irons, and bake on 
the upper grate of the oven. If made according 
to directions, tho gems will be very tender and 
light. m. o. B. 
Lyons, Iowa. 
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DOMESTIC KECIPES. 
Bread Pudding. 
One pint of grated broad crumbs, one teaenp¬ 
ful of sugar, six eggs, one quart of milk flavored 
to taste. Save the whites of four eggs, beat to 
a froth, add three tablespoonfuls of powdered 
sugar, and when the pudding is done pour over 
the top, aud set in the oven until a nice brown. 
Lemon Fie. 
Press the juice from one lemon into a bowl 
and set aside. Then grate the remainder, and 
add to tho grated part one cup of sugar, one 
whole egg aud yelks of five others, two table- 
spoonfuls of flour, one quart of hot milk, and a 
pinch of salt. This HUB two round tins. When 
the pies are done, put the following mixture on 
top: The juice of the lemon, and the whites of 
the five eggs beaton to a froth, four tablespoon- 
fuls of sugar. Place in the oven for a few min¬ 
utes, but be careful not to brown. 
Jelly Cake, 
One cup of sugar, three tablespoonfuls of but¬ 
ter, three eggs, three tablespoonfuls of milk, one 
and a half cup of sifted flour, two teaspooufuls 
of baking-powder. This makes four layers. 
Mbs. M. Aldkicii. 
Grandmothers Pancakes. 
Three eggs, three tablespoonfuls of BUgar, six 
tablespooufuls of sweet milk, three tablespoou- 
fuls of sour cream, one-balf teaspoonful of 
soda, one-half teaspoouful of salt; spice to 
taste; stir to a thick batter, and drop by the 
spoonful into hot lard and fry like crullers. 
D. M. .J 
Baked Pears. 
Peel and bake ripe pears, with but little water. 
When cold, cover tho top and sides with a cake- 
icing flavored with vanilla, and serve with cream 
and sugar. This makes a delicate aud healthful 
dessert, aud but little time is consumed in its 
preparation. 
Tart apples may be baked in the same way, 
and aro preferred by many. 
Cucumber Toast. 
Teel fresh, crisp encumbers of medium size, 
cut lengthwise in thin slices, aud place iu cold 
water for a few minutes; drain, and dip each 
slice into flour; then fry quickly, until of a light- 
brown, in butter or beef drippings. Place the 
slices of oncumbers, hot from the pan, between 
slices of battered toast and serve at once. The 
cucumbers may bo seasoned with peppor and 
salt, or a little mustard may be added when taken 
from the pan. 
Egg Plait. 
Peel and cut into thin slieeB; soak iu salt aud 
water ten minutes; drain aud steam five min¬ 
ings. Make a batter of one pint of sweet milk, 
two beaten eggs, one-third cup of melted butter, 
one heaping teaspoonful of baking-powder and 
flour, to make batter as for pancakes; dip the 
slices into this, and fry in butter until of a light- 
brown. 
Tomato Sauce. 
Take full-grown tomatoes while yet green, cut 
out the stemB, aud stow until tender; press 
through a sieve; season highly with peppor, 
salt, ground cloves, allspice and nutmeg; boil 
the pulp until thick. Worcestershire sauce may 
be added if liked. Nice with cold meats, e. m. 
gUtos of % Miuh. 
POLITICAL. 
Monday, Aug. 5. 
The Potter Investigating committee has trans¬ 
feree! the scene of Its labors from Atlantic City 
to New York. Secretary Sherman has sworn, 
a trifle late, that he never wrote that so-called 
Sherman letter. Had his memory been equally 
clear on the matter, when lie was formerly be¬ 
fore the committee, much trouble would have 
been avoided and his memory would have helped 
much more effectually to clear his reputation. 
Now his enemies say that his recollection has 
been sharpened by the knowledge that the doc¬ 
ument cannot be produced to confound him with 
his own handwriting. Sherman’s character, how¬ 
ever, has always stood high, and as betweon uis 
word and the oaths of the self-confessed per¬ 
jurers who have glibly testified against him, tew 
would hesitate to accord credit to the Secretary. 
Yellow fever has peremptorily put an end to the 
labors of the sub-coiumittoe “smelling out" fraud 
lu New Orleans. The most important testimony It 
took was that of Major Burke, a shrewd and trust¬ 
ed Louisiana democrat, formerly au Independent. 
He swore that as the accredited representative of 
Gov. Nichols, ho, together with several other 
prominent democrats, held a conference at Worm- 
ley’s restaurant, in Washington, with a ball 
dozen republican friends of Hayes, justoefore the 
House had continued the decision of the Electoral 
Committee assigning the presidency to the pres¬ 
ent Incumbent. At the time there was a Bourbon 
party lu the House trying, by filibustering, to de¬ 
lay tho action of that body until after the fourth 
or March, thus nullifying the verdict of the Com¬ 
mittee and throwing the presidential election 
Into the House, or necessitating a new election. 
At the conference the democrats agreed to put an 
end to this filibustering ou condition that Hayes 
should withdraw tne troops from Louisiana and 
South Carolina, and recognize Nichols and Hamp¬ 
ton as governors of those States, Instead of Pack¬ 
ard and Chamberlain. These terms were accepted 
by Hayes' friends, and he, himself, confirmed ilia 
agreement before ho became President. The 
democratic dallying clique were at onco over¬ 
ruled by tholr own party, as per agreemen t; H ayes 
was declared President, and fulfilled hiscontract. 
So much for the famous “ Wormley Bargain." 
The Supreme Court of Louisiana again asserts 
the doctrine or “ State Bights" by deciding that 
congress has no right u> proscribe rules of evi¬ 
dence for state Courts, and that therefore It Is 
not necessary that a Unlted States Internal rev¬ 
enue stamp should bojaffixod to a note or mort¬ 
gage to make It competent evidence lu the Louis¬ 
iana Courts, though an act of Congress declares 
such unstamped Instruments void. South Car¬ 
olina, too, 18 again coming to the front In the same 
way. Some United States revenue officials on the 
hunt after a notorious “moonshiner” named 
Redmond, killed a man whom they mistook for 
him and who had Just mlassd lire In shooting at 
them. They surrendered to the next authorities; 
were confined In prison without ball by a local 
Judge, aud when the officers of tho United States 
Courts demanded theLr surrender It. was stoutly re¬ 
fused. The law, however, Is said to be clear on the 
matter; but rather than give them up, the State 
Judge will resist the decision of the United States 
,Jedge. Gov. Hampton urgeB that the case should 
be made a test one before the U. S. Supreme 
Court, to prevent bloodshed. President Hayes 
will, doubtless, conciliate the Palmetto State by 
consenting to this or any other proposition likely 
to soothe tho ruffled feelings of tho high-toned, 
Southern chivalry. 
Iu Tennessee the main question to be decided 
In the fall election Is whether the State shall re¬ 
pudiate Its debt; and It not, how much Italian 
offer to pay. It Is thought probable that the 
“State’s men or honor" will be too powerful for 
the right down repurttattonists, and gen TOUsly 
compromise by consenting to pay oue-thlrd, or 
33percent., of the indebtedness. Should the 
out-and-out repudlfttlonlsts sweep the convention 
to meet a formlght hence, the other party Is ex¬ 
pected to nomluatc Postmaster Key as an In¬ 
dependent candidate. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The second person punished lu Vlrgtnla, under 
tho now law establishing the whip plug-post, was 
a comely white girl ol 17, She received 85 lashes 
laid gently on her bare back by a negro constable 
Ht r crime, a petty theft. The Vrcsl lent has pro¬ 
claimed that Great Britain ard the I ullod States 
have agreed tUat the subjects o‘ each ritlloa 
shall have, In the other’s territory, the same 
rights as native subjects in everything relating 
to property In trade-inn rks and labels. Last 
Tuesday a severe hall storm lu Carver, Rice and 
Dakota couutles, Mlun., did much damage to 
crops. In the first-named county stones four and 
live Inches In diameter covered tho ground to the 
depth of two or three Inches. Charles Moutange 
was arrested In this city Last Tuesday on com¬ 
plaint of George Clark, of Spnufleld, Otsego Coun¬ 
ty, In this State, lu salt, for $4 G,{hio damages fur 
property alleged to have been burned within the 
last three or lour years, by an association called 
tbe Montgomery Tenants’ Mutual Society, to 
which. It Is charged, Moutange belonged. Clark 
Is said to be the largest laud-owner iu the State, 
having belweea 40,oue and 50,000 acres In four 
counties. This was leased out for long terms at 
small rentals; the leases bavB lately been lapsing, 
and from two to three dollars an acre rent has 
been demanded. This Increase has exasperated 
many of the tenants; some of them have gone 
elsewhere; others threaten new-comers who take 
tho place of lUo.se evicted, aud inucli property be¬ 
longing to Clark has been burnt and otnerwlse 
Injured. Nothlog can ho collected from tho pres¬ 
ent prisoner, who Is poor ; but It is hoped to force 
him to turn State’s evidence and wo to secure the 
conviction of others who have moans. 
in some parks of the West there is a sad scarci¬ 
ty of wilding labor to gather In the crops. The 
country Is llooded with tramps who aro said to 
reruse In some places as much as {2,30 a day aud 
board; a tramp refuse money or good grub! 
Surely not. Work, of course, tho regular tramp 
won't accept—but bread and meat us well as 
the price ol whiskey—Never! The citizens of 
St. Louis who are opposed to spending $100,OOU a 
year to have german taught iu the public schools 
having had no attention paid to their protest by 
tho (School Board, are collecting subscriptions 
to test In the courts the legality of expending 
public taxes to teach anything except a common 
English education. 
Lately at Cleveland, lOhlo, Rarus, the cele¬ 
brated California trotter, made tho throe fastest 
heals on record 2. il%, 2.15, 2.14 equaling Gold¬ 
smith Maid’s best Utnojlu Cue l ist he it. Ajaln 
on Saturaday last, at Buffalo, ho trotted three 
mile-heats, agalust time, a running horse keep¬ 
ing by him most, ol the time, to stimulate him to 
greater exertion. Tbe first beat he made In 
2.17; the second In 2. so; the third without a 
break, In 2.13.!, , the fastest tlmu ou record. It 
Is sdd that an enthusiastic admirer Instantly 
offered for him $05,000; anl that the offer was 
promptly refused. 
Yellow fever Is growing worse In Now Orleans 
and all tho surrounding towns are anxiously en¬ 
deavoring to keep the pest from entering them, 
by strictly prohibiting the entrance ol' cither pas¬ 
sengers or merchandise from tho afflicted city. 
Yesterday there were 2b now cases and Ll deaths. 
Nauuewt £ Co., country produce commission mer- 
cUants, doing business In Now York, have failed. 
Liabilities 14,000, Assets, 1 , 000 . 
| |Tbo wheat “corner” In Chicago and Milwaukee 
cumu to a head on Friday. la tbe former city, 
the highest cash price paid was $1.10, AL the 
close, however, $1.1 ox: was paid for July. There 
la a great discussion whethur the contracts can 
he filled with wiuter wheat Instead of spring, and 
a test case will be made lu the courts, lu Mil¬ 
waukee the corner was stranger; more excite 
meat prevailed, and towards the close tho prle 
was run up by a largo operator to #1.30, for July 
wheat, at widen price delinquents must settle 
The national debt of Canada is $ 133 , 000 , 000 , an lu 
crease of $68,000,000 slace the Dominion govern¬ 
ment was established, eleven years ago. The 
debt of New York city Is upwards of $127,000,000, 
despite the reduction of $i,ouu,uoo, during the 
past year. 
The Philadelphia permanent Exhibition has 
once more been quietly opened on Sundays—for 
3 acred concerts nornbiully. 'Tls doubtful if oven 
this move will make the thing begin to pay. Iu 
Canada the wheat crop Is reported above the av¬ 
erage In quantity, andof average quality. Spring 
wheat la less satisfactory than fall; oat3 are only 
fairish, and a smaller area has been planted than 
last year; barley Is good; but the acreage planted 
Is less than usual. 
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