THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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nient, two to each basket. The first plan was 
to sell the baskets at auction, but some of our 
pood Christians thought this was not a proper 
thing to ilo in tne church, so they were sold at 
.W cents aoieco. 
What did we put in our baskets' I filled 
three with roast chicken, light biscuit and but¬ 
ter, cinnamon rolls, cookies, harlequin or rib¬ 
bon cake, silver drop cakes, jelly roll cakes, 
pickled peaches, and potatoes. I bake the 
potatoes, then cut them open, take out the in¬ 
side and (ill with candy and nuts; they caused 
us much amusement. There ure so many nice 
recipes in the Rural, one need not look long 
for fancy Cakes, pies, or other things that 
might be wanted. c. k. jack. 
Note —I usually read some portion of the 
Domestic Economy columns, just to know how 
other people live, move, and have their being. 
I was much pleased with Mary Wager-Fisher’s 
article ou "A Farmer's Daughter’s Experi¬ 
ence.” I can indorse every line and sentence 
of it. I wish her views were those of the 
majority of people. How much smoother the 
wheels of life would run, and how much 
healthier and better people would then lie. 
But, alas! ignorance and conceit are rampant, 
and the day of truth is afar off. She puts the 
case very plainly when she says, “I like good 
food well cooked and nicely served, but L dis¬ 
believe in elaborately made-up dishes,” etc., 
etc. Such should be the ideas of every true, 
thinking man uud woman, no matter what 
position in life ho or she occupies As a man, 
I urn ashamed that one of my own sex should 
so rudely have crushed bis daughter’s attempt 
at reform: but I hope he takes the Rural, 
and has thought better of the matter. Alto¬ 
gether, the article das pithy, and at the same 
time very practical. The picture of the gruff, 
selfish man, is quite Dordsque in its boldness 
of outline, and pity that it, is so true. May 
the mirror she holds up bo looked into by many 
such, and may they, to alter Burns slightly, 
"see themselves us others see them." 
T. MACALPINE. 
SUMMER CARE OF STOVES. 
When a stove is taken down in early Sum¬ 
mer, clean it—that is, free It from ashes and 
soot—rub every part with a Cloth dipped in 
kerosene, wipe off with u dry cloth, wrap up 
in newspapers, and store in a dry place. Full 
will find your stove as free from rust as whou 
you bought it. Pipes should receive the same 
care- K. j. 
AN APPETIZER. 
Slices of bread nicely toasted, American 
sardines, lemon juice and butter. Butter the 
toast, squeeze the lemon juice over it, heat 
the sardines through in u broiler over a clear 
fire, and place on the toast. The toast and sar¬ 
dines should be hot when served. 
MISS K. S. CHITTENDEN. 
FARMERS’ WIVES. 
The following is an extract from a private 
letter: * * I think the life of a farmer’s wife is 
just what she makes it. A woman can make 
her duties a burden and her life miserable in 
any situation in life, and for my part 1 am 
thoroughly sick of hearing fanners’ wives and 
daughters spoken of as poor, miserable 
drudges, unfortunate beiugs to be pitied and 
looked down upon.” 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
GOOSEBERRY JAM. 
Remove stems and blossoms, weigh, and to 
six pounds of the fruit allow four pounds of 
granulated sugar. Put the fruit into a pre- 
serviug kettle, crush, add the sugar aud boil 
slowly two hours. Great care must be used to 
keep the jam from burning. mbs. economy. 
PICKLED APPLES, 
lake three pounds of sugar to seven pounds 
of sweet apples cored, and one pint of vinegar. 
Steam the apples until a fork will go through 
them easily, but not uutil they will fall apart. 
The apples should be of large size. Make a 
sirup of the sugar aud vinegar, aud pour it 
over the apples while hot. Stick a clove or 
two in each quarter. 
BEETS. 
Before they are half grown, beets make the 
best pickles. They should be well washed 
without breaking the skin, then boiled until 
tender, then skim them out into cold water 
aud rub the skin off; shoo uud cover them 
with moderately sharp viuegur. They are 
ready for the table at once. They are better 
prepared in small quantities, as they are apt to 
get too sour if kept long. 
BEANS. 
String beans are among the earliest materi¬ 
als for making pickles easily. Pick them 
when of the right size to cook, boil the pods 
whole until tender, drain from the water, and, 
while hot, cover them with vinegar. 
CABBAGE. 
Quarter the heads if small, or cut thorn 
finer if they are large; wash well and boil half 
an hour, or until they are somewhat tender; 
then drain well iu a colander. In a stone jar 
put a layer of cabbage and sprinkle over it a 
little salt, pepper and allspice; put on another 
layer of cabbage, then more salt aud spices, 
until all the cabbage is used; put a plate over 
it uud a weight on that, and cover with cold 
vinegar. By the next day it will be in fine order 
for the table, uud I think this is one of the 
most wholesome ways iu which cabbage can 
be prepared. 
CUCUMBERS. 
These may be pickled in various ways, anil 
all are good. One is to put them, when fresh¬ 
ly washed and picked, Into vinegar, and let 
them stand three or four weeks; then drain 
from this and put them into fresh viuegar, 
covering the whole with horse-radish leaves; 
put a dish over them, to keep ull uuder the 
vinegar. A lit tle horse-radish root may be put 
in to flavor. Older vinogar Is the best. 
Another way is to pour boiling water over 
them as they are gathered, putting in u hand¬ 
ful of salt. Let them stand until cold; then 
drain and cover with hot vinegar, and, in an 
hour or two, they are fit for the table. If the 
pickles are large they may be quartered, and 
the vinegar will strike through them more 
quickly. A friend of mine tells me that she 
prepares all her pickles for the table, and puts 
them up iu glass cans as she does fruit. In 
families where pickles are consumed freely it 
would take considerable storage to do so. 
Another way fs to puck encumbers in salt 
after they bavebeeu scalded and have got cold. 
They will make their own brine, an 1 will keep 
several years if needed, and may be prepared 
any time when wanted, and, alJ things con¬ 
sidered, this is very convenient. 
Another way, which is ns little troublesome 
os any, is to take alcohol (provided you can 
got it pure), and put about live or six parts of 
water to one of alcohol; put the cucumbers in 
this liquid as they are gathered; stir them up 
every day, and stir in any scum thut rises. 
Keep a doth over the top to keep the cucum¬ 
bers iu their place. Iu a few weeks this will 
be tine vinegar, uud tho pickles will bo sharp 
enough to suit the greatest lover of pickles 
They should be set, while making, in a tolerably 
warm place—a cellar would be too cool. 
Once having a surplus of smooth, green 
tomatoes, I put up n quantity of them iu the 
same way, and they were very fine. 
Borne take about three parts soft water to 
one of molasses, mix and put in the cucumbers 
uud pickles and vinegar together, but some¬ 
times the cucumbers will become soft. They 
should be stirred now and then. 
RIPE TOMATO PICKLES. 
Take the tomatoes before they are too ripe 
and slice them rather thick; sprinkle salt over 
them, and let them stand over night; then 
drain and place iu stone jars in layers, and 
between these put some mustard, horse-radish 
and any other desired condiments. Cover 
with cold vinegar; those will keep all Winter. 
ANOTHER. 
Take ripe tomatoes, place them in layers in 
a jar or otlior vessel, and between the layers 
put a liberal sprinkling of sugar and a few 
cloves or whole pepper-corns, or allspice. 
Keep them in a tolerably warm place uutil 
they “work;” they will make sufficient vine¬ 
gar to pickle themselves, undare nice. 
OREEN TOMATO PICKLES. 
After slicing the tomatoes scald them in 
salt and water until soft. Test them by pinch 
iuga slice between the thumb und finger, aud 
skim out nearly assoouas they boil up. Drain 
and put them in a jar, and turn on the vine¬ 
gar. Take half as many pints of sugar as 
vinegar. Heat the vinegar to dissolve the 
sugar, and get the strength of the spices, 
which may lie cinnamon aud ground doves 
tied up in little thin bags or pieces of cloth, 
three or four to a gallon of pickles. Pour this 
over the tomatoes while hot. These are always 
in good demand. 
PEACH KB. 
Pare tho fruit and stick a couple of cloves 
in each one, aud pack in ajar. Scald sufficient 
vinegar to cover them, putting in a small 
quantity of sugar. Pour on hot, und the next 
day scald again, aud tho third day will com¬ 
plete the work, and nothing can be finer than 
nicely pickled punches. 
NABTURTIONS. 
1 ho full-grown seeds of the Nasturtiou make 
a nice variety of pickle, gathered with long 
stems, and thrown into vinegar. They are 
better if eaten soon after they are made; they 
lose their spicy flavor if kept too loug. 
EGOS. 
Remove the shells from hard-boiled eggs 
that have been left over, and put the eggs 
in vinegar that has been colored with beet 
pickles, and they make an ornamental as well 
as an economical dish, aud are much prized 
by some. aunt Rachel. 
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WORTHY 
Of Confidence. 
AYFR’Q Sarsaparilla is a medicine t hat, 
« I E.J1 O during nearly 40 years, in all 
parts of the world, has proved its effi¬ 
cacy ns the best blood alterative known 
to medical science. 
SARSAPARILLA SYSSVS 
genuine Honduras Sarsaparilla I is its 
base, and its powers are enhanced bv 
the extracts ol' Yellow 1 lock and Sttf- 
lingia, the Iodides of I’otiissimn and 
Iron, autl other potent ingredients. 
|Q your blond vitiated by derangements 
of the digestive and assimilatorv func¬ 
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THF k’h'Hiig physicians or the United 
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flNI V ky tho use of lids remedy is it 
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and prevent, transmission of the de¬ 
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TUnPnilPLJI ed’eetlverenovation 
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vital organs. 
PCI IA PI C witnesses, all over tho 
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pi nnn thut is corrupted through dis- 
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PI I PI CVI KIP The I>bw»« 1 and building 
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MCniPIMC f ,,r which like effects are 
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hut the only preparation that has stood 
the test of time, and proved worthy of 
the world’s confidence, is 
Ayer's Sarsaparilla, 
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