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sk.llful preparation, there often being no 
regular market at hand. If a tiresome visitor 
calls, it is impossible to send to the door the 
fact that you have a headache as an excuse; 
for old Mrs, Catnip will push her way in. and 
recommend her favorite herb, while she takes 
off her bonnet to stay to tea. If you want a 
quiet hour in which to collect stray items for 
the Kcuai., be sure that afternoon your hus¬ 
band’s third cousin and all her children will 
drive up and tell you they have come to stay a 
few days, hi preserving and pickling you 
have, of course, the freshness of the vegeta¬ 
bles and fruit; but the gathering ot them (ills 
many an hour that might tie otherwise em¬ 
ployed. So it is with the daily preparation 
of meals; you must gather strawberries in 
the hot sun. or whatever you may need; 
also your beaus and corn, and tomatoes before 
you can begin the cooking, instead of having 
the market man bring the picked peas, and 
clean beets to your door. Then for “ quiet,’’ 
it is true you do not have the rattle of carts 
aud the whistle of the locomotive; but the 
barn yard music on a farm is often as noisy, 
aud the mongrel dogs of a neighborhood make 
night hideous. These and mosquitoes, and tbo 
early bird in many places, prevent a morning 
nap, and the banks of the beautiful river re¬ 
sounds with the dcep-loned music of the bull¬ 
frog. 
I love the country, aud revel iu its many 
beauties and advantages; but I do not tbiuk 
that, as a rule, housekeepers have half the 
leisure there that residents of the city in the 
same position in life are able to possess. “ I 
have been away ten years,” said a lady, lately 
returned to a country village, ‘‘and I find the 
women here have no more leisure than when 
1 wentaway. If they seem to be getting short 
of work, they turn to and make soft-soap." 
•Ami it is true, for the inherited thrift of 
these housewives causes them to spend all 
their time in domestic duties, at whatever 
cost it may be in the way of culture aud self- 
improvemeut. Home manufacture of every¬ 
thing possible fills up the chinks, aud it is ft 
falacious idea to suppose that the life ot a 
country housekeeper is oue of ‘‘quiet” and 
“ leisure.” 
-- 
“DEATH IN THE DISH-RAG.” 
Years ago I was impressed with an article 
written upon this subject, and I have had it 
brought to m 3 ' mind many times since. While 
I cannot sav, from personal knowledge, as the 
writer of that article did, there is actual 
“death in the dish-rag,” 1 can say that, there is 
actual filth in u good many dish-rugs. And 
what is more surprising, such u cloth is 
often found in the bauds of a woman who con¬ 
siders herself a good housekeeper, and who Is 
usually an excellent house-wife in most other 
respects. I have known women who kept all 
their best ami most comfortable rooms closed 
from the use of the family, for fear of having 
something soiled,and who would make you feel 
most unwelcome were you to leave a print of 
mud on the iloor, or a scratch on the wall or fur¬ 
niture; yetthey will use, or permit to be used, 
dish rags for weeks at a time, without wash¬ 
ing or boiling them, until they are stiff with 
filth. To bay the least, it is not pleasant to 
think of eating off dishes washed with such a 
cloth. Such careless habits are entirely with¬ 
out. excuse, even among the poorest; for it is 
not necessary to have a number of cloths, if 
oue is willing to make a judicious use of soap 
and water. But why a subject of so much im¬ 
portance should be overlooked by women who 
could afford to buy all the linen they need, and 
who are, at the same time, scrupulously clean 
iu other things, still remains a mystery tome. 
However, bad habits, long practiced. Lave a 
wonderful effect upon us, and often from 
home-training, we persist in following in the 
old groove, failing to see the injurious effects, 
until our attention has been called to it by oth¬ 
ers, aud even then it is difficult to turn some 
from the old path, be it ever so crooked. It is 
most essential then to teach children that 
“whatever is worth doing at all, is worth do¬ 
ing well." 
Next to having food pure aud free from 
all dirt, is the importance of having clean 
dishes, and.above all, bright knives and spoons. 
How many housekeepers hang on to the old 
Germau-silver spoons. For my own use, I 
think brass itself is not much more injurious. 
Give tne tin, wood, iron, white tnetal, any¬ 
thing. before German silver, for unless one is 
extremely careful to keep it always rubbed 
bright, it is positively dangerous to use it. 
Carelessness in such things among servant 
girls has vexed me sorely, aud it is my usual 
custom to burn the dish and stove rags the 
first thing alter 1 take the work into my 
hands. 1 do not mean to say t hat I imitate the 
lady who only came down stairs once a week 
to throw out the stale bread, molded meats 
aud vegetables; but it is very hard for one 
who has long practiced bad habits to leave 
them off in a short time, and, besides, I do not 
like to tell a girl of the same fault three times 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
595 
a day'. Occasionally I find one who is as care¬ 
ful about these things as she is about her other 
work, but. I have observed that this one fault 
is so common that I cannot refrain from writ¬ 
ing on tbo subject. Let me say then to those 
who have not given much thought to thodish- 
rag, to consider it. well, anti remember that, all 
things that, have the appearance of cleanliness 
are not clean, and the uso of things that are 
uot clean is uot, only repugnant to refined 
tastes, but is often a fruitful source of disease. 
M. L. HINDS. 
SWEET PICKLES, CATSUP, ETC. 
Charity Sweetheart asks for a good 
recipe for sweet pickles of fruit, or as I call it, 
spiced fruit. The general rule is: Seven pounds 
of fruit, three-and a half pounds of sugar, one 
pint of good Cider vinegar, one tablespoonful 
of ground cinnamon, a little loss of ground 
cloves, and one-half tablespoouful of ground 
allspice. Put. the fruit over the fire wdth 
about oue pint of water; let it simmer till 
soft; then add the other ingredients, tviugthe 
spices in sheer muslin. Let it boll one-half 
hour or more, then can or put. In jars. Any 
and every variety of fruit is delicious put up 
iu this way, and it. helps to make a variety. 
1 tried a new thing, the other day—green 
grape catsup. 1 followed the recipe given in 
a recent Rural for gooseberry catsup, substi¬ 
tuting green grapes (wild) for gooseberries. 
It is excellent. Wo mude up 10 pounds of 
grapes in this way. 
I love to preserve, etc., and have always 
done It ulouo till last \'ear, when “mamma’s 
cook” helped me, and this} ear she wants to do 
it herself. T did five pounds of the grape cat¬ 
sup, and that’s nil. So far, everything she. has 
done up has turned out well. She can do all 
kinds of cooking except, bread making, and I 
do not think her strong onougli to make that 
for my large family. 
In the Rural of .July 19, C. F. H. asks for 
adviuu from “Older Housekeepers.” I agree 
with the Editress of the D. K,, that she has 
herself given the best rule for good housekeep¬ 
ing—“A time and place for everything.” 
Many rules are given for housekeeping and 
much written ou the subject, and though some 
grains of golden advice are found, there is 
altogether too much that is chaff. 1 have 
often laughed when I have read some of these 
articles ami noticed the “musts” and “ought- 
to-bes. ’ as if those same rules were as unalter¬ 
able as the laws of the Medes and Persians, 
when, Iu many cases, it would be an utter im¬ 
possibility to curry thorn out. Each house¬ 
keeper must, carve out her own particular 
method suitable to her means, and also to her 
own peculiar mode of living. Of course, we 
older housekeepers can give many now ideas 
to the younger ones, ami if C. F. H. will ask 
questions on any particular subject which puz¬ 
zles her, no one will be more willing to Btrive 
to aid her in her perplexities limn 
AUNT KM. 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
pretty: measure a pint aud a half of new milk, 
aud take out three tablespoonfuls of it. Put 
the rest into a stew pan to boil; have ready, 
beaten to a stiff froth, the whites of four eggs. 
When the milk boils, drop in a large spoonful 
of the froth, which will poach directly; re¬ 
move and drain at once, and continue till all 
the froth is used. Then make an ordinary 
boiled custard ; pour into a fiat-dish, and set, 
iu the poached whites in any form preferred, 
the more fantastic the better. 
Apple Snow is made by boiling six large 
apples, and, pressing them through a largo 
sieve, adding loaf sugar aud a little lemon 
juice. Whisk the whites of six eggs, powder¬ 
ing them with fine sugar. Beat the apple to 
a froth, add the eggs, and make all stiff. 
Pile high on a glass dish in round spoonfuls, 
rising to a point In the center. Finish with a 
border of peach or strawberry jam. 
Mont Blanc Puddino.— Boil eight large 
apples as if for sauce, stir in two ounces of 
butter, a little sugar, and the Juice and grated 
rind of a lemon. Cover the edges of a baking 
dish with puff paste; butter tbe inside of the 
dish, and Hue with bread crumbs. Fill iu 
the apple mixture, aud more bread crumbs on 
top. Scatter bits of butter and a sifting of 
sugar over the top and put into the oven till 
slightly browned; whip the whites of three 
eggs to a still’ froth, sweeten a little and pour 
over the pudding, setting into the oven a 
minute or two, but not long enough to scorch 
or color it. A. l. j. 
TO DESTROY BED BUGS. 
Do the readers of the Rural New Yorker 
know that the juice from cucumbers will kill 
bed bugs? Slice them aud sprinkle with salt, 
and let stand, then turn the water off; bottle 
and apply. Do this a few times, and It will 
exterminate them. I know this by experi¬ 
ence. MRS. U. G. 11 . 
-- 
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'The immediate results are Loss of Appe¬ 
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Ton pounds of peeled fruit, five pounds of 
white sugar, a quart of cider vinegar, spice 
tied up in a thin bag. Htrew the augur over 
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sirup, put over the tire, heat slowly, removing 
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lemon ICE. 
Six fresh lemons, the juice of all, and the 
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MRS. J. BROWN. 
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reserved whites, whipped to a froth, with a 
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SWEET POTATOES. 
Chop cold sweet potatoes with an equal 
quautity of cold Irish potatoes; put into the 
frying-pan with a good lump of butter and stir 
until they arc hot and partly browned. Sea¬ 
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