K.c. HTIIUTKVANT. Prop. Hartford, «i«nu, 
Simenssor of Ch«». K Allen It. Ifu. 
cbildreu in the house, went off to do a day’s 
work—pure carelessness and almost criminal 
neglect on the mother's part. The parents 
had the nerve to build again on the same 
spot, aud live there now; but the tragedy 
made a deep impression on all who lived near 
and knew the circumstances. 
AUNT RACHEL 
it sufficiently sour.and let It heat well through. 
Serve very hot. 
Third.—To the cabbage remaining in the 
kettle add sufficient creamy sweet milk to 
form a pleasant accompaniment; salt more if 
necessary; let it almost boil, and it is done. 
Serve hot. It is extremely nice. 
Another nice dish is a combination of 
■Jl Newton’* improved nniff TIC hold* 
'Ithem Hrmly. drawn Ull IT I 1C tin,ni 
glforward when lying down. pushes hack 
^B'vhen standing, give* freedom of head, 
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HMITII’H 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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process, and she said; ‘‘Well, when I first be¬ 
gan to can fruit I would get it all put in right, 
and then the first thing 1 kuowed, crack would 
go one or two of the cans right smartly, and 
I watched and thought about it till I made it 
out. I reckon its just when they’re put in a 
draught and one side of the jar cools quicker 
than the other.” “Do you use much canned 
fruit!” asked the Amateur Cook. “Well” 
said aunt Dorcas, “we use three or four cans, 
according to the size, every day of the 365,” 
“And a quarter.” added Hope who is busy 
with her first geography. 
I thought these items from one so accus¬ 
tomed to putting up fruit, of interest, es¬ 
pecially for localities like hers were, as she 
says, “we can all that’s possible of the hun¬ 
dreds of bushels of peaches; dry them too, 
and feed them to the hogs. ” She advised me 
to buy the glass jars wholesale, which I have 
found a great saving, aud the fruit to-day in 
the cellar closet is a pleasant monument to 
her energy and industry. 
HOUSEKEEPERS’ MUTUAL HELP CLUB. 
GLADDYS WAYNE. 
When members of another household, with 
their different tastes and the strong habits of 
years, wore first added to our home circle, we 
were often perplexed at the difficulty of ren¬ 
dering one method of living conducive to the 
comfort and happiness of all. To attain to 
anything like success, the feelings of all must 
constantly be considered, there must be di¬ 
verse reins of management within the house¬ 
wife’s steady hand In cooking, in order to 
suit all tastes with the least possible outlay of 
time and labor, wo have adopted various 
plans. A quantity of vegetables may be 
cooked and served up in different ways as 
satisfactorily as if prepared separately from 
the beginning. 
Before mashing turnips with potatoes, we 
always take out a few of each for Grandpa, 
who prefers them unmashed. These turnips 
are sometimes served plain, and sometimes the 
slices are buttered ami peppered as they are 
piled on the plate. Then, to those remaining 
In the kettle (of which uot more Ilian a fourth 
part should bo turnip) add a lump of butter, 
a dust of pepper and more salt if necessary, 
and mash and stir till fine aud light. 
Rutabagas are also nice this way. 
The following is an excellent way to cook 
turnips: Pare, wash and cut in thin, small 
pieces; put them in a kettle with water to 
nearly cover them; add salt, pepper and a 
small piece of butter; cover closely aud cook 
till very tender, adding more salt if necess¬ 
ary. If desired to serve in two ways, a part 
may lie dished up in most of the liquor in 
which they were cooked. To those remaining 
in the kettle may be added Borne vinegar, and 
let them cook a few miuutes. Serve hot, and 
you have a very good substitute for cabbage. 
GOOD WAYS TO COOK CAHBAGE. 
After it is shaved ready for cooking, put it 
In a kettle with a little water; let it boil a few 
minutes; season well with salt and pepper, 
adding more water from time to time as 
necessary. When done very tender, it may 
be finished up in any of the three following 
ways: 
First.—Melt a small piece of butter in a 
frying-pan ; add some of the cabbage, cook 
briskly, stirring often,until it almost begins to 
fry; then dish it up aud keep it hot till served. 
Second.—Put another bowlful of the cab- 
turnips and cabbage. It may be nearly half 
turnip, which should be sliced thin, and cut 
in flue strips resembling shaved cabbage. 
Cook in a little water, seasoning with salt, 
pepper and a small piece of butter. Cook till 
very tender, stirring often. It may be served 
as cooked, or with the addition of vinegar. 
Or, creamy sweet milk may be added and al¬ 
lowed to simmer before serving, also more 
salt if necessary. If all be adroitly done, 
even a Dutchman if unenlightened, would 
scarcely suspect that it is not what it seems— 
all cabbage. 
A CONVENIENT CLOSET. 
While doing up my work the other morning 
I could not help thinking how many extra 
steps were saved by having my kitchen table 
placed beside a large closet; and it is of this 
closet 1 wish to tell my Rural sisters. When 
we began housekeeping my husband had it 
made on purpose to bold dishes, and I have 
found it one of the greatest conveniences of 
the kitchen. The upper part is divided into 
two large compartments, which contain 
dishes in common use; beneath these are two 
small drawers for knives, forks, spoons, etc. 
The lower part projects about tight inches, 
beneath which is another closet, which 1 find 
very useful for holding cleau towels, ironing 
utensils, children’s clothes, etc. On one of 
the doors of the upper closet (Inside) I tacked 
a pieco of cardinal Canton flannel, the soft 
side in, into which I slip, as I wipe them, the 
silver kuives and forks, thus saving them 
from scratching. The strip of flannel is 
tacked in several places, in order that the 
ware may keep in place; it. should also be a 
little shorter than the forks, which leaves 
enough of the handles projecting to remove 
easily. Now, by having the table on which I 
wash dishes placed beside this haudy closet, I 
need not stir “out of my tracks” to put in 
their places the dishes used iu a large family. 
This is a great advantage, for 1 know of so 
many homes where the tired housekeeper 
must walk to and from her table a number of 
times during this process, thus wusting 
strength which might be husbanded for some¬ 
thing more profitable. mrs. i. e. e. 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
CHILI SAUCE. 
Eighteen large tomatoes, ripe, six onions, 
six peppers, or a third of a teaspoon of Cayenne, 
ten tablespoonfuls of sugar, three of salt. 
Chop fine, add five teacups of vinegar, and 
cook one hour. 
loaf cake. 
Three cups of light dougb, work in one cup 
of butter, one cup of sugar, two eggs, one 
teaspoouful of soda dissolved in three tablo- 
spoonfuls of milk, one teacup of chopped 
raisins; spice to the taste, and let it get quite 
light before baking. 
MRS. RICE’S MOLASSES CAKE. 
One-and one half cup of sirup, one cup of 
sour milk, one cup of butter, one half cup of 
vinegar, two tablespooufuls of ginger, one 
teaspoonful of soda, and a small piece of alum 
dissolved in hot water. Beat well. This 
makes two long tins full. 
COFFEE CAKE. 
One cup of sugar, one cup of molasses, two- 
thirds of a cup of butter, one cup of strong 
coffee, one tablespoonful of soda, one tea- 
spoonful of cinnamon, one of cloves, five cups 
of flour. Bake iu two tins. 
delicate cake. 
Whites of four eggs, oue cup of milk run¬ 
ning over, two cups of sugar, two and-a-balf 
cups of flour, a heaping teaspoonful of baking 
powder, makes two loaves; very nice if you 
use one cup of corn starch iu place of the 
flour. 
Where fried cukes are a common article of 
food, it is a great convenience to have a spe¬ 
cial kettle to keep the lard in, and not he ob¬ 
liged to empty the disli every time they are 
mude. It is a saving of material us well as 
labor to do so. 
The old caution not to take up ashes iu tin 
pans and set them around anywhere, or to 
empty them into barrels, cannot be too often 
repeated. Ashes supposed to be cold often 
prove to he treacherous things. A smoke 
house where ashes are kept ought to be made 
of brick or stone for safety. A very few 
years ago, in sight of our bouse, a building 
burned down and two children were con¬ 
sumed in it. Their mother set a pan of hot 
ashes outside the door, and after lnr-kmu- th« 
CLOTH RENOVATOR. 
A little kerosene oil rubbed briskly on the 
spots on dark clothing will brighten the cloth¬ 
ing and remove the soil almost like magic. 
The white of an egg is an excellent polish 
for kid boots. 
TO SETTLE COFFEE. 
Place a pint cup containing cold water 
over the coffee pot after pouring in the boil¬ 
ing water. This settles it immediately, mak¬ 
ing it beautifully clear. MRS. j, K. e, 
Professor llorsford’s Unking Powder 
is made from llorsford’s Acid Phosphate, iu 
powdered form. It is put up in glass bottles, 
mixed, ready for use.— Adv. 
--»■»♦- 
liorsford’s Acid Phosphate. 
A Hood Thins. 
Dr. Adam Miller. Chicago, ill., says: “I 
have recommended Horsford s Acid Phosphate 
to my patients, and have received very favor¬ 
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valuable preparations now offered to the 
afflicted. In a practice of thirty-five years I 
found a few good tbin&s, and this one of 
them.”— Adv. 
More 111*n 1 750 Hol¬ 
stein s Imported mid bred 
by tills firm SOU now on 
hand and In quarantine. 
All of choice quality unci 
breeding. Nearly nil the 
deep in I Ik I tin families of 
America represented. 
Over ::n yearly records 
made by cOwx In tills herd, 
which uvornge 11,21? lbs. 5 
ozk. per year, at un average 
age of 4)4 ypars, 
in W*1 our entire herd of 
mature cows averaged 
14.1ii4 lbs. IN oxs. 
In 1*82 our pntint herd of 
eight 8-year olds averaged 
12,888 lbs. 8 oxs. 
On April 1st, 1884, ten 
and ^aultrjj* 
H OLST E IN CATTLE. 
Not one of these records has ever been equaled with an equal number 
I5UTT KK HJ1COHDH. 
cows In this herd had made 
records from 14,000to 18.000 
lbs each, the uveroge be¬ 
ing IS 1108 Ills. !i 8-10 OXS , 
which included every mn 
lure cow In the herd that 
wu had owneil long enough 
to make a yCur’s rceord, 
excepting one kept for fa 
mlly use. We milked 
through the year ending 
In June Iasi live nuituru 
cows, the entire lot aver 
aging 01.621 lbs. I M-N o/.s. 
Seven heifer* of ONE 
family (the Nvtiimii and 
F amily Ml vp of them 2year 
olds aud tivo 8 year olds, 
averaged 11,fi!WI lb*. 1 2 .!\(>zh. 
The last Is a family record. 
of cows in ana herd. 
l» Cows averaged 17 lbs. 5>.£ oz* per week.-8 Heifers, 3 years old, averaged 13 lbs 
ozs. per week.-11 Heifers. 8 years old and youuger, averaged 10 lb* s ozs. per week 
The entire original imported Nctherland Family of Hix Cows (8 being but 3 years old) ave¬ 
raged 16 lbs. 13 11-12 ozs. per week. 
The above records are a sufficient guarantee of superiority. This is the class of Cattle with 
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