SEPT 29 
THE RURAL (NEW-YORKER 
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ferent States vary so much in disposition? 
Now I tried the “plain” dessert the second 
time, not quite willing to give it up, so; but 
the appetites of the men had not changed, and 
the result reached was no different. 1 read so 
much about “gilt edged butter,” “sweet cream 
bread,” etc., that our Hummer hoarders so 
kindly appreciate, and that the wives of some 
fanners write about and 1 often wonder how 
much of the work of making these delicious 
articles is done by those who talk about them, 
and I often wonder too,if they never make mis¬ 
takes, or fail of haviogalways the same golden 
hued butter? Because my bread is not always 
first-class; and 1 sometimes loose alittlochurn¬ 
ing—it fails to come up, as 1 want it to; though 
I work as faithfully as when results are satis¬ 
factory. 
The men have finished their days work, after 
milking. They can then read, smoke, or go 
into the neighbors for a chat; while 1 must 
care for the milk, wash the dishes, set the 
sponge, prepare something for the breakfast, 
etc., etc., and go to my room too tired to 
either read or talk. 
I dont know how it is, but men must differ 
surely, for I do not meet with those who are 
willing to get along in any way, except by 
having the best food and most comfortable 
beds. a farmer’s daughter. 
ANOTHER FARMER’S WIFE SPEAKS. 
WHILE 1 agree with Mary Wager-Fisher in 
part, 1 can but feel that she has a mistaken 
idoa in thinking that a poor farmer's wife need 
not work hard, and that it is all her own fault 
if she does. 
By poor I mean ono who is just starting in 
life, and is in debt, and trying so hard to get 
for themselves a homo, where there are so 
many ways for the money. There are pay¬ 
ments to be met and whether the crop fails or 
not these payments must uot fail. The wife 
feels that she must help all she can; anti no 
doubt often works harder than is for her 
good. But no true wife with any ambition, or 
interest in the family welfare, will refuse to 
help when the work is the hardest, and leave 
the burdened husband to carry the load alone. 
1 know there are women who work harder 
than they need to, and that it is their own 
fault; also that there are those who do so 
when no oue is to blame. 
There are many pleasures iu farm life, but 
jt is not all sunshine. I know that l am work¬ 
ing hunlcr now than L really ought to, hut 
help is not to be bud at any price. I do uot 
feel that 1 am to blame for this. 1 may be a 
“disgrace,” though who is the disgraced, is 
more than 1 know, unless those who are more 
fortunately situated. 
There may be hired men to be found who 
would make their own bed and wait upon 
themselves iu general; but it lias never been 
my- good fortune to have such iu my house. 
When we do find oue of that stamp, 1 shall 
feel the Millennium is near at hand. 
It is an easy matter to tell what oue would 
do, wore they situated so and so, but the ques¬ 
tion is, would they really' do any better them¬ 
selves. 
I for one sympathize with “a farmer’s wife,” 
and hope her life will not always be burdened 
with hardships und trials. 1 know what farm 
life is, and while it has its pleasures, it also 
has its perplexities too. Wo can but hope it 
will be better bye end by e. Clara c. 
Domestic (L'conomv) 
CONDUCTED BY EMII-V MAPLE. 
JOE JARVIS’S EXPERIENCE. 
Mistress Editor:—I dare not say Editress 
because it i- quite possible you area “Woman’s 
Rights” woman, and would scorn such a weak 
interpretation. I read iu “your valuable 
paper” (l believe that’s the right style) the 
account of Mr. Philip Brown’s experience in 
keeping house alone, and thought among all 
his trials and perplexities he escaped one evil, 
lie did not try to test ull the recipes he saw in 
the papers. Lust V\ inter 1 had a room wormed 
by a four-holed cooking stove, aud sitting 
beside it one night I resolved to have oue 
mouth’s honest trial of bachelor cooking. In 
my first venture in that line, I got along well 
enough until l began to try those confounded 
recipes that form a part of near¬ 
ly every newspaper. Well, the only 
thing that consoled me, was the close 
attachment to me developed in two dogs that 
w'ere bettor pleased with the results than l 
w'os. The cooking was tip-top. How could it 
be otherwise—it, was my “level best?" The 
“raw materials’ were first-class, as the prices 
showed. The trouble was iu those recipes. 1 
was resolved to give a lot of them a fair trial, 
and kept pegging away at them. But I ended 
my month with a fine attack of dysjiepsia, aud 
a thorough contempt for the allurements of 
that treacherous column. Phil. Brown made 
a custard and put flour in it. I told a young 
lady friend of his experiments, and she said 
laughing, “Why he only needed a little Hors- 
ford’s baking powder to have a sponge cake 
instead of a custard ” I put a little corn 
starch into one of mine by reason of its thin¬ 
ness, and the pesky thing all settled at the 
bottom of the dish. It wasn’t in the recipe ; 
but then, 1 believe in improvement. I believe 
women peg away' at those same old recipes, 
just hashed over a little, from one years end 
to another. Now I always like to add a little 
extra to whatever I am doing. For instance, 
if 1 made a sponge loaf cake 1 always put in 
a cup and a-* alf of butter. I have been told 
this was the reason mine was heavy, but y r ou 
can’t make me believe that butter will spoil 
anything—that is, good butter; and then there 
are cups and cups. Why don’t the ladies try 
and give us accouuts of a well cooked meal 
all through, and how they did it? These 
columns of cake and pies are real snares for 
the dyspeptic, and then again they are a de¬ 
lusion to an old bachelor, who has to live on 
boarding-house fare, for they make hismonth 
water after the unattainable. Joseph Jarvis. 
PEEPS ACROSS THE WAY—No. 8. 
MAY MAPLE. 
“I don’t see how some people got along,” 
said Mj-s. Conway, “for the pantry shelves 
that 1 get a peep into look as if they never 
got straightened out. The victuals are set 
down anywher over the shelves, and stay 
there from one meal to the next. If there is 
fresh meat for dinner, there is no more care 
taken of it m Summer than in Winter when 
there are no nasty egg-laytug Hies about. 
Flies are exceedingly fond of good victuals 
aud sure to secure a good place for their future 
progeny. And there is often enough meat 
wasted to supply a poor man’s table. 1 like to 
put all eatables under cover in a cool, dark 
place, and if these lurge.greon flies buzz around 
the door, I burn a rag near their noses, or 
scatter pyretheum powder, and receive their 
adieux. It is a saving in every respect to 
keep the pantry clean ami tidy, to have fresh 
papers on its shelves, to shade the windows 
cover all articles of food, and keep the door 
closed as much as possible. 
NOTES FROM EVERY-DxVY HOUSE. 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
A good plan in making up clothes for small 
boys is to make two pairs of sleeves for each 
jacket. The pair to be used for renewal had 
better be a little larger than those first put, in. 
The mornings and evenings are cool, and I 
have just put extra clothing on the little ones. 
There is nothing better than flannel next the 
skin, be it over so light. We have had a 
dust Summer, and the carpets and rugs show 
the effects of it,; but I was surprised to see 
how they became renovated by sweeping with 
a damp cloth tied over the broom. This is 
useful in an invalid’s room, as no dust is raised 
by the sweeping, “How many are our cares,” 
said a neighbor to me lately, “to cook and 
wash and bake at all seasons and to alter and 
make und refit our clothes for each season of 
the year. Not only clothing but bedding and 
table linen are to be attended to, and 1 often 
wonder how we get through,” It not only re¬ 
quires muscle and forethought, but vigilanee 
and economy to be a successful housekeeper, 
aud I do uot wonder that so many have a 
care-worn air. But it is the best way to take 
all the enjoyment oue can out of life, aud to 
make the surroundings as pleasant as possi¬ 
ble. Do the “must tie ” and let the “may be” 
follow the “might have been ” There is a 
Scotch saying that might comfort us all: “If 
ye wish for a silk gown ye are sure to get a 
sleeve.” 
A SCRAP DINNER. 
EUNICE BROWN. 
I went to call on a friend the other day, 
and being detained longer than 1 expected by 
the way, reached there just as she was pre¬ 
paring dinner. It was a homely, pleasant 
house, and after our business talk was over 
she said, “1 have only just returned from see¬ 
ing a sick friend; the minister is with me and 
I find there is another lady coming for dinner 
who lives at some distance. You must stay, 
too, and bike a cup of tea. it is ouly a ‘scrap 
dinner.’ but I could not think of letting you 
return without something to eat,." I went into 
the kitchen with her. and found she had some 
shelled beans on the fire, and after boiling 
they were strained, then a little milk and but¬ 
ter, popiwr aud salt were added, and the whole 
was set away in the warmiug oven till the 
rest of the dinner was ready. She took six 
cold potatoes, some slices of cold boiled meat, 
two onions, and a little spice and pepper; these 
were chopped fine, and put on in a buttered 
pan with a little soup stock. Then she peeled, 
cored and quartered some St. Lawrence ap¬ 
ples, stewed them slowly, and added a trifle 
of sugar without stirring; she shook the pan 
gently in turning them out, and each piece 
was whole but soft aud tender. This with a 
ginger-bread and some apples and grapes from 
the garden, completed the dessert. There were 
slices of cold meat for those who preferred it, 
and pickles with other condiments, but the 
cooking did not occupy half an hour, aud with 
tea and coffee she made a very good dinner. But 
I thought bow few people with the minister 
and two ladies as gnests, would have been con¬ 
tent to prepare so quickly' a scrap dinner, 
that we all enjoyed far more than if we had 
been kept waiting an hour for the results of 
more elaborate preparations. 
TOMATO SOUP WITHOUT MEAT. 
Ten large red onions, peeled and si iced; two 
tablespoonfuls of good stock or meat drip¬ 
ping; one tablespoonful of chopped parsley; 
two tablespoonfuls of butter rolled in flour; 
a small cupful of hoiled rice; a quart of 
boiling water; pepper aud salt, auda teaspoon¬ 
ful of sugar. Stew the tomatoes iu the stock, 
adding the water and parsley, when partly 
cooked. Rub through a fine sieve. Stew 
half an hour after straining, adding the flour¬ 
ed butter and other ingredients, except the 
onions. These are fried in a little dripping 
and then turned in a few minutes before serv¬ 
ing. 
EGG PLANT STUFFED. 
In answer to a query as to using this vege¬ 
table, our way is to parboil it for 10 minutes; 
slit down the side and take out seeds. Lay in 
salt and water half auhour. Then rinse and 
stuff with Crumbs, parsley, nutmeg, pepper 
and salt, aud either finely Chopped fat pork or 
a bit of butter. Moisten all wit h good strong 
gravy. Tie no and bake, putting into the pan 
a cupful of stock. Baste with butter and 
water. Lay r in a deep dish when cooked—add 
a little cream to the gravy and pour over it. 
TOMATO MUSTARD. 
To one peck of ripe tomatoes add a teaspoon- 
ful of salt; let it stew hulf-an-hour; then strain 
through a sieve; add two dessert, spoonfuls of 
onions chopped fine; a dessert spoonful of 
whole pepper; one of allspice, one of cloves 
and half a spoonful of Cayenne pepper. 
Lee it simmer down one-third, adding a tea¬ 
spoonful of curry', and a teacupful of mus¬ 
tard. Then simmer half an hour longer. 
TO COOK CABBAGE. 
Pisfillaneou.s gUvcrtisintj, 
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This vegetable is composed of 92 per cent, 
of water and is quite unfit for a weak stomach; 
but so many people are fond of it that I ven¬ 
ture to give a recipe that will prepare it some¬ 
what 1 letter than the usual “pork” that, is con¬ 
sidered so essential:—Chop the cabbage fine 
with a knife; put it into a kettle; pour over 
it a pint of boiling water; cover and keep 
boiling for half an hour; pour off any water 
that remains, and place a cupful of milk iu a 
saucepan; thicken it with flour, add a bit of 
butter und a little salt: boil all up and the 
children may eat some of it with impunity. 
a. l. j. 
FRIED FROGS’ LEGS—ANSWER TO L. C. 
Take one or two dozen fresh frogs’ legs: 
put them in a salad bowl, first washing and 
drying them well: season with salt and pep¬ 
per and pour over them a teacupful of cream; 
let them stand an hour, then turn them into a 
colander to drain, Put two tablespooufuls of 
olive oil into a frying-pan, and set over a quick 
fire; add a little chopped garlic, and when it is 
very hot put in the frogs’ legs. Shake the 
pan as for an omelette; add one tablaspoon- 
ful of butter, the juice of a lemon aud some 
fine chopped parsley; mix well, and pour the 
gravy over. Serve hot. 
GREEN CORN CAKE. 
Mix a pint of grated corn with three table¬ 
spooufuls of milk, a teacup of flour, a little 
salt aud a teaspoonful of melted butter, one 
egg and pepper to taste. Drop into a fryiug- 
pan, with a little butter and cook ’till brown. 
REMEDY FOR ANTS. 
For the benefit of those t roubled with ants, I 
will give my remedy which has never failed 
me. 1 till little calico bags with sulphur, tie 
them tight and lay them about the safe or 
wherever these pests appear. For the flower 
beds I sprinkle sulphur lightly over them. 
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