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THE BURAL HEW-YORKER. 
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MAPLE SUGAR. 
JOSEPHINE C. POOLE. 
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HE first thing after breakfast 
the next morning we started 
for the woods, all except mo- 
ther and Aunt Maria; they 
3 5 ^«riraS? :v Sr were coming later. 
Wo rode In a wood sled, with- 
out seats, of course; could 
either sit on the bottom or 
^ stand up and hold fast by the 
poles at the sides of the sled. The boys thought 
it was graud fun, and tumbled off into the l 
snow once or twice, but it. was wet and muddy, 
so they rather got the worst of it. The day 
was lovely, the sun shiniug, the sky perfectly 
clear—not a cloud visible. 
Uncle took down the bars where the road 
turned in to go to the “bush," and drove the 
sled up to a hut or cabin made of logs, which 
stood in among the trees. It hud always stood 
there, but we bail never thought what it was 
for, and now wondered that we had not; as the 
door standing open, and the smoke curling up 
from its chimney gave it quite a house-like 
air. Cousin Harley stood waiting for us, and 
wanted us to go iu aud see his part of the work 
inside the cabin, but uncle said, “No, 1 want 
the children to go with me,” aud we jumped 
onto the sled again, and uncle loaded it with 
a hogshead and two large buckets, which be 
hung on two pegs driven into the side of the 
hogshead. Father said he was going with us, 
but would walk along by our side. We soon 
found why he liked best to walk, for such a 
funny, bumpy ride it was through the woods, 
jolting along over ditches, stumps, logs, and 
everything else. Wo hail to cling to each 
other, and hold on to the poles to keep from 
tumbling off; but we soon found it was steady 
by jerks, fur we stopped every minute or two. 
We were driving around to collect the sap 
which had flowed during the night, and wo 
saw, hanging at the side of each tree about 
five foot from the ground, a white wooden 
bucket into which the sap was dropping, very 
slowly it seemed to us, from a little trough, 
which uncle had driven into the tree a few 
inches higher than the peg on which the 
bucket was buug. Each pail was uearly half 
full of sap, aud it looked like nothing but 
water and tasted only a very little like sugar, 
—none of us liked it. 
Howard said he had expected to see nice 
maple sirup pouring out in a stream, aud was 
quite disgusted to find how tasteless tins was 
and to think how many buckets full it must 
take to make a quart of bona-fide-puu-cake 
sirup. Each bucket wtu» emptied into the 
hogshead on the sled, and it grew to be rather 
tiresome to up, it was such slow work; so we 
wandered round hunting for wild flowers, 
and found some sweet Trailing Arbutus hidden 
under the snow. Freddie found wiutergreeu 
berries and thought they wore little red heads, 
as ho had never before seen them. The brook 
where the cows drank ia Summer was swollen 
to quite a torrent, made a bluster and 
noise as it ran along; the boys tried to dam 
it up and make a waterfall, but it was too 
wet work for them. When the hogshead was 
nearly full and uncle called us, we rode back 
to the cabin where mother and Aunt Maria 
were awaiting ns. 
When we went inside wo saw right in the 
middle of the one room a sort of square fur¬ 
nace or a bod of coals, with u wail around it. 
On this a large pan or vat of irou was set, 
and it was full of something boiling. The 
vat was larger than a bath tub, bat not no 
high, aud the place smelled very sweet from 
the smoke of the open lire which Cousin said 
was made of maple boughs. The vat was 
only half full, aud we learned it was sirup 
made from the sap gathered the day before. 
It had boiled all night aud was now ready to 
be drawn off, made into sugar, or kept for 
table use. There was a wooden faucet iu the 
side, by turning which the vat could be quick¬ 
ly emptied. As the sirup boiled and bubbled 
it looked so good that Cousin Harley asked us 
to taste a little and see if we liked it. It was 
delicious—very different from the raw sap 
and mother enjoyed it so much, for it had the 
“real old-fashioned taste.” 
Uncle said the sirup in the vat was ready 
to be drawn off, and then he should put the sap 
on to boil which we had just gathered, and it 
would be sirup the next day. Cousin Harley 
had just drawn off two buckets of sirup and 
poured it into a pot, saying he was going to 
boil it down, and "sugar off.” It was already 
boiling, and Maude said, she thought it was 
sugar on already, as we didn’t know what he 
meant. 
Mother and Aunt Maria were opening a 
basket which they had brought, and the smell 
of its contents made us all very hungry. 
They spread the good things on a table, aud 
Cousin Harley drew some hot coals out from 
under the vat and laid the slices of raw ham 
right on top of them, where they broiled in a 
few minutes and were cooked just right—not 
smoked or burned one bit. He also dropped 
some fresh eggs right, into the boiling sirup. 
Freddie was sure they would break and spoil 
it all, but they behaved beautifully, and were 
done in three minutes. Harley Ashed them 
out in his great wooden skimmer used in 
cleariug the sirup. It was a real Gipsy feast. 
Ham and eggs cooked a la sugar bush; such 
lots of good country bread, butler and a bot¬ 
tle of tea, but Cousin Harley found a bottle 
of sweet cider and some nuts to add to our 
share of the treat. He bad a great box which 
lie called his larder, and kept lots of good 
things in it, for he stayed all night at the 
cabin to watch the lire and tend the boiling 
sap. The boys thought he was very brave 
and asked if he was not afraid of bears. 
After luncheon Harley went around to 
gather sap on the north side of the woods; 
uncle and father drew the sirup in the vat, 
off into a great many little kegs, and set them 
to cool before cooking them. The sirup was 
clear and pure as crystal, and he gave us each 
a saucerful from that boiliug iu the pot, and 
we fouud it was growing very thick. It was 
hot, and we had to wait for it to cool before 
we could eat it out. Caramels never tasted 
hulf so good, and we thought we should never 
tire of eatiDg it, and passing our dishes for 
more. As it grew still thicker and more 
sugary, uncle told us to stir it round and 
round on our saueers, aud we would find it 
would separate into little fine grains, just 
like table sugar. It grew very light colored, 
too, from stirring, aud we enjoyed trying to 
see who could get their* the lightest. When 
it was boiled enough to “wax,” father filled 
the big milk pan with the cleanest snow he 
could find, aud taking a spoonful of the hot 
sugar, dropped it here and there on the snow, 
making all sorts of funny little figures, fan¬ 
tastic letters—attempts at our initials. As 
the snow quickly cooled them, they grew 
brittle as glass and clear as amber, tasting 
just delicious. This was mother’s favorite 
way of making maple candy. 
LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Dear Uncle Mark:—I am a little boy 11 
years old. This is the first time I ever tried to 
write a letter. We have a nice flock of chick¬ 
ens, we get two dozen eggs every day now: 
we have 28 head of cattle and 12 bead of 
horses. My brother and 1 planted a patch of 
White Elephant potatoes, we like the White 
Elephants very much: we planted some straw 
berry plants last Fall, We bad a heavy 
snow storm this Winter, the snow was throe 
feet deep, the ground did not freeze, and the 
fall gram looks beautiful. We had a great 
many flowers from the RURAL seeds. The 
Rural Hollyhocks have bloomed for two 
years; they are all colors and the finest we 
have ever seen. Thera was a robin on a pear 
trae near our bouse a few days ago, its back 
and wings were white, und the breast was red, 
like the common robin. While we were dig¬ 
ging our Beauty rf Hebron potatoes on some 
of the tops we found small potatoes. 
Linn County, Oregon. Walter o smith. 
Dear Uncle Mark-.— We received your 
flower seeds, aud had some very pretty 
flowers, but the wiud blew so bard during the 
Summer, that they didn’t do very well. 
We have geese, turkeys, ducks, and quite a 
number of chickens, and we ure going to 
raise a good deal of poultry next. Hummer if 
we cun. 1 und my sister Millie would like 
to join the Y. H. C. My sister is 12 years old, 
and 1 am 14. I would have written sooner, 
but 1 go to school, and am very busy with my 
studios; but 1 hurt my Toot last mght, and so 
1 could not go to school to-day. 1 must close. 
Yours truly, 
O’Brien Co., Iowa. bell stekjman. 
jPterjeUanfouisi 
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SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. 
H. H. WARNER & CO , Rochester, N. Y. 
SKIN ERUPTIONS 
AND BAD BLOOD. 
91.00 A BOTTLE. 
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W. T. HUDSON, of BrowTH-vtllc, Ala., makes iirtldn- 
vlt that four bottles of Warner's Tjppkcano*', Thu 
Best, cured him of a ease of blood poisoning or 
twenty years’ standing. 
KOH 
SPRING X SUMMER WEAKNESS. 
91.00 A BOTTLE. 
II. II. WARNER & CO., Rochester, N. Y. 
Kiev. WM. WATSON, Watertown, N Y., reports 
that his wife Is Indebted to a thorough tone of the 
system and restoration of her strength, to V\ aruer a 
TiPPKCANor, The Bust. __ 
$‘27.00 Per Ton, K. O. II. 
A.T FALL HIVEU, MASS., 
FOB 
CHURCH'S 
FISH & POTASH. 
ANALYSIS t 
A mtnonla, ..... 3.08 per cent. 
Phosphoric Acid, .... eM 
Potash. 
Chi:in iHt, C. A. GOEHSMANN, 
MANUFACTUltKO BY 
JOSEPH CHURCH & CO., 
167 lbs. Bag. TIVERTON, R. I. 
Address JOB HATHAWAY, Geti’l Agent, 
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A lest of 'fib el the New York Butter and Cheese 
M Exchange test, '75; at the Milwaukee Grand 
L Union Dairy i-nir. ’S3, taking all the leading 
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J. XV. KA ItKKH Ncc’y, Syracuse, N. Y. 
COMPLETE IFIRE AND WATER PROOF 
ROOFINCl ^Cbeapand Durable.^ 
Waterproof Building Taper. 
Send for Samples and Cash Price List. 
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257 North 12tIt 8 t., Phllndelphia, Pa 
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> 1 “ “ Child. Knife, 
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1 •* *• Child'it Spoon. 
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ordering the above 1,0 A7cfira»t as- 
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PAINT—ROOF 
AND OUTBUILDINGS WITH 
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SEND FOR CIRCULAR 
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READY ROOFING Foil NEW ROOFS. 
POTATO BUG EXTERMINATOR. 
" Farmers' Favorite." Pleases all practical potato 
growers. Will Oust poison on potato vines perfectly, 
as fust as a mtm eat) walk. Verdict of all who use it: 
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term* to Agents ami Dealer*. Write for lull 
description, terms, etc. Manufactured by 
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OVER 
1600 
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<‘Wjs are Playing We’re Grown Folks. 1 ” 
HUMPHREYS' 
Homeopathic Veterinary 
Specifics for 
HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP. 
DOGS, HOGS, POULTRY. 
Used by U. S. Governm’t. 
Chart on Rollers, 
and Book Sent Free. 
Humphreys’ Med. Co., 109 Fulton St., N. Y. 
BEST TRUSS EVER USED 11 
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Y0RK ELASTIC 
744 Broadway, N. Y. 
NGLO-SWISS ill I U 
CONDENSED IvllLIYa 
MILKMAID BRAND. 
Economical aud convenient for all 
kitchen purposes. Bettor for babies than 
uncondensed milk. Sold everywhere. 
7 nNew Scrap Pictures and 12 Hidden Name Cards,10c. 
/ UHamuli- Book 5 cts. L. JONES & CO., Nassau, N. Y 
“EUREKA” STAINED GLASS 
A PERFECT SUBSTITUTE. 
Rcuutlful Stained Olmo Windows at a trifling cost. 
Can bo applied to any window without removing sash 
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Do weal i c It n i Idi ng. 
Cor. Broadway uiiil I liliSi., N Y.City 
840 A MONTH AND EXPENSES. 
Men wanted to sell Nursery Stock. Address 
1). H. PATTY, Nurarryimtn, 
Geneva, N. Y. 
^ac¥nts wanted, 
to sell 
mm m urn m i.« 
Honorable and steady employment, at good wages 
for capable, ruej-getu- men. Apply at once. 
Address Drawer 2S5, Rochester, N. Y. 
WANT ED. 
A FOREMAN and WIFE iwltlioui children pre¬ 
ferred! for a Connecticut Kami, where titty |!Ml) head 
of thoroughbred Holstein* are kept. He must be 
thoroughly conversant with the care and manage¬ 
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Wife to have charge of Tenant house; board three or 
four men, and make butter for family use when re¬ 
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*• HOLSTEIN',’’ llox 1IS3. New York City. 
a /N^^X^ r PC^" “ n, '‘ ,, 1,10 <’h»Nc Nurseries, 
X\.\J JllJW i. O Introducers of Emcocis BispOerry. 
drawers of a full Him of Fruits and Ornamentals. A 
..I Opening for Mono**. Energrlle Men. 
The business easily learned. Full Instructions given. 
Address, R. I!, till AHK *t CO. Philadelphia, Pa. 
sold. 8« 
$100 
Now Stylo, Fnihoowl llldd.u N»m« ftiid Chromo VUItlng 
Card, no V alike, name on, I0r„ 1X park. 4 1. Warranted boot 
sold. Hwk, 4s. L. JONKS A CO.. Nsooaii, N. Y. 
a month Mudlymiida by either 
»»x, half ns much ***ulags 
World M t g Co ($3'mint 
IV2 NflssoJJ Street N Y 
DYSPEPSIA Its Nature, Causes. Prevention, and 
Cure, lly JOHN H. MO ALVIN, Lowell, Muss. 14 
years Tax Collector. Sent free to any address. 
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Out III con talus 40 good Pattern*. Sprays, Outline*, 
Alphabet (2!a luehes). Ac., Powder, Pad, and ju- 
struction anil sample of Alphabets. Price, $1.IW. 
The best mi tot that lias over been offered. French 
Perforating Mucliiues for sale. Satisfaction guaran¬ 
teed or money returned. 
A, HERN A 111), 401 Canal Street, N. Y, 
