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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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and we all echoed the sentiment. For when 
years of painting and papering and sundry 
renewals come round, the regular course of 
work is a little put out, and it needs tinm and 
patieuce to obtain the pleasant results. In 
the meantime the flowers bloom, the trees 
have put, forth flower and leaf; all nature is 
iu its best, and most beautiful array. It. was 
a very sudden transition here, and cannot be 
healthful; but it is best to be guarded against 
too much change of raiment until the season 
is fairly settled; even in June sometimes 
chill winds come, aud wet days, that remind 
me of the poem: 
“Thesad (rep moaned and shuddered— 
AlasI the Fall Is here.” 
Then it is better to see that clothes are not 
too thin and airy for the cold blast to pene¬ 
trate. 
“But it is very enjoyable to be able to have 
such a thorough chauge of diet,” I said thank¬ 
fully, as the Amateur Cook mentioned the 
bill-of-fare for diuuer. Black bass, caught in 
the early morning by two of the boys, aspara¬ 
gus, tender and plentiful, with roast lamb 
and custard pie. The Student was chaffed by 
the younger boys who hoped so much brain 
food would produce good results, for the fishing 
craze often results in a too plentiful supply, 
that causes them to say, “We had black bass 
hot, and black bass cold, etc.” 
The rule for each fisherman to scale all be 
catches, results iu a division of labor that is 
very satisfactory and convenient, when a 
shoal comes in, though we sometimes dispose 
of the beauties by donating them to friends in 
the city near by, who consider them a treat. 
When Ihe Student came home this Spring, he 
brought, among other things, a recipe for 
cakes made of buckwheat flour, that he de¬ 
clared were extra-nice. 
One of the Professors at the College, a well- 
known German scientist, treated him to some 
for lunch one day, ami he ventured to ask for 
the recipe, meutiouiug that his mother was 
interested iu such things, aui would enjoy 
giviug it to the readers of the Rubai,. We 
have not tried it, not having any buckwheat 
flour on baud, but to many it may be an agree¬ 
able change. It reads as follows; 
bix eggs (yelks and white), one pound of 
grunulated sugar, one pouud of buckwheat 
flour. Beat the eggs with the egg-beater until 
they are frothy, mix the sugar slowly with 
them, stir a little while and then add the flour, 
aud flavor with vanilla. Drop lmlf-a-tea- 
spoonful on a waxed tin. Bake in an oven 
w bich is not too hot (after a roast beef). Take 
the cookies from the tin while they are still 
warm. 
TASTE IN DRESS. 
The woman that can buy one dress or more 
every season, muy buy what she pleases. If 
it is not becoming, she can discard it or have 
it dyed and made up la a different style. But 
the woman who can only afford oue new 
dress in five years (there are many such 
amoug farmers), has to exercise care and 
spend some thought over the matter. We 
farmers' wives and daughters do not wish to 
look eountryfied when we go to town, but we 
certuiuly will if we buy dresses of any shade 
that happens to suit our fancy. We eannot 
make our bonnets last as long as our dresses, 
and when the bonnet that matched the dress 
is laid aside, the next oue bought must still 
match the dress, or else be inharmonious. 
When one can have but few dresses, it is the 
best plan always to buy black or dark gray 
for best. Silk is out of the question with 
farmers’ wives aud daughters that ore obliged 
to practice economy. The best 75-ceut cash 
mere makes a dress that can be worn VViuter 
or Summer, aud will last 10 years with rea¬ 
sonable care, and if made in a sensible, be¬ 
coming manner, will not need remodeling 
more than twice during that time. The 
daughters, of course, like a change, aud dark 
brown makes a very handsome suit with a hat 
aud feather to match, and when one tires of 
the color, the dress can be dyed an excellent 
black. It is best to buy of a reliable dealer, 
becauso some unscrupulous merchants will 
palm off old styled goods on the unsuspecting 
farmer’s wife, who is obliged to economize. 
For second best, for shopping, etc., uothiug is 
neater or more becoming in Summer than a 
good durable print or percale. For such 
wear, a dress of that kind needs to be made, 
or at least cut and tilted, by a dressmaker as 
much as the best dress. For those who wish 
something better, a black alpaca or mohair 
makes a very durable suit. 
Iu buying black goods of a cheap quality, 
always avoid anythiug of a soft nature, as 
such soils very easily. If you cuu possibly 
afford it, have your dresses made by a good 
dressmaker. Never have thorn made longer 
than the prevailing style, an*.do not have 
them profusely trimmed. Oue soon tires of a 
dress that hus much trimming on it, and so do 
our friends, and we certainly should have 
some consideration for those that are obliged 
to see us in the same dress year after year. 
Lawns made with a few tucks or ruffles make 
pretty dresses for the young to wear to Sun¬ 
day-school or church, and a dark or black 
lawn is certainly very becoming to the ma 
tron. Insist upon your dressmaker using ,fine 
thread on lawn or other thin goods. 
A word about dressmakers Never patron¬ 
ize a dressmaker because she is poor or a rela¬ 
tive, and if you cannot get one that can do 
her work better thau you can, do it yourself 
aud hire some of vour heavier work done. If 
yon have daughters, send one to a first-class 
dressmaker iu the nearest town and let her 
learn the trade thoroughly. Then you will be 
no longer at the mercy of dressmakers, and 
can indulge in the luxury of having even 
your home frocks made by one who under¬ 
stand the business. “b.” 
RAMBLINGS. 
On! what a busy whirl the last few weeks 
have been! The lateness of the season brought 
everything together to be done in a hurry; 
but at last I can seesignsof a more quiet work¬ 
ing time. I want to get the most of my sew¬ 
ing done before tbe beat of the Hammer 
Just now, I am busy with dress making for 
my girls, but am called off so much, I do not 
get ou as fast as usual, I always do all my 
dress-makiug as well as plain sewing. Sbirt- 
making I have given up, as my husband and 
sons think they can buy shirts cheaper than I 
can make them. 
Nearly all of my seeds are plauted; among 
them the “Garden Treasures ’ from the Rural, 
and I expect much enjoyment from them all. 
I have some fine clumps of Sweet William and 
pinks from last year's “Treasures,” and other 
plants which did not bloom last season, but 
have come up again now, and I cannot recog¬ 
nize them by their leave?. I have a lnrere 
quautity of gladioli bulbs, all from a few 
which were given me five years ago. They 
multiply rapidlv, aud make a brilliant show 
when in bloom. My cacti plants I shall not 
put out-of-doors until after they are all through 
blooming. I have 12 varieties, some of which 
were sent to me from Arizona. Have any of 
the Rural readers raised the Jockey Club 
plant? It is a species of the Four-o’clock— 
Mirabilis longiflora. The flower is shaued like 
the Four-o’clcck, but is fullv four inches long, 
and very sweet scented, like the Jockey Club 
perfume. I never saw it till last Summer, and 
I felWu love with it at once. Those I saw were 
white, striped with a delicate pink; hut there 
is also a variety with lavender flowers. 
AUNT EM. 
GLOSSY SHIRTS AND COLLARS. 
Dissolve the desired quautity of starch in 
as little cold water as possible, then add boiling 
water—be sure that it is boiling—until of the 
right thickuess. Add a small quantity of 
spermaceti, and 6tareh the linen at ooee, rub¬ 
bing in the starch thoroughly. Hang iu the 
open air. When perfectly dry, dip the 
starched parts into a little raw starch made as 
follows: Dissolve a few lumps of starch in cold 
water—a tablespoouful to a quart of water 
—and add a half teaspoonful of powdered 
borax. Roll the linen up tightly and let 
remain three or four hours before ironing. 
Rub the linen with a piece of cotton or an old 
handkerchief before attempting to irou. See 
that your irons are hot and clean, and after 
ironing in tbe usual manner, finish with a pol¬ 
ishing iron. Press with considerable force 
upon the linen and rub back and forth until 
the polish is satisfactory. You cannot expect 
your work to look like that done at a laundry, 
for there machinery and not a woman's bunds 
gives the pressure, still, with a little care aud 
your polishing iron, you will be able to do very 
fair work. The Iron l have is a plated one 
with a round poiut, and cost ?1.’-J3. I have had 
my iron several years, and perhaps one can be 
bought now for less money, but, whatever the 
price, l would not bo willing to iron shirts 
and collars without it, and this I think is the 
feeling of every woman who has used one, 
MRS. ECONOMY. 
ROACHES. 
A lady wishes me to ask Rural housekeep¬ 
ers what is to be done to banish cockroaches 
that infest her pautry and garret. She reads 
of many things that are said to poison them, 
but the trouble is to get them to eat certain 
things that will kill them. Will any one of 
experience suggest a practicable remedy, that 
will not only banish but destroy them for all 
time* They seem to be iu the wood-work of 
the house, and are hard to reach. a. l j. 
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