THf RURAL 
this way I am sure that they are thoroughly 
done, and do not hesitate to say that they may 
be considered perfectly harmless, 
For dessert let us have occasionally, instead 
of pie, a dish of old-fashioned Indian pudding. 
Success may be insured it it is made in this 
way: Stir into one quart of cold milk two' 
scant cups of Indian meal, one and one-half of 
molasses, and a teaspoon of salt. When well 
mixed, pour Upon it two quarts of milk heated 
nearly to boiling; stir well, and place in a 
moderately hot oven; in half an hour, turn 
into it a quart of cold milk, stirring thorough 
ly from the bottom, after which it need not be 
disturbed, letting it bake rather slowly for 
three hours or even more, providing the oven 
is at the right temperature. It may be 
thought that this makes a very large quantity, 
but when done it will just till a two-quart 
dish, and as it is very nice cold with cream, it 
is no loss to have some leftover for tea. In 
fact, those who have plenty of milk and cream 
need nercr resort to the indigestible pic. 
As a rule those dishes which require the 
greatest outlay of money and strength, are 
those which arc the least nutritious: therefore, 
the house-mother owes not only to her family 
as a matter of health, but to her husband as 
the bread-winner, and to herself as a saving of 
strength, a careful consideration of this sub¬ 
ject. Each mother is, or should be, queen of 
her own domain; it remains, therefore, with 
her to say whether her household shall follow 
thegeneial plan of destruction to the race, 
or boldly striking out for the right, declare, 
“As for me and my house, we will, to the best 
of our ability, care for the temple which God 
hath nmde, and in which Tie hath Himself 
promised to dwell.’' 
MRS. SUSIE E. KENNEDY. 
gW#ccllaitcou# 3Vdmtteinfl. 
published iu the Rural some time since, and 
when just ready to fold, spread over a dozen 
sweet almonds, blanched and pounded. Fold, 
dish, dust with powdered sugar, and serve 
at once, putting a spoonful of raspberry, 
strawberry or currant jam, on the plate with 
each piece of omelet. palmetto. 
1887—SPRING—1887 mT\TlTlfl 
Now Is the time to prepare ’ I ' IJ |j Ij ^ 
f our orders for new ami rare I F* i a 
fruit mid Ornamental I I I I J I il 1 
Trees, Stirulw, Evergreen*. A UO/ 
Boses, Grntic Vines, etc. Re¬ 
sides many Desirable Novelties, we ofTer the largest 
and most complete general stock In the L’. S. Cata¬ 
logues sent, to all regular customers free. To others! 
No. 1, Fruits, Me.; No.2, Ornamental Trees, etc., illus¬ 
trated. I5e.; No. '•>, Strawberries: No. t, Wholesale: No. 
6. Hoses, free, ELLWAMGER & BARRY, 
Mt. Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. 
The Great Secret 
Of exceptionally long and abundant 
hair may never he solved ; but that 
Ayer’s Hair Vigor preserves the hair 
in all its beauty and luxuriance, and 
even restores it, when thin and gray, is 
Well Known. 
P. .T. Cullen, Saratoga Springs, N. Y., 
writes : “ My father, at about the age of 
fifty, lost all the hair from the top of his 
head. After one month’s trial of Ayer's 
Hair Vigor, the hair began coming, and, 
in three months, he had a tine growth of 
hair of the natural color.” 
J. T. Gibson, !Hj Hope fit., Huntley, 
Staffordshire, Eng., says : '* I have seen 
young men in South Australia quite 
gray, whose hair lias been restored to its 
natural color alter using but one bottle 
of Ayer’s Hair Vigor.” 
Ayer’s Hair Vigor, 
Prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. 
Sold by Druggists and Perfumers. 
SOME SIMPLE REMEDIES, 
Common salt is useful in many ways. A 
pinch of it put upon the tongue and allowed 
to dissolve slowly, will relieve heart-burn; it, 
is also a sure cure for any distress caused by 
eating too freely of nuts. 
An excellent gargle for sore throat is sim¬ 
ply salt and vinegar. 
Put a teaspoonful of salt to one-half a pint 
of soft water, keep it where it is warm, and if 
your eyes are weak or the lids inflamed, ap¬ 
ply it. to them two nr three times a day with 
a soft linen doth. 
Geranium leaves, particularly those of the 
Rose Geranium, are excellent if well mashed 
and softened, to apply to cuts or other wounds 
where the skin is cut and broken. 
The Balsam Pear (Momordica Cbarantia) 
put in a bottle with whisky to preserve it, is 
very healing. I used to raise it both for its 
beauty and its medicinal virtues. 
AUNT EM. 
750 KINDS OF FLOWERS 
FROM NEED. One Cent Each. Send For List. 
ALABAMA NURSERIES, Athens, O. 
W Ido- A. walie Oats. 
1 .ili.'Ni Bush, raised from 1110 pounds of Seed as an 
Ordinary Kidd Cr n p. 
This wonderful variety of Oats is being Introduced 
by seedsmen this season for the first For description 
Bee Catalogue. HIRA M SIBLEY & < <>,, 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
Wholesale price, $2 per bush. 
C lypure and highly concentrated. Il is strictly 
a medicine to be given with food. Nothiog on^jartb 
Will make nens lay like It. It cures chicken chol¬ 
era and ntl diseases of bens. Illustrated book by 
mail free. Sold everywhe.-e, or sent by mall for 
25 eta. In stamps. 23g-lb. tin cans. St; by mall 
$1.20. Six cans by express, prepaid, for $5 
I-S. Johnson A. Co.. P. O. Box 2118. Boston. Mass 
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS. 
I think 1 may say without fear of contra¬ 
diction that two-thirds of the ills from which 
mankind suffer, originate either directly or in¬ 
directly from a disordered state of the stomach, 
ami how much of this is due to our inability 
as housekeepers we should make it a point of 
conscience to determine. There are none so 
unwise as to be ignorant of the fact that the 
stomach is the laboratory from which is dis¬ 
tributed either health or disease to every 
other portion of the body, nml that upon the 
assimilation of proper food depends the use¬ 
fulness or want of usefulness of all its organs 
Upon the housewife rests, in a great me asure, 
the responsibility of providing for her family 
the germs of sickness anil death, or that which 
shall develop into strength and rosy cheekeil 
health. Each member of her household has Ins 
or her individual likes and dislikes, which are 
often indulged, pampering the appetite with 
delicacies which the eater would he better 
without. Jennie rises late, and glancing over 
the table, sees no article which the morbid 
state of her stomach calls for, and so with only 
a cup of coffee, she starts off for school, with 
a dinner basket which her over-fond mamma 
has filled with rich pie and cuke—“for Jennie 
didn’t eat any breakfast, and must have some¬ 
thing to coax her appetite.” 
Now, if Jennie hud risen by daylight, opened 
her windows, and shaken up her bed, helped 
mother with the breakfast, and perhaps found 
time before the meal, for a run iu the fresh 
air, it is my opinion she would have sat down 
to a breakfast of oatmeal and milk, and rel¬ 
ished it too; but what, is more, she might 
have gained therefrom the proper materials 
for brain-food which her constant study ren¬ 
ders necessary, and also the muscle-forming 
matter which growth demands. 
It needs but a moment’s consideration to 
convince the wise housekeeper that in order 
to insure perfect health the same ingredients 
should be taken in the food that naturally ex¬ 
ist in the composition of the body. Milk is of 
itself one of the best of foods, and used iu 
combination with so nutritious a substance as 
oatmeal, furnishes as nearly ns possible a per¬ 
fect diet, and if the meal is properly cooked, 
it is as palatable as it is healthful. If inteuded 
for breakfast, it should lie put, to souk over¬ 
night, as otherwise It requires a good deal of 
cooking, which the earliness of the mobbing 
meal will scarcely give time for. It is a good 
plan to use a double kettle or covered pail set. 
in a kettle of boiling water, and if plenty of 
wat r is put iu. it need not be uncovered until 
the contents are done. The salt which we add 
for the sake ol' taste is simply to satisfy t he 
natural demaud of the system for one of its 
needed minerals. 
A plain diet of meat and vegetables—with 
less of the former than is usually considered 
desirable or necessary—good, home-made 
bread, both white and brown, fruit (not pre¬ 
serves, but as uear the natural state as it is 
possible to have them), fresh eggs, which ad¬ 
mit of mauy ways of cooking, not*forgetting 
that old-fashioned, but decidedly healthful 
dish, linked bruins, would, 1 believe, make a 
great change for the better in many and many 
a household. And I am afraid that, not only 
is a reform needed as regards the kind of food 
used, but iu many cases, in the maimer of 
preparing if also. For instance, our Saturday's 
dish of baked beans 1 do not consider fit to be 
eaten until cooked quite to pieces. 1 boil un¬ 
til they w ill drop apart, then bake in a moder¬ 
ate oven three or four hours. When dished 
for the table, I press closely together, so that 
when cold they may be sliced like cake. Iu 
RASPBERRY PLANTS. SfmiS! 
TYLER. SOUR EGAN. OHIO, and CUTHBERT Rasp 
l«*rry PiaDts. at low price.-. Special rales for lots of 
3,000 or more. C. C> HART, Southington, Conn. 
WEAVER ORGANS 
Arc the In Tone, Style, Flnieti end general 
make tip of »nr rood* made* Uimrantml for CyesJB. 
Send lor Catalogue, testimonials and terms, rrvu, to 
Weaver Organ nml Plano Co., 
I Factory, York, 
Best »nd most profUabl*’ LATE WHITE 
PEACH: Ch air* Ctiolre bell U»e yellow 
prarib Lar s *” siwk o’ Puueh trccic suitable 
tor »U action*. William's Kariy Red, 
best early nppl« a * Uoo.1 »:oolt ,\ ppleTn*CM, 
mow popular and late keeping kind* Pear** 
Cherry, Quince and all fruit trees and 
fruit beariur plants. '.’00,000 '2-ycar old An- 
pttrnjrua root*. I^irgc stock of Shade aud 
OruanRMif ns. Sen«1 for OtJilogur, 8. E. 
KOtfKItS A SOS, MU Holly* N. J. 
' FDPD’S: 
I LATE? 
PRUNE PUDDING WITH LEMON SAUCE 
1 /\AA ELEGANT LARGE 
UUU TUrtIvl-II RDGH 
Given lo tlie LADIES of purchasers of Sample 
Harness with a view of an agency in territory where 
we have no agent. Send for full particulars. 
SHERWOOD HA R N ESS CO.. Syracuse, N. Y. 
This is a very cheap pudding at this seasou 
when eggs are reasonable. Beat half a pint 
of (four with milk enough to make a smooth 
panto; add two wcll-beateu eggs with a pinch 
of salt. The batter should bo thick aud if 
necessary add more (four. Have ready a half 
pound of primes that have bceu stewed until 
soft, drained and stoned. Dredge them with 
(lour aud stir them in the batter, Dip your 
pudding cloth into boiling water,wring itout, 
and flour well; pour the pudding in, leaving 
room for it to swell; plunge it into boiling wa¬ 
ter and boil steadily for two hours. It is es¬ 
sential that there bo plenty of water for the 
pudding to swim about in, that the cloth be 
tied tightly, and that the boil be a steady and 
continuous one. To make a nice sauce for 
this, pare the thin yellow rind of a large lem¬ 
on, ami put it into a bowl with the juice of the 
lemon; pour on half a pint of boiling water 
aud let it stand for an hour to draw out the 
oil from the lemon rind. Put a large table- 
spoonful of butter into a saucepan and wheu 
it melts stir in an even tablespoonful of floor; 
mix until very smooth; add the lemon-juice 
and water strained from the rind, half a cup 
of sugar and a pinch of grated nutmeg, and 
simmer until you have a smooth, creamy 
sauce (about two minutes after it commences 
to boil). Remove to one side of the fire and 
add the beaten yelks of two eggs almost drop 
by drop, so as not Lo curdle them. Let it 
thicken for two or three minutes stirring the 
while, but do not let it boil. E. m. 
Chicago, 111. 
iThe NORTH-STAR Washboard is made 
GRAPE8 AND BERRIES. 
Ulster, Po'keepsle, Ditch.-* GRAPES: Comet PEAR 
TREES. Lueretla DEWBERRY, best early. *25 per 1,000. 
Minnewaski BLACKBERRY, early, hardy, best high 
bush. Semi for redaction by the acre. All guaran¬ 
teed. A. J. CAY WOOD A- 80N, 
MARLBORO, N. Y. 
_of ohm solid sheet of 7.!nc, produc 
jr ing x Uoublt-faccl board of tbe 
. greatest durability. The ileep 
Mu 1.1 ngraa.kc* it hold more water 
OvSr than any oilier board. A haril- 
v wood friuiio, firmly held to- 
'■ nunr gather with in iron bolt, se- 
-I | llilllllH cure* strength, durtiMUly and 
‘economy. The objection raised 
against th s boa d comes from 
NS&jPNdc.i er«, a lio say “they Inst too 
' loner." If your grocer refuses to 
.procuiechli board for you,write US. 
PFANSCHM1DT. DODGE A CO., 
7. 218 A 250 W. Pol k St. , Chicago 
Send your address on postal for one to 
\V. D. LANE. Florist 
MIDDLEBCRY. VT. 
« State and I Niagara for SI post. paid. Brigh¬ 
ton. Delaware, Ives, Elvira. Lady. Catawba. 
Martha, Moore's Earl v. Worden. Poeklington, 
Diamond. Ven-cnnes, Ac., at lowest rates. Raspber¬ 
ries. Gooseberries. Jessie Strawberry,Luoratiti Dew¬ 
berry, Jte. CEO. W. CAMPBELL. Ohio. 
GRATEFUL-COMFORTING 
FOR dAEE 
FRESH IMP. MWG0LD SEED 
LZj 20 cents m w rackuce 
Makes Five Callons of » delicious, sparkling 
temperance ben-iage. Strengthens arid puri¬ 
ties the Ido,>d. Its purity amt delicacy commend it 
to all. Sold by druggists and storekeepers everywhere. 
Of the best kinds. Lucent and other grass seeds for 
mixture. I find that all the big lest- of Jersey cows are 
the result, or feeding large quantities of peas and oats. 
For prices address AV M. I'KOZIEK, 
Northport. L. I., N. Y. 
AGENTS ££££ 
O. J. WILSON, Grand Forks. Dak., is averaging 
S to 10 orders >t day. \VM. si-;Rvis, Philo 
III., is clearing s»‘>.00 per day. These arc 
only Humpies. ' uiulogue Free. 
J. E. SI1KPARD A CO.. Cincinnati, Ohio- 
NORTHERN GROWN Seed Potatoes lb varieties 
Prices Low. List free. Send for it. Address 
S. FROGN'KR. Herman, Minn. 
ALBANYSEEDSTORE 
ESTABLISHED 1S31 
A CURE FOR FELONS. 
“What ails your finger:" was asked of an 
old lady who had lost the end of one digit. 
“That was caused by a felon,” was the re¬ 
ply. ”1 have had three bad felons iu my life, 
but now I can cure them every time.” Of 
course the next question was “Flow:” 
“Just as soon us 1 suspect l have a felon 
coming, (you know it feels just, as if there was 
a splinter there, only there isn't any) I cut a 
lemon in two. and put the sore finger into it. 
When the lemon gets hot and slimy, I take 
another piece and keep doing so unt il the felon 
is Cured.” “How loug does it take to euro 
one:” “If you take it in the very beginning, 
it can sometimes be cured iu a uight, but more 
often it takes longer.” “Does the lemon make 
the finger acbof” “Indeed it. does; but it kills 
the felon every time,” 
So sure was she of the good effects of this 
simple remedy 1 thought it worth writing 
down for the readers of the Rural. 
S. E. H. 
M ii ('inn her ’k llaiul Planter,/br Corn, Beam, 
ami Beet Sr til. The tiiotT In the world. Money refund¬ 
ed If It does not prove satisfactory, after a fair trial. 
Agents wanted. Send for circular ami (erttis. 
H. M .Mnconiltcr A Co., MTV*. Adams, Grand 
Isle Co., Vt. Gen'I Agent*: A. <’. Stoddard, North 
Brookfield, Mass.: K. Bruch Mason, Litchfield. Conn,; 
H. M. Smith A Co., Richmond, Va. 
IMPORTERS, GROWERS AND DEALERS IN 
J \V. ADAMS A CO . Springfield, Mass. 
Growers of small rndt plants of extra quality, 
originators of the new 
Springfield Thnrtili-s* Rtiapbcrry, 
described In tin* Rural of April (t. Fine plants Ftv mail 
$1 per dozen: Ji) for *3. 
ALL VARIETIES OF 
Flower, Vegetable and Field Seed 
. , 1 . a *-1 T • . - nn __„1 j , : ... 
Illustrated Catalogue sent F It EK on application. 
"SPECIAL It A TKS to Marker Gardeners ami 
Trucker*.and persons buying lulu r«e uuunti ties. 
The EA It LA A I,BIND POTATO hasmade 
a good record at the N. Y. Experiment Station, 
also at the Rural nrounds. See page 243. If you 
want the Host Early Putuio out be stue and 
try It. Catalogue Tree. 
L. 11. READ, Cabot. Vt. 
Oatalpa Speciosa, 
White Ash, European 
Larch, Pities, Spruces, 
Arbor Vines, etc., etc. 
Catnip* SpteioM Seed. 
Forest and Evergreen 
Seeds. 
R.DOUGLAS & SON, 
Waukegan, III. 
Ladies’ Seed Concern. 
ID choice kinds Flower Seeds. 10 rts_. 75 kinds. 25 
ets.; 12 separate torts, our choice, m cts., .is kin us. 50 
et* ; 75 kinds, fl.lil. KEENE VAI.LKA.N. A'. 
ItK.K It A CRATES or all kinds: made of the best 
material and warranted lo giveauiilstnetlon. Write 
for prices. 1.. p. STEWART, Cobalt, Cl. 
THE FARMER AND PLANTER'S KN 1FF.—FIVE FOR THREE DOLLARS. 
1 ”^' .. *'■' f ' ‘ rtfor»^ U Thtete C our 
M7 pattern, brass 
lined and cheap at 
Si. No better blades 
van be made Strong 
2 blade. Ml cents: 
Colorado stock 
ivtitfe. H blades, $1; 
Hunting Knife, Si 
Pruning, w) cents to 
81, Building, 35 aud 
•Vi cents Graf ling, 
'25 cents; 8-lneu 
CARAMEL CAKE. 
In the recipe given for the above iu tbe 
Rural of March 1!), it should have read one- 
antl-one-half cup of flour instead of one half 
cup. MRS. E. L. WESTON. 
^fhDllllllllL:i 
■L if Uni 
umiuHH 
Is ironing table-cloths make as few folds in 
them as possible if you would have them He 
smooth upon the table. Wide, white, double- 
faced cotton flanuel under a table-cloth dead¬ 
ens souud and greatly improves the appear¬ 
ance of the liueti. 
TT . -, y tvuta. o-Diuu 
family Shears, f7V-cnis:»r >t '-page list free.talso "How to l .-><■ a Razor. 
MAHER A GR08H, 30 S ^t., Toledo. Ohio. 
