1887 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
side the kitchen firo. No bird’s flight can fol¬ 
low their swift moving, and so the autumn 
days come on, and the wheat is garnered and 
the apples are ripening their ruby and gold. 
The winds are blowing them down, ami all 
hands are busy with attempts to secure them, 
before frost comes, in this cold climate. It is 
a pleasant harvesting, and has a rare charm 
that comes to us only at the apple picking, 
these bright autumn days. 
And so once more the change of seasons is 
upon ns. And the house must bo renovated, 
everything of summer wear put away, and 
the winter garments looked over ready for 
tbe first, frosty day, when we must 
“ Open the camphor I rank 
Auil bring the mittens down.” 
It is a blessed knowledge that all this, as with 
everything else, is only “day by day”—I 
think it is John Newton who compares man’s 
duties to a fagot—with ono stiek for each 
day’s burden. Hut the trouble is we wautto 
add to-morrow’s and yesterday's and next 
week’s sticks to the burden of to-day, so that 
we sink beneath the weight of borrowed 
troubles. Bo with the daily work: we must 
try to keep in mind the laet, that it will not 
come all at once, but only a little at a time. 
A hot summer like the last has been, is 
likely to leave one with feelings of depres¬ 
sion and tiredness that are not easy to dispel. 
It is the reaction, and mainly the result of the 
strain on our physical powers while the ther¬ 
mometer was ranging in the nineties. Hut the 
bracing autumn weather is a .sure tonic it one 
remembers to put on flannels soon enough to 
guard against, colds, aud to wear good protec¬ 
tion for the feet. If one can go through the 
autumn in good health there is better chance 
of winter finding us iu good health, and 
strength. 
CHRISTMAS GIFTS. 
MAY MAPLE. 
“ Will you excuse me if I get my work?” 
said a friend the other day, very soon after 
she hail laid off her wraps. And presently an 
unfinished roll of beautiful lace was exhibited 
aud the nimble fingers were plying the cro¬ 
chet-hook with an energy that, meant busi¬ 
ness. 
“ I do this at odd times when I caunot do 
other work to advantage," said L-. 
“Last winter I wanted to make so many 
Christmas gifts, and I found my time so lim¬ 
ited that it was impossible to get them all 
finished, and some had to he purchased for the 
occasion. Unless one has a well-filled purse 
—which I did not have—the gifts must he 
cheap or trifling,while the gil ts made by one’s- 
self speak of kindly feelings, and talk to 
the recipient iu a silent hut loving way. This 
wide lace will trim an apron handsomely, and 
I’ll get, some nice material and make it for N. 
One for Frankie 1 will trim with insertion and 
edgiug. You see I have commenced early in 
the season, and by watchful care of the min¬ 
utes t can make a good many yards between 
this and Christmas. And then there are pretty 
shelf valances and stocking-hags and sboppimr- 
bugs, aud rural pieture-frame-s, fancy mittens 
and hoods, and a host of useful things. 1 sel¬ 
dom bestow things that are ornamental alone. 
Things that are useful are more really tokeus 
of remembrance, aud I want, my relatives and 
friends to think of me often, and 1 am sure 
they will if I make myself useful to them." 
Ah! what could she not accomplish in the 
otherwise wash’d moments. Ami if she could 
accomplish so much for dear Love’s sake, 
ought not. others to accomplish as much for 
sweet Charity’s sake? How many useful 
garments might he made during those bright, 
autumn days for the poor little forlornites 
that grace our pathway from dewy morning 
till stuny night, just by using the minutes 
that are idly spent in toying with the pretty 
circlets adorning the hands or iu day dreams 
that build airy castles which never give shel¬ 
ter even to a storm-tossed sparrow. Are we 
accountable for time thus lost? Will we see 
when too late tlmt the precious jewels are lost 
from our crowns? 
PRESERVING SWEET CORN FOR WIN¬ 
TER USE. 
I DO not think it economy for the average 
housekeeper to try mid preserve her surplus 
stock of sweet corn for winter use. I have 
never eaten auy preserved by packing in jars 
with alternate layers of salt, that was not 
tasteless, as must necessarily he the euse from 
much soaking in several waters to freshen. 
Drying et ru, unless one has a drier, is tiresome 
aud consumes .much time, and the results m e 
not satisfactory enough to moke the method 
feasible. As for canning, if you are the wife 
of a tin-smith and do not faro like the proverb¬ 
ial shoemaker's wife, you can have your corn 
preserved in true factory style and revel in 
tender sweet corn out of st ason. Hut to loss 
favored wives 1 would say “Don’t;" for such, 
real economy according to my notion lies in 
going without or in buying, mrs. economy. 
OYSTERS TO ORDER. 
‘ ‘ Oysters are very fine this season Ma’am,” 
said a dealer of bivalves to the writer, and 
we were of the same mind after eating our 
first stew the third week in September. 
It was cooked as follows: Drain the liquor 
from the oysters, and put over the fire with 
half as much water, and popper and salt to 
season. Let boil up, skim, put in the oysters, 
heat slowly and as soon as they “ruffle” 
which will he in three or four minutes after 
they begin to simmer, turn into a tureen, ad¬ 
ding a large spoonful of butter. Have in 
another vessel as much hot milk as you had 
oyster liquor and turn into the soup. Cover 
and send to table at once. Berve with crackers; 
sliced lemon and tomato catsup And favor as 
an accompaniment with some. 
fried oysters. 
These are very delicious aud rich, hut are 
not for children or dyspeptics. Ruy large 
oysters. Drain from the liquor and lay upon 
a clean cloth. Have ready beaten egg in one 
dish and ciacker dust, peppered and salted, in 
another. Use good butter only for frying 
oysters and a liberal quantity. Dip each 
oyster first iu the egg and then in the cracker. 
When one has small oysters the size may ho 
increased by a second dipping in egg and 
cracker. Hnve the butter hot—careful not 
to burn—drop iu the oyster and fry quickly 
to a light brown. They are much nicer if 
you have been liberal enough with the butter 
to have it cover them, so that they will brown 
on top without turning. 
oyster fritters. 
Make a batter of a cup of oyster liquor, oue 
cup of milk, three beaten eggs, salt, pepper, a 
teaspoonful of baking powder and flour for a 
thin batter. Add to this batter 50 chopped 
oysters,and drop by the spoonful into-hot but¬ 
ter and beef drippings. Try a spoonful first 
to see if the grease be hot euough aud the bat¬ 
ter of the right consistency. Cook quickly 
and serve at once. 
BROILED OYSTERS. 
For cookiug in tills way you must be pro¬ 
vided with a tine wire oyster broiler. Choose 
large, plump oysters, wipe them dry, pepper 
and salt and place on the buttered broiler. 
Cook quickly upon both sides aud serve upon 
a hot dish Rut a small piece of butter on top 
of each. You may serve upon squares of 
toast. Heat, season and skim the liquor you 
drained from the oysters, dip the toast Into 
this and place two or three oysters upon each 
square. 
SCALLOPED OYSTERS. 
on the upper grating in a hot oven until the 
top “sets.” Take out at once, fold one-half 
over the other and turn onto a hot dish. 
OYSTER PATlCS. 
Put a quart of oysters with just enough li¬ 
quor to cover them, on the stove, with salt, 
pepper, butter and three spoonfuls of sweet 
cream. When just boiling thicken slightly 
with a very little corn-starch. Have ready 
some small round tins, lined with good pie- 
paste—the paste should extend over the edges 
of the tins slightly. Put into a quick oven 
aud lightly brown. Remove, fill two-thirds 
with the oyster mixture, cover with a circular 
piece of paste and return to the oven until this 
is cooked. Serve at once in the tins. 
THE USE OF BAKING POWDER AND SODA. 
While making an unusually early morning 
call, with some friends who were waiting for 
the stage, the topic of conversation turned, 
not upon the inefficient servant girl; hut up¬ 
on cooking with baking powder, soda and 
sour milk. The ladies were all home keepers, 
and of course good cooks. But there was a 
vast difference in their opinions about the use 
of bakiug powders. I had probably the least 
experience with the article. A day or two 
previous I had eaten some delicious biscuit at 
the table of a friend, and when I had asked for 
the recipe, she had replied that they were bak¬ 
ing powder biscuits. But she had used more 
than the rule called for, us she did not think 
the quantity prescribed was enough to insure 
the best results—three heaping teaspoon fills 
to a quart of sifted flour, and three table- 
spoonfuls of “shortening.” 
Mrs. L. thought half of that quantity of 
baking powder would have been better. Mrs. 
M. thought the recipes always called for as 
much again as was needed for cake, which 
made it too light, and it would be full of 
holes, and in her opinion that is what made 
so much cake dry aud tasteless. Mrs. H. 
thought too much soda spoiled a great deal 
of food, and that, it made a good deal of differ¬ 
ence how it was put in the flour. Her “help” 
always sifted it through the flour twice, thus 
getting it thoroughly incorporated with the 
flour before any wetting was put iu, and she 
used just a rounding, not heaping, teaspoon¬ 
ful of soda, to two cups of sour milk aud one 
cup of sour cream, with flour to make a soft 
dough to he rolled out and baked in a quick 
oven. Her biscuit could not well he beaten. 
may maple. 
Pi.offUancou.si §Uverti$ing, 
Have You Heard 
Another rich dish, not for babies or dyspep¬ 
tics. Roll fine a quantity of butter crackers, 
the brand known as “ Old-fashioned.” Put a 
layer of the crackers in a buttered pudding- 
dish. Just moisten the crackers with a mix¬ 
ture of oyster liquor and milk, and cover with 
a layer of oysters seasoned with pepper, salt 
aud butter. Cover with another layer of 
moistened cracker, theu oysters aud crackers 
on top. The top layer should be thicker than 
the rest, made more moist and dotted with 
bits of butter. Cover mid bake iu a well- 
heated oveu one half hour. Then remove 
cover, sot upon upper grating and brown. 
PANNED OYSTERS. 
Put 50 medium-sized oysters over the fire in 
their own liquor only. Whuu they boil up 
add a tnblespoouful of butter, the same of 
cracker dust, salt ami pepper to taste aud a 
teaspoonful of lemon juice or stroug vinegar. 
Cook two minutes longer aud pour over 
squares of nicely-browned toast. 
PICKLED OYSTERS. 
Put 100 large oysters and liquor over the 
firo, salt and just let come to a boil; draw to 
the hack of the range, skim off the top ami 
theu lake out. the oysters with the skimmer 
aud set aside in an oarthem dish to cool. To 
the liquor in tbe kettle add a pint of vinegar, 
a red pepper broken into pieces (rejecting the 
seeds), and whole cinnamon, cloves and pep¬ 
per to your liking. Boil up and pour hot over 
the cold oysters. Cover aud set in a cool 
place. If they are to he kept longer than two 
or three days, put into cans, screw down the 
tops aud keep in a cold, dark place. They will 
keep two weeks iu this way in cold weather. 
OYSTER OMELET. 
For uu omelet of six eggs you will require 
15 oysters, have the oysters chopped very Hue. 
Beat the yelks ami whites of the eggs separate¬ 
ly. Have oue spoonful of butter in a round 
tin pan ou back ot range. 
To the beaten yelks add a small cup of milk, 
season with salt and pepper, theu add the 
chopped oysters, whipping up well, then stir 
in the beaten whiles with u few light strokes. 
Have the butter in the pan as hot as you can 
without burning, turn in the mixture and as 
soon as it begins to harden on the bottom put 
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George W. Dick, of Newton, Mass., 
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cold, which, being neglected, was fol¬ 
lowed by 
A Terrible Cough. 
I lost flesh rapidly, had night sweats, 
and was soon confined to my bed. A 
friend advised the use «»f Ayer’s Cherry 
Pectoral. 1 began to take this medicine 
and, before finishing the first bottle, was 
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