of tomatoes for half an hour with a minced 
onion. Thicken the sauce with flour and but¬ 
ter, and season with salt and pepper. 
SCALLOPED OYSTERS. 
This is a new dish under an old name. Beat 
an egg, and add to it a tablespoonful of hot 
water aud a dash of cayenne. Have ready 
also some seasmed breadcrumbs, and dip oys¬ 
ters drained from their liquor, first in the 
1 eaten egg and then in the crumbs. Put a 
layer of oysters in a deep pudding dish, season 
with salt, pepper and minced celery; cover 
with a layer of tiny squares of thin toast; then 
another of oysters, and so continue until the 
dish is full, having the last layer bread. Dot 
with bits of butter and bake for half an hour 
in a moderate oven. Over each layer of bread 
pour a little of the oyster liquor made hot. or 
equal parts of the oyster liquor and milk may 
be used. 
CREAMED COD. 
To one pint of hot mashed potatoes add one 
beaten egg, a gill of milk, and salt and pepper 
to taste; beat with a fork until very light. 
Tear one pound of boneless cod in pieces and 
scald it, put over a slow fire puttiug it on in 
cold water; when it comes to a boil, drain and 
repeat the process; drain again and press until 
dry. Make a sauce with a tablespoonful of 
butter and two level spoonfuls of flour; add 
one pint of hot milk, and when it thickens 
season with pepper and add the fish. Butter 
a pudding dish, and line the bottom and sides 
an inch thick with the mashed potatoes; fill 
with the cod and white sauce; cover with the 
mashed potatoes and bake a nice brown. 
OYSTERS FOR THE SICK ROOM. 
Put half a pint of oysters in a colander, and 
dash over them a third of a cup of cold water. 
Put the liquor and this water in a saucepam 
boil aud ^kim. Put the oysters in another 
saucepan; pour over the liquor and add one 
egg beaten up with half a cup of milk or 
cream. Do not let it boil, but stir until very 
hot and the oysters begin to open their beards 
Sift in a tablespoonful or two of cracker dust, 
and season lightly with salt and pepper. 
RICE DESSERT. 
An excellent and simple dessert may be 
made from rice. Boil a half pound of rice for 
twenty minutes, shaking the pan vigorously 
to prevent burning, but not stirring with a 
spoon, which makes it pasty. When almost 
done, by which time the water must be ab¬ 
sorbed, add a cup of milk, and when that is 
absorbed spread half the rice on a dish that 
can be sent to the table; cover with raspberry 
jam, spread over this the rest of the rice, and 
servo with cream aud sugar. This may be 
eaten cold or hot, and any kind of jam, canned 
fruit drained from the sirup, or preserves 
may be used. palmetto. 
Fifteen drops of rectified carbolic acid to 
a quart of water. For the prevention and 
cure of sore throat. For the former, gargle 
once or twice a week, for the latter three or 
four times a day. Shake the bottle each time 
before using. 
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE MONEY 
QUESTION. 
They had just finished eating dinner one 
April day, when Farmer Jones drew forth his 
pocket-book and passed it to his wife with the 
remark, “There, Mary, I guess I have about 
$20 in there; if you need more than that buys, 
get it, and tell Miles I will be over and pay 
him as soon as I sell the wool.” Then, turn¬ 
ing to his brother-in-law, who was a guest 
that day: “Come, John, we will look to our 
horses, for Mary will soon be ready to go.” 
She was going to the store, and often drove 
over alone. As they went to the barn, they 
passed a small plot which the visitor observed, 
and said, “This is your garden, I suppose;” 
“Yes,” answered Mr. Jones; “Mary’s garden, 
rather, for she and the children work here 
more than I do. You see, she likes this work, 
and she manages to do about all the family 
sewing in the winter, aud in summer she is 
never hurried with that. I expect, though, 
she will get a little yarn, to-day, and a few 
yards of cloth for next winter’s wear, and odd 
minutes in rainy days, and when she sits down 
to rest, she will work it up, and when short 
days come and fall work in the garden is 
waiting, she won’t have a big pile of garments 
to get ready, which we are all in a hurry for.” 
“Well,” said the visitor, “I would about as 
quick give my head to my wife, as to hand 
out my money, and say what you did to Mary. 
Did you always trust her this way?” 
Farmer Jones carefully measured the feed 
for his sleek horses, before he replied : 
“When I married your sister, I put into her 
hands my whole future life, my happiness, the 
making of my home; more yet, I trusted 
her with the formation, to a certain extent, 
of my children’s characters, if we should be 
blessed with children. I trust to her care 
all the food brought into the house, aud the 
material for our clothing. She has charge of 
the beds aud furniture. After I have trusted 
her with so much—some things that money can 
not buy—why should I not trust her with our 
money?” mrs. l. h. niles. 
INFORMATION WANTED. 
W ill A. G. Bisbee supplement his excellent 
article on hydrochloric acid in cooking by 
a little explanation? 
He writes: “add to the batter hydrochloric 
acid in bulk the same as that of soda used 
and futher on, “hydrochloric is a fluid.” Now 
I want to know how much of the fluid to use, 
say, to be equal to a tablespoonful of soda? I 
would also like to know if the article usually 
sold by grocerymen as soda is soda or salera- 
tus, aud if there is any simple test whereby 
one can discriminate? t. m. 
BY NO MEANS. 
I, for one, am not in favor of buying sugar 
and other groceries by the quantity unless the 
household is without help. The average 
hired girl, seeing a quantity of sugar, tea, 
coffee, etc., at her hand, will use a third more 
than if a stated number of pounds were 
bought each week and expected to last the 
week out. mrs. economy. 
-»■»« . 
WINTER SALAD. 
I had a most tasteful salad at the house of 
a country friend lately. I could not under¬ 
stand how, at this season, we could have a 
salad of cucumbers, but learned that they had 
been put down in salt, and freshened in clear 
water. The water should be changed several 
times while soaking, They are then drained 
and mixed with celery, both being chopped 
very fine. You may simply season them with 
pepper and vinegar (salt if necessary), or may 
cover with a regular salad dressing, 
fre«h tongue and baked potatoes. 
An ox tongue makes a delightful dinner dish 
cooked as follows: hither boil it in the soup 
kettle until tender, or put it on with cold 
water, adding a sliced carrot, onion, turnip 
and some celery root. As soon as it boils 
throw in some salt and remove the scum as 
it rises. When tender take it out and remove 
the skin; cut up an onion and a little lemon- 
peel very fine, and brown both in a little but¬ 
ter. Make cuts in the tongue and press some 
of this mixture in them. Lay the toDgue thus 
prepared in a baking-pan with a little of the 
soup stock, or some of the liquor in which it 
was cooked; cover the pan and let it steam 
for a few minutes; remove the cover, add 
a half pint each of cream and the liquor 
in which the meat was boiled, and bake a nice 
bi own, basting frequently. Serve with baked 
potatoes that have been parboiled and 
browned in the pan around the tongue. 
HOUSEKEEPER. 
TWO LEMON PIES. 
Three cups of boiling water, mix two table- 
spoonfuls of corn starch with a little cold 
water and stir into it; add two cupfuls of 
brown sugar, the grated rind of two lemons 
and the juice of four, and the yelks of four 
eggs. Mix all well together. Line your pie 
plates with a short paste, pour the mixture in 
and bake. When done beat the whites of the 
four eggs and a tablespooDful of powdered 
white sugar to a stiff froth, spread over the 
pies and return to the oven until a light 
brown. mrs h. ' 
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AYER’S FIXES are the best. They regu¬ 
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icine. As an after-dinner pill, used by 
thousands. 
Ayer’s Pills, 
Prepared by Dr. -T. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass, 
bold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicine. 
("i, line’s 
elcry 
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The Original. Beware ol Imitations. 
AWARDED HIGHEST PRIZE AND ONLY 
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The Debilitated 
The Aged 
Warranted absolutely purt 
Cocoa, from which the excess of 
Oil has been removed. It has t y 'te 
times the strength of Cocoa mixec 
with Starch, Arrowroot or Sugar 
and is therefore far more econonfi 
ca costing less than one cent c 
cuy It is delicious, nourishing 
strengthening, easily digested, an< 
admirably adapted for invalids at 
well as for persons in health. 
Sold by Grocers eve rywhere. 
f. BAKER St CO., Dorclester, Mass. 
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for it.'’ 20 Years Established. OvereO Large 
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ROSE GROWERS, West Grove, Chester Co., Pa 
POTATOES— Sunlit Star (Best Extra Early), §5 pr 
bbl.: 10 novelties for 88 cts.; over tOOother kinds. Beau 
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cts. Catlg.free. Goo.A .Boniicll, Waterloo,??.Y. 
10 varletie O CHOICE FLO VVER SEEDS 10c. 
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D RATPUCI flD’C lamems Grass Seed 
• DHIbnCLUn O MixturesforMeadow, 
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Address I). BATCHELOR. Utica. N. Y. 
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Highest Award New Orleans Exposition. 
PEACH TREES 
OUR SPECIALTY. 
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Will exchange large lots of trees for Live Stock or 
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WANTED. Everybod V to try our magnificent- 
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F. E. FASSETT *fc BRO., Ashtabula, Ohio. 
B AUCfr PURE RAW BONE MEAL. ai«<T 
COK PHOSPHATE 
Send for Price:;, Samples and nil Informal Ion 
^ BAUGH * SONS CO . Mfrs.. Pl.l ml. 
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YORK CHEMICAL WORKS, York, Pa. 
$100 tO $300 A WONTH can be made 
THE DANA 
CENTRIFUGAL-GOVERNOR 
WINDMILL 
Is the best working and most powerful Wind 
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For Descriptive Circulars apply to 
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(T 
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AS A DIURETIC, It Regulates the Kid¬ 
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Recommended by professional and businessmen. 
Price $i. DO. Sold by druggists. Send for circulars. 
WELLS RICHARDSON & CO., Proprietors 
BURLINGTON, VT. 
G0L» MEDAL, PARIS, 1878, 
BAKERS 
If your dealer does not keep the “MACOMBER h a viT 
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Money refunded. If It does not suit * K onc ‘ 
s - M. MACOMBER, Adams, Vt. 
null! grinder 
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’ PerfectMowing 
Machine Knife 
Grinder, 
15000 
Machines In actual 
use testifying to its 
merits. 
Can be carried into the field and attached to Mowing 
Machine Wheel. Send for new Descriptive Catalogue. 
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Successors to R. H. Allen & ( o., 189 Water St.. N. Y. 
ECLIPSE 
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Tho Greatest LABOR-SAVING tool eve, 
Invented tor digging holes in the ground. Thii 
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from TWO to THREE HUNDRED holei 
two feet deep in one dav. 2d. That it will dig 
hole* any SIZE or DEPTH required, and 
will work successfully in VERY HARD ot 
ROUGH ground where other diggers and 
augers will not work at all. 8d. You stand up 
straight whilo using it, consequently no baok- 
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. for descriptive circular and prices to P. j. 
I COLE A CO., Successors to Cole & Fleming, 
P) SPRINGFIELD. OHIO. 
AND 
CLAY CRUSHERS. 
VORLI 
Addrfess _ 
J.W.PFN FIELD 
& SON. Willoughby, 0. 
Superior 
^La-ND YU^ "Write for^ 
C IRCULARS 
p*U.. Gchjverneur 
J4ACH.O' 
Gquverneur.n.v 
Ileal <$0tat*. 
FARM FOR SALE. 
drained, under thorough cultivation. Carrie’s at pre’- 
sent 200 head Cattle and Horses- New Dwelling 
House, Farm House, well-designed Barns and Stables 
r /. ucfc J,£P a Y f 1111 particulars apply to 
LEWIS II. STANTON, Morris, Minnesota. 
FOR, SALE— Eight Hundred and Forty Acres of 
Land in one tract-forty miles from Petersburg Vir¬ 
ginia. and 15 miles from R. Road. One half land clear¬ 
ed, balance heavily wooded. Soil adapted to growth 
of wheat, tobacco and corn Fine grazing land and 
most excellent ranges for stock. Well watered-two 
unfailing streams running through the farm and one 
skirting Its boundry. Improvements—large dwellings 
10 rooms, outhouses, and offices, etc . etc. Fruit abun¬ 
dant, location exceedingly healthy, mill and churches 
convenient and society unexceptionable, dame plen¬ 
tiful-deer, turkey, quail, etc Land to be sold to 
settle up an estate. Maybe bought for one-half Its 
value. Address.INO. H. LEWIS, Executor, care 
Dr. Jno. II. Cl airborne, Petcruburg, 
, . , FOU It FA RMS F() R. SA I.E 
In A lb ii rg, Vt., of 70, 120, 124, 160 acres; near Lake 
Champlain; store, post office, school, shop and C. Vt 
R, R, Good buildings, orchards, wells Free from 
rocks, very level. Seven eighths can bo plowed. Very 
productive. In fact, with good management thev can 
pay far themselves. Will sell separately. Terms 
very easy and price low. 
Write G. W. SABRE, Providence, It. I. 
Apply on premises to P. M. SA BRE. 
All Wanting Farms. 
Good land for Fruit. Grapes, Peaches, Vegetables, 
Poultry, Grain and Tobacco; 80 miles South of Phila¬ 
delphia, on a line with Baltimore, Md. Best of Mar¬ 
kets, Mild Climate, Healthy, no Malaria. Wild Land, 
*25 per acre. Town Lots, *150. Easy terms. Also Im¬ 
proved Farms. Prosperous business place. Better 
than the cold Northwest. For circulars, etc., address 
C. K. LANDIS. Proprietor, Vineland. N. .1. 
WANTED.— To lease or buy, partly improved 
New York State farm of 50 to 75 acres, with running 
water,- railroads and schools accessible. House aud 
farm buildings In good order. State full particulars 
and price. “FARMER,” 2311^ Mi 
..I neon St., 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
- ""‘muk ‘v‘ us. agents pre- 
ferredjwho can furnish their own horses and give their 
whole.tlme to the business. Spare moments may bo 
profitably employed also.A few vacancies In towns and 
cities. B. F. Johnson & Co., 100!) Main st., Richmond, Va, 
MILK DAIRY 
AND 
TRUCK BUSINESS 
For Sale. Farm, 60 acres. Fruit plenty: spring and 
well water. Crops planted. Healthy place, 3 miles 
from Atlanta, Ga. For further information address 
PH. WAGNER & < O., 
588 College Place, New York City, j 
