ANO OTHER SMALL. FRUITS 
F.R.PIERSON TARRYTOWN N.Y. 
SMALL FRUTTR 
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS 
well, and tried to have John either make a cup¬ 
board or partition oIT a pantry. But he had no 
boards. And he Is like most other men—he has 
but little time, and is still less disposed to tlx up 
nouse conveniences. “ M rs, L. got along with those 
shelves; why can’t y ou ?” 
1 am silenced, for there Is no use or having a Avar 
or words. “ But ‘ where there's a will there’s a 
way,’ and m manage some way to have a differ¬ 
ent arrangement ror my dishes and victuals," was 
what 7 observed to myself, as I spread papers here 
and cloths there to keep out the dust that. Is always 
flying about. 
The other day I called on Mrs. Gordon; while 
t here I noticed a couple of dry goods boxes In the 
yard, which had the appearance of standing empty 
a long time. At once 1 “struck up ” a bargain ror 
them. Mrs. Gordon had a large family of children, 
and of course plenty ol work to do, but not much 
means to hire work done. Now tve could both be 
accommodated. 1 Avould sew for her, and receive 
those boxes for pay. As Mr. Gordon was going by 
our house that day he Avould take them along and 
leave them In the yard. After cutting and iltttng 
some work 1 turned my steps homeward, deter¬ 
mined to surprise John when ho came home from 
his Avork at night . 
The first thing to be. done was to thoroughly 
cleanse the boxes; and then hammer, nails and 
saw Avere sought and easily round, tor John likes 
to keep his tools Avliere he can find them readily. 
Fortune favored me, for there was a pile or u shake ” 
(short boards, riven rrom elm logs, about two and 
a hair feet In length, used for roofing Instead of 
shingle, and sometimes It Ls used for siding by 
pioneers,) out by the fence, just, long enough for 
shelves to put into my boxes; so I had only to nail 
in a few cleats for the shelves to rest upon. The 
old shelf boards were taken down and used for cas¬ 
ings and doors; some bits of leather answered for 
hinges; the little box was put upon the larger one, 
for they were not of the same width, though as 
they stood now they were alike In length; some 
papers put upon the deep shelves, the dishes placed 
in clusters upon them, and behold a snug cupboard, 
which reached almost from floor to celling; and 
Avhen the doors Avere all closed, but little If any 
dust would find Its way inside, in the absence of 
paint., newspapers were pasted on the outside, cor¬ 
responding Avltli the Avails or the room. 
"Pretty well done,” said John, as he examined 
my handiwork, when lie came In lor supper. 
“ What a pity it is I'm not oble to get you a set or 
carpenter s tools.” 
Tried Mush. 
Cold mush sliced thin and fried In a* little hot 
lard makes a delicious breakfast relish, and when 
eaten -with molasses, or, bettor still, maple sirup, 
It makes a most palatable desert. Mrs. w. 
Iowa. 
Stew, j&eedtf, Plante, &c 
Ten Packets for 25o. Rural New-Yorker with 
Extra Premium for * 2 . Also Rabbits, etc. Send 
Postal for Circular. 
ONE OF THE FOOLISH WOMEN 
Oorn Bread- 
Three beaten eggs; one quart of good sour milk; 
two tablespoonfuls of melted butter; one table¬ 
spoonful of sugar; one teaspoonful of salt; a 
handful of flour and enough sifted corn-meal to 
make a thick batter; the last thing stir in a heap¬ 
ing teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a little water. 
Stir briskly and bake in a dripping-pan. 
Ohio. Mrs. L. M. W. 
TUISCO GREINER, Naples, N. Y 
ADELINE K. STORY 
■“ Whatever Is worth doing at all, Is Avortli do¬ 
ing well,” Is a proverb which many houseAvives 
Improve upon after this fashion: “It lt’sAvorth 
Avliile to do a thing, do It, and be quick about It.” 
“ Now for It!" says Mrs, Dash, as she gets up 
from the table before the others arc hall' done their 
breakfasts. “ I’ve got to • pitch In’ to-day, if ever 
I did. I never should get anything done ir I was 
as slow as some folks.” 
There is a scattering from the table. Ding- 
dlng-dlngle. Swi-i-sh! Clat-clat-clat-ter! the dishes 
are done. Next, Mrs. Dash flies over the floors hi 
a sort of frenzy that Avould he alarming, were It 
not so dotnestie. The dust flies—chairs dance 
around and against one another. The cat scam¬ 
pers out at the door, and the dog goes after her. 
The broom swings ou Us nail In the coi ner, and the 
house is swept. 
What next? The bads!—the chambers to be 
put to rights ’ Mis. Dash goes up stall's as though 
an evil spirit were chasing her, and before you 
have had lime to more than Avonder how many 
beds there are to make, and hots- many rooms to 
be righted, dowu she comes again, tAvo stops at a 
time, you verily believe. Finding the dust set¬ 
tled she seizes the duster, and whisk!—the fur¬ 
niture Is as bright as in • w. Now with a plunge she 
Is out of sight again. Tills time It Is down slabs, 
instead of up. You speculate for a tew minutes as 
•to what she is doing in the cellar, and she is before 
you. She has skimmed the milk, worked over and 
packed yesterday’s butter, and given the cellar a 
thorough straightening up. She looks tired and a 
bit flurried, you think. Wen, perhaps she does, 
but you little know the woman, or her Avay of 
“ pitching in,” n you imagine she is going to flag 
In the least. You take an easy chair -‘-.to think her 
over,” and while you are undecided Avliether this 
Is one of the “ smartest ” Avomen in the world, or 
the “ biggest fool,” she bounds into the room, 
throws herself into the nearest chair for just ono- 
lialf minute, and as she fans her flushed and 
sweattCovcied face with Whatever she can first lay 
hands on, a hat, a newspaper, or her apron, she 
tells you that she has “ mopped the kitchen floor, 
blacked the stove, swept the hack yard, made a 
cake for tea and a pie for dinner, canned several 
quarts of bull,, and washed the Avindows.” ller 
hair needs combing, but she hasn’t time for that 
now ; so by way ul compromise she takes out the 
plus aud glutkes it out. Then twisting it Into a 
knot again, she looks at the clock aud exclaims:— 
“ A ay hole half-a-days AVork done lutwo hours aud 
.a-half I That’s Avliat 1 call ‘ pitching in.’ ” And 
before you have time to utter a word of protest 
against. Avliat you regard as a most wicked waste 
of the vital forces, she Is off like a flash to attend 
to other things. 
Mrs. Dash’s clothes are always clean and whole; 
beyond that, she pays very little attention to her 
personal appearance. Collars aud cuffs she Avears 
only on Sundays or when she “fixes up” to go 
a villi Mr. Dash to lOAvn to “do her trading." She 
has no time to bother with collars, and as for the 
cuffs, she couldn’t wear them If she would, for her 
sleeves, even Avhon she sits dOAvn to her meals, are 
always rolled clbOAv high. 
Mrs. Dash’s cliildren go to school with faces shin¬ 
ing with soap-suds and dresses starched uncom¬ 
fortably stiff. If their hair is braided so tight it 
hurts them to AVink, so much the better; they will 
he less likely to go to sleep over their lessons. At 
noon they eat mince pie and calces soggy with rich¬ 
ness till not an idea, original or otherwise, cun enter 
their heads, for Mrs. Dash Is determined that her 
. children shall have enough to cat. At. night the 
little wretches go home to a hot supper, after 
Avhlch they romp outside “out of the mother’s 
way ” till bed-lime, when they are pitched into bed 
two at a time, and left to their slumbers or the 
nightmare. 
When Yfrs. Dash has tvorn herself out and dies— 
which wilt be before she is forty—her successor 
will find the house “chock full,’’ from garret to cel- 
.lar, of things lor her comfort, and that Is the only 
.comforting thought, to be had In connection Avltli 
lher. 
HOVEY & CO.’S (Boston). 
CATALOGUE 
of Select Garden and Flower Seeds, 
including Noveltiesand New A’arletleB, Bent free. 
Seeds sent by mail to all parte of the U. S. aud 
Canada, and guaranteed to reach purchasers. 
Established.fnr tu years. IIOVKY & CO., 
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leave a verb In the Imperfect tense. 
a. A city of Morocco, and leave a French nega¬ 
tive. 
3. Part of the Great. Desert, and leave part of 
“ diamond cut diamond.” 
4. Mountains of Fezzan, and leave behind. 
a. A city of Mozambique, and leave a large body 
of water. 
o. A riA’er of Soudan, and leave a pronoun. 
7. A river of Soudan, and leave a mode ol en¬ 
trance. 
s. Mountains of Liberia, and leave corpulence. 
9. A lake of Thibet, and leave a head. 
in. A river of France, and leave the god of poesy. 
11. A river of Bavaria, and leave a city of C hina, 
12. A river of Austria, and leave a preposition. 
13. A river of Turkey, and leave a noise. 
14. A river of Fiance, aud leave a color. 
15. A city of Spain, aud leave an adverb. 
10. A city of Spain, and leave (lie abbreviation. 
17. A cape of Spain, and leave a negative. 
is. A cape of Spain, and leave companions. 
fit. A river of England, and leave an auction. 
20 . A river of Ireland, arid leave a title. 
21. One of the Chanuel Isles, and leave seAvtng, 
22. A river ol Scotland, and leave to look. 
23. An island near Scotland, and leave a girl’s 
name. 
24. One of the Orkney Isles, and leave a city of 
Arabia. 
23. A river of Scotland, and leave a river of En¬ 
gland. 
ti’ - Answer In two weeks. Little One. 
Shaker’s Carden Seeds. 
True nud Genuine. Fresh am! Reliable. 
One of the oldest seed Arms In the country. Seeds 
sent by mail, postage freo. Special prices and terms 
lo Granocrs. 
“The excellence of Die Bbakers' Garden Seeds is 
generally admitted.”—Erie. Am, Agriculturist. 
Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Vegetable 
d Flower Seeds Free. 
Address CHARLES SIZER, 
Mount Lebanon, Uol. Co., N. Y. 
KOEBRY&To 
tains 2 colored plated 
about 10Q j A,;e«, uu.l full »to 
prices ati-1 direction* for pluming over 1 200 ^ ^ 
varieties or VecctaWe aod .Flower Seeds, Flint*, TCoaea, Etc. 
Invaluable In Ail. Setui for it. A'Hreil 
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DOMESTIC RECIPES 
Com Meal Gruel. 
Take a pint of meal, pour over a quart of water, 
stir up, settle a moment and pour off; repeat three 
times; then pour over the washed meal about 
three quarts of cold water and let boil very slowly 
for two or three hours; thin with milk or cream 
and season with a little salt. 
Johnny Cake. 
One cup ol sweet milk; one egg; six table spoon¬ 
fuls of corn meal; three tahlespoonruls of flour; 
three tablespoonfuls of bugar; a little salt and two- 
thirds of a teaspoon! ul of soda and one of cream-of- 
tartur. _ Mrs. J. 11. s. 
Corn Meal Padding. 
Hcald one quart of sweet milk, and while boiling 
stir In corn meal u 11 Ul of the consistency of pan¬ 
cake batter; take from the fire and stir hi four 
well beaten eggs; one cup of sugar, and nutmeg to 
suit the taste; pour Into a pudding dish and bake 
in a moderate oven two hours; serve with u hard 
or liquid sauce. 
C/acbed Corn or Samp. 
This is a dish which my family relish with meat 
and gravy, aud one which ought to he found often- 
ei upon the farmei's’ table. Wash, and put to boll 
with five or six times its measure of water, and let 
cook slowly for several hours until perfectly ten¬ 
der ; season with butter, pepper and salt, 
Mrs. W. H. Y. 
PUZZLER ANSWERS.-Feb. 22 
Geographical Acrostic.— Williamsburg. 
Cross-woud Enioma.— Calvert and Carroll 
Diamond Puzzle'— 
Also Trees, Small Fruits, ere. Wholesale 
rates very low to Nuraeiymen. Dealers and large 
Planters. Send stamp for Descriptive 7.1st. Price 
List Free. T. S. HUBBARD. Fredonta, N.Y. 
Triple Acrostic. 
finals. Date. 
Priiuals, Lime; centrals. Pear 
NEW WORKS by Conrad Wilson. 
1. Chemical Par mi.no (already published), mailed at 
25 et 8 ,; in doth, 30 cts. 
2. A Sew and Original CHART, adapted to Corn-Cult¬ 
ure, mailed ut 25 cts. 
3. .1 Se w aud Original CHART, adapted to the Wheat 
crop, mailed at 25 cts, 
•t. A Srai and Orioinut CHART, adapted to Potato 
Culture, mailed at 25 chi. 
Those Chart- will eaable the farmer to determine the 
elements needed by his soil, aud to apply the Right 
plant-food, whether manures or fertilizers, or both. 
With these the farmer can test tile actual value of uu v 
fertilizing theory, and discover the true way to get 
nitrogen at a cost that is always safe and save to p»\. 
These Chuns arc nearly ready ror deliver). aud with 
each we will mail one or more BLASE Forms, to aid in 
varying the method, at 10 cts. each. 
EWExtra Inducements. -We willsoud the 8 Charts 
to one order for 80 cts. The same, with a Wank Farm 
to each, 30 cts. The whole, with Chemical Farming, for 
$1. FARMERS PirULISHCNG CO.. 
[Box 2093.J 101 Duane St.. New Volk. 
Illustrated Price List and Directions for ' 
Culture mailed on application. 
Special • ■ eaters and buyers, 
MARKET GARDENERS! 
Buy Fresh Seeds of the Qiotcer, 
BE THE FIRST IN MARKET 
And you will COIN MONEY. 
Garden Manual and Price List for 1879 sent free. 
Address .J. B. ROOT, Rockford, Ills. 
Corn Meal Fancakes. 
Sift one pint of corn meal and pour over boiling 
milk until a little thinner than mush. When cool 
add the beaten yelks of tour eggs, half a cup of 
flour and a little salt; add milk enough to make 
the hatter suitable to bake, and last stir In the 
beaten whites ana three teaspoonfaLs of baking 
powder mixed with a trifle of flour. Mrs. o. m. 
Auburn. 
®xu$, Ijes, ^lautis:, &c 
18 pages. Ycr 
applicants. Au 
instructive. HIKE TO Al.I. 
Iresa PU RDY of Palmyra, N. Y. 
Waushakum Seed Corn 
PAMPAS RICE, ~ 
oz.. 160. . [.Ut too.. KENNEY’S 7 AMBER SU¬ 
GAR CANE, per quart. tiuc.: pint. Hoc.: pkt., luc. 
PEARL MILLET, per lb.,*l; y, lk. ; oz,. 16c.; 
pat.. I0o. <lll IMS. per quart, vsc.; pint, 40c.; oz., 
•5c.; pkt., DIO- For 25 cts. we send (J nkt-e. CHOICE 
FLOWER SERII. Ali prepaid. Iltiwt’d Harden 
Guide and Uitlnloirne nf 38 pages describing 600 vu■ 
viol los. mi/ yr... id, I re*;, C'OI.E A. ItltO., Seeds¬ 
men, Pella, Iowa. 
A medium-sized, eight-rowed, yellow field com, of 
good habit of grow lit. and prop tie. Average cron, Vo 80 
bushels : exceptional acre, 186 bushels shelled corn. 
The Iields from which our Heed Corn Is selected are 
those w herein the barren stalks have been removed no- 
lore blossoming. Thus this seed is thoroughbred. $1 
a peok; ;{: l a bushel; doJhei'edat Station in strong bugs. 
Also, Pure and Genuine Christiana Melon Seed. 25 
cents a packet, by mail. fSTURTEVA VI DilOK.. 
So. Framingham, Mass. 
LOG-CABIN SKETCHES; OR, JESSIE SEA- 
BRIGHT’S DIARY.—No. 2. 
Corn Meal Pudding with Fruit. 
Three pints of new milk; one heaping cup or corn 
meal, and one even cup of flour ; tour beaten eggs; 
one cup of white sugar; two tublespoonfuls of 
melted butter; one-half pound of raisins cut and 
seeded; one teaapoonful each of salt and cinna¬ 
mon; three teaspooululs of baking powder sifted 
with the flour. Scald the milk aud stir In the meal 
then add the sugar, beaten eggs, butter, spice aud 
fruit, well dredged with flour. When well mixed 
sift in the flour and beat fast for two minutes. 
Bake la a buttered dlsli hi a well-heated oven. It 
will be done In from forty-live minutes to an hour. 
Should It brown too fast cover with paper. Rat as 
soon as done with creamed butter and sugar. 
Corn Muflius. 
Sli t together one cup of corn meal aud two of 
flour; cream; one-half toucupful of broken butter; 
beat three eggs, yelks and whites separately; turn 
the butter, eggs and one teacupful of sugar Into 
the center of the flour and meal; beat, to a hatter 
In the center and then add two cups of rich, sour 
milk, Into which 1 % teaspoonful of soda has Just 
been dissolved: add a teaspoonful of salt and beat 
quickly until smooth and light. Bake In hot muf¬ 
fin-rings or gem-pans In a quick oven. Mart 15. 
MAY MAI'LE. 
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ft I [i[l]j U Strawberry Plants, 
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PLANTS,“ FIRST PRIZE" BLACKBERRY PLANTS, 
Currauts, i s ousel terries, i- now ratalv. Ail the new 
varieties. ;n Prizes awarded to E. P. Roe’s small fruits 
iu 1878. “Like fruits,Like plants." Catalogue free to 
all. Address 
E. P. ROE, Corawall-on-Hudsoii, N. Y. 
Nov. 20, 18 —. I have at last persuaded John to 
saw out the logs and set the window sashes lower; 
so I can look out upon the really beautiful scenery 
about our cabin home, while seated at my work. 
The upper part of the window lie boarded up with 
some elm “shake." a couple of sheets, ripped 
apart half way, make long curtains, and when 
looped back each side of the tiny window, hide the 
place of the vacant sash and yet admit all the 
light. The grimy old walls I nave covered with 
tresh clean newspaper; also the celling overhead; 
It was hard work, but now It Is done, it pays well. 
The room looks clean and cheerful. And l can’t 
lielp feeling that I have walked out of a prison cell 
into a sanctuary. I had almost forgotten to say 
that iny light wail paper Is bordered with ever¬ 
greens. The little cedar swamp north of the house 
Is a mine of wealth for beautiful bordertngs. I 
basted the little twigs cm strips of coarse brown 
paper and then taelced the strips firmly to the 
wall; not rorgettlrig to nail a strip over the top o 
each window curtain and another over the door 
They will keep bright a long time; and one whe 
has not seen a room trimmed In this way can 
scarcely imagine how beautiful it appeal's. 
There were shelves tor the dishes In one corner 
near the stove, put up, I suppose, by our prede¬ 
cessor, But I did not like the arrangement very 
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io carnations.*• 
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10 Curt-;:-in Hindu'*... a “ 
Kislif beautiful Fvcr-liloomiiiK Roses 
ready for immediate flowering, sent post¬ 
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2/i varieties of Choicest Flower Seeds, 
sent post paid, by mall, on receipt of $ 1 . 
Splendidly Illustrated Catalogue ot 
Flowers and V egetable seeds and Plants for 
a 3-cent stamp. 
Special Price l,Ut to .Market Gardeners 
free. 
Wholesale Catalogue to dealers, on ap¬ 
plication. Address 
BENJ. A. ELLIOTT &■ CO., 
114 Market St., Pittsburgh, Ptl. 
26th rear. J 5 Or 
ST0RRS, HARRISON 
& C0.,Paine9vi lie, Ohio 
N ew life-intense scarlet, striped 
wlqti;; In'. Denny- almost n blue Other now Ge¬ 
raniums and Novelties. Now Grape, " Moore’s Early,' 
lino, Dlserlptivo Catalogue and Ainatijur's Luw mail¬ 
ing-list, Free. ELLIS BROS., Keene, N, H. 
llomlny Cakes. 
Take one pint, after It has been cooked; add two 
eggs, the yelks and whites beaten separately and 
salt to taste; drop In spoonfuls ou well buttered 
In plates and bake to a nice brown. 
ARTICHOKES 
Red Brazilian and White French varieties; oheap 
est hog food known. Send fur Circulars. 
K. F. BROCKWAY, Ainsworth, Iowa. 
