FAIR NO. 
THE RURal NEW-YORKER. 
. Jjonifstir (gronoitu). 
CONDUCTED BY EMILY MAPLE. 
BRIEFLETS. 
The cure for gossip is culture. 
Never reprove servants before any one. 
A sick person should not be contradicted. 
Perfumes should be used in the strictest 
moderation. 
Baking soda ought not be dissolved in boil¬ 
ing or hot water. 
When you go to the fair, don’t forget your 
snn umbrella. 
Do not tilt your soup-plate for the last 
spoonful. 
If you take your children to the fair be sure 
and provide them with comfortable 6hoes. 
It is more civil to take the last piece on a 
dish, if you wish it, than to refuse it. 
"Nagging” will make sour the sweetest 
temper and wear even love threadbare. 
The wheels of domestic life as well as those 
of society, need the oil of civility to make 
them run smoothly. 
If you go to the fair to see and learn, that’s 
one thing ; if you go to see and be seen, that’s 
another. 
The eating of plenty of ripe, acid fruit is 
suggested as a preventive of malarial diffi¬ 
culties. 
Children often have an insatiable desire to 
see the side-shows at fairs. If respectable, 
we think the children should be gratified. 
MRS. ENDICOT’S JOURNAL. 
At the- fair; pincushion cover; shoe-pocket; 
fruit, bread and cake; style of dress. 
I am tired and worn out, but I think with 
Barton and the children that we have been 
paid for our efforts. This has been " Fair 
week," and in more thanouesense. Theweather, 
for a wonder, was delightful; not even dusty 
roads. I had thought at first that baby Katy 
and I would stay at home, but the prospect of 
a delightful drive was not to be resisted. Bur¬ 
ton and Harry hud been over the day before to 
take Harry’s chickens, and a basket of toma¬ 
toes from his garden. Mr. Endicot also took 
over a pair of horses, and some honey. 1 had 
intended to be represented, but one pair of 
hauds cannot do everything. We entered the 
grounds about ten o’clock, and fouud them 
well-filled with people. There was some stock 
to be on exhibition in the ring at about that 
time, which Barton wished to see, and as he 
offered to keep the children in the carriage 
with him, I was glud to accept of his kinduess 
aud take that time to see what the ladies had 
been doiug. The hall was not as yet crowded, 
so I could look at my leisure. Of course, there 
was the usual number of quilts, rag carpets, 
and worsted-work monstrosities, aud there 
were also some specimens of fine needle-work. 
There was one cover for a pincushion that I 
intend to copy. The cover was six by eight 
inches long, of white bobhinot, embroidered 
with flue tidy cotton; auy pattern suitable to 
work on Java canvas would answer. It was 
finished urouud the edge with a narrow Italian 
lace. The cushion was made of blue silk, but 
mine will be of crimson wool-delaine. Auother 
tblug that I examined closely meauiug to make 
oue like it, was a shoe-.-ag I should think 
this was the way it was made. A circle, about 
three feet and four inches iu diameter, had beeu 
cut from a square of strong browu linen, and 
the edge bound syilh scarlet braid. It was then 
marked off into eight uniform divisions, aud 
folded, each one being turned the same way, 
thou opened aud the ends turned nearly to the 
center aud stitched securely. A small design 
was braided ou each section and a loop of 
braid was fasteued iu the center by which it was 
suspended from a hook. The canned fruit and 
jelly looked beautiful. They will eertaiuly 
tempt some oue'a appetite next winter. The 
bread, white aud brown, aud cake, all looking 
so uice under the glass cases, excited my 
wouder as to how anyoue could decide which 
was the best. 
As the cbildreu aud I rested in the carriage 
I could uot help noticing aud thinking to my¬ 
self, as the crowd passed to aud fro, how much 
better and more ladylike it looked to be dressed 
plainly and quietly at such a public place. 
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CANARY BIRDS. 
Au objection, aud a very great one, to hang¬ 
ing canaries iu the sitting-room or parlor, is 
the litter they make with their sand, seed and 
feathers. After suffering considerably in this 
way, and having had our dining-room newly 
paiutod aud carpeted, we determined if possi¬ 
ble, to prevent master •* But” from giving us 
further auuoyauce. A cast-off vail—a drab 
gauze oue—a yard and a quarter in length aud 
a trifle over half a yard iu width, was sewed 
together aud a drawing string run iu at top 
aud bottom. Oue string was tied suugly 
around the uuder part of the cage, the other 
just above the seed aud water cups. It is the 
work of but a minute to remove the gauze 
when the cage is to be cleaued, aud those who 
keep canaries will, after a trial, appreciate 
the value of so simple a contriva .ee. We 
would recommend the use of white or drab 
thin goods, as the more highly colored might 
injure the bird were he to pick at it. 
DOMESTIC RECIPES. 
Peach Fritters. 
Sift a quart of flour into a large bowl, stir in 
sufficient warm milk with oue-third of a teacup 
of home-made yeast to make a stiff dough, and 
let stand until light; then work in three beaten 
eggs, two tablespoousful of melted butter, two 
of sugar and a sprinkle of salt; knead, adding 
a little flour, for 10 or 15 minutes. Prepare 
some peaches by paring, halving, removing 
the stones and pressing the pieces together 
again. Take pieces of dough as large as an 
egg. flatten with the rolling-pin. put a peach 
into each piece, pressing the dough over, mak¬ 
ing round balls. Put to rise on a floured pan. 
not allowing them to touch each other. They 
should be light in from one hour to one and a 
half. Fry as you would raised doughnuts, 
and serve with liquid sauce. Mary B. 
Apple Sandwich Pudding. 
Pare and slice tbiuly 6ome mellow, acid 
apples and butter some thiu slices of light 
bread. Into a buttered baking dish put, first, 
a layer of bread and butter just moistened 
with warm water, then a thick layer of apples, 
sweetened aud seasoned with cinnamon. Re¬ 
peat these layers uutil the dish is full, but the 
last layer should be bread buttered on both 
sides Cover with a plate and bake one and a 
half to two hours in a slow oven. Remove the 
plate two or three times aud baste the top 
with a few spoousful of butter aud water. 
Should the apples be veiy dry, it will be neces¬ 
sary to pour iu a little water at the side of the 
puddiug. Half an hour before the pudding is 
done, remove the plate and let the crust browu 
uicely. Eat w ith cream and sugar. 
Mus. L. Bratton. 
Fish Chowder. 
Take five pounds of any hard, white fish, cut 
into small pieces and free from Bkin aud bone. 
Boil and slice eight commou-sized potatoes. 
Fry until crisp four thin slices of salt pork iu 
the kettle intended for the chowder. Take out 
the pork, slice two onions into the fat aud fry 
browu. Cut into slices two more raw ouions 
and split open a dozen of butter crackers. 
Take the ouions out of the kettle, your off 
uearly all the fat. put iu a layer of fish then a 
layer of potatoes with some of the onions, 
both raw and fried, and a little pepper and 
salt. Repeat until half of the ingredients are 
used, theu scatter over half of the fried pork 
cut into bits aud cover with a layer of crackers. 
Layer the remainder of the chowder as before 
with the pork aud crackers on top. Cover 
once and a half with cold water and boil 
slowly oue hour. Stir m a cup of cream or 
rich milk just before serving. It is best to use 
both salt and pepper sparingly while seasoning 
the layers, as they cau be added if needed 
when done. a. e. m. b. 
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 
Watermelon Preserves. 
Mrs. H. S. asks how to preserve the rind of 
watermelon. 
Ans.— Select the rind from a ripe melon but 
one uot soft, pare off the outer 9kin and cut 
into strips. Let stand over night in water 
sufficient to cover, in which a teaspoonful of 
alum to a quart of water has been dissolved. 
Iu the morning set over the fire and let come 
to a scald but uot boil. Draw to the back of 
the stove aud in an hour or so turn off aud 
pour over boiling water to rinse off the alum 
flavor. Theu throw the pieces into cold water. 
When cold, drain, weigh and measure out a 
scant pint of white sugar to each pound of 
fruit. Make a sirup by adding a half pint of 
boiliug water to each pouud of riud, boil, 
clarify and add with the melon the juice aud 
thiu peel of three lemons. Boil until the rind 
looks clear. Take out iuto jars, boil the sirup 
until quite thick aud pour over. If the flavor 
of ginger is liked, a little of the root may be 
boiled with the sirup. 
L. W. 8., Chenango Co., N. Y.—Your ques¬ 
tion was answered uuder Domestic Economy 
in Rural of Juue 7. 
Note. —For want of space other questions 
will be answered next week. 
Please address all communications intended 
for the Domestic Economy Department, to 
Emily Maple, Rural New-Yorker, 78 Duane 
St., N. Y. 
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The Healthful and Nutrition*, 
BAKING POWDER. 
Invented by E. N. Horsford, late Prof, in Harvard 
University. 
It is better and healthier than ordinary Baking 
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The eoBt of raisin* Bread. Biscuit, etc., with it is 
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