1888 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
molasses or honey into a large earthen dish, 
add the soda and butter melted, then the other 
ingredients. Mix in the evening and let stand 
over-night. In the morning knead it a long 
time like bread. Roll out into squares half an 
inch thick, anil bake in a well-heated oven. 
To make glossy, rub over the tops iust before 
putting in the oven, a mixture of beaten egg 
and sweet cream—equal proportions. 
RASPBERRY VINEGAR. 
M. A. B. asks for a recipe for the above. 
A ns.— Put ripe, red raspberries into an 
earthern dish and crush. Cover with pure 
cider vinegar, let stand over-uight, strain, 
throw away the pulp, put as much fresh fruit 
into the dish as you used before, crush and 
cover with the strained juice. Set aside for 
the day. The next morning strain and to 
each quart of this juice allow a pint, of water, 
and to each pint of the mixture a pound of 
lump sugar. Heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. 
Skim as it heats. Just bring to a boil, strain 
and bottle, making the corks secure with wax. 
A few spoonfuls of this mixture with a little 
sugar in a glass of ice water will be found 
most refreshing when the mercury is in the 
nineties. 
shovel acted as a damper when needed. If 
only one piece of pipe is used, the meat may 
be burned. 
SALTING PORK. 
Whether the alkali in the water is the cause 
of it I can’t say; but fat pork packed in a bar¬ 
rel with layers of salt, arid cold water turned 
over all, would not keep the whole year with¬ 
out scalding the brine. While I was going 
through that troublesome process our Western 
boy said. “If you will turn vour brine boil- 
Intj hot over the pork you will never need to 
scald it, that is mother’s way.'” 1 t ried it and 
found it just as be said. Now I make my 
brine strong enough to hold up an egg. and 
turn it, boiling hot. over the pork, which has 
been cooled from the animal heat, and packed 
in a barrel with slight sprinklings of salt, be¬ 
ing always sure to keep it under the brine 
with a weight. 
SALTING .CUCUMBERS. 
I make my brine for salting cucumbers for 
pickles, by keeping the salt and cold water in 
a keg and stirring it until enough is dissolved 
to bear up an egg, ora medium-sized potato if 
more convenient. The fluid is dipped out and 
put over the cucumbers, and more water and 
salt are put together for the next time of need. 
In this way there is no waste of salt and no 
uncertainty about the cucumbers being prop¬ 
erly salted. 
PICKLES. 
When needed for pickles, I fill the tin boiler 
with cucumbers and place them over the 
stove, covered with cold water, and bring to a 
decided boil. Drain this water off and put on 
half vinegar and half water, and throw in a 
little alum to make them hard. Bring to a 
boil. I At them stand in this over-night or 
longer, if not in haste, in an earthern or 
wooden vessel. For the third time put upon 
the stove with clear vinegar (and spice if de¬ 
sired) and when cold they will be found to be 
sour enough for use. Good pickles can be 
made in a very short time in this way. 
If a cloth is laid over the top of salted cu¬ 
cumbers, under the weight, the scum that will 
arise can be easily removed by taking off the 
cloth and rinsing it. s. e. h. 
to have it, but if you value life, happiness an,) 
home, my advice, born out of that day’s bitter 
experience, is—don’t! rena ross. 
AN EXTENSION TABLE. 
Some years ago, we greatly felt the need of 
an extension table. The purse would not ad¬ 
mit of a new one, and the head of the house¬ 
hold was too busy to make one. The thrash¬ 
ers were to lie on hand within the week, and 
unless I con lil in some way remedy the matter, 
I would be under the necessity of sotting the 
table a second and perhaps a third t ime; there¬ 
by making the work a good deal harder, 
when there was enough and to spare, simplify 
it as best we could. But. when a “woman 
wills, she will and there’s an end on’t,” and I 
willed to enlarge the borders of our family 
table before, that busy day should arrive. At 
the barn 1 found a wide hemlock board, with 
any amount of slivers. But though Jack- 
plane and I were not very well acquainted, 
we managed to make that board passably 
smooth, while the haml-saw did as good ser¬ 
vice in fitting the false leaf to the exact width 
of the table. A couple of cleats were nailed 
ou the under side of the board with about 
eight inches extending beyond the width, after 
the fashion of Fig. 261. 
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TUAT as a household remedy, for 
I H“ I j children and adults, Ayer's 
Tills are invaluable. 
TUAT in Colds, with headache, baek- 
I nn I , m’.he, coated tongue, symp¬ 
toms of fever, and a constant feeling of 
weariness, Ayer's Pills will often effect 
a cure when other remedies fail. 
THAT T '" sp Pills are sugar coated, 
I nft I perfectly safe to take, do not 
gripe, and contain neither calomel nor 
any other dangerous drug. 
I have used Ayer’s Cathartic Pills in 
my family for the past thirty-five years. 
For stomach or liver troubles, or any 
irregularity of the bowels, and in case 
of Colds. Ayer’s Pills are unequaled. 
I am never without them. — Frank 
Tisdale, Montpelier, Vt. 
Fig. 261. 
A small augur and chisel were next used 
for making a couple of mortices in the end 
board of the table, corresponding in distance 
apart.and also in size auddepth, with the cleats, 
which were to slide into the mortices; and be¬ 
hold! I could seat three or four more at the 
table; another leaf, aud there was room 
enough for most occasions in our farmer sfam- 
ily. 
Last Summer a friend told me that she 
took the top or lied of the table off, and sawed 
out the pieces in the end board of the table, 
to admit the cleats. Afterwards she got a 
carpenter to make her a kitchen table, aud that 
was as long as her fall leaf table w«s wide, so 
upon great occasions she could extend her ta¬ 
ble the whole length of her dining-room. 
may maple. 
DOMESTIC RECIPES, 
TOMATO FIGS. 
Take small, red tomatoes, scald and skin 
them quickly, breaking them as little as 
possible, add one-third their weight of granu¬ 
lated sugar, boil slowly’ until they are clear, 
take them out aud spread them on plates; 
boil the juice till it is very thick, pour it over 
the tomatoes, auil dry them in a warm oven. 
When dry, pack in layers in a clean paper 
box, first sprinkling sugar over the bottom of 
it, and also between each layer, pack tightly 
and cover closely, and you mil have a nice 
confection for Winter. aunt em. 
Prepared By Dr. .T. C. Ayer 8c Co., Lowell, Mass. 
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicine. 
S heridans condition powder is absolute¬ 
ly pure and highly concentrate.!. It is strictly 
a medicine to be given with food. Nothing on earth 
will make hens lay like it. It cures chicken chol¬ 
era and all diseases of hens Illustrated book by 
mall free. Sold everywhere, or sent by mail for 
25 cts. In stamps. 2V-Ib. tin cans, St. by mull, 
St-20. Six cans by express, prepaid, for $5. 
I. S. Johnson it Co,, P. O. Box 2118, Boston, Mass. 
HOUSEHOLD HINTS 
butter thermometers. 
Almost every one has noticed the variation 
in the number of degrees in heut and cold in¬ 
dicated at the same time by different ther¬ 
mometers. I have learned that thermometers 
used for testing the warmth of cream are not 
always to be trusted; t hat is, while with one 
62° iu Summer and 05 w in Winter is the proper 
temperature to bring butter satisfactorily; 
with others, other degrees must be indicated 
to attain that end. The thermometer we now 
use is so made that we are obliged to have the 
cream at ON*' to gather the butter, and in the 
Winter at TIP-'. Any one used to churning can 
tell after a few trials just where the mercury 
should stand. We had considerable need¬ 
less wearisome work to do last Winter before 
we learned where the trouble lay. 
SMOKING meat. 
When Massachusetts was our home, there 
was no trouble in getting hams cured and 
smoked, for in every village there was some 
person that would do that work, and had 
proper conveniences for it. On the prairies, 
every one must wait upon himself, and be in¬ 
dependent of others by his own ability to do 
what must be done, if ho would prosper. A 
Western boy Inode an mex|>en$ive smoke¬ 
house of the materials right at hand. It was 
so satisfactory that some one may lie helped 
by a description of it:—A little trench was 
dug leading from a small hole in the ground; 
over the hole was turned a headless barrel. 
In the trench were laid several sections of 
Stovepipe. The hams to lie smoked were sus¬ 
pended from the bottom of the barrel. The 
pipe was covered with earth to help the draft. 
The cobs and fire were put in the end of the 
pipe farthest from the barrel, aud a broken 
FRENCH ROMAN HYACINTHS 
huckleberry cake. 
Oue cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three 
of Hour, five eggs, one cup of sweet milk, one 
teaspoonful of soda dissolved iu warm water, 
a teaspoonful each of cinnamon and nutmeg, 
one quart of ripe, fresh huckleberries thickly 
dredged with flour. Stir the butter and sugar 
to a cream, add the beaten yelks, then the 
spice, flour, whites beatcu stiff, six la and fruit. 
Stir in the huckleberries with a wooden spoon 
or paddle so as not to bruise them. Bake in a 
moderate oven until a straw used for testing 
the cake comes out clean from the thickest 
part. This is a delicious cake that deserves to 
be l letter known. 
DELICIOUS LEMON JKLLY CAKE. 
Two cups of sugar, one-half cup of butter, 
one cup of milk, three eggs, one teaspoonfnl of 
soda, t wo of cream of-tartar and three cups of 
flour. Bake iu five thin layers. For the jelly 
grate the rind of three small or two large lem¬ 
ons, and add the- juice of the same with one cup 
of sugar, one egg, one-lialf cup of hot water, 
oue teaspoonful of butter»mid a tableqioonful 
of flour made smooth with a litt le water. Boil, 
stirring until it thickens. Spread between the 
layers. This cake will be better if kept a week 
or 10 days before eating. hattik m. kudd. 
(Will the above contributor please send her ad¬ 
dress to us at. River Edge, Bergen Co., N. J.— 
Ed.] 
I now offer from stock «towti by myself French 
bulbs of fines! and best germinating' quality, ns under. 
Roman Hyacinths, 1st size, S'Z'it Si. 81 8 
Narcissus, pniier while and double Roman. 810 
I .Ilium caitditum, $15 .10 Parisian Hyacinths, 
811 per 1,000 morn. f. o. b. steamer. Marseilles. 
Orders rw, peel fully solicited 
ELOI DEFILIPPI, 
Olllnules liar) France. 
1 UTO S1 per 1.000. Nansemond sweet Po¬ 
rt fl * tato and P. S. Cabbage after June 1st. 
FREEMAN 111 UFF, SWEDENBORG. N J. 
FO R “ A I.E. 200 Improved Grain and Snick Farms 
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Send fori'lrcular, A. O.BL188. C rntrnlia.Vn. 
HUMPHREYS' 
Homeopathic Veterinary 
i Specifics for 
CATTLE, SHEEP. 
P HORSES, 
DOGS, HOGS, POULTRY. 
Used by U. S. Govemm’t. 
Chart on Rollers, 
and Book Sent Free. 
Humphreys’ Med. Co., 109 Fulton St., N. Y. 
wrm HUMPHREYS’ 
r H0ME0PATHIC ft ft 
IjgilJ SPECIFIC No. do 
The only successful remedy for 
Nervous’ Debility, Vital Weakness, 
and Prostration, from over-work or other onuses, 
ftl per vial, or 6 yinls and Urgo vinl powder, for *5. 
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 
GENERAL TRAINING COOKIES. 
Emily J. Bowen asks for a cookey recipe 
of 50 years ago. The children, she says, gave 
the above name to the cookies as they made 
their appearance upon “General Muster” day. 
Ans.— The only “Muster’ day recipe that 
we have at hand is one for Ginger-bread, taken 
from the Buckeye Cookery. The ingredient? 
are: One gallon of molasses or strained honey, 
one pound and a quarter of butter, a quarter 
of a pound of soda stirred into a half ten-cup 
of sweet milk, a teaspoonfnl of alum dissolved 
iu just enough warm water to cover it, flour 
to make it stiff enough to roll out. Rut the 
Sold by Datum wre. *>r»«nt 
prico.—Uuiui'hr.) Jl«<Ucii»« U, , 
■nid on recoiptof 
: uluiu ou, .'. X. 
PLTRK MILK. 
em WARREN MILK BOTTLES 
talented March 33d. 1380. 
Adapted for the Delivery 
of Milk In alt Cities 
l and To wns. 
I A Long Needed Want 
at last Supplied. 
L DESCRIPTIVE CIRCD. 
/’A LARS ON 
APPLICATION. 
®*A. V. WHITEMAN, 
R. N.. 
7‘i Murray *»treet, 
NEW YORK. 
4tti#rrUanr8»» SUvcrtisinfl 
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla, 
When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla, 
When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla, 
When she had Children, she gave them Castorla 
Purify the Blood. 
We do not claim that Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the 
only medicine deserving public confidence, but 
we believe that to purify the blood, to restore and 
renovate the Whole system, it is absolutely 
unequalled. The Influence of the blood upon 
the health cuunot bo over-estimated. If it be¬ 
comes contaminated, the train of consequences 
6y which the health is undermined Is immeasur- 
(.ble. Loss of Appetite, Low Spirits, Headache, 
Dyspepsia, Debility, Nervousness and other 
•"little (?) ailments" are the premonitions of 
more serious and often fatal results. Try 
Hood’s Sarsaparilla 
Sold by all druggists. 81; sLx for $5. Made 
only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. 
IOO Doses One Dollar 
COLTON’S 
A CHOICEST FRUITS &N0 SPICES. 
Their absolute jatrify .unrqualrtl strength 
and econmntf are trinnint/ friend* errrt/- 
irhrre, sar/irisin/f and delinhlituj families, 
and trehlin/t stiles for dealers. 
AkU your grocer lor them. 
Laboratory iJlmne Dep'ti Went field. Mass. 
H I n C C’ IMPROVED ROOT BEER. 
* R C. O Hue knifes. 25 cts. Makes 5 gallons of 
a delicious, sparkling and wholesome beverage. Sold 
by all druggists, or sent by moil on receipt of 25 cents. 
C. E. HIkES, 48 N. Delaware Ave.. Philadelphia. Pa. 
pTT DU Insiant relief. Final cure In 10 days, and 
l ill I j>’. never returns. No purge, no salve, no sup¬ 
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free, by addressing C. J. MASON, 
78 Nasann Street. N. Y. 
DAIRY THERMOMETERS! 
Fverv farmer should have one. Sent safely by mail 
for 50c 
Send for Catalogue of Thermometers, Lactometers. 
Creamometers. and Thermometers for Incubators. 
VV. M. McALLISTER, Optician. 
720 CHESTNUT STREET. PHILADELPHIA. PA. 
H UTTON 
mJ tea. _ . 
GRINI 
Can be carried into the field and attache 
Ing Machine Wheel. Send for Descrip 
logue. Agents v. anted |ri every County. 
R. H. ALLEN CO., 189 Water St., Ne 
FARMERS, 
Send for Circulars and Price List of The 
PAT. IRON FENCE, the cheapest and m« 
fence In the world. Address 
THE BARNES PAT. IRON FENCE CO., Ea- 
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■ ZIMMERMAN M’FG CO., BURLINGT0 
AHEAD OF ALL COMPETI 
18 8 6 . 
Lawn Mower* 
1\M RTEEN SIZES FOR HAND I SE. 
Weighing from '21 to 51 Pounds. 
THREE SIZES FOR HORSE POWER. 
Graham, Emlen & Passmore, 
Patentees and Manufacturers. 
631 Market St., Philadelphia. Pa. 
Brewster’s Patent Rein Holder. 
l]S| Your lines are where you put them not under 
rl > horses' feet, ■ >ue agent sold 12 don, in five days; 
/ "T— one dealer sold six doz. In 15 days. Samples 
J 'A) worth $1.30 mss. Write for terms. 
E. E. BREWSTER. Holly, Mich. 
NEW KINDS OF INSECTS 
Are preying ou Currant and Berry bushes, also on 
Cherry and Plum trees. 
Spray your Vines and T rees Now 
with FIELD’S IMPROVED FORCE Pumps 
and London Purple and save vour fruit. 
Full instructions and Catalogue free 
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the largest amount of elder at the lowest cost. For 
circulars containing 'Directions for Making Frame¬ 
work,” and other particulars, address the sole manu 
faeturer, Robt. Butterworth. TRENTON, N. J. 
