THE BUBAL HEW-YOBKEB. 
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about a quarter of a pint can), a few boiled 
chestnuts reduced to a paste, aud the grated 
rind of one lemon. The mushrooms will add a 
crowning and superb relish to your turkey, not 
to be obtained by any other means. Baste 
frequently while roasting ami allow at least 
two hours for a ton-pound turkey. When it is 
done to an elegant blown color, place it on 
your largest and handsomest dish, and serve 
with the riel), brown gravy sauce made of the 
drippings. 
You will have celery, the whitest and tn*isp- 
est, and ruby jelly, with your turkey. For 
vegetables you can scarcely do better than to 
serve mashed potatoes, also browned sweet 
potatoes after oue of the recipes recently given 
in the Rcral. A chicken pie. a pan - of roast 
partridges or a roast of beef may be placed at 
the Other end of the table if you care for 
greater profusion, but you will by no means 
miSf the pie of a Thanksgiving dinner—pump¬ 
kin. The pumpkin should be strained through 
a sieve or colander, and for every pint of this 
allow a pint of rich milk, or, better still, of 
cream. Five beaten eggs, cinnamon and gin¬ 
ger for spice, and brown sugar for sweeten¬ 
ing. Bake in deep dishes lined with paste. 
A very delicate dessert to dose the dinner 
can be made by any one possessing an ice¬ 
cream freezer. Boil oue quart of milk and 
stir into it a full teaspoontul of arrowroot, 
moistened with milk. When smooth pour it 
over the well-beaten yelks of six eggs, stirring 
hard. Add strawberry preserves, any kind 
of brand led fruits cut-small, hits of fruit cake, 
sliced citron and orauge peel, stoned raisins 
and currants. Sweeten to taste. Flavor with 
vanilla, freeze as ice cream. Mold in a melon¬ 
shaped mold. After turning out the pudding, 
spread over it the whites of the eggs whipped 
to a stiff froth, with a little sugar. 
PALMETTO. 
THANKSGIVING CRUMBS. 
How long ago it- seems since that first har¬ 
vest of the New England colonists in Kill, 
when Governor Bradford instituted the first 
day of Thanksgiving with praise and prayer. 
One can well imagine the primitive manner 
in which it was observed, and that the vint¬ 
age was of wild grapes; “ white and red, very 
sweet aud strong also." wrote J. E. Winslow 
in that first year. Now with the vast and 
varied crowd that arc mingled in this wonder¬ 
ful America, the day seems simply a holiday 
—a breaking away from regular duties, and 
sometimes a reunion of families—and in this 
way it becomes sacred. How the children en¬ 
joy its appetizing odors and savory prepara¬ 
tions. There is a flavor to Thanksgiving that 
no other season possesses, and it comes in the 
dreariest mouth of the year to br ighten aud 
beautify it. For the trees are bare and leaf¬ 
less in many parts of the country, there js 
snow iu the air, and a prosjiectof gloomy, 
colder days. So Thanksgiving, with its cheery 
hospitality, L doubly welcome, and why need 
I tell the housekeeper how to prepare the tur¬ 
key or the mince and pumpkin pies' Did she 
not- learn it from her mother, and she from 
her mother away back ever so far? But the 
boys have been after partridges, and if by any 
chance another housewife has a crowd of 
sportsmen in her house, it may be useful to 
know how to cook the delicacy in various 
ways when the game bags are full, if baked, 
tie a thin slice of bacon over the breast of 
each bird, put them in a baking dish with a 
little hot water, and cover closely; cook for a 
quarter of an hour, then take off the cover 
and the bacon and put into the oven and cook 
“ a handsome brown." Serve with currant or 
grape jelly. Another method is to prepare 
them like fried chicken, making them into the 
form of cutlets, and fry, after dipping them 
in fine cracker crumbs. These gamy little 
birds make a nice variety iu the Thanksgiving 
dinner, and add flavor to it by the pride the 
youthful sportsmen take in being good shots, 
and in adding a choice morsel to f lic larder. 
Aud let there lie plenty of fruit at this festive 
dinner—ripe apples and grapes are cheap and 
wholesome. Those who cannot grow can buy 
those necessary adjuncts to success, for there 
is less danger of hankering after forbidden 
fruits if the table is kept well supplied with 
those that grow in this wonderful country, of 
which all should share on Thanksgiving Day. 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
ONE WINTER.—II. 
ANNE THRIFTY. 
One of the boys always wiped the dishes 
for mo while the other brought in wood and 
coal in the morning, aud helped at the cow- 
stable in the evening. While l put the kitch¬ 
en in order and tried to answer Bertie’s ques¬ 
tions on every subject conceivable by his in¬ 
quiring mind, t was turning over in my own 
mind w hat we could have for the Thanks¬ 
giving dinner, aud hiui decided on a part of 
its details, when Uucle John and Sammie 
came in from the stable and we gathered iu 
the sitting-room for the evening. The darn¬ 
ing and mending usually occupied ray even¬ 
ings. but men and boys having no accomplish¬ 
ments corresponding to the needlework we 
must he so devoted to. uucle had a kiudly 
fashion of entertaining us with stories of his 
life as a soldier in army blue, aud of later ex¬ 
periences among the pioneers in the West. He 
loved his two boys with all his heart, and 
since their mothers death his care over them 
harl become more tender and thoughtful, aud 
I often thought that he felt the pinch of 
poverty chiefly through their wants. In 
every way in his power he tried to make home 
happy for them, and his stories were appre¬ 
ciated and 1 >egged for if he failed to volunteer 
One. 
After the boys had listened breathlessly to 
an account of a narroA escape from flying 
bullet* when their father was the sole target 
for a whole volley from the guns of the gray 
coats, they hurried to bed. racing to see which 
would be undressed first and ready' to shout 
goral-night to the other. This was a habit of 
theirs, and each boy kept a careful account of 
the number of times he beat his brother, and 
at the end of the week the boy who had beat¬ 
en ofteuest claimed the right for the eouiiug 
week to sleep in the “big bed,” as they called 
it, instead of the cot. After they were quiet 
I told Uncle John of my plans for the coming 
holiday dinner, and asked for suggestions aud 
advice. He gave me both and a dollar be¬ 
sides. My ideas broadened with the extra 
money, and 1 suggested what I hud not felt 
we could have before, namely', a few friends, 
just two or three to share our dinner. We 
were living among people who, like ourselves, 
found it hard to make a little go a great way. 
and we decided to invite a family living just 
around the square, consisting of a young mau, 
his wife and mother. They had heen very 
kind during Aunt Helen s last sickness, and 
Uncle John wanted to show his gratitude to 
them. We then discussed the dinner in all its 
details. 
The best dishes, silver knives and forks, 
large tablecloth and dinner napkius, that had 
been packed away for months, were to be 
brought out and two leaves added to the ex¬ 
tension table. 
Part of the dollar should go for a small 
fresh ham to be roasted in my best style, and 
its tender white meat should take the place of 
turkey. Unde John advised buying the 
bread, aud doubting my skill in that line I ac¬ 
cepted his advice. I wanted cranberries, but 
they were high and scarce that Winter, so I 
did u<»t mention my wish, for 1 had decided 
to make some sauce from tart apples and give 
it a holiday air by rubbing it through the col¬ 
ander and sprinkling over it five cents’ worth 
of round, red candies. The iiotafcocs should 
be mashed, put into the vegetable dish and 
browned in the oven. A dish of squash and 
one of tomatoes should lie seasoned to perfec¬ 
tion, and to end the dinner a pan of apple- 
dumplings to be eaten with eream and sugar 
should make the happiness of the boys com¬ 
plete: for they thought apple dumplings "the 
best things Cousin Anne ever made." Apples 
were cheap, uml having our own milk we 
could have the luxury of real cream for this 
occasion. As 1 made butter from our one 
cow. after using part of the new milk for the 
breakfasts, we could not have cream every¬ 
day. Having planned the dinner so it might 
be an unusual treat for the children, my 
thoughts turned to our guests and plans for 
their entertainment during the afternoon. I 
was not used to entertaining and fell asleep 
with a troubled visiou of myself vainly at¬ 
tempting to make our guests enjoy themselves. 
OUR THANKSGIVING PIE AND OTHER 
THINGS. 
In making my pie I am very much like 
Aunt Chloe, I just put the “ gregenses” to¬ 
gether and stir it a little; but 1 will try this 
oueeto give you the recipe, as you have asked 
for it. First you must have good ripe pump¬ 
kins, well stewed, and rubbed through a wire 
sieve. Take oue cupful of pumpkin, one and- 
a-half cup of rich milk, one egg. and sugar to 
suit the taste; spice with ginger or cinnamon. 
When ready for the oven, put small lumpa of 
butter over the top; bake well. Never hurry 
a pumpkin pie out of the oven, but let the 
crust bake well through. If you have plenty 
of eggs, use two instead of one, and less pump¬ 
kin, and the tluvor will bo more delicate. Such 
a pie us this will grace our Tbauksgiviug feast 
this year. In planning the dinner for that 
day most people think of the turkey first, but 
I say first be sure of the very best bread and 
the sweetest butter. 
Our dinner will be plain this year. 1 shall 
have oue of my own turkeys that will weigh 
about 15 pounds, sweet potatoes, boiled :20 
minutes, then baked to a light brown; white 
potatoes boiled and maslied and seasoned with 
butter aud cream, then beaten with a spoon 
until light; turnips boiled, mashed and sea 
soned with butter, pepper and salt; pumpkin 
and mince pies, plum sauce, hot slaw, celery 
aud cucumber pickles. We will eat this dinner 
uot later than 12 o’clock, laugh and talk while 
we eat it. to aid digestion, and after dinner 
have a candy pulling, in which young and old 
will join. mrs. waldO f. brown' 
Do you sift your coal ashes? It pays. 
By thankfully accepting the half loaf we 
may oue day possess the whole. 
Another way to economize in light is to 
keep the lamps in perfect order. Empty out 
the oil and wash the inside of the lamps occa¬ 
sionally: wash the wicks when they become 
clogged with sediment or use new ones; trim 
the wicks evenly: boil the burners iu soda 
water every two or three weeks; keep the 
chimneys clear: haw a stated time for clean¬ 
ing the lamps and don't spill the kerosene. 
THANKSGIVING RECIPES. 
CHICKEN PIE. 
.Joint aud boil two chickens in salted water 
just enough to cover them, till they are near¬ 
ly done. Line a good-sized earthern or tin 
pan with crust, put in the chicken, adding 
thin slices of broiled sale pork, say one-half 
pound of it: season it well, dredge in a little 
flour, add enough of the liquor it was boiled 
in to till the dish. Cover with quite a thick 
crust, pinch down the sides well, cut a slit iu 
the middle of the top crust and lake nearly 
an hour in a good oven. 
W MPKiN PIE. 
Stew your pumpkin the day before you 
wish to make your pies. Peel aud cut it up 
just after breakfast. To a good-sized pump¬ 
kin put a small cup of w ter in your kettle 
before putting in the pumpkin Let it cook 
slowly at fust, and you will find it watery 
enough, then cook faster, stirring often, and 
boil it down until it is very thick and rich. 
If cooked in iron or tin (l always stew it iu a 
porcelain kettle) turn it into an earthen dish 
to cool. Strain through a colander aud pro¬ 
ceed according to the directions found be¬ 
low. 
Many only boil the pumpkin like potatoes, 
and skim out of the water, aud mash, but pies 
made thus never taste as nice as when the 
pumpkin is well stewed down and the juices 
preserved. To one quart of strained pumpkin 
add three quarts of rich milk, oue teaspoonful 
of salt, two of ginger, one teaspoonful of 
powdered cinnamon, one grated nutmeg, and 
a little mace, six or eight well beaten eggs 
and sugar to your taste. Bake with a bottom 
crust and rim, until solid in the middle. 
_ AUNT EM. 
MONEY MATTERS IN MARRIED LIFE. 
The London Queen says that harmony is 
essential to the happiness of married life. 
Hence it follows that all causesof aggravation 
should be carefully avoided, auil a* nothing so 
frequently creates dispute as the discussion of 
money matters, it results that a good system 
of expenditure is necessary to the happiness of 
married life. There must be division of labor 
iu the management of the income, aud divi¬ 
sion of responsibility and privilege in the 
ownership. It is unfortunately true that men 
are apt to be unreasonable in money dealings 
with their wives, daughters and sisters. 
They have so thoroughly accepted the popular 
fallacy that women are extravagant, that 
their first Impulse is to oppose every request 
for money. Most women are ready to believe 
this of men in general, but many a young 
wife imagines she has married the oue excep¬ 
tion to the rule, aud therefore readily gives in 
when her first request for an allowance is an¬ 
swered by; “All that is mine is yours, and I 
will always give Jou all you ask for.” If such 
a speech is followed up by the otter of a 
check book, with leave to draw to an almost 
unlimited extent on the husband's account, 
then an exceptionally conscientious aud busi¬ 
ness-like woman might manage very well, 
without risking the peace of her household or 
the solvency of her husband. But it is more 
likely that he may mean her to personally ask 
for each separate sum she wants, and she will 
probably find that he is decidedly galled by 
frequent appeals for funds; indeed, the more 
careful the wife is, the less likely is it that 
such an arrangement wilt work well. If very 
anxious to be economical, she will probably 
ask for too little at once, and these constant 
driblets of expenditure will make more im¬ 
pression on Ins mind than rarer requests for 
larger sums. Besides, a man who would like 
such an irregular system, or want of system, 
would he sure to be unbusiness like and not to 
keep accurate accounts, so that the wife would 
run the clumco of being supposed to spend 
much more than she really received. Even 
the very best and most truly just men are 
worried by appeals for money, and all require 
to be watched carefully, so that they may be 
taken at the right moment. Every wise wife 
will, therefore, endeavor to persuade her hus 
baud to at least give the plan of an allowance 
a fair trial to promote family happiness. 
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