1902 
359 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
My Kitchen. 
COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE IN THE 
WOMAN'S WORKSHOP. 
Part T. 
While mine may not be what is term¬ 
ed a model kitchen, it has at least the 
merit of being practical, and has been a 
very pleasant reality for several years. 
The dimensions are 25x16 feet, six feet 
being partitioned off on the south end 
for pantry and porch; height of ceiling 
eight feet six inches. The sides of the 
room are wainscoted to the height of 
four feet with yellow pine, finished in 
hard oil; the rest of the woodwork is 
stained cherry, and also has the hard- 
oil finish. The windows are hung with 
cords, have four panes, each 12*4x28 
inches, and are fitted with light brown 
Holland shades, on spring rollers. The 
walls are covered with a paper of the 
desirable creamy tint, with sprays and 
vines of delicate brown and blue, and 
the ceiling is a light shade of blue ala- 
bastine. In the southeast corner is the 
sink, and the pump, which furnishes the 
water supply, always pure, cold and 
sparkling, coming as it does from a 
driven well. The sink has no cupboard 
beneath it to gather dampness, but is 
supported on iron legs. Next to the sink 
stands the dresser, which is four feet 
two inches in length, built fast, and 
reaching from floor to ceiling. The 
lower part is 30 inches high and 27 
inches deep, and is fitted with drawers 
for cutlery, dish towels, etc., also cup¬ 
boards for ironware and cooking uten¬ 
sils. The upper part forms a cupboard 
in which are four shelves 14 inches in 
depth, the first one being 15 inches 
above the bed or table formed by the 
lower part. Under this bottom shelf is 
a rack, fitted with double hooks (like 
those used for clothing) on which hang 
tin cups, dredging and pepper boxes, 
lemon squeezers, strainers, wire dish¬ 
cloth and dish swabs. At each end of 
the table are sliding rests which can be 
drawn out to support a wide board, thus 
increasing the table capacity and 
making it more convenient for ironing 
or other purposes. When not in use, the 
rests are pushed in out of the way and 
the extra board stood in the pantry. At 
the upper end of the dresser is fitted an¬ 
other sink, size 19x14 inches—this rests 
in a wooden frame supported by iron 
brackets having a hinged cover; the 
strainer has been taken out, and here is 
emptied dishwater, water from vege¬ 
tables, etc. The waste pipe empties di¬ 
rect into a barrel and is then wheeled 
away and distributed where it will do 
the most good, and all danger from 
clogged drains or cesspools avoided. 
In the end of the dresser under this 
sink are screw hooks on which hang 
dustpan, stove shaker and poker—here 
would be the place for the wood box if 
we had use for one; as it is, the coal 
scuttle occupies the place. Above the 
sink, at an easy reaching height, an ad¬ 
justable rack is fastened to the end of 
the dresser with screws— this is a nice 
arrangement for dish towels at all 
times, and, on ironing days, makes an 
admirable rack on which to hang the 
freshly ironed clothes. 
The chimney is built entirely outside 
of the house, thus avoiding all niches in 
the room; this, by the way, was tried as 
an experiment, but we are so well 
pleased with the plan that if we were 
going to build again I really think my 
husband would have every chimney on 
the house built in the same way. In 
Summer the pipe from the range enters 
the flue about five inches above the 
wainscoting, but in Winter it is carried 
up through the ceiling into a drum and 
then into the flue, thus utilizing much 
hot air which otherwise would be 
wasted. A space between the window 
and the upper corner was especially de¬ 
signed to accommodate an old-fashioned 
“settee” or lounge; it is well supplied 
with cushions and affords many restful 
minutes, which, under the pressure of 
housewifely cares, could not be enjoyed 
if the resting place had to be sought 
away from the kitchen. A kitchen table 
(nn casters, of course) stands against, 
the partition which forms the cellar and 
stairways; over this table and eight 
inches above the wainscoting is a shelf 
or mantel, about four feet in length, 
also resting on iron brackets. On this 
stands an eight-day clock, lamps for 
kitchen use, breakfast bell and a vase 
for holding lamplighters, and under it 
hangs the rack for newspapers, etc. 
MRS. C. E. B. 
How Joe Paid the Mortgage. 
Joe came in the other morning very 
much excited. “I’ve got rid of it, Maria! 
I’m free, Maria!” he exclaimed, tossing 
his hat up and catching it again when it 
came down, like a schoolboy. 
“Got rid of what?” I inquired in a 
calm voice, though all in a tremble of 
excitement myself. “Why, I’ve got rid 
of that mortgage on the old Brewster 
farm that has been hanging over our 
heads the past 30 years.” 
“How did you manage to pay it, Joe? 
I thought you were wondering the other 
day where the money was coming from 
to pay the interest on the mortgage this 
year.” 
“I gave the farm away, mortgage and 
all,” answered Joe, in a sort of awe¬ 
stricken tone of voice, as if almost 
frightened at what he had done. “I 
bought that farm at war prices you 
know, Maria, and we have labored hard. 
I have made improvements on the build¬ 
ings and cleared up several acres of 
land, and now I have sold it for less 
than I gave in the first place; but I’ve 
got rid of the mortgage, Maria, that’s 
one consolation.” 
Then Joe sat down and we talked it 
over. We had bought the farm, as he 
said, when everything was high, paying 
part cash and mortgaging the rest. Then 
our trouble began. As it was a good to¬ 
bacco farm we had no fears but that we 
could soon clear off the mortgage in a 
few years, but as Joe said, it had hung 
like a sword over our heads ever since, 
ready to fall if we failed to feed it with 
interest money. We had paid taxes on 
that mortgage, kept it well insured, and 
treated it handsomely, yet all our efforts 
to get rid of it were failures. We would 
not live like animals in order to do it, 
because we never believed in starving 
one day in order to feast the next, and 
ir, seemed as though when we were 
working hard we ought not to allow 
that mortgage to spoil all our comfort; 
so we occasionally shut that skeleton 
up tight in the closet and feasted with¬ 
out even saying “by your leave,” though 
it always came out just as large as ever. 
One year, when tobacco was selling at 
30 cents per pound, we thought to con¬ 
quer it, but “woe is me” somehow after 
Joe had paid $800 for fertilizer to raise 
a big crop and settled the meal and 
grain bill (of course if he put every¬ 
thing on to the tobacco land he could 
not raise corn and grain, and even the 
garden was scrimped) and the board of 
two stout hired men with wages at $30 
per month with the unthouglit-of ex¬ 
penses incurred (for everything was 
high) left a very small margin of profit 
to pay in toward the mortgage. To be 
sure the land was greatly improved, but 
soon after the price of tobacco fell. 
Some years it did not sell; some years 
it was injured by wind, hail or frost, 
until finally Joe gave up raising it al¬ 
together, for he realized that tobacco 
was not a good mortgage payer. It 
proved almost as bad as the mortgage 
itself swallowing up everything that 
was put on to it, and robbing all our 
other crops. By dividing up the ferti¬ 
lizers he could raise potatoes, corn, 
grain and vegetables. The meal bills 
grew smaller, one hired man only was 
needed, and other expenses shrank ac- 
MOTHERS.—Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
cordlngly, while we still managed to ^ 
feed the mortgage. At last Joe’s father " 
died, and we moved on to his farm 
rather than to sell it at a sacrifice, and 
left the Brewster farm with its mort¬ 
gage behind us. Some years Joe rented 
it. and other years he carried it on to 
a disadvantage himself, managing to 
pay interest, taxes and insurance, etc., 
until at last he had given it away with 
its mortgage, or rather sold it for less 
than he paid. And the sword was at 
last lifted; we were free, the mortgage 
was paid._ maria. 
Rural Recipes. 
Soft Cornmeal Cake.—Beat two eggs 
with two tablespoonfuls of sugar; add 
a teaspoonful of salt; two tablespoonfuls 
melted butter; one heaping pint of white 
cornmeal; half a teaspoonful of soda dis¬ 
solved in a little hot water and suffi¬ 
cient buttermilk or sour milk to make a 
thick batter. Mix thoroughly and then 
pour in sufficient boiling water to make 
a thin batter. Bake in a rather shallow 
pan in moderately not oven for 40 min¬ 
utes and serve hot. 
Mixed Brown Bread.—Mix in a large 
bowl one cupful Quaker oats, one cupful 
Pettyjohn’s, one-half cupful each of flour 
and yellow cornmeal, one teaspoonful 
of salt. Put in another bowl two cup¬ 
fuls thick sour milk and one-half cupful 
molasses. Dissolve a level teaspoonful 
soda in two tablespoonfuls warm water, 
add to sour milk and molasses, and 
when foaming to the other ingredients. 
Mix until every grain is moistened. Turn 
into greased covered tin mold and steam 
four hours. 
Biscay Salt Cod.—Bone two pounds of 
salt cod and soak in cold water for 12 
hours. Place in a saucepan, cover with 
salt water and let heat gradually to boil¬ 
ing point; then add fresh water and let 
boil again. Take out and drain. Chop 
two onions and one green pepper quite 
fine and cook for five minutes in butter 
or oil. Add one sliced tomato or half¬ 
cupful of stewed tomatoes, one clove of 
garlic and a small chili pepper. Add to 
these three pints of broth, a small 
bunch of parsley, three tablespoonfuls 
of tomato catsup and a pint of small po¬ 
tatoes (peeled) or the same quantity of 
potato balls. Cook until the potatoes 
are just done, add the cod and cook five 
minutes longer. 
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