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October 22, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
From Day to Day. 
APPLE-PICKING TIME. 
'Long In apple-pickin' time there is somethin’ 
'bout the weather 
That’ll set your spirits dancin’ till they're 
lighter than a feather; 
You can hear it in the music o' the neigh¬ 
borin’ rooster’s call. 
You can see it in the squirrel carryin’ nuts 
along the wall : 
An’ the rustle, 
An’ the bustle, 
An’ the hurryin’ in o’ crops, 
An’ the weedin’, 
An’ the seedin’ 
An’ the dryin’ o’ the hops; 
There’s a busy feelin' in the air that sets your 
soul a-rime 
In the hearty, healthy workin’ days o' apple- 
pickin’ time. 
When the crib is full o’ corn an’ the oat-bin 
runnin’ over, 
An' the crickets finish chirpin’ in the straw 
stack an’ the clover, 
Then the echo on the mountain sends your 
voice a-callin’ back, 
An’ you hear the far-off rumblin’ o’ the freight 
train on the track; 
An’ the lowin’ 
In the mowin’ 
Where you turned the cows to browse, 
An' tTie hurry, 
An’ the flurry, 
An’ the bankin’ up the house; 
An' you’ll laugh at wind an’ weather when 
the snow’s a-driftin’ in 
If the mows are full o’ fodder an’ there’s 
apples in the bin. 
Every critter is astir with the news o’ chang¬ 
in’ weather, 
You can hear the wild goose honk as he calls 
his flock together. 
An’ the hounds are on the mountain an’ the 
woodchuck’s in his lair, 
An’ the squirrel fills his cellar in the hollow 
hemlock there; 
An’ the singin’, 
An' the ringin’, 
O’ the axes on the hill; 
Gettin’ ready, 
Workin’ steady 
All the empty bins to fill; 
An' when youth has crept behind you an’ your 
life is past its prime, 
Y'ou will feel your boyhood coinin' back in 
apple-pickin’ time. 
—Youth’s Companion. 
• 
Very fine lace which might be torn by 
ordinary washing, may be cleansed by 
shaking vigorously in a sealed preserve 
jar with warm soap suds. Use a good 
white soap, and rinse the lace in the bot¬ 
tle also. 
* 
A woman whose family objects to sod¬ 
den pie crust makes custard pie without it, 
as follows: Butter the pie dish and add 
a tablespoonful of flour to the custard. 
Pour into the plate and bake as usual. 
It can be cut and served just as though it 
had a crust under it. 
* 
Birch bark has been used freely during 
the Summer and Fall to make souvenir 
postal cards, which are sent from the 
country to the city. Many city visitors 
send them to their friends at home. They 
are cut in tile shape and size of postal 
cards, and when decorated or merely writ¬ 
ten upon, a one-cent stamp affixed in the 
usual place takes them to their destina¬ 
tion. 
* 
Here is a tested recipe for sausage 
which will be liked by those who find pork 
alone too rich for digestion: For ten 
pounds of sausage use seven and one- 
half pounds of pork and two and a half 
of beef; grind fine, add two tablespoonfuls 
of salt, one teaspoonful each of pepper, 
allspice, cloves and sage. Heat all to¬ 
gether until so hot you cannot hold your 
finger in it. Turn into stone jars that have 
been thoroughly scalded and aired, cover 
with cheesecloth and pour hot suet over 
the cloth. When any is wanted for use 
take out and make into cakes and fry. 
* 
Many readers will learn with regret of 
the death of “Aunt Rachel,” Mrs. Beth- 
ania Crandall Dunlap, of Wisconsin. For 
black, but numberless other materials are 
equally appropriate and equally in style. 
The collar is one of the new ones and can 
be slashed to allow of passing the tie 
through, as illustrated, or left plain as mav 
be liked. The gown is made with fronts, 
backs, side-backs and under-arm gores 
many years she had been an occasional 
and valued contributor to the Woman and 
Home department, and her death seems 
the loss of a personal friend. Born in 
Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 1829, she went 
to Wisconsin in 1852, when “going West” 
was no slight undertaking, and lived to 
see the wonderful development of her 
adopted State, during the half century en¬ 
suing. In reading the history of the 
Middle West we learn much of the men 
who built up the newer States by their in¬ 
dustry and enterprise, but we must not 
forget a force of equal greatness in the 
quiet fortitude and courage of the wo¬ 
men who worked with them. One who, 
like “Aunt Rachel,” has given four sons 
and over 50 years of upright living to 
the Commonwealth leaves behind her a 
sweet and wholesome memory—her works 
do follow her. 
* 
Mrs. Collins took off her hat with 
weary air and speared it by its two pins 
to the head of the lounge, says the Youth’s 
Companion. “Do take oflf your things and 
stay to dinner, Jane,” she said, languidly, 
to the cousin who had come home from 
church with her. 
“I’m all tired out with looking at the 
people in front of me who hadn’t taken the 
time to finish dressing properly. I don’t 
consider warm weather or a long distance 
a sufficient excuse for such carelessness. 
It shows a want of respect, according 
to my ideas. You were farther back, 
Jane, so 1 suppose you didn’t notice, and 
at any rate, you are not so much disturbed 
by such tilings as I am. It nearly de¬ 
stroyed the pleasure of the service for me.” 
“Oh, I saw something of the sort,” said 
the cousin, evasively. 
“Well, I don’t believe you noticed that 
Mrs. Thompson hadn’t hooked her placket, 
and Mary had hooked hers wrong,” said 
Mrs. Collins, plaintively. “It was dis¬ 
tressing to look at them when they stood. 
And Milly Rogers had twisted the seams 
of her waist all out of place, and her 
cousin Margaret had put her stock-pins in 
as crooked as a ram’s horn. And when 
I looked away from them, there was Dor¬ 
othy Cole on the other side of the aisle 
with five hairpins just ready to drop out 
of her hair and her hat on one-sided. 
What did you think of her?” 
“Why, I didn’t really see her at all,” 
said Cousin Jane, easily, “because, to tell 
the truth, Mary, when my mind wandered 
from the service, it was occupied with one 
question—whether you intended to start a 
fashion of going without belts or had sim¬ 
ply mislaid yours, or possibly—” 
Mrs. Collins’ look of horrified prptest 
as her fingers sought her waist was proof 
that the third, unstated, surmise was the 
correct one. _ 
The Rural Patterns. 
The tourist coat has taken a firm hold 
on popular fancy and will be much worn 
during the coming season by young girls 
as well as by grown women. No. 483G 
is peculiarly desirable and suits the gen¬ 
eral wrap and the costume equally well 
but, in the case of the model, is made of 
dark blue cheviot trimmed with braid and 
stitched with silk. The coat is made with 
loose fronts and back, the latter being 
confined at the waist line by means of a 
belt cut in two portions that are lapped 
one over the other and held by buttons. 
The sleeves are wide and ample, finished 
with roll-over cuffs. The quantity of ma¬ 
terial required for the medium size is 
4J4 yards 27 inches wide, 3^4 yards 44 
inches or 2J4 yards 52 inches wide. The 
pattern 4836 is cut in sizes for misses of 
12, 14, and 16 years of age, price 10 cents. 
House gowns that give a shirt waist 
effect are among the newest shown. No. 
4844 shows a princess effect at the back, 
combined with full fronts that are confined 
at the waist line by means of a ribbon or 
belt. The model is made of dark red cash- 
mere stitched with silk and piped with 
4836 Misses’Tourist Coat, 12to16yrs. 
and is arranged over a fitted lining which 
extends to the waist line. The back is 
laid in pleats that are stitched to give 
a tuck effect while the fronts are tucked 
from the shoulders to yoke depth. The 
sleeves are wide and full with deep cuffs 
that are shaped to form rounded points at 
4844 Shirt Waist House Gown, 
32 to 42 bust 
their upper edges. The quantity of ma¬ 
terial for the medium size is 12 yards 
27 inches wide, 11 yards 32 inches wide or 
6/4 yards 44 inches wide. The pattern 
4844 is cut in sizes for a 32, 36, 38, 40 
and 42 inch bust measure; price 10 cents. 
Salmon Cans. —When the contents of 
a tin salmon can, or other fish or meat 
can, have been emptied out, it is a good 
plan to get into the habit of bending back 
the tin cover that has been cut out, so 
that the opening is closed. This is for 
the protection of one’s own or one’s 
neighbor’s cats. I have known of cases 
where cats have died of suffocation from 
getting their heads stuck in tin cans. Ii 
the cans are closed as I suggest, they 
cannot get their heads in. s. b. r. 
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