1901 
This good old-fashioned Thanksgiv¬ 
ing dinner, if handicapped in the cook¬ 
ing, was much more simply served, 
and would seem as unique now as one 
of many courses in days long gone by. 
If the desserts, all manner of sweet¬ 
meats and dainties were loaded on the 
table at one time, sandwiched in be¬ 
tween meats and vegetables promiscu¬ 
ously, with no respect to the general 
fitness of particular dishes, all eaten 
haphazard from the same plate, utter¬ 
ly regardless of the laws which govern 
the digestion, the good will and jovial 
cheer which prevailed was as bountiful 
as the food, and served out in much the 
same manner. 
Thanksgiving, though essentially the 
American season for home gathering, 
meant more, especially an old-time fes¬ 
tivity, than it usually does now, when 
so many holidays are celebrated. The 
Thanksgiving of our grandfathers was 
an annual reunion of all of the separ¬ 
ated members of the family, from far 
and near, who came together on this 
day for the only time, while often dis¬ 
tant wanderers with slight claims to 
kindred found their way back and were 
received with warmth. Each added 
member meant more merriment, and 
was welcomed accordingly, rather than 
more work, which is too frequently the 
case with the modern guest. 
After the dinner the wildest amuse¬ 
ments were participated in with no 
fear of despoiling a too elaborate apart¬ 
ment or sacrificing useless bric-a-brac, 
and no one was addicted to nerves. 
Perhaps there would be less hazing 
with our college boys if a little of their 
riotous mirth was occasionally let loose 
in the bosom of their families, necessi¬ 
tating less abroad. It is much to be 
regretted that the good old-fashioned 
Thanksgiving dinner with the accom¬ 
panying hilarity belongs to the buried 
past. SABAH BODNEY. 
Garden Talk from Ohio. 
A warm, bright day the last week in 
October enabled me to get into the cel¬ 
lar all plants that I wanted to keep 
over Winter. The Ganna roots were 
shaken free from soil and put into a 
tub of dry sand, along with some “gilt- 
edge leaf” geraniums, pretty to use for 
border plants next season. A large rose 
geranium bush was also put into a 
bucket of sand. The Coleus, all bat¬ 
tered and bruised by wind and weather, 
were thrown away. I then spaded the 
bed up and raked it smooth in readiness 
for the tulips; their brave, flaming 
beauty is very cheering, I think, when 
Spring—in northern Ohio, the most 
tempestuous and treacherous of seasons 
—seems determined to make us wear 
mittens and overshoes until the bells 
ring in the Glorious Fourth. As a nerve 
tonic, digging flower-beds is a thousand 
times better for women than any golden 
specific on the market. And the more 
you take the better you like it. The 
tulip bulbs were planted about five 
inches deep and five inches apart, a 
little sand being put into each hole be¬ 
fore inserting the bulb, and a little more 
after. 'Ihe bed was then raked over 
and covered with leaves, then brush on 
top to keep the wind from blowing 
them away, and lastly encircled with 
wire netting to keep the chickens out. 
There was no need to cover the pansy 
bed, for only one little plant had sur¬ 
vived the drought of August and Sep¬ 
tember. Up to that time there were 
over a hundred plants doing fairly 
well; the blossoms were small, but of 
great variety, and I felt sure that, with 
a little protection, I could keep them 
over Winter and they would make a fine 
showing in the early Spring, having 
done the trick successfully two years 
ago. But the fruit business interfered 
with my flower show. I could not keep 
that bed watered, and Dame Nature 
would not, so it must be written down 
a failure. Pansy plants in good con¬ 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
8i I 
dition should be covered lightly with 
dry leaves quite late in the season— 
after hard, freezing weather—and when 
the mercury drops down to zero add a 
light covering of straw; remove this 
gradually in March, and a few warm 
days will coax the dearest flowers on 
earth out to greet you. Sweet peas 
failed the past season, though I never 
had a more promising looking row. 
But on the Fourth of July, just as they 
were coming into blossom, a great wind 
and rainstorm whipped and beat them 
nearly off the trellis. The heads 
blighted, and it seemed no amount of 
coaxing could bring back their lost vi¬ 
tality; still I might truthfully say that 
we had sweet peas from July till No¬ 
vember, for one or two stalks let us 
know, by an occasional blossom, that 
they were still in the battle of life. 
California poppies (Eschscholtzia) 
were also a disappointment. Perhaps 
they were planted too late; perhaps 
they did not get enough sun; at any 
rate, the bed of “gleaming gold” failed 
to materialize. The plants look thrifty 
now, and a neighbor has told me that, 
with some protection, they will survive 
the Winter and blossom all next sea¬ 
son. If I can, 1 like to hold on to any¬ 
thing that Tve watched and hoed and 
watered for three or four mouths. 1 
wonder how many friends we let slip 
away from us in a year through sheer 
neglect! But of course we’re not going 
to pet people as we do flowei’s; they 
would never understand it in the world! 
Not a failure were the Zinnias—the 
curled and crested sort. The scarlet 
ones were so lai’ge and double as to be 
mistaken for Dahlias, and there were 
some lovely clear pink ones. A bed of 
scarlet Zinnias alone is most effective. 
They are cheap and sure. 
A few warm days the latter part of 
April lured me into setting out my ger¬ 
aniums. They were stocky little plants, 
most of them blooming, and I had hard¬ 
ened them on the porch for several days. 
But it was a bad move. The mercury 
went down almost to the fi’eezing point 
shortly after, and there was no more 
warm weather till June. By that time 
my poor geraniums had become so hard¬ 
ened that the hot weather knocked them 
right out; i. e., some of them died and 
none made any showing to speak of all 
Summer. I think I shall wait patiently 
hereafter until the last week in May 
before bedding out geraniums. 
The prettiest thing on the place the 
first week in November was a Kieffer 
pear tree, its luxuriant, glossy foliage 
gleaming with all the various tints of 
brightest to darkest crimson. Could an 
artist paint it true to nature on canvas, 
the critics would talk about the color 
being laid on with a trowel, I am sure. 
A 10-cent can of red paint will cover 
a multitude of old discolored flower 
pots and boxes, and add 50 per cent to 
the neatness and attractiveness of your 
house plants. I know it has been held 
that plants do best in porous pots, but 
I believe that theory has been turned 
down. Too many fine, thrifty plants in 
tin cans have held up their heads and 
declared that they did not have to 
breathe through their pots. But I will 
not paint flower pots with yellow ochre 
as some people do; neither would I paint 
them sky-blue; red, dark green or very 
dark brown are colors best suited for 
this purpose. docia dykens. 
Rural Recipes. 
—O! now doth come the Jocund Fall 
With ripened nut and apple; 
The harvest’s big and best of all, 
It brlngeth luscious scrapple 1 
—Fhila. Record. 
Tomato Chips.—One-half peck of green 
tomatoes, three onions. Chop them sep¬ 
arately, the onions quite fine, but the 
tomatoes coarser. Put together, and 
mix with them one-half cupful of salt. 
Let stand over night in granite dish. 
In the morning drain through a colan¬ 
der. Take one pint of vinegar and one 
quart of water, add the tomatoes, cover 
and boil 20 minutes. Drain again. Take 
two cupfuls vinegar, and pound 
light brown sugar, one-fourth pound 
white mustard seed and one-eighth tea¬ 
spoonful cayenne pepper. Add the pre¬ 
pared tomatoes, and cook 15 minutes. 
This makes five pints. Put up in small 
glass fruit cans. This is not a pickle, 
but used as a sauce or relish. The color 
a fine amber. 
Quince Conserve.—Four pounds of 
quinces, pare, quarter. Cook the quinces 
in little water, until tender enough to 
cut the quarters across in thin slices 
(not too thin), three pounds granulated 
sugar, one-fourth pound of candied gin¬ 
ger root (or you can use preserved gin¬ 
ger, sliced thin), two lemons, juice and 
yellow rind (grated). Put all together 
in granite kettle, add one-half pint of 
water. Boil the whole 2V^ hours. Put 
in jelly glasses when cool, cover with 
melted paraffin, put on cover and seal. 
This is perfectly delicious. It is nice 
to serve a spoonful with ice cream or 
other dessert, or with cake. It is very 
rich, and a beautiful red color. 
Apple Cream Cake.—Prepare the cake 
by beating the yolks of three eggs until 
light and creamy; add cupful of 
sugar, one tablespoonful of lemon juice, 
the grated rind of half a lemon and one 
small half cupful of water. Sift two 
teaspoonfuls of baking powder with two 
cupfuls of flour; cut them into the egg 
mixture and lastly add the beaten white 
of the eggs. Bake in two round shallow 
pans, and when they are done split them 
and spread with the apple cream, made 
as follows: Steam three large sour ap¬ 
ples until they are soft, then rub them 
through a sieve. Beat the whites of 
three eggs stiff and gradually add three- 
fourths of a cupful of powdered sugar 
and a few drops of lemon juice. Add 
the apple and beat it until stiff enough 
to stand alone. Place on ice and spread 
it cold upon the cakes, which may be 
either hot or cold. Serve with whipped 
cream. 
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