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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 25, 
[ Woman and Home j 
From Day to Day. 
A THANKSGIVING TO GOD FOR HIS 
HOUSE. 
I-ord, Thou hast given me a cell. 
Wherein to dwell; 
A little house, whose humble roof 
Is weather-proof; 
Under the sparres of which I lie 
Both soft and drie; 
Where Thou, my chamber for to ward 
Has set a guard 
Of harmless thoughts, to watch and keep 
Me while I sleep. 
Low is my porch, as is m.v fate; 
Both voide of state; 
And yet the threshold of my doore 
Is worn by the poore. 
Who thither come, and freely get 
Good words or meat. 
Like as my parlour, so my hall 
And kitchen's small; 
A little butterie, and therein 
A little byn, 
Which keeps my little loafe of bread 
Unchipt, unflead ; 
Some brittle sticks of thorne or brier 
Make me a fire. 
Close by whose living coale I sit. 
And glow like it. 
Lord, 'tis Thy plenty-dropping hand 
That soiles my land. 
And giv'st me for my bushell sowne 
Twice ten for one. 
Thou mak’st my teeming hen to lay 
Her egg each day; 
The while the conduits of my kine 
Run creame for wine; 
All these, and better. Thou dost send 
Me, to this end. 
That I should render for my part 
A thankful heart; 
Which, fired with incense, I resigne 
As wholly Thine; 
But the acceptance, that must be 
My Christ, by Thee. 
Robert Herrick (1591-1674). 
* 
Among cold-weather garments for ex¬ 
tra warmth are Angora vests, cardigan 
jackets, gloves, etc. They are light, soft 
and fleecy, all the articles seen being of 
a rich dark brown. A woman’s sleeve¬ 
less Angora vest costs $7.50; men’s jack¬ 
ets $15 and higher. 
* 
Many good housekeepers can pumpkin 
in advance of Thanksgiving, sealing like 
any other canned vegetable. It is merely 
boiled and sealed while hot; then when 
used it is drained, sifted, and mixed with 
the other ingredients. It is a good plan 
to make this preparation for the later 
Winter, when the pumpkins are less likely 
to keep in good condition. 
* 
A set consisting of bed shoes and hot- 
water bottle cover to match make a gift 
appreciated by an invalid or elderly per¬ 
son. They are made of eiderdown flannel, 
the shoes lined with flannel of a con¬ 
trasting color, with ribbon ties. Only 
those who have tried them know how 
much comfort a chilly person gains by the 
use of these fleecy bed shoes. 
* 
Pumpkin custards are delicious, and do 
away with the under crust many people 
dislike in a pumpkin pie. They require 
one quart of hot milk, a large cup of 
strained squash or pumpkin, a teaspoonful 
of butter and one of salt, a cupful of 
sugar in which half a teaspoonful of cin¬ 
namon and a pinch of ginger have been 
IS WITH US. 
mixed, and three eggs beaten light. Mix 
pumpkin and milk, add other ingredients, 
the eggs last, pour into custard cups 
which must be set in a pan of hot water. 
Bake until firm, about half an hour, test¬ 
ing with a knife blade. If it comes out 
clean they are done. Serve ice-cold. 
* 
Recent requests for a churn suitable 
for making small quantities of butter 
bing to mind the “household butter- 
maker” offered by some department 
stores. It consists of a glass jar, holding 
from one to four quarts, with a metal 
screw top, and contains a double-action 
paddle, operated by a wheel crank on top, 
after the manner of an egg beater. It 
is said to bring butter quickly, and is 
also useful for beating eggs, or mayon¬ 
naise, and whipping cream. This “but¬ 
ter-maker” costs from $1 to $2.50, accord¬ 
ing to size. Small dasher churns of 
porcelain-lined agate ware are also seen; 
they have wooden lid and dasher, and 
hold from one to three gallons. We do 
not know anything of their durability, but 
they are light in weight, and may be 
easily cleaned. 
* 
Here is a recipe, from the Pilgrim, for 
a “pilgrim pie,” which sounds quite good 
enough to eat: Cut a two-pound piece of 
fresh pork into dice, after it is cooked, 
and prepare the following crust: One 
pint mashed potatoes, one-half teaspoonful 
salt, one tablespoonful butter, one-fourth 
teaspoonful pepper, one-fourth cup of 
milk, one level teaspoonful baking-powder, 
and enough flour to make a crust which 
can be easily rolled out one inch thick. 
Put alternate layers, in a baking-dish, of 
the diced pork, raw oysters, minced pars¬ 
ley, a light dusting of Summer savory, 
finely shredded onion, with salt and pep¬ 
per to suit, and one tablespoonful butter; 
cover with a brown sauce; fit a cover of 
the potato biscuit and bake in hot oven 
20 minutes. Five minutes before it is fin¬ 
ished draw out, cover with fine cracker 
crumbs mixed with one egg; return to the 
oven to finish browning; garnish with 
parsley. This potato crust is excellent 
for any meat pie. 
* 
On page 71 S we reprinted a fugitive 
poem entitled “There is No Death,” which 
has long been familiar, being credited to 
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the novelist 
(Lord Lytton of Knebworth). We now 
learn from the Indianapolis News that 
the verses are by an American author. 
Says a correspondent of that paper: 
This blunder originated very oddly. Some¬ 
thing like half a century ago, J. I.. McCreery 
was a young reporter on a daily paper at 
Dubuque, la. One day he wrote and printed 
in his paper, without signature, the poem, 
‘There Is No Death.’ An editor in the neigh¬ 
boring town of Galena, Ill., copied it without 
credit. Another editor saw it in the Galena 
paper supposed it was written by the editor, 
whose name happened to be Bulmer, and re¬ 
printed it, assigning it to Bulmer. A third 
editor, somewhere, who knew nothing of Bul¬ 
mer, saw the poem, naturally supposed that 
the name Bulmer was a misprint for Bulwer, 
then one of the best-known names in litera¬ 
ture. and reprinted it with Bulwer as the 
author. 
This error was perpetuated, and al¬ 
though some years later Mr. McCreery 
published a volume of poetry, including 
this poem, it continued to reappear at 
intervals with the wrong authorship ap¬ 
pended. For many years it has been our 
habit to collect stray poems, old and new, 
and we often find that with every wish to 
credit the source from which such verse 
is derived, its origin is often obscured, 
and proper credit cannot always be given. 
The 
Delicious 
Fragrance 
from a hot 
Royal Baking 
Powder biscuit 
whets the 
appetite 
OYAL Baking Powder 
improves the flavor and 
adds to the healthful¬ 
ness of all risen flour-foods. 
It renders the biscuit, bread 
and cake more digestible and 
nutritious. 
Royal Baking Powder 
makes hot breads wholesome. 
Food raised with Royal will 
not distress persons of deli¬ 
cate or enfeebled digestion, 
though eaten warm and fresh. 
THANKSGIVING 
COD LIVER OIL 
AND MORE. 
Some physicians will ques¬ 
tion the value of raw cod 
liver oil in wasting diseases, 
but they won’t question the 
value of Scotts Emulsion. 
Scott’s Emulsion is more 
than cod liver oil. It’s half 
digested before the patient 
"ets it. Raw cod liver oil is 
O 
a severe tax on the stomach 
of even a healthy person. 
Scott’s Emulsion contains 
glycerine and the valuable 
hypophosphites of lime and 
soda. There’s food in these 
for bone, muscle and tissue. 
Raw cod liver oil offers no 
such combination. 
SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl Street, New York. 
Around the World 
“ I have used your Fish 
Brand Slickers for years 
in the Hawaiian Islands 
and found them the only 
article that suited. I am 
now in this country 
(Africa) and think a great 
deal of your coats.” 
(name on application) 
niCnEST AWARD WORLD'S FAIR. ISOt. 
The world=wide reputa¬ 
tion of Tower’s Water= 
proof Oiled Clothing 
assures the buyer of 
the positive worth of 
all garments bearing 
this Sign of the Fish. 
A. J. TOWER CO., Boston, U. S. A. 
TOWER CANADIAN CO., LIMITED, 
353 Toronto, Canada. 
Make your own soap 
and save money 
Cheaper than buying it and you get 
the purest and best soap that can be 
made. Free from rosin, clay and other 
adulterants, and doesn’t harm the skin or 
make clothes yellow. 
Easily made—no boiling or large kettles 
—in ten minutes with a 10-cent can of 
Banner Lye 
and 5 l /2 lbs. of clean kitchen grease. That 
gives you 10 pounds of best hard soap or 
20 gallons of pure soft soap. 
Banner Lye has lots of 
Mhcr uses. It thoroughly 
cleans and disinfects 
every room in the 
house and insures free¬ 
dom from dirt and dis¬ 
ease germs. Great for 
washing milk-pails and 
butter-tubs, and for 
cleaning the dairy. 
Banner Lye is not 
old-style lye. Odorless 
and colorless; packed 
in patent safety cans that are easy to open 
and prevent waste. 
Batuier Lye is sold by your grocer or druggist. 
Write to us for free booklet. " Uses of Banner Lye ' 
The Penn Chemical Works Philadelphia U SA 
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can be well lathered with¬ 
out the rich, thick 
lather of 
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Sold everywhere. Free trial sample 
for 2-cent stamp. Write for “The 
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Accordeon for 
8 e 11 i n g SiiS 
packageslSlu- 
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and return us the money. Then we 
send vou the Accordeon. We also 
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is the price paid to-day for rich lands in Tennessee 
suitable for raising Cotton, Wheat, Potatoes, Hay, 
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Tenn. Dept. 0. 
