THE: RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
1119 
Colorado Notes. 
I can sympathize with Mrs. .T. G. S., 
on page 994, who speaks of springs and 
cisterns running dry where she lives in 
this State. But we have no cisterns or 
springs to go dry, a very deep well, with 
scarcely enough wind to keep stock in 
water, too hard to pump by hand. If 
we had a big cistern it would have been 
filled many times this season, as rains 
have been frequent and abundant, and 
soft water is a blessing one cannot prize 
enough. The day our wheat was headed 
the mill did not run; two strong men 
pumped a pail of water for me, and at 
noon those six men washed in the same 
water, knowing how scarce it was, and 
they were clean, tidy men, not roughs. 
I have many times had to delay wash¬ 
ing, perhaps doing a few pieces a day, as 
I could have a little water, and thanks 
to naptha soap a little water goes a good 
way when it has to. Our neighbors all 
own their farms and have tanks for short¬ 
age, so do not have so much trouble. 
As we do not care to own land here we 
are renters, and have to take up with 
what we can get. However, in way of 
buildings we have more and better than 
on most rented farms here. 
I find a blue flame wickless oil stove 
a great blessing and not hard to keep 
clean, doing its work well and cheaply. 
I have lived in Chicago and Kansas City, 
with gas used for cooking, and water 
on tap, but I would rather be in the coun¬ 
try with my oil stove in Summer and 
coal or wood in Winter. In Northern 
Michigan we moved in a house that had 
been used by a lumber camp, with no 
end of filth, but we had a wonderful well 
of water, soft and pure, well only 12 feet 
deep, and the water standing at 42 de¬ 
grees. IIow we enjoyed that water! 
Since coming West many years ago we 
have usually been some distance from 
neighbors; or in some cases those who 
were neighborly. Our nearest neighbor 
here is half a mile distant, being quite 
well settled all about us. But often I do 
not leave home all Winter, and see but 
very few people as we are far from strong. 
We have a large nuiriber of magazines 
sent us by friends and our list of pub¬ 
lications which we take, together with 
quite an extensive correspondence with 
friends from Massachusetts to California, 
give us much enjoyment. It is our soci¬ 
ety in a great measure. We also keep 
in touch with the world’s doings. Where 
many of our neighbors take cheap,'trashy 
literature we want the best. 
~ One needs to mingle with people even 
if not so congenial. We cannot obtain 
the best results of living in this world 
to shut ourselves up. We are all human, 
all “one man’s sons.” We must adapt 
ourselves to circumstances; try to make 
the best with what we have. Not since 
we visited where the people were well-to- 
do ; no children ; a young niece lived with 
them. During the Winter the wife and 
niece (12 years old) helped pitch scores 
of loads of straw and feed for cattle and 
horses; they have a great number of 
both, and she told me she felt old this 
Spring, although hardly a middle-aged 
woman yet. She did it to save a hired 
man to cook for. “I have always done 
it, and milked the cows, and expect to as 
long as we stay on the ranch.” .They 
live in a little two-room house, which was 
built on the homestead. Across from it 
a few rods is quite a large seven or eight- 
room house, which is on a farm they 
bought. It needs extensive repairs, and 
until her husband will fix it as she 
wants she will not leave the little house, 
although the larger house is used in way 
of storage and sleeping of help. Water is 
brought from the windmills in pails, while 
they own thousands of dollars of land and 
stock. They traded 100 acres of land last 
year for a fine automobile, and in that 
way the woman and girl get about the 
world and out of the humdrum of hard 
work. It’s a case of not looking at life 
the same way in many respects. “I boss 
outdoors; she bosses in the house,” the 
husband remarked once. 
A great harvest of wheat, oats and bar¬ 
ley has just been finished. Thousands 
of acres of wheat will be sown this Fall. 
The soil is in ideal condition for the 
seed. One neighbor has bought a tractor 
and will put in 000 acres. A disk follows 
the plows, all drawn by the tractor. Peo¬ 
ple are wild to put in all possible crops, 
prices being so good. The wives and 
daughters are helping indoors and out, 
and many a fine piano will be brought 
into the homes of the people on the 
Great Plains that three or four years 
ago lived in dugouts, sod houses and 
shacks. I wish Mrs. J. G. S. would cell 
us more of her home and life. I thing 
she must be in the mountainous part of 
the State. 
MRS. FREDERICK C. JOHNSON. 
Imperial Cake. 
One pound of sugar, one pound of flour, 
three-quarters pound butter, one pound 
almonds, blanched and cut fine; one-half 
pound citron, one-quarter pound candied 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering patterns, always give 
number of pattern and size 
desired. Price of each 
pattern 
8733—Child’s Dress, 
2 to 0 years. 
8724—Empire Neg¬ 
ligee for Misses and 
Small Women, 1G 
and 18 years. 
10 cents. 
8719A—Man’s Neg¬ 
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breast. 
8719—Girl’s Apron, 
8 to 14 years. 
8734 — Princesse 
Dress Perforated for 
Tunic Length, 34 to 
40 bust. 
Hereafter all patterns numbered 8772 and 
will be cut with a SEAM ALLOW¬ 
ANCE, basting line being shown by a line of 
small perfo ratio ns. Those who do not want a 
seam allowance may trim it off along the 
basting line. Directions as to basting line 
are given on envelope containing the pattern. 
cherries, one-half pound seeded raisins, 
rind and juice of one lemon, two pieces of 
candied orange, one nutmeg, 10 eggs. Bake 
in a loaf in a moderate oven. This is a 
rich and delicious cake that can be made 
some time before it is used. 
MRS. o. E. 
One cup butter, one cup sugar, five 
eggs, one teaspoon grated lemon rind, 
one tablespoon lemon juice, one-half 
pound citron chopped fine, one-half cup 
sliced blanched almonds, one-half pound 
flour, one teaspoon baking powder. Mix 
dry ingredients, cream butter and sugar, 
add one egg at a time, beating hard till 
all are added; add flour, then lemon 
juice and dredged nuts and citron. Line 
loaf pan with heavy paper well greased, 
bake in a moderate oven about one hour. 
I try mine wtih a toothpick; if done it 
will come out clean. I hope this may 
be the recipe wanted ; it is fine. 
MRS. J. L. 
On page 1018 a recipe for “Imperial 
cake” is asked for. I am glad to send one 
I know is all right and probably the one 
asked for. The old recipe called for wine, 
four tablespoonfuls, but we are believers 
in the dry movement, so substitute water 
and it is just as good. One pound but¬ 
ter, one pound sugar (white), two 
pounds raisins, one pound citron, one 
pound sweet almonds (blanched), 10 eggs, 
two teaspoons baking powder, four table¬ 
spoons water, one pound flour, vanilla or 
nutmeg. mrs. j. c. f. 
Chocolate Layer Cake. 
A good layer cake recipe for R. T. C.: 
One-half cup of butter, two cups sugar, 
one cup of sweet milk, three cups of flour, 
yolks of five eggs, whites of three, two tea¬ 
spoonfuls of baking powder. Bake in 
three or four jelly tins. Filling: Beat 
the whites of the two eggs left, grate six 
tablespoonfuls of chocolate, mix with the 
whites, add enough fine sugar to make a 
thick frosting. Spread between cakes and 
on top and sides. mrs. j. m. 
In response to a request from It. T. G. 
for a good recipe for a light layer cake to 
put chocolate icing on, I send mine with 
which I have always had good success. It 
is as follows: Two oirps of sugar, one- 
third cup of butter, three eggs, one cup 
of milk, three level cups of flour, two tea¬ 
spoonfuls of yeast powrter. Cream sugar 
and butter together, add eggs, then beat 
well, add the milk, flavor to suit the taste, 
add the flour and yeast powder sifted to¬ 
gether. If wanted nice and fine, mix with 
hands. This makes three layers. The 
chocolate icing that I use, and which I 
think is very nice is as follows: One- 
half cake bitter chocolate, one cup sugar, 
three tablespoonfuls milk. Put over the 
fire, stir constantly until sugar is dis¬ 
solved ; if too thick when done, add boil¬ 
ing water. Do not have it too thick, or it 
will be too hard when done. MRS. A. R. 
Too much idleness, I have observed, 
fills up a man’s time more completely 
and leaves him less his own master than 
any sort of employment whatsoever.— 
Edmund Burke. 
Mail Postal for 
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