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THE  HOLDEN  CO. 
side  stone  walls  in  this  country.  Up  at 
the  head  of  the  lake  is  an  old  house  now 
ruined  and  abandoned.  A  large  modern 
house  stands  beside  it,  but  the  old  place 
has  a  fascination  for  me.  It  is  250  years 
old  and  in  it,  generation  after  generation 
of  sturdy  people  grew  up  and  then  went 
out  into  the  battle  of  life.  They  must 
have  been  plain  folks,  like  the  rest  of  us, 
but  they  had  their  dreams  and  ambitions 
as  children  have  ever  had.  The  boys  and 
I  went  rummaging  through  the  house  and 
found  old  books  and  papers.  These  peo¬ 
ple  were  readers  and  thinkers.  There 
was  a  copy  of  Eaton’s  “Mental  Arith¬ 
metic" — the  very  book  I  studied  in  the 
old  schoolhouse,  and  on  the  fly  leaf  I  find 
written  in  a  boyish  hand : 
Mary  Alice  Revnolcb 
1871 
“The  rose  is  red 
The  violet  is  blue 
The  pink  is  pretty 
And  so  are  you !” 
There  you  have  it.  That  was  the  com¬ 
bination  of  figures  and  sentiment  we  all 
studied  in  those  old  years.  These  lines 
were  written  52  years  ago!  Well!  Well! 
I  have  no  doubt  that  if  Mary  Alice  is 
living  today  she  is  worn  and  bent  and 
gray  or  slow'  and  portly.  I  do  not  im¬ 
agine  there  is  much  pink  on  her  cheek 
now.  I  wonder  if  the  boy  who  wrote 
these  lines — now  no  doubt  gray  and 
wrinkled — can  look  at  the  Mary  Alice  of 
today  and  repeat  his  thought  in  spite  of 
all  the  havoc -the  years  have  wrought: 
“The  pink  is  pretty 
And  so  are  you  I” 
That  is  the  great  enduring  test  of  time 
— as  strong  in  its  way  as  the  thought  of 
these  old  stone  walls.  ii.  w.  c. 
Canning  Lima  Beans,  Tomatoes  and  Corn 
Will  you  give  me  a  recipe  for  canning 
Lima  beans,  also  tomatoes,  and  corn? 
MRS.  c.  E.  E. 
Jars  must  he  clean  and  well  scalded, 
and  processing  counted  from  the  time  the 
water  in  the  boiler  begins  to  boil  hard. 
Lima  Beans. — Pick  when  in  good  ta¬ 
ble  condition,  and  can  as  soon  as  possi¬ 
ble.  Shell,  and  pack  lightly  in  jars  to 
within  one  inch  of  top.  It  is  not  neces¬ 
sary  to  blanch  and  plunge.  Add  a  tea¬ 
spoon  of  salt  to  a  quart  jar,  and  fill  up 
crevices  with  boiling  water.  Adjust  rub¬ 
ber  and  cover,  seal  tightly,  and  process 
three  hours.  Then  tighten  lid  and  set 
away. 
Corn. — This  must  be  done  very  care¬ 
fully,  and  the  corn  should  be  freshly 
gathered.  Remove  husks  and  silk.  Blanch 
on  the  cob  for  five  minutes,  plunge  into 
cold  water,  then  cut  from  cob.  Pack  di¬ 
rectly  into  jars  to  within  one  inch  of  top. 
Add  one  teaspoon  of  salt  and  one  of 
sugar  for  each  quart.  Adjust  rubber  and 
cover,  clamp  lightly,  and  set  in  the  boiler 
to  process.  It  should  never  be  allowed 
to  stand  around  while  other  jars  are  be¬ 
ing  filled,  and  it  is  much  better  if  two 
persons  can  work  together  one  to  pre¬ 
pare  the  corn,  and  the  other  to  fill  the 
jars.  Seal  lightly,  and  process  for  four 
hours,  then  seal  tight. 
Tomatoes. — Select  ripe  tomatoes,  grad¬ 
ing  for  size ;  do  not  use  those  that  are 
decayed  or  over-ripe,  or  with  hard  green 
spots.  Wash,  put  in  a  wire  strainer,  and 
plunge  in  boiling  water  l1/!*  minutes  to 
loosen  the  skins.  Plunge  in  cold  water, 
remove  skins  and  core.  Pack  at  once  in 
hot  jars,  press  down  with  a  wooden  spoon, 
and  add  one  teaspoon  of  salt  to  each 
quart.  IWash  small  or  bruised  tomatoes, 
put  in  a  preserving  kettle,  skins  and  all, 
and  cook  till  soft.  Strain  through  a 
fine  sieve,  return  strained  liquid  to  stove, 
and  heat  till  boiling.  When  hot  pour 
over  tomatoes  in  jar,  filling  to  within  one 
inch  of  top.  Adjust  rubber  and  cover, 
and  clamp  lightly.  Place  in  boiler  of 
hot  water,  and  process  25  minutes.  If 
poorly  packed,  or  if  the  hot  juice  is  not 
added  the  jars  will  show  shrinkage. 
Water  should  not  he  added. 
Eradicating  Cherry  Sprouts 
We  have  a  lot  of  trouble  with  cherry 
sprouts  in  our  garden  from  a  neighbor’s 
cherry  tree.  Two  or  three  times  a  sea¬ 
son  we  dig  as  deep  as  we  can  and  pull 
and  root  them  out ;  still  they  come  up. 
Is  there  a  certain  time  to  cut  them  off, 
that  they  will  not  shoot  up  again?  It  is 
pretty  hard  to  keep  digging  them  up ; 
they  spoil  our  garden  crops  and  take  the 
good  out  of  the  ground.  j.  D, 
Stroudsburg,  Pa. 
The  only  way  to  eradicate  the  sprouts 
permanently  is  to  dig  a  trench  as  near 
your  neighbor’s  tree  as  possible  and  cut 
off  the  roots  that  run  under  your  garden. 
Then  dig  out  the  roots  this  Fall  that  are 
under  your  garden,  fill  the  trench  with 
stone  and  cover  with  dirt,  and  you  will 
have  no  more  trouble  with  them.  w.  p. 
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Bathroom  Outfit 
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white  earthenware  bowl  and  highly  finished  golden 
oak,  copper  lined  tank  with  seat  and  cover  to 
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match.  Nickel  plated  faucets,  bath 
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$68 
00 
No.  SA-IO,  White  porcelain 
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furnished  complete  with  two 
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Size  18  in.  x  24  in.  $12.00 
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Whito  porcelain  enameled  drain 
board,  24  in.Jonff,  each  .  •  .  $5.50 
*2— 
100  lbs. 
No.  SA-30.  New  wire 
nails.  All  sizes  from  3 
to  40d.  Handy  100  !b. 
keg . $2.25 
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No.  SA-7.  Strong  non¬ 
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sheep  and  cattle.  Heavy 
steel,  12  in. 
wide,  5  feet 
long,  each... 
8  feet  long . $2.95 
10  feet  long . $3.95 
Pipe  -  Fittings 
No.  SA-20.  Random 
lengths  with  couplings, 
all  sizes.  1  inch  Ca 
pipe,  per  foot Ov 
Big  stock  of  pipe, 
fittings,  and  valves 
Mixed  Bolts 
No.SA-184.Mixed  bolts. 
Sizes  up  to  %  in.  diameter; 
8  in.  long.  60  lb.  keg,  $2.75. 
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[No.  sa  - 12. 
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blister,  fade  or 
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black  and  26  non-fadingcol- 
ors.  Put  up  in  containers  of 
1  to  60  gals.  Per  gal.$1.85. 
Barn  Paint 
No.  SA-13.  Guaranteed  barn 
or  garage  paint.  Red, 
yellow  or  mi 
Per  gallon . 
Green,  slate  or  red,Gal.$1.60 
$135 
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Corn  Shelters 
$49 
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Per  roll  of  108  square  feet  with  trimmings  .  . . .  X  — 
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Storm 
Sash 
$2ZZ 
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89.  Two- 
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325. 
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d<K*r,  size 
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In.,  1,3-8 
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=*  and  storm  door;  size 
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J  Ii  Storm  section  glazed.  Gal. 
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1  1-8  in.  thick.  Out¬ 
side  mess.  20x25  in. 
Each . 80c 
Barn 
Sash 
80c 
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