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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
September  8,  1923 
From  Day  to  Day 
The  Pasture  Pool 
The  smartweed  lifts  its  cloud  of  soft  pink 
bloom 
And  trims  the  edges  of  the  pasture 
pool ; 
It’s  midweek,  but  a  Sunday  silence 
hangs — 
The  children  have  gone  back  again  to 
school. 
I  miss  the  chatter  of  their  lightsome 
talk — 
Their  happy  laughter  made  the  whole 
farm  gay — 
Yet  something  comforts  me  that’s  kind 
of  strange — 
The  first  wild  ducks  lit  on  the  pool 
today ! 
It’s  foolishlike,  but  when  the  children  go 
The  ducks  wing  in  across  their  south¬ 
ern  track. 
I  like  to  think  they’re  hostages  I  hold. 
And  when  they  go  the  children  will  fly 
back  ! 
There  in  the  pasture  pool  they  seem  to 
feel 
It’s  safe  to  rest  a  bit  from  gun  and 
foe ; 
Father  would  grant  the  hunters  their  re¬ 
quest — 
But  I  get  cross;  1  like  to  tell  them 
No. 
All  'Winter  through  the  vagrant  flocks 
Avheel  in 
To  find  the  corn  I  scatter  by  the 
shore ; 
Way-worn  .and  cold,  they  huddle  close 
and  rest 
To  gather  strength  for  their  long  flight 
once  more. 
When  smartweed  pink  shall  cloud  the  ap¬ 
ple  trees, 
The  ducks  wheel  North  across  the 
world’s  blue  dome ; 
They  call  to  me,  “Good-by,  good  friend, 
good-by, 
We  leave  you,  but  the  children  shall 
come  home !” 
• — Nell  Lewis  Woods  in 
Kansas  City  Times. 
* 
Perhaps  some  reader  is  looking  for 
“mystery  pickle.”  We  have  been  asked 
to  repeat  this  every  season  since  it  was 
first  given,  several  years  ago ;  Run  one 
peck  of  green  tomatoes,  six  medium-sized 
onions  and  nine  small  green  peppers 
through  a  meat  chopper,  stir  in  half  pint 
of  salt,  and  let  the  mixture  stand  24 
hours.  Drain,  put  on  vinegar  enough  to 
cover,  and  cook  half  an  hour.  Add  half 
pint  of  vinegar,  half  pound  of  sugar,  two 
tablespoons  of  ground  mustard,  mixed 
with  a  little  vinegar,  two  tablespoons  of 
celery  seed,  one  teaspoon  each  allspice, 
cinnamon  and  cloves  and  a  half  pint  of 
grated  horseradish.  Bottle.  A  pickle  of 
this  kind,  molded  into  a  little  mound, 
used  to  be  served  with  all  meats  at  a 
popular  New  York  chophouse,  and  as 
the  recipe  was  kept  secret,  the  restaur¬ 
ant’s  patrons  called  it  “mystery  pickle.” 
* 
Do  any  of  our  housekeepers  can  pork 
and  beans  with  tomato  sauce?  A  reader 
asks  for  a  recipe,  if  possible  like  the 
commercial  canned  baked  beans  with  to¬ 
mato  sauce.  Some  housekeepers  prepare 
a  larger  pan  of  baked  beans  than  is 
needed  for  a  meal,  and  then  can  the 
extra  quantity.  Cans  are  filled  to  within 
an  inch  of  the  top,  and  then  processed 
an  hour  and  a  half.  The  only  reason  to 
can  baked  beans  would  be  to  have  them 
ready  to  use  in  an  emergency,  as  the 
beaus  and  pork  are  both  kept  without 
canning,  and  if  tomatoes  are  to  be  added 
they  are  easily  canned  separately  for 
general  use. 
It  seems  a  very  good  time  to  repeat 
that  simple  method  of  making  grape  juice 
which  people  ask  us  every  year.  Wash 
and  sterilize  two-quart  preserve  jars. 
Wash  the  grapes  and  pick  them  off  the 
stems.  Into  each  two-quart  jar  put  a 
scant  quart  of  the  grapes,  put  in 
one  cup  of  granulated  sugar,  and  then  fill 
the  jar  to  overflowing  with  boiling  water. 
Put  on  rubber  and  lid  and  clamp  tight 
immediately.  While  the  jar  is  cooling  it 
should  be  lifted  carefully  and  shaken 
gently  back  and  forth,  so  as  to  mix  up 
the  sugar  with  the  berries  and  cause  it 
to  dissolve  thoroughly.  Otherwise  there 
is  some  risk  that  some  of  the  sugar  will 
form  a  cake  in  the  bottom  of  the  jar.  It 
is  ready  to  use  in  about  two  months,  and 
■by  the  end  of  the  season  there  is  nothing 
left  in  the  jars  except  the  skins  and  seeds, 
the  remainder  of  the  grapes  being  dis¬ 
solved  in  the  water.  This  is  delicious 
grape  juice,  without  any  cooked  flavor. 
The  original  recipe,  received  from  a  grape 
grower  in  Pennsylvania,  advised  only  two 
cups  of  grapes  to  the  two-quart  jar,  but 
we  have  doubled  the  quantity  to  get  a 
richer  product. 
Another  good  and  simple  method  is  as 
follows :  Pick  10  pounds  of  grapes  from 
stems.  Wash  and  simmer  until  soft  in 
two  quarts  of  water.  Mash  through  a 
colander  and  drain  all  over  night  in  a 
jelly  bag.  To  one  quart  of  juice  add  one 
cup  of  sugar.  Bring  to  the  boiling  point, 
pour  into  hot  sterilized  jars  or  bottles 
and  process  for  eight  minutes.  Then  seal 
tight. 
Perfection  Pumpkin  Pie 
This  recipe  is  for  three  pies.  The  night 
before  baking,  put  enough  pumpkin 
through  the  food-chopper,  using  the  finest 
knife,  to  heap  three  cups  full.  Add  two 
and  one-fourth  cups  maple  sugar,  and 
The  Rural  Patterns 
In  ordering  alway*  give  number  of  pattern 
and  size  desired,  sending  price  with  order 
1950.  Children's  men’s  shirt,  with 
slip-on  yoke  dress,  attached  or  sepa- 
opening  at  should-  rate  collar,  and 
ers,  with  round  or  French  cuffs.  Sizes 
bateau  neck-line,  34,  36,  38,  40,  42, 
and  with  or  with-  44  and  46-in.  breast, 
out  tucks  and  long  Size  38  requires  3V2 
or  short  sleeves,  yards  32-in.  ma- 
Sizes  1,  2,  4  and  6  terial.  20  cents, 
years.  Size  4  years 
1944.  Misses’  ki¬ 
mono  dress  with 
siAnulated  bolero, 
having  short  ki¬ 
mono  sleeves  with 
three-quarter  length 
extensions,  and 
with  or  without  col¬ 
lar  and  cuffs.  Sizes 
16,  18  and  20  years. 
Size  18  years  re¬ 
quires  2%  yards 
36-in.  figured  and  1 
■yard  plain  mater¬ 
ial.  20  cents. 
Fashion 
1805.  One-piece 
slip-on  dress,  with 
collar  in  two  styles, 
elbow  or  full-length 
sleeves  with  cuffs, 
and  with  or  with¬ 
out  patch  pockets; 
for  ladies  and  mis- 
ses.  Sizes  36,  38, 
40,  42,  44  and  46- 
in.  bust.  Size  38  re¬ 
quires  3%  yards  36- 
in.  material.  25 
cents. 
catalog,  15  cents. 
let  stand  all  night.  In  the  morning  add 
the  following  iu  exactly  this. order:  One- 
fourth  teaspoon  soda,  two  well-beaten 
eggs.  two  tablespoons  melted  butter,  three 
heaping  tablespoons  flour,  two  teaspoons 
cinnamon,  one  scant  teaspoon  ginger,  a 
pinch  of  salt,  one  cup  heavy  sweet  cream, 
and  three  full  cups  new  milk.  The  mix¬ 
ture  should  be  a  little  warm  when  put 
into  the  crusts.  Bake  one  hour.  If 
maple  sugar  is  not  available,  use  dark 
brown  sugar.  p.  a. 
Uninvited  Summer  Company 
I  really  ought  to  be  upftairs  this  very 
minute,  picking  up,  washing  and  straight¬ 
ening  out  the  chambers  after  this  last  in¬ 
vasion  of  uninvited  company. 
I  was  out  in  the  garden  one  evening 
picking  peas  when  a  small  auto  drew 
up  beside  the  road,  and  three  people — a 
half-grown  boy  and  a  man  and  woman 
got  out  and  came  towards  me.  As  I 
straightened  up  I  recognized  them  as  peo¬ 
ple  who  had  once  lived  in  our  town  and 
gone  to  the  same  church,  and  who  had 
sold  out  and  moved  into  the  city  three 
years  ago. 
They  came  towards  me  with  every  evi¬ 
dence  of  pleasure,  and  after  talking  a 
few  minutes  and  asking  after  the  neigh¬ 
bors  said  abruptly  ‘‘We’ve  got  such  a 
big  surprise  for  you — we’ve  got  our  va¬ 
cation  and  are  going  to  spend  it  in  the 
old  town  with  you.  You've  got  so  much 
room.” 
I  suppose  I  should  have  mustered  up 
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