DETROIT, APRIL 20, 1886.

   

TIHIE HOUSEIHEOLD/nauaSthpplememt.

 

 

 

 

M0 THER’S MENDING B ASKET.

 

Over and under, and in and out,
The swift little needle flies;

For always between her and idleness
The mending basket lies,

And the patient hands, though weary,
Work lovingly on and on

At tasks that are never finished;
For mending is never done.

She takes up the father’s stocking,
And skillfully knits in the heel,

And smooths the seam with a tender touch
That he may no roughness feel;

And her thoughts t; her merry girlhood
And her early wifehood go,

And she smiles at the first pair of stockings
She knit so long ago. ‘

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Then she speaks to the maiden
Learning to knit at her side,
And tells her about those stockings
Uneven and shapeless and wide—
“ I had to ravel them out my dear;
Don’t be discouraged but try,
And after a while you can knit
As swift and even as 1.”

She takes up a litte white apron,
And thinks of the woful face

or her darling when she came crying:
“ Ohl mamma', I’ve torn my lace.”

So she mended the child’s pet apron;
Then took up a tiny shoe

And fastened a stitch that was broken,
And tied the ribbon of blue

The maiden has wearied of working,
And gone away to her play;
The sun in the west is sinking,
At the close of the quiet day,
Now the mother’s hands are resting
Still holding a stocking of red,
And her thoughts in the tw1light shadow
To the far-off future have fled.

“ Ohl where will the little feet wander
Before they have time to rest?

Where will the bright heads be pillowed
When the mother’s loving breast

Is under the spring's blue viola ts,
And under the summer grass,

When over her fall the autumn feaves,
And the storms of winter pass?”

And a prayer from her heart she utters:
“ God bless them, my dear ones all!
Oh! may it be many, many years
Ere sorrow to them befall!”
To her work from the mending basket
She turns with a heart at rest;
For she knows that to husband and children
She is always the first and best.
—Abbe Kenna.

D INNER-TABLE PHILOSOPHY.

 

 

In the desultory conversation of a
boardinghouse table, there is very little
conversational “ wheat,” yet sometimes a
chance word or unguarded opinion is
dropped, a straw which shows the trend
of popular thought. And it is singular
to note how old time notions will come

 

to the front for a moment, o.y to vanish
when contested or opposed.

Not long since, during the idle chat
over the dessert, mention was made of a
young lady just married, who was known
to several of the party around the table,
and her “ prospects ” werelbriefly discuss-
ed. The new home was to be on a ranche
in New Mexico, more than one hundred
miles from a railroad station, and thirty
‘miles from the nearest military post, the
most accessible neighbors. Said one:

“Seems a pity to bury a pretty girl that
way. She was educated at Cooper Insti-
tute; music, painting, ‘ way up ’ intellec-

tually; what good will it ever do her in
‘New Mexico?"

I was pleased at the ready retort from
three or four persons, but could not help
thinking that this remark only voiced the
idea so common to many, that education
is unnecessary unless one is in a position
to make money by its means or “show
off” in society. It shows the predomin—
ance of the “ great American idea ” that
wealth and display are indispensable; as
“all roads lead to Rome,” so all attain—
ments should serve one "or both of these
objects.

No greater mistake can be made. The
woman who is going into the wilderness
to help her husband “grow up with the
country,” can take no better thing with
her than a good education, and all that it
brings in the way of culture, intelligence
and refinement. By its means she is to
leave her impress upon the present and
the future of the place where she builds
up her home; by it she must be sustained
and strengthened herself, and diffuse its
atmosphere for the blessing of husband
and children. It is only the strong wo —
man who can grow mentally under such
conditions asI have mentioned, but the
isolation is rendered more bearable if she
has resources within herself. What a
grand companion she makes for her hus-
band in their mutual dependence, with
silence forever about them, and absolute
dearth of amusements! Her children shall
hardly miss the schoolmaster, as they learn
of that most patient of teachers, a faith-
ful mother. Surely for the sake of both
these, the more education she has the
better. The wife, under any circumstan-
ces, ought to be more to her husband than
his housekeeper; the mother more to her
children than a nurse. Her standing
should be that of companion and consort
to the one, and counselor, instructor and
guide to the other. These dual duties she

 

can best perform when heart and hand

are guided and impelled by a well de—
veloped mind.

The woman who, in the wilds of New
Mexrco, or anywhere else, must strive to
satisfy an immortal soul by daily cares
and domestic duties, no matter how
needful these tasks, has yet failed of
gaining all life might have held for her.
I can imagine no more unhappy existence
than a woman without mental culture
must perforce lead under the isolation of
a frontier home; no dry-goods stores, no
gossip, no neighbors to dress for. It is
the fallow intellect that, put to the test of
dependance upon itself, is weighed and
found wanting; 2'. 6., gets homesick and
insists on resigning everything to “go
back home.” BEATBIX.

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ADVICE TO YOUNG HOUSEKEEP-
ERS.

 

Labor is a condition of life. Life to
some is drudgery; to some pleasure; to
others pain; to many art; to all work.
There is a certain monotony about work,
but if we will reflect there is a great deal
of monotony in Nature. which is so beau-
tiful to us, and so restful. The grass dies
in the autumn, the leaves drop, the flow-
ers fade, the birds leave our chill climate
for sunny skies and balmy air; but when
the snow melts from the hillside, the ice
thaws in the streams, the grass spreads its
beautiful green carpet over the brown
earth, the bare branches are clothed with
new foliage, and the flowers bloom afresh,
the birds return, filling the air with glad
melody, the rill and waterfall gush anew.
With perfect regularity spring merge;
into summer; summer into autumn;
autumn into winter; and winter into
spring; the sun rises each morning only
to set at evening. From time immemorial
has the little bee constructed his comb
the same, and the wasp made his nest;

worm envelops itself in a shroud of its
own making. and comes out the gay but—
terfly—these are fixed laws. We can
make our work a pleasure and it will
seem easy—drudgery, and it will be hard
and irksome. You can Work because you
like it, or work because you have to. The
lawyer no doubt finds it monotonous
reading Blackstone and Coke, thinking
over complicated suits, or writing unin—
teresting papers; the merchant behind
the‘counter finds very disagreeable peo-
ple to suit; the book—keeper, cashier,

 

minister, each branch of business has its
ups and downs. and our own little

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THE HOUSEHOLD“

   

 

household has its bright and dark days—-
days when the home machinery goes off
like magic, days when it is completely
clogged.

Every woman is not a natural house-
keeper. We are largely creatures of
circumstance, but whatever our sur—
roundings we should have an aim in life,
for an aimless life is a complete failure
To succeed we should have a oneness of
purpose. for concantration is the first law
of success, and this will avail us nothing,
if we lack energy. We must enter heart-
ily into our work and what at first seems
hard will become easy.

The young wi-‘e when she enters her
husband’s home must have agreat deal
of resolution of character. She has
heretofore lived a life entirely free
from care; her mother has directed her;
she has never been thrown entirely upon
her own resources Though receiving a
great deal of advice, she must decide for
herself, and it rests entirely with herself
whether she succeeds or fails. There are
two maxims which should be engraven
on heart and mind, that “Cleanliness is
next to godliness,” and “ Order 1s Heav
en’s first law.” Cleaning house avails
nought unless it is kept clean. Pantry
and cupboard may be put in apple—pie
order, but unless articles are returned to
their places it will be as disorderly as be-
fore, and much time is wasted. Most
young housekeepers make a mistake by
being too painfully neat and orderly, and
it is such hard work that the other ex
treme follows. It is easier for a tidy
person to become slack than a slack per-
son to become tidy. It is much more con
venient to jerk a dish-towel off the hue
to handle hot kettles and frying pans,
than take a holder off the hook; the eas—
iest way receives the most favor gener-
ally.

There is a responsibility in housekeep-
ing which many young girls do not under-
stand. Housekeeping comprises some——
thing more than washing dishes and cook-
ing meat and potatoes. While we are
told “to take no thought for the morrow,”
it is very natural to have our fruit closets
and storerooms well filled, and the linen
press well stocked; this requires wisdom
and judgment. It is well also to remem—
ber in cooking meals that “ variety is the
spice of life,” Ham and eggs and mashed
potatoes does very well for once, but if
followed up several meals, ceases to be
appetizing. Most housekeepers have
spasmodic fits of being saving; redun—
dancy for a while, followed by penurious-
ness. Perhaps the husband hints vaguely
at the short crop of wheat or the low price
of wool; wives find out after a few years
that this is achronic disease with men,
and pass it by unnoticed. A woman can
be a good cook and not necessarily be ex-
travagant or wasteful.

The young bride carries into her home
many nice articles for table and pantry
that loving l'rimds i: are giVen her. Don’t
put them away to get out of fashiiixn; use
the pretty glasswue, silver and china.
You. will he so happy arranging and

handling them, and n itin tithe tifect; 3 on
will also form the taste for a l

is.ndsoim-ly

arranged table, and you will never lose
that taste either. I have heard old soldiers
say that coffee never tasted so good as out,
of their tin cups when camping, but if
married and keeping house, I will vouch
for it it will taste better ina gold banded
china cup passed to them by a loving
hand.

In keeping the house neat and orderly
we should not forget our own personal
appearance. It is a good idea to form the
habit of arranging the hair and adding a
linen collar or trill of lace in the neck of
the dress; it will become second nature
after a whil . If there is any one thing
I dislike tofee, it is an unkempt head at
the breakfast table. It sometimes hap—
pens that when the wife is ignorant of
Ways pertaining to housekeeping the bus
hand makes up for the deficiencies, but
the cases are isolated. It would be better
to remain in the home nest awhile longer
and take lessons; it saves lots of vexation,
lots of tears. There are times when the
young wife after hard work at cooking
meets with failure, and husband scolds;
she wishes for a moment she had never
married—was a girl again fancy, free, and
mother the cook, for things were always
right at home; little dreaming that mother
had been right there once. The art of
housekeeping is not learned in a day.
Patience and perseverance and work are
necessary.

Another secret of success is in being
contented with one’s life. There are very
few who have not aspirations for some-
thing better than they have known, but
if we are not willing to make the neces—
sary exertion, we cannot reachthe heights
and had better remain in the valley.
Nothing is impossible, but we must not
look at the end. We must begin and
learn thoroughly, and as fast as we gain
ground we must hold it and push ahead;
t) stand still is to lose it. There is an-
other breaker as dangerous as these secret
longings, and this is in sighing for “what
might have been.” We cannot make our
kitchen walls stretch away into magnifi»
cent drawing rooms, or change our farmer
husbands into lawyers. Men as well as
women dress according to their work;
blue jean and demin can clothe a gentle-
man, as well as print and cambric a lady.
It is not the clothes that make the man.

“ What tho‘ on humble fare we dine,
Wear hodden grey and a’ that;

Gie fools their si 1:. and knaves their wine,
A man‘s a man for a’ that.”

Husband and wife can be mutual help-
ers, but I have yet to be introduced to the
man who half realizes how difiicult it is
to have housework go off like clockwork.
Housekeeping in all its details is an ac—
complishment. We may gather about it
all the art and beauty we can, fancy work,
painting, books and statuary. 1; means
work, it means paddling up stream
against a strong current and high wind;
but if we. 11 we energy. perseverance lzop

 

ing.” What we need is experience, a

hand to hand encounter with work.

EVANGELINE.
BATTLE CREEK.

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KNIGHTS OF LABOR.

Scarcely can one take a paper for a
moment’s reading without noting some
“strike” that has been brought about by
or is attributed to the Knights of Labor.
As few agriculturists belong to this order,
we, as farmers’ wives, know very little
about it, except the shudder that
passes over us when we think of furious
mobs and riots. Its history is a brief one.
Uriah S. Stevens, a cloth-cutterin Phila—
delphia, a man of a good degree of in—
telligence, one born to influence and rule
others, established the orderin 1869, after
much thought and study about the con—-
fiicting ambitions of mankind, and with"
a true desire to elevate and educate the
working people. Tue order was secret at
first. None but the members knew when
and where their meetings were held. All
communications of the order bore only
the signature of the asterisks.

If at any time it was found necessary
to call a meeting, it was done by marking
five stars on the sidewalk where working-
men were expected to pass. The name
was given to the public in 1881. Even
then they were advised to expose as little
of the workings of the order as possible.
Each class of workmen was to form a
local assembly, which was to send money
and delegates to a district assembly,
which, in turn, was to send delegates to
the National Assembly of North America.
I cannot tell just when this national as—
sociation was completed; but it has been
perfected and holds its annual meetings
in the fall, at which time it discusses all
topics of interest to the Knights, enacts
laws and elects oflicers. The General
Assembly chooses five of its members to
constitute an executive board to arrange,
plan, and execute for any assembly in the
association. At present T. V. Po wderly,
of Scranton, Pa., is chairman of this
committee, or at the head of all Knights
of Labor. T. B. Barry, of our State, is
also a member of this committee. There
are other ofl‘icers, grand master work-
man, and secretaries. The New York
Sun states their increase to be from one
hundred and fifty to one hundred and
seventy assembles per month. Those
formed in November last averaged 81
members, making an increase of 13,000 in
one month, or 156,000 in one year.

Tnis rapid growth cannot develop any
great degree of strength, and affords no
time, scarcely, for discipline, ere the ranks
are overcrowded with raw recruits, in a
large, unwieldly bulk. The original
object of the order, as before stated, was
to elevate, educate and broaden the in;
telligcnce of the working classes; to bring
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them by arbitration. Strikes were dis—
couraged and only to be used when arbi—
tration failed.-

Much that is good, and will recommend
itself to the sympathies of all good peo-
ple, will be found in their stated princi-
ples today. They are endeavoring to
establish labor bureaus; they protest
strongly against giving the public land to
railroad monopolies; they ask that all laws
not bearing equally on capital and labor
be abrogated; for fresh air and fire escapes
in large factories; for equal pay; for
equal work for bot-h sexes; for a shorten—
ing of the hours of labor each day by a
general refusal to work more than eight
hours.

The above are only a few of the changes
desired by them, but I think they will not
seem unreasonable to any candid mind.
The justness of’ their demands for
changes in their monetary system and
governmental control of all telegraphs,
telephones and railroads, and the estab'
lishment of a co-operative system that
shall supersede the industrial system,
must be argued by those who have made
political economy their study.

It is not the principles they advocate
we fear so much, as the manner in which
they attempt their enforcement. It is
true that the chasm between labor and
capital is widening; the feeling of
hostility growing more intense. Each
year shows a greater degree of unrest.
Mistakes are made by both sides, perhaps
as often by one as the other, and will be
made, as long as selfish hearts and erring
judgments exist. Where then is the
remedy? Surely no Christian can expect
to conquer wrong by wrong-doing. The
Golden Rule was made for the laborer as
well as the capitalist. Though the
sympathies of the public are ever toward
the oppressed, yet they will be quick to
change, if unchristian acts, such as
revenge, rioting, destroying life and
It is due Mr.
Powderly, however, to say he has issued
a card and caused it to be circulated
among the local assemblies, calling
upon them to desist from strikes, and
telling them there is a better way. But
appeals seem powerless when made to an
angered people who believe themselves
injured. When we remember what con-
stitutes the great mass of the working
people in our largest cities, that by far
the greater majority are of foreign birth,
with no love of country or respect for
law or government, then we see plainly
how great the danger. Lyman Abbott
says: “There is no power in any church
to which they owe allegiance, adequate

to prevent an outbreak. There is no
power in the State, no police nor military,
capable of quelling it.”

Congress has passed a bill providing
for a Board of Arbitration. May wisdom
attend the appointment and its judg—
mcnrs. F E w.

CHELSEA.

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NOTES ON THE STYLES.

Such lovely cotton fabrics are now to
be found in our stores that one is sorely
tempted to defy the washwoman and her
bills, and invest in a stock of the cool
looking, dainty dresses, so suggestive of
comfort. The embroidered dresses are
shown in great variety, at prices ranging
from $4 to $15. They are made without
lining the basque, and worn over a white
corset cover. If: the material is quite
thin, the basque is made double, or lined
with the goods. The gathered basque and
long draperies are liked for cotton
dresses. The fullness is in the front of
the basque, 'the simplest plan being to
add two or three inches of extra width to
the fronts when cutting them, and
gather this fulness at the neck, waist
line and end of the basque. In other
basques, three inch wide folds are laid at
the neck. pressed flatly down the front
and shirred at the waist line. The same
effect is given by straight scarfs of the
material set on each side of the buttons
and buttonholes. The back is plain,
either cut in postilion pleats at the bottom,
or bunched up in soft drapery. The
bottom of the basque is finished by a bias
piping fold of the goods, neatly stitched
on. Where embroidery is used it is added
in revers beside the gathered vest, or else
inserted in V-shape in back and front
alike. Insertions with straight edges are
used for the V. The surplice front is
very popular with young ladies who have
pretty throats. The fronts,instead of being
shaped to the neck, are cut from the
shoulder in V shape, outlined by folds or
ruches, and filled in with lace.

For draperies, the apron overskirt holds
its own, in its old shape. It may be
hemmed, or edged with embroidery or
lace. Ruflies on the lower skirts are
narrow. Another way is to lay three or
four wide pleats down the left side, held
in place by tapes underneath; the front
breadths sewed next these pleats are
drawn across to the right side and draped
high on the hip; the back breadths are
straight.

Sashes are much used on cotton dresses;
with white muslin they are of surah silk,
laid in wide folds across the front, and
falling in short wide loops and ends on
the left side quite far back.

Certain of our .city dressmakers are
using aheavy soft cord, as large as the
little finger, for the finish of dress skirts
instead of braid.

Small boys wear yoke slips like those
worn by girls, till they are two years old,
ormore, though a tall boy of two years
should be dressed like a boy. There are
one piece dresses made for them of fian—
nel, pique, and ginghams in colors. This
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belt extends all round, hiding the union
of skirt and waist; while still another
model has a square yoke and five box
pleats the length of the garment, the
pleats being sewed as far as the waist
line, and pressed in the skirt. A separ-
ate belt is two inches wide, and held on
by straps in the side seams; it buttons in
front. Coats for the “coming man ”
have double—breasted fronts and backs
having two wide back forms that each
extend in a broad box pleat below the
waist.

Boys from four, to six wear kilts sewed
to a silcsia waist that buttons in front,
and a long jacket which comes below the
hips. This may be a Norfolk jacket with.
two box pleats both in front and back,
and a belt. Sometimes In more dressy
suits the jacket is cut away square at the
waist, to simulate a vest. Sailor blouses
are also worn with kilt skirts. Wide
linen collars are fashionable with such
suits. The overcoat is cut as for smaller
boys, as above, with the addition of a.
shoulder cape.

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USE OF GRAHAM FLOUR.

 

 

I desire to tell the readers of the
HOUSEHOLD how we use graham flour.
Every morning we fry pancakes made
from the fiour;the batter is raised with
yeast, or stirred with a little more than
one half. sour milk, or buttermilk, and if
thick and rich add warm water, using
sufficient soda to sweeten, and salt to
season. In the use of either yeast or
milk have as largeaquantity asapint
of batter left from each frying to the
next, and the cakes will be lighter and
better. We have continued to fry them
for breakfast in this manner over two
years, and they have become almost a
necessity with us. Graham cakes, rolled
oats, coffee, meat-if preferred—ginger-
bread cr cookies, sauce and eggs this
season of the year, we think the most
healthy and reliable collection of goodies
we could desire for the morning meal.
All agree that the forenoon’s labors are
accomplished with aless degree of hunger
and lack of nourishment, from this pre—
paration of food, than from meat, bread
and potatoes, and any number of sweets
and delicacies offered. We are assured
that the life of an invalid father was pro—
longed by the use of graham diet. In
connection with other breads—white and
cornmeal, we also use brown or graham
flour. Make a sponge of white flour,
using meal or salt-rising emptyings, and
water enough to make the number of
loaves desired; set in a warm place, and
when very light add a little silt and one
teaspooniulof soda—do not. neglect the
soda—and sugar to suit. the taste if
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peated trials. When just right, it is the
very best and most palatable of all breads,
besides being the most healthful. A
large number—and they are on the in-
crease—are suffering from that dreadful
disease, dyspepsia; and while we would
deprive no one from the enjoyment. of
good food, or any variety they wish,
and have neither a hobby to ride, or
theory to advance, we believe the present
general habits of eating are among the
prolific causes of this malady.

We also know by experience that a
regular and more careful diet, if heeded,
in time will tend to arrest and correct
these enfeebliug tendencies, brought on
by abuse. Coarser breadstufis should
enter largely into our daily living.

MERCY.

Mnumom .
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CROTCHED CAP.

Crotched or “Jersey ” caps or toques
are much worn by children, and though
they are very cheap, much prettier ones
can be made at home than can be bought
in the stores. Four ounces of Berlin
wool, of any color preferred, single, is
needed for a cap for a child four or five
years old. The cap is made long enough
toturn up the large end for aband or
border about three inches wide, finished
at the top With a row of shells. The
point of the cap is finished with cord
and wool pompous. The cap is worked
in single crochet. The directions follow:

Begin with the point of the cap and
work downward, crocheting round and
round. Crochet a chain of five stitches
and work into it on both sides a row of
single crochets. The second and third
rows work plainly around. In picking
up the stitches, carefully put the hook
through both loops of the stitch. From

the fourth to the forty-fifth row increase;

two stitches in each row, one on each
side and about equidistant from each
other. Avoid increasing it exactly at the
same point as in the preceding row. The
next ten rows work plain. In the fol-
lowing seven increase as before, two
stitches in each row.

W'ork the rounds of the border in the
opposite direction to those of the body of
the cap, so that in turning up, the right
side shall appear on the outside.
Crochet five rows plain; then in the fol-
lowing six, decrease two stitches in each
row. The edge is made by alternately
working four double crochets, putting all
in one stitch, and then a single crochet,
skipping two stitches before and after it.

The cord and pompous are made of the
wool. The pompous are made by cover
ing two equal circles of cardboard, having
holes in the centre and laid close together,
with worsted, which you pass through
the holes and over the rims until the
)pening is nearly filled. Slip a piece of
strong thread in between the two circles
and with a pair of sharp scissors out quite
through the wool all around down to the
‘edges of the card. Tie very close and
secure;cut away the cardboard discs and
trim down the balls with the scissors.
The perfect shape of the ball depends
upon the centre hole being of just the

  

right size. If this is too small the
pompou will be oval in shape. Sew the
pompous to the ends of the twisted cord.

Turn the border up, sew it in several
places to the cap, fasten the point down
to one side under the edge of the border,
and secure the cord and pompous to it.

A smaller toque, if required, can be
readily made by proportionately dimin-
ishing the number of rows in each sec-
tion. Instead of forty—five. [11'th forty.
instead of ten, eight and so on.

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DOMESTIC REMEDIES.

I live eleven miles from a physician,
and in case of slight illness must rely on
simple domestic remedies which can be
kept in the house. '

For diphtheriaI use one teaspoonful of
chlorate of potassium in two«thirds of
a glass of water, to be taken as a gargle
and to be swallowed also. For croup,
alump of alum burned and pulverized,
mixed with twice its quantity of sugar; it
is the quickest remedy thatI ever used.
A pinch taken between the thumb and
fingers should be put upon the tongue as
often as necessary.

For fever take one tablespoonful of
good vinegar, put it in a glass, stir car—
bonate of ammonia into it until it ceases
foaming, let it settle, then pour oif two
teaspoonfuls into another glass, and fill
two-thirds full of water; give one tea—
spoonful every half hour. [have found
this remedy very useful.

MRS. J. P. P.
WIBNER, Tuscola Co.

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PIE-MAKING.

Will some one of the ladies try my plan
of making pies? Place the crust on the
plate, put the seasoning under the filling,
(especially in case of small fruits, pie
plant, &c.,) wet the edge of the ‘under
crust, press the upper crust lightly on the
filling and against the wet edge; bend the
crust slightly over the edge, hold the wet
edges together, while you cut the crust
on a slant with your plate; raise the under
crust from the edge of the plate, bend the
'upper one between the under one and
plate; then pinch closely together.

ROBERTA.

ROGEBSVILLE.

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WE cannot inform Mrs. H. Gilliam, of
Blissfield, where to obtain the articles she
desires.

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SOME of our readers seem under a mis—
apprehension in regard to the HOUSEHOLD.
We do not send it except as it is ordered
in connection with the FARMER. At the
very low price at which it is rated with
the FARMER, it would not pay the pub—
lishers to keep a third mail list, including
the labor of mailing, &c.
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BEATRIX is indebted to Miss Fannie
Johnson, of Thomas, once our “ HOUSE-
HOLD Baby,” but who must be “ getting
a big girl now,” for the first fruit and
flowers of the new year. A home grown

 

strawberry, with an abnormal develop
ment of calyx but the true strawberry

 

albeit seedless, was the fruit.

color,

 

Thanks, Fannie, for your kind remem-
brance.

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1N reply to an inquiry, we would say
the daisy tidy. described in the HOUSE-
HOLD of the 6311 inst, is not made on a
“ foundation.” The “ daises ” are sewed
together by two or three stitches through
the points of the rick-rack; the two strips
of ribbon crossed at right angles, and in
each of the four angles thus made is set
one of the squares made by sewing nine
of the daisies together, three each way, and
the points of rick-rack which cross next
the ribbon sewed to it. The beauty of the
tidy is its daintiness and delicacy, Which
would be lost if sewed to a foundation.

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Contributed Recipes.

GERMAN COFFEE Came—One quart yeast;
half cofiee cup butter; two eggs; one cup of
raisins or English currants; one cup sugar.
Mix into a loaf and let rise; then knead into
bun shape, and when light enough to bake,
beat an egg and sugar together, and cover the
top with it. Should be watched closely to
prevent burning. This recipe was given to
me by a German lady.

VILLAGE FRUIT CAKE—One pound butter;
one pound dark brown sugar; ten eggs; two
nutmegs; two teaspoonfuls cloves; three tea-
spoonfuls cinnamon; two pounds of raisins,
chopped fine; tWO pounds currants; half pound
citrou; two pounds figs, chopped fine; two
pounds almonds, shelled and blanched; one
pint black molasses; one teaspoonful soda;
half a cup of rose water; one pound flour. One—
half of this recipe makes a good sized cake.

MRS. J. P. P.

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Useful Recipes.

WISNER.

 

A NEW WAY TO COOK Essa—An old South-
ern “Aunty.” one of those typical cooks in
flaming turban, fat and jolly, who were the
priestesses of domestic rites in ante-bellum
days, cooked eggs in this fashion: She but-
tered a thick tin saucepan well with cold but-
ter. Each egg she broke into a cup, set the
cups in a pan and turned the buttered sauce-
pan over the tops of the cups. She then
quickly inverted the whole arrangement, and
set the saucepan on the stove. As the butter
melted she poured in a very little water, rais-
ing each cup a trifle to let in the water, but
allowing none of the egg to escape. In four
minutes the eggs were done. Each was a lovely
sphere, with the yolk just showing through
the semi-transparent white.

 

GINGERBREAD.-—One and a half cups of sor-
ghum molasses; half a cup each of butter,
sweet milk and brown sugar; 3. teaspoonful of
soda; half a teaspoonful of ginger; quarter
teaspoonful of salt. Pour in shallow pans and
bake in an oven not too hot. It is agood plan
to set the tins on a grating on the bottom
of the oven, as molasses gingerbread burns
very easily on the bottom.

To KEEP SMOKED Mums—When thorough-
ly cured, bring into the house. Take about a
tablespoonful of molasses and rub it on flesh
side of ham; then take the pepper—box and
thoroughly sprinkle with black pepper. Then
hang in an empty barrel; cover barrel tight,
and put in dry room, and they will keep until
next November.

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A young lady who said she had married a

tanner, deceived her friends most shamefully.
He was only a schoolmaster.