CHRISTIAN
L-J
N.
IN ESSENTIALS, UNITY ;
IN NON-ESSENTIALS, LIBERTY;
IN ALL THINGS, CHAICTY.
Volume XXXIII.
SUFFOLK, YA., FRIDAY JULY 23, 1880.
Number 29.
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PRAYER.
' “I HAVE PBAYED FOE THEE.”
(Luke xxii. 32.)
Faint not, weary pilgrim,
Faint not by the way,
LUten to your Saviour—
W bat doth Jaaua lay ?
"Ever as the day ia,
So Thy strength shall be;
Let not courage fail Thee,
I have prayed for Thee.”
What though lore temptations
Meet you in the way,
Fear not, humble Chtiitian,
Drive your fears away.
Ia thy tribulations
Look to Calvary ;
Bear your dying Saviour
Fraying still for thee.
Though the raging Tempter,
Seeking for His prey,
Tries to turn your fuotsteps
From the narrow way;
If you firm resist him,
Ue will from you lea ;•
Fear not, you will conquer,
Jesus prays for thee.
What tl.oi gh friends forsake you,
Earthly eomlurts tail,
Cast your care on Jesus,
Let not fears prevail.
See your loving Saviour
Huil’riug on the tree,
Sleeding, groaning, dying,
pyeying still for thee.
What thou;'' J°u “•!' “ert with
Trials in tlie
Lean upon vour >aviui?i;/
Hi* will be your slay.
Onward pree-s with courage,
Feeble though you be,
Nevtr be disheartened,—
“1 have prayed for thee.”
How these woirds of comfort
Heavenly joy impart 1
ilay they be forever
Stamped upon my heart.
Blessed consolation,
Nuu&rht so sweet can be
As the words of Jesus—
“I hare prayed for thee.”
— Christian Quardian.
HERE AND THERE.
—We may at our peril reconcile
ourselves to tbe world, but it will
never reconcile itself to us.
—It is not until we have passed
'through the furnace that we are made
to know bow much dioss we have iu
our composition.
—By flowers, understand faith ; by
fruit, good work. As the flower or
blossom is before tbe fruit, so is faith
before good works ; so neither is the
fruit without tbe flower, nor good
works without faith. »
—“He that believeth on the Son
bath everlasting life.” John iii. 36.
Tbe communication of the life of God
to men is the greatest of all miracles,
the essence and aim of all, the stand
ing miracle of all ages.
—“That which is born of flesh is
fleBb.” John iii. 6 Heat water to
the highest degree, you cannot make
wiue of it; it is water still. Bo let
morality be raised to its best, it is old
Adam put in better dress.
—Godliness is a bright atmosphere
of Christian joy to the whole-hearted
Christian. And if our preseut por
tion be so precious, what will it be
when we shall grasp “the prize of our
high calling in Christ Jesus I”
—Hell is tue Harvest or iBiqmiy j
every sinner reaps what he has sown.
Heaven is the harvest of holiness;
every saint reaps what Christ has
sown for him, aud what, under divine
teaching, he has been sowing for him
self.
—The Bible is full of alarm-bells,as
will as of sweet notes of invitation
and rich chimes of devout melody.
So let us be thankful for every hon
est voice of warning. There is need
yet of Daniels aud Ezekiels in God’s
church.
—An old clergyman said: “When
I co'uie to die, 1 shall have my great
est grfef and greatest joy; my
gieatest g'.vief that 1 h**ve done so lit
tle for the Lo.rd Jesus, and myTgreat
est joy that the J<0,d Jesus has done
so much for me.”
— “Love is of God; i>hd everJ ono
that loveth is born of Go dia,|d kuow
eth God.” 1 John iv. 7. lT-V*1 that
true knowledge of God whioh leads to
sincere love to him t And does' this
love lead me so to dwell upon his
character and works and ways, that ^
am daily growing in the true, and ex
pel imeutal, and saving knowledge of
himself! The more I know the more
do I love t And the more I love, the
more do I know of him as m.v sure
hope aud everlasting salvation!—
Does my love to him show itself in
my receptiou of his truth, obedience
to bis commands, and love to his
children f
SERMON TO GIRLS.
HEALTH.
BY MABOABKT K. SANOSTER.
There used to he a popular iropres
siou that fragility was beautiful. I
remember when the pale face, the
languid air, aud the slow step of semi
invalidism were considered by many
people to lie far more graceful and
refined than the rosy cheek,the brisk
movement, aud the eager animation
of full health. Tweuty-flve or thirty
years ago, plump and ruddy school
girls sighed for pallor, aud ato slate
pencil dust and drank vinegar to re
duce their flesh and color. Theu,
girls out of school thought nothing
so much to be desired as a slender
waist,and to that end encircled them
selves with the tightest and stiffest of
corsets. Shoes wero only regarded
as lit for a Iiyly’s foot, wheu they were
soled with a tissue thin as a paper.—
In short,health was snubbed on every
side, spoken of lightly an a condition
to be borue with patience, as one
would endure a generous but vulgar
kinsman, and an interesting delicacy
was the object which every youug
woman sought to obtain.
Mow this has all beeu changed.—
Corsets have beet unqualifiedly
condemned, or no modi lied in foim
aud purpose that they are esssen’ially
d i lie re nt from what they formerly
were. Shoes ate thick, broad, and
substantial, at once a protection and
a deieuce. The bright eyes, aud the
mantling tints of health i and vigor
are praised on every hand, and i lie
pale ailing girl is pitied, aud ordered
to the mountain or the sea side. H e
|,«ve entered iuto a new dispeusa
tion. The gospel of pure air, ol exer
cise, of alternate work au<l rest, of re
creation, and of good food, has been
proclaimed throughout the length
and breadth of the laud. It is uni
versally agreed that health Is the one
precious jewel which crowns life with
its best delight, and that she who has
lost it should emulate the womau in
the parable, who seeking her lost
piece of silver, lighted a candle and
swept the house diligently until she
found it.
Yet I must affirm my belief that
girls themselves are not so careful ol
their health as they ought to be.—
Mauy of them wilfully imperil it by
recklessly takiug cold, when takiug
cold might easily be avoided.. Mauy
of them uselessly drain their resour
ccs, and are needlessly prodigal ol
strength and vitality. It is not till
“our often infirmities” begin to be
felt that we truly prize that buoyuu
cy of the blood, wheu neither head
ache nor heartache have put weight
and weariness upon body or soul.
The other day,- a gentleman who
had never paid much attention to
anatomy or physiology, was telling
how entertaing be had found a trea
tiso on the blended themes. “Why,”
said he, “it’s as captivating as a ro
mance. My daughter laughs to see
me poring over it as if I were read
ing a book of travels, lteally, tbougb
I never knew bow wonderful a thing
the human body is. The amazing
part is, that considering everything,'
the machine does not wear out soon
er. I am surprised it lasts so well as
it does.”
Wheu we reflect oil the dangers to
which our bodies are exposed, on the
subtle posions floating about in the.
air, ou the amouut of work which the
heart and the lungs must continually
perform, and on the little thought we
personally take about it all, we must
he ready to ocho his wouder that the
“machine” does uot sooner go to pie
ces, or grow justy and dull like a
worn out tool.
Good health depends on several
things. One or the most important
is good digestiou. Dyspepsia is a foe
to health, aud to happiness. A suff
erer from this malady can take gen
uine pleasure and satifaction in very
little that passes under the sun. The
The bread he ate fbr breakfast might
as well have been a stone. The inno
cent fish seems to have changed itself
to a stinging serpent. Fruit, vege
tables, nutritious and palatable food,
of which other people partake safely,
are malicious euemies in ambush ly
ing in wait to distress and annoy
him. With a stomach which can no
longer perform its duty of assimila
ting aud digesting the food one cuts,
there is little chance for the braiu,the
heartj the liver, or the nerves to do
their work comfortably.
One of the ways in which girls in
vite the coming on of dyspepsia, and
t he consequent loss of their health, is
tJjj8 They eat indiscriminately, at
all so.'1* °r t«®«»- wbo but “ £'rl>80
rond of confectionery and of pickles
that she w!*11 both i«» the same
hou-.and tht>t, very likely, the hour
before she goes to her bed. Cboco
late creams, candid fruits,and various
V
forms of pastry, allure her palate,and
she takes t hem as daringly as though
they possessed no power to hurt her
—that too, wlieu she had already eat
en sufficiently of other articles of
diet.
The stomach, that hard-working,
much abused organ bears with great
patience tho strain that is put upon
it for awhile, but sooner or later it re
bejs, and ceases to perform its (unc
tions with regularity. Then come the
days of paiu and depression,ol resorts
to this pill and that draught, of (ly
ing to this and that remedy, which
promises to aid digestiou. A little
self-denial in the use of dainties in the
lirst pluce, would have prevented all
the trouble and distress. Depend
upon it, girls,if you value your health
you must exercise prudence ill the
matter of your food.
You need uot emulate certain silly
women, who like it to be supposed
tbsc they live on rose leaves and dew,
and who boast of their delicate ap
petites. Good hearty girlhood should
not be ashamed of liking bread and
butter, tish and potatoes, beefsteak,
and even in moderation, pies and
puddings. It takes these to nourish
the blood which feeds the brain, to
keep fresh and bright the beauty
which belongs to youth. Hat we
should eat to live, uot live to eat, and
so i here is no spectacle more repulsive
than that presented by a greedy or
gluttonous young person, who acts
as though the lirst consideration of
every day, were the palate.
Volumes have been written, and
the wisdom of physicians has been
employed, to warn parents and teach
era against allowing young girls to
injure the health by over-devotion to
study. There is no doubt that an
eager ami ambitious girl student,with
ii passion lor attainment and a deter
urination to excel, may seriously in
jure her nervous system, and run the
risk of life long' penalties. Yer. I can
not but think that the numbers who
are harmed by too intense absorption
in their books, are less than those
who are harmed by books, plus other
things. Let a young girl whose main
work is to study, see to it that she
at range-her life with regard toller
work. She will then, wear loose-fit
ting, simply made clothing. She will
take daily exercise in the open air.—
She will 3leep in a pure atmosphere,
and sleep as many hours as she can.
She will not attempt at one and the
same time to go to school, and to go
into society; she will neither lie seen
at parties nor at receptions, and she
will postpone to a later date, anxio
ties concerning the trimming ot her
dresses, and the shape of her bon
nets. Excitement and fashion are
alike her foes, and she will shun
them. It is not always study which
makes the cheeks pale, and the shoul
ders stooping—it is the attempt to
crowd into ouo or two years of a
young girl’s life, what ought to be
distributed over nine or teu. Let no
body call this the foolishness of prea
ching. If girls and their mothers
could be persuaded to take affairs in
an easier, more leisurely way,it would
be better for many aono who prema
turely fades. Spread things out more
and don’t attempt to cram all the lau
guages, arts, and scieuces, into the
curriculum of one hurried course at a
seminary. In the eud, jou will be
the gaiuer, if you give yourself time
to gain.
Another way in which girls imperil
health—in the winter—is by their
persistent refusals to dress warmly
enough. Bear in mind that the mo
uieut you feel a chill, is usually the
moment of your taking cold. Then,
will you understand the necessity ol
having an extra wrap of some kind
to assume on coming out of a crow
ded assembly room, into the cold
street, on a winter’s evening. Very
few girls take kindly to the idea ot a
shawl. They hate to seem obliged to
bundle up, to go dressed like old wo
men Sr invalids. Yet often a little
timely care would save them from
•week's of sickness, from fevers and
inflammations,and from the obstinate
half-sickness which is so irksome and
irritating.
I would not have you think, how
over, that you must be always feeliug
your pulses, aud trying this or that
experiment, whenever you have a
transient indisposition. Wkeu hun
gry, eat; when weary, rest; when
overtasked and tired, be content to
come to a place where you lpuatsit
awhile with folded hands; but do not
resolve yourselves into committees of
investigation over every passing pin
prick of pain or fatigue. Do not be
always taking drugs, tonics, stimu
lauts, nervines, or narcotics. There
is uo more ruinous habit than that ot
rushing to some artificial specific to
bring one's self up, after having been
depleted by soipp imprudent exer
tion. Health, on which so jpuch i)e
; pends, is enjoyed by those who live
1 simple lives, obeying Go<l and their
consciences. It tints the peasant’s
[dimpled cheek, while it flies from
that ol' the princes, and jet the latter
I has more favorable conditions ior
keeping it than the former.—Sunday
j School Times.
MARRIED LIFE.
An unfortunate source of unbappi
| ness in married life is neglect on the
part of husbauds. They become ab
sorbed in professional pursuits; often
they are long abseut from home, or
they give themselves up to exclusive
ly selfish amusements, just as if L&ey
were still baehelors. In such circuit)
stances their unhappy wives feel as
if they had been tricked into a con
tract that has not been fulfilled.—
When the woman vowed to “obey,*!
the man promised to “cherish,” wlticl^
at least infers personal atteutiou and
honorable treatment. The husband
plainly breaks his promise. Ue has
fallen short of his duty. He may
cheerfully pay all the money requir
ed to carry on the domestic . ouceru,
but that is only a simple obligation,
it cannot be called cherisbiug. It
demonstrates no affection ; neither
does muuiflceuce in pin money.
A cheek on a bank is not equiva
lent to the love and kindness w inch
were reasonably expected from the
being to whom she had confidently
resigned her independence. What a
heart breaking sequel to a youthful
dream of telicity! We can hardly
bring ourselves to picture the dissen
sions that frequently occur, with
finally tin unseemly and incurable
tnpture. Perhaps not quite finally.
The divorce court, statements in
whch newspapers revel,and weeks of
town talk may close up the rear, ami
add one more to the hideous stories
of outrage on the deeeueies of mar
ried life.
There are other causes for regret
from haring impetuously rushed into
matrimony. Beyond all on one side
or other there may be serious consti
tutional infirmities. People take
great care to match horses aud other
animals, in order to maintain a pure
aud vigorous lineage. Little or no
Ciire is taken on this score when con
tracting a scheme of matrimony. A.
young man heedlessly marries into a
family known to be affected with
some hereditary disease, aud never
reflecting nutil too late ou the conse
quences of his act. He forgets that
in a physical as well as in a mental
sense the sins of the fathers are apt
to be visited on the children. With
his eyes open, he takes to his bosom
a wife who will, in all likelihood end
her days in an asylum, aud whose
progeny cau scarcely fail to share in
her deplorable infirmity. Wbere is
the comfort of having a family defec
tive in mental qualifications f You
may endow them with the fortune re
alized by years of successful industry;
but from the fatal taint we speak of,
it is out of your power to bequeath to
them brains or common sense.
“Can troubled or polluted springs
A hallowed stream afford V
Indisputably they cannot, and the
fact should be borne in mind in the
matter of courtship. Let not the in
stitution of marriage be charged with
calamity. Your own rash conduct iu
forming the alliance is at fault. We
may be sorry for you in the trying
circumstances, but the penalty of in
discretion is inevitable.
Tbe Vicar oi Wakefield tells us that
he chose his wife as she chose her
wedding gown, which was ou the
principle of selecting one that would
wear weM. If in the article of mar
riage you fix ou a flimsy material,take
the consequences, and blame nobody
but yourself. The market is open.—
Do not be iu a hurry. Yet do not
put off the time because you happen
to )'e unable to start ou a high scale
of worldly wealth. Early marriages
may not be always commendable;
but wait, wait, waiting to reach some
imaginary standard is—all other
thiugs being equal—by no means
sound policy. Burns pathetically
sings,
“Oh, why ahould Fate sic pleasure have
Life’s dearest bauds untwining,
Or why aae sweet a flower as love
Depend ou Fortune’s shining?”
Advice in a matter of this kind goes
for very little. Every one takes his
or her own way. No doubt it is dis
tressing to see, as you sometiwos do,
young people making sacrifices to be
married, and landing themselves1 in
semi starvation. We have heard of
a lady whoearnstly advised Jane, her
femule attendant, not to marry, as the
step would surely end in misery. The
girl iu reply said she was tired of be
ing a servant, aud wished to rest her
bones. “Well Jane,” asked the lady,
some afterward, “have you rested
your bouest” “Yes” replied Jane
| rather dismally; but it has been my
\jawbones!” Without due precaution
| risks like this may have to be en
countered in the matrimonial lottery.
Ordinarily marriage inspires to ex
auts for some official duty, the mar
ried mau is lor the most part prefer
red. He has given hostsgeSto For
tune for his good behavior. Besides
this peculiar advantage, he experien
ces the pleasure of seeing his
‘‘Children run to lisp their sire’s return
Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.”
We can picture nothing more charm
ing than a scene of domestic felicity
like this, nor'one more calculated to
nerve to enterprises on which rests
individual and national prosperity.—
In married life there are likewise
pleasures of memory held precious
though the health be partially deso
late. When, by the visitation of
.Providence, children are swept away,
yaud one ol the parents has perhaps
ibeeu ielt in a widowed condition, the
survivor recalls m imagination many
tender incidents in the past which no
celibate can possibly experience:
rW ben time, which steal: our , e.irs atv.iv.
I Shall Steal OUI- pieasim.- too,
Tbfc memory of l;:1 iii jint.
\A.ud bull oujrjo)-;j renew.”
Vliu» tlicii, has the heart, with
heetlJess let ity, to deprecate or speak
coutemptuously ol tlic .MuO-iutouialJ
TliIre lew idle women in this alert,
stirring, intense and crowded landoi
ours. For. to speak ol tlie ilietiicre;;
cf of much of the available • domestic
servicejol lhe responsibility 'of bring
ing up children, and of the chuum ol
society and the chinch, the ordinary
demand^ of the home,in the best teg
nlated fapiiiies, are very great. It is
no sineeiLre to keep the house, either
with a select staff of servauts,or with
one’s oWnlhautis to do the work ami
^ i non | aim UiUO 115 U>' il HJU ( P
I ul reward. In the choice of assist
BUbY Wa?«£N.
Many fashionable women, supposed
by the suderfieial to lead tbe life of
butterfi'es,\ really go tbrougU wear
and tear auk toil enough to eclipse
all butterflyllightuess and gaiety,and
to tax braiu\aud nerves terribly.—
American wAnieu cannot justly be
accused of iudoleuce and inertia.
Tbe busiest'oi us may be pardoned
if sbe now anil-then sighs for ease aud
longs for a vacation, and dreams of
tbe luxurious deflight of being freed
trom care and labor for a while.—
Something very fcke envy steals over
our rniuds whe*>, occasionally, the
physieiau prescribes lor a friend tbe
kindly medicine of entire cessation
from work. liestis, indeed, a header.
What unspeakable melody of eon so
lation in tbe fact that there remain
eth a rest to tbe people ot (iod.
But let us supposi that we could, if
we would, lead tbe iffe which Madame
do Itemusat has described as tbe or
dinary’ one oi the Eusbress Josephine.
Sbe never opened a book, sue never
wrote a letter,sbe neter did any nee
dlework, sbe had lew interests be
youd those which eipceutrated in
own person. To spem&liouis iu daily
dressing,to listen with imiabiiity and
attend with grace to petitioners
whom sbe sweetly fofeot tbe next
moment, to be roused from this lan
guid existeuce ouly by the pangs ot
jealousy, or tbe desire tofplease a ca
pricious basbaud : this was tiie aim
less and desultory life’of a woman
whose days were splendidly vacant,
magnificently dull.
Who would not rather gew, cook,
cburu, bake, or wash dishes, all day
and every day, than live with noth
ing to do 1 ’1 be unobtrusive services
of love, tbe tender atmosphere of the
quiet home, and even tbe tatitue that
follows love's ministrations, are hies
sed to the loving heart. Tfte busy
life is tbe satisfying life.—Mrk Xifay
ster.
Go O D Kesolves.—First. That
God shall bo the iirsl spoken to each
moruiug, and the last one spoken to
each night.
Second. That I will read God's
word daily, before reading any other
book.
Third. That 1 will every morning
ask uiy Saviour to give me something
to do for him that day, audthgtl
will then watch for work, and do it.
Fourth. That 1 will nightly ask
myself how far I have sueoeededjn
keeping those resolves, and wherein
might have done better.
liBVEEENTLY read God’s Word,
thereto joining prayer; that as you
hear, in reading, God speak unto you
so, in praying you may speak uutc
Him.
A l’rayerless soul is a Christies*
soul, and a Cbristless soul is a help
less soul.
SUlWEr. P HOGS
The subject .1 , pasture for
hog.-t is so Ail iumy at
tention in 1 h- u ter than lor
Mieil.v. i ;*I,m- "Weied that
free range in • '•{ ■ amtis is, lor
tin: present 1 .b«.r c ..neither
safe nor pr. I . Adingiy the
best •la.i mei. ; . . "U . , tm-is-eives
of any iialui .. .ad. .1. pie anted
by their Inn., d to j>. .-umtuer
pasturage, <ii . Iiv. . e „>•,.<! summer
ran ye, for fa. r i: ,A peer ol
woodland ad. . sg .•. a and mater
tnukt s ajj adniii to • for Jiojjs,
am! it adj •!:,.= this - is a p.eee
ofcultivable ■.I where cIy
ver and other .■ •,;‘y ■ • e.,n be grown,
tile fanner has jin-1 .•. t the ideal ot
a hog pasture. Tue olo should tie
surrounded v. i - a s ’ail ienee,
n itii a parti; n n nee para; itig the
woodland tin. !. p ,e for obvi
ous reasons.
lithe w mill !■ , .rads' sleeked
with .'Hit b. ns lie. m h as the
oak, t: id....! . eidaipdpil:.
ike., a ; , a• i l j . ami
el Si V. lilt i 1 . . ■ mal III lie:!
suei, tiling: ;• ... t do farm
< ! would . * ids inu t;'
i si to sed a If... . i . , ,::.g the n as
! r.pidh. as ; ■. would save
ill,:all eoi . d, aiuird the
aniin.ds ..e ." ■ ■ . \ ;•;'e*i}. ami ,
make i, . . . i ..0 . the
]>i ■■'■li • ' i.-i ifl. XiiUj
emii/UUMi . . t . .. t.-i t;4 i
IlJUj s' . , . . V c\\
— »•> i- ii.- ■ . .. ; ; ;l
Ufjc, and in...I.. .. . . ; i.;ure
than tile . , d ."is --
hid- i .is ...I. .. . .mad '.. said
selva ... .
ii to ii • • • -<■ was ;
worked tv-c . .. :i.v r.\ liu ui-ding j
the \.- a.- .. ;. ji*.i l oot ;
crops, hUa -. . . e L’i*o. ,-d for j
tins Mvcic* i i* ■ i!y pcii<>d of i
the ,vear, a.. . r wouhl find ;
the work oi . . ... . . eiieitj) and i
pi oh mbit*. ■ - iu vv i ;u- i
ersseeui to hog i. .sii.g
to iha; Mv'-i .... ;t liiii ictisl j
double aim c... . . e •«• v.:eai' per.*oil’
ally, and cud.^a .u.iir. . ,.c mc^, plot j
iuiule iu the t : light,hewer--1
er, is bifit..and .. ••».» decided
changes w i!i ;a.- •..H..,i •, in the prac
tice m man;. .: .. a. .-hi y farms pre
sent pecuiiar*.v • i a .Ivantages Un
just the pa.-;,. , . uaigo most
desirable hi ;e: a me hog, and a;
most every place an-.rus some liieiii |
ties that tan.a. no turned to good ac- j
Count lbs tins purpose. Let those]
who have sac.: tm.n.c 'them at ojtce. j
We believe s-.t-b a c.auvge would
result in a uuu-.ted do crease- of dis
ease, such as c-o b ra. and there is
certainly no ,i. r pi,.11 of raising or
growing pork •than the one faintly
outlined above, lu tins outline we
leave many di tails lor : he intelligent,,
practical " a ■’ t i un i.-i iiituseli,
and .«;ii cl1 live para
graphs w.fjti a ; utdre
important j ■ acceptable
to swine, t . 1 ■ . . 1. .., I ituotnj,
otcharu-gi.--.. •: • ia, potsttH-s,
turnips. a ■>; , melons,
squash, cub: .1 . . sv.,<.-: pm .does, uea,
nuts, green . . : , caue, lie-Ut
pease, ft .-i on u:a;. se
cure a success:- c. ciops for both;
winter ami >• .... .< r, :. d v.ill need I
little 01. non.mg else ior producing |
the Urines;, la. ;, anti ueakhiest pork
thitfc can be foo 1 i in domestic state.
—limal M. - /-.
I'unx i;>.i -.’-i.K.—WTa are
under the iiu; ;• >i i fresh, ripe
fruit is very e-. '.bucive .agood health,
especially .a ■ ■.< such us wo
have emluie.... ■■ past M eek.
There is an . a about among
! the men who doie out the money for
! tunniy supple - ;.re give iruit is cost
I ly, the truth U.ng that the price of
the several urines oL one sort and an*
other that many a man takes to help
him digest a heavy dinner in mid
1 summer will supply as much fruit
Us a whole family can cut in a siugle
ingal; meanwhile, u the ii nit beeateu
the drinks will ar: lie missed. Na
ture supplies toed according; to the
season, and man need ouly to open
ins eyes to discover what they are.—
Norfolk Lcdtjtr.
Molasses i'aiu-;.—Uue cup best
New Orleans u . -ses. one eup brown
sugar, two lie Is e-p third or but
ter, one eup of uicT, > dree toaspoou
fuls'of baking - ••.la. one teaspooufu!
each of ginger, eiumim a, and cloves,
tlonr enough t > iuakd a soft dough ;
roll out, cut in shapes • ■suit the fan
cy; bake in a. ipaiek oven.
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THE PICKLE JAR,
The following is arranged for the
benefit of housekeepers. Of con rue
there may be a hundred better re
cipes :
Keeping Pickles—In putting up
(pickles yon should allow a piece of
alum to htuden them, and some gra
ted horseradish to keep them free
! from scum anil mold.
Vinegar foe Sweet Pickles.—
io one gallon of vinegar add three
pounds of sugar, two tablespoons of
doves, two tablespoons of cassia and
bring to a good boil.
To Pickle Whole Cucumbers.
—One bund red small encumbers, one
pint of suit and boiled water enough
io cover them. Let it remain on
them twenty-four Lours; then *pour
off the brine and pour over them boil
ing vinegar with spfce or onions.—
Heady for use in three days there*
after.
Spanish Pickled Onion.—Cut
onions into slices, put a layeref them
into a jar, sprinkle with salt and cay
enne popper. Then add a layer of
onions and season as before. Pro
ceed in this way until the jar is full,
and pour cold vinegar over all till
covered. Will be fit to cse in a
month.
Pickled Cucumbers.—Cut them
Porn the vines when quite small,
■ ash, throw into a weak brine of salt
nail water; add a little alum; next
day put into a jar of eider vinegar,
spieetl with cinnamon and cloves;
add a tabiespoonful of brown sugar.
Pal ia eooi, dry place, and they will
k cep a year.
hjiakers' Pickles to Keep Ten
\ ears.—Half-grown cueimibersfreth
gathered, wash clean and pack iu
Make a pickle of salt and water
that will bear an egg: put iu a piece
of alum the size of a nutmeg to a gall
on of brine; boil and skim it, aDd
pour hot over the cucumbers; let it
caiid till cold, then pour off. Boil
enough vinegar to cover j our pickles,
spice to taste, pour it over hot, first
adding a small piece of atom. In two
days these are ready to eat.
To Pickle Green Tomatoes.—
Slice one peck of green tomatoes,
pickle them with salt and let them
drain- Take one gallon vinegar; six
tablespoons of whole cloves; four of
allspice; oue of salt; oho of mace,
and oue of cayenne pepper.
Boil the vinegar and spices ten min
utes. Put in the tomatoes and boil
all together fifteen minutes longer.
When cold, put in jars and cover
tight. There is no nicer pickle.
Virginia Yellow Pickles.—Yon
can .use martynias, cauliflower heads
broken up into small sprigs, little cu
cumbers not over two inches long,the
little ears of corn sometimes found in
the husks of larger ears, small sized
onions, tender string beaus, nastnr
. itims, small beads of eabbage split in
two, &.c. Pour a strong brine of salt
and boiling water over all your pick
les, and let them remain for a day.
Grain carefully ; put them into clear
water and heat np slowly, allowing
them to stand on top of the stove at
boiling heat for half an hour. They
must not be cooked until they fall to
pieces, but only till they are tender
and you can run a straw through
them. Brain very thoroughly and
put into ajar and cover with good ci
der vinegar. This will extract all tho
water from them, which would weak
en your prepared vinegar. In two
weeks’ time drain again carefully;
place in your jar and turn the pre
pared vinegar over them.
Good Butter.—A good receipt
for rendering butter firm and bard in
the summer time is as fellows :
For twenty pounds of butter take
one teaspoouful of carbonate of soda
arul one teaspoonful of alum—both
powdered—mingle together at the
time of churning and pnt into the
cream. The effect of this powder is
to make the butter come firm and
solid, and to give a clean sweet fla*
vor. It does not enter the butter,
but its action is upon the cream, and
and it passes off with the buttermilk.
The ingredients of the powder should
not be mingled together until requir
ed to be used o; at the time the
cream is in the churn ready for chur
ning.
Peach Pie.—Pare and halve rip«
peaches. Never use inferior fruit for
a pie. Liue you dish with a goad
crust and lay in your peaches, th*
hollow parts up. Spriukle on thee*
half a cup of white sugar. Add som*
bits of butter ; cover aud bake.
I would uot be found unywherw
where prayer would be inconsistent.