The Portland daily press., 1871-09-11
Terms $500 per 0nnuna. in na,,.on

tnlck cream, beaten to stiff froth. and aadod
when the porridge is very cold: flavor 10
taste. Freeze in one of the patent three noi,''
ute freezers, and you have dish thai CANT ba
beaten. ''
Water ice is Strong lemonade fotber frnit
than lemon may be used SIMILARLY. with two
whites OF eggs to quart, made quite sweet.
ana a,. frozen in the same way as ice-cream.
Iheapples and oranges are very nice, but
eacn eS need little lemon Juice to give them
'""i"e'er'-1irS. B., In Hearth and Home
BAKED PEARs.-Take ripe paars, Juicy
al,u vi good flavor mot ripe enough TO be
aeiy soit wipe them clean; put them into
o'one .r jar, stems upward; when the bottom
Uha jar Is covered, springle over sugar;
ltne nature OF the pear must drtermin,. the
quantity OF sugar needed some are SO sweet
,hat they require but littlel Set in annther
layer OF pears; add more SUGAR. 9nd an nm tiII
lie Jar is full. Put in a p.nt ana n hoIf of
water Tor every gallon that the lar contai,s.
cover the top OF the jar with paste of simn1e
nour and water, and bake in a slow oven tSyr,
hours. Wv"
Tickling CUCUMBERS.-A correspondent
OF the Ptoughndn says his method of pcklino
is as follows: Pick the cdcumbers Of any de-,
srable size, wash them clean, dram thea dry.
PIT them into sweet butter frkins. place two
SiHo VI 1piNN III Dd9 III tut OF ire
keg, then fill up with pure cider vinegar, and
your pickles will keep good Tor twelve
months. Put the vinegar in cold. When not
using from the kee, il would be well 10 stir
, .he vinegar at lea ouce week. The spice
Keeps the pickles hard.
NEeErABLE Soup Very good.-Take two
Soou potatoes, two onions Two turnins ono
carrot aud little parsley. Chop these fine
anu anu auu AZ salt 10 SUIT the taste. Cut the pota-
Toes IN quarters; slice the onions; cut the fur
nps IN quarters. Put all into a claan ssu
pan and add three pinls of water. Boil dnw'
to ole quart About fifteen minutes before If
is done, add the parsley. Strain it and serve
with light bread or toast
HAULING OR DRIVING FARM PRoDUcE
Those farmers make the most money and
have the most productive farms who do not
haul Off their crops To market, tut drive them
GU foot. Not only is the value more concer-
trated in livestock, and the mode of moving
them easier and cheaper, but they leave be-
hind them the means of reproducing them
selves, in the shape of valuable supply of
lertlllzlng matter, to enrich the soil for future
crops. But to succeed in raising sucn produ q
a farmer must be shrewd enough to putcha i.
such stock as he can manipulate most easily.
ana avoid loading himself up with such as
will not feed prottably; and further. he must
use Judgment as to the time of purcbasino
There is an old adage among stock men. to
the effect that what is well bought is next to
well Sold" Thin stock bought late for win
ter feeding, will make no money for the pur-
chaser; they need to be filed up on grass dur
ing this month and next.
GEMS FOR BREAKFAsr-Onec cup of milk
one cup OF water, a pinch Of salt, and three
cups OF sifted flour, beat together ten minutes.
Have the pan buttered and heated hot. pour
the mixture into it, and bake in quick oven
about twenty minutes. OF graham flour, add
Two heaping cups ins' cad of the three of
white, and proceed as with the other. A pan
with divisions is much better to be used with
this kind OF bread as the biscuit are each bal-
ed separately.
HUCKLEBERRIES AND BLACKBERRIFs.-
MIR. Loring Herrick of Obern, Ono, WIT of
hCckleberries: May not this fruit he Cronta-
bly, added to our list OF cultivated berries is
question of interest. l see them quoted high
er in the market reports than he blackberry.
As they ale often found in an uncuItyaled
state on the same land, do nos see why tbey
should not be susceptible OF cultivation on as
wide range of soils as the blackberry" Mr..
Greenleai.- In Massachusetts,, where they
have Tor years grown free and been picked by
every body, they are now grown in private
patches, aud bring on an average twenty cents
a quart when blackberries are not wanted.
MIR. Wiliams.-HucKleberrie pay better than
backberries. White the latter have been sell
ling this fail at S1.50.a lshe the whortleber.
ries have sold at So and $3.50.