Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-01-14
The FAMILY OF THE PlNcnING FARM

HE FAMILY OF THE IiSCHING FARM
ER-This back. country gentleman has his
family, says Mr.. Mitchell, boys, lauk at the
first. in short armed coats. and with pinch
of the vowal sounds in their speech but
they do not lingcr around sucha homestead;
they come to the keeping Of hotels, or of
wood yards on the Mississippi; many are
written down in the dead books of the war.
Our mcuey saving farmer has his daughter,
too, with her chrysanthemums and striped
grass at the door, aud her pink monster Of
. hydrangea. She has her Lody's Bool
and her Ledger, and on such literary food
grows .pace; but such reading does not
instil healthy admiration for the dairy or
butter making; rosy cheeks and incarmined
arms do not belong to the heroines Of her
dreams. I do not think she ever heard
Kit Marlowe's song:
"Come live with me and be my love-
The faint echoes Of the time, in fashion
plates and sensation stories, make wierd
music, IN listening to which, in
weary bewilderment. she has 20 ear for a
brisk bird song. No wild-fowers from the
wood are domesticated at the door. catch
no sight Of sun bonnets or Of garden trow-
els. Out. Of door life is Stunned and hence
come sallowness. unhealthiness, narrowness
mot even the well.developed physique of
the town girl who has the pavements for
her marches aud counter. marches. hear
indeed, in summer weather, the tinklc of
piaso; but it frighteps away the wrens;
aud, Of the two. must say that prefer
the wrens. All this units for thorough
sympathy with the everyday life Of the
father; and when common sympathies do
not unite family, its career breaks at the
death Of the patron. If there be nothing
in the country life which can call out aud
sustain the pride of all members Of the
country family. it can never offer tempt
ing career to the young. From these caus-
e it is that Dorothy will very likely be
veasen faced old maid, hopeful Of anything
but the tender longing of Overbury's
"Faire Mike Made" Too instructed to
admire the sharp roughuess Of her wiry
papa; too liberalized, it may be, by her
reading to bear mildly his peevishness or
closencss; not kindling into love of the
beauties Of nature, because none will SYM
pathize With that love; dreaming over books
that will carry her to land of mirage, and
make her still more unfit for the everyday
duties Of lifc-not recognizing the hcroism
Of successful struggle with mediocrity aud
homely duties, yearning for what is not to
be hers, she is the ready victim to illnesses
against which she has neither the vigor
nor the wish to struggle. $50 Dorothy is
gone, Squire" says the country parson:
" Let us pray to God for his blessing"
The darkened parlors are opened now the
farmers daughter is bride and death is
the groom. The gilt-backed books are
busted, the cobwebs swept away, the black
dress suit rebrushed the twinkle Of the eye
is temporarily banished, the neighbors are
gathered, the warning spoken, the process.
sion moves, and the grave closes it all.
The artemisias bloom on, and the purple
tufts of hydrangea; fair Dorothy s flowers
It il little picture from the life Of certain
money making farmers who pinch to save.
There is jiugliug resonance Of money at
the end, but it is not tempting; it has come
upon barren life, without glow or reach
. life whose parlors have been always
closed.
EvERroN TAFFY.-Melt in a shallow
vessel one. fourth Of pound Of butter and
add to it one pound Of brown sugar. Stir
them together for fifteen minutes, or until
4 little OF the mixture dropped into basin
of cold water will break clean between the
teeth without sticking to them. Any fla
voring that is desired, as lemon, pineapple
or vanilla, should be added just before the
cooking is complete. The tafTy when done
should be poured into . shallow dish,
which is buttered on the bottom and edges.
By drawing knife across it when it is
partially cool, it cap easily be broken into
squares. Molasses may be used instead Of
sugar in making taffy, but it is not so
brittle.
LEMON PIE.-One lemon for two pies !:
Crate the rind aud pulp up fine, taking
care not to get the least bit of seed 10.
Take one aud half cups sugar, broken
with the yolks Of four eggs, one aud half
cups Of sweet milk, aud two teaspoonfuls
corn starch dissolved in the milk. Bake
with one crust. Beat whites of four eggs
with pulverized white sugar, for putting !;
spread over the pie, return to the oven,
and brown lightly.
q A lady florist says smother very
pretty vine is the sweet potato plant. Put
tubur io pure sand or sandy loan. in a
hanging basket, and water occasionally. 1t
will throw out tendrels and beautiful leaves,
and will climb freely over the arms Of the
basket and upward toward the top Of the
window. Not one visitor in hundred will
ksow It. but will suppose It to DO some
rare foreign plant.
A NICE DEssERr.-Maks crust Is If
for pie ooly; do not roll - thin line pie
tin. pare, quarter, and core good, tart ap.
PIN lay them nicely together 10 your dish;
pour over them cup Of sweetened cream;
g'ais on little nutmeg; bake to . nice