Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-03

MAN Can AliUtu W ACCP RvOs ~o"p
though he said not . few men kept wha'
he called apologies for cows" III
second point va sstablee. Each COW ma
q platform, Manager and feed box suits
bic to her size. Third, feed and care
His philosophy on this head is, 40 maj
can afford to keep . COW poor" He Gu,
grass last season between the 18th ant
23d of June, and . second crop in Au
gust. Milking was his fourth feature
where gentleness and cleanliness are tn
prime virtues. His first work done II
his stable is to feed his cows a little hay
then clean his stables and brush thu
cows before milking. Last year he made
Alb pounds from each OF his five cows
He uses great care in drying off his cows
and his cows drop their calves in the fall
or early winter. Mr.. Skinner said, in
his quiet, honest way, that his ambition
was two-fold; first, to get an honest live
lihood, and he had been moderately sue
c~essfui. And that, by the way, is a
pretty good text young men "waitine
for a Job" would do well to study. Hi:
second ambition has been I produce an
article the public would want, and his
box of butter before the audience wa
the story of his successful endeavor.
Household Natters.
CHEAP MOLAssEs CAKE-Two cup
fuls molasses, one cupful hot boiling
water, two large tablespoonsfuls butter,
batter like griddle cakes, with one tea
spoonful soda, spice, and bake full hour.
RosroN DouGHNUTA Small table
poonful butter, one tumblerful milk
(warmed), one tumblerful sugar, two
eggs, nutmeg, one quart -four (smalD,
one-fourth teaspoonful cream tartar,
one or one-half t~easpoonful baking pow
der. Let it stand two hours before the
fire before frying in very hot lard.
MOUNTAIN CAKE.-One cup of sugar;
three eggs; one half cup of butter; one
half cup of sweet milk; n and a half
cups Of -four; one teaspoonful of cream
of tartar; one-half teaspoenful soda or
baking-powder. Very nice nut cake
can be made from the same recipe, only
not quite so much butter is needed when
nuts are used.
DOUGHNUTs.-Two eggs, two cupfuls
sugar. two and a half cupfuls milk, one
cupful butter, or a little less, one pint OF
yeast, nutmeg; knead stiff like bread at
night; keep in q warm place; in the
morning knead again, cut into cakes, lei
them rise again till 80 light they will not
sink in the fat, and fry; the more you
knead them the better they will be.
HoT SLAw.-Take a piece of butter
the size of half a hens egg, a teacup Of
vinegar, a teacupof water, a tesspoonful
of black pepper, and a tablespoonful OF
salt; put them all in a tight-covered ket.
tie and set over a brisk fire. Chop your
cabbage finely; have three pints Of it
when the liquid is boiling hot empty the
cabbage into the kettle, and let it boil
slowly hour. Serve hot in saucers
1t is very delicious prepared in this man
mel.
SOFT GINGERBREAD.-Three pints
-four, one cupful lard well mixed
through it one teaspoonful salt, one tea
spoonful ginger; beat two eggs, add one
pint molasses, one cupful brown sugar
one and q half te%aspoonfuls soda, dis
solved in water, stirred in half a pin
soul milk OF buttermilk thoroughly; ado
all to -four; mix we'll and bake in a goot
oven; put cake in sponge cake pans.
BosToN FISH CHowDER.-Buy par
cod and part haddock; skin fish and boi
head and bones in three quarts cold waite
and little salt; then cut fish in squares
wipe dry, and flour a little; then fry on
in a pot four slices nice lean salt porl
and two large onious cut up; take GU
pork and wipe pot dry; turn back ia
and lay OF n layer of fish, pepper
salt, and fried sliced onions; then a faye
of thick sliced potatoes, with pepper an,
salt; then layer Of Boston hard cracker
split in two; then fish again until all i
finished; boil slowly, adding one goo'
pint of milk, o~ne-quarter pound butter
pinch of thyme, and one bay leaf; whel
fish is done take out carefully with
large spoon, 20 al not to ,.break up tn
fish more than is absolutely necessary
Donot stir the chowder, but turn pc
around.