Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-08
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Nom ethIsg Further from Grangers
wife.


wife.
agree with my Bratteboro sister in her
remarks concerning the duties Of members Of
societies, whether secret or open, and think
they are equally applicable to The PHOENIX
sistorEood. ! see that she has set mo right
on several points, and has done it in delicate
manner, too, for which am truly grateful.
Now, nay dear SISTER" at your next meeting
! wish you would stir up some of those ladies
to tell us what subjects they treat in their es-
says. II history, whether sacred or profane;
or whether the subject be poetry or the natu.
raj sciences. How l should enjoy holding a
membership ticket. hope the ladies of 9TH
err communities will follow your example.
Does Sister" cultivate house plants PLEASE
give us list of your favorites, with your
method of cultivation. As to the "other
member to whom you refer, think she
must have some literary proclivites or she
would never have thought of contributing n
copy of GRANDMOTHER PHRNIx" to the de-
partment Of fine arts at the county fair III
had not been 80 much ION other cares intent"
| should have tried some of the contributed
recipes before this l have been thinking
how nice it would be- when make my chloe.
olate and other cakes, to invite in yourself
and the twin sisters, "Rella" and Stella to
help me decide upon their merits
Well, Stella, speaking of mnce pies, you
might consult better authority than myself
"Rella" for instance. | suspect that she
knows how TO make good mince pies. plead
guilty to very unsystematic method in cook
ery-too much like the old auntio's, who just
took "a dash of this and "A dash Of that" 10
common cooking just take an ''eye survey"
Of the 'grejuuts," and can guess at the guam
tity of anything used about as well as though
l measured it. But do not recommend this
way to any one, especially not to beginners
Exactness is better. In making mince pies
use no measure, but generally take what looks
to be about twice as much finely chopped APP
pie as meat, wet it up with cider and boiled
cider, sweeten and season to taste, using pen-
ty of allspce. Lemon, either the chopped
fruit or extract, improves it. Add raisins,
currants or citron give one or two recipes
which have on hand but have never tried.
HiHce Pie No. l.-Seyen lbs. round beef
lean two lbs. stoned raisins two lbs cur.
rants; two lbs. beef suet; one peck If apples
four lbs sugar one half TO- ctrou; nne.half
ounce each Of powdered cloves aud mace
one half dozen uutmegs one ounce Of CHINA
mon three ablespoonfuls OF salt one pint
brandy Mix with cider. This will make IF
teen good-sized pies.
For those Of US who cannot afford to buy
the round OF beef for pies here is the other
extreme
~. n 1.
or vinegar, one Of rasins, one Of sugar, one
of molasses one-half teacup butter, one tea.
spoonful each Of cloves, nutmeg aud CHINA
mon. This quantity is sufficient for three
pies.
presume that the ladies SO far heard from
are all profcients in fancy work. | hope they
will give us few hints. wish to convert a
dry goods box into a toilet table. What shall
drape it with? l think perhaps l might
cover it cheaply and effectively il under
stood spatter Will Stella" please ini-
tiate us into the mysteries of this kind of
work in her next letter? 1 suppose that the
lady readers of The PHOENIX are having the
knitting fever at the present time, in common
with our sex everywhere. have been knit
ting some Normandy lace, which is much ad-
the directions, which may be new to some
Cast on 10 stitches.
LIST rows plain, knit together, over, 3
plain, over, plain. This row ends with l6
stitches on needle.
I'd row plain, over, plain, over, knit
together, plain II stitches on needle.
81 row-G plain, knit ? together, over,
plain, knit together, over. plain over,
kuit together, l plain, over, plain Is
stitches on needle.
4th row plain, over, l plain, knit to-
gether, over, plain, over, kuit together,
plain, over, knit . together, . plain ~
stitches on needle.
9Th row-4 plain, knit together, over,
plain, knit together, over, plain, over knit
? together, plaiu, over, 2 plain 20 stitches
on needle.
9Th row plain, over, plain, knit TO-
gether, over plain, over, kuit together,
plain, over, knit . together, l plain, over,
knit together, plain; 81 stitches on nee
die.
eth row plain, over, knit together,
plain, over, knit together, plain, knit
together, over, plain, knit together, over,
] plain, knit ? together; 20 stitches.
Sth row-cast off l, knit plain, over, knit
2 together, plain, over, knit together, l
plain, knit together, over, plain, knit
together, over, plain 10 stitches
9th row. plain, over, knit 2 together,
plain, over, slip one, narrow, pass slipped
stitch over, over, plain, knit 2 togsther, l
plain, knit together II stitches.
10th row plain, over, knit together, l
plain, knit together, over, 3 plain II
stitches
18th row. plain, over knit together, i
plain, knit together, over, plain II
stitches.
10Th row-cast of 2, plain, over, knit 3
together, over, 10 plain,
Commence again at FIRST row, 10 stitches.
GRANGER's WIFE.