The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-12-22

fast year. IL LOUISIANA the decrease Is
about SO per cent; in Texas 40; in Arkan-
sas 10; IN Florida Is; i'll Tennessee 42;
while in South Carolina, Mississippi and
Georgia the crop will be about the same as
last year.
Table Etiquette.
From the Rural Now Yorker.
1T is manners that win respect for the
lowest as we'll as the highest. In my opin-
ion smanners" at the table, is one Of, if
not the leading point Of etiquette to be OBJ
served.
Some people eat too rapidly, either for
health or manners, while some eat so slow
" as to appear ridiculous. While some
pick at their food as daintily as birds. OF
course there are some whose appetites
are poor, and who make an appearance of
eating, but have seen young girls plump,
rosy, robust creatures, who in company
would not eat enough to keep cat alive.
I once visited 8 family in which were two
girls. answering this description. I had
dined and supped with them, but
never at their Own house. I had
often smiled at their dainty ppetites, and
80 at variance with their plump bodies and
rosy cheeks. and thought should see
some hearty eating at their own table, but
really, nearly starved during the few days
1 spent with them. They rarely ate whole
biscuit at time, and partook of other
things in accordance, and l was ashamed
to satisfy my hunger before them. At the
end of any visit with them. one Of the girls
accompanied me to visit some mutual
friends, and was so amazed that scarcely
ate myself, to see that girl eat after the
Grst meal.
It is really absurd to see stout, healthy
person 1T down 70 a we'll supplied table
and eat estheticaly. On the other hand it
is not exactly absurd, but rather disgusting
to refined tastes to see a person eat with
such gusto SO greedily and rapidly. One
thing have noticed, is, that many persons
who have excellent table manners, will
make faces every time food is conveyed in
to their mouths. I have often been
amused at the ugly contortions of face
practiced by some people who would have
been dreadfully N ortiied had they real
izsd what they did.
Home Made Christmas Gifts
From the New York Post. =,
In addition to the articles mentioned re-
Gently as suitable hand made Christmas
gifts are the following: A handsome tidy
is made of alternate strips Of black
velvet and aida canvas. Have the strips OF
equal length, and straight across the top,
but pointed at the bottom; the black velvet
strips should be embroidered with bright
colored silk around the edge, in feather
stitch or some modification of it. This is
all the ornamentation necessary to make
pretty effect. On the canvass work scroll
or stripe with silk and worsted combined.
Finish the tidy by turning down at the top
and sides and blind stitching, and putting
tassel on each point. Very pretty tassels
are made of crewel Make Just as you
would common worsted towel, aud when
made take needle and separate the threads
in as naay parts as possible without break
ing them. They will look soft and
Aeecy ii rightly made. Brush broom cases
made Of stiff canvass and ornamented with
applique work, or with monogram worked
in silk, or with bunch of flowers, are pref
ty. Another gift requiring more time and
skill is made by covering pane of glass or
piece of wood the right size with velvet.
A small card may be made very effective in
this way. IF you use wood for the founda-
tion, be sure that it will not warp. A pref
ty fancy, popular just now, is to paint o
landscape on one side Of some pebble YOU
have brought from your summer wander
ings. This makes q nice paper weight.
Gases for brushes and combs are not hard
to make. and are useful in protecting from
dust. Cut a foundation of pasteboard,
either in shape like the brush or long and
narrow; cover this with any suitable mate
rial, from silesia to silk, lay the brush and
comb on it, and take another strip of PASTE
board and bend to form cover. This is
TO be attached at the sides only; the ends
IRE left open SO that the brush may be
slipped in and out easily. Cover this also
to match the other part, and ornament to
suit your own taste.-
Some OF the New Recipes.
CREAM SPONGE CAKE-This recipe
calls for cream, and unless you have it do
not undertake to make the cake; it is called
CUP and fill the cup with sweet cream; beat
the eggs and cream until they are like
froth. then add one cup of sugar, one cup
Of -four three teaspoonfuls OF baking pow
der; flavor with lemon extract.
A NICE WAY OF COOKING COLD
MEATs.-Chop the meat fine; season with
salt, pepper. a little onion or else tomato
catsup, Fill q tin breadpan two thirds full
cover it over with mashed potato, which
has been sailed and has milk in it; lay bits
of butter over tho top and set in Dutch
or stove oven for fifteen or twenty minutes.
STEAM PUDD1NG.-One cup Of sugar,
one-half cup of butter, three eggs, one
cup Of milk, three heaping teaspoonfuls Of
baking powder and three cups of flour;
steam one hour.
Eco sAuon.:Bon half q dozen eggs
hard; whom cold, remove the shell. cut
each egg in half crosswise, and each half
into four quarters. Put them into half a
pint OF melted butter, made as follows:
Mix in saucepan on the fire two ounces
Of butter with half IN ounce Of flour, stir
In half pint Of boiling water, salt to taste,
with dust OF white pepper; keep stirring
until the sauce thickens.
=, To MAKE SUET PUDD1NG.--One cup oil
finely chopped suet, two-thirds cup good
syrup, one cup sweet milk with half tea
spoonful soda dissolved in it, ono cup
stoned ratslns, ono teaspoonful cream tar
tai, sifted withsfour enough to make stiff
batter. Boil in pail set in kettle of wa
ter, or steam in a steamer if preferred, two
hours, and serve with sauce prepared az
follows: One teacup of sugar, butter the
size Of an egg, large tablespoonful -four
all stirred together; On this mixture pou,
nearly pint Of boiling water. Let it cool
a few minutes, and season with nutmeg o,
to taste. + ,~..
= COTTAGE SWEET CAKEs.-1ngredients:
Flour, one pound; sugar, one-half pound
butter, one half pound; eggs, nine. The
eggs must first be broken, the whites and
yolks beaten separately very light, then ali
mixed we'll together and beaten with the
hands, Flavor with . teaspoonful Of finely.
powdered mace. s.. ~ ~. r.
RECIPE FOR COLoGNE.-Oae drachn
each Of oil Of lavender, oil OF lemon, oil o
: rosemary and oil of cinnamon: and two
dIachms Of oil Of bereamot; mix and add :
= pint Of alcohol.