National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-06-10
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
To the Editor OF THE REPUBLICAN,;
How do you make calves head Jelly?

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How do you make calves head Jelly?
IouNG HoUsBKEEPER.
A person must bo q very young housekeeper in
deed not to know how TO make calves head Jelly
II you wish TO make delicious Jelly get cal who
Is well grown toward heiierhood. Take the two
font hoofs, little piece of its TAIL wrap them up
In an old calico wrapper. and put in a seven by
nine pot TO boil. Afer boiling three hours add
quart of In CLASSES gum shoe, a bottle of glue
couple Of red peppers, and glass OF citrate Of
magnCsa. Stir well for q couple OF days, and then
add the rest of the calf Keepstirring till the calf
ceases believing, then let 1t cool. Serve in pie
plates Wheel
Please tell foreigner. was Franklin BenjaminH
ITALIAN
We are always willing to teach tho foreign Idea
how to shoot. Benjamin Franklin WAS universal
genius He was tho first man who ever rode one
wheel bicycle and In race at Cattail, Shropshire,
made the best time on record. He defe tied the
immortal J. N. in go. you. pleace nine week
pedestrian contest. and upon his return from
Bladensburg whipped Bonny Boy Doodle, the Fish.
town chump. In twenty four foot ring and four
rounds. For two years he doubled up with Teddy
Mcclure and did the acrobatic song and dance all
over the world. He then retired from the turf and
Is now keeping a saloon ON Eleventh street. lie
married big Mike Murphy's sister Sal.
Do you think there is any chance for q young
man to get place IN one OF The Departments
Precisely so. You can get place very easily II
you have the proper qualifications. All you need
is a good record. III you were In the Army aud
annihilated entire rebellious regiment with
your strong right arm and was wounded eighty
six times: II you are good Republican and q
stump speaker with n national reputation; Il you
have been strict member OF the Church and q
graduate of Harvard, and pass the examination.
you can probably get place heating cold steam
III the Treasury. You may have to wait ten or
twelve years. but II you keep cheerful the appoint
mcnt will como as sure as Martin Luther was
| Pope.
read your splendid paper, and believe you
know everything. We are going to plant a gar.
den. and want you tell us how to do it.
| REPUBLICAN READER.
We are much obliged for the compliment and
| you have questioned us upon a subject we arc
| thoroughly familiar with. Some persons believe
| the best place plant garden Is on tho roof but
experience shows itthat the shadows and SCOT cast
| by the chimneys nre drawbacks to the rapid vege.
tation OF the plant The best place TO plant gar.
den is out in the back yard, provided you don't
| keep dog with the aspirations OF miner Amer
you have dug good sized hole, take your garden.
| seed-you can get garden.seed anywhere-and
| put couple Of handfuls In the hole. Then cover
the seeds up with pile of dirt and await results
Water the holo every day, and when the garden
begins to come up train It carefully and build O
trellis.work around 1t. A garden on q trellis |,
one Of the prettest sights in tho world. You car
add TO the effect Of the loveliness by planting
| watermelon vine OH one side and the small boy
| who eats the melon OH the other.
What will tho Democratic party do aler theil
| recent defeat? BILL ALLEN.
Taking into consideration the fact that the old
party has become impervious to the assaults o.
gavanism, It is pretty difficult TO state what 1t viii
do. Very probably 1t will linger in the hope thai
| some remembering friend will decorate its grave
next spring. or perhaps 1t win hire itself out as
football. We would suggest, however, that q
would continue its occupation of disgusting thu
country. business In which It's long experienc,
| has made II master of.
Who was the man who butt the bull of tht
| bridge2 MILMCEET.
Some historians claim II was Charles XXI, bu
| IL is pretty well established that Tom OchiltreC
and Colonel Plnchover did II between them