The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-08-23


heated slowly, without stirring. To pickle
grapes or other fruit without breaking, place
the fruit in "a jar cold; then make a sweet
pickle, allowing five pounds Of sugar TO ten
pounds of fruit and quart of vinegar; spice,
and turn over the fruit warm. Repeat this
for several mornings. Green grapes in punches
make a choice pickle, if properly treated The
sugar must be very white, and the sirup
SKINNED thoroughly and partially cooled be-
fore adding.
While upon the subject of grapes we are re-
minded that good friend Of ours makes spiced
grapes which are very nice relish with meats.
Here is the recipe, which is worth trying:
Spiced Grapes-Five pounds of grapes, three
pounds of sugar one-half pint of win egar two tea
spoons each of cinnamon and allspice, one-half a
teaspoon of cloves. Pulp the grapes, boil until
tender, cook the pulp soft and strain through
sieve; add il TO the skins Put in the Spices sugar
and vinegar boil Thoroughly and seal.
Grape butter is equally excellent prepared in
similar way, but without the vinegar. 1t is
much improved by proportion of one-fourth
of sweet apples. And here is an excellent
recipe for jam:
slip off the skins; put the pulp in kettle with
teacup of water boil until the seeds separate from
the pulp, strain, and allow one pound of sugar to
one pint of pulp; put all together in the kettle
with half the skins and boil until tender. Strain,
put IN glasses and seal.
Grape Jely.-This Is best made from green or
halfripe grapes. Boil in preserving kettle until
quite soft and strain the juice through jelly bag;
measure into preserving kettle and boil for thirty
ninutesi then add sugar, allowing three-fourths
of pound of sugar TO pound of juice. Boil for
| fifteen minutes, and put into jelly bowls
We have tried this novel dish, and pronounce
it good for THE TRIBUNE circle:
| Cucumber SdJcd-Peel and slice very thin two
medium-szed cucumbers place them in deep
dish and sprinkle with two tablespoonfuls of salt:
set the ice or in a cool place two hours drain on
Tfsx-nr rtsaGE how
them with four tabiespoonfs of oil, the juice of
| lemon, a grated onion pinch each of sugar and
white pepper; mix these ingredients, and pour
over the saladi stir well together and serve.
Our Weekly Experience Meeting.
| AUNT BECKY's PEACH PIE-ANoTHER NOBLE
| NURsE-AN OLD SOLDIERS PITIABLE CASE
| ALONG THE LINE-GRAND OUTLOOK OF THE
| NATIONAL RELIEF CORPS
SENECA LAKE, N Y, July 80, 1888.
| To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Comrade J. A. Jones' of North New Castle, Neb.,
wants TO hear through THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
whether Aunt Becky one of the nurses of the
| Ninth Corps Hospital. is alive. Thank God She
IS, and hope there are many happy years in store
| for her yet She is living in Des Mones Iowa.
When the One Hundred and Ninth New York
volunteers left their State for the seat of war, in
| September, 1852 Miss Graham commonly called
! Aunt Becky by the solders) left her home and ac-
| companied the regiment to the 'front.' remaining
with 1t, caring only as mother could for the sick
| and wounded of the regiment until we were at
| tached to the Ninth Corps in the spring of 1864.
From that time until the close of the war she was
| connected with the Ninth Corps Hospital, and did
all that mother or sister could have done to re-
lieve the sufierings of the dying and wounded sol
| diers, and by such kind acts and lninistrations
| every learned TO love her and call her Aunt
| Becky Truly, yours, o. K. DEAN.
| Late of Co. G, l09th n. Y.
As a comment upon the above the following
reminiseence from the Encampment number of
| the Denver Tribune, viii not be without inter
| est to Aunt Becky's" many warm admirers.
She accompanied the Des Moines delegation to
the Encampment.
AUNT BEcKY's PEACH PIE.
Many of the old soldiers viii remember the story
| of how Aunt Becky" stole the peach pie for some
wounded soldiers after the blowing up of the mine
| at Petersburg She was at that time hospital
| nurse al City Point. She complained that Sanitary
Commissioner Rounds kept ali the canned fruit
for himself and had also taken the best cook for
his private mess. AUNT Becky" was determined
to have some peach pie for her boys, and stole
| from Rounds, who had instructed his cook to make
| a large pie for some prominent guests that had
been invited TO dinner. just before dinner WAS
| nounced Aunt Becky fastened TO the tent and
stole the pie, which she hid under her bed. Soon
| afterwards she took the pie TO some soldiers who
| had been wounded in the terrible mine explosion
| at Petersburg. The large pie was cut into twenty
| pieces and divided among the wounded soldiers.
| theft. but made threats that a severe punishment
should be dealt upon the cuiprit discovered. Six
Lee. just as joke, one of the boys had Aunt
Becky" arrested for stealing the peach pie. She
was marched through the camp with her hands
tied behind her. The regimental band of the Fifty
| ninth Massachusetts and the hospital drum corps
accompanied her. In the mock eourt-martlal held
she was fined to receive a kiss from each soldier
for the sake of his mother, present of a dozen
lemons, half a dozen oranges and pound of candy
for stealing the peach pie, and Rounds made
the soldiers heartily enjoyed the joke. Yesterday
when the reporter met Aunt Becky" she was
81,
Iowa boys know her history almost as well as she
docs herself Don't say much about me, said
aunt BECKY, but you can't say too much for
| the boys They deserve it more than l."
| Yes; am an honorary member of Joe Hooker
Post and proud of it. 1t is honor to he
even an honorary member of the Grand Army OF
| the Republic
Here" added Aunt Becky have some cof-
| fee and regular army lunch" and the reporter
| took lunch with The old feld-nurse of the Poto-
mac.
a J; Graham carpenter and builder, Denver, Is
brother of Aunt Becky" and some OF the most
prominent people in the city know her personally
ANOTHER NOBLE NAME
INDEPENDENCE, kan, August, 1888.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBU1sE:
Let some of the comrades write of the noble he
rosm OF those ladies who sacrificed much rs we
did lor the cause; who left home and friends tnat
they might add to the comfort of the soldier One
comes TO my mind now q Miss Katie Bissel the
bookkeeper at the United States Christian Com
mission rooms, at Little Rock. Ark, who always
, soldier. do believe that there less number
. of graves NJ the soldiers cemetery through hei
efforts than there would have been had she not
, been there. May God bless that noble Wisconsin
girl. il any OF the readers OF THE TRIBUNE should
happen 10 this and know her whereabouts
please give her address through THE TRIBUNE.
Let some of the boys of the First brigade. First
division Seventh Army Corps, write an account o.
the campaign against Little Rock. Ark; also, o.
thst memorable campaign in Western Arkansas
which resulted in the battle Of Prairie Grovef Lei
some OF Iielrons tell the story for they were
there during the whole performance. / was ont
!. of four brothers who served ia the Union army.
A. w. HARRINGTON,
| Twenty fifth Ohio Y. V. 3. l.. 4.
A LETTER FROM A FAyoRITE ARMY NURSE.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
In your paper of the ID inst. I saw a statemen
that Harriet =. Dame has position IN the TreSsur,
| Department. and is supporting q blind mother
That is not That j hold position in tn,
ing blind mother is not true and wish you wouit
i contradict that in your next issue. 1t is very un
S pleasant to be put in false position. Ny goot
: mother died ia jS5s, and WIS blind. hav
! / sister Ut Concord, N H., who has lost her eye
L sight. With her ] spend my annual vacation. Sh
s has pleasant home Of her and do not sup
; | port her Ali my relatives were in the army VIII
were old enough to go. Only two OF them rcceiy
4 pensions, and they almost helpless with rheu
"" "" Inatism. Respectfully,
e Harriet P. DANE,
Loan Branch, Secrctarys Office, Treasury Depart
Y nnent.
d MISS VAN LEWIS GOOD WORK.
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