Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-06-04
Y5ira dtaG1 fire. grrss.
FARM IND HOME.

loose earth should be thrown ln twice y ear
and removed rs manure whenever it becomes
rich enough. On no account should aplank
floor be laid within a few inches Of the
ground. The space beneath will soon be-
come a harbor for rats If "a plank floor Is
desired. make it at least two feet from the
ground and leave it open SO that eats and
dogs can get i'm to destroy vermin.
Boiled Tonguc.-While boiled tongue
is still warm roll il with the tip inside and
place in round tin OF vessel just large
enough to hold it in place. let it remain
over night.when it will remain rolled after
being removed from the pan. Serve it whole.
Lady Fingers-Take two eggs. one cup
ful of sugar, half a cupful Of butter, half a
cupnl Of sweet milk, two teaspOOnfuls of
baking powder add enough flour to form
a soft dough. Take a small piece OF dough,
-four it and roll with your hands as large
as your finger; cut of in the tour-inch
lengths ana put i'm closely buttered pans.
Bake quickly
Mutton Collops -Cutsome very thin slices
from a cold leg or chump end of ioin of
mutton, sprinkle them with pepper, salt a
blade Of pounded mace, minced savoy herbs
and two OF three minced shallots, and fry
in butter. adding a dcssertspooniui of flour,
half apint of gravy and one tablespoonful
of lemon juice. Simmer very gently about
five or seven minutes and serve immediately.
Drop Cakcs.-One cofte-cuplul of granu-
lated sugar. two ounces of butter, two ounces
Of lard, one egg, one coIee-cupiul of milk,
two cupfuls of flour, iayoring TO taste. Mix
the sugar baking powder and shortening
(butter and lard and aavoring wei, togeth-
er; then add che egg Wen beaten, and the
milk. Thicker with the flour and drop on
tins.
Orange Butter Pare eight large oranges,
cut into thin slices, pour over them one and
one-halfcupful Of powdered sugar boil one
pint Of milk; and while boiling add the
yolks Of three eggs. one tablespoonful Of
corn starch made smooth with milk stir
constantly and when thick pour over the
fruit; beat the whites of the eggs toa froth,
sweeten, pour over the custarland brown in
the oven. Serve cold
Baked Gooseberry Pudding. Three pints
ofgooseberries, six eggs, three ounces of but
ter, one pint Of bread crumbs, two pounds of
sugar, puff paste Pick and tail the goose
berries, put them In jar, and put the jar
into a saucepan of water boil until tender
then pulp them through a sieve, and add the
eggs well beaten, butter bread crumbs and
sugar beat well for few minutes. Line
a dish with puff paste put in the mixture
and bake for about half an hour sprinkle
with sifted sugar and serve.
Pineapple Bavarian.-one pint eff fresh
or canned pineapple, one small teacuptul Of
sugar. one pint of cream, half package of
gelatine, half cuplul of cold water Soak
the gelatinc two hours i'm water. Chop pine
apple fine, put it on with the sugar, 20 SIM
mer twenty minutes. Add gelaune and
strain Immediately through a cloth OF sieve
into a tin basin. Rub thepineapplc through
as much as possible Beat until it begins
to thicken, then add cream which has been
whipped 90 q lroth When well mixed, pour
into o mold and set away to- harden Serve
with whipped cream.
All men are cqual-after that the fun
commences.
George Elliot says. Habit IS purgatoy
in which we suffer for our past sins"
The longest legitimate word in the En-
glish language Is approximations.
What is an episte.7 asked sunday
school teacher of her class. The wife Of
an apostle, replied Che young hopeful.
Soggy pieismeutiouel as oneofthe causes
Of dyspepsia. one of the causes of s2ggy
pie is young married women.
The best critics of other peoples actions
We have noticed, are usually those who them-
selves have failed ingloriously an around.
A cyclone resembles Western man be-
cause it Is some ON the blow. tt is like a
woman, because when it makes mp it's miud
to go somewhere all the earth can, stop it.
1t was Massachusetts man who bought
map Of Vermont. Heopened it and said
grayely This State ought to be turned
the other end up so as get more of it down
near Massachusetts,"
Papa, what is Wall street," "Wou
street is place where they raise lambs in
the spring, shear them in the fall, and then
turn them loose 20 hustle loy themselves i'm
the winter
Trousers with two legs are pair; shirt
with two arms Is only one shirt Philoso.
pliers had better give up trying 20 find out
whether the moon is inhabited with spooks,
and clear up some Of the dark mysteries Of
this life
Before they aremarried she win carefully
turn down his coat collar when itgets awry
but afterward she'll jerk it down into posi-
ton as if she were throwing q aoo-mat out
Of the window.
First Citizen-You always stay home in
the evenings now?
Second Citi1en-Ies. my wife's father