The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-09-10

them hot alum water made by dissolviug
one teaspoonful Of alum in ono quart of
boiling water. Let this stand twenty -four
hours; drain and boil one-half hour in two
parts water and one part vinegar. Make a
syrup of one pound of sugar, one quart of
vinegar, one teaspo onful of cinnamon, one
half tsaspoonful of cloves, allspice and mus
tard Boil the watermelon in this q few
minutes and when cool put in jars.
PIcKLED PEARs.-Pare and halve the
fruit Z; to seven pounds of fruit take three
pounds of sugar, one quart of vinegar, one
ounce of whole cloves and one ounce Of
stick cinnamon. Put all together and boil
slowly q short time being careful that the
fruit does not become soft and break in
pieces. 1t should be taken from the fire
as soon as the fruit is cooked through.
This recipe can be used for peaches apples
and any kind of fruit IF which sweet pickle
is made.
CRACKER OR Mock APPLE PIE.-One
cup of bread or cracker crumbs, two cups
of water. One and one-6alf cups of sugar,
one teaspoonful of cream tartar. Boil FIVE
minutes and season to taste. This will
make two common sized pies.
DUNDEE PUDpINa.-One cup of sugar,
one-half cup of butter, two eggs, one-half
cup of sweet milk, two cups of flour, one
teaspoouful cream-tartar, one-half teaspoon
ful of soda. Steam three hours.
Sauce.-One-half cup of butter, one
cup of sugar beaten to cream, one tea
spoonful of -four beaten with one egg, mix
all together and add one cup of boiling
milk. Flavor with vanilla.-CooK.
PLAYING SALooN-WHY He OUR
81 hear that Smith has sold out his saloon y
said one of a couple of middlS-aged men,
who fat slipping their beer and eating bit
OF cheese in Smithfeld street saloon last
Friday night.
eyes, responded the other, rather slowly.
What's the reason Thought he was
coming money there
The othe. nibblcd cracker abstractcdly
for moment and then said: "It's rather
funny story. Smith, you know, lives on
Mount Washington, right near me, where
he has an excellent wife, nice little home
and three as pretty children as ever played
out doors-all boys, you know, the oldest
not over nine, and all about the same size.
Smith is pretty respectable sort of citi-
zen, never drinks or CANDLES, and thinks
the world of his family.
Well, he went home one afternoon last
week, and found his wife out shopping or
something tf that sort. He went on
through the house into the back yard, and
there, under an apple tree, were the little
fellows playing. They had a bench and
some bottles and tumblcrs and were playing
keep saloon He noticed that they were
drinking something out of pail, and that
they acted tipsy. The youngest, who was
behind the bar, had towel tied around
his waist, and was setting the drinks up
pretty free. Smith walked over and looked
in tho pail. 1t was beer, and two of the
boys were SO drunk that they staggered.
a neighbor's boy, a couple of years older,
lay asleep behind the tree.
My God, boys, you must not drink
that he said, as he lifted the six year old
from behind the bench.
I" We's playin' s'loon, papa, and 1 was
sellin' it just like you, said the little fel-
low. Smith poured out the beer and car
ried tho drunken boy home and then took
his own boys home and put them to bed.
When his wife came back she found him
crying like o child. He came back down
town that night and says he will never sell
or drink another drop of liquor. His wife
told mine about it, and she broke down cry.
ing while she told it,"
This is true story but the name was
not Smith. Pttsbury Dispatch.
REFORM BY WHoLEsALE.-The Wads-
worth Farmers Club of Laurens county