The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-09


md 1t all that one can desire, especially where
fruit is scarce, as the vines yield abundany and
make such delicious preserves, etc. gave all the
seed to little boy, with the promise of telling the
| ladies' If any one wishing seed will send me five
cents and stamped envelope, will receive seed by
return mail; the nickes to go to the child to buy
| his books, etc Address above. The boss ask
some farmer to give directions for dressing pelts SO
| as to keel the hair or wool from dropping OF
| N. j. H., Salisbury. n. c. The farmers near here
are (like the dentist looking down in the mouth on
account ofthe recent freshst the Yadkin river.
NO terrifying for several days at the point or june
! ton OF the two rivers-Yadkin and South Yadkin.
| Three counties also join at this place-Rowan,
| Davle and Davidson, and the same boat lands you
| into either county The crop of corn, cotton and
| tobacco is damaged considerably. Some of the
farmers are cutting down and feeding TO stock
| In order to save that much l notice in the last
| CONSTITUTION a Friend" from Mobile Ala desires
some of the sisters to give n recipe for tea-caRes
send mine as follows Three eggs, cups of sugar,
cup of butter, cup of buttermilk teaspoonful Of
| cream of tartar; favor with lemon.
Note-The other recipe has been given.
Mrs G. w. Smith, Brookhaven, Miss: see that
| "a Friend,' Mobile Ala, wants good recipe for
| ginger cakes, such as our grdndmothers used to
make. can't promise it is like hers, for was too
small to know how wien she lived, but it is very
nice one. Take one small cup of hot water, put in
little pan on the stove, i'll it put tablespoonful of
lari; have quart of moasses in tray an: put
teaspoonful of soda in the water and lard when it
| foams pour into the molasses; keep stirring; have
| your ginger and salt in the -four; IA or 2 table
spoonsful of ginger according your taste; some
| don't like much ginger; stir your -four in the
moas es until it gets thick enough to work with
the hands. No eggs in this recipe; they keep soft
| all the time
Annis B. Allen, Lakevle, Fla: To B. L. d.
have long desired such position as you offer in THE
| CONSTITUTION, because love children and like to
| teach. am graduate of Girls Norman school of
| Philadelphia, Pa, and student of an art school
there Should you confer the position upon me,
would endeavor to discharge its duties to the best of
| my abilities.
Mrs Z. A. Perkins Henderson, Texas: l see
letter from some sister signed "a Friend" Mobile,
| Ala, offers to send any sister some evening glory
| seed, If they would send selfstamped envelope
| If I knew her name would, for would like very
| much to have some of the seed. suppose can be
| called sister. | take THE CONSTITUTION and think
| it splendid paper, and Womans Kingdom very in
| teresting.
| Note-The recipes has already been given, and
we only publish one or two that come first. Yours
| is good one, but comes too late.
Mrs. W. II. L., Maxwell N. Co. Recipe for wine
| Squeeze berries through coarse cloth; add quarts
water to of juice pounds of sugar to a gallon. A
| stone jar the best to let work in The elder is
| diuretlc catbartic and emetic. The bark, flowers
and berries all possess medicinal virtues. An ONT
| ment made by stewing the inside bark in fresh lard
| is valuable for burns and eruptions of the skin.
| Mrs. E. H Moore, Mt Carmel, Ala: l have
| stored away many useful hints contributed by the
| sisters. VIII not one tell us how to preserve
| autumn leaves? We are now coming to the most
| poetica season of the year. While the flowers fade
gradually awey, many leaves and grasses of bright
harmonious coors greet the eye. Especially is this
| beautiful in lovely Alabama / shall be glad to
know of q way to preserve the various shaped and
| colored leaves.
Mrs 6. P. Galloway. LAGRANGE, Ga: write to
| give the readers of Woman's Kingdom few sug-
| gestions about strawberry and small fruit culture
| There is money in a strawberry farm. The expense
| is comparatively small. A few acres two or three
is Ill one needs and it is beautiful work for the
! women of cur land who are hunting for something
| to do l have between three and four acres in
| Strawberries and several hundred raspberry vines
choice varieties. 1t pays to have the best Last
year less than acre of strawberries yielded 5000
| quarts. They were grown by Mrs Sarah B. Mabry,
| from whom the farm was purchased Half Of the
crop sold for twenty-five cents per quart, and none
for less than twelve ana half cents per quart. But
| for continuous rains at picking time there would
| have been big money in the small farm. Let our
| women utilize the small patches around them this
| way, and make a trial il. Any one wanting in
| formation can address me at Lagrange, Ca, and
| StLtll ldkS plSdSuIS LII Crying Ivy SApSIlSuCS
| theories.
| Seeing so many letters from the readers of this
| valuable paper, 1 am inspired with hope that we
| will be successful in obtaining competent COVER
ness for our Children either young or middleaged
| lady References given and required. We live five
miles from CRAWFORD Ala and twelve miles from
Columbus, Ga. ANY one desiring the situation and
| for full particulars, address me as below. Much
success to Womans Kingdom and for you and yours
1 Of iolya nj
| care Blanchard, Hunter & Co.
Minnie Gilbert Pinckneyvie, Ala. am going
to show my appreciation by asking few questions
will be pleased to know the best way to clean or
air feathers before putting in new tick? started
to make silk quilt several years ago. and had not
the material to complete 1t at that time, and now
desire to mako tides table scarf, etc., and would
like to know the prettiest way to make them; or,
| would be willing to exchange the squares Il have
| 2D for anything to decorate bedroom. 1 would
| like to correspond with some of the hower-loyiRg
members OF our Kingdom. / desire to exchange
| cuttings of jessamtne, roses and French honey
| suckles for box plants-geraniuIns fuchias hello
| trope etc. Would like to hear from any one de-
| string the above named flowers,
| Mrs. C. NJ. Baxter, Cuero, Texas: I have been
waiRy for some of the sisters TO tell Mrs B T. Kent
how to make hop yeast, without yeast to begin WITH
but as none have, SO far, done So will give her
| my way as taught by an old German woman in
| Galveston, when first went to housekeeping there
good many years ago. Pour pint of boiling water
| upon handful of hops and let steep, while you
| boil two or three medium-sized Irish potatoes
| When the potatoes are done piece and mach fine
Strein the hop tea and pour into 1t the water your
| potatoes were boiled in. Let cool until almost
| tepid, or milk warm, and then stir In the mashed
potatoes and sufficient flower to make thick batter
Cover and sit in warm place to rise, being careful
that 1t does not get overheated the first two hours
1t does not require as much heat as milk yeast and
will rise anywhere you happen to put it in the sum-
mer, except too near the kitchen stove. This yeast
Can be used in quantity and used week after week,
in liquid FORM if kept in cellar other cool
| place. But always preferred making part Of the
first rising into yeast cakes, and using the cakes
only, afterwards, as the bread made from them soon
loses the hop taste and SMELL not pleasant to every
one. DO not know when the hops should be gather
ed; but do know what beautiful vine it is, and
have often wished for one like that which grew in
my mothers garden in northwestern Georgia when
was child. have Travelled pretty nearly all over
| Texas, but do not remember ever to have seen
| hop vine growing anywhere in this state To Mrs
NJ f. Guess Of Mississippi will give the address Of