The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-10-09
ing the, fish pour @it7in, and shake the
saucepan to prevent curdling.
LAYER

btG tE3UisyLAYER FRUITiCAKE. gfuurL
One coffee-cup of sugar, three-fourths
Ola cup of1butter, two cups of -four, the
whites of five eggs, three t~easpoonfuls of
baking powder, flavor with vanilla Mix
all together and take out one large table
spoonful of the batter; bake the rest in.
two cakes as for jelly cake To the table
~spoonful'of batter add half a cup each of
chopped '~raisins, chopped Zcitron, of -four,
and molasses, two teaspoonfuls Of CHINA
mon, half a t~easpoonful of cloves Bake
in one cake. Put the whole cake to-
gether with'sof frosting, putting the fruit
layer in the centre. 'a9 J. '-aiyt'i"t +-"
AXE
One cup Of pulyerized sugar., one-half
cup of butter, stirred together until 1T
looks like thick. cream; one -teaspoonful,
of soda dissolved in one-half teacup of
sweet milk; beat the whites of three eggs
and put them in with two ~teaspoonfuls of
cream Of tartar, mixed with a teacup of
foul, stir and a~ddepne-half teaspoonful of
corn, starch, Flavor strongly with extract
of peach; Bake in two square sponge
tins in moderately quick oven, and when
done sandwich with finely grated cocoa
nut and pink sugar. Frost with icing and
sprinkle this with pink pulverized sugar.
BOILED MUTTON WITH CAPER AUCE.y rH
r Wash it we'll with vinegar, peeling off
as much of the tough outer skin as will
come away easily; boil twelve minutes 20
h 1pound in a pot of hot sailed water;
take out, wipe all over with a clean cloth,
and rub with butter. For the sauce, take
out a large cupful of the liquor half an
hour before the meat is done; set the
vessel containing this in cold water to
throw up the fat; skim carefully, strain
into a saucepan, bring to a boil, stir in a
tablespoonful of butter rubbed IN as much
flour. When it has cooked three minutes
add two ta~blespoonfuls of capers. .AI
/" Polhemus, you look like a ghost.
Have you had a spell of sickness. Pr
ono, Magruder; there's nothing the
matter withime but my microscopic"
~ Your microscope" What do you
mean?" .l1"sir'. ls>1"t .t'-.f ".i'
"I,was a happy man, Magruder,
until my last birthday. Ny wife made
a present Of a microscope, and in
an evil hour I took it and began exi
aiming the different articles of food
we eat and drink 1t ruined my ap-
petite. <Magruder, I've lived for two
weeks on distilled water. It's the only
thing that isn't full of nameless hor-
rors1AIf yousnever see me again, re-
member my last words. They will be
engraved ON my tombstone: Ignorance
is happiness. Knowledge is 0misery.,
Better be a clam than a SCIENTIST
And with a wild, maniacal Taught he
was gone.
illustrating once more the growth
of sentiment first advocated by the
Grange; in the Kansas Farmer a reader
asks ~ET CTNCr r.
E"Can't you let politics alone and
write and publish your good and valu-
able paper for the-farmers, no matter
what party we belong to 2" <I''T3'
20 this the editor replies in a spirit
that bodies we'll for the future of the
great State Of Kansas: ,.-|
eyes, we could let politics alone,
W. could send out a paper every week
that would have about as much force
in it as a last years almanac We
could fill up the paper about routine
work on the farm, about blowing,
planting, marketing, about raising
stock and growing fruits and vegeta-
lbles, never saying a word about cor
porate extortion, nothing about cor
ruption-in in politics; not a word about
taxation, high salaries, orFthe low price
of farm products; never once intimat.t
ing that corporations and trusts are
drinking up the life-blood of the pee-
pie, and never suggesting that taxes
are unnecessarily high,sno proposing
any remedy. Yes, we could send out
a lifeless paper. We could show by
our want Of vigor that we are nothing
at all about the very things which do
most concern the farmers. But what
would such a paper be worth? What
member of Congress would are to
know what it contains? What infu-
ence -wpuld SUCH a paper have any
where? What effect would it have on
public opinion On any subject D. Who
has any respect for the Judgment of a
man without opinions? Does the
writer, of that letter have no interest
I'M public affairs? Does he not want
the interests of agriculture looked
after in public places, and especially
in legislative councils? Is he ready