The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-08-07
A CORNER OF THE FARM.
The Romance of Tiny Tim and the
Farmers Heartless Wife.

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4 In the garden back OF the old farm
house the vines were willing under the
ardent rays Of Old Sol, who, high in The
heavens, was sending fiery Chances tt
WOO the pink rose that hung over the
wall beside Mother Cucumber. Present.
ly Tiny Tim looked up at the corner
where the cucumber family lived and
complained that he wished he could &C
into the cool farmhouse, where his
friend, the onion, had been taken the
dav before.
Foolish little one," said old Mother
Cucumber, don't you know what has
bic me OF hin?" All the Tiny Tim
family and the little cucumbers aHti
gherkins in the far end of the garden
pricked their wilted ears TO listen.
"Old Jerry, the dog, who comes to SCI
me every morning, tells me that in \
cool cellar under the big iarmeouse there
are rows and rows OF big glass jars. and
in them the poor little onions were
thrown and drowned in bitter vinge.
gar"
YES" interrupted the nasturtium,
"the red pepper told me that all his
little family had been obliged TO mix in
the came jar with Tiny Tins children
and all the lit e white onions"
II am afraid that will ne our fate, "
the cucumber said that night to the mas
turtium, unless we can hide ia Old
Mother Earth until alter September is
past, for my wise doggy friend tells me
that it is in September that the house
wife at the farm will come out to look
for us. Last yea. my mother was taken
away by rude hand, and, with all the
cucumber family from one end of the
field TO the other, was thrown into a
strong brine and shut up in big glass
house in the dark
History tells us that
Peter Piper picked peck of pickle
peppers,
II Peter Piper picked peck Of pickle
peppers,
Where's he peck of pickle peppers that
Peter Piper picked?
| Now, peck of peppers is not very
much I If u large family and though
k3ow nothing about the Piper family or
when tins Peter Piper lived, Judging
from the appetite the modern man,
woman and child has for pickles, the
peck could not have lasted long. Pickles,
unromantlc IS they may SEEM call un
many memories. Who dops not remem-
Der school days and the corner grocer or
market h insa man, with his big bar.
rels OF juicy cucumber pickles, penny
apiece, which be wrapped IN that dark
brown paper which one seldom spe3
nowadays, tut which brings up memar.
les Of the little schoolhouse and the de-
licious pickle?
What boy OF girl has not risked noe.
turnal pains and the visions Of mustard
piasters and hot ginger water for the
sake OF one OF thu se big, juicy rcisht /?
And then the boarding school days.
Would those hard French verbs or tho,e
foolish German irregulars haye been
studied with such 2.sl if the fair student
had known nought Of ''stolen sours"
and the Joy Of eating pickles on the end
OF hairrin in the middle Of the
night?
PICKLES are not noted for their whole
some qualities, even when made with
the greatest care, but il they must be-
eaten 1t is best to have them made AZ
home, Those maize in market are Offer,
coiored with sn'phate Of copper to make
that beautiful green color. Ia few
weeks viii be picking time, aud tho
honsewi who looks out for tese rel
lshes will find herself embarrassed by
the variety.
First comes the large cucumber
pickles, which should be wiped aud
washed and packed in close lar,
sprinkled over the top with salt, over
which pour sufficient quantity of boil
ing water to cover them. cloth should
be put over the jar, which let stand until
cold. Then drain eff the water ard place
the pickles on the stove in cold vinegar.
Let them come 10 boil, take out, place
in stone jar and cover with cold vine.
gar, and they will be ready for use ia 4
few days.
To bottle them for winter use, the
vinegar should he boiled with brown
sugar apound of sugar to a gallon IL
vinegar, with this should be used green
and red peppers, sliced, hurserndish
roots washed and scrap-d and cut IN
small pieces, black aud yellow mustard
seed, stick cinnamon broken in small
pieces and few cloves. These pllonld be
put away in alright jars
Tomorrow Iii tell You q number 81
ways to prepare tasty relishes of the
pickle kind for winter use.
TIE HOUSEWIFE.