The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-08-07
A CORNER OF THE FARM.
The Rom nee Of Tiny Tim and the
Farmers Heartless Wife.

In the garden back of the old farm
housel Q lines were whiting under the
ardent ,.J of Old Sol, who, high in the
heavens, was sending fiery glances tc
Won 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 go
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
become of him? All the Tiny Tim
family and the little cucumbers and
gherkins in the far end of the garden
pricked their wited ears to listen.
"Old Jerry, the dog, who comes to see
me every morning, tells me that in a
cool cellar under the big farmhouse there
are rows and rows of big glass jars. and
in them the poor little onions we're
thrown and drowned in bitter vinge.
gar"
YES" interrupted the nasturtium,
"the red Paper told me that all his
little family had been obliged to mix in
the game jar with Tiny Tins children
and all the little white onions"
81 am afraid that will he our fate"
the cucu alber said that night to the mas.
turtium, "unless we can hide in old
Mother Earth until after 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 lie. Last year 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 a peck OF picked
peppers,
Ii Peter Piper picked a peck of pickle
peppers,
Where's ,he peck OF pickle peppers that
Peter Piper pcked?'
Now, peck OF peppers is not very
much for a large family. and though / !
kaow nothing about the Piper family or
when this Peter Piper lived, judging
from the appetite the modern man,
woman and child has for pickles, the
peck could not have lasted long. Pickles,
unromantic az they may seem, call up
many memories. Who doee not remem.
Der school days and the corner grocer or
q market house man, with his big bir
leIs of juicy cucumber pickles, a penny
apiece, which he wrapped in that dark
brown paper which one seldom sees
nowadays, but which brings up memor.
es Of the little schooIhouse and the de-
cious pickle?
What boy or girl has not risked noe
urnal pains and the visions Of mustard
oasters and hot ginger water for the
ake OF one Of tht sc big, juicy relishes?
And then the boarding school days!
Would those hard French verbs or those
colish German irregulars haye been
tudied with such zenl if the fair student
lad known nought OF "stolen sours'
nd the Joy OF eating pickles on the end
# a hairpin in the middle Of the
iglt2
Pickles are not noted for their whole /,
ONE qualities, even when made with
he greatest care, but if they must be :
aten it is best to have them made at J
ONE, Those maize in market are often .
olored with sulphate of copper to make :
bat beautiful green color. In a few
'eeks will be picking time, and the :
ousewite who looks out for THESE rel
shes will find herself embarrassed by
10 variety.
First comes the large cucumber .
ickIes, which should be wiped and !
aehed and packed in a close Jar,
orinkled over the top with salt, over .
hich pour sufficient quantity of toi. }
lg water TO cover them. A cloth should
z put over the JAR which let stand until =
I'D. Then drain eff the water and place
10 pickles on the stove in cold vinegar. z
ct them come to boil, take out, place .
stone jar and cover with cold vine. g.
", and they will be ready for use in a l.
" days.
To bottle them for winter use. the 5.
negar should be boiled with brown =
gar apound of eugar to a gallon of =
negar, with this should be used green i
I'd red peppers, sliced, horeeradish =
OTIS washed and scraped and cut in =
,all pieces, black and yellow mustard D
ed, stick cinnamon broken in email
eces and few cloves. These should be :.
1t away in alright Jars. g.
Tomorrow III tell you a number of n
AVE- to prepare: tasty relishes OF tie .
exile kind for winter use.
THE HOUSEWIFE.