Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-09-16

! Dear Aunt Mddqe and NJ. B. Column:
/ give you warning There isn't word in
| this letter for those experienced housekeepers
! who know just how to do everything. but just a
few hints for some of the new housekeepers
who have SO much to learn by sad experience.
| When you make those new sheets he sure to
| have the hens just alike at top and bottom. Ii
| takes only a few inches more, and they will
| wear twice long. Every one who has torn
up an old sheet having top and bottom hem"
has found that the lower half was still quite
strong owing to the unequal wear. Having
both hens wide will make both ends wear alike.
If your oven is at just the right heat and kept
| so, you need not resort to no device to keep
| apple and berry pies from running out". An
over hot oven Is the sole cause of this aggra.
Walton. If it happens, and you can't take the
pie out for a few minutes while the oven cools,
pour out the surplus juice and put 1t back after
the oven is cooler Remember to put one or
more thicknesses of wrapping paper over any
thing that is browning too fast, and that basin
hot and prevent burning.
| If you spin milk or a similar substance on the
stove, quickly cover with fine salt. and 1t will
almost entirely prevent the unpleasant smoke
! and smell which would otherwise follow.
/ w Utn you iUdkt YOUR WluttI supply Oh HliuCt
meat hogshead cheese, ETC.. while still hot cover
| with parchment or similar paper, cut to fit
smoothly the vessel it is in, and press it close
the meat. 1t helps to exclude the air, getting
| thoroughly oiled, and If mould forms 1t is on
the paper which can be renewed as needed. If
such meat is to be Kept very long, it is wise to
pour melted lard over the paper to still further
| exclude air.
| In in ha kettle hot In
tie it with strings. They are sure to slip, as the
meat shrinks and tied tightly the salt doesn't
reach all parts alike, but be careful not to put
in too much salt, let 1t toll slowly till it has
taken up nearly all the water and is very tender.
| Then with long. handled skinner take it out
into a square of cheese cloth or similar material.
| laid over pan. pile it evenly as possible. add
| more salt IL needed and tie or pin the cloth
/ tightly to hold it in the required shape for
| slicing, then put another pan over 1t and your
| weights, good heavy ones. In the upper pan, and
| see If 1t doesn't make smooth, even slices when
| sufficiently cold. When you cut 1t, roll back the
cloth only as far as you need to cut and keep on
till the meat is used, as 1t helps to keep it moist.
| If in hot weather you wish to keep 1t from
spelling you have only to lay Ii cloth and all for
| few minutes in a hot steamer. Don't throw
out the water in which 1t was boiled. for If the
| meat was nice, as of course 1t should be, and
| you didn't put in too much salt, 1t win make a
| nice soup, adding, of course, the needed water
and vegetables. 1 think there were one or two
other things was going to mention, but have
forgotten them ii SO. and perhaps 1t Is well. II
| am to be as wise as one good woman / know
who says she never tells quite all she knows
| because If she should everybody would know
| just as much as sh. does.
| i might mention that / saw "Aunt Maria''
during Old Home week, and she looked so
young / thought the friends of the column, If
| they too saw her, would find it hard to believe
| that grandmother story sne told once. She
had on a new coat and new dress. and said she
had another new one at home she hadn't worn.
What ''giddy" grandma she must bel
| have written six pages and the end is not yet.
II you think this worth printing, Aunt Madge,
| you can take a weeks vacation, and please
| spend it with me. September is here with
"shimmering hilIsides east and west,
| Purple haZes the hills that crest,
Blitbesome crickets enhancing clear
Richest month of the golden year.
and will be in full swing when this reaches the
column, and all too soon wRl come the period of
"Wailing winds and naked woods and meadows
| brown and sere", so let us make the most of the
beautiful days passing and get all the enjoyment
! we can. ESTHER.
/ thank you most cordially for the vaca-
ton your good letter gives me, and know
what a pleasant week it would be to me 10
accept your invitation 10 spend it with
you. There ould be a large amount of
talking done, wouldn't there? But that
kind of vacation must be deferred for
| the present.
| canon" has been to see me, and we spent
| two pleasant hours in talking over old
| times and NJ. B. interests; and many
| familiar names were mentioned. These
! meetings with the sisters of the column
| are very enjoyable. You Will all be glad
(ss ann to hear again from SEP.