Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-07-15

meath, in a darker closet, jars and pots
| by the score. containing knew not
what delectable preparations.
Occasionally. when Aunt Hannah was
| at work in this room. VIC would see her
| go to a little chimney closet, unlock the
| door, take from a shelf very yellow
| old-looking book. carefully adjust her
| glasses, and peruse for few minutes the
well-worn pages. Then locking the book
up again and replacing the KEY to the
key basket hanging at her side, she
| would turn toward US. who were watch
| ing every proceeding with curious eyes,
| and say rather solemnly, but with her
ever sweet smile:
THAT book, children, is one OF my
| dearest possessions: it is over hundred
years old, and many OF the receipts in it
came from kings and queens"
Aunt Hannah has long been dead, and
the old house has fallen under the van
dial march of socalled Improvement. )"
In the once lovely garden are several
| modern Queen Anne cottages.
All the furniture of the home we re-
member so we'll is scattered hither and
| yon and our sole tangible reminder OF
| of our dear aunt" is the little book she
conned so faithfully and priced so highly.
| will transcribe tor YOU a few OF the
receipts; perhaps some of the housewives
OF to-day would like to try them. my
self have tried some of them, but alas.
the old.time charm seems to have van
ished; or is it only the taste, the enthusi
arm of childhood, which have departed!
The perfumes are not like Aunt Har-
nah's; the "diet-brcad" is only CONNIE n
spongecake now. We have no bake
kettle: and the preserves, conserves, and
cordial waters are far beyond our pow'
ers and patience. But the receipts are
quaint and interesting.
King Edwards Perfume. -Take twelve
spoonfuls of right red rose water, the
weight OF sixpence in fine powder OF
sugar, and boyl 1t on hot embers and
Goals softly. and the house will smell as
though it were full OF roses; but you
must burn the sweet cypress wood be
fore.
To make Jambals of Apricocks OF
Ounces apricocks or ounces, and
coddle them tender; then take their pulp
and dry il in dish over a chatting dist
Of Goals. and set it on stone tor day
or two; then beat IN a stone mortar
putting In as much sugar as will make {
stiff paste: then colour it with saunders
cocheneel, or blew starch and make up IL
what colour you please; rowl them will
battle.doors into long pieces, and ty'
them up in knots, and so dry them.
Marigold Flowers distilled, good fo
the Pains OF the Head.-Take marigolt
flowers and distill them. then take flint
cloth and wet in the aforesaid distilled
water, and so Law it to the forehead o
the patient, and bel & so applyed, let hin
sleep if he can: this, with Gods help vii
ease his pain.
A Cordial-Water of Sir Walter Raw
leigh Stake a gallon Of strawberrie
and put them into pint of aqua vitae
let them stand so four or five days
strain them gently out, and sweeten TIT
water as you please with fine sugar OF
else with perfume
Tocandy Orange Pees after the Italian
way.-Take orange .peels so often steepeC
in cold water as you think convenient
for their bitterness, then dry them gentl,
p. and candy them with some convenient
syrup made with sugar; some that are
,.more grown take away that spongious
white under the yellow peels, Others dc
both together.
The virtues: They corroborate the
stamach and heart, as dc:
Conserve of Violets, the Italian way
Take the leaves of blue violets separated
from their stalks and greens, beat them
very we'll in stone mortar with twice
their weight in sugar, and reserve them
for your use IN glass vessel.
To make Lemon Water-Takc twelve
of the fairest lemons, slice them and put
them into two pints of white wine, and
put to them cinnamon, two drains; gal
lingale, two drains; of rose leaves, Dor
age, and bug'os> flowers of each, one
handful; of yellow saunders, one dram.
Steep all these together twelve hours,
then distill them gently in glass still
uutil you have distilled one pint and
half of the water, and then add to it
three ounces of sugar, one grain of am.
bergreece, and you will have most
pleasing cleaning cordial.water.
To make Excellent Perfumes. TAKE a
quarter of pound Of rose-leaves cut