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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23

One set of buttons can be made to serve
number of shirtwasts if buttonholes
are worked in both the pleat and front
hem and the buttons sewed to a piece of
aebbing or tape the length of the shirt
waist front The waist is easier to iron too
Sprinkle piece of wool or batting with
cornstarch or starch. Put this in a cheese
cloth bag and dust your hands when you
sew if they perspire in warm weather
Keep this powder puff in a box or bag in
your work basket. Some closely woven
material is the best for the outside bag
so the powder will not scatter over every
thing.
A small pin cushion with a safety pin
attached is handy to fasten to the front
of the dress when sewing or cutting out
garments. Mine is the shape of a grain
bag filled with wool and tied with a narrow
ribbon, through which a safety pin is
fastened, so that the pin hooks into the
dress easily.
A piece of white chewing gum that has
been chewed will wax thread as well as
beeswax or parafine.
To haste correctly take three st itches
each about a quarter of an inch long, on
the side of the goods toward you, then
very small stitch on the other side, then
skip an inch, repeat the three stitches and
so on, and the basting will hold the cloth
more securely than if the stitches were of
the same length.
An elastic nearly the size of ones
waist, with hook on one end and an
eye on the other, is useful to put around
one to hold loose aprons, dressing sacks
or wrappers from swinging out and into
almost everything.
Rubber bands or can rubbers keep loose
sleeves close to the arms, and old stock
ing legs with an elastic run in the tops and
another through hens at the bottoms make
good sleeve protectors.
Wax the cloth where you want to cut
,buttonhole and it will not fray out.
This is especially good for bias button
holes.
A scrap bag or fiat basket fastened to
the right hand side of the sewing machine
is great convenience A good one has
the opening in the side and is hung from a
small brass hook screwed under the top
of the machine. Hang it high enough
so you'can put threads, ett, into it without
bending over Another good bag for this
purpose would have the top gathered to a
small hoop.
To sew in a sleeve so that it will hang
properly, measure from the shoulder seam
on the back one inch, and exactly oppo-
site this is where the front sleeve seam
should be placed. Exchange.
Remove Scars on Furniture
First wet the scar in warm water, then
soak piece of heavy brown paper in warm
water, double it four times, lay over the
dent and press with a hot iron, leaving
the iron OH until the moisture is absorbed.
Repeat the process until the dent is en-
tirely removed
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
Parker House Rolls.

Three ups scalded milk, table
spoons butter, 8 tablespoons sugar, 1
teaspoon salt, cups sifted flour. 1
yeast cake dissolved in IA cup warm
water Pour the scalded milk over
the salt, sugar and butter when
lukewarm beat in cups of flour;
mix well, add yeast Cover closely
and let rise in warm place. When
light enough add more flour to knead
a cups). Cover, let rise till light
Roll out to half-inch thickness.
Shape with biscuit cutter, brush each
shape with melted butter, crease
through center, fold over and press
edges together. Place in buttered
pan l inch apart and let rise till
very light, then bake in brisk oven
10 minutes.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
Corn Beef Hash,

This is the way Maggie, the fam
GUS cook of the late Senator Hanna,
makes her famous hash Put in a
frying pan a good-sized lump of but
ter. When pan is good and hot add
chopped beef and let it heat. Take
some freshly baked potatoes, scrape
out while good and hot and add to
beef. Mix with salt and pepper, add
dash of onion Juice, dash of nutmeg,
moisten with chicken broth or beef
stock. Serve good and hot,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
(From the Philadelphia Press.)

If you are a careful cook, one who
takes pride in having everything
about your kitchen in spick and span
order, you know that great cleanli-
ness as well as care and attention
are demanded of you. A good cook
and tasty housewife always keep
her hands very clean. She tries to
prevent her nails from getting black
or discolored, and she does not
scatter" things about the kitchen as
she works. She cleans up as she
goes and puts in cold water the
saucepans and cooking dishes as she
finishes using them.
The good housekeeper scours the
tins with good mineral soap and
takes care to rinse them thoroughly
in hot water. When cleaning the fry
ing pan she scours it outside as well
as on the inside, and when greasy
pots and pans are to be cleaned she
wipes off the worst of the grease
with a bit of soft paper that can be
burned afterward. She is particular
to use few drops of ammonia in the
water that these pots and pans are
washed in, and then she rinses them
in plenty of clear, hot water.
When pudding bags are to be
cleaned she scalds them and hangs
them to dry in the air, because she
knows that this little precaution will
keep them from getting musty, and
when next needed they will be nice
and sweet. She exercises the same
care when finished using the dish
cloth and towels. They are always
washed out and rinsed and dried in
the air.
When onions have been sliced she
is always careful that nothing else is
cut with the knife until 1t is cleaned
In her care of the sink and sink
brush she is especially careful that
both are always scrupulously clean;
she is careful never to throw any.
thing down the sink but water and
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23

ing fine music for the occasion. -Four of
the series will be held at Dewey Hall.
Nothing so far has developed in the
investigation by the police in regard to the
breaks. made on Wednesday of last week.
into the homes of +. b. Ellis and +. w.
button. At the latter's home IL thieves
took two gold watches both ladies' and
other valuable jewelry. Mr.. button has
offered a reward of $50 for the arrest
of the guilty parties
The Green Mountain Packing Co. began
operations Friday. The farmers report
the corn very small compared with other
years
Friday Gardner Poor sold his farm.
which he purchased of f. A. Shaw, to
Fred Williams, Of South Mortified. He
had an auction and sold off all of his
persona property Mr.. Poor intends
to make his home in Barre.
Spencer w. Hindes, of Burlington, was
a business visitor in town Saturday.
One of the largest real estate deals dur
ing the year took place Saturday when
Fred Sawyer bought the Walter Brown
block located on the Square. The exact
amount of the consideration is not known
but it reported to be about $4,000 Mr..
Brown purchased the Sawyer farm on
the Waitsfeld Road.
Ruth Kittridge is working in the Office
Of NJ d. Smith for a short time
Al Smith disposed at public auction
on Saturday all of his personal effects.
Mr. Smith expects to leave soon for
Washington where he will live
He will be accompanied by his daughter,
Mrs. James Reid and children who go
to California to make their home.
The prospects for a good football team
at Norwich University this fall are better
than they have, been in previous years.
The new material in the Freshman class
is very promising. There are beside the
old men Of last year about Is new can
didates al with football records.
Some of the men are Butler, of Middle
town High, Foss q. b. 3 years on Portland
High, Twitchell f. b. Portland High,
Alvord, of Greenfield High; Burch Of No.
Adams High Kelly f. b. Stoneham High;
Putnam, Stanton Military Academy;
Murray of Lynn, 3 years q. b. Exeter;
Lee of Fordham; Underhill, Captain of
Bellows Falls High and Yer Wiebe
Somerville High, brother of the famous
Harvard full back James Turner has
been engaged again as coach for the
third year and his work will materially
strengthen the work of the team The
season opens on next Saturday with Holy
Cross at Worcester and good game is
expected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
Orange Cake.

1 IA cups. of sugar and IA cup
butter well creamed. Add 2 we'll
beaten eggs, teaspoon orange ex-
tract, 1-2 teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon
cream of tartar and salt sifted with
2 ga cups pastry flour. Last of all
add l cup of milk and beat thorough
ly. Frost with this frosting. Into
the white of 1 egg beat l cup con-
PETITIONERS sugar and add IA tea
spoon orange extract. A little orange
paste to color may be added, but it is
not necessary.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
Rich Coffee Cake.

One cup butter, cups sugar,
eggs, 2 tablespoons molasses, l cup
boiled coffee, "a cups flour, tea
spoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon
cinnamon, IL teaspoon Glove, mace
and allspice, cup raisins, cup cur
rants, IL cup citron, 1 tablespoon
brandy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
Tomato Soy.

To 1 peck of green tomatoes slic-
ed thin, add l pint of salt, stand 81
hours, strain and put on fire with 10
raw onions, / ounce black pepper,
ounce allspice, IA pound of ground
mustard, IL pound of white mustard
seed, little cayenne pepper. Cover
with good vinegar and boil as thick
as jam, stirring occasionally with
q wooden spoon to prevent burning.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23

White wells are smart with black and
white, and all black hats, otherwise the
wells must match the hats absolutely.
There can be no swerving from this rule.
There are two fashionable styles OF
adjusting the face wells in Paris. One
is to let the veil droop from the hat
like a curtain, and this gives a most
startling effect in the Russian net veil
ing, or in the white or colored princess
and chantilly lace yelling, an effect ac-
centuated when the hat is large. This
mode of adjusting wells was followed
almost exclusively at the recent races
in Paris. The veil was first arranged
in several charming little folds under
the chin, and then it was stretched
plainly over the face. The fullness in
the folds under the chin broadened out
toward the wide rolling brim of the
hat and gave an effect Of stirring. 1t
is new and extremely smart to wear
ones veil this way, and it has the adj
vantage Of being the approved Partisan
method. The shadow effect of the neck
and the chin obtained by this arrange
ment of the veil is most becoming.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23

1<2 cups sugar, IL cup butter
well creamed, eggs, 1 cup milk,
21-2 cups pastry flour, 1 teaspoon
cream tartar, IL teaspoon soda, salt,
IL squares of chocolate, IL cup
walnut meats English walnuts.)
Fudge frosting: 1 IL cups confec-
toners sugar, IL square chocolate,
IL tablespoons butter, IA cup of
milk, pinch of salt, IL teaspoon van
lila. Cook 8 minutes. This makes n
very fine cake.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
Sweet Watermelon Pickles.

Pare the rind of watermelon and
keep in cold water until ready to
use. Slice thin and let it stand in
strong salt and water over night. In
the morning drain and steam until
soft. To / pint of vinegar add 4
cups of brown sugar, tablespoon
each of whole Glove and cinnamon or
2 tablespoons of whole mixed spices.
Tie the spices in bag. When the
vinegar and spices are hot add the
steamed rind and scald thoroughly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23

occasionally she takes the trouble to
pour hot soda water down the pipes
to keep them sweet and clean. She
takes care to inspect the meat and
provisions that are brought to the
house to see that they are good, for
it is part of her religion that there
shall be no waste in the kitchen If
you do as this good housekeeper does
you are doing your work properly
and your home must be a model
home.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
PIANO STOOL FOR KITCHEN

If you happen to own an old piano
stool or can find secondhand one, try
it in the kitchen, and see how many
backaches it will save, and how it will
rest tired feet. 1t can be turned up to
suit any table, so that the arms'w not
become tired while stirring or mixing.
1t may ALSO be used when washing dishes
Or ironing
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
Brandy Saucp.

Two cups of milk, 3 tablespoons
of sugar. 1 teaspoon of butter, a
pinch of salt, 1 egg, tablespoon of
flour. Put milk in double boiler
beat the egg, sugar and flour to-
|gether in bowl, then add to the
milk when hot. Stir until 1t thick
lens like cream. When cool add a
Tablespoon of brandy. This is fine for
plum buildings.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
CLIPPED PEAS

To eight pounds pears Clipped fine
allow eight pounds sugar, four lemons,
juice and yellow rind cut thin (be sure
the lemons are not bitter one-half pound
green ginger sliced thin and one-half pint
water Put all together in preserving
kettle, cook an hour or until like MARINA
lade, taking care not to let it scorch,
hen pour into jelly glasses. This is deli
cious with musk melons or ice cream.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
Canned Apples and Ounce,

Pare and quarter, soak in water
over night; treated thus by either
boiler or preserving kettle method
they retain shape. Resemble pears.
Apples and ounces: Ounces can
ned with crab or astrachan apples
have a more delicate flavor.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
THE CANARY'S CAGE

Here is a word about the care af the cage.
The perches should be kept absolutely
free from Dirt fresh sand should be put in
every day, or at least every other day
Once week is not often enough to clean
a cage Because canary sings every day
is not full guarantee that he is COM
Portable.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23

A bit of mint added to the glass Of
ICED tea gives it delicious favor.
Do not pile leftover cooked potatoes
together, as they will sour quickly
Spread them out on large dish.
For the picnic, dainty salads can be
packed in large green pepper pods or
tomatoes scooped~ out for the purpose
If you accidentally spill ice cream on
a silk waist try using alcohol to remove
the grease blemish. 1t also removes a
candy or gum blemish.
If your furniture has grown dull and
streaked try rubbing up with flannel
dipped in equal parts of turpentine and
coal OIL 1t polishes quickly and much
more cheaply than expensive polishes
The dishwasher who woul get through
quickly invests in soap shaker and a
chain for cleaning pots and pans. She
also has on hand over the sink II box OF
Lorax and bottle of ammonia for
cutting grease.
"Red" meats are less liable to con-
tamination than fish or chicken. The
later should not be eaten if there is
the least suspicion of odor about them.
Beef slightly tainted, though disageea-
BILE, will not produce ptomaine poisoning.
A loaf of bread will keep fresh much
longer if placed in covered stone crock.
Wrap in large cloth to exclude air and
keep the crock in a cool place 1t is nicer
than tin vessel and much better than
keeping the bread in the refrigerator.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
PEACH MARMALADE

Peach marmalade may be made from
the whole fruit or from the parings and
soft unshapely pieces left from canning
the fruit. If the latter, put into the pre-
serving kettle with Just a little water
enough to prevent sticking. Cook until
soft, then press through a PURGE sieve
Boil again 20 minutes, add half the
weight in sugar and cook until thick
stirring frequently.
When the whole fruit is used wash
pare and quarter the fruit, leaving some
of the pits in for flavor. Put into the
preserving kettle (Which should have a
quarter cup of water in the bottom) in
layers alternating with suger, allowing a
pint of sugar to each quart of fruit
Heat slowly to the boiling point, stirring
frequently After it reaches that point
watch closely for marmalade has an UNI
pleasant habit of sticking to the kettle.
Stir, breaking up the fruit as much as
possible, cook until thick, which will be
in about two hours, then put into small
sterilized jars.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
Fruit Cookies.

One cup sugar, IL cup butter, 1
egg, IL cup sour milk, cup raisins,
l teaspoon soda dissolved in sour
milk, l teaspoon cinnamon, 1-2 tea
spoon each of cloves and nutmeg and
pinch of salt. Flour to roll out.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
SERVING VEGETABLES COLD

Almost all vegetables may be served
cold with French dressing seasoned
with a little parsley and onion. This
is quite favorite way of preparing a
summer salad across the water.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
French Fried Sweet Potatoes.

Peel raw sweet potatoes, cut in
thin strips lengthwise and fry in
deep boiling lard until nice brown.
Sprinkle with salt while still hot and
serve at once.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
Honeymoon Cake.

One cup sugar, IL cup butter, 1-2
cup molasses, IL teaspoon soda, IL
cup sweet milk, 2 eggs, 1 cup raisins,
1-2 teaspoon cinnamon, cloves and
nutmeg, 2 IL cups flour.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
Canned Corn.

A Vermont method used for sever
al years without loss. Eight cups of
corn, cut from the cob, 2 cups of wa
ter, l cup of sugar and 1-2 cups
salt. Boil 20 minutes. Seal in glass
jars Wash the salt out before cook
ing.
Method No. q Cook, cut from cob
spread thinly to dry thoroughly, US
ing stove shelf, oven or sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23

Scotch bread-12 pound Coffee
cup) sugar, l pound butter (not salt
ed, 2 pounds flour. Mix sugar and
butter well, then add flour gradually
until 1t is firm. Sometimes it will
not take quite all the flour.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23

When Peter Piper picked peck of
picked peppers he little knew that in a
hundred years or so the humble green pep
per would be one 1.-THE articles Of food
found on the menu of the SWEETEST lot els
and served at the rich mans table in any
number of delicious ways. And many per-
sons at this age share Peter Piper's ignor-
ance-they don't know how good the green
pepper is.
Certain things must be done in preparing
the pepper for any dish. Be sure to pur-
chase fresh peppers, with the skin smooth
and unwithered.
Cut off the top or make slit in the
pepper and remove the seeds and tough
fiber or veins. Then lay the peppers in
Geld water for two or more hours.
A pair of small, blunt-end, not too sharp
scissors will be very convenient for remov-
ing veins inside the peppers pair OF
scissors, by the way, should be in every
kitchen, kept exclusively for culinary pur-
poses.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23

Alfred Mosely, the distinguished Brit
ish educator and economist, finds that
the race of children is extinct in America.
We have brushed the bloom Of
natural childishness," and instead Of
children there are only little men and
little women, 4-year-old despots, who
are walking editions Of the Declaration
of Independence, and who have no re-
spect, no reverence, for anything human
or divine. The normal American boy
is "cute, smart, nervous business
maniken." Even savages, Mr.. Mosely
asserts, command greater respect from
their offspring than do American fathers
and mothers. He attributes these con-
ditions of juvenile precocity to de
ficiency of nurseries and children's play
rooms in American homes, and to a too
early association of the interests of par
ent and child.-New York World.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23

When a woman goes to store and buys
new gown or coat, or any other addition
to her wardrobe, she would doubtless be
shocked if she were told that the women
who made that garment worked behind
locked doors, up unmberless flights of
stairs. and sometimes without even fire
escape.
Yet this is precesly the condition which
is to be found in many of the factories
where womens cloths are made, accord
ing to Miss Lily Foster, a New York fac
tory inspector, whose work for the children
has gained her the name in the factory
districts of the Suffer the Little Children
Lady"
Miss Foster is as much interested in the
children as ever, but she says that child
labor is now largely under control in the
factories though not in the tenements-
and now she is going to concentrate upon
these locked doors.
1--WE need crusade against locked
doors" said she, "as much as we ever
needed the child labor crusade If women
could realize the conditions under which
their clothes are made by other women |
don't think these conditions would long be
tolerated"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23

In keeping the table linen that is
not in daily use many housekeeper
is annoyed to find it has yellowed bad
ly and must be washed before it can
go on the table again. This can be over
come, if, after being Numbered, the
cloths and napkins are carefully wrapped
in deep blue paper or in sheet that has
been heavily blued.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
Onions and Cucumbers

To give the cucumbers the suggestion
of onion, which some people like slice
an onion and add to the cold, sailed water
in which the cucumbers are put for an
hour before serving.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23

Spring-sown sweet peas bloom early in
June, but three or four weeks may be
gained by sowing the seeds during the
latter part of September, says Suburban
Life" The soil should be rich and well
drained, but should additional fertilizer be
necessary give it in the form of phos-
pilates, father than barnyard manure Sow
the seeds five inches deep, use only black
seeded varieties, and plant liberal guam
tity, so as to allow for little winter.
After the ground has frozen give it a
mulch of strawy manure, to prevent alter
nate freezing and thawing. The cold will
not injure sweet peas, but open winter,
where the ground is thawing one day and
freezing the next, will; the mulch prevents
damage from this source.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23

Add salt to the water in which lettuce
or other green vegetables are washed
This will ensure Kidding the tender leaves
of all Pr,lbs.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23

downpour that would be of little avail
but it is a great help in rains of the drizzly
variety.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-11-19
Pensions for Michigan Central En-
pioyees.

Announcement has been made by
President Brown of the New York Cen
trail Lines, which includes the Michigan
Central, that plans for pension sys
tenn for employees have been approved.
Under the plans adopted employees on
reaching the age of 70 are to be retired,
and If they have been continuously in
the service for at least ten years i'm
mediately preceding their retirement
they will be entitled to pension.
An employee who has been at least 90
years in continuous service and has be-
come unfit for duty may be retired
with pension although he has not
reached the age of 20.
Officials declare the pension system
will eventually benefit 100000 of the
lines employees and will make neces-
sary the distribution by the New York
Central Of $500, 900 annually.
The scale of pensions is per cent for
each year of continuous service based
upon the average rate of pay received
during the 10 years preceding retire
ment.