WILLAMETTE FARMER: SALEM, OREGON, NOVEMBER 2S, 1884. pt 1 a(0 4$ird uus hajuuot t. clahke, ehor A WOMAN'S QUESTION. BY ADELVIDK mOCTOll. Bcforo I trust my fata to thee, Or place my hand in tlitno, Bcforo I lot thy luture givo Color and form to mine, Boforo I paril all for thee, Question thy aoul to-night for mo. I break all slighter bonds, nor feci A shadow of rcRrot; Is thcro ono link In tho past, That holds thy spirit yet ? Or is thy fate so clear and froo As that whloh I can plodgo to thec? Docs thero within thy dimmer t dreams A nosslblo futuro shlno, Wherein thy lifo could honccforth broatho Untouched, unshared by mlno? If so, at any pain or cost, 0, tell me, boforo all is lost I Look deeper still. If thou enns't feel Within thy inmost soul, That thou halt kept a portion back, While I have, staked tho wholo j Lot no falso pity sparo the blow, But in truo mercy toll me so. Is thcro within thy heart a need Thatmiuo connot fulfill ? Ono chord that noy other hand Could bottor wako, or still? Spotk now, lost at aomo futuro day My wholo lifo wither and decay. Lives thcro within thy nature, hid, Tho demon-spirit, Change, Shedding a pasting glory still On all things now and strange? It may not bo thy fault alono But shield my hoart against thy own. Coulas't thou withdraw thy hand ono day And answer to thy claim, That fate and that to-day's inlatako Not thou had bcon to blamo ? Somosootho thoir conscience thus; but thou Wilt surely warn and savo mo now. Nay answer not I dare not hoar Tho words would corr.o too late; Yet I would sparo thee all remorse; 8o comfort thee, my fate Whatever on my heart would fall Hcmember, I would risk it all t i a i - i THE MODERN NINETY AND NINE. Thoro aro ninety and nlnothat work and die, In want and hungar and cold, That onr may Ho in luxury, And bo lapped In the silicon fold, And ninety and nino, In their hovels bare, And one in a palaco with riches rare. By the sweat of their brow the desert blooms, And tho forest before them falls ; Their labor has builded humble homes, And cities with lofty halls. And the one owns cities and homes and lands, And the ninety and nino have empty hands. But the night so dreary and dark and long At last shall the morning bring; And over the land tho viotor'a song Of the ninety and nino shall ring And echo afar, from zone to zone, " Rejoice! for Labor shall havo its ownt" CHRISTMAS DINNEhS AND HOW TO PREPARE THEM. . Wo givo below recipes from various sources out of which Christinas dinnors can bo composed to suit different tastes and purees : Honst Turkey. Pluck, singe, draw, wipo throufrhly and truss a fine turkey ; stufl' it with celery niuloystor dressing, and cover with a shoot of buttered papor ; roast in a stoady oven, basting frequently with button A quarter of an hour bcforo dono rcinovo tho paper. Sprinklo with salt just bcforo serving; garnish with browned sausages, and servo with a bout of gravy. Timo of roasting, two or thrco hours, necording to sizo. Oyster Sauce. Parboil tho oysters in their own liquor, beard thorn nnd ro sorvoall tho liquor ; melt a pieco of butter in n saucepan, add n Httlo flour, tho oyster liquor, and enough milk to inako as much sauco as is wanted ; put in a hlado of maco and a bay loaf tiod to gether, poppor nnd salt to taste, and tho least dust of cayenne; lot tho sauco como to tho boil, add tho oystors, and as soon as thoy nro quite hot removo tho maco and bay leaf ; stir in a fow drops of lomon juico and servo. Oysters on Polonaiso. Wrap n largo oyster in n very thin slice of bacon or fat pork, putting on tho oyster n little cayenno and two drops of limo juico: fasten with a string or pin, tho bncon with a woodon toothpick. Broil until tho bacon is crisp, and servo very hot on squares of buttered toast. Hoast Wild Duck. Wild duck should not bo dressed too foon after being kill ed. In cold, dry weather it will bo more tender aud finer flavored after keeping seven or eight days. Poastbcforoaquick, clear tire, nrdont enough to throw out a groat heat. Lot it remain, whithout basting, for five or six minutes, to kcop tho gravy in.aftorward basto incessantly with plenty of butter. A fow minutes before serving lightly dredgo with flour, then basto and send to table brown and frothed. .Wild duck, if overdone, loses its flavor; twonty to twenty-fivo minutos, before tho right kind of fire, will bo eutlicicnt. Serve on a very' hot, dry dish. If dressed to porfection, tho duck will givo sufficient gravy. Send to tho tablo as hot as possible, with a cut lemon and tho following snuco : Snuco Tor Wild Duck. Put in a sauce pan a tablospoonful of Harvey's sauce, a tablcspoonful of Worcester sauco, a littlo salt, cayenno to taste, n small glnss of black current jelly, and tho strained juico of half a lemon. Mix well nnd mnko hot. Just bcforo serving stir in by tho sido of tho fire, not on it a largo toaspoonful of mado mustard j pour in a warm sauco tureen and servo not. Shourlder of Mutton. Hub it over with saltand pepper, fill tho insido with a savory forco-mcatof herbs, with plenty of narslov and no ecus: roll it up and skowcr it into a neat oval form, or bind it Willi n inpo, my u. in a siuwjmu wmi t two onions, two carrots, somo herbs, n bay j loaf, poppor, sajt nnd a littlo broth or j wntor; stew it gently over n slow flro or in tho oven, basting it often. When, nenrly done, tako oil tho cover and lot tho meat brown in tho ovon. Bcforo serving, tako up tho meat carefully, ro movo tho binding and plnco it on a dish to kcop warm whilo you strain tho gravy ; tako all tho fat off and boil it down to n strong glazing. Pour thiB over tho meat Tomato or sorrel sauco may bo put around tho dish, or cucumber sauco served with it. Sheep's Heart. Mako a forcemeat with two ounces of hoof suet nnd two ounces fat bacon finely minced; add quarter pound breadcrumbs, pepper, salt, a littlo chopped parsley and thvmo and n littlo lemon ncol : if liked, tho very faintest soupcon of onion ; this qunntity will stuff two sheep a Hearts or ono cans ncaru Let tho heart') Ho in warm salt and wator for half an hour to extract tho blood; then cut away tho windpipo nnd care fully clean and dry. Mix your forcemeat with sufficient bcaton ogg to bind it ono should bo sufficiont for this quantity. Stuff tho hearts with it, pressing it well down into tho holes. Sccuro tho flaps of skin ovor tho ton with n needlo and thread, nnd roast, basting constantly. Servo with plain gravy ami red-currant iollv. A sheen's hoart will tako half an hour; n calf's heart, which is tho best, nn hour in n hot oven. Spiced Itound of Beef. Tako about twenty pounds oi round oi ueci, wnicu rub well with about thrco ounces of coarso brown sugar, and put into a pan for twenty-four hours. Pound up to a powder two ounces of allspico, u littlo nutmeg, ono uiauo or maco ana six cloves. Mix this with twclvo ounces of common snltnnd tho juico of four ouncos of mnuulod iuninor berries, nnd rub well into tho beef, repeating this dally for threo weeks. When ready to bo cooked, wash in cold water and placo in a doop covcrcd pan tho sizo of tho meat, to which add a quarter pintof water. Cover it with beef suot cliopiieU vory lino, over which put a common pasto crust. Plnco on tho covor nnd put into tho oven ; when dono lot it get cool bcforo tnking off tho crust and suot. Fried Chicken, a In Maryland. Put butUir alono into a dcop pan, mnko it hot, then tako eoparato pnrts of two young, plumi) nnd tender chickens, lay thorn in, sprinklo in popper and salt, cover tho pan, cook slowly but steadily ; when ono sido is n dolicato brown turn tho chicken and sprinklo salt and popper over this sido also; if tho fnt is absorbed, ndd enough to keep tho chicken from burning. Half nn hour should cook it. Servo with Fronch ncaso or button mush rooms, cooked separately. Chickon Fritters. A good way to uso up bits of cold turkey or chickon is to cut them in pieces, of uniform sizoif possible, mnko a batter of milk and flour and an egg, sprinklo poppor nnd salt over tho cold fowl, ami mix with the battor ; fry ns you do any kind of fritters in hot lard ; drain woll ; scryo hot. This is a good breakfast dish. Green Tomato Sauco to Eat with Cold Meat. Slico tomatoes, put thorn in a weak solution of salt and wator for two days, then scald them well, as tho snlt is not to season but to toughen thorn a littlo. Put them in a kottlo with water enough to just picvont them from burning, aud let them slowly cook for an hour; then add a quart of vinogar, ono full tablo spoon each of powdorcd mace, allspico and cloves, ono-lialf spoonful of mustard seed, ono teacup of brown sugar and a fow slices of onion. A littlo celery seed or other flavoring of celery is nn im provement, rour tins on and cook one hnlf hour Iongor. English Uccfstako Pudding. Lino your mould with thin suet crust. For a small pudding tako three-quarters of a pound of n nunpstonlc, cut in turn slices, without fat or gristlo ; mnko a powder of pepper and salt, dip eacli slico into it, and lay it round in layors in tho basin until nearly full. Fill up the center with oysters or mushrooms, tio it tight and boil for throo hours; add water in tho saucepan as required, but it must not reach tho top of tho pudding mould. 1-iU up tho basin with good stock. Snrdino Salad. Rub two or threo eardines in a mortar with tho yolks of two hard-boiled eggs. Add equal quantities of vinegar, wino and cream or oil (about two tableipoonfuls of each), a littlo cayenno or whito pepptTi n,uJ a grato of nutmeg. Break up any remains of cold fish with forks, that it may bo flaky; spread a layer of tho fish on adish; stew it over somo capers aud thiii slices of pickled gherkins, thon thin slices of smoked or bologna sausage, and on tho ton. neatly arranged, sardines in halves. opened tho long way and tho bones drawn out, if they aro not dissolved ; stir up the croam you havo made, pour it over tho dish, and garnish with sliced eggs, a wreath of any fresh salad and slicos of lemon. ifoi 4$hi? (ltildrei(. HOW THE LEAVES CAME DOWN. I'll tell you how tho leaves camo down; Tho great treo to his children said: "You'ro getting sleepy, Yellow and Brown, Yes, very sleepy, littlo Keel; It's quito time you went to bed." "Ah," begged each silly, pouting leaf. "Let us a littlo longer stay; Dear Father Tree, behold our grief, 'Tis such a very pleasant day, Wo do not want to go away.' So just for ono moro morry day To tho great trco tho leaflets clung, Frolicked and danced and had their way, Upon tho autumn breezes swung, Whispering all their sports amongt "Perhaps tho great trco will forget, And let us stay until tho spring If wo all beg and coax and fret," But tho great Trco did no such thing; lie smiled to hear the whispering, "Como, children, all to bed," ho cried; And ero tho leaves could urgo their prayer Ho shook his head, and far and wide, Fluttorcd and rustled overywhero Down sped tho leaflets through tlin air. I saw them! on tho ground thoy Isy, Qoldcn and red, n huddled swarm, Waiting till ono from far away, Whito bcd'clothos heaped upon her arm, Should como to wrap them safe and warm. The great, b:ro Trco looked down, and milled, "Good night, dear littlo leaves," ho said; And from bolow caoh sleepy child Replied "Good night," and murmured, "It is to nice to go to bed." TIIANKSOIVINa HYMN. HV JOHN 0. WllITTIF.lt. Onco moro tho liberal year laughs out O'er richer shores than gems or gold; Onco mora with harvest song and shout Is Nature's bloodless triumph told. Our common mother rests and liugs, Ltko Iluth among tho garnered sheaves; Ilcr lap It full of good things, Her brow is bright with autumn leaves. 0, favors every year mado new, 0 gifts with rain and sunshine sont I Tho bounty overruns our due, Tho fullness shames our discontent. Wo shut our eyes, tho flowers bloom om Wo murmur, but tho corn-oars fill; Wo choose tho shadow; but tho sun, That cast it, shines behind us still. OUR LETTER BOX, Thcro aro four letters on hand this wock, which shows that thoro is still an interest in tho Lcttor Box. Most of tho writers send n riddlo to solvo. Aunt Hotty has found somo good ones, too, nnd hopos that thoro will 1k enough in terest shown to encourngo her to keep it up. Wo w5b1i to givo somo that will mako tho girls and boys think aud study, thoso that will call out a knowledgo of things that will improvo tho mind. AVo will givo ono this week, and givo tho an swer nt tho samo timo, so that it can bo shown how to solvo another of tho samo sort, Littlo Eflio comos this week to do her part by writing a letter; sho is ono of tho dear littlo girls who helps hor mother about tho house, loving and taking enro of baby sister. It is great fun to hunt up tho eggs ; Aunt Hetty don't forget how happy sho was to find n nest full hid nwny so carefully in tho clean hay. Efllo must remember that tho chick must bo woll fod to bo nblo to get eggs now, that sho must gather nil tho old bones and burn tkoni, pounding thom up fine, eo that there shall bo no excuse for Mrs. Biddy to neglect her duty. Then Eflio must look out for all tho scraps of fresh moat, cutting up rofuso pieces whonovcr an animal is killed to oat, tor thcro are not many bugs aud worms to cat at this season. Keep tho chicks tamo, too, so that they can ho called up to feed. It is very conveniont sometimes to bo ablo to catch a fowl in a hurry; it seems so cruel to havo to shoot chickens, then no animal thrives that is afraid and wild. Dccdio writes tho first, too. Tho rid dlo sho sonds is a very old-fashioned one, so no doubt that somo father or mother will romomicr long enough back to help tho littlo ones out with tho answer. Ueodio must tell us next timo what hor littlo hands can do to help. Victoria has a riddle, too. Sho cooks and sweeps ; wo wondor if Mio always sweeps in tho corners, and if sho moves tho chairs nnd tnbles so as to sweep clean ; thon does sho leavo tho broom just anywhere. There is an art in sweep ing i well, so as not to wear out tho cariot; even wliero there is no car pet on the floor ono should use tho broom lightly and with quick strokes. Then after tho dust bottles thero must bo a cloth kept in n handy placo so that tho dust may bo wijxxl off tho chairs, tables and wood work. This should bo dono every timo n room is swept, and every little girl will do it. Mamio's letter is too short. Wo think all of those littlo girls might have thought of something moro to tell about. Wo aro suro if any ono of them had mot a littlo friend thero would havo been plenty of news to toll each other. Ma mio writes carefully and neatly and must try again. DAVi:.sTonT,wTT., Nov. 8, 1881. Editor Homo Circlet As I hnvo seon nnd rend so many let ters from tho littlo folks I will writo ono too, but I havo no pots to writo about. Pa and undo tako iIioPaumku. I havo a sistor, her namo is Clara, hIio will bo four years old in January, I will bo nino years old in April. I will tell you what do, I wash dishes, feed tho chickens ovcry morning, gnthor eggs, nnd get wood for mn. I havo bcon going to school this summer. EtTii: A. Jknso.v. TimxKit, Or., Nov. 0,1881. Editor Homo Circlet As' I havo never written to any paper I thought I would write. I mn a littlo girl twelvo years old; I am not going to school, but I study at home. I will closo by sending n riddlo : ltiddlo come, rid dlo como, till you can guess where I Blcpt last Friday night ; the wind did blow, tho clocks of heaven struck cloven, nnd tho fnlso fox beneath mo dug n pit to bury mo, but could not find me. Cnn nnyono guess this riddle. Yours re spectfully, l)i:r.mi: Bahzee. TURNuiiTor., Nov. , 1881. Editor Homo Circle t As I hnvo novcr written to tho Fakmkii I thought I would write. I am a littlo girl clvcn years old. I will toll yon what I -do to help ma, I dry tho dishcH for my sistor and help cook and sweep tho fioors for ma. I will try and answer (loo. A. Lehman's question, it is spell blind pig with two letters, it is p g. I will closo by giving a riddle. There is some thing red on tho hill, feed hay it will liv, food it wator it will die. If nnyono answers this riddlo I will sond them my card. I cond Aunt Hetty ono of my cards. Yours respectfully, Victoria Bakzi:i:. CitAMfOKO, Or., Nov. 17, J8S-I. Editor Homo Circlot As thoro nro many littlo girls writing to tho Homo Cirslo I thought I would writo too. Our school began a fow wcoks ago, but I nm not going to school this yenr. I hnvo two cannry birds, I think thoy nro very nico pots. I cnn answor (loo. A. U'hmnn's riddlo blind pig is spelt p g, without tho I ; also Pichard Pcnrce, it is a cherry. I will givo n rid dlo : Peas porridgo hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridgo in tho pot, nine days old ; spell that with four fetters. I will send piy card to whocvoraiiHWcn this. Yours respectfully, Mamiu L PUZZLE DEPARTMENT. K.NHIMA. I am composed of 8 letters. My 1, !l, I, 0, is something a ruffian looks for when angry; My 8, 7, 5, iB tho wholo amount ; My 8, 2, (5, is n convulsive cry; My wholo is tho capital of ono of tho nio-it beautiful and productive States in tho Union. To find tho answer, put down on n pieco of paper eight figures 1, 2, 'A, 1, fi, (1, 7, 8, then try to think what word of four lettors would express what u ruf fian would look for. Wo guess it would be a club, so put o under iiguro 1, put 1 under !1, and so nn next, what is the whole amount, it is the sum, so put the letter s under figure 8, otc. Nextn con vulsivo cry would bun sob, so by putting letters under 8 again, nnd loiter o under 2, and letter h under figure 0, you find it spoils (Jo-1-u-m-b-u-F, tho capitol of Ohio. Now you con sco that ynu must study to find an answer, and vi . ,i """fill in formation too,in trying lo, .n- r Tho answer to last week's enigma wu wntcr. rONIJ.S'hlllMK. 1. Because her hands were whero her feet ought to be. 2. They should bo carried out. H7.ZI.K. Whon do two nnd two mnko four? "What word of ton lettors can bo bo spelled with livo? - - -i A Truo Coon Story. Willio lay on tho floor crying. Nothing special was the inattet ; ho had only been having his afternoon nap, and ho had. waked up cross, ns three-year-old boys often do. Ho would Ijo all right when ho was nwnko enough. Nolxxly paid much attention to his crying at such times ; they wero all used to it. Tho door oponcd, and boino ono camo in. SoiiifHing soft was put on tho floor by his side, and then his father spoko ; "Look thcro I Willie." Willio stopped crying and looked up. Something stood there on tho floor look ing at him a littlo coon I Willio thought it was a kitton,and said, "Kitty I" "No," said his father, "Coony." "Coonyl" said Willio, nnd from that timo that was tho now pot's name, which ho learned to know as well ns you do yours. Willie's fnthcr took him on his kneo nnd told him whero ho found Coony. IIo wns coming homo through tho woods whon ho saw u coon come out of a hollow trco n- littlo way off. Ho hurried to the treo and reached into tho holo (I wonder ho was not afrnid of snnkes), and thero wero two baby coons just big enough to walk. So ho brought ono homo to Willie. How pleased Willio wns with his pet, for he hud no kitten! His littlo dog had been bitten by n nittlcsuitko nnd died not loin: before. Coonv seemed pleased with his now homo nnd ntoinilk like n kitten. IIo looked n good denl like n kitten, too, except that his tail was striped in regular rings of blown and black. Ho becaino greatly attached to Willio and followed him around all summer. Wher ever Willio wns, out in the middle of tho road making dirt-pies, in tho garden pulling oil' tho flowers boforo they wore fairly budded, or down nt tho dangerous mill where ho wasn't allowed to go at nil, Coony was closo nthis heels If at any timo his pet wns missing, Willio's call, "Coonyl Coony!'' would bring him very quickly. Ono day in tho fall' when tho flies wero very troublesome, Willio was tnking his nap, and his mother set hor pinto of fly paper down on tho floor, that tho flies might hnvo u bottor chuueo nt it. it wouldn't do to try that when Willio was nwnko, of course. Sho never thought of Coony, and tho first sho know ho had lapped all tho water oil' tho fly-paper I Poor littlo fellow I It was poison, and vory soon ho was hick enough, nnd be fore Willio nwnko Coony wns dead I Willio woke up quite happy and soon called for Coony. Then his mother had to tell him what had happened. Poor Willio I Ho just laid down on tho floor and cried, and I do not blamo him, either. So wo lenvo him where wo found him. Lying on the floor and crying! Eulalin (sentimentally) "Ob, no! T have no desire for great wealth. I should bo happy as the wife of u nohlo broad-winner." Ocorgo (practically) "Aud I should bo happy, vory happy, ns tho husband of a good bread-maker." Sho concluded to learn. Philadel phia Call. A Startling Discovery. Physicians aru often startled by remarkable discoveries. 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