WILLAMETTE FARMEJft; SALEM, OKEGOJS, A'JGUST r fyt Hfjotue trtle. HUB UAMMOT T. CLAIIKE, EDltoa A Talk to Form Boy. Farm boys you need not envy tho young men who stand boliind tho count cr8 o tho city shops. You need not envy tho young men who nro making ready to take the places of tho great army of lawyers and pettifoggers who aro subsisting by tho litigations of qiuirl Boino and contentions clieuUt. And certainly you ought not to envy tho boys who have- no employment at all ; thoso who nro growing np to manhood without acquiring industrious habits upon which to roly in times of great need and pressing emergencies, whoso idleness invites to tomptntiona which so often luro to montal and bodily ruin. Your clothes may not bo so finely Bpun and mado an tho city boys, but you aro tho peers of them nil, with your bronzo faces mid horny hands, howovor preten tious their employments. Your busl ncss is ono which Antct lutes cvory other vocation in cho world. Tho farmer was plowing and sowing and reaping long oeforoa morchant, or lawyer or doctor was known; and ho st,ill stands fore most at tho gate whencn issuo to the millions of tho world tho stoady, novcr failing streams of plontcousnossund lifo. A generation or ho ago tho brightest boys of tho farmer's family wcro assign ed to tho professions. Tho dull fellows wcro sent to tho fields. Now-a-days ti dilToront order of things prevails. Oneo the idea was popular that only intnoti lar strength was necessary on a farm tho strength to guido a plow, to wield an ax, a hoo or a scytho tho endurance to go through with tho nwoUcring tasks of summer or tho exposing duties of winter. Thcso important requisites given, a body might fill tho placo just as well as any ono. So somo folks used to think, but what say you, working farmor boyst Do yon not pluco a high er estimate upon your skill, and upon the value of your services? Look up, thon", and vindicate yourselves. You aro ircttinc health and strength from tho wholesome exercises of tho field, and that you may havo tho necessary intclligcnco to combino with this strength for tho proper prosecution of your calling, apply yourselves diiigontiy to acquiring knowledgo whenover res pito from labor shall givo you tho op portunity. Letter Writing. It is too often tho cuuo that women who havo much housowork to do, and very often thoso who havo little, aro very poor corrosnondontB. Thoy do not mean to bo so, nor nro they wilfully neg lectful, but thoy havo an idea that thoy ntust havo so much timo in which to answer a lottcr received, and they keep putting off writing, oxpocting ovary day to make that timo, until both writer and letter aro only remembered at odd times. Frequently you hear such wo mon say ; "I ought to answer So-and-So'd lottor, but I can't eo'jm to get timo to do it. 1 want to writo a good long ono when I do writo, and I must havo timo to do it' properly. I must inanagu to mako timo somehow to do it." It is not a very easy mattor for such womon to mako timo, and generally tho timo is novcr made. To mako timo something must bo neglected, and there aro so many things that it is necessary that thoy should do at just such times, that it is difiioult to determine just which of them to neglect. Thoro aro somo things that can be put off and tho nogloct hardly noticod, and tho housekeeper knows which aro tho least important, and which ones she can neglect, but ho does nut want to put ofl anything, and works on thinking sho will got timo somehow, without any slighting of her work. Such a woman will seldom get tho leisure sho desires for writing, and vory often hor correspondence remuins for years unanswered. All women will, I think, admit that tho carlior a letter is answorod after its receipt, unless there aro good reasons for delay, tho easier and pltasunter it is to accomplish, whilo tho longer it is kept waiting the more difficult it be comes to answer it. What at first would havo been a pleasure becomos in tho end a bugbear and annoyance, and tho long er it is put oil' tho more it is avoided Answer u lottor as soon after its'reccipt as possible. Don't put it oil thinking you will havo more timo in the future to write a long letter full of uows, It will need to be of an endless longth(and a vcrtiblo budget of events, to mako up for the time loat in getting it ready, if at all like tho majority of deferred cor respondence. Instead of waiting to writo a long letter, commence to answor as toon as you can get the time, and after you havo once begun there is little chanco that you will not finish it, for to most people in regard to letter writing, "a thing begun is half done." If not finished at once, it can be dropjxil and taken up and completed at another timo kmjii after, and you will bo sur prised at the length and nowsiness of your lettoy, and be better satisfied than if you had waited as at first yon hod intended to do. Dock or dandelions in the dooryard may be killed by cutting off at crown and putting a few drops of kerosene on me cru n. I CHOICE RECIPE J. Oitennv tie. A chorry pio or pud ding losos half its valuo if the stones aro left in. With tho "chorry-stonors" now so common and cheap, it is possiblo for all to hnvo them ; so in making a pud ding first stono a pint of cherries, then to pint of sweet milk, two well beaten eggs, ono tablcspoonful butter, ono ten spoonful of salt and two teaspoonfuls baking powder, add enough Hour to mako a stiff battpr, dredgo a little flour over tho cherries and stir them in ; put into n buttered mould and boil steadily ono hour, or placo it in a bnsln in a steamer, and cook tho Bnmo longth of timo. Baked Ham. For a chango in this season of tho year, wo somtimes havo n ham baked instead of boiled. Wo chooso a small ono, weighing 8 to 10 pounds. Let it soak over night in cold water. In tho morning trim off all tho rusty parts, cover with a common crust and the rind, nnd you will havo a sweet and palatable dish. Another modo is to cook it slowly until tondor, letting it af terwards cool in tho cooking liquor, then remove from tho wator, tako ofl tho skin, and strew ovor tho top somo fino bread crumbs mixed with a liltlo sugar. If tho fat is thick cut off somo of it. Set it in tho oven and bako half an hour, or until it is nicoly browned. Anoxia's Food. To make angels food in perfection tho eggs should bo fresh nnd cool. Tho ingredients nro: Tho whites of 10 eggs, 1 tumblerful Hour 1 l tumblcrfuls fino granulated sugar, 1 ten spoonful each of cream of tnrtar nnd extract of lemon. Stir together nnd sift tho flour, sugar and cream of tartar four or fivo times. Heat tho whites to a stiff froth, and add thorn with tho extract. Dako in an unbuttcrcd pan ono with a contor pipo is preferable. If the pio extends nbove tho pan turn tho cako whon dono upsido down, and let it rest on tho pipo nnd cool boforo removing it, othcrwfso set on corks or anything that' will keep tho cako up from tho table, whilo it cools. It requires forty min utes for baking. If tho oven is too hot, cool it by sotting in a small pan of cold water. This will very soon reduce tho tompornturo Potato Balls With Cueam Sauce. Pare any number of potatoes, and cut balls from them with a vegctablo scoop. From a dozen potatoes you should got about sixty balls. Cover them with boil ing water, nnd cook twclvo minutes without salt, l'ourfoff tho water; add to tho potatoes ono pint of boiling milk, into which stir two tablcspoonHful of butter, mixed with ono of butter, ono lovol toaspoor.ful of salt, one-third of a traspoonful of peppor, nnd, if liked, a teaspoon ful of chopped parsley. Uso whito pepper altogether. This eauco is for n quart of balls. Kidneys Saute. Gut thrco kidnoys each into fivo pieces; put an ounce of butter into tho saute pan (frying pan); when very hot put in tho kidnoys, fitir round for a tow minutes with a spoon till thoy aro set. Add a tcaspoonful of flour, a quarter of ono of salt and the third part of that of pepper. Mix well ; add half a gill of broth nnd n fow mush rooms. Do not lot them boil; n few minutes is enough to do them. Baked I'ik Plant. Cut two pounds of pio-plant into a pudding dish, sprinkloocr it half a cup of sugar and two tablespoonfuls of flour, or what is better, half a cup of rolled bread crumbs. Add water until tho plant is two-thirds covorcd. Dako in a quick, warm oven thirty or forty minutes. This method of preparing rhubard or pie-plant re moves tho medicinal taste nnd and makes an acceptable spring dixb. Ice Cheam. Thrco quarts of milk, nino eggs, four tablespoonfuls of arrow root nnd thrco cups of white sugar. Sot tho dish containing tho milk in a kettlo of water, and whon hot add tho arrow root previously wot in milk, tho sugar and eggs. Cook a low minutes unci flavor when cold. This will fill n irnllon freezer. Less ejrgs may bo used, but your cream will not be ho nico. XJHEAl) UUIDDLK CAKES. SOAK a small bowl of bread ovor night in milk. In tho morning mix half a cupful of flour, into which is nut 14 teaspoon fills ot baking-powder, with ono quart or. milk, threo well-beaten eggs and a littio suit. Peat tin tho broad with this bat ter until it is very light nnd fry a deli cate brown. Tho batter should bo thick. CitEAM Cake. Ono-half cup of buttor or ono cup sweet cream, 14 cups sugar, four eggs (ono beaten fcepnrately), ono half cup sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls of tartar, ono teaspoonful soda. Pake in a long pan. When done, cut open and spread between one pint whipnod cream, ono cun BUgar. Flavor with lomon. Tbe Work-Box. Cast on 11 stitches and knit across plain. 1st row Knit -J, ova twice, narrow, over twice, narrow, over twice, mirrow, knit 1. 2d row Knit 3, seam 1, knit 2, seam 1, knit 2, seam 1, knit 4. 3d, 4th and 5th row knit plain. 6th row Bind ofl" 3, knit 10. Begin at first row to repeat. Subscribe for Wiluuxttk Farmer. ifoi; 4JI1.? Itililrci. OUR LETTER BOX. Aunt Hetty is really glad oneo more to havo tho opportunity to talk to tho circle once more. There has been no letters lately, therefore no incentive no toxt upon which to build any tnlk to tho young folks. Put wo shall not bo svero, for Aunt Hetty herself makes mistnkes of uniNsiou too, now in looking this morning for somo paper on which to write, uo found a most excel lent letter from Kdgar Waldron, hidden awny among some envclopos. It is such a good ono too, it is woll written and spelled correctly too, with all tho capital lottors in their proper places. TuN is why it is that wo wish to oncourago tho "Farmor's Boys" to writo letters it's so that they may bo ablo when grown up to writo proporly, how it looks to see a grown up man or woman iiuahlo to spoil. Wo saw not long ago a grown up lady writo "Boones" sho did not imagine how funny it looked. Thoso horsos that Edgar tells of Wcro no doubt well caied for or they would not count so many years. Its so cruel to work a horso all summer, nnd thon lot them shiver in tho cold rains all winter. 01 tho cruelty that is dono to dumb animals, how they suffer and cannot toll their wants, oven kind people do not always under stand them. Our "old Bunch," that wo lately bought, would act so lazy, and would go one side and thon another of tho road, till wo concluded to sell Mm. But wo hnd him shod nil around and then thoro was the greatest change in his ways wo did not havo to whip him ho no longer "wobbled" all over tho road to find tho softost ground, and we would not now part with tho faithful, willing old follow, so now wo feel sorry for the sufTcrings ot tho past, and how ho must have been hurt in his foot. Wo would liko to hear if any ono can tell n better thing on ohl horses, than Kdgar. Then too, wo hopo ho will oxcuso our mistnkes, and write again very soon. Millie writes from Knstorn Oregon, a vory good, long lottor, which is carefully dono. All thcso littio incidents of homo lifo aro good to rend. Wo beliovo it re quires somo care and trouble to culti vate plants in that part ot Oregon. Yes wo shall liko so much to seo the rose bloom. Aunt Hetty dearly loves flowers, and docs much hard work to havo them, then sho gives them awny too. Its bet ter for plants to gather blossoms, thoy bloom bettor for it, you will seo that stingy people's plants novcr thrivo as well. That pony nnd eido-saddlo must givo much pleasure, nnd it will give Millie somo rosy checks wo aro sure pony's comfort is looked after, and tho saddlo is put on with care to its ease. Poor littio birds, it is truo that canaries will somo times Ikj so cruel, and will even pick all the feathers oil' tho littio ones you must not let her fit again. Now Millio, you timet givo tho Circle another letter kooii. We aro glad to got so good a letter from ono of the many nieces wo claim. How vtrango it must be to go always in a boat. Wo say, "go, hitch up the horso," whilo Flerenco will say, "hurry up, tho tido is right, unloose tho ropo nnd ship tho onrs." Wo nro not sure, but this is tho best way: no horse to feed ; no wheels to grease; no Htablos to cleun only to jump in and out of tho boat, going swiftly, along with tho tido. 0, how wo should liko to go down hunting, and to smell tho bracing sea breeze. Wo will try and go to visit Florence if "ho will only tell us how to get thoro. Florenco need not bo at all ashamed of hor nowsy lettor. Try, try again. Weston, Or., Juno . 1887. Editor Home Circlet Well as I havo nothing to do I will try and writo to tho Fakmeii oneo more as I havo not written for a long timo. I hid not going to school now I quit a week ago and there is ono more week of school yet. Wo havo not had any rain for a long timo but it looks quite rainy now, I think wo will havo some rain to night. Crops looks nico now but would look nicer if it would rain on them and most nf tho gardens look nice. Mamma has got about 100 littio chickens nine turkeys and four gosling. I havo got ono littio nioco and tho is just as sweet as sho can be. I was IS yearn old the 1st day of Juno, I got a gold ring and a penknifo and a Jersey for my birthday presents. Papa and my brother and an other gentleman havo got tho 12J cent storo in Fondleton. Our roses are bo ginning to come in bloom and are awful pretty. Aunt Hetty I would liko for you to be up hero when they are all in bloom, and I kno.v you would thin y wro pretty. Wo tie nil j;oingo . Umti tilia river fishing mxt Sun- Alt of our fiuit trees aro jiict lomli unit of all kind; wo milk liv ( , uhuninu gels 25 a pound for utitttr u v gut a nico pony mid fide-saddlo tum -mi go riding when ovor 1 want to. I t..wt wo will move to Pondletou ni mil. I go to church nearly every Sumi We have got an organ and m km and brothers play on it. Our .u-iyliird has lay ed two eggs Inn cu -ue will lay mnro sliu layed liv I In i-t, tjtiut and hatched two liiiilxntnl -iintul them to death. Wo have gut a gmul many hotii-o planlH and fomo of lliom are in bloom. Well as I rttu'i think nf any thing else to write I wilk'liiM' y coud iug my best regards in Aunt Ib'ity. Yours Truly, Millie Kino. Oiiimon City, Or., Mn 17th 18S7. Kill tor Hume Circle t I am a little boy nino yearn old my papa has one horse twenty live jvum old nnd another one twenty-eight years old and ho knows that tlii' aro that old for ho rnised them both, and cm any of you littio hoys boat that, and h brought their mother acres the plains. And my pnp.i has ono cow that is nineteen years old and can any of you litili Inns beat that. My papa has twenty-eight little ducks and about thirty littio chicken, and wo have got two little calves, we did have four but wo sold ono cow nnd calf and sold ono calf for veal. Well I am going to school now, I have two miles to walk each way. There nro two littio creeks closo by ami I go fishing somo times ; woll I itirst I will closo for this time. Your Friend, Kdoau WALimos. Acme, Or., July 20, 1837. I'd i tor Homo Circlet Dear Aunt Hetty, I have been wanting to writo to tho children's column for a long timo, but I win afraid I could not writo well enough. I nover wont to school much ; I always havo to study at home. I livo on tido wator on tho Siuslaw river. Thoy hnvo no wagon roads here, thoy go nnd e.omo in boats. Tho tido runs down six hours nnd runs up fix hours; they como and go with mo tuio; there is two hteamers on tho rivor that runs from head of tido to Florenco in ono dayj there is going to bo two more btniiinorri hero soon. Aunt Hotty, if you were to como down here, I would tako you out sailing on tho glittoring waters. I will tako you down to tho beaoh to gather hIioIIh and pobhlos, catch crabs- -I dig clams hnvo n picnic. We had a clam bako hero, tho Fourth of July; the steamer Mink mado an excursion in tho afternoon, down to tho mouth of tho river nnd out on tho bar. Tho littio girl that wnutcd somo quilt pattorns, if sho will writo to mo, I would bo very happy to scud them to her. I am learning to crochet; will you phase tell mo some easy patterns to learn? I would liko for tho liltlo girls that are telling about crochet, would write to me and send mu somo of thoir patterns, as I would liko to make some like it when I learn well enough. I giuttfs Aunt Hetty will think . .. ten enough already, and 1 had hotter stop. Aunt Hetty you must pleitho excuse mistakes nnd bad writing, if you don't throw this in the waste basket and think this good enough to print, I shall writo again, and try very hard to do let ter next time; so 1 will clone, hoping to seo this in print before long. Your lov ing niece, FixiitENci: May Clakno. Ilutklen' Arnlrn Halve, Tho Jient Salve In the world for Cut, Ilrulies, Horn, Ulcers, Halt Itheum, Kevtr Sore, Totter, Chapped Hands, G'hllbUini, Corns, and. all 8kln Kruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. 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