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Exeter Times, 1905-12-21, Page 2110 ito bite. four the egg mixture over this, mixing well, then stir In '.he Idg beaten meet -ea of two eggs. Stun the turkey about thtt+e-Iountt; full as room must be loft for the dress-• ing to swell, i Fraucunia Potatoes—Select pota- toes of uniform ,.iia. Wash, Fare and drop at once In cold water to .j• prevent discoloration. Parboil 10 4.w.:.w.}11+.+ minutes, drain and place in pan in ;which turkey is roasting. nate until resistance of the soft (about -1(1 minutes), basting ler of ye olden time when basting. the meat. Sweet po- ol boar -s bead, borne tatoes may be prepared thus also. nth much pomp and 4 Royal Oyster Pie—lt may be omit - Nutted peacock and ;ted. but will pay fur tlio time and re also popular. Gra- I trouble of making. With gond, rich feetivit(es became less 'paste line a deep puutbng dish. Roll 1 boar's head was nu- i another sheet of tho poste nearly t huge roast, of beef, bolt an inch thick, and cut it into a 1 regarded as essential little larger round than the top of is dinner in "merry" the dish. Butter the odgus of the bChristrnas goose held di:eh and 1111 the latter with crusta rival. the turkey, of dry bread. Over it lay lightly ace of honor, it hay- tato round of pastry and rest it in preine for nearly two I the oven. While it is leaking put into a saucepan Leo tabh'sptSuns a dinner of to -day in- !butter and two heaping tablespoons, innota'Ions, but the l:our. look both together until y "with trimmings," I they bubble, pour upon them a cup mine pie and plum ,of oyster liquor and hull a cup of The Christmas din -!cream, stir until ernuoth. Drop in a mid-day function, Ile pints oysters. Cook until they ween 12.30 and 2.30 ;begin to ruffle and plump. Add 2 e should he laid as I eggs beaten light, putting them et 1 possible. Sweet;carefully, a litt►l: at. a time, and Swed throughout the 'stirring constantly. So soon es ed the cakes may be ;they ere all in season the stow with (a few cents will buy la teaspoon of snit and * teaspoon t shape) or they may whit pepper. Time your cooking of mai and decorated. the oysters that they may be dune ' olives, salted nuts at the sante time as the crust. If illus are effective. anything must wait, lot it. be the )RATIONS. paste. Lift tho top crust carefully ttietoe belong proper- from the pie, lay it on a very hot as festivities — they plate, remove the bread crumbs, of good cheer — but pour in the oysters. replace the be lacking, evergreen crust and serve immediately. orient's are beautiful, Steanod Squash nu Gratin— ►oaslblo, obtain the Stearn or buil a small llu1,,ard go berry to enhance squash. cut in halves, until tender. fish of rosy cheoked Ltt it dry on the back of tho range, pples set within a remove from shell and pass through (teen is simple and a colander or mash fore. Add 2 ree wreaths tied to- tablespoons heeler, 1 tablespoon satin rIL ,.in, a largo cream, the beaten yolk of 1 egg, and e and smaller ones salt and pepper to season. Mix each side, aro also thoroughly anti turn into a buttered t crowd the table. 1f baking dish, round tho mixture on ego is chosen, keep the top. Cover with a cup cracker :out place until the ,crumbs, stirred into i cup melted to be scrod. (butter, and bake nearly half an hour eh follows is for ten in a slow oven. Servo very hot. roperly cooked and Celery and Walnut Salad In Cab - is good enough for bilge Shell—'To 14 cups choPpod cel - Iver, it may easily cry, add 1 cup English walnuts jltit any taste or to coarsely chopped, or hickory nut serving. The soup meats. The centro of a handsome. servo hard sauce or currant Jelly as also tho salad, hnd of cat,A,nge is removtri, and snuco. undance of good may be used in place of the celery Kris ICringlo Cake—Great pleasure or bo reserved for another day. R� , . t desired to serve is afforded the children by this prat- urses, tato soup mos -0 the outside Ieitves of the cub- 6 greater expen- oved, usethe sas a ow l hull bowl tv cake, r uirin a the snlael• dituro of time than money. Cover a t course, and the from which the salad is served. ;white fruit rake with boiled frost- vod from the side- Moisten the salad with cream dress- ;dog 1)e rurttte with tiny red can - le, 'ho pudding, of ing made as follows: One teaspoon :!fie -v in that shape of a star. Or (fee - 1 dry mustard and salt, 2 tea- ' t 11 ing but ed urate with reel candles for berries. g rocas (lour 14teaspoons powdered �,otf•. may be agreed „}P P ' PiefTur Nuess,; (Pepper Nuts)—Thissal. It is more sugar, a few grains cayenne. T tea- recipe is fur the little eukew always black and should spoon melted butter, yolk of an made in CJcrnrnny for tho holiday. It after or with a egg, +J• cup hot vinegar, i cup thick makes 70 smell cakes which will cmum. !fix dry iugretllents, ad.i keep a long time. Take 1 Th. sugar butter, egg and vinegar slowly. (2 cepa), 1 lb. (four (4 cups), the Cook over boiling water, stirringgraced rind of a lemon, cup chop - constant ly until mixture thickens; I cool and add to thick errant, beatenped citron, 1 tabkspoe.n cinnamon, until stiff. Servo the cabbage Shell tablespoon. each ea cloves, mace on a folded napkin and garnish with and nutmeg, 2 tspouns baking a few celery pinnies. powder and 5 eggs. leve; the flour, sugar, spices and baking powder PLUM PIJI)DING POINTEIIS. through the leve together. Add tho Remember that in making plum citron and lemon rind and mix to a puddings you will have an oppor- dough with tho eggs beaten without tunitp to shuw your skill. There is separating tho yolks land whites. as much art in preparing the ingred- With buttered Lends &halo into lents as in putting them together small bails, the 5170 of a hickory and cooking thou). The raisins, cur- nut. hake on waxed or buttered eo. rants, citron, lemon and orange paper, an Inch apart, to a delicate y is preferable peel, suet and bread crumbs should brown, in n quick oven- 'These Tho tendrns all be Prepared the (lay before they much there'd.: rmbl.: mnenroons, improve from the 1 et, aro combined. Large raisins are by standing and can be made wiesks of the latter. preferable. They have a beater flay- before Christmas. ides is allowed or, and a pound contains more fruit 1 sting, depend-LEin proportion to the coeds end skin MAPP'UII(Il'. the bird. If than the inferior qualities. (•'toe Take three cups brown sugar, two not ap- thwu from the stem, wash "plump" of maple. Place over the tiro and and add to tho then( by leaving them In boilinggstir constantly while it boils until • the finest ole- water live minutes, drain and re- it gums when dropped In cold wafer. nil thus served, move seeds. (:et the best and Add one (UP of m(i)ce half a cup efit of its rich largest currants you can buy, rub theta hard under water with the water, butter alto of an egg to sho gager and buil all together. Wheat rtg'—It is becont- hands, and then_;n water often. ready to remove from the fire add cost001 to servo Rina', them in a tonal water. drain a cup of lecheryovf nuts or i•ingadd although stuffing and spread on a platter to dry. Cut walnut. mats and stir 1,11(11 It be - naturally as the citron in strips nn inch whi'gins to ,•titch. Dinned lately spread No Haan is n born who rift enuudia(is then :.have it ticroes as kneely n.-4 k you about yourself. nd summer sate- possible. Cut the lemon tinct orange in 11et tine and when slightly cool ^� l tit it, to the pe•'1 in thin strips with a sharp y would not be Pail of scissors. Buy suet from vi - fashioned bread cinity of the: kidneys ns it is finer seasonings, is anti loss stringy, Pull it apart, chop indigest ion. It: very fine, reject ell skin and strings. nisi) is etTectad, (:rate and w••ieh 1 ho bread et iambs. i stuflll with al- Better results are obtained by boil - Dent the yolks inti thou baking a pudding, and Ia gill of�good strn)ning is tel than either. It is s nun of salt, morn tender and hence snore diges- r end eight. Obit.. '1 he water twist Is: kept t'oil- efash tin„ 4 Ing steadily, and more added to it sweet almonds, as m•edi•ll. Ainkn th•t pnd(ling sumo e with the white time before Christmas; it will keep II pound of light itt(ktinitely. !reling the crusts, An t:nglish 1'wlding,--'this 18 by butter broken in- Mrs. Owens. whn stale.•[ that it was awarded the price of two gntun'ns of- $'I'O KINGS. fared by Queen Vtetorfa for the best recipe in a competition open to the world. The ingredients aro 1 lb, seeded raising, JJ lbs. stele bread crumbs, I 11.. flour, sante "f brown ensue , 1 lb. Inch of eel rr•t'r119 era suet chopped fine, 4 11t. mire's! crueller' orange peel, 5 reg s, § tumb- ler brandy (cof"ee, o1• canned fruit, juice limy be substituted). ; toe - meg and the grated !rel of n lemon. Afix flour, fruits and spicier well. cad I (-rumba mei suet Resat the eggs, ,add to 1hent the ern or juke and pont over the dry fnge ellente, !nix- ing thoroughly. Pack into email grew -eel molds, and sten,l eight hours at the thane of making nm! two hotirs when wanted for use. When Revving, garni •h with it sprig of holly. (in the dish lay five or Ns lumps of loaf wiper that have snaked a few minutes In al ohol or brandy, and Pet fire to them feel' be- fore carrying to the table. German Sauce—With the pudtiing servo the following: 11ix the yolks of 1 eggs with i ib. auger and the grated rind of half a letnrm. Stir over the Are until the mixture coat* spoon. Serve trot. Tf preferred, he Night Before Christmas. °Twa.9 Fight before Chr'sttuas, when all through the house Nut a c e was stirring, net oven n mouse. Tho stock •::ere hung ley tho chimney with care, la hopes that Nish [las ;soon would be there; The children Wein rustles1 all snug In their beds, While visions of 'ee_ar }Aunts dance() to their heads} And noauurea in her .erchief, nod I in my cap, Had just settled don:. f sr a lung' winter's nap; When out on the leen Aero arose such a clutter. I rose from nny bed td -w: what was tho matter. Away to the window 1 floe like a flash, Tore open the shutters and ttrew up the sash The [noun on the great of tee., new -fa 1 -to snow Cave a lustre of eniddsy to ceetures below; When what to my wondering eyes eiotild appear But a miniature sleigh and night lite' reindeer. With a little old driver, so lively end quick. I knew in a moment it crust be St. eta:. More rapid than eagles his, coursers tie y came. And he whistled and shouted and call •d then by name "Now Dasher! Now lancer! Now I'ran,rr eat Vixen! "thi l'otnet! On Cupid! On l)onder and 1!llt, nt" To the top of the porch, to the top of the %tall! Now dash away, dash away, dash away all! As dry leaves before the wild hurricane Ay, When they meet with an obstacle, moo, t to the sky, So up to the house -top the coursers :h •y flew, With the sleigh hill of toys, and St. Nicholas, too. And then in a twinkling I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As 1 drew in my head and was turning around, 'Down the chimney St. Ni,holas came with a bound. Fie was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot. A bundle of toys ho hnd flung on his back, And ho looked like a peddler jtot o)x•nin,; his pack, His eyes, how they twinkled, his dimples, how !terry, His cheeks were like roses, his nose lien a cheery, His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on his chin was an white n9 the snow, The stump of a pipe hat held tight In ria teeth, Anti the emote: it c•nrireled his head like a wreath. Ile had a broad face and a little round belly, That shook when h• laughed like a bowlful of (ells, Ne was (hubby and plump, a right lolly old elf. And 1 laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself. A wink of his eye and a twist of his head Soon gave me to know f had nothing to dread. IIe spoke not a word, but went straight to his !cork. And filled all the stockings, them turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nese, And giving a nod up the chimney he rose, He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gnvo a whigfle, And away they all flew, like the down on a thistle, But I heard him exclaim ere he drove out of siirht, "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!" even if sugar and preferred. It thus F:NU. Toast fingers Olives y, Almond force - f ce!ery plumes Giblet gravy Royal oyster pie au gratin salad in cabbage Mince tart Cheese SYTOI'PING DON'TS. Don't try to do too much in a day. Don't swing your purse recklessly. Others lata. care for it if you don't. Don't walk miles to save a fan permit:eh Shoo leather and go el nerves cost money. When you go forth to buy don't get sidttrucked and go a -sightseeing peter on the King's Christmas dinner- Then tip ho spoke right gruffly, Dont get cross at the store attend- table. Amongst other specialities ,tall turned himself about: ants If they seen[ slightly lunguic', huwev one might attention t.:o "'Phis must be a very foolish boy, This Is anything but a holiday seas- woodcock pie, the Stilton cheese And tt smnall one, too, no doubt. on with then!, which has hr•t•n soaked in port win, Don't forget to take along a bag for a month, the ducks, fowls, ant! But when six rosy children in which to put the small parcels, turkeys; while, of course, a place t.' That night about hint preessetl, then you will not bo minus several honor is given to tho Christmas pud- Poor, trusting little Gottlieb at the close of the day. • ding. Stood' near hhn, with the rest. Dunt delay until 2 p. m. to start The King's Christmas puddings, by out shopping. tho way, are all trade of ono sI u; And he heard his simple, touching .Don't put off buying Christmas pro- each consisting of 1 lb. of raisins, prayer, sents another day. 1 lb. of currants, half 1s,, of sultana's, 'Through all their noise play; Don't make a list' and leave it half lb. of raw sugar, 1 Ibe,of leaf 'Though ho trial his very best to pot horde in your desk. suet, 1 Ib. of stale let own breed, Tho thought of lien away. Don't forget to unbutton yo it finely grated, half lb. of flour, tt tea coat and release your neck fur when spoonful of powdered cinnamon, hell A wise and learned man was 110, you enter' the big stores intend(',g a nutmeg, half a teaspuunfu: of salt, Men called hint good and just; to stay sento time. a few coriander seeds, noz. of flexed Ilut his [wisdom scented liko (ouliee- Don't (et your skirt. trail when candied peel, and tho finely grated aces, shopping; you deserve to }lave it rinds of to lemons. together with Iry that weak child's simple trust. the yolks of eight eggs and the whites of four, beaten up with a Now hen the morn of C'hristm:es wineglnsstul of brandy and some pew camwe, milk. The puddings aro taken to the Anti the long, long week was (Iune, table all ablaze with lighted spilt Poor Gottlieb, who scarce collet nod with them is always ncrti l ra sleep, dish of almond custard, with tore^us Rose up before the sun. of sauce composed of two wiueghu..e•s of very old brown brand', two of Marsala, a dessert-spt►otful of raw ROYAL CERISTNAS DINNER. !+04.0+0+04-04-0+0+0+04-'310 A CHRISTMAS STORY ed that such exalted personage. as 10+0+0+040++0044 0.44 4. King Edward and Queen Alexaudr.i' are so surfeited with pleasures and' Across the German Ocean, eetertaiuwents all the year . eine! Ina country far from our own, that Christmas festivities would ap-, Once a pour little boy, namod Gott - Peal to thuru in a very minor degree. (ieb, This is lar from being tho case, how.! , Lived with his another alone. ever. Both King Edward anal hist Consort recognize December 25th tie; They dwelt in the part of a village The Festive Season Observed at Sandringham, It !night vory naturally be suppose I t+*+0+»+0♦)r(+04 *.4 P * +:t+ FIRST CHRISTMAS IN CANADA. 0+040♦O-i-o+04-0+0+04-0+ + The tourer of the lira! Cumuli -1u Christmas is a short and put lief is celebrated in the manner prt (crlludI small, a clay in tho year which should be• Where the houses wero poor and tone. it harmonizes eith the h,seltry Of a religion that with ell its stup,•i,`� t by English custom, and consequently.I But the home of the little Gottlieb, does remelts had its e'urthly birth ,n the stable of an obscure .1 ulaean 3 il- throughout the country, they gather + like thousands of other Paron's ; •Was the poorest nue of all. !ague in travail and dist cs. around them their sons, daughters. l Se was not largo enough to work, row in Christian layman have ever and grandchildren, and spend Christ-' And his mother could do no more heard of that first Christman in the \ urea Day in a right royal fashion. I (Though she scarcely lay her knits - or forest, where our mightiest Nowhere, in fact, aro tho old ¥ules-I ing down) river.101104the rlxt and there aro few er who would wish u better setting tido traditions more religiously oh -I Than keep the wolf from HAI door. served than at Sandringham, and 1 She had to tuko their tlireadbu,.e for the first celebration of the ata+gl vast preparat sous, superintended in ; clothes, day of lfim whose shrine's, tamely many cases by the King and Queen And turn, anti patch and darn; cathedrals, and unpreteutiuus meet- themselves, are !nude beforehand, in leer never any woman yet ing houses stand throughout tele order that Christman Day in the. (.rote richby knittirig yarn. broad laud of the Dominion as bear Royal household shall be one o: j on lights in the life -journey through [ merry festivity and rejoicing. ing. F.:u a And oft at night, beside her chair, this world to the next. l roma is decorative with holly, mist. -I Would Gottlieb sit, and pinto It wts during the second expixtl- toe, and evergreens, not to inention 1 The wonderful things ho would do lot tion of Jai, tes Cartier. The sturdy Christmas emblems, the ltoyal child -I her. Breton malt :er had taken part of his ren, and Princesses who may happe, ► l !mien ho grew to be a mane men to lit weenie:). (now Montreal), to be staying in the house often as ( leaving the ot hers at Sta(lacuna { silting In the work. Ono night she sat and knitted, (Quebec). The visit to the great 111 For several days prior to Christ-' And Gottlieb sat and dreamed, inland Indian town had been 6uCCeSi- noes Day the Royal kitchen Is a acro t When a happy fancy all at once fol in weevirtg a bond of friendship of great activity. In addition to I Upon bis vision beamed other duties, it fulls to the Kin; s; ines and thennbetween tho Iluron-lroyuois abnrig- 1 rench that remained chief cook to prepare the great beore I "Paas only a week till Christmas. fast for a century. and on the 4th heed—the Knists•'s usual Christ/nisi And Gottlieb knew that then of October, 1535, ho rejoined the rest gift to !lis 'Majesty With its high!;_ The Christ child that was born that of his company at Stadacona, whore t,ulish(t(f tusks and ornunwntat jo* a i day, his three ships lay at anchor, under ut colorxf COlniits, the boar's tread + Seat down good gifts to then. the frowning heights. innLeg an tntpusing epee taste as it I The autumn days passed in won - is l,.'rno in a large silver dist,, ' nut he said, "He will never find us, dering spcculution as to the source shoulder high, into the dining -:tont Our home is so mean and small. of the great river that rolled Its at Sae.tt•ingham, to the accompani- And w•u, who have most need of than !nighty flood at their feet, and tette ►neat 01 811 ancient camel, which bey Will got no gifts at ull." believed to be 'bo high road to the gins:— wealth of the Indies, but soon %vi1- Whoall at Thu King's boar's hood in handbrim; Cam, a into hi Jeyes slonbl o Light the sailorster came iriof ppy aislimlyits1LeP rrcrance . The to I' And ligated up his face with seniles, rivers froze, and their ships were Bedecked with buys and rosenu,ry As hu thought what he could do. bound fust. A small fort had btv: And I pray yon, good pcoi•l„, oe erected at the mouth of the smellweary. Next day when the postnlau's letters stream Lairet, where the vessels were Came from all over the laud; moored, as it falls Into tho St. Char - Came one for the Christ -child writ- les River, and the members of the ten expedition settled down to await the In a child's poor trcud,ling hand. passing of the unknow Canadian A peacock pie. adorned with the feathers of the royal bird, is another feature of the Christmas dinner at Sandringham, white the noble baron of beef, cut from 0110 of hie;, red_ You may think he was sorely puzzled ward's prize heifers, occupies premier i What in the world to do; position on the sideboard. In u:itli-' So he event to the Burgomaster, tion to the boar's head receiver! (rem As the wisest man he knew. the Kaiser, by -the -bye, ills Mmje•.t't is also rho recipient, two or three And when they opened the letter, days before Christtnn•i, of a sturgeon. They stood almost dismayed sent with a special kind of 1(ussia.t That such u little child should dote caviare by the Czar of Russia. leeig '1'o ask the Lord for aid. Edward's gifts to foreign ltoyal! ee usually consist of hamper.; of the 'Then the IBurgomaster stammered, primeet turkeys and beef grown on And scarce knew %that to speak, his own private farms. And hastily he hrushed aside it woull bo impuesible to enumer- A drop, !ileo a tear, from his cheek, ate here the many dishes which np• etopi'ed on if you do. Don't wear a trailing skirt to shoe In, anyway. Don't carry a large sum of money in your pocketbook. Don't let your generous inclina- tions, do violence to your Sound it limitations. Don't keep on shopping long after your strength Inas left. you. and your head uchat and hones cry for mercy. %tiger, and 16 pint of melted butter Don't drag the little children made 'title milk and moderately around with you on the woarisonu thickened. purchasing round. - As in thousands of other house - Don't tale; the baby into the holds throughout the country, the eruwiitei, ill -ventilates! places. Christens dinner is tho chief event Don't tnku tho baby, anyway. of the day at Sandringham, the meal being served in the richly tapestried talks to and decorated dining -route, to the accompaniment. of the Royal hand leollotcing the feast, some light len• t„rtainrteit may possibly leo Proved - ed fur the amusement of their elajee- tles and the gouts. But as the King and (Innen arc averse to de- priving nny of their subj.'ct-n of the pleasure of !Pending Christmas Day with those who are prefer to then, "speclel commands" aro seldoni ie- . natal. Rather do their Mitbsties pr.- fer to join the young people around • the pine -log fire, and assist in the marry -making amongst the juniorq. A ta,nste-r Christmas -tree, lit with innumerable fairy Bailee tine) gli.aen- ini; eith gold rind silver belle. is pro- vided for the Ite,cn1 youngsters, woe the King real Queen, assisted by Royal males and tweets, dispense the gifts with which it is loaded (millet tnurh excitement and nntusentent. i:p- ruttriuus genres of blind tnatt's bed and t ho like and somelint'•s a little carpet -dance, are also ir:dulged in, the festivities not coating to an end until a very late hour. The Puck. ;t-D;,;,k-Good-bye. old man; I'm going shipping with your wife -4I11d you won't know tate wften 1 come horn.. TIMI':I,Y HINT'S ON GIVINIJ. It'c shoutd not give people things they Is not watt. We shoul•1 avoid giving anybody the mumps or the chicken -pox if we sten help it. Do slut give ,t 1r lend lice cold •,howl. der without baked b.•uns nn.l hot cored to go eith it. And hastened to his mother, But ho scarce might speak for fear, When he saw her wondering look, And tho 11urgutnn•Ster never. 11e wasn't afraid of the Holy Babe, Nor his mother, meek and milk; But ho feltas if so great it man Had never been a child. Aumz141 tho poor child looked, to find The hearth wee piled midi wood, And the table never full before, Was heaped with dainty fond. 'I'lirn hull to hide from hlret:,olf the truth The Burg-coma/der said, While the mother blessed hum nn het knees, And (1nt.tlfeh shook fel- dread. "Nee-, give, no thanks, may goof (lame, To such ;,- tate, fur nid, Ito gt•atcftl to your little son. And lite Lord to who►n ho prayed!" Then turning round to Gottlieb, "Your ‚.rit 1 en p1 ayer, you see, Caine nof. to whore it was addre'see. It only come to me! "'Twins but tt foolish thing you di 1, As you meet understand; levo[ 1 hough the gifts ore yours, you know, You have thein (runt env hand." '!'hen 0e•ltllct) answered fearlessly, %V1:orn he numbly stood nl'art, "111.t, the Christ -child sent them all the same Hu Pat the fhoaghl in y'nier hem t"" NUT 111111`1 1.1•:. i'ut two largo cups of granulated !neat should not give a lady o e-'lgur 0.er a slow fire in a perfectly kiss unless he thinks sho would 0n• sm"nth skillet or lean saucepan; stir it, except, in the else of his rife; constantly milli the sugar diseolveS joy noel his rmtth,e-in trey, and cooks n delicate brown color. 110 not (4410 red Suf;p(nd,•rs to a to- I►► not have too hot a fire, and tot stranger; he plight prefer thole of keen stirring, the sugar will lur:lp at a Pale -blue shade instead. first, but will aeon diss..iv,'. Have Do not present it backing hronch' ready a shallow buttered tin, Stith to a tall, Pale man of sedentary the s'irface covered with chopped habits, Us he would me likely tiro walnuts or halves of Pecan nate or long to enjoy it. peanut,. ['tour the term, trey quicke When you give cost•,[ oil to n ly o'..•r the nuts, murk out in bowling infant give 1t for its berm- teeter. er. , %%,rh a .mite ar.d when cold Ric worth and not merely as an eel- betel, avert tutee of your regard, mark winter. Cartier, rough prodect of tho Channel Seas, w•aa above every- thing a Christian, and during the month of November spentmuch time in instructing tho Indians concerning the Christian fled. 'fl en came the biting cold aid blinding snow, w•itei all Its discomforts and dangers to those unaccustomed to make them minister to their pleasures. In tho early days of November tho scurvy Lrroko out in Stadacona. and man after man on shore and on ship- board fell ill of rho terrible disease!. Many died. 'There were not ten wholly tree frotn tho dread:ul scourge. And then cam( C'hrist:nee. "Thousands of miles from bonne and friends," said a Canadian writer, "in the heart of a boundless eilderneee. in which tht'y were the first. Euro- peens •:ur -peens to sot foot; fast bound in sato. and ice; surrounded by savages who 10111 on mune than one etccasi2nt;ie' eciuivucal grout.��4n"T ei 1,flil'; len1 1 worse than all a sailed by u mortal distemper wleeth had killed many of their band, aural which threatened the lives elf (Avory ono of theta." And it was Christmas ileac', The authorities (lifter as to v:heth tr priestly consolation was given the af- flicted company, but it is known that the deeply religious churacter of the commander was eminently display- i throughout the terrible wil tet•. In their direst extremity, and It can be believed that 0 was on the Natal Day of the Divine Healer of Mae - kind, Cartier ordered that everybo• should prepare himself by prayer. Freedomfromrho terrible ping( e was not found until Cartier, whu:.e dauntless heart was breaking Witt the intem'ity of rho affliction to his oxen, received from an Indian a : e - ripe for a remedy from tato leaves tone anp of what is believed to be tho white spruce. Curlier ane his com- pany, however, ascribed heir recov- ery to the direct [act. of Providence. as in tho quaint words of an old chronicle, 'It wrought so well that. 11 all the physicians of Mountpelier and I.cm•raine had been there with all the drugs of Alexandria, they would not have done so much in one yore, as that tree did in six (I0308, for it ciid so prevailu that as many es used of it, Ity the Grace of nod recovered their health " The rernarkable thing Is that the remedy in after .cars failed in its cmc;try. It fs not it land thought. howetvur, fur the ('anndinne of a united Dom- inion, car), iu the juyuu,ness of a Merry Chrietnutstidle. to recall hew Jacques Curt i'rr and his gallant Front-linnen wrought end surercd dur- ing Elie first 'Christ mas in !'sands. CHRIS1'1TAS Ene, ONIONS. A very to:inns method of tnnkin,( weather predictions leas been ilicov- ered by ton old %Va:,t o' Er:eland farmer. "On ('hriottma8 Eve," he says, "when the hells begin to rine; for midnight service, or to hernia the approach of Christ tune Day, take te.•1v.: 1)11100S nn,) place them in n row on n table. lite first onion will rcpee,ent January, the a0cund r'tamn- ary, tend 54) on. Next make 'arr.) slit in each anion, and place Ron salt in it. 1f at the end of nn L'o't[ you find that the salt in the 111, rah onion has molted, ' •.0 •,8111 knew that there mill be neu:1t rule 111 March; Heel, on the other hand, if the salt in the r\pill onion is not molted, you troy be oertalt that. April will be a dry month. More- over, it the ••alt in nny union 1- molt- ed ntthe top, but not alt the bot- tom, the first fortnight. of the metit11 will be wet, and the se::',nd f• t t • night (Ir'. and . u on through'•ut ' •0 year c(eon.NuT Di{O1'3. To ono grated cocon:vrt, nth) 1 11 itv %%.;fight of sugar and .be '.chile ..f 0110 .'gg. ctiI to .t e01) fro'it; '118 thoroughly and drop) on turtt••ren1 whlln pais•r or in lit, `heels. t1Ake fifteen minutes. • 1--