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The Seaforth News, 1926-12-16, Page 3THE NEW YEAR'S DINNER BY`'CAROLJINE KING. Roast goose for the New Year's feast is an o,d' rule, tnd i'f the goose; is tender. and, �ve11 cooke'd. it is as tempting a dish, as one could- possibly serve. But unless one' is 'sure the bird is fairly tender, it is not a bad idea -to eschew tradition and pin one's' faith to some other fowl or . joint. Many of the 'gees'e 'that I have en oometered might well have been am -1 Ong those heroic Roman birds which craved ,their 'country several centuries ago Myown choice for the New Year's dtnnerces:a fine hair or a roast. "Tur- key or other fowl is served -for Christ- mas, and for New Year's we want a. change, I A ham baked brawn and crispy. with' Appropriate vegetables and side cliches will make e most acceptable 'dinner., Here is a menu that is not too costly or ,difficult to prepare: n'eajolxle Celery ,. Butter Sauce Salad 0 Maple Seger e of fresh or anon of both apple and" firm panned °cherries or neat, •smai'1' in slightly discoloration place. dust sweeten syrup from berries; with or a maras- n sn'ai'l sher- lasses. Place overed bread fern leaf or Pineapple. For a weighing yvill� be affair one or the butt and scrub t soak over - which aaittle In the morn- ing near the over the fire in which inserted, a y and a bay this will re- lvunrs, ac- cording Leave remove, trim skin and brush •all over with well beaten; egg. Then cover thickly with fine dry bread camas, sprinkle a •little brown sugar and. paprika over 1sa surface and .stick whole cloves in symmetrical rows over the entire ham. Then bake in a slow oven about sixty minutes. Half an hoer before it is finished' place' pineapple slices cut in quarters. ell round the ham and;pour a little of the pineapple juice into the roasting pan; the pineapple should brown slightly in the'hnt fat. In• serving, • place the h•ani on, a large platter and garnish' with pineapple, ori each piece pacing a strip of pimiento for color.. For the gravy, add two :tablespoon- fuls of flour to the fat in the roasting pan and stir' over the fir't::to a smooth paste, then add twos=cupful:1,0f the liquor in which the ham was boiled and half a cupful of pineapple juice. Cook till smooth and slightly thicken ed, season to taste anri, strain into e sauceboat. • Creamed Spinach is very delicious • and quite different from the ordinary method of „serving the vegetable.. Pick Fruit• Cup.. Ham Baked'with Ri Hornetnade Pickles Mashed Potato Creamed Spinach Beets, in Tomato Jelly Cheese Puffs Toasted Apple Pie with Coffee Fruit Cup may be mad canned fruit, or a combin —one or two bananas, an an orange, a few nice peach halives. or canned pears. Out the fruit in pieces, place the apples salted water to prevent and keep ell in a cool plc be - foie serving mix the fruits, slightly, add some of the the eamied. peaches or c e plump raisin or two, chino cherry, and serve i bet cups or tall slender g each g:'ass on a doily -c •and butter plate, with a flower 'at the side. - Ham Baked With Pine large dinner a whore ham, from eight- to twelve pounds, required; for a enrollee j might use a picnic ham end of a large ham, Wash the hate web, then -let i night in pal"d water to vinegar has been added. ing trim off the hard s end of the bone at d_place in cold'water, with one onion a few cloves have been carrot, a sprig of p'arsle loaf, Simmer until tender quire from three to four to the size of the in the kettle to cool, ,then neatly, peel off the outer over and wash very carefully a peck of spinach, place over the fire to cook in plenty of boiling salted water, add- ing a pinch of baking soda. and a tea- spoonful of sugar. Cook about ten minutes or until tender, then drain very carefully, pressing out al the water 'possi'ble, and chop very, very fine.' Make a rich white sauce by cooking together to a:paste two tabl - spoonrfuls of -butter' aintl flour, then add a . cupful of richmilk, or part cream if convenient and season with half a teaspoonful` of salt and a' quar- ter teaspoonful of paprika, a dash of nutmeg or mace, and pepper to taste. Beat one egg well and pour the hot sauce over it, whip for a moment or two, then pour over .the spina$'h, mix }all well, and serve in , a hot- 'dish. Sprin'lcle the top of the spinach with paprika or garnish with strips: -of pimiento. - Beets in Butter Sauce. Bail beets, without pieeling,. until tender, then drop into cold, water and slip off .their skins; cut into cakeandpour•melted butter mixed with a little vinegar over them. Season to taste. Tomato Jelly Salad. Empty a quart can of tomatoes into saucepan, add half a cupful of water, a chopped onion, a emal'i piece of bay -leaf, half a cupful of sugar, a tableapooiyful of vinegar and salt and pepper to-teste. Simmer fifteen minutes, then press through a sieve and add two table- spoonfuls of gelatin - dissolved in a quarter cupful of, cord water. • Stir over the fire until -the gelatin is thor- oughly incorporated with the tomato 'liquid, then pour into a wet mold, or in individual mold's, and set av3ay to become firm and cold. Turn out on crisp cabbage 'leaves and serve with mayonnaise or boiled .salad dressing. Cheese Puffs are' very savory serv- ed' with any salad. To make them, grate enough cheese to make a full cup; butter thin salt crackers lightly and sprinkle Chicly:3, with the, cheese and 'lightly with naprika, Palace in a hot• oven until the cheese melts ant puffs delicately. ed Apple Pie with Maple Toast gp p fur i piefrom o Make a Sugar. ar. M k Y �. g Pp best recipe, and shortly before serving place it either at the top of a very hot oven, or 'under the flame of the gas broiler to brown well, Meantime flake. enough maple sugar to make one cup- ful. Sprinkle .over the pie and '• serve at once. Here is the menu for another sav- ory New Year's dinner: Vegetable Appetizers Boned and' Stuffed Leg of Lamb Browned Potatoes Brown Gravy Celery Relish-. Currant Jelly Onion Souffle Pineapple and Date Salad Charlotte Trifle Horticultural Council Trophies Awarded in .Ontario. • The School Grounds Planting Com- petition instituted by the Canadian Hortioultueal • Council is closed' for, the seemed year. The report' of • the j!tac ig ing committee shows that.Flmit School' Section No, 2 near Listowel hasagain won the cup for the northern section: In the eastern •and western districts, however, nrew' seheols have won the respective cups this year: Section No. 2 in the township of Reach, near Manchester, foe the eastenn'distriot, I and Section No. 1 in Essex county, wear Wheatley, for the western. The. ' winners in .the .eastern and western districts of last year were successful' this` year in winning awards of merit certificiatee with which' to decorate their school wells. This. certificate Was•aleo w'oh this year by South Dai-. Chester. School Section No. 6, Bel-., MINA; Hudman's Bridge- School Sec- tion No. 1.0, Heldman's Bridge; Hayes thorns School Section; No. 16, Haw- thorne' and Section No. 31; -at Wes ton. The committee 'in'charge of the Ontario . competition' were George Simpson, Ottawa, past president of the. Ontario Horliteuiltural Asseciatines as chairman; J. Leckie Wrlson, secre- tary of the Ontario Horticultural As- soci:atiou, Toronto; A. IL MacLennan, Prof. of Horticulture, Ontario'Agra cultural College, Guelph; Mi. W. E. Groves, secretary of -tlhe. Oan'adi'a-n Florists' and Gardeners' Associations H•antilton; and Capt. L. F. Burrows, secretary of ,the Oanadian Horticul- tural Council at Ottawa. The ,awards were decided by this committee who based their decision on photo'gxaphis, essays, and other evidences of their work submitted `by the competing schools: Vegetable Appetizers. Boil a red beet till tender, slip off the skin and eut into very thin slices. With a very small cooky' cutter trim the beet slices evenly, then place in French dressing for an hour.. Take out and dip 'in finely chopped parsley.: Ar- range on smell plates with' sliced hard-boiled eggs treated in the same way, placing a beet slice and an egg slice on tiny crisp leaves of lettuce. Onion, Souffle. Boil the onions until tender, then 'drain and chop very fine. Te one and a half cupfuls of the chop- ped onion, allow three tablespoonfuls each of butter: and Rohr and one's'cant cupful of milk; snake a sauce -of the butter and flour, and when thick add the chopped onion with salt, pepper and paprika to suit your taste. Then whip,in the yolks of two eggs, beating well, after which fold in the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs. Pour in to a buttered pudding dish and -bake from twentyto thirsty -minutes in a moderate oven. Serve at once, as souffles soon fall Mother's New Year. The sense of speed is all about use The farmer is continually replacing his old machinery withnew and prod- - ern iniplentents that will 'help him to reduce his production costs. The man in the factory is, all the time, replac- ing the old machine with a new one that wili turn otit more piecee to the minute, Even the children find their time crowded to the -East minute with their many school activities, athletics . and music lessons. And -all this hustle and bustle of the family, the homemaker must some- how find time and ability to make her home all, in the broadest sense that the word implies -ea havbn of rest, comfen t, and ;companionship as well His -Position.'' as a p'ir.co for refueling the body-. Rferr- ."He saes he has, a good posi- As the soil is the factory for the then •int tl.e tie' department of the .big. farmer, se the home is the factory for stere." the homemaker, and undoubtedly the may --'So he. has — he's bunfile ._inose important one, At this time of the year, when each and every one is, looking forward to the new year—a year which promiees much in measure of health, happiness, and prosper -Age -it is fitting. to give y thoughtful consideration to the things, g' la m factory to ,give the greatest happiness to herself 'and her fainly. Any de- vice that would lighten her label. andd shorten' er- hours devoted' to home- keeping ouse P g kee in would 'liberate that:•time for home -making, of which no home can wraplaor, my clear." The. New Year. 13 rely'I face the year that'is to be In unknown ways, 'the paths my feet must go, Hopeful, that I will find around some tl t other needs- to run her home p • turn The outstretched halts of friend I joy to know. And if each coming day, my'd:aboars done, T .homeward wencle-the :'Starry sky have too, much. `, ' .. above, Is'ha,ll • betruly l blessed if I can see y Use . your head when, marketing At ognnng door, the little ones. I your 1'rrodoefs.` "won't ship, your 'begs - yo m.. , to Jenusr,lom. -A'lix Thorn: "First Footing." To ensure good luck coming to the house some people like a dark man to be the first to enter the door on New Year's Day. This old custom is known in the South of 'England as "first -footing." In other localities a -fair man is considered luckier. Another old "first footingg" custom, which is especially prevalefit in Stet - land, is that all those who oome first to the 'house of a friend after twelve o'clock must not come empty-handed, Friends come 'laden with cakes, bread, and- other good things, • Perhaps out of this old custom has sprung the mare modern surprise party of to -day, when guests al:liming some share of the feast. It is still customary, in Bohemian circles for a number of friends to descend upon a house that has not seen much good fortune' during the year end bring food and drinks with then. Everyone partakes of the fare, but when the guests have gone there is always enough over for the morrow. a Prayer at the Beginning of a Year.. I do not, ask my feet be led • In •ways of perfect joy and ease - Nor that I shall be free from tears And things that worry and dis- please.' I only pray I may be strong ,And quick to do the things I see„ Are good and right and should be done By timid, wavering folk like tie. Then when another new year comes, When all these waiting twelve months fade, I may be rich in kindnesses, Andold friends held and new friend's made. —Rebecca Heiman, Few film machines have to stand More abuse from exposure to the weather than the cultivator. It seems .the niostn'atural thing in the world to unhitch frotn'the cultivator at the cud of'the row when the.dinher bell rungs, and leader it "there, maybe until the following week. No wonder it gets rusty and the paint washes off so quickly.' A small, dight stone -boat, upon which the cultivator cal be load- ed in a minute, is a hatidy thing •to take the implement to the shed' or barn.. It would :last far loner if treated that way. - A SMART DAYTIME FROCK. Fallowing the fashionable straight silhouette, this attractive frock has a bodice ,front slightly gathered to a plaited skirt front, while the back is quite plain. An effective scalloped yoke is applied over the skirt in front and flared seelloped cuffs finish the long dart -fitted sleeves. The collar is of the becoming convertible type and a marrow belt completes this modish frock. No. 1.438 is for Misses and Small Women and is in sizes 16, 18 and 20 years. Size" 18 requires 8% yards 89 inch, or 2% yards 64 -inch material. Width at lower edge of dress with plaits pulled out about 64 inches. 20 cents. Cas Fashion Book, illustrating the newest ,and most practical styles, will be of, interest to every home dress- maker. Price of the book 10 cents the copy. , HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain. ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred;; wrap it carefully) for each number and address your order M Pattern Dept., Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ada laide St., Toronto Patterns sent by return mail. - • MY HOUSEHOLD FOR THE NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS THE NEW YEAR BY'NELL B. NICHOLS. o'rrowesterdorrowN.om'"Ye ut With the new year I -am evoly ng washing easier, But I will have the wa"etTo-ofnty y ana ?d to-mBach is resolutions and plans to fellow in an house in order when Tuesday arrives aB effort to make my home more Oaths-' I •also expect to simplify the meal Day is quite as apt to bid us think of the past es of the future. The factory during the next twelve preparation on washday by adwanee yesterday of the causeo, we represent— Months, • Now I am reviewing the. ex- prepare -time Frequent 'changes• in p perieneee of 1926 to'ddsoavar the les- clothing, arthaugh they meann more does It largerwarbee n 'face Wider vis on? sons they have taught, - pieces to be laundered, are desirable, with lwpe and am vision? Cooking is one task I hope to sin for aightiy soiled •garments may be To many of us the stars seem fixed in plify. I have resolved to prepare large cleaned more easily than 'badly soiled quantities of food at a time, whenever 11 is possible, When cookies pare baked the batch will be large. Likewise cakes will be made in large amounts, at •least eight Payers at a time. Two of these I shall put to- gether with frosting for immediate use. The other six. layers will! be stared in tightly,covev'ed earthen jars. When .needed, two of them will be put together with a. hot icing, the steam from which will freshen the cake. Pie shells too will be made in large quantities. They w111 be stored under inverted crocks. When placed in the oven after being filled, to brown the meringue, the pastry will be fresh- ened. reshened. Salad dressings and many vege- tebles may be cooked for several meals at a time. I also am going to roast large' pieces of meat at a time, for, .left -overs have many possibilities. Even the breakfast cereal will be'pre- pared in large enough amounts so there will be remnants for use as the foundation for .raisin, chocolate 'and other puddings, BAKING DAY. I ate . setting aside Friday es a weekly baking day. If the morning is employed for cooking the same mixing bowls ,nay be used for many batters and Boughs. So dish -was'hin'g is re- duced. The oven, too, is ready at all times. Saturday hes been my baking day in thepastyear but it is a poor time for cooling—so many other things to be done -then in preparation for Sunday. As to the cleaning, I am going to try to clean a room a day, with the exception of Tuesday, when washing is in order. On Saturday the living and dining rooms and kitchen will be cleaned. I haven't found a way to make the the 'heavens just where we first saw them in our childhood, but they have ones. journeyed far since them. s For some I am not going to waste time heir- measurements days and' years 'and i'ng clothing that does not need' to be even centuries ere all too short. pressed.- I shall continue to use smell With a thousand wrongs etilil ting Turkish towels, which require waren- righted, stilt haying their load's of ing, for drying the' diehes I cannot drain. Sheets dried outdoors will be folded and used without pressing. DISTRIBUTE TUE :OANNING. pare end toil and suffering on men and women and children, what bur- dens have been 'lifted since the mass of men were slaves and earls? Canning its 'another duty i'n most What Jeremy Bentham more than farm homes. Iamexpecting•tomake a hundred years ago said, "The'time my budget this month based on am- will come when humanity will extend ounts consumed the past year. Then its meals over everything which I em going to distribute the panning breathes; we have begun by attend. throughout the twelve months.. I will ing to the condition of slaves; we begin now with the preparation of shall finish' by softening that of all the conserves from dried fruits and crap- animals which assist our labors and berries and in February with orange supply our wants," the words of the and grapefruit ne enna'lades, great jurist fell upon the ears of his This month and next I am going to contemporaries like the words of an sew,. Bedding, curtains, aprons 'and impractical dreamer. Yet the years many ether articles may be made and since then have witnessed the organ be out of the way long before the ization of societies to do this very annual housecleaning season, thing in every civilized country of the I haven't forgotten recreation in my globe. plans. With the passing of every Everywhere the interest in animal year I appreciate more keenly the welfare is deepening. Everywhere value of play. Some social life, which humane education is being recognized affords one an opportunity to forget as a vital element in the training of cares and, work, is essential to hapspi. the young. Large ecclesiastical bodies ness. " I am going to attend my club have given it their endorsement and - meetings and go to other gatherings made it a part of their teaching in where I may obtain new idea's and d'eal'ing with the children and youth learn what the rest of the world is under their care. Even in foreign thinking about. fields missionary •societies have taken I am reticent about telling what I it up as a part of their ministry. am going :to do; for talking and Yes, we have abundant reason to dreaming are easier than doing, but rejoice. Could he speak to us to -day, T have -learned that viewing the past one like our own founder, George T. in an effort to determine which me Angell, might be heard saying es thods brought success and which ones Moses said to Joshua, "Be strong and failure is an excellent method of ing of a good courage; be not afraid, proving tine's ec'heme of living, Sabo- neither be thou dismayed. dules cannot be followed to a T; un- expected happenings prevent. But I find a plan of some kind better than none. A PARTY FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE • For invitations, ' cut from yellow cardboard the outline of a large open - face watch (like grand'father's old one). Gut it double, making the fold come et one side, and loop 'a small ring of geld cord through the fold. Over the front of the "watch" paste a smaller circle of white paper and draw upon it the numerals and hands, using black ink. The hands should both point to twelve. Inside write the following verse: When '27 comes te our town, We'd like to ;have you here, So come around next Friday night To greet the brand-new year. On one of the inner sides write your name and address' and on the other write "Came at 9.80 and stay as late as you like:" This admonition is very ,wise, .for if your guests come too early, the time before midnight is likely to drag a bit. For simpler invitations write this "resolution" on correspondence cai`•d's: RESOLVED; That I wiel begin the New Year with a jolly good time from 9,30 p.m. until 12.30 a.m., et the home of Mary Smith. Please sign' on the dotted line and return. With Christmas greens for the background, decorating for the New Year affair will be simple. You can easily give the required touch by cut- Flow of the Stream, ting bells of all sizes from red and "Couldn't they tint, a better name silver cardboard, stringing ,them 011 iar'lise than Flo?" cord and hanging their in festoons "No, slue keeps up a steely stream front doorways,' over windows and of talk." under the pictures, Real belies to be THE CANADIAN I-IOME,MAKEl a� Janes sf oftue,s' ? a'rtict s Z'oueril. PLANNING . BUILDING . FINANCING DECORATING , FURNISHING . GARDENING PY �B t D- H HAVE MERITS TTWOA 15 TO BUILD -BOTH Now that you hteys the site andhave dependied on to 'see that everything is selected the :Digo, th'e..next thing to 'done in the most efficient mariner. gonsiselee is just rape yeti axe to build. There is• no- Inducement for. him to There are two wap e of goring about it. sldlmp ainythbng: I -le will make ' a Fiiist, you can throw' the: rese,onsi= icharge based on coins, plus a percent - batty for the ienntlui s job do the should, age for. pulpit. ere -of a general contractor, with whom True drawback to this siclienpe is that you caw make errengeuisennts to have it Is difficult to estimate what the finial the house built by,a certain date at coast will be, and. it givres rise to the an .agreed-upon total price, ,plus extra tendency •au the ,part of the olreer to charges for any Changes' ibet you'wieh .make ohanpges ae the work,prooeede. made (Inirdng the period of construe- These changes speedily increase the tion. cost, and in the end your hoimo fa like-: 1 'm S�ec'omd, you panes buy the' maten•naTs 1•Y to cost you u mu h c ore t tat u you and employ ilnoy labor, and praotbcally figured. It le true the added cost wID!1 build the ,louse youtself,.with the ad-' almost always represent ridded value vice and' supervlisston of:a building 'eine and convenience; but if your resources tractor, In. this case the contractor ane"smalll'anld the hoose an-isepreten- lIse "nip axe to grind," and he, may be tions ems -etre contract method is usual- ly the best. You get what you -pay for, and you' 11naow in advance just wlta.t the total cost will be, PaSo is Macula xbe made at aegtic intervals11. h' fake o8 eighty' er en �.` ttei t>la o 1 of the value of the work done, The. o'emiaintintg twenty per newt. to be re- taitueduntil thirty-one dive alter that completion of the words t0 esafwguerxl against Liens' far unpaid materials or, labor. Cleans nulst be regtlatercid with- in, thirty days from the eommiletiec. of a contractor's workamd net, more then twenty per cent. of the contract price can be collected from you. Thie thittty-onedays alsotries: you an, opportunity to. thowoughly inspect the work and be satisfied that it has been eacecutesl 'aecording to contract, rung ,at midnight, should be .hung from the chandelier. Brake the clock conspicuous by twin. ing it with •gar:ands, and on each side place •a red candle in a cardboard candlestick shaped ilke an hour -glass. This can be done by turning two cones so the points meet and running three short pieces of cord from base to base to represent the supports. These clan. be built right ever any straight candlestick. Be sure your clock is might to the second. When the guests have all -arrived ask each one for the exact time 'according to his or her watch and according to whether their watches are slow, fast, or just right, tali the owners their fortunes for the coating year. A NEW LEAF. For one game, just before the clock strikes elevens pass around maple leaves cut from green cardboard and numbered. Use light green for the girls and dark green for the boys. As the clock strikes, every one must "turn over a new' leaf and write .a resolution on the back of it. Then the leaves are. passed around and every one tries to guess who wrote the resolutions, writ- ing the numbers on a slip of paper with the names opposite. An appropriate centrepiece for the refreshment table co'ul'd be noade by using a large book, covering the backs with red paper. In the centre insert two leaves of stiff white paper on which, in large letters, write "A Happy New Year" Tim book should bo kept closed: until the guests are seated, and narrow reel ribbone run- ning from its pages to each place should end in tiny red cardboard booklets with the guests' panties writ- tenon them, .and sealed with little Nevi Year seals. Inside colli, be written a good wish for the New Year, or you could use calendars or diaries for favors. If the table is tumid it could he covered with white paper with the faro of a elock drawn on it. The hands could be cut :from black card- board. cardboard cut in the sltaPe of hour-glasees will make clever palace- cards. Cunning 'little favors can be ntacle by dressing tiny dolls in flowing Community Breeding of the Saddle Horse. In organizing the Remount Horse Breeding Station in Frontenac Coen - by, Ontario, the Live Stock Branch, Dept. of Agriculture, at Ottawa, did a good service not only for the farm- • ere of the district but -also for those wh'o desire to buy saddle 'horses. The district served by the Station has pro- duced four clops of half -bred foals from the thoroughbred stallions plac- ed within it by the Dominion Live Stock Branch. At the recent horse show of the Station, held near Ring- ston, about forty head of young stock were exhibited. Although the mares that produced these varied in type and weight, the young stock were of strikingly uniform type, allowing,pro- nounced thoroughbred characteristics and possessed of sufficient weight to make first rate saddle horses. The Show brought out thirteen specimens of the hundred half -bred foals pro- duced in the district this year, beside good classes of yearlings, two -year- olds and three-year-old stock. en.) farmers of the districtarealready receiving attractive prices for their half -bred colts acid it ivill take but a few years to bring 'about se recogni- tion of the district as a source of promising saddle horses: ' The ]read'-,' quarters of the Station is thefour- teen-hundred acre farm of Major Palmer Wright, near Chafley's Locks, who is himself a breeder of consider-' 'ab;e extent. The past two years the stallion "Anener," presented to the Dominion Government by Fling George, has stood in this' neighbor- hood and is leaving a splendid lett of young stock in the district. With the exception of "Anmer" the stallions that have stood for service in this dis- trict were loaned by The Canadian Racing Aseocietison. These stallions have left their mark on the young. stock of the neighborhood in a mark- ed degree. In fact, it was said that the thirty-five colts aired the first year. by one of the stallions from mares of various types and weights were gee much alike as peas. This year the Racing Association owned twelve stale- i'ons, seven of which stpod for service et one or other of the Ontario Breed- ing Stations. The. Association orese serves great credit for the help it is giving to promote the breeding' of high class saddlers end hunters in this provthire. ' robes, adding long white beards of Expensive Touch. I.3rickicye'1 —"I would not tench this Job for Less than $600.' Broparty Owner "Weil, and clow =oh would you charge ,to give the chimney' a frie.ndly'p5at on the back?" cotton, and paper scythes. These rep- resentations of Father Time eou;>d be fastened to paper cups filled with. mite or candy. Serve sandwiches (cut in the shape of clocks, belts and hour -glasses), olives and celery, ice -crease, and nti cake iced in white with the clock dial drawn upon it with a brush dipped in melded cito'oolete•. Also, rich coolrie's (out in the shape of be:i.n), coffee or cocoa -with whipped cream, and cream peppermints. One of our horses 'develo developed the bad habit of pulling at the halter in the stall. Wo put -a slap to it by faeten- -Mg -a small chain across the still just behind the mare, She got so that e tow string would hold cher, If she could just feel. something ,across the stall, thatwas enough, In some clistricts the 'hew says we must tie our doge 'ti 1. y ,at night ;'They get lonesome out in ,a dog -house and run away before sunset if they can. T:ry letting them into the learn with cows; horses end other animals and they will stay emiteeted y. l'ly fatherbad a. big boulder in one. of his meadows. It was too heavy to bo i euied off. By piling a lot of old stomps 'an'd logs en it end hugnin'g thein, lie got the boulder' loot onouglt h i cracked in ver pp' es so that tLte' ai, ki ic, l . , ,,'fir andthen it could be drawl. oft:•plf'-e- meal.