Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1907 — FOR THE HOUSEWIFF [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOR THE HOUSEWIFF

Bouaed Pig*’ Feet. Put the desired number of well eleaned pigs’ feet to a kettle, cover with boiling wa‘er and cook for half an hour. Remove and plunge into cold 'water. Drain and return to* the kettle. Coyer with water and vinegar in equal proportions, adding to each gallon of the liquor a tablespoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, a tablespoonful of whole peppers, a bay leaf, three blades of mace, a tablespoonful of whole peppers, four large onions cut fine and a tablespoonful of thyme tied to a little bag. Cook until the feet ate very tender, remove and pack to a stone jar. Strato the liquor over the feet and when cold cover tightly and keep to a cold place.

Sweet Tomato Pickle. A delicious sweet pickle is prepared to the following way: Put green tomatoes to brine—a cup of salt to a gallon of water—and let them stand twentyfour hours. Then rinse them in cold water. Put them in a kettle and cover with vinegar, adding twice as much sugar as vinegar. Add an ounce of spiced ginger root to every quart of vinegar used and cook the whole for fifteen minutes or until the tomatoes are tender, but not until > they break. Then add an ounce each (to every quart .of vinegar) of cassia buds, cinnamon, whole cloves and whole mace. Let the mixture boll up a minute or two. and it is done.

Treatment of Fainting. Fainting proceeds from different causes, the commonest being a disturbance to the circulation of the blood in the brain. For an ordinary •pell lay the patient flat Great harm has resulted often from the treatment by ignorant people in trying to make • patient sit up or propping up the bead with pillows. To send the blood back from the heart to the brain the flat posture absolutely is necessary. Let the patient lie so the feet are higher than the bead, throw open the clothes about the chest and throat, sponge the face with cold water and give some cold water to drink. The Newest Lunch Box. Those who do not take kindly te shoe boxes, etc., will be Interested in the collapsible lunch box shown in the illustration, the invention of a Massachusetts man. The several sections are hinged at the corners, so that they

can be folded into a small space when necessary. In fact, when the entire box is folded up it can be carried in the pocket. When expanded the box Is carried by a leather strap. The box is made of pasteboard, of wax composition, Insuring the proper keeping of the food within, a distinct advantage over the ordinary box.

The Prodigal’s Return. [ln Hoosier boy dialect.] One time I said an awful word, I really did. An’ paw was angry when he heard. An' so I hid. • An’ they was huntin’ everywhere; An* my, I gave ’em such a scare! Don't be mad, ’cause I didn’t care; I was just a kid. But when it got all dark an’ cold. Why, I was scared; For ’en I wasn’t overbold. An’ ’en I cared. I could see light* dancin’ here an' there, An' they was huntin’ everywhere. An* when they found me, I didn't care If I had sweated. But when maw called me her poor child An' didn't scold. An* paw looked mad, but eOon got mild. ’Cause I was cold. An* maw got clothe*, 'cause mine was wet. For it had rained—why, ’en, you bet I was sorry I sweated, an’ I’m sorry yet, So don’t you scold. —St. Nicholas.

COLLAPSIBLE BOX.