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MAJOR J. F. HANSON--
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WRITES A LETTER ON" THE SUB
TREASURY BILL.
In Reply to a Request from The
Southern Alliance Farmer—He
Gives 'His Views at
Length-
Major J. F. Hanson, of Macon, has
‘SSrUlcn the following letter to .Air. 11. ('.
Brown, of The SofTiimcN Alliance
Farmer:
Macon,Ga., October 4.—H. Brown.
Dear Sir: The presure of private busi
ness engagements prevented an earlier re
ply to yours of September 30th.
Without attempting at this time to no
tice in detail the many social and politi
cal features of interest in the present sit
uation, I will state, very briefly, my im
pression Os the sub-treasury scheme, as
advocated by the Farmers Alliance.
The principal objection urged are:
1. That it it is unconstitutional. 2, That
it is impractical, and 3, That it would
amount to class legislation and paternal
ism combined. Upon the first I
am perfectly clear in my own
mind. The general welfare clause
of the federal constitution was intended
to cover subjects, which in the nature of
the ease, it was impossible to provide for
by specific grants. The framers of the
constitution were doubtless willing to
leave something to the wisdom, discre
tion and patriotism of congress; other
wise, our legislation would have been
•governed by inflexible constitutional
provisions, adopted without regard to
changing conditions, which are always
occurringin progressive countries. It is
absurd to suppose that the ‘-fathers,”
for whom politicians profess so much
reverence, could have foreseen every pos
sible contingency which in the future
would affect the people of the country,
ami hence the legislation demanded by
their interests or necessities. It is not/
unreasonable to suppose it was intended
that congress should be vested with full
discretion to legislate as. it might think
best for tJie promotion of the general
welfare, and hence I believe in the doc
trine that on all questions not affecting
t he personal liberties of the people, con
gress is vested with full powers to act as,
in its wisdom, it deems best; and that tire
adoption of any measure of financial re
lief is constitutional, if congress believes
it will promote the public welfare.
It is both strange and inconsistent that
southern congressmen, who have assist
ed in perpetuating the internal revenue
system, with its bonded warehouses and
government credit features, should con
clude that it would be unconstitutional
for the government to advance money on
cotton, while they maintain that it is
constitutional for the government to ad
vance money on whisky. It is said that
''The amount carried by the government
on whisky is a tax, and this is true; but
as the farmers pay their taxes in cash,
the whisky distillers should be required
to do the same, as legislation under
which the government requires the one
to pay in cash, while it advances the
money with which to pay, to the other,
on three years’ times, without interest,
is class legislation of the most unjust
and pernicious type. If taxes are paya
ble in cash, the deferred payment of
taxes on whisky amounts to a loan, and,
if the government stores whisky for the
distillers, and loans money upon it, it
should stor<- the cotton of the planters,
and lend money upon cotton. Both are
the legitimate industrial products of the
country, and are equally entitled to the
fostering care of the government, or
neither of them is entitled to it.
With reference to the second propose
tion: The practicability of this plan,
there are many difficulties to be met;
and the principal one will be in the adop
tion of a system by which the govern
ment can safely advance n» ney upon
agricultural products, without involving
co much machinery, detail and red tape
as to re„d<-r the system ineffective :u a
measure of relief, bo far 1 have seen but
one suggestion of a plan that seems
practicable, and that is the state sub
treasury pl,.n, proposed by “Georgi-iu.”
This necessitates the use of the‘national
banks as auxiliaries, and, at this point,
conflicts with the Alliance plan of doing
away with the national bans:. I do not
entertain a feeling of opposition to the
national bunks, or the so-called money
power displayed by the Alliance, and
hence find no difficulty at this point; and
as the opposition of the Alliance to the
national banks, and capitalists generally
is based upon what I conceive to be er
roneous assumptions, with refeirence to
the advantages which one has derived
from the enhanced value of government
bonds, and the general depravity of the
other, fair discussion of these poi its will
reconcile the Alliance to this plan, if it
is found to be practicable
It is not the fault of the national banks
that government bonds are selling at a
large premium. On the contrary, the
financial support derived from the na
tioial banks, from their inception to the
present, has largely assisted the govern
ment in establishing the high credit it
now enjoys. This has resulted in great
benefit to the people in the refunding of
the national debt at reduced rates of in
terest, thereby reducing public expendi
tures and public burdens. The national
banks have assisted the government at
everv st«p in refunding its maturing
bonds into issues bearing lower rates of
interest, and by this policy have assisted
in consumating the most successful pol
icy of public finance known in the his
tory of the world.
If benefits have accrued to the banks
as government creditors, it is better for
us all than if their confidence in the gov
ernment has resulted in mistaken and
profitless investments. If they are not
entitled to any consideration at the hands
of the public it is a fact that the Alli
ance cannot safely ignore, that neither
governments nor individuals in public or
private financial affairs are independent
of, or can escape the power and influence
of capital. In its various forms it con
stitutes the world's reserve force. Its
preservation and increase depends upon
our development, progress and prosper
ity. For this reason it cannot afford to
bo oppressive. As a large borrower of
money, I can testify that the bankers of
Wall street have never failed to assist
me in a crisis. I have found the dispo
sition always to do all they could, and
recently, when money was lending tor
one-half of one per cent a day for specu
lation, the regular legitimate customers
of the national banks of Wall street were
accomodated with liberal loans at 6 per
cent interest,
I know of m*ny cases were money was
Obtained at this rate, and have heard of
SOUTHERN ALLIANCE FARMER. ATLANTA, GA., OCTOBER 14, 1890.
F? A jSTjST ITW
Piedmont Exposition!
Opens Wednesday, October 15. Gloses Saturday, November Ist.
Will be the Grandest Exposition Ever Held in the South.
There will be exhibits of ever/ oduetof the field from every Southern state, a wall as minerals and evpry t oHe.tion that was ever seen at
any Exposition in the world wi w be the largest display of machinery of every kind ever shown in the south Muy o; rhe largest machinery
men of the country have already sdoaki, for space to exhibit their machinery. There will be the largest exni'iit >»r tine sb»?k that any Southern
Exposition has ever had. There are large prizes offered for tine stock, which will bring them from all over the country. Some of the largest stock
men of the North already entered in addition to its* being the
Greatest Agricultural, Mineral and Stock Show Ever Seen in the South,
THERE WILL BE' THE FASTEST HOR.SES IN THE COUNTRY
HERE, AND THE RACING WILL BE UNEXCELLED
Alliance Week, from October 27th to November Ist.
Cotton Bagging Weddings, Beautiful, Elegant and Refined Brides, Handsome Grooms.
The Presidents of all the State Alliances of the United States
Are Invited, and Nearlyall Have Agreed to Come;
Ther* will be speeches from »he most distinguished Ayiancenien of he various states, and there will be two speakers sands so all the people
can hear. The infoim »tion gained by hearing these speeches will be very great. The great issues o: the da,< will be ably discussed. Come and hear.
Address CHARLES ARNOLD JAS. R. WYLIE
Secretary. President.
’ 7ATL7AJSTTJV, / - - - - GEORGIA.
Write for catalogue and premium List, and mention this paper when you wrise.
none were a higher rate was cltargeil.
This much is said an defense of the na
tional banks because it is just, aud be
cause the scheme of “Georgian” makes
them essential to its successful execution.
Not on this,’ but the support of the capi
talists of the country will be necessary
to make this or any other sub-ti<easury
scheme successful. The United States
treasury, with all its power, cannot de
stroy the capital of the banks. It may
destroy public confluence in the stability
of government issues of money, drive
the capital of the banks from
circulation, , aad even from the
country, but this capital will be preserv
ed and employed elsewhere. We can
neither afford its withdrawal from busi
ness, nor the sending of it abroad. ‘l'here
.is no disposition upon the part of the
owners to do either. On the contrary,
they are ready to promote every legiti
mate branch of business, to foster and
protect all interests, and upon any
scheme for the assistance of agriculture
that is reasonable and safe we can count
upon their help.
If the Alliance can overcome its preju
dice to the national banks and the mon
ey power far enough to enlist their assist
ance, the difficulties, even under “Geor
gian's” plan, will still be great, and the
outcome disappointing to many Alliance
men, who suppose that the prices of
August and September cotton, when the
staple is scarce and under the control of
speculation, will be maintained through
the later months when the crop is mov
ing freely. The outside world is as well
informed about growing crops and sup
plies as the farmers are, aad the storage
of cotton will not make the supply of
cotton less.
If, under a combination of the farmers,
the crop is held back, spinners will com
bine aud shut, down their mills. Suspen
sion of spinning for thirty days in the
year will necessitate the marketing of a
twelve months’ supply of cotton during
eleven months of consumption. The de
mand will be reduced one-twelfth, and
the price at which 8 per cent of surplus
must be marketed will determine the
value of the whole crop. I make this
statement to show that it will be impos
sible, with full crops, to force cotton to
an abnormal price and maintain this
price. Sooner or later it will find its
normal value and sell for it, and there is
nJ way to prevent it.
It is also true that at the time when
money is scarce—in the autumn—cotton,
as a rule, is high. The plan of storing
the cotton in government warehouses
when it is high, and holding it on a de
clining market, would not prove profit
able if, as I have suggestdd, the spin
ners cannot pay the average August
prices for cotton, and spin it for a profit
The advantage of any scheme involving
government advances would be found in
cheaper money to carry the bulk of the
crop during the late fall and winter, and
even summer months, which would re
sult in marketing the crop in eight, ten
or twelve months, instead of five or six,
as at present. It cannot be doubted
that this policy would result in more reg
ular prices, but it is questionable if the
demand from spinners during the early
fall and winter months would not be re
duced, in view of ensured suyplies later
on. If so we might see a steadier and
more regular market, without higher
average prices.
There are other and important consid
erations in a business discussion of this
question, of which want of time prevents
notice at present. The foregoing is
stated as suggestive of the contingencies
which may, and no doubt will, arise in
the future determination of the value of
this scheme for accomplishing the pur
pose for which it is intended, if pru
dential, they are nevertheless friendly,
because it is important in every known
undertaking to consider the difficulties
attending it.
The third proposition, witß reference
to “class legislation” and “paternalism,"
is the most trivial, inconsistent and non
sensical of all, as embodying the oppo
sition of the anti-Alllance party to the
sub-treasury scheme. IVe have but little
legislation, state or federal, which, by
distorted reasoning, might not be called
class legislation. Besides, thia country
has outgrown the idea that every great
industry antagonizes all others; or to
put it appropriately to this section, that
everybody lives on the farmer, and is op
posed to and against him It is one of
the amusing and no less inconsistent
features of the present political situa
tion, that the same men who have
taught the farmer this pernicious doc
trine, should now oppose his efforts t >
get something for himself, while every
thing is going, by telling him that such
legislation, as he asks for, is “class leg
islation.” It should wake him up by
the manner in which he has been toyed
with by demagogues and politicians,who
have heretofore failed todo anything lor
him, and now refuses to support the
measures of relief he has brought for
ward for himself. If he is wrong in his
assumptions in reference to the burdeus
he is bearing, and the manner in which
he has been neglected, his political tu
tors are responsible for his error, and I
mistake the signs of the times if he has
not made up his mind to dismiss them,
and look after his own affairs for
awhile.
All governments are essentially pater
nal. A nation is but a large family.
Mankind establish governments, and
r urren lor to them private rights, and
the exeicise of private functions and
privileges for mutual protection, and
the promotion of mutual interests, be
cause these ends can better be accomp
lished by government representing them
than by each Individual acting for him
self. Human happiness depends upon
human prosperity, and hence the promo
tion of the latter not only involves the
highest functions of government, but
the m ost imperative duty. If the sub
treasury bill would amountto ilass leg
islation {which I do not admit), congress
might well afford to pass is, if it will
promote, in »|large degree, the interests
of the farmers, who constitute a large
portion of the great family of the coun
try. If it is not class legislation, by
reason (as I contend) of the mutual de
pendence of every class upon all others,
and if this will bring enlarged prosper
ity to this already prosperous class of
our people, I can see no reason whv we
should not try it. If itis class legisla
tion in the sense in which a great deal of
our legislation is class legislation, and
will prove beneficial to the farmers, I do
not object to it on this ground. If it
will help them it will help all ether
classes, and hence, as it can be tried
without danger, I hope it will pass dur
ing the next session of congress.
Yours truly,
J. F. Hanson.
Woods Academy F. A., No. 644, Crawford
County, Ga.
Mr. Editor, we presume that it lias
been quite a while since you heard any
thing from this grand old lodge, hence
we take the liberty of giving a few dots.
In time past we had some trouble in
our lodge of a local nature; but we think
that was caused by having a very large
and unwieldy lodge, consequently our
lodge was divided, and since then our
lodge has been at perfect peace one with
the other. Our lodge is composed of
some of the most substantial men in the
county, and is in a prosperous and grow
ing condition.
The senatorial question is being agi
tated here to a considerable erftent. Not
by anyone, however, but a little news
paper called the Crawford County Her
ald, which is booming Gordon and ridi
culing Macune as though it were a life
and death case. But all this bluster is
no good, the Alliance of this counts
compose the greater portion of the vot
ing population, and it has long since
passed resolutions indorsing the sub
treasury bill. It has also placed its can
didate in the field (and he will be elected
to support the principles
of our order.
Gen. Gordon has said that he could
not support the sub-treasury bill if it
cost him forty elections. Os course our
representative, W. J. McAfee, being
pledged to support the principles of our
order, cannot support Gen. Gordon. Not
because we don’t love our old war horse
but because we think him a little off at
this time in regard to the good of the
country at large.
If nothing will do our grand old hero
but to be supported at the public teat,
let him come dow’n in good old Crawford
and lots of his old war boys will help
him to the highest position that an
American citizen ever aspired to that
uX a pdvat? citizen,
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Concerning the Approaching
Primary.
JUDGE TANNER’S STRONG IN
DORSEMENT.
The Clerk of the Superior Court and
the Tt»x. Collector Have
No Opposition.
From the Atlanta Journal.
About the clpef topic of conversation
now is the approaching democratic pri
mary for the nomination of county offi
cers, which takes place on the' 14th*of
this month.
Judge Tanner has no opposition for
the clerkship of the superior court, and
this fact is being commented upon to
Judge Tanner’s credit. The lawyers who
have most dealings with court house
officials are unanimously of the opinion
• that Judge Tanner has made a most effi
cient clerk.
Colonel T. I’. Westmoreland says: “I
think Judge Tanner’s administration as
clerk has been highly successful. He
has everything in his office carefully ar
ranged and a good list of co-workers
around him. He has undoubtedly made
an excellent clerk, and I think his admin
istration proved entirely satisfactory to
the bar of the city.”
Judge James A. Anderson says: “I do
not desire to commit myself to any one
candidate, but I feel no hesitancy in say
ing that J believe Judge Tanner lias
made a most excellent clerk. I have
heard no complaint among the attorneys
about the manner in which he has man
aged the office, and I think he has made
tlie county a good officer.”
Mr. James Mason says: “I know of
no clerk who has given the attorneys
more general satisfaction, who is a more
genial, gentlemanly and efficient officer
than Judge Tanner. 1 think it would be
a misfortune to the county should Tanner
be defeated. He is an excellent officer,
and in my opinion should be re-elected.”
Mr. John M. Slaton says: “I think
the systematic manner in which Judge
Tanner has managed and kept his office
deserves the hearty approbation of all our
attorneys. He is an affable and pleasant
gentleman and a fine clerk, and I heart
ily favor his re-electibn.”
Mr. Charles A. Read says: “I think
that Judge Tanner’s administaation as
clerk has been highly satisfactory. I
have occasion to be in the clerks office
very frequently, examining land titles
and I always find things arranged sys
tematically and neatly. I have experi
enced no trouble in always finding papers
in their places.
“Judge Tanner has always shown an
accommodating spirit, and, although I
supported Judge Strong in the lastfelec
tion, because I thought that as he was
already in the office, he should be al
lowed to remain. I feel no hesitancy in
saying that Judge Tanner has made a
moat excellent clerk.*'
Messrs. Arnold & Son say: with
out committing ourselves to any
one candidate, we do not hes
itate to say that J udge . Tanner
is a good clerk. He has conducted the
office in a most eatifactory manner, and
is a courteous and efficient officer.”
These are a few of the expressions
picked up at random, and they clearly
indicate that Judge Tanner’s services
have been acceptable, and such being
the case it is the right order of things
that he goes before the people with no
opposition.
ALLIANCE HOME.
A TEAFEDY,
A soft breasted bird from the sea
Fell in love with the light-nouse flame:
And it wheeled 'roui.d the tower on its airiest
wing,
And floated and diti d like a lovelorn thing;
It brjoded >H day. and it 11 it ered all night,
Butcould win no look from the ste -.dl'nst light.
For the tlan e had its heart afar—
Afar with lie thins at t-ea;
It was thinking of oliildren i-no waiting wive.',
And darkness and dang, r to sail- rs’ lives
Rill the bird had its tender bosom praised
On the gla- when' at last ir dashed it- breast.
The lie-lit only dii-keied, the brighter to glow;
But the bird lay dead on the rooks below.
John Boyle O’Rielly.
I have a friend who is my ideal “per
fect woman, nobly planned.” She is in
telligent and unassuming,' full of noble
candor and a sweet and gracious charity
that makes her the most endearing oi
women. She has jolly sunshiny ways,
and yet her big heart overflows with
that indisicriminating kindliness that
counts it- a pivilege to nurse a wounded
criminal or an ailing beggar by the way
side. She is universally beloved, and of
course seems a happy woman whose lives
have fallen in uncommonly pleasant pla
ces. In a moment of idle questioning!
asked her one day, “‘is there anything
in your life that you would like to for
get? You always seem so happy that I
often wonder ifyouknow what lit is to
remember sorrowful things?”
She turned a pair of startled eyes to
me and her faced whitened with positive
pain as she laid her hand on mine and
quoted softly ‘ earh heart knoweth its
own sorrow, yes,” after a moments hesi
tation “yes, there are few women to
whom hope is a brighter beacon, or to
whom existence offers greater compen
sation, but oft-times 1 would give a
king's ransom to be able to forget, first:
That 1 was ever poor, for with my acces
sion to this glorious state, my multitude
of friends vanished as mysteriously as
though fleeing from a pestilence. In the
years that followed, years of toil, trial,
and misfortune they never came
near; even when my beautiful dead baby
lay in her simple little casket, but one or
two remembered and come to comfort.
One never forgets such things! And the
knowledge that ones best and most
agreeable friends are not warranted to
keep except under fair-weather flags is
humiliating and utterly unforgetable
once you have learned it!
The bitterness of those old days re
mains now to remind me that the world’s
social favor comes only with actual own.
ership of property and is not transfera
ble exc .pt in fee simple with landed es
state, gold, stocks, bonds and mort
gages.”
“I would like to forget too,” she con
tinued, “that there is one woman who,
entirely (unprovoked, cherishes a grudge
against me that I am in no wise response
ble for, and which could be obliterated
v< ith my life. We meet of ten,al ways speak
pleasantly, and I do not dislike her,
though I know that she hates me and
has cruelly persecuted me for years,
by slily sowing seeds of dislike and dis
trust in the minds and hearts of those
who would naturally like me. Do you
think I can ever feel fully at ease while
I am so conscious of that one woman’s
unconquerable dislike slowly spreading
its poison? No indeed; we cannot shut
the doors behind us on facts like these.
We simply learn to endure. Do you
know the old couplet:
‘ The world is Urge when its weary leagues two
loving hearts divide;
But your world is small when your enemy is
loose on the other si ds.
There are 27,000 men in New York,
according to carefully collected statis
tics, who are supported by their wives—
men who vote and women who pay! And
yet this is a free representative govern
ment where tde liberty of Uhe least is
the concern of the greatest!
Chicago has a woman who shows what
women may accemplish in this country.
She is Miss Amanda T. Jones, and she
has invented a new process of canning
By it can be preserved fruit, vegetables >
and oysters without cooking and with
out the use of chemicals. The whole
history of the invention is interesting.
Having once become possessed by the
idea that such a process could be found,
Miss Jones experimented for several
years with almost no means by which to
carry out her ideas. She finally sought
the co-operation of Leroy C. Cooley, of
Vassar College, who pronounced her
ideas very reasonable, and together
they have worked out a process of can
ning without cooking, the search for
which has baffled the wits of many ex
pert preservers of cooked foods. At
this point Miss Jones had her invention
on her hands, but no funds. She refus
ed to bargain for her invention with
capitalists, preferring if she could so do,
to turn her invention for the benefit of
women. She desired to form a company
of women with the idea that women
employes should be preferred, and that
the company from its inception should
be pledged to protect and fairly remu
nerate its employes. After awhile Mrs.
Eliza W. Bowman, who is connected
with several public enterprises in Chica
go, especially with those helpful to
women and children, persuaded her to
allow the subject to be presented to the
women's press association of that city.
This was done and led to an application
for license to form an American Wom
an’s Canning company. The license has
just been granted, the incorporators
being Amanda T. Jones, Mary Allen
West, Helen L. Hood, Frances A. Conant,
and Eliza W. Bowman. The objects of
the corporation are to acquire the right
to can uncooked fruits, grape juice as a
substitute for wine, fruit syrups, oyst
ers, etc. Also to put up the lighter
meats, tongues, poultry, game and other
goods by her improved process for can
ning cooked food.—The Trades Journal.
Only from day to day
The life of a wise man runs;
What matter it seasons far away
Have glooms or double suns!
Like a sawyer’s work is life;
The present makes the flaw,
And the only field for strife
Is the inch hefore the saw.
‘‘Hcusewifely Bits.”
If a t.iblespooniui ut ke iHene is put
into lour qua'ts .if tepid w.c ,-i id this
used iu Wusliii g w indows minors,
instead of pure water. in-re ".1 remain
upon the ckauen surface .. polish no
amount of mere irii tnm . . g ve.
if a il-uiuel civ! i uippi d ; Kerosene,
when rung drj, be us< I . nig off
dirty finger mains from p • the. grate
ful housekeeper will ret experi-
ment often.
To’clean and brighter, i ... .indcop
' pet. w ring out,i piece <«: i- riiniiel tn
keioscue, ami wiih this .q-; I'ii’z pom
ade to the tarnished is: When
well coated, rub hard w:' ; in- n,aiid
polish with dry flannel. The result
leaves nothing to be desud. The shin
ing brasses oi i-• .comotives :.nd ferry
boats are cleaned iu this muoxier.
For grease and milk and spots on
furniture, rub the place we with cold
water, then polish with soft, linen. Save
ola napkins and pillow cases Jtr such
work.
For white spots left upon polished fur
niture by scalding water, tea or coffee,
rub hard with kerosene, then polish
with dry, soft flannel.
For a burn or scald have oa band a
mixture of linseed oil and lime-water in
equal parts, and keep the scald covered
with linen steeped in this, changing as
it heats. If you have not the mixture
by you, hastily knead together a table
spoonful of wood soot (that Homa coal
fire will not do) with two tablespoonfuls
of lard, until vou have a smooth salve.
Apply to the scald and keep it on until
the burning is allayed. The remedy is
black, marvelously efficacious inlhecase
of burns and scalds. A teaspoonfill of
soda stirred to a cream in four tea
spoonsful of molasses is another homely
but good application: also a- oating of
flour and cream,or dry tlonr alone. None
of these, however, equal the linseed-oil
and-lime-water, unless it be the lard and
soot.
For hives in children, rub the irritated
skin or the pustules with as tor-oil, ap
plied with the tip of the Linger. Baby
will pass from fretting to slumber while
the process is going on, the relief will be
s,. great aud quick.
For inflamed eyes, bumped heads and
sprained ankles, use abundantly water
hot as can be oorne.
Marion Haklunu.
We will trust God. The blank interstices
Men take lor ruins. He will build into
With pillared marbles rare, or knit across
With generous arches till the sane’s com
plete.
LITCHEN CONFERENCE.
I
’ The Proof of the Pudding is in the
Eating.
’ The cook who knows flow to com
. pound good soda-biscuit mixture has a
. foundation for a number of delicious
puddings, either steamed cr baked,
which are a wholesome substitute for
■ the average pie, the so-called American
dessert.
The rule for this is a heaping tea
spoonful of good baking powder to a
1 pint of Hour, one generouu labltspoon
’ ful of butter rubbed into it, salt, and
milk enough to make a soft duiigh. The
I materials must be of the best, Ihe work
done quickly, and the oven of proper
■ temperat ire. If for a steamed pudding,
the water must be boiling hard when it
goes in. By ebserving these conditions
a pudding made in thiu way will be
light and digestible, instead oi the sod
den mass so often served. Too much
liquid will otten injure ac otherwise
perfect dough, as the juice comes to the
surface, covers the paste and keeps it
from rising as much as it otherwise
would In using canned fruits a good
way is to heat most of the juice, in a
separate saucepan, and to pour it over
the pudding just as it gets to the
table.
A peach pudding made <xf fresh or
canned fruit is delicious. For this is
required about two-thirds ol a can of
fruit, and dough made as directed. Put
the peaches with a little of the juice in
a round tin mould, a cake mould if not
too large will do. Drop the dough over
the top in spoonfuls, and set in a steam
er over a kettle of fast boiling water.
Cover closely and cook one hour. This
should turn out without breaking,
w lieu the peaches will be on top. Serve
with a sauce made of a scant half cup of
butter rubbed to a cream, one cup of
powdered sugar, and a yolk of one egg
beaten very light, and a quarter of a
cup of wine stirred in at the last. This
sauce should be soft but not liquid. If
wine is not liked, the whole egg may be
used and any flavoring preferred.
Canned or fresh cherries (stoned),
blackberries or huckleberries, may be
used in the same way, and cranberries
with their pleasant tartness are particu
larly nice. In our household a black
berry pudding is so much liked that a
great many berries are canned especial
ly for use in winter.
Strawberry short-cake is made of this
same mixture, and cutters eleven or
twelve inches in circumferences are now
sold in the hardware shops, which will
cut a cake sufficiently large for one por
tion. These should be split and butter
ed when they come from the oven, the
sugared berries put between and all
neatly arranged on a plater. When serv
ed a little cream may be poured on each
plate. Raspberries make a good short
cake, as do also peaches; but to be per
fect the cake should always be served
with cream.
Biscuit dough made as directed but
doubling the quanties;with a scant quart
of huckleberries stirred in the last,
makes a delicious dessert. This should
be baked on round tin, and sent to the
table hot. It may be cutin sections like
a pie, each person splitting his own
piece, and eating it with butter and
powdered sugar this cake is also nice
for breakfast.
No more wholesome dessert can be
made than “pop-overs,” if they are ligth
and well baked, and it is one which is
almost universally liked. A good pro
portion for these four eggs, two cups of
milk, two cups of flour, and salt. They
should be baked in small earjbernware
cups, which are sold for the purpose,
and the oven must be of mod*ate tem
perature. If of large size, thee-quarters
of an hour will be required to bake them.
Triplett Alliance, No. 13tO.
We, the Triplett Alliance, condemn
General John B. Gordon’s position on
the sub-treasury bill; and earnestly
recommend our representatives to use
their influence to defeat him for the
United States senate; and to cast their
votes for T. M. Norwood.
L. W. Latimbk, W. F. Fanning,
Brest. Seo’y.
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