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UsEFUL AND RELIABLE REciPES.

PRESE NT ED TO THE PATRO NS OF THE

DANBURY FAIR,
BY
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THE MERCHANTS OF DANBURY.
OCTOBER 2, 1888.

0 . .!. DORliAX, PRI.XTER .!.~"'D BOOK· BIXDER

ISSS.

HULL & ROGERS,
LEADING

STOVES, RANGES, FURNACES,

CROCKERY
Cutlery, Hardware. Farming Tools.
CARRIAGE MATERIAL,

FURNITURE,
CARPETS, CURTAINS, OIL CLOTH.

UPHOLSTERING AND CABINET MAKING,
PLUMBING :A:ND TIN W oR K.

EVERY DEP A RT:NIE-:\T COMPLETE.

Houses Furnished Throughout
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BY-

HULL & ROGERS,
181 &; 183 .Z..fain St-r eet,

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DANBURr, CONN.

USEFUL RECIPES.
VEAL SCALLOP. - Chop some cold roast or stewed veal
very fine, put a layer in the bottom of a buttered pudding-dish, and season with pepper and salt. Next have a layer of
-finely-powdered crackers ; stew some bits of butter upon it,
.and wet with a little milk ; then more veal, seasoned as before, and another round of cracker-crumbs, with butter and
milk. When the dish is full, wet well with gravy or broth
-diluted with warm water. Spread over all a thick layer of
-crackers seasoned with salt ; wet into a paste with milk and
bound with a beaten egg or two. If the dish be large, stick
butter-bits thickly over it; invert a tin pan so as to cover all
and keep in the steam, and bake, if small, half an hour- three·quarters will suffice for a large dish ; remove the cover ten "
minutes before it is served, and brown.
This simple and economical dish should be an acquaintance
·with all who are fond of veal in any shape. Children gener:ally like it exceedingly, and I have heard more than one gentleman of excellent judgment in culinary affairs declare that
the best thing he knew about roast veal was that it was the
'harbinger of scallop on the second day. Try it, and do not
_get it too dry.
LEMON CUSTARD PIE. - Grate the rind and squeeze
·the juice of two lemons, two cups sugar, three cups water,
·two eggs, two tablespoonfuls corn starch. l\lix the corn starch
with a little of the water cold, add the remainder of the
water boiling. Boil two or three minutes, stirring, then add
--one tablespoonful butter, the sugar and lemon, and two wellbeaten eggs. This is sufficient quantity for oue pie. Bake
-with over-crust.

L. S. BENEDICT & SON,
DEALERS IN ALL GRADES OF

Fl~E

Oolong, Japan, Gunpowder and English Breakfast

TEAS,
Old Government java, Royal Mocha,

Maracaibo and

Rio Coffees,

STRIC'fl.Y PURE SPICES.
Carefully selected from the best stock.
Canned :Meats, Fish, Fowl,_
Fruits and Vegetables of every kind, in glass and tin. Potted
and Deviled Meats, Preserved and Brandy Fruits from
all climates.
Jellies, Fruit Syrups, Marmalades, Jams, Table Delicacies of
- every de:;cription.-

CAPERS, OLIVES, TABLE SAUCES, SALAD DRESSING;.
:Mince-Meat in glass, Plum Pudding in tin, finest Salad Oil, choice
French Sardines put up in the best of Olive Oil, Huckin's and choicest
French coup, Pickles in glass Walnut and Tomato Catsup, Flavoring
Extracts of the highest grade.

FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUITS
of every kind in season both fresh and dried. Nuts of all kinds. Best
Bread anti Pastry Flour. Farinaceous Goods of every description.

Sperry & Barnes' Hams and Boneless Bacon.
Choice imported and domestic Cheese.
Butter.

Finest Creamery and Dairy·

Fancy and Staple Groceries of Every Description.
193 Main St. (near the Monument),

DANBURY, CONN.

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MINCE l\IEAT FOR SIXTY PIES. - Ten pounds of
meat, three pound s of suet, six pounds of raisim, three pounds
-of citron, two pounds of currants, eight pounds of apples, one
and one-half quarts of brandy, one ounce of nutmeg, one and
-one-half quarts of wine, two ounces of cinnamon, two qua rts
-of cider, orie -half ounce of cloves, four gills of rose water,
eight pounds of brown sugar.
NEWPORT CAKE.- One and one-half pints of flour, onehalf lmpful of melted butter, one-half cupful of sugar, one
-coffee cup of milk, two teaspoonfuls of cream tartar, one teaspoonful of soda, two eggs.

A LA MODE BEEF.- If the weather is cool, keep the
·beef a week or ten days before cooking. Cut holes for the
stuffing the day before you cook it. Take a piece of lean
beef, two-thirds of the quantity of salt pork, and chop them
together un til quite fine ; grate bread crumbs, season them
. with cayenne, salt, cloves, sweet herbs, and mix well together
· with eggs ; this forms the stuffing. '.rie up in handsome form,
fry some pieces of salt pork in lard ; add to this one gill of
water and a pint of port wine (claret will answer,) do it over
.a slow fire three hours. If it is a large piece, strew the round
-over with flour, and brown before sending it to the table. Be
sure to set the stuffed side up on the table.
· LEMON PIE. - Two lemons, three cupfuls of sugar, three
-cupfuls of water, one cupful of flour, one egg, pieee of butter
the size of an egg ; grate the rind of the lemons; add
the juice; beat all together. For three pies.
CHOCOLATE PUDDING. -Scald three pint~ milk; grated
-chocolate to suit the taste; with the chocolate mix a little
-corn starch; remove from the fire; let stand about fifteen min .u tes; six e~ms; remove the whites from three; beat the three
whole eggs and three half ones ; stir in with milk and chocolate; piece of butter size of a hickorynut; sweeten and flavor
with vanilla; bake in a deep dish. For covering it after it is
baked, the three whites beaten to a froth, three tablespoonfuls sugar; set in oven to bro\\·n.

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Photographic Studio
The New National Bank Building,
on Main Street, next door to the Library Building.
The services of
MR. E. S. ni. HAINES. (one ,,f the best dry plate operators in the
State) has been secured, also the

LATEST NOVEL TIES OF THE ART,
with the anticipation if possibl e, of producing better work than ever.
Call and examine our work.

1olsom's,
DANBURY, CONN.

GEORGE R. STEVENS,·
(Successor to H. M. ROBINSON,)

189 Main Street,

Opp. Soldiers' Monument,

DANBURY.

PICTURES) FRAMES).
Art and Fancy Goods, Artists' Materials, Stationery,
Books, Albums, Pocket-Books, Etc.
lll3.ir We have the largest line of Bibles in Dan bury. Ask to see the
Bagster Reference Bible, also the T eacher's Comprehensive. (Mention
this book\

BAKED OR ROAST PIG.-A pig fo r roasting or baking
should be small and fat. Take out the inwards, and cut off
the first joint of the feet, and boil them till tender ; then chop
them. Prepare a dressing of bread soaked soft, the water
squeezed out, and the bread mash ed fin e ; season it with salt,
pepper and sweet herbs, add a little butter, and fill the pig
with the dressing. Rub a littl e butter on the outside of the
pig, to prevent its blistering. Bake or roast it from two
hours and a half to three hours. The pan that the pig Is
baked in should have a little water put in it. When cooked,
take out a little of the dressing and gravy from the pan, mix
it with the chopped inwards and feet, put in a litt.le butter,
pepper, and salt, and use this for a sauce to the pig ; expose
the pig to the open air two or three minutes before it is put
on the table, to make it crispy.
MINCE PIE- \VITHOUT MEAT OR APPLEs.-Three rolled
crackers, one cupful of molasses, one cupful of boiling water,
one-half cupful of butter, one-half cupful of boiled cider or
vinegar, one teaspoonful of allspice, one and one-half teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, one teaspoonful of cloves, one nutmeg
grated, one teacupful of raisins, two eggs, one cupful of
sugar. For three pies.
ORANGE PUDDING. - One quart of milk, two eggs, two
tablespoonfuls corn starch, four tablespoonfuls of sugar; wet
corn starch with cold milk and stir into boiling milk; beat
eggs and sugar together; dip a few teaspoonfuls of milk into
beaten eggs and sugar, then add slowly to boiling mil_k; let it
boil two minutes, then pour over sliced oranges, sprinkled
with sugar, in bottom of pudding dish; set in pan of ice-water
to cool; beat whites of two eggs, pour over top, and brown
slightly in !)Ven.
NEW ENGLAND JOHNNY CAKE.- Take one quart
of butter-milk, one teacupful of flour, two-thirds teacupful
of molasses, a little salt, one teaspoonful of saleratus, one egg
{beat, of course) ; then stir in Indian meal, but be sure and
not put in too much ; leave it so thin that it will almost run.
Bake in tins in a quick oven.

TAYLOR & CRAWFORD,
House, Sign and Decorative

PAINTERS.
DEALERS I:S

WALL PAPERS,
PAinTs, OIL$, VARDI$5€$,
BR USHES, GL ASS, ETC.,
-Al\D-

Johnson's _Dry -Sized K_alsornine.
No. 196 N ~ IN STReeT ,

TO FRIZZLE BEEF. -Take beef that is fresh smoked
:and tender, sh ave it off thin, put it in a ste\1- pan, with wate r
-enough to cover it- let it stew ten or fifteen minutes. Three
·Or four minutes before it is taken up, mix a little flour and
water together, and stir in, to thicken the water; ad Ll a little
butter and pepper. This makes a good dish for breakfast·eggs are _a nice accompaniment to it.
LEMON PIE- YERY KICE.-Three cupfuls of pulverized
-.sugar, tl;n ee-quarters cupful of butte r, ten eggs; beat the
whites separately ; four large lemons ; grate the outside of
-the peel, adding the juice, butter and sugar, rubbed together;
then add tbe yolks; then the whites of the eggs; then the
lemon juice ; then the grated lemon peel ; then bake with a
-.striped crust.
NUT CAKE. - One cupful of hickory nuts, one egg, one
-tablespoonful of flour, one cupful of sugar; drop in a
·buttered tin, and bake in a. slow oven.
POOR MAN'S PUDDING.-One cup of suet, chopped
-fine, one cup of raisins, one cup of molasses, one cup of milk,
fonr cups of flour, one teaspoonful of salt; add a. little cinnamon and cloves and an even teaspoonful of soda; boil three
.and one-half hours.
POTATO PIE.- One-quarter pound of mashed potatoes,
one pint of milk, three tablespoonfuls of butter, four eggs,
-one wineglassful of wine ; sugar to the taste.
DUCKS are good stewed like pigeons, or roasted. 'l~wo or
· -three onions in the dressing of wild ducks takes out the fishy
"taste they are apt to have. If ducks or any other fowls are
slightly injured by being kept too long, dip them in weak
·saleratus water before cooking them .
ALMOND CAKE.- Two cupfuls of sugar, two-thirds
-cupful of butter, four cupfuls of flour, one cupful of milk, one
teaspoonful of cream of tartar in the. butter and sngar. O!lehalf teaspoonful of soda in the milk, two teaspoonfuls extract
-of bitter almonds, two eggs.

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REED & CO.
ARE

OF DANBURY.
ELASTI C ST UC KI::\' GS made of Silk, Linen or T hr ead, to OJ d er.
F ull line of TRU SSES kept in stock , and fitte:l, if w i shed, at no
extrveil-beaten eggs, half a cup of milk, and a teaspoonful of
salt ; drop in hot lard or fat.
CORN FRITTERS.- One teacupful of milk, three eggs,
one pint sweet corn grated (beat the eggs, whites ;.m d yolks
separately); to the yolks add corn, milk and flour enough to
make a thick batter, then stir in the whites .
APPLE PUDDING.- Eight spoonfuls of wine, twelve
spoonfuls of stewed apple, twelve spoonfuls of melted butter,
eight eggs, th e juice of one lemon, the peel of two lemons,
grated ; sugar to your taste.

F. L. WILSON
26r Main Street_panbury, Conn.

Diamon-ds
'
Watches,
Jewelf)r,
SILVERWARE.
Optical goods 21nd Wedding Presents a ~pecialty.
BRASS GOODS.

ART PORCELAIN.

PICTURES AND FRAMES.

~Special attention given to Fine Repairin~· of
Chl"onometers, Watches and Jewelry.

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PICKLED CAFLIFLO\VER.- Takc s1x heads of cauliflower, one gallon of vinegar, one pound of mustard, one cup
of sugar, one cup of flour, one tablespoonful of ground
mixed spices, three red peppers chopped fine; bring all to
a scald, and turn over the cauliflower (first breaking up the
cauliflower in convenient pieces for bottling, and placing in
salt and water over night) in the morning drain thoroughly,
and cook partly done in milk and water, when it is ready for
the above dressing.
CORN P ATTIES. - Eighteen ears of corn grated or cut
very fine, add three eggs well beaten, four tablespoonful~ of
flour; cook in pari butter and part lard (only lard enough to
keep the butter from burning) . Add little salt. Cook on
griddle.
SODA POUND CAKE. - One-quarter pound of butter,
-one pound of sugar, one pound of flour, one-half pint of milk,
four eggs beaten separately, two teaspoonfuls of cream tartar,
-ne te~spoonful of soda, nutmeg.
POUND CAKE.- One pound of butter, ten eggs, nutmeg
.and lemon, one-half glass of brandy, one pound of sugar, one
pound of flour. Bake one hour.
CURRANT AND GOOSEBERRY PIE.- Currants and
_goosd)erries are the best for pies when of a full growth, just
before they begin to turn red- they are tolerably good when
·ripe. Currants mixed with ripe raspberries or mulberries
make very nice pies. Green currants and gooseberries for
pies are not apt to be sweet enough 'without the sugar is
scalded in before they are baked, as the juice of the currants
is apt to run out while they are baking, and leave the fruit
-dry. Stew them on a moderate fire, with a teacupful of
water to a couple of quarts of currants; as soon as they
begin to break, add the sugar, and let it scald in a few
minutes. vVhen baked without stewing, put to each layer of
fruit a thick layer of sugar. There should be as much as a
-quarter of a pound of sugar to a pint of currants, to make them
sufficiently sweet. Green currant pies are good sweetened
with molasses and sugar mixed.

NOTICE.

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APPLE CAKE.
- 1en or twelve alJples sweetened, one
lemon, three eggs, one-quarter pint of cream or milk, onequarter pound of butter, three ounces of sweet almonds, threequarters pound of short crust. Line the plate with it ; slice
the apples; lay them thickly irtthe middle; lay the almonds
over the top of the apples ; bake from one-half to threequarters of an hour. Sift sugar over the top .

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Can be found at rock bottom prices.

Call and be convinced.

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33 E lm St.

DANBURY, CONN ..

vVHEELER & WILSON
Manufacturing Company's

UNRIVALED
SEWING MACHINEs·
The New No. 9.
OFFICE AXD SALESROO~I:

45 Liberty S treet, Danbury, Co nn.
P. F . HENEBRY,

Manager_

CAKE FOR LITTLE PANS. -One cupful of butter, two·
cupfuls of sugar, three and one-half cupfuls of flour, four
eggs, one coffee cupful of milk, one and one-half teaspoonfuls
of cream tartar, one-quarter teaspoonful of soda.
CHEAP CAKE. - One-half cupful of butter, one cupful of
sugar, two-thirds cupful of milk, one pint of flour, one egg,
one teaspoonful of cream tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda ..
CHO\V- CHO\V.-Two large cauliflowers, two quarts.
green tomatoes, one quart small onions, twenty-four mediumsized cucumbers, three green and three red peppers; break
the cauliflower in small pieces and cook a few minutes; chop
the· tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and onions to a suitable
size; add the cauliflower and soak over night in a weak brine;
the next day scald all together and drain in colander.
DRESSING. -Stir one-half pound mustard, four tea~poonft{ls
celery seed, four teacupfuls sugar, one full cup of flour, onehalf ounce tumeric powder to a smooth paste. Take three
. quarts vinegar and heat it; add the above mixture and let all
come to a boil; pour over the pickle, can or bottle, and it will
keep one year.
CHILI SAUCE.-Chop eighteen ripe tomatoes, one onion,.
three peppers; add one cup of sugar, two and a half cups of
vinegar, one teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of each kind
of spice.
LEMON SAUCE.- One tablespoonful corn starch, one·
tablespoonful butter, two eggs, two cups sugar, the juice and
grated rind of two lemons; beat all together just befor~ ser~
ing; add one pint boiling water; set on stove and let 1t bo11
once.

STONE BRO.'S

Bakery and Confectionery.
. Having opened the elegn,nt New Swre in the l\IcPhelemy
Bu1ld1ng, White Street, in connection with our Main Street establlshment, we are bette l' prepared than ever to supply the people
w1tl'r all varieties of .t he best made

BREAD, CAKE, PIE~ ETc.
ALL G OODS FRESH.
The public invited to test goods and prices.

STONE BROTHERS.
1.53 Main St. and the McPhelemy Building, White St.

.JEAN HORNIG [;., CO.,
Bottlers of the Celebrated

S A L VATO R
The Best Lager for Farnily Use!
ALSO BOTTLERS OF

B ASS & C O.'S AL E ,
R. S mith's P hiladelphia A le and S tout
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F ine G inger Ale, Equal to the I mported.
AGENTS FOR

George S andler's Culmbach Lager and Malt E~tract
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Milwaukee L ager,
California, D elaware S weet Catawba and Claret
Win es.

\YORKS, COR. MAIN AND_ELM STS., DANBURY, COKN.

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BAKED,.. TONGUE.- Boil a fresh beef tongue one and a.
half hours ; skin and stick with cloves ; then boil another
hour; take up, skim and cover with a paste of bread crumbs
and egg (yolks of three eggs); baste well and often with the
water it was boiled in ; bake it one hour, pour port or :Madeira win e over it to soften the crust, then spread on the top a
little currant jelly ; make a safice of the dripping in the pan
and wine.
FORCED MEAT BALLS.- Take equal quantities of bread,
veal and suet ; chop fine, season with pepper, salt and
thyme ; mix it with egg, a little milk, and roll in balls ;·
fry them with butter until brown .
CORN CAKES.- Six or eight ears of corn grated; add
one pint of sweet milk, piece of butter the size of an egg,
three teaspoonfuls baking powder, two eggs, one tablespoonful salt and flour to make a thin batter.
CRUl\IPETS .....:...One pint raised dough, three eggs, threetablespoonfuls butter, half cup white sugar.
When your bread has passed its second raising, work into
the above-named quantity the melted butter, then the eggs
and sugar beaten together until very light. Bake in muffin·
rings about twenty minutes.
CREAM CAKES.- One pint of water, one-half pound of
butter, three-quarters pound of flour ; when the water is
boiling add the butter; stir in the flour when cold; add ten
eggs (one teaspoonful of cold water dropped on the pans) ;.
with a tablespoon drop the batter on the pans. Bake quick ;
avoid opening the oven while baking.
POUND CAKE.- One pound of flour, one pound of sugar,
one pound of butter, ten eggs. nutmeg. Makes two loaves.
PLAIN POUND CAKE.- One-half cupful of butter, two
cupfuls of sugar, three and one-half cupfuls of flour, one cupful of milk, two teaspoonfuls of Duryea's baking powder,.
three eggs ; mix butter, eggs and sugar together, then milk ;.
mix the powder with the flour ; stir in cocoanut last.

ALL SAY WE KEEP THE BEST.
PEOPLE WHO FIND THEIR \YAY I:!:\ TO

·Tallant & Phalon's
CLOTHING STORE
IN DANBURY,
.All agree in saying that it is the best and cheapest
place in Danbury to buy

Good, Well Made and Reliable Glothing
Our goods . are made and trimmed from the best
:materials, and are warranted to give satisfaction.
If there is any power in low prices, virtue in
-values, benefit in bargains, .w e mean to do the business and deserve your patronage,· and any garment
bought in our store that does not prove as represent·ed will be made satisfactory to the buyer.

TALLANT & PHALON,
175 l\dain St.,

Danbury, Conn.

OPPO SITE CITY HALL.

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KEDGEREE (breakfast dish) .- Boil two tablespoonfuls of
Tice well; t\V'O eggs, boiled hard ; a small piece of white fish
left from the day before ; eut fish and eggs into small dice ;
pepper, salt, cayenne, with cream or a small part of butter;
mix well together in a stew-pan till hot.
OMELET. ~ Three eggs beaten together; a little salt; a
tablespoonful of milk to each egg ; one teaspoonf ul of flour
dissolved in the milk. D~ not make till r eady to cook, and
have a hot fire, and use butter to fry.

. VEAL LOAF.- Two and a half pounds of veal (chopped),
balf a pound of salt pork (chopped), four powdered crackers,
two eggs, one teaspoonful of sage, salt, one teaspoonful of
pepper, one tablespoonful of melted butter; bake two hours.
CLAM SOUP.- Three quarts water, twenty-five mediumsized clams, and onion, three tablespoonfuls flour, one tablespoonful butter ; clams and onions to be chopped very fine ;
to be boiled fifteen minutes ; add the beaten yolks of thr ee
€ggs in one pint of milk, stirring while adding ; not to be
boil ed ; if preferred, the clams can be strained off before
sdding the milk.
STEAMED BROWN BREAD.- T wo cups rye meal, two
-cups Indian meal, two and three -quarter cups molasses, one
teaspoonful soda, half teaspoonful salt (or more) ; thin with
sour milk; steam two and a half hours.
TEA BISCUIT.- One quart sifted flour, a little salt, three
t easpoonfuls of baking powder, a small handful of sugar;
mix lightl y through the flour; rub a large teaspoonful of lard
through the dry mixture; mix with sweet milk, the colder t he
better (it takes nearly a pint); roll out soft; cut in any shape
you wish, and bake in a very hot oven; if they a re not white
snd light , the fa ult will be in your oven. The same r ecipe
may be used for shortcake.
CUP CAKE.- Two cupfuls of sugar, one -cupful of sour
milk, four eggs, one-half cupful of butter, three cupfuls of
-flour, one-half teaspoonful of soda.

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D AN B U R Y, CONN_

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Bill Postor, General Distributor,
AND 0 A R 1v.I: AN.
ALSO PROPRIETOR OF

HITCHCOCK'S BAGGAGE EXPRESS,
AGENT FOR THE

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CABBAGE SALAD.-One bead of cabbage ehopped fine,
and soaked in salt water for two hours; beat four eggs with
one pint of vi;;egar till it comes to a cream; two tablespoonfuls of mustard, mixed with vinegar, one tablespoonful of
salt, half tablespoonful of pepper, one cup of butter; put in
the vinegar and eggs after they are hot; let cool and pour
over cabbage.
GRAPE CATSUP.- Five pounds grapes boiled and col andered, one and three-quarter pounds sugar, if sweet
grapes, or t\vO pounds, wilason.

H. l\11. ROBINSON,
s; Dl~EB HI/. f., AVE•.

SOFT GIXGERBREAD.-One egg, one-half cupful of
buttermilk, one-half cupful of lard, two teaspoonfuls of soda,
one cnpful of molasses, one tablespoonful of ginger ; flour to
make a stiff batter.
GINGER SNAPS. -One pint of molasses, two spoonfuls of
ginger, t wo spoonfuls of sugar, two spoonfuls of lard, two
·spoonfuls of butter, one teasp oonful of sal eratus dissolved in
·One-half gill of "milk or water.

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From 12 Hens in July,
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10 Hens in Augus t,

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DANBUlfr, CONN.

Part of Danbury Fair Cookbook