Machias Cook Book

For broken kettle, take of wood ashes and common salt, equal parts, mix with water until it forms a stiff paste. Fit to the broken place while wet, and leave to harden. TIME FOR BOILING VEGETABLES. The time for boiling green vegetables depends very much upon the age, and how long they have been gathered. The younger and more freshly gathered, the more quickly they are cooked. The following is a time-table for cooking : Potatoes, boiled, 30 minutes Potatoes, baked, 45 minutes Sweet Potatoes, , boiled, 45 minutes Sweet Potatoes, baked, 1 hour Squash, boiled, 25 minutes Squash, baked, 45 minutes Green Peas, 20 to 40 minutes Shell Beans, i hour String Beans, i to 2 hours Green Corn, ... 25 minutes to i hour Asparagus, 15 to 30 minutes Spinach, i to 2 hours Tomatoes, fresh,' i hour Tomatoes, canned, • 30 minutes Cabbage, 45 minutes to 2 hours Cauliflower, i to 2 hours Dan'lelions, 2 to 3 hours Beet Greens, i hour Onions, . . i to 2 hours Beets, 1 to 5 hours Turnips, white, • 45 minutes to i hour turnips, yellow, 1':.: to 2 hours Parsnips, i to 2 hours Carrots, i to 2 hours Nearly all these vegetables are eaten dressed with salt, pepper and butter ; sometimes a small piece of lean pork is boiled with thtiii, whi(ii helps to season them. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. LIQUID MEASURES. 1 6 large tablespoonfuls, . . ^ pint 8 large tablespoonfuls, i gill 4 large tablespoonfuls, j4 gill A common sized tumbler holds Yz pint A common sized wine glass holds z^giH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Wheat flour — i pound, i quart Indian meal — i pound, 2 ounces, i quart H utter, when soft — i pound, i quart Loaf Sugar, broken — 1 pound, 1 quart White Sugar, powdered — 1 pound, 2 ounces, 1 quart Best Brown Sugar — i pound, 2 ounces, i quart Eggs — 10, I quart [illustration: G. I. Dibby & Company, Portland, Maine] Or are you a minister's wife ? Or any member of a minister's immediate family ? If you are, weVe got a tell for you. We give a discount of ten per cent, from our regular prices to Ministers and their immediate families. "What do you sell?" you ask. We sell everything that clothes the person of Women. Dry Goods and made-up wearables. Most everything that clothes children. Everything that men wear for Underclothing, Stockings, Neckwear, Shirts, etc. We have twenty-five different departments in our store. Our new autumn Catalogue — a handsome illustrated book, — of 128 pages — will tell you all the particulars. Write to us for it, we will mail it to you. FREE, OF COURSE. J. R, LIBBY, Portland, Me. Dr. G. H. Walling, DEiNTIST All kinds of Dental work at reasonable rates and warranted. Local anesthetics for the painless extraction of teeth. Office in Esten Block, xMain St., Machias, Me. F. C. PERRY, of Machias, Maine, has a store on Main street where you can find at all times a fullline of GROCERIES, FRUIT, CONFECTION- ERY, CIGARS and TO- BACCO. His expenses are small and so are his profits. If you will give him a call he can and will sell you anything in his line at lowest prices. He also has a Bakery and you can get the best in that line fresh from the oven. Call and set- him. Have your BLANKETS AND PUFE^S washed at the MACHIAS STEAM LAUNDRY M. L. Hutchinson, Prop. This season we have made SPECIAL EFFORTS to have the BEST ASSORTMENT of Winter Garments, Fur Collarettes, Cotton and All-Wool Underwear, Winter Kid Gloves, Pattern Hats and Bonnets to be found in the market. We therefore invite you to visit our show rooms, feeling confident we can please you. While we take pride in offering the latest and most desirable goods, we do not lose sight of the very important fact of having the prices right. MRS. G. W. FLYNN, DENTISTRY. ALL Work Warranted. E. E. JORDAN, D. D. S.,