American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . t it is a great savingoftime in cooking to have all these within reach ofher hand, without stepping from her place. Thetable, including its surface, being about an inch anda half higher than a flour barrel, a short womancannot roll pastry or mould bread easily withoutsomething to stand upon. I have a narrow pieceof board about two feet long, with two pieces ofinch board nailed across its under side. This is oneof the best conveniences of all, for on a cold morn-ing when I have biscuit to bake, I warm my wood-en cricket by the fire, a
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . t it is a great savingoftime in cooking to have all these within reach ofher hand, without stepping from her place. Thetable, including its surface, being about an inch anda half higher than a flour barrel, a short womancannot roll pastry or mould bread easily withoutsomething to stand upon. I have a narrow pieceof board about two feet long, with two pieces ofinch board nailed across its under side. This is oneof the best conveniences of all, for on a cold morn-ing when I have biscuit to bake, I warm my wood-en cricket by the fire, and it saves me from auyuncomfortable chilliness, aud as the closet doorswings over it, is not in the way. The table maybe of pine, and stained or not in front, or of blackwalnut. There should lie a narrow strip of woodnailed upon the back of the surface of the table,and one across between the principal part of thetable and the flour division, to keep water fromflowing over the back or into the division containingflour, when washing the table after Household Ornaments—Pen Wiper. Miss Lizzie Holmes, of Des Moines Co., Iowa,scuds us the following sketch and description. (Theengraver has magnified the leaf-veins to an unnat-ural size, in order to show the stitches. The en-graving is a little more than one-third the size ofthe article itself.) A very pretty Pen Wiper maybe made as follows: Cut two pieces of black, gray,or brown cloth, the shape of the above the veins on one leaf with green silk orworsted, in chain or herring-bone stitch, and on the 148 AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. [April, other with led. Then cut two pieces of black silkof the same shape, and baste on the under side ofeach leaf as a lining; finish 1 lie edge of each in but-ton-hole stitch with worsted or beads. Cut halfa dozen leaves of some soft, black material, and laybetween the two cover-, fastening at the stemwith a bow of narrow ribbon, or covered wire. Variety at the Table—Two Bills of F
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