MUTTON HARE.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 378, 6 August 1903, Page 7

MUTTON HARE.

Bone a loin of mttton that has been hung for a few daj 8. Scatter-over it salt, a little pounded mace, and set it aside till next day. After having pared off some of the fat, lay the loin on a board, fat downwards, and beat it as ycu would a steak. Make some good hare stuffing and spread a thick layer of it all over the meat. 801 l it up, bind it tightly with tape and sew up the ends. Boast till about half cooked, and let it drain free of fat. Then have some good thick gravy in a stewpan, add the meat and simmer very gently for an hour and a half. Place the meat ou & hot diab, add some red wine and red currant jelly to tqe gravy, and serve hot. The Mistress (entering the kitchen). ' Jane, didn't I hear a dish break a minute ago?' The Maid: ' I hope you did, mum; it made noisa enough. If you hadn't heard it I should have thought you were getting deaf, and that, ycu know, would be awful. Papa : ' Dear me, Mary, whatever are you going to do with all these trunks — two, four, six, twelve of them P You can't fill more than one.' Mamma : ' I know it, my dear, but we must make a decent appearance.' ' w What do you think of Charlie's pro posing to me wl en he hasn't known me a week P' ' ' I think that's the.reason.'

P AN ALIEN PEER. Baron Fairfax, though he has gone to England, is an alien, and will not ba able to sit in the House of Lords until he tak-s oat naturalisation papers. His peerage dates from 1627, when Sir Thomas Pairfax, a Yorkshire squire who fought in the Low Countries, was .made Baron Fairfax of Cameron, in the peerage of Scotland. Towards the end of the eighteenth century the sixth Baron Fairfax inherited vast estates in Virginia, and emigrated to America, where the family resided ever since. The present Baron Fairfax is the twelfth holder of the title, and unil now has resided in Ne"w: York. ' I [see',' said the landlady's husband, •tha+ one of ,the scientific papers say carp live for huadreds of yews, an 1 that pike also may become centenarians if they are. left alone by the fishermen.' '* . ' Is that, so ?' returned the star boarder, making j another effort to bite a piece from the wing in his, possession; 'I wonder if anybody has ever really found out how long it takes a chicken to die of old age ?| /;i K . ■; : A artist overheard a countryman aiid his wife ridiculing his picttjre, which represented a farm scene. He. was so indignant that he at last interposed with this jremark.- : ; : : ; : • That painting" m valaed at a hundred pounds- Allow me tpi.ask,if you are familiar wi|h%c>rks of art ?' '£. ' Not familf r with art,' replied the farmer; ;* but I kt- w something about Nature, young man.* 4 When you make a cow that gets up from the ground by putting her forefeet first, you do something that Nature never did,' Mother (noticing cut on young hopeful's face): ' Tommy, didn't I tell you not to fight any more ?' m Tommy: ' I haven't been fighting, ma.' Mother: « But somebody struck you' Tommy: ' No, ma, wasn't fighting at all. It was an accident.' ; ■ v . . Mother •.' An accident f" . . Tommy: ** Yes,' ma. I was sitting on Johnny Ginger, and I forgot to hold his feet.'

For Sore Mouths. —A. useful application for a sore mouth is made of ldr. of biborate of soda, dissolved in 4sz3 of glycerine. Any sore parte are to be painted with a little of tais mixture twice or thrise daily. Milk for Tn'aats. —In preparing milk for an infant al night, if lime water is given with it, the milk must be heated first and the lime watar added before it is put into the bottle. Administering Custor Oil.—A small dose of castor oil may prove as effective aB a big dose if administered as follows: A dessertspoonful or more may be poured into a glass of milk and heated while stirring j sweeten this with a little orangeflower syrup, and the mixture may then be takeH without any feehags of disgust. Treatment for Eczema.—ln cases of eczema, the method of applying hot steam to the,parts has been attended with success in manyjcases. The steam is applied for periods varying from a, quarter to half as'" hour. ' It removes the crests easily, and encourages the healing of the hard surfaces, which can then be treated by the ordinary remedies. In teething, a warm bath, given the l?st thing before going to bed, ensures a good nights rest for the infant.