Newspaper Page Text
c THE FARMER: NOVEMBER 19, 1913 On The Indoor Range Some Trajectory Tests of Foods of High Concentration. Showing How Cooking. Like Charity, Should Begin At Home. (By C. Ij. Oilman.) (From Arms and the Man.) Gradually it is breaking- into the minds of the average run of sports men that a short, annual hunting trip in the woods offers few if any oppor tunities to learn to shoot a rifle, that marksmanship is something which should be and can be acquired at home and that the indoor range of fif ty or more feet offers excellent odd moment opportunities to cultivate a steady hokS and a clean trigger-pll. Just as sound common sense dic tates that no rifle should be thrown down on the game, before it is tried, tested and targeted on the range so the same quality suggests that it is " f o-lly to attempt over the camp-fire a culinary miracle which has not been previously rehearsed on the cook-stove. Recipes which reai well in the cook-book and patent foods which ptromlBe much .on the package have a way of developing perverse traits in the pot or pan. An open flre with) a vociferous background of ravenous appetites, yammering sug gestions and imprecations is a rotten layout for experiments. Bven such rudimentary dishes s corn-meal mush, fried bacon, boiled wild rice, stewed beans and flapjacks , come more quickly and perfectly from :the camp-fire When they are engineer bv a mm who has previously prac- ttced them on the indoor range of his ihome kitchen. Particularly fine is the kitchen laboratory for- learning the art and the futility of tossing flap- - jacks. Once a man has satiated his l-vanlty by performing this bit of par lor woodcraft before the admiring yes of his family and a few invited iruests he can calmly settle down to : fr-vtnsr them three at a time in the big pan and turning them with knife. Camp appetites are not to be as suaged by mere jugglery, a sure, i steady delivery of the goods in Job lots is more to the point. i Above all is it foolish to attempt the sorcery of baking powder biscuit the same being known as "bannocks" to the boy scouts and such-a-or even sour dough bread for the first time in the open. Begin indoors with . the regular oven, and. If possible, put ovmc a batch or so m the camp renector shoving It up against the side Of sit ting room base-burner. Then and 'only then can a man be reasonably sure that his outdoor efforts will re sult In something light, palatable and measuraWy digestible. Raw materials which havo been brought by great labor at the paddle and under the pack to a country where fresh-, supplies are unobtainable are far too valuable to be wasted in unsuccessful experiments. .It is ' this labor of transportation -which makes any innovation in the line of concentntted food of fool that is all food with the last drop of water squeezed ont of vital Interest - to the man whose sports carry him Into far and lonesome places. - . In 4 the matter of bare subsistence it is doubtful If anything can be ad ded' to the eternal elements of camp grub. Corn-meal, wild rioe, bean, - flour, bacon, sugar, tea and salt, with a bit of soda, and pepper to enliven the same and some prunes and tobacco to aid digestion have been from the be- T ginning and. will be until the end all that man requires to keep him alive and working. - But man, particularly city-broke man, needs more to make him really happy his palate and his health de mand something more of variety. . So, when one reads in the catalogs of dehydrated vegetables so reduced that a single pound is the equivalent of a dozen pounds of the fresh gar den product; of a pound of porter house stewed down to a thimbleful of goo and of a quart of turtle soup dried Into an Inch cube his mouth be gins to water. But between the patent fodder in the exporting goods store and your grub sadk in the wilderness should Intervene the cool, dispassionate third , degree of your Indoor range. Be . cause some of 'em are good and some of 'em are not and all of em must be handled right to give the best results. There's no use appealing to your guide or any other professional "woodsman" for Information regard ing these things. Like all of his breed, his whole mental and spiritual . existence is predicated on the' propo sition that he knows everything and Its converse that whatever he don't . know ain't so. He knows nothing about "concentrated" foods and little about the other kinds. His whole attitude Is that of an ancient worth v who claimed to have lived in the woods since 1867 and who discovered a sack, of dehydrated potatoes while rummaging around my shack one ev ening. He requested that I cook some so he could see if they were really, truly potatoes. "When they were placed before him the next morning, fried, he looked, sniffed, tried with his knife but positively de clined to eat "artificial food." So it Is strictly up to you to find ut for yourself. Personally, with potatoes I have had ' disappointing results. In the sliced form they appear to demand ' nn infinity of soaking something bothersome on the trail and finicky even In a fixed camp if the weather is freezing and even after 48 hours in water oome from the pan with a dis tinctly wooden texture. As their food value Is low and their equivalent in a more easily handled form is to be found In rice, they have never found their way from my indoor range to the camp-fire. But onions one pound dried equiv alent to twelve pounds fresh by the catalogue ere an unfailing delight. .Used in sonps and stews they soak up while cooking, thus adding nothing to the length of the process, and arc there with their pungent, satisfying savor unabated. As much as can be pinched off be tween thumb and trigger finger from the block will suffice to make a bean pea or mixed soup for four a joy to. the nostrils. And throw about twice as much Into the frying pan with a cupful of water, a tablespoonful of bacon grease and a hunk of deer-meat, simmer un der a cover until the water is evapo rated or absorbed by the onions, fry gently in the bacon grease and pepper ana salt to taste. There's food venison steak smoth ered in onions. Wtyfr these condensed teaj-teaersJFarpier Want Ads. One Cent a Word. will make even boiled swamp rabbit taste like more. Dehydrated carrots reputed to scale up about 1 to 10 are excellent in a soup. In fact the wise cook will reserve them strictly to the service of adding a touch of sophistication to the otherwise crude and primitive camp Stew. Like the onions, they can be cooked up without soaking pro vided they are put in when the water is cold and allowed to warm up with it This same vegetable can, by over night soaking, be plumped up to the point where it can be creamed very realistically if The Right Person Is around to do said creaming. To sum up on the three dehydrated vegetables put over the c'ourse I would say that, for my own personal tastes, I do play the onions strong the long er the trip the -stronger they should be played for notorious digestive rea sons. The potatoes are so cumoer- some as compared with rice that no one but a potato maniac would care to bother with them on the .trail. The carrots may be classed strictly as n luxury. Were one contemplating mov ing in a rather heavy outfit ana estab- : lishing a camp of some permanence far from any source of fresh supplier this vegetable in the condensed form would place a pleasant bit of variety at the command of the camp cook. Assuming that the other dehydrated vegetables listed show as well in the cook stove test, they might likewise be included in a "heavy" grub list. Sweet corn, ratio of one to twelve, looks to me a desirable addition, chiefly for mixing with corn-meal flap jacks, i Of the dehydrated fruits cranberries and rhubarb promise the most val uable dietetic results, but the more conventional prunes, raisins and dried apricots already fill the need of some thing astringent, something sour and something laxative so well that I have never been much interested in trying them. It Is when one : comes to the long list of paste and powder soups that the maximum of cooked bulk for the min imum of raw weight is reached. - . Out and away : at the head of-' them all stands erbswurst. , This is sim ply that old standby, pea soup, with the soaking and boiling loft out. Though the manufacturers allege that it. contains other material than the pea I have never been able to detect it "Practically, erbswurst amounts to a. pea soup which can be made, ready in 20 minutes rather than 48 hours. .While it is a strong, sustaining dish by itself, its most pleasing use Is 'as a thickener for a, more pretentious brew. . Take, for instance, the : soup which is simmering in the reflector beside the .air-tight as I write. , It contains erbswurst, beans, wild ride, vermicelli, diced bacon and onion soup. " .-'.. This last is the "dry soup" which ranks next to erbswurst In the writer's estimation. Cooked up alone It is far more savory , than the former and seems to be almost if not-quite as sus taining. Even more than, erbswurst is it admirable as a thickener,, for it also flavors. Mockturtle, pearl barley, green-pea and mushroom soups are all very sat isfactory in the dry form. . Of trifling bulk and weight they are easily pack ed alone: and serve in their turn to supply thatclittle touch jof "something different" whieh even camp a-p petit is require at Intervals. -- ., . While it may be possible to hypno tize an invalid.- into . the belief that one or all of the innumerable con densed ' beef concoctions on the mar ket are food the bluff won't work with an out-door stomach. But, as flav ors, for saizps or gravies, they are in valuable. They . supply . the .. "fresh meat" taste when law or luck- keep1 the rifle from putting wild meat in the-pot. Excepting always erbswurst, It is a pretty safe generalization to say that nearly all of -f the ' many" dehydrated vegetable, fruit and soup, products -are admirable flavoring materials. " They are unquestionably a pleasant and valuable addition: to: trail cooking and some . of them should find a place In every well stocked - grub sack. But never should ' any of these things be taken to the exclusion of the full ration of the tried and proven staples early enumerated except that erbswurst may safely be substituted for a part- of the bean ration.- :,f -M Nor should anyone make his first attempt at preparing them on the trail., Try .them out jin the kitchen. Learn there which, if any, of them you want, and how you like it best In other words, prepare for cooking under woods handicaps by plenty of practice on the indoor range. BODY IN BEAR TRAP IS TORN BY PANTHERS Denver, Col., Nov. lih-Caught In Ms own bear trap wnlle on a shooting trip in the mountains near Embudo, N. M., Henry Severson, sixty-five, for merly of Denver - for - several days fought a futile flght against death by starvation and thirst or being killed by wild animals. News of thSirflndlng of his body, torn Into shreds by the claws of mountain lions and wildcats,' has Just "been re ceived here by friends. His identifi cation Is made complete by pa.pers found in a pocket of his coat. TURKEYS FOR SAILORS "Villefranche, Nov. . 19. The supply. ship Celtic, in command of Lieutenant Commander Oelm, has arrived to pro vision the Delaware and the TJtah. The Celtic " carries a large supply of turkeys for the Thanksgiving dinner for the blueoacketfl. STOMACH ' UPSET ? Get At the Real Cause Take Dr. Edward's Olive Tablets. That's what thousands of stomach sufferers are doing now. Instead of taking tonics, or trying to paten up a poor digestion, they are attacking the real cause of tfife ailment -clogged liver and disordered bowels. Dr. Edward's Olive Tablets arouse the liver in a soothing, healing way, when the liver and bowels are per forming their natural functions, away goes indigestion and stomach trou bles. . - ,t If ' you have a bad taste in ! your mouth, tongue coated, appetite poor, lazy, dcai't-care feeling, no ambition or energy, troubled with undigested food, you should take Olive Tablets, the substitute for calomel. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets are a purely vegetable compound mixed with Olive oil. You will know them by their olive color. They do the work without griping, cramps or pain. Take one or two at bedtime for quick relief, so you can eat what you like. At 10c and 2 5c per box. The Olive Tablet Company, Columbus, O. All drugglste. -Adv. Howarth Sees His Sweetheart Before Going To Prison Putnam, Nov. 19. Frank E. How arth, the young lawyer who was- (sen tenced by Judge W. H. Williams in the superior court to not lees than eight years nor more than fourteen in state prison for arson, was here yesterday settling up; his affairs. , '.: : " . Howarth came up m an automobile from the Brooklyn jail accompanied by Sheriff P. B. Sibley and two other officers. He ' went to his law offl.ee in the- Bradley block, where he met his fiancee, Mies Gladys Sheldon, and her toother. They spent about , half r an hour together. Howarth seemed cheer ful nd on departing waived, his -band to several friends.- He was smoking. Howarth was taken , to Willimanttc today, where he appeared in -the supe rior court as a witness in the civil case of "Vincent Leo against Thomas' Kj an. Previous to;-;hls. arrest : Howarth v was 1 counsel for Leo , and when Howarth was arrested Leo engaged Piatrick J. Danahey of WSllhnantic. In preparing the case. Lawyer Dan ahey found that Howarth was neces sary for the trial of the case and after conferring with Judge Williams got a writ of habeas corpus to that be might appear. ASKS BIDS FOR FIRE ESCAPES Oil SCHOOLS Bids, for placing fire escapes on the public schools are being advertised for today by the board of education. Th board at its meeting last night adopted the . plans for the fire escapee which were prepared by the engineers of ths Fletcher Engineering Co. This con cern will undoubtedly be one -of . the bidders for the contract to. build the Are escapes, but if its bid le not ac cepted, the company is to- receive $208 for preparing the plans. . The first schools to be" equipped, with Are escapes will be the Summerfleld, Barnum. Lincoln, Waltersville.v jWash- JDBIUU oim vwmn """" - I The board has received no bids for l the moving of the Kelly house , from I the site where it. is proposed to bulla the new high school, so it was voted to advertise for bjds in New Haven and New York. It was voted to name the new school which is being built in Nichols street. Tranklin school," in honor of Benja min Franklin. A Mills boiler will be Installed, in this- school. .The boilers in Washington school were ordered re paired. It -was voted to employ an expert to investigate the ventilation system at the Clinton avenue school and to, rec ommend a system that will , give better results at some future meeting of the oard.- At the next meeting of the board, 'December 2, bids tor tbe-flre es capes will be opened. BUILDING NOTES OF LOCAL INTEREST The following building permits, the. aggregate cost of the work to be 17,- 730 were issued last nigbt: by the build- Ing5 Commissioners: '" ; ' Oedrge B. Sykes, brick chimney, east side of Hoosatdnio avenue. . James Grosso, . three-family -frame dwelling, north side of Grand street. Habert E.' Bradley; frame cottage, north side of Wentworth street. Carl S. BJorklund, three-family frame dwelling, south side of ' Roselle street. , . Matilda Schmid, two-family frame cottage, south side of Edna street. Edna B. Marnis, garage and sleep ing porch, south ' side of " Terry place. S. John Kovacs, three-family frame dwelling, north side of Hanson street. H. Sunstrom, frame . CP.) garage. south side of Heckimner street. , John H. Splttler, frame garage (P.), east side - of Mam street. Hagop As I am nan, frame addition to building, north side of Maplewood ave nue. - ' , ... L, M. Sagall, change marble fixtures I and open door on Water street side. PAJJT IX BACK A5D RHEUMATISM Torment thousands of people oaily. Don't' be one of these sufferers when for so little cost you can-get -well rid of the cause. Foley Kidney Pills begin their good work from the very first dose. They exert so direct - an action on the kidneys and bladder ! that the pain and torment of back ache, "rheumatism and kidney trouble is soon dispelled. Hindle's drug store. -Adv. AVIATOR DOES STUNTS WITH PASSENGER ABOARD Buc, France, Nov. 19. GMaurice Chev- illard, a French aviator, established a new record yesterday for turning som ensaults in the air by carrying a pas senger in his machine. He accom plished an aerial loop twice in brilliant fashion, going through the perform ance apparently with as much ease as if he -were atone. HOUSTON SENTIMENTAL, ; . SAYS GRANGE LEADER Manchester, N. H"., Nov. 19. David j F. Houston, Secretary of. Agriculture, has too sentimental and academic an attitude toward agriculture, according ' to members of the special committee. which criticised him and . President Wilson in their special report to .the National Grange. Another indictment against the secretary is that he was practically unknown to the farmers oj the country. , Professor T. C. Atkeson, etate mas ter of the West "Virginia State Grange, and for twenty-three years connected with the West Virginia State Agricul tural College, who Is- credited with writing the report and was one of the signers, is authority for these objec tions the -National' Grange has to Sec retary Houston. " .; : . But George P. Hampton, of New Tcrk, . special .Washington . legislative agent, for several powerful progressive state . granges, says ' Professor . Atke son'e .committee ' .criticised ': Secretary Houston because Mr. Atkeson 'is sore at 'his 'failure to be appointed assistant secretary; of agriculture. ; , ,j r - Master. William T. - Creasy, . of the Pennsylvania State Grange, and Mas ter C. B. Kegley, of the Washington State Grange," two powerful progres sive leaders, back up Mr. Hampton in his assertion. If you axe including inyour 'ward robe the one-piece dress, the separate wrap must be included. , "sK r fgY - " MEMBER OF PRESIDENT'S CABINET WHOSE BROKEN HEALTH MAY CAUSE HIM TO RESIGN Ah v - . v a ika. : Iff : ;jf; . , AIA DAVID Fl HOUSTOl4 -NT H Tr IS T?Ticrt. ,v- are that Secretary of Agriculture Da vid V. Houston, " who conferred with Sovernor Bellier . here,; is near a physi cal breakdown from overwork... As a result all his social engagements, have The Bridgeport Trust PAYS CAPITAL AND IiOW'S COLLARS, . CJ' , AUT i - General' LAuudry T004 SEATIEW AVENTIK WINTER MILLINERY.'- - I - ,. We have a very choice goods for. the seasons wear. W. E. HALLIGAIsr 989 BROAD STREET the analgesic; DENTIST First To Do Real Painless Dentistry V THE NEW ANALGESIC M"ETJfOD-the first positively painless dentistry-1 practiced by me. At Intervals during th dantal opera tion, the patient takes a breath or two of ANALGO and is fnaeastbk to pain. - No other sense is affected- no ottier function disturbed the patient simply CANNOT FEEL PAIN but he CAN HEAR AND SEE AND UNDERSTAND all that is going- fen about htm. ; la this state (known as analgesia) the best dental wort can be accomplished fce-:. cause the dentist does his work unhindered byath.euetamay tsttog'' and Jerking caused, by pain and fear -of the old feehloned mtlid. Yes, I can extract your teeth, pvtJto.' (Browns and-bridges. dezrtal -work WITHOUT PAIN TO TOTJ- and beat of all. I'o tbia at' .FAIR- PRICES. , "IN THE ARCADE" . , W- ,: ' .',: , " " ".'-'- ANALGESIC DENTIST. ': : ' ' --i '; -; i Specialist in Hegulottng Teatii " r v . Room ai, P. -Arcade, , , , x . " '." .. Hours,', A. M...te 8 P. Jfc' Telephone, 59S-2. - ; V" .- n- -' Also -Evenings. special PABfs tak mra '(DBEar : ' Broadway, Fifth Avenue and 27th Street SPECIAL RATE FROM APRIL 1st Rooms with privilege of bath - - $1-50. Rooms with private bath - , - - 2.00 Accommodations for, 500 persona ' new oir.ik: been cancelled. . The dinner to have been ' given him at"' the chamber of commerce at the Calumet club,1 Man chester, was called off. ' Mr. Houston may resign from 'President Wilson's cabinet, it: is said, in -order to build up his health. " : ON -.v..-' CHECKING . ACCOUNTS . ; (TP AVERAGING $500 SURPLTIS, $750,000 LAUBDS7 v HH1KT9 A. - GPDOEAZilXX ? In Aa Its Branches , : "f " ' ' TBOWB 1H-1 ,: . - J, . , ' . .' ; and select assortment 1 of f . . , . : 'FINAHOZASi. First-Brii CORNBKlJVSAINa AND The value of our banking service Is demonstrated Tery flay,. .. We- not only endeavor, to savo"V Inse . -tpr our depositors but aoeompllsb Jthe , great est efficiency In every . Waiii. action. You are cordially invited to bank vritb us. .. - i ' - -Jj - . .:- ' i t ''--'i ; JAMES STAPlilS & CO. BA1TKER9 . tB STATE". ST., Bridgeport. Oram. Ladies , We RENOVATE, DYE AND CIJCAN Ladies' Hats We Specialize In Velvets . and Plush Making your old bat Into the season's advanced styles and models write or pbone and rep resentative will call. UNITED HAT BLEACHERIES '1274 MAIN STREET New Foil Theatre Bunding DIFFERENT F H O T O Or E. A P H "2" BometMng yon caimot rt ekewhere. Thafs onr kind "'' ARMSTEONG-9 WHITMAN STUDIO V Park and "Fairfield Avea. Win Armstrong of Boston. Proprietor WEST END AMATEURS,' KcOcyfs Cigar, Store 141 IPAlItl'inLD AVE, - i f Booker' aoppUeiki JA11H3 H KKtJY, BIDE WALH3 .wiff; TEE BURNS Ca . . n rAXRriBLiD ayesum DSOIIEII STONE, all &ixz BOOFINQ 0i n" ACHMAWS ITMTvrKKAOOCKTB) lazTOBB -; A ilaM JPaaaaJ Ragalatar la tmmm ( upr ! BtwuiiaUoo, lay 1U. Ill kMitta. ac ethar aa AtnrmA aoaai 11.1 tot tan srlk) atfit, Mad Bly at Vtm WOMAN'S DKCCI BTORS ktO Man Street, Bridgeport. Oomli LARGE AND SMALL C I A M B AXES Supplied at Ixrvr Prfosa W. D. COOK & SON ' S23 WATER ALEX. N. COOK, D. C. Gralute Chiropractor Snfnal Adjusting Parlors, 651 State St., Bridgeport, Conn. . Explanation of ChiropTactio Mailed Upon Request PRIVATE GREET ING CARDS FOR YOUR INSPECTION FOR XMAS AND NEW YEAR'S AT, . . SOUTHWORTO'S 10 ARCADE. IF YOU ARE ILL . . - .- - SE5TD FOR TOtTR PHYSICIAN AND XjET TJS COMPOUND YOTTB PRESCREP. v iion si "" Atlantic Pharmacy prescription specialist 990 MAIN STREET Next to Davis & Ilawley anlc BAM STREETS -Tor f rrty-eTn y-ar w lute ! rondnrthig htislnno i tiro same) oi i f'.o. corner of Main moA trcw,. rfdeeport. (MB., mm rm private Hanlc hH 1)m etHti- -here- rontinnonsly. We. havn kw ntl pnld out on dcmanl -wtthomt ; Woe mirilon, of dolljura of noev 5f ; Rtosfted with tis Mftd vn crmtiimf " ri-elTe mcnev rubjert U tfepos Kfeeclr- at aijrht. ra wfiieH we mWnmm Juree jper cent, per nmn. ere Jo each account mowrhlr. XV e m ie -ponB of Six1tTldl, mttM ei. )nnp rtm! errnrmioi. ' "no vmnt m titfnlc oannt wM " deposit money. - checisa mm ri c leave It for out day .one wel&. " nonth or- one yr. and flrw rt;It- for nay. time H in lpft wt " Wo. give, to the bnatwm nv Pnl mtten-rion tM nm yt irtTate tmnfct-ra tar thia ann. ' T. Is. WATSON 2s CO- FEGFLES SAVIHS BA!2 . 924-926 Slain SUreet. TTIT5 rFrVT7;LOISlKNT OV TTVft' BTJSrVESS OF THIS BA7TK THE PAKT FEW YEARS HAS BKTFTV KSPIX1 AIJ Y GEATiraG AXD WE HOPE for the oontlnssnoe of thli growth by oar endeavor to deser it. We make every effort to t in ear dial, satisfactory relation wflh our, oustomera and among the porsotial $tc eonnta on onr hooka we should be ' mnch pleased to have yowra. Samuel W. Baldwin, President. Willis II. Lyon, Treasurer. Members New York Rtock JElxxhAn e' Taylor, LiYingstcn u Co. AoaJcafv Is Fractional Lets en Part Paid "Plan C . WALXi ETKEET, KTEW.i TOHS -'" - : or - ; ... ... SO P.O. ARCADE, BRIDGEPORT, CT E. I. CHAPMAN, Manager . Telephone B221, CZSa Send for Circular SeaortUnt Met2io3 We offer, subject to. sale, the follovving or similar, v; JBridgeport, Mort- Amt. Appraisal Rate $1,009--- f 2,009 J1,000"V? 2,009 $1,600" ?8,00 $1,600 "-' $?,6oo $1,800. . $3500 $2,000 . - $4,000 $2,0-00 .. $4,000 $2,100 - $3,500 $2,500 f: $5,0.00 $2,500 r $4,500 $2,800 : $4,500 $3,000 $6,600 $3,400 r $6,000 $3,500 - $6,000 ' 6 per cent $1,50 per cent $1,609 6 per cent $2,001 " 6 per cent $2,60 " 6 per cent $2,500 ' 6 per cent $2,E00 6 per cent $2,500 - 6 per cent $2,000 5 per cent $,S0O C per cent $3,400 ' ' ( per cent $3,000 8 per cent $4,000 per cent $4,600 6 per cent $1.00 Ik linzzz 923 MAIN STREET X BRIDGEPORT, COX-f. Christmas in EUROPE Now is the time to engage accommodation DON'T DELAY ! SEE US AT ONCE 1 S.vlcewitti & Co. 116 BANK STREET Tel. No. 3 LOAN sio upwarde 3 can be secured at les than the lerl rate of interest by obtalnin our tA dorsement of your note. Ask us what you want to k ,1-cw. Convince us of your ability and hon est intention to live up to rour agrr ment, and. we will eatlsfy you tiwt you will be given a squar deal undr all conditions. That's all there is to It. Juat plain, everyday honesty from you and t- you Batif action on both Bides aai a pleasant and perfectly nnderatootl agreement. American Gnuronty Co. 09 GOIDEN IITLIj STREET Rooms 3 and 4 Over Caesar Miacb Open Saturday and Monday Erec!f; ijntll S:30