EGGS.

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the kings horses and all the kings men
Could not set Humpty Dumpty back again.
--MOTHER GOOSE.


Try the freshness of eggs by putting them into cold water; those that
sink the soonest are the freshest.

Never attempt to boil an egg without watching the timepiece. Put the
eggs in boiling water. In three minutes eggs will boil soft; in four
minutes the white part will be cooked; in ten minutes they will be
hard enough for salad.



HOW TO PRESERVE. MRS. M. UHLER.

To each pailful of water add two pints of fresh slaked lime and one
pint of common salt; mix well. Fill your barrel half full with this
fluid, put your eggs down in it any time after June, and they will
keep two years if desired.



SOFT BOILED EGGS. MRS. W. E. THOMAS.