kept specially for kitchen use.

Mother also wrote out the following rules for measuring and weighing and hung them up so that Betsey could find them easily. These Betsey found very helpful.

The hints for candy making that mother gave Betsey, and which she memorized, were as follows:—

First. To butter with a brush the inside of the saucepan from the top about two inches down, to prevent the candy from boiling over.

Second. To use fresh, cold water each time she tried the candy.

Third. Any candy that is to be beaten is better if allowed to cool a few minutes by standing the pan in cold water and if when beaten it looks like smooth thick cream before pouring in pans.

Fourth. To butter the hands well when pulling candies.

Fifth. That "soft ball," "hard ball," "thread," and "brittle" mean the different stages sugar reaches while cooking.

When a little syrup dropped in cold water can be easily worked between the thumb and finger, it is a "soft ball;" when it is firm and solid, it is a "hard ball;" when it drops from the spoon into a fine thread, it is called "thread;" and when it becomes so hard it will break, it is called "brittle."

Sixth. Never to stir hard candies (unless told to do so) after ingredients are well mixed and have reached the point where the syrup "threads."

Seventh. That uncooked foundation cream and fondant cream can be made into all sorts of candies.

Eighth. That pretty, harmless colorings may be made from the following: different shades of red and pink from the juice of raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, elderberries and cranberries; yellow from saffron; and green from spinach and beet leaves bruised and boiled in a very little water.

So Betsey followed every instruction carefully and these are the candies "Betsey Bobbitt" learned to make.

Betsey chose to make the hard candies first, and mother told her she had chosen well as the cool fall and cold winter weather were much better for these candies as they did not become so sticky and hard to handle as in warm weather. One thing in particular mother impressed upon Betsey's mind was this: it would be much easier to have all the materials and utensils, used in making the candy, ready, before the cooking began; and another equally important thing was to wash all the dishes and pans and leave everything tidy and in order when finished.

Butter Scotch No. 1

When Betsey put these all in the saucepan, she remembered to dip her brush in melted butter and brush the pan about two inches down from the top so that the candy would not boil over, then she let the syrup boil, without stirring, until a little which she dropped from the spoon formed a hard ball in cold water. It was then ready to pour (thinly) in buttered pans and mark, at once, in squares.

This was Betsey's favorite recipe for butter scotch although she found the following two recipes very nice.

Butter Scotch No. 2

Betsey put the sugar, corn syrup, vinegar and butter in the saucepan, then dipping her brush in melted butter she brushed the top of the saucepan two inches down, next she stirred the ingredients well together before putting the saucepan on the stove, because after the syrup began to cook it must not be stirred.

When it was boiling well Betsey tried a few drops in cold water every little while (each time remembering to use fresh water), and when it formed a hard ball she knew it was done.

The buttered pans were all ready and into these Betsey poured the candy (thinly) and marked it at once into squares.

Butter Scotch No. 3

After the molasses, sugar and butter were put into the saucepan and the saucepan had been well brushed two inches down from the top as mother instructed, Betsey let them cook until the syrup reached the hard ball stage when a little of it was dropped in cold water.

It was then time to add the flavoring and pour at once into the buttered pans, not forgetting to mark in squares.

Betsey found that butter scotch was much more tasty when thin, so that was why she buttered more than one pan and had it only a quarter of an inch thick.

Butter Taffy

Betsey put everything except the butter and vanilla