Three pounds loaf sugar $0.30 Twelve pounds granulated sugar .96 Flour 1.00 Kerosene 1.00 Potatoes .40 Lard .36 Coffee .60 Tea .75 Soap .25 Toilet soap .10 Starch .08 Cracker meal .15 Cheese .18 Capers (small bottle) .30 Two pounds of currants .20 One pound of Valencia raisins .14 One pound of Sultana raisins .18 One half pound of citron .15 One half pound of shelled almonds .23 Gelatine .18 Hominy .10 Extract of vanilla .25 Alcohol .10 Extract of rose .10 Oil bitter almonds .10 Pickled gherkins .35 Two cans of peas (American) .30 Graham flour .16 Lemons .20 Carrots, turnips, onions .40 Apples .40 Parsley .05 Molly had carefully saved the peels of all lemons used in the past month, which had not been grated. As they were squeezed, the pulp was scraped out, and then they were dropped into a gem-jar of salt and water, a handful of salt to the quart. She meant to do the same with oranges, through the winter, and to candy them. A cup of candied lemon or orange peel is a great addition to a fruit cake or to many puddings; and, as the only cost was the sugar used in candying it, she would always keep a good supply in her store-closet. The alcohol was to make lemon flavoring; and, as soon as it came, she took a fresh lemon with a coarse rind, and with a sharp knife carefully pared off the yellow as thin as possible; this, cut into small pieces, she put into the alcohol, then corked it tightly. In two or three weeks this would be very fragrant extract of lemon, growing stronger the longer it was kept. The extract of rose, of vanilla, and of almond, she bought of the druggist; they were much stronger than those put up in bottles, and of course very much cheaper, and the ten cents’ worth would last months. The extract of rose was to take the place of rose-water in flavoring cakes or icing; a very few drops would suffice. “Now,” thought Molly, as she surveyed her new stock of provisions, “I can have some variety in dessert and cakes, and these little bottles will work wonders in my commissariat. Charlotte and I will have a real good time when she comes.”