1 pint of milk, 1 tablespoonful of flour, 1 tablespoonful of butter, 1 slice of onion, 1 pint of water, 1 cup whipped cream, 6 heads of celery, salt and pepper. Boil celery in water for one half hour, boil milk and onion together, thicken with flour and butter rubbed to a cream, mash the celery in the water in which it was cooked and stir into the milk, season to taste, add whipped cream after the soup is in tureen.

K. T. R.