Wipe, and cut meat in inch cubes. Put two-thirds of meat in soup kettle, and soak in water thirty minutes. Brown remainder in hot frying-pan with marrow from marrow-bone. Put browned meat and bone in kettle. Heat to boiling-point; skim thoroughly, and cook at temperature below boiling-point five hours. Add seasonings and vegetables, cook one hour, strain, and cool. Remove fat, and clear. Serve in bouillon cups.

Tomato Bouillon with Oysters

1 can tomatoes

1½ quarts bouillon

1 tablespoon chopped onion

½ bay leaf

6 cloves

½ teaspoon celery seed

½ teaspoon peppercorns

1 pint oysters