This section is from the book "Catherine Owen's New Cook Book", by Catherine Owen. Also available from Amazon: Catherine Owen's New Cook Book.
This is an excellent plain pudding; one cup of chopped and seeded raisins, one cup of suet finely chopped, one cup of molasses, one cup of milk, three eggs, three cups of flour, one teaspoonful of soda; spice to taste, saltspoonful of salt; mix all the dry ingredients first; then put molasses, the eggs well beaten, and the milk; boil three hours in a buttered bowl. Serve with good wine or lemon sauce.
 
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