Dress clean,stuff chicken,fasten legs,place fowl in dripping pan,rub well with salt,little pepper,spread fowl with soft butter,place in hot oven 20 minutes 450 degrees f. Then reduce heat to moderate 350. Baste chicken every 10 minutes using boiling water,little butter. Add little boiling water in bottom of pan. Bake 2 hours if 5-pound fowl. If glazed surface is desired rub fowl with soft butter and Brown. Use any dressing desired.