Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-02-07
MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS.

10 CURE HAMs.-W her you are smoking
your hams occasionally throw upon the fire
handful of China berries, and it will be found
preventive against shippers So says gen.
tlemen who has seen it sufficiently tested in
South Alabama.
PINEAPPLE JELLY.-Pare and CRATE the
pineapple, and put it into the preserving pan,
with one pound of fine white sugar to every
pound of the fruit; stir it and boil it until it
is we'll mixed and thickens sufficiently; then
strain it, pour it into the jars, and when it
has become cool, cover the jellies with paper
wet in brandy, cover the jars tightly, and
treat them as apple jelly.
ScoToH CAKE. Stir toa pint of cream pound
Of sugar and three-quarters of a pound of but
ter, put in the juice and grated rind of lemon,
wine glass of brandy. Seperate the whites
and yolks of nine eggs, beat them to froth,
and stir them into the cake, then add pound
of sifted -four, and just before it is put in the
cake pans, apound of seeded raisins.
For THE CURE OF CRoup.-A piece Of
fresh lard, as large as butternut, rubbed
with sugar, in the same way that butter and
sugar are prepared for the dressing of pud-
dings, divided in three parts, and given at in.
tervals of 20 minutes, will relieve any case Of
Group not already allowed to progress to the
fatal point.
A LIGHT PIE CRUsT.-A light pie crust
may be made by rubbing into one pound Of
-four two ounces of butter worked into cream,
and one spoonful of carbonate soda; dissolve
with water, half spoonful of tartaric acid,
and pour it over the ingredients, quickly ad,
ding suficiency of water to make it the pro-
per stiffness for pie crust. This is still better
when we'll beaten egg is added to the -four,
&c, before the water is put in.
CuoL1c IN HORSES Dissolve, in a quart
of pure water, as much salt as will thorough.
ly saturate the liquid, and drench the animal
thoroughly until you discover symptoms Of re.
lief. This is e simple and eAectual remedy,
and has been successfully applied in cases Of
bots.
ToCLEAN SILvER.-Dissolve two teaspoons.
full of powdered alum in quart of moderate.
ly strong ley, stir in gill of soft soap, and re,
move the scum that may rise to the surface
After washing the silver in hot water, take q
sponge, and cover every article with this mix,
ture. When dry, wash the articles in warm
soap suds-wipe dry, and brighten with whit.
ing and spirits.
| To REMOVE BLACK Spots FROM PLATE.
Boil the articles in three pints of water, with
an ounce of calcined hartshorn, drain by the
fire, and polish with solft linen rags which have
been boiled in the same liquid and afterwards
dried, using purified whiting as the plate
powder.
To CLEAN GOLD CHA1Ns.-A correspon-
dent says: "Some Of your readers may be
pleased to know that gold chain washed in
soap and water, with few drops of hartshorn
in it, and afterwars dried in sawdust, will look
equal to new one.
To KEEP STOVE BRIGHT IF you wish
to keep stove as bright as a coach body by
only two applications year, make weak alum
water, and mix your British Lustre with it;
let the stove be cold, brush with the mixture,
then take dry brush and dry lustre, and rub
the stove until perfectly dry. Should any
part, before polished, become so dry as to look
grey, moisten it with wet brush, and proceed
as above.
To CURE WARTs.-Bind leaf of house.