Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-04-20
D o IN es tic E n ON Y

How TO KEEP FUEs.-As the season is a
hand when the ladies will be putting off thsil
Efurs, We give them the folowjng recipe. =
Stheir preservation, which We find in an eA
change:
A few days more and furs viii be superf1u
Gus. Then comes the process of so putting
them away that the moths may not invade
them. The same thing is necessary to protect
woolens, the moth being no respector of any.
thing in the line. The best way to insure i'm
munity from destruction is to pack all in a box
or trunk lined with brown Holland, first sprink-
| ling them liberrly with brown pepper. This is
better even than camphor, for fur dealers are
often victiInized by chronological pests, though
| their goods are saturated with this powerful
odor. Before packing away furs they should
| be well beaten to dislodge any larvae that, des-
pite the most scrupulons care, may be deposit
ed in them. The superiority OF the pepper to
| camrhor as a preservation to furs consists in
| the fact that while larvae will incubate among
canphor, there is something in the aroma Of
pepper which destroys them in embryo
CoTTAoB PgDDfNG.-Three eupfus flour
three eggs, three table-spoonfuls melted butter,
one cupful sugar, four small tea-spoonfuIs cream
of tartar rubbed into -four two small teaspoon
fuls soda, one large cupful of milk, in which
dissolve the soda. Bake Immediately iii q
quick oven. Eat with a wet sauce
BRowE BREAD.-Use L pint Indian corn
meal / pint white -four, pint sour milk, %
tea-cupful molasses, some salt tea-cupfrl sal
eratus or soda dissolved in warm water-bake
one hour. This. With good butter, is decided
ly palatable. If unbolted wheat-four can be
obtained, less proportion of corn-meal may
be used.-Nartha.
LEMON PVDDTse.--'Fhree large lemons, four
ounces butter, nine eggs, one pound loaEsugar,
one pint cream. Crate the yellow part of the
peel Squeeze the jjuice-nlix butter and su-
gar together-beat the eggs. Then mix all
together, except the lemon Juice, which most
not be added till ready to bake. Line dishes
with a rich paste, and bake Eat cold.
To SOFTEN PUTrY, AND REMOVE GLASS
WITHOUT BREAKING.-As it is often of import
auce to glaziers and others to remove glass
from frames without breaking it, they will be
glad to know, that very strong solution of
caustic potash or caustic soda, applied around |
the panes for few hours, by laying upon them |
an old rag dipped in the solution, will have the I
desired effect.
To MAKE s1-scSrT~SoAP.-Take twenty pounds
of potash. and dissolve it in twenty-five gallons
of cold sof water, ian iron kettle is the best to
put it iri.) 1t will take five or six days to dis
solve, unless the weather is perfectly warm
When dissolved, take twenty pounds of clean
grease or rough grease that will make that
weight, and cleanse it with white lye; then
strain it through a seive or colander in a soap
barrel and add the potash lye, being careful
not to disturb the sediment; then soak the Sc
diment of the potash with few gallons more
of soft water, and pour it into the barrel, so as
to save all the strength Of the potash. In this
way, have never been over three days in
making barrel of soap and as to its quality,
| should be proud TO exhibit it before any lady
in the State. In regard to the best time for
making soap, the month of April or May is as
good as any or just before hot weather com
all rough grease must then be look
ed after, or the flies will take the matter into
their hands
How TO CLEAN PAINT.-The coming of
Spring reminds the most indolent of house.
keepers that renovation must be had, that
paint must be cleaned, ceilings whitewashed,
&c. method of cleaning paint is described
rs follows
70 one piFt OF soap add two table spoon
.gs of turpentine then take two quarts of
warm water and eue pint OF skim milk, put
ing enongh soap in to make weak suts and
wash your woodwork. 1t will leave bea,r-
litnl gloss wherever it is used, removing all
stains, &c. Soap should never be used on
paint or varnish-