Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-20

MoDg or MAxtEo GfNeERBRKAB.--To make
crisp gingerbread, take two CUPS Of butter,
two cups Of molasses one cup OF sugar, tea
spoonful of soda dissolved in four table
spoonfuls Of milk, and two table-spoonfnls OF
ginger; flour to make IL stiff enough 60 roll
out roll Il out very thin on buttered tin
sheets, aud mark il in squares, and bake in
a quick oven. f
PaoPER TiME TO SKIN MILK.-A dairy wo-
man In Western New York, speaks In this
emphatic tone as to the best time. She saws
that the right time 10 skim milk is Just as
the ntttk begins 10 sour IN Mc bottom Of he
pans. Then the cream is all at the surface,
and should at once be removed-with as
Ruie of the milk as possible. If allowed TO
remain until the acid reaches the cream or to
become Mick, il diminishes the cream and
impairs il in quality. That housewife or
dairy-maid who thinks 10 obtain greater
quantity by allowing the milk 10 stand be-
yond that time, labors iuuder a most eyre
gious mistake. Any one who doubts this,
has only to nv IL to prove the truth of this
assertion. Milk should be looked to at least
three times day. 9
SoRE SHOULDERS IL HonsEs. exchange
says "The plan we have tried and never
found to fail, is to get o piece of leather and
have 1t cut into such n shape as TO lie snugly
between the shoulders of the horse and the
collar. This fends off all frictions, as the
collar slips and moves on the leather, and
nat on the shoulders of the horse. Chatting
is caused by friction; hence this remedy is
qnite plausible one, and is much better than
tying slips Of leather or pads Of sheepskin
under the collar
CuRE PoR Cows LEAKING THEIR MnK.-dFof
four years" says an Eastern farmer, "my COW
leaked one-half of her milk, aud | COM
meneed bathing her teats, previous to her
making bag, with melted tallow every three
or four days till she come in. Il proved a
cure. 1t can be done after milking, when
the bag is empty, but be careful not to start
the milk as you apply it."
ARKANSAS MoDE OF ENJOYMENT. - The
state OF society in Arkansas was excessively Y
rough several years since We hope and
believe il has improved latterly. The most
frightftil tragedies were enacted very fire.
quently, and the people seemed to think
nothing of them. A dangerous cutting
scrape was regarded as rather comical az
fair than otherwise, as witness the following,
which is substantially true. arJ -
Two desperadoes met at q tavern in
Helena one evening. They were named
respectively Tom Scroggs and Bill Pike.
Says Scroggs:
SLOWS things2'
"Peart," says Pike. s..... -,' -..s
"Heard you said you'd bleed me next time
we met, says Scroggs. .,.-
That's me- said Pike, and two Bowie
knives flashed fercely forth. The fellows
hacked and carved each other pretty briskly
for ten or twelve minutes, when, as Pixies
ears had been shaved off and his abdomen
been several times punctured, IL suddenly
occurred to him that he had had enough Of
it, and he struck his colors.
whats all this?" treiublingly inquired a
stranger who entered just as the fight ended.
"Oh, it's of no count" says the landlord,
an ethereal creature of some $50 pounds
weight, and with face of barn-door propor-
tions, "'taint nothin' Some of the boys been
enjoyin heiTseipes Ghlei That's all. Won't
you hist in a little pizen stranger" and the
genial landlord set out black bottle and a
yellow bowl of brown sugar.
Curious country, that Arhansaw, several
years ago. taa ~