Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-06-06
To HouSekeeperS.

! "A lew a NV shO'S
held over vanished furniture, will take
out white spots.-A bit of glue, dissolved
in skim milk and water, will restore old
crape.-Rbbons of any kind should be
washed in soapsuds and rinsed.-If your
flat-irons are rough, rub them well with
fine salt, and it will make them smooth
Oat straw is the best for filling beds it
should be changed once a year.-It you
buy carpets for durability, choose small
fgures.-A bit Of soap rubbed on the him
ges Of doors will prevent their creaking
Scotch snuff put round the holes where
erickets come out will destroy them
Wood ashes and common salt, wet with
water, will stop the crack of a stove, and
prevent the smoke from escaping.-A gal
lon of strong lie, put in barrel Of water
will make it as soft as rain water.-Half
a cranberry bound on corn will soon kill
it.-In winter set the handle of your
pump as high as possible at night, or
throw a blanket over it.
NICE APPLE PUDDING.-Parc and core
twelve large apples, put them into sauce
pan with water sufficient to cover them,
stew them till soft, and then beat them
smooth, and mix in three-quarters of a
pound of fresh butter, the juice and graf
ed peal of two lemons, and the well beaten
yolks of eight eggs; line dish with puff
paste, put in the pudding, and bake it for
thrce-quarters of an hour; before serv
ing, CRATE loaf-sugar over the top till it
looks white.
To MAKE RusKs. Beat up seven eggs,
mix them with half pint of warm new
milk in which quarter of pound OF
butter has been melted, add quarter of
a pint of yeast aud three ounces of sug-
ar; put them gradually into as much
-four as will make a light paste nearly as
thin as batter let it rise half an hour,
add more -four to make it little stitfer,
work it well, and divide it into small
oavcs or cakes, about five or six inches
wide, aud fattcn them. When baked and
cold, put them in the oven to brown lit
tie. These cakes, when first baked, are
very good buttered for tea; if they are
made with caraway seeds, they cat very
nice cold.
DRAuGurs.-It is of the utmost i'm
portance to observe, in going into strange
bed, that no current or draught of alr
play upon any part Of it, as this will be
no less injurious than dampness. Both
together will, in all liklihood, insure to
the traveller either bad cold, or an at
tack Of rheumatism or gout. In carriage
travelling, also, particular care should be
taken that no current of winl pass upon
You from the window, while the feet ought
to be kept warm and dry, and the ears
protected.
WHITE CEMENT FOR CRocKERY, GLASS,
Erc.-Takc four pounds of white glue.
one and half pounds of dry white lead,
half pound Of isinglass, one gallon of
soft water, one quart of alchohol, and
half pint Of white varnish. Dissolve
the glue and isinglass in the water by
gentle heat if preferred, stir in the lead,
put the alcoh in the varnish, and mix
the whole together This is useful for
woodwork, and will firmly unite painted
surfaces.
LEMON PupDING.-Half pound Of
sugar, half pound of butter, one lemon
grated, and the juice added FIVE eggs will
make two pies.
DASpELIoN BEER-Takc of dandlion
roots well washed, two ounces boil them
in six quarts of water for thirty minutes
strain, and add one pound OF molasses,
and half an ounce of yeast to be put in
bottle and left to fcrment for l. hours
To be drank night and morning.