Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-18
Domestic Economy.

Ak EXCELLENT CoUGH SYRUP We find
in an exchange paper the following valuable
recipe, which we lay before our readers. 1t
is simple, cheap and effective.
( Take one ounce of thoroughwort, one ounce
of slippery elm, one ounce stick fquorice, and
one ounce of fax seed; simmer together in
one quart of water until the strength is entire
ly extracted. Strain carefully; add one pint
of best molasses ami ha If pound Of loaf
sugar; simmer them well together, and when
cold bottle tight
The writer adds:
I This is the cheapest, best and the safest med
icine for coughs now or ever in use. A few
doses of one tablespoonful at time viii ale
viate the most distressing cough at the lungs,
soothes and alIays irritation, and if continued
subdues any tendency to consumption, breaks
up entirely the whooping cough, aud no better
remedy can be found fnr Group, bronchitis, and
all affections of the lungs and throat. Thou
sands Of precious lives may be saved every
year by this cheap and simple remedy, as well
as thousands of dollars which would be other
wise spent in the purchase Of Gostrums which
are both useless and dangerous.
LOOK TO YOUR CEIIAEs.-The German
town Telegraph says that those who have in
charge the care of the household, should fire. |
quently think of their cellars, and though they
may not be often exposed 10 the eye of stran-
gers, take care that they are always kept in
cieaBly condition, free from annoyances and /
nuisances orall kinds. A tidy kept cellar
has much TO do with the health of the family.
especially in the spring of the year. No
vegetable except potatoes should be stored in
the cellar. Especially should cabbage, beets,
celery and turnips be excluded. All these
are offensive in themselves and injurious to {
health, while at the same time, they are all $
in a much superior manner out of i
doerT. A. cellar should be thoroughly white ,
washed at least once a year, and swept and ,
put in order twice a mouth. The air in a
properly kept cellar viii not become impure +
when the weather becomes sufficiently cold to a
render necessary the closing up of the open l
while. on the other hand, the air of q
a cellar so closed up, which is untidly kept, s
aud filed with vegetables, some of them in ! L
iecayed state, may well be imagined. All eel y
ars, however, should have the outside doors
brown open for an hour or two in midday, s.
u clear days, when the temperature is above C
he freezing point. I
LIGHT CAKE FOR BREKFAsr OR TEA-One o
'np Of sugar, 2 eggs, x cup of melted butter, II
4 cupfuls milk, 2 teaspoonluls of soda, -four
enough 10 make stiff batfef4 1t viii bake P
u 80 minutes if 1be oven is hot. c.
COFFEE CAKE.-one cupinl Of butter, l cup y y
nl Of sugar, l cupfnl of molasses, cupfdl of =,
quid coffee, teaspoonful Of soda, 2 teaspoons ~
al cream Of tartar, flour enough 10 stifIen it,
loves, cinnamon and nutmeg to tasle-add
ruit if you please.
WINDSOR CAKE.-Two conpfuls of Indian :,
zeal, cupiuls -four, cupluls milk, y cupful =
lolasses, teaspoonful soda, bake in pound e'
axe tins. Half Of the quantity may be used 81
CRULLERs.-D Dissolve teasponlul Of saler- 60
tus in 4 spoon.us ofmilk, or in three of milk, ne
nd of wine; strain it on a tumbler full of m
our, adding spoonfulls of melted lard or or
utter, and reaspooniul Of salt; beat eggs q,
18th spooniuls ofrolled sugar; work altogeth- an
r, grated numeg, aud add -four to make it vi
I'll easily. Cut cut atdfry as usual in plenty III
T hot lard or
SAVOY CAKE.-Halflb. Of fine sugar, u 10. nc
-four, eggs half grated rind and juice of MT
lemon. Beat the whites of the eggs to a tic
9th, add the sugar gradually; when the oven ioI
ready, stir in th lemon and yolkes well beat pc
!; sifr in the -four as light as possible; drop an
y half spoonful on buitered tins Sift in a inc
tile white sugar and bake immediateIv.- fou
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