Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-05-25
Waste and Want.

Mrs Haskell, in her Household Encyclo-
Pedia, enumerates along list Of, small house
hold leaks, which we commend ito the careful
attention Of every housekeeper:a .,ary +.
a 4" Much waste is experienced in the boiling,
etc, of meats. Unless watched, the cook will
throw out the water without letting it cool TO
take off the fat, Or scrape the dripping pan in
to the, swill-pail. The grease is useful in
many ways. 1t can be burned in lamps mix
ed with lard, or, when no pork has been boiled
with 1t, made into candles. =.
When pork has been boiled alone, it will
40 to fry cakes, if cleansed Again, bits Of
meat are thrown out which would make hash
ed meat Or hash The, -four, is sifted in q
waststal manner, or the bread Par, left with
the dough stlcslng 70 " re crust LETT, and
laia py " sonr lllsteaa ri making few tarts
.pF tea Dechqsc
put niue g A'old are cqnsides-
ed gooa lor nREnln wneni elfentiges they can
pe steamed 1913 next aa5 q, as a. tlle case
q q rice' maze over IN other iorms egeta-
cles ct, are thrown away that would 90 TO warm
Ior oreaklast nicely Dlsn-cioths are thrown
where mice can destroy them. soap IS LETT
IN water 70 dlssoive, or more used than neces-
sary IN Bath prlck Whiting, rotten-stone,
etc, are used much IS wasted uselessly. The
p1prqsn is lett N water pals scorched by
the stove, tubs ana barrels LETT In the sun to
dry ana iair apart champer pals allowed to
fqst, tins no! dried ana ironware rusted nice
knlyes used n the kltchen; sti SILVER spoons used
1oe scraPe keules or iorks 70 toast bread ftii
n'nslhg q sweetmeats, ana skinmlngs OF syr
up, Wnich make good vinegar, are thrown out
cream IS allowed TO N mould ind spoil, mustard
to dry In the pot and vinegar e corrofe the
castor, tea, roasted coffee, pepper and spices,
to stand open and lose their ength. The
molasses Jug loses the cork, and the files take
possessiom Sweetmeats are open and forgot
ten. vinegar is drawn in basin and allow
ed to stand until bothi.the basin and vinegar
Is spoiled sugar IS spilled from the barrels,
coffee from the SACK and tea from the chest,
Different sauces are made too sweet, and both
sauce and sugar is wasted Dried fruits have
notlbeen taken care ofin season, and become
wormy! The vinegar on pickles loses strength,
rleaks out and the plckeis become soft, 20
tatoes in the cellar grow, and the sprouts are
not removed until they become worthless Ap-
pies decay Tor want OF looking over. Pork
spolls Tor want OF salt, and beet because the
y n,, .'s,, ci.'i't's 'c =, 'aiiteu
on filled with vermln,' Tor want Of the right
protection. Dried beef becomes SO hard that
1t cannot be. cut; cheese molds, and is eaten
by mice and vermin lard is not well tried in
the Fail, and becomes tainted, butter spoils
for want OF being well made'at first. Bones
are burned that would make good soapi nshes
thrown out carelessly., aendangering the,prem-
lses and being wNastedoi Servants leave alight
burning N the kltchen'when .tg they are all out
of an evening; Clothes are are whipped to pieces
IN tie WIND, i'ne oanofies rahped to pieces
on the board, and laces torn IN starcinng.