The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1865-09-21

WASTE AND WANT Mrs. Haskell, III
her "Household Encyclopedia" enumer
ates long list Of small household leaks
which we commend TO the careful atten.
ton of every housekeepeT:
Much waste is experienced IN the boil
ing, etc, of meats. Unless watched the
cook will throw out tie water without let
ting it cool to take off the fat, or scrapc
the dripping pan into the swi!l-pail The
grease is useful in many ways. 1t can be
burned In lamps, mixed with lard or
when no pork has been boiled with it,
m tde into candles. When pork has been
boiled alone, it will do to fry cakes, if
out, which would make hashed meat or
hash. The flour is sifted in a wastefu!
manner, OF the brcad-pan left with the
dough sticking to it, Pie-crust is left,
and laid by to sour, instead of making a
few tarss for tea. Cake batter is thrown
out because but little left.
Cold puddiDgs are considered good for
nothing, when oftentimes they can be
steamed for the next day, or. as in the
case of rice, made over in other forms
Vegetables are thrown away that would
warm for breakfast nicely. Dish-cloths
are thrown where mice can DESTROY them.
Soap is left in water to dissolve, or more
used than is necessary. If Bath brick,
whiting, rotten-stone, &c, are used, much
is wasted uselessly. The scrub brush is
left in water, pals scorched by the stove,
tubs and barrels left in the sun to dry and
fall apart, chambeI-pails allowed to rust,
tins not dried, and ironware rusted nice
knives used for cooking in the kitchen
silver spoons used to scrape kettles, or
forks to toast bread. Rinsing of sweet
meats, and skimmings of syrup, which
make good vinegar, are thrown out cream
is allowed to mould and spoil mustard to
dry in the pot, and vinegar to corrode the
castor tea, roasted coffee, pepper, and
spices, to stand open and lose their
strength.
The molasses jug loses its cork ard the
flies take possession. Sweetmeats are
opened and forgotten. Vinegar is drawn
in oasin and allowed to stand until both
basin and vinegar are spoiled. Sugar is
spilled from the barrel, coffee from the
sack and tea from the chest. Different
sauces are made too sweet, and both sauce
and sugar wasted. Dried fruits have not
been taken care Of in season, and become
wormy. The vinegar on pickles loses its
strength or leaks out, and the pickles be-
come soft. Potatoes in the cellar grow,
aud the sprouts are not removed until
they become worthless. Apples decay
for want of looking over. Pork spoils for
want of salt, and the beef because the
brine wants scalding. Hams become
tainted or filled with vermin, for want of
the righ: protection. Dried beef becomes
so hard it cannot be cut; cheese molds,
and it is eaten by mice or vermin lard is
tainted butter spoils for want of being
we'll made at first.
Bones are burned that would make
soa p; ashes are thrown out carelessly, en-
the premises aud being wasted.
Servants leave light burning when they |
are all out of an evening. Clothes are
to pieces in the wind, fine cam
brics rubbed on the board, and laees torn |
in starching. Brooms are never hung up, |
and good ones are spoiled. Carpets are |
swept with stubs hardly fit to scrub the
kitchen, and good new brooms used for |
scrubbing. Towels are used in place of |
holders, and good sheets to iron on, tax |
ing fresh one every week, thus scorch-
ing nearly all in the house. Fluid, If used,
is left uncorked, endangering the house
and wasting the alcohol. Caps are lett
from lamps, rendering the duid worthless |
by evaporation. Table-linen is thrown
carelessly down and eaten by mice, or put
away damp AMI is miidewed, or the fruit |
stains are forgotten and the stains washed |
in.
Table cloths and napkins are used as
dish wipers mats forgotten to be put un-
der hot dishes teapots melted by the |
stove water forgotten in pitchers and al
lowed to freeze in winter; sIops for cows
and pigs never saved china used to feed |
cats and dogs on and in many other ways
a careless and inexperienced housekeeper
will waste, without needing, the hard
earned wages of her husband when she |
really thinks-because she buys no fine
clothes, makes the old ones last, and cooks
is most superior housekeep- |
er. The next time an unthinking hus-
band is disposed to be severe because some
trifing matter has been neglected, he |
should "put that in his pipe and smoke
IT,"