Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-03-03
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD
From Moore's Rural New Yorker. |

o. III VI liotltC, sly tlldt ltt bc-
heves more sin is committed upon
Monday than upon any other day in
the seven.
| havn't the courage to enter upon
day 1y'i brin g en You are only
too familiar with them: rather let
me give you the remedy, which it
seems to me sister Mollie has found.
We all thought her a trifle foolish
when she persisted in housekeeping
with very little previous experience
of its duties and cares but she has
developed into notable housewife,
and among other departures from
the beaten track, she doesn't wash
on Monday. Instead of making ev-
erything bend to the claims of the
wash tub, the house is thoroughly
swept and set to rights, closets and
storerooms looked after, baking
done, clothes collected and put to
soak, starch made, blueing dissolv-
ed, preparations made for Tuesdays
dinner, &C., &c. Tuesday morning
comes, and unvexed by boiling, bak-
ing, and brewing, the washing is
done with so little fuss, so little
discomfort generally, that it is really
comforts of the old way.
Is not word to the wise sut1i-
cient? Whac need then that / mul-
tiply them ? If it seem good unto
you, worthy matrons, follow Mollie's
example and make your households
happy. F.
PAsTE.-Take widemouthed vi
al, capable of holding three or four
-,
druggist's,) fit a cork to it, and
through the cork pass little brush
with the handle long enough to
reach nearly TO the bottom of the Vi
al. Then make paste according to
either of the following recipes, and
put it into vial. The brush will
get stiff if, when it is put away, it is
allowed to dip below the surface of
the mucilage:
/. Take of gum arabic (bestl one
ounce boiling water, two fluid ounc-
es F; glycerine, two fluid drachms.
Dissolve the gum in the water and
add the glycerine.
,. Powdered gum arabic and pow
dered gum tragacanth, OF each half
an ounce water, soft is best, a fluid
ounce and half acetic acid, TWEEN
ty drops. Mix them and allow them
10 dissolve Whom oootio acid can
not be procured, good strong vinegar
may be substituted in about double
the quantity. For the convenience
of those who have not a druggists
measure at hand, We may say that n
large sized tablespoon holds about
half a fluid ounce, and an ordinary
teaspoon a fluid drachm. These
pastes are much used by druggists
fnr OFT i,,p 1.L he
will not stain the paper if properly
used.
CoLORING RECIPE.-To color
black use one and a half ounces of ex-
tract of logwood one ounce of vitri-
oil to four ounces of extract this is
for one pound of wooden goods,-dis-
solve the vitriol well then put in the
goods and have them in one hour
ting have the water quite hot then
have your extract well dissolved in
plenty of water to cover the goods
well. Take out of the vitriol water,
put it in your dye, stir and air it well
for one hour. Then take out and
add one pint of salt and one pint of
soft soap, to the Ooze put back your
goods, let it come to a scald. This
will set the color so it will not crock
Wash well in cold water, and hang
out to dry. A. n.
To MAKE GLYCERINE SoAP.-One
pound of soap, (soap containing olive
oil y one pound of glycerine, one
pint of alcohol; one pint of water
Shave the soap fine, put the alcohol
and water in kettle over the fire,
add the soap, and when dissolved
and greater part of the alcohol has
been evaporated add the glycerine.
Continue stirring for two or three
minutes, and when nearly cool add
any perfume you like. The above
makes the incest kind of glycerine
soap.
How To STITCH PAPER TO Tin
Add sugar or molasses in large pro-
portion To the paste, and let the past
ed label soak before putting on.
This Will be found generally effectu-
n. 4 manufacturer of sticking plas-
ter, whose tin rolls We're apt to be
greasy, told us that rubbing the tin
with old carpet was perfect
remedy, and he had no tronDle To
fasten his labels since he discovered
the fact.
CHEMICAL WASH.-Take of white
vitriol thirty-two parts and of burnt
copperas one part until you get a la
blespoonful then add one quart of
soft water, bottle and it is fit to use.
This wash is the best thing for a
burn l ever used. 1t is also excel
lent for bruises, frosted feet and sore
eyes.
CURE FOR THE ITCH.-Take fresh
butter, one pound F; put it in skillet,
boil all the pickle out, skim it well,
then add one ounce of red precipi-
tate; stir till cool or the precipitate
will settle to the bottom. This will
cure the seven year itch, l think, if
persyered in short time. 1t has
not the disagreeable smell of prepar-
ations made with sulphur.-E. A. y.
WHITEwASHED WALLS.-Wash
your whitewashed wall with hot
brine, or solution of vinegar in wat
er, after sweeping the wall thorough
ly with . stiff broom. Put paste
both on the wall and paper
OMELET.-Takea slice of bakers
bread an inch thick cut off the crust,
ii ; season with pepper and salt to
your taste, beat IT up, and when cold
put to it five eggs. Beat the yolks
very light, and add them to the
bread and milk, then add the whites,
well beaten. This makes two ONE
lets.
CATARRH SNUFF.-Fine table salt
Is a much better catarrh snuff than
the trash usually sold under that
name. IT should be used often, and
though at first somewhat unpleasant
il can do no harm and will often eff
feetually cure those disagreeable
sseolds in the head ~ so prevalent