The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-24
Information for tho Hou.phold.

Dried OYSTERS one half n
pound OF good sweet butter (not lardl.
melt and let 1t get quite hot In q Skillet
or irylng-pan. Lave plate OF wheat
hour ready. Now take out the oysters
and drop each one In the flour, turning
Il over 80 az TO cover each side with
flour, then drop 1t In the butter. Let
them fry I'LL nicely Drowned, Serve
while bot. Oysters cooked In this wav
IRE good enough for the palate Of q
King, or even for an American sover.
eiGn.-COTTCSpoMdence Cincinnati Ga
settle.
Economy in MeGt.-Take cold meat OF
any klnd-pleces left from the table:
cut In pieces IL quarter OF an inch
squares; put In fryinH-pan; cover the
meat with water; put iu a small piece OF
butter, pepper and salt; whom this
comes TO boil stir In a little flour and
water, previously mixed, Have two or
thee slices OF bread toasted; place
them on platter, pour over them the
meat and gravy while hot. This will
% found an excellent dish prepared
from meat usually thrown away.
Mtncc Pies toithoHt Apples or Meat
For the benefit OF those, who, like nv.
self, are In new country where apples
arc scarce, and beef much more 90. /
send you recipe for mock miuce pIes :
One teacup of bread; one OF vinegar:
one OF water; one OF ralsens; one of An.
gar; ono OF molasses; one. half Of butter.
ono teaspoon OF cloves; one Of nutmeg:
one OF cinnamon. The quantity Ia suf-
lctent for three pies. They are eGually
az good as those made in the usual wav,
l have never yet seen person that
could tell tho difference Try them, ali
ye lovers OF mince pies, and nv word
for 1t, you Will pronounce them excel
lent.
Make Your OtVn CINdleS.-Take Two
pounds OF alum for every ten pounds
o!tallow; dissolve In warm water before
the tallow Is put In; then melt the tai.
low In the alum water with frequent
stirring. This will clarity and harden
the tAllOw 80 Rs to make most beautI.
tul article, either for summer or winter
use. almost as good as sperm.
Barley SOup.-Take two pounds oi
beef, quarter pound Of pearl barley,
Two onions sliced, two carrots chopped
suit Hnd pepper to taste, place In a gal.
Ion pot, ill up with cold v atar, boil
very gently for five hours.
To FATTEN CHICKENS.
II In hopeless 10 attempt To !atten
them while they are at liberty, They
must ne put up In proper coop; and
this, like most other poultry Hnnur.
tenanceS. need not he expensive, To
tAttpn twelve fowls, n coon NAV hp
twelve feet long, eighteen inches hivh
and eighteen inches deep, made entire-
ly OF bars. No part solid-nelther ton.
sides, nor bottom. Discretion must be
used according TO the sizes of the chick
ems put up. They do not want room:
indeed, the closer they are the better
provided they can all stand up at the
same tlme. Care must be taken to nut
up such AS have been accustomed to be
together, or they will fight. II one Ia
QuarHelsome, II Ia better to remove II al
once; as, like other bad examples. IL
soon finds imitatorH. A diseased chlck.
on should not be put IN, The food
should be ground oats, and may either
he put up In n trough, or on a flat board
running along the front Of the coop. II
may be mixed with water or milk; the
latter Is the better. 1t should be we'll
soaked, forming n pulp as loose as can
be, provided it does not run OF the
board. They must be we'll fed three or
four times a day-the first time as soon
after daybreak as may be possible or
convenient, and then at intervals OF
four hours. Each meal should be as
much and no more than they can eat
up clean. When they have done feed :
Ing, the board should be wiped, and
some gravel may be spread. 1t causes
them TO feed and thr!ve.-C5ttdJc Gar.