The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-10
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Neao England
Farmer says his method of destroying
dock is to cut the root about an inch or one
and half inches below the surface, using
chIsel with a handle long enough to
allow the operator to stand erect. The
plants are carried from the field when cut
TRANSPARENT LEMON JELLY.-Pare two
dozen lemons as thin as possible; put eight
with the rinds into hot, not boiling,
water; cover it three or four hours rub
some loaf sugar on the rind before peeling,
to extract the favor; put in o china dish
with a pound and a half of fine sugar; then
add the water and three quarts of boiling
milk; mix and pour through a jelly bag
until clear.
To CANDY FRUIT.-Take one pound of
best loafsugar, dip each lump into bowl
of water, and put the sugar in preserv-
ing kettle Boil it down until clear, and
in a oandying state. When sufficiently
boiled, have ready the fruit you wish to
preserve. Large, white grapes, oranges
separated into small pieces, or preserved
fruits, taken out of their syrup and dried,
are nice. Dip the fruit into the prepared
sugar while it is hot, then put them in
a cold place; they soon become hard
Erchange.
To DESTROY WEEDS ON WALKs.-The
editor of the London Journal Of Horticul-
turs says: The most efficient mode that we
have tried is solution of arsenic, to be ap-
piled in dry weather only. One pound of
arsenic is dissolved in three gallons of cold
water and boiled, stirring it while boiling,
then add seven gallons of cold water, and
two pounds of crushed soda, applying it to
the walks with fine-rosed watering pot,
taking care to keep it from the box-edging
or grass The above quantity will be
enough for twenty square yards.
APPLE JAM.-The apples, which should
be ripe, and Of the best eating sort, being
pared and quartered, are put into a pan
and boil until they can be reduced to a
apples, a pound of sifted sugar is added,
Boil and stir it well, until reduced to q
jam. Then put it in pots. The above is
the most simple way of making it; but
to have it of the best possible clearness,
make thick syrup with three pounds of
sugar to each pint of water, and clarity it
with an egg, as before directed. Then
add one pint of this syrup for every three
pounds of apples, and boil the jam to a
proper thickness.-Erchange.
SHEEP SKIN MATs.-The following is
for two skins, and if the directions are
faithfully followed, will make something
nice: Make strong soapsuds, using hot
water, and let it stand till cold; then wash
the skins in it, carefully squeezing out all
the dirt from among the wool; then wash
them in cold water till all the soap is out
Next dissolve half a pound each of salt
and alum in little hot water, and put
into tub of cold water sufficient to cover
the skins, and let them soak twelve hours /;
then hang over q pole to drain. When
well drained, stretch carefully on board
to dry. Stretch several times while dry
ing. Before they get entirely dry, sprinkle
on the flesh side one ounce each of
finely pulverized alum and saltpetre, rub
bling it in well; then lay the flesh sides
together and hang in the shade
for two or three days, turning
them over every day till perfectly dry.
Finish by scraping the flesh side with
blunt knife to remove any remaining
scraps of flesh, and then rub the flesh side
with pumice or rotten stone and the hands.
Very beautiful mittens can be made of
lamb skins tanned as aD0Ve.-C0unsry
Gentleman.
MOUNTAIN CAKE-The yolks Of seven
eggs, the whites of five, the other two
whites retained for the icing; three-quar-
tiers pound of white sugar, half pound of
white powdered sugar for icing, one lemon,
one cocoa-nut, half pound -four. Beat the
yolks and whites separately until quite
light, then mix them, and in the mean
time add wine-glass and half of water
to the three-quarters of pound of sugar
and when boiling hot pour itinto the eggs,
stirring well all the time until cool. Let
the sugar dissolve slowly at first on q part
of the fire not too hot, before you let it
boil Add the juice of a lemon, retaining
few drops for the icing, then stir in the
half pound of siffed -four and bake in
three fiat cakes like you bake jelly cake.
Make the icing Of the two whites and the
half pound of sugar and the lemon drops