Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-01-11
THE HERALD.
Household Recipes.

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without fading, infuse three gills of
salt in Sour quarts of water; put the
calico ia while hot, and leave it till
cold, and by this way the colors are
rendered permanent and will not
fade by washing.
Apple Pudding. boil six apples
we'll teke out the cores put in halt
a pint OF milk, thicken with three
eggs, a little lemon peel, and sugar
TO taste put puff paste round your
dish, bake In slow oven, CRATE sugar
and serve hot.
Sore Mouth.-For sore mouths,
either in human beings or animals,
no application is equal to tanin,
which should always be kept in the
house f2r the purpose. A little of
the powaer sprinkled on the infamed
or sore spots will cure almost imme-
diatsly.
10 Remove Grease .Spots.-Make a
batter OF wheat flour and cold water,
and apply to the cloth; rub slowl,
by the fire, and when perfectly dry
rub OIL the iionr, and the grease will
be found missing. Very thick wool
en- may sometimes require second
application.
Graham Bread.-Take the unbolt-
ed flour of wheat, wet it with luke
warm water, and salt and yeast,
knead in enough more of this -four
to make it stiff, add little molasses.
and when risen, bake in medium siz-
ed loaves.
Ash Bdrrets.-Now is the time to
save your ashes. Keep them in
barrel under the shed where they
VIII not get wet or set your house on
fire. Or, throw them on your ma
nure pile, and mix we'll occasionally.
There IL no better fertilizer than
ashes for strawberries. and they as
slst In keeping the weeds down,
Moths IN Carpets. q Goa Sc
towel out of clear water, spread it
smoothly on the carpet, iron it dry
with good hot iron, repeating the
operation on all parts of the carpeis
suspected Of being infested with
moths. No need to press hard, and
neither the pile nor the color of the
carpet will be injured, and the moths
VIII De destroyed by the heat and
steam.
BflSteTed Hands and Feet-The
speedlest remedy is to light q talow
candle and let the melted taIlow drop
In coed water, then mix the tallow in
strong spirits and rub it thoroughly
in the palms and soles. This is both
preventative and cure.
Baked Lndian Pudding.-Take two
quarts of sweet milk, and boil one
quart, and while boiling stir ia as
much Indian meal as will make a
very stiff batter: add teaspoonful
OF salt, and make very sweet with
molssses. Butter pan and pour the
remaining quart of cold milk over it.
Cut little bits of butter and put on
the top, and bake two hours in a
moderate oven.
Good Plain DeSSert-Boil pint OF
molasses until it thickens considera-
bly, prepare some light bread cut
about one inch in thickness butter
one sido thinly dip the bread into
the boiling syrup as you would IN
making milk toast; arrange the slices
one above the other on small plat
ter. Serve warm.
BHcki0heat CakeS-The brown col
or 80 desirable on this favorite break
fast dish cannot be obtained if we
rely on buck wheat -four and water
alone to form the batter. In order
to secure this color milk should be
used instead Of water, and in it's alb
sence We should recommend the adj
dition of finely mashed boiled pota-
toes. This smashed potato improves
the flavor of the cakes and causes
them to rise better.
Dying Tan Color.-BoiI the outside
hull of the black walnut until strong
liquor is obtained, remove the bulls.
and put ia either cotton or wooden
yarn boil ten minutes, take out and
dip in a pail of strong lime water,
continue the process until the color
suits, A decoction of chestnut or
walnut. bark will answer instead of
the above, using lime water after
boiling the yarn.
Colds and ConghS.-As nealy every
one IS suffering from colds and coughs
on account of the chaugeable wealth
err. friend has given us the follow
ing remedy, which he has never
known TO fail in etfecting a speedy
relief, and it can be easily obtained ;
there cannot be any harm in trying
it. Take one egg and mix with il
half q teaspoonful of tincture of tolu,
which can be obtained at any drug
store, and use on retiring at night.
1t would be well TO use it night and
morning.
Boiled Clocks Common brass
clocks may be cleansed by immerslng
the works in boiling water Rough
az this treatment may appear 1t
works well, and | have Tor many
years boiled my CLOCKS whenever
they stopped from any accumulation
of dust or thickness of oil upon the
pivots. They should be boiled in
pure rain water and dried on o warm
stove or near the fire. | write this
by the tick of an eight day clock
which was boiled year ago, and be-
haved perfectly well since.
CANTON to MotherS.-A distinguish
cd physician of Paris declared Just
before bis death, 81 believe that dur
ing the twenty-six years | have prac-
ticed my profession In this city, 20
900 have been borne to the cemeteries
sacrifice to the absurd custom OF
naked arms"
Boston" adds DIR. Warren, "sac-
rifces 300 babies every year by not
clothing their arms" WHAT these
little arms need is thick, knit, wooden
sleeves, extending from tive hand to
| tho shoulder