Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-08-31
WHOLE NUMBER 227.
DOMESTIC RECIPES.

MAKING CHEESE WITHOUT ARTIFICIAL
HEAT.-Take the milk as soon as MIXED,
strain in tubs, add rennet sufficient to
curd, work off the whey, hang up the
curd to drain until morning, when the
warm milk is brought in, and again,
without any extra heat whatever, her
curd is prepared. Then the two curds
are put together, chopped fine, salted
well, put to press, and without any extra
heat whatever. There is no waste of
cream by standing over night; no waste
by heat or scalding or cooking curd.
When the cheese is pressed, tits fine and
rich-having all the richness contained
trouble with warming milk, as each
milking is put in curd while warm from
the cow.
SAFETY FROM MoTHs.-A lady of large
experience writes US as follows: There
is no absolute safety from moths except
ing in the absolute exclusion of the mil
Ter. Ii put away early in the season, be-
fore the millers make their, appearance,
furs can be kept in their own boxes with
out danger of any kind, by simply past
ing thin paper closely around them. No
aperture must be left for the entrance of
the miller, though the paste need not
touch the boxes. Articles of any kind
can be tied up very tightly i'll pillow
cases, or sewed up in sheets. To keep
dresses, cloaks, etc., without creasing,
suspend them near the upper edge of the
sheet, then lay another sheet over, sew
the two sheets together at the edges,
then sew loops at the upper edge of this
bag, and hang it up wherever you please.
Be careful that there be no hole for the
miller to enter. In order to secure fur
ther safety it is well to beat and brush
the furs and garments well before put
ting them away, and if it is any thing
that can be heated, it may not be amiss
to heat it enough to destroy the eggs that
may be already laid.
MANAGEMENT OF BRooMs.-If brooms
are wet in boiling suds once week,
they will become very tough, will not
cut carpet, last much longer, and
sweep like new broom. A handful or
so of salt, sprinkled- on, the carpet. will
carry the dust with it, and make the car
pet look bright and clean. A dusty car
pet may be cleaned, by setting pail of
cold water out by the door, wet the
broom in it, knock it to get off all the
drops, sweep yard or SO, then wash the
broom as before, and sweep again, being
careful to shake all the drops off the
broom, and not sweep far at time. If
done with care, it will clean a carpet
very nicely, and you will be surprised at
the quantity of dirt in the watersT The
water may need changing once ortwice
if the carpet is very dirty. Snow
| sprinkled over a carpet, and swept off
before it has had time to dissolve or melt,
it is also nice for renovating a soiled car
| pet. Moistened Indian meal is used with
good effect by house-keepers. What is
said in the folloMiHg5 true: In many
| town and city houses, the apartments re-
ceive but one through sweeping week.
Brooms wear out carpets quite as much
| as feet do.
| POLISHED SHIRTs.-Put a little Com
| mon wax in your starch, say two ounces
to the pound; then if you use any thin
patent starch, be sure you use it warm,
| otherwise the wax will get cold and
gritty, and spot your linen, giving it the
appearance of being stained with grease.
1t is different with collar starch-it can
be used quite cold; however, of that
anon. Now; then, about polishing shirts
| starch the fronts and wristbands as stiff
| as you can. Always starch twice, that
is, starch and dry, then starch again.
| Iron your shirts tn the usual way, MAX
ing the linen nice and firm, but without
any attempt at good finish don't lift
the plaits; your shirt is now ready for
polishing, but you ought to have board
the same size as common shirt board,
| made of hard wood, and covered with
only one ply of plain cotton cloth. Put
this board into the breast of your Shirt,
| then take a polishing iron, which is fiat
and beveled at one end-polish gently
with the beveled part, taking care9not to
drive the linen up into wave-Iike blist-
| ers; of course, this requires little prac-
| tice, but if you are careful and preseVere,
in a short time you will be able to give
| that enamel-like finish which seems to
be so much wanted.