Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-20
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Useful Hints for Housewives.
A STTRF, CURE FOR BURNS.

Useful Hints for Housewives
SURE CURE FOR BURNS.
We see it stated that an embrocatlon
of lime-water and linseed oil IS one OF
the most useful remedies for burns.
These agents form thick, creamy sub
stance, which excludes air, and allays
the inflammation instantly. The injured
part must be washed with warm milk
and water three times each day, and
the oil dressing removed. This remedy
will entirely prevent soaring. If this
mixture cannot be procured in the drug
stores, Stake lump of quicklime in
water, and as soon as the water Is clear,
mix it with the oil, and shake we'll. In
an urgent case, pour boiling water over
the lime, and it will be clear in five
minutes Or this preparation may be
kept ready bottled in the house, and
viii be as good when six months old as
at first.
PICKLED PEACHES.
Pick out the largest and fairest of
elingstone peaches rub all the down
off with course towel; fill your steam
er and place over a kettle of boiling
water for about fifteen minutes-some
peaches require more time, some less
Steam them until they can be easily
punctured with fork, not till they be-
gin to crack open; take them off, and
as you place them IN an earthen jar,
stick three or four cloves in each one
When the jar is full, pour over them
boiling vinegar; spieed with pounded
cinnamon tied in a thin muslin bag :;
they need light weight to prevent
them from rising to the surface; in
week they are ready for use These
are to eat with meat for breakfast and
dinner. To have them little nice add
one pint of sugar to every quart OF VIM
egar while boiling, and more spice If
desired, and pour over the same as be-
fore.
PEACH MARMALADE.
We took the small and imperfect
elings, as they would not admit of be-
lug removed from the stone in pieces of
uniform size and shape, pared them,
and, after cutting from the stone,
placed in o porcelain kettle with one
pint of water TO two qua is of fruit;
boiled until soft took off, and put
through a seiye with wooden potato
smasher. Then returned to the kettle,
adding one pint OF sugar TO every
quart of prepared fruit; brought to
boil and sealed while hot. It can be
sealed without the addition of the SUI
gar, and when eaten let it be sweetened
with white sugar to the taste, and it
greatly resembles fresh peaches.
MAKING SOAP.
A great deal Of grease may be saved
for soap that would not be nice mixed
with soap. Put all your grease in a
large kettle, Scraps, marrow-bones and
anything else from which grease may
be extracted), cover it with I've, and let
it boil an hour or two, then put quart,
more or less, of coarse salt, which will
separate the grease from the rest and
rise to the top let it boil half an hour,
then fill it up with cold water, and let
it stand till cold. Take all the grease
off the top, throwing away the bottom,
which will contain great deal of sedi-
ment. Then put the grease and lye
together, and boil, and you will not
fail of having good soap, if the I've is
good. A trough is much better than a
barrel to keep 1t in, as the hoops are
liable to burst. -Fb3mer's Wife, ia
HY{pe Farmer