The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-10
WHOLE NO. 234.

9 WHOLE NO. 234.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
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NICE COOKIES. Eight eggs, four cups
of sugar, one and one-haf cups of melt
ed butter, seven teaspoonfuls of yeast
> powder; flour enough to make a soft
dough. 1-.4~- - -
BREAKFAsT FRuTERs. One tea cup of
sweet milk, three eggs, pinch OF salt,
the same OF soda, and -four to make a
thckish batter, serve with syrup or
Z melted eoffie sugar ssg - 8 -
A Moe JELLY.-TO one ounce of
Oooper's isinglass, add one cup sugar,
\ the juice Of two lemons, and half pint
of Geld water. After standing three
hours add one pint of boiling water.
NICE JOHNNY CAKE.-One pint of
sweet milk, two eggs, pinch Of salt,
a teaspoon of soda, two-thirds of apint
of Indian mea and a large tablespoon
4 ful Of wheat Hour. Bake forty min
utes and serve with butter. = 80
Coop PLA1s DEsssERr. r. Boil 4 mint 81
molasses until it thickens seonsiderabIy:
1 prepare some light bread cut about
one-half inch In thickness butter one
! side thinly; dip the bread into the
I boiled syrup as you would in making
milk toast. Arrange the slices one
above the other on a small platter :;
pour on what remains Of the syrup.
Serve warm ssE -
GINGER COOKIES. Es.-Ons cup of mo-
tlasses, one of sugar; one of warm "a
ter {; two teaspoonfuls of ginger; one
tablespoonful OF soda, one teaspoonful
of pulverized alum, one cup of butter
or fried meat fat; flour to make a
dough-; roll. but not too thin; cut
ont and bake in q quick oven. Dis
solve the alum in water, and add to the
other ingredients the last thing.
- Eaz EiGeEa
Toeure n Cow os esrget.rz ess
I take a part of scoke root (some-
times called poke j about the size of a
small fist, cut into slices; also dozen
or so of smallsized potatoes I cut
out wedge-shaped piece of the potato
from the middle, leaving one end whole
puta slice of seoke where the potato
was taken out, and give the cow some
potatoes, and occasionally one with !
the scoke in It. One portion is gener-
ally enough. consider the remedy
sure cure.-J. S.
Receipts for yYhiteyraSh.
The following is sent out by the
Lighthouse Board of the Treasury
Department:
1.-THE following recipe for whitewash
has been found by experience to ans
wer on wood, brick, and stone, nearly |
as well as oil paint, and is much cheap
er. Slake half bushel of unslaked !
lime with boiling water, keeping. il |
covered during the process. Strain it /
and add peck of salt, dissolved in (
warm water three pounds Of ground |
rice put in boiling water, and boiled to
a thin paste; half pound Of powder
ed Spanish whiting, and pound of /
clear glue, dissolved In warm water
mix these well together, and let the
mixture stanl for several days Keep
the wash thus prepared in kettle or
portable furnace, and when used, put
It on as hot as possible, with painters
or whitewash brushes" Ei 7~-EL-
s. They also give the following direc-
tions for making wash, composed In
part of hydraulic cement They in
stance a particular kind of cement,
though other varieties are equally good.
if they are ground as finely, the only
difference in the result being in the
color of the wash: 'Take Of fresh
Rosendale cement. three parts, clear
sand one part, and mix them thorough
ly with fresh water This viii give q
gray or granite color, dark or light, ac-
cording to the color of the cement. If
a brick color is desired, add enough
Venetian red to the mixture to produce
that color. The cement sand and col
oring matter must be mixed together.
If white is desired, the walls, when
new, should receive tive coats of cement
wash, and then whitewash.. After the
work has received the first coat single
coat every three or four years will be
sufficient. It is best to thoroughly
dampen the wall with clean, fresh water,
and follow Immediately after with the
This course Will prevent
the bricks from absorbing the water
from the wash too quickly, and viii
give time for the cement to set. Care
must be taken to keep all the ingredi-
ents of the cement-wash well stirred
during the APPLICATION of it. The mix
Eure must 90 made as thick as it can
be conveniently put on with white
wash brush. n -
The following recipe found IN one of
our exchanges, is recommended for )
rial where a.Hash is wanted that viii
help preservs the wood and which viii
not be liable to wash OF by the
action of the rainx-"Take good
In humps, slake it with hot :
water, and while shaking add, to what
viii make a pailful, apound of tallow, {
DE- any grease free from dirt. 1t may !
be rancid, smoked, or otherwise unfit !.
Tor kitchen use. As soon as the ylo-
ent shaking is over, stir thoroughly. =
All the water should be added before 9
;he shaking ceases, and the mixture
should be complete. This forms in the e
Thitewash an insoluble lime soap, 9
which, if the whitewash in diluted
With cold water, often separates in I
minute clots. If the mixture be well '
made, it VIII be very smooth, and is /
title affected by the rain.n rfe a
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A eESTLarEN at Savannah the other \
lay, who had evidertly not kept up $
With the times, had dozen on the half h
hell at fashionable restaurant. I'm 4
,edded in the oysters were a crab and Q
. pearl. The latter he threw aside, y
emarking that the Savannah people n
lid not know how to open oysters, for n
hey left the shell, which interfered very .
with digestion. He asked the !,
to be '.more carefulln future b
The pearl he spit out was valued at one a
hundred dollars, and is the largest ever a
ound in an oyster in that region The :