Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-09-28
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
HeIpfui Hints for Housc,,iy ives.
REMEDIES FOR BEE srINGs.

thing to be done after beng Stung Is to
extract the stlnger, and then whatever
remedy is used must be applied imme-
diately If swelling is to be prevented.
always use spirits ofammonia, or harris
horn, as it lis more commonly called.
Though this has the effect on me of
preventing swelling and pain, others
may not find 1t SO etficacious. Kero-
sene, which is being used as a medicine
tor rheumatism, sore throats, burns,
burns, lameness, bruises and other af-
hictions, will be found very eiiectual IN
subduing t he virus of the bee poison.
An application of wet blue clay
or moist earth has the desired
effect on most all who try it Unboiled
honey was recommended by the ancient
bee writer's as a medicament for the
bite of bees, and am going to try it
some time though | am i'll no hurry for
an opportunity to present itself. Hon
ely is always near by, and that is an adj
vantage, as it is necessary that the rem
edy be immediately applied. If you
have to go to the house and spend some
time inhunting or preparing a medicine
the afflicted part will be swollen and |
much less easily cured. Bruised onions
or tobacco leaves can be bound on the /.
wound, or it can be bathed in saleratur .
and water, or salt and water. Sloan's .
ointment is very soothing and healing. /
Innumerable other cures for bee stings |
might be given, but among the proceed /
ing ones | think every person can find |
one or more which willproduce on them
the desired effect.
FOR SCALDS OR BURNS.
Poultices of tea leaves, moistened in .
hot water, are preferable to all other
remedies in the first stages of burns
and scalds. Or take raw onions, pound
or mash fine as possible, and apply at
once; it Will give immediate relief.
HOW TO SET coLoRs
Dissolve teaspoonful of sugar of
lead in pail of water, in which you
soak your colored cambria for fifteen |
minutes before washing. If more con
venient, little vinegar or handful |
of salt thrown in a pail of water, and !
the dress soaked, will set the color.
BROWN BREAD.
Prepare the meal like the Graham ; /
sitt, but turn back the bran and use it, |
Two and a half ounces of Indian meal. |
one and a half of rye--both measured |
after being siited-half a cup of molas- |
ses, one cup of thick sour milk, two
cups of sweet milk and one teaspdonful
of soda. A cup of sweet milk and two
teaspoontuls of cream tartar can be used |
instead of the sour milk, with equal sue |
cess. Pour this batter into three-pint |
pail, or any vessel of about that size
which can be covered tightly. Place it |
in a kettle containing boiling water
enough to come half way up the sides
OF the pail Cover the kettle and keep |
it boiling three hours and half. Set |
the bread IN the oven fifteen minutes,
to dry off Water must be kept boiling I
with which to fill up the kettle as it
boils away. It must be watched close
ly, but when it is done the cook will be |
paid well for her trouble. Cut slices
round the loaf, and if you have healthy |
stomach, eat the bread while it is warm.
TO PRESERVE PEARS
Take small, rich, fair fruit as soon rs
the pipe are black; set them over the
fire in a kettle, with water to cover
them; let them simmer till they will |
yield to the pressure Of the finger, then
with a skinner take them into cold .
water; pare them neatly, leaving on a
little of the stem and the blossom end
piece them ut the blossom end of the .
core then make a syrup of a pound of
sugar for each pound of fruit; when it .
is boiling hot pour it over the pears,
and let it stand until next day, then
,lr / m / hot nd
again pour it over; after a day or two
put the fruit in the syrup over the fire,
and boil gently until it is clear; then
take it into the jars or spread it ON
dishes; boil the syrup thick, then put
it and the fruit in Jars.
PEAR MARMALADE.
To six pounds of small pears take
four pounds of sugar; put the pears
into a saucepan, with little cold wa
ter; cover it and set it over the fire nm
til the 'ruit is soft then put them into
cold water; pare, quarter and core
them; put to them three teacups OF
water; set them over the fire; roll the
sugar fine mash the fruit fine and
smooth, put the sugar to it, stir it web
together until it is thick like Jelly, then
put it in tumbers or jars, and when
cold secure it as Jelly,
WHITE MOUNTAIN CAKE.
-Four eggs well beaten, with two cups
and half of white sugar, one heap
ing cup OF butter, one cup of sour milk,
one teaspooniul of soda, five cups of /
flour, one teaspOOntui of vanilla, one Of .
lemon, heaping cup Of rasins, fwhole, I
without stoning), half a cup or candied .
orange peel and citron sliced, half
cup Of almond meats sliced. It is a