Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-07-27
WHOLE NUMBER 222.
USEFUL RECIPES.

BoTs AND CoLIC.-It is difficult to tell
one from the other in a horse, but a ta-
blespoonful of chloroform in twice as
much mucilage, is a good remedy for
either.
To Boil MEAT TENDTR.-While the
meat is boiling add for every three
pounds, two spoonsful of brandy. Even
tough meat will be made tender in this
way without retaining any taste of the
brandy.
REMEDY FOR SORE THRoAT-Beat up
the whites of two eggs with two spoons
full of white sugar and add pint of
lukewarm water. Crate little nutmeg
in the mixture. Stir it well and drink
small portion frequently. The remedy
is pleasant and certain.
AN ANTIDoTE TO PoIsoN.-No matter
what kind of poison is taken into the
stomach, it will be neutralized and rem
dered harmless by swallowing half pint
of sweet oil. OF course it should be ta-
ken Immediately, or at the earliest posi-
BILE period after swallowing the poison.
To CLEAN SnvER.-Cleansing silver is
not an easy task; the use of kerosene
will greatly facilitate the operation.
Wet flannel cloth in the oil, dip in dry
whiting, and thoroughly rub the plated
scalding soapsuds, wipe with soft fian-
mel, and polish with chamois skin.
To CLEAN PAINT.-Save the tea leaves
for few days, then steep them in a tin
pail or pan for half an hour, strain
through sieve and use the tea to wash
all vanished paint. Whiting is un-
equaled for cleaning white paint. Take
small quantity on damp flannel, rub
lightly over the surface, and you will be
surprised at its effects.
BEE STINGs.--A correspondent of the
Scientific american says that ga good alb
sorbent' will ease the pain Of stings.
''The absorbing substance that 1 have
tried is lean fresh meat. This will re-
move the pain of wasp sting almost in
stantly, and has been recommended for
the cure of rattlesnake bites. 1 have
also used it with marked effect in erysip-
elas.''
MUFFINs.--Three tablespoonstul of but
ter, melted in three pints of milk; when
cold, stir in six well beaten eggs; one
teaspoonful of salt; two teaspoOnsful of
yeast. Flour enough to make it as thick
as you can beat it; beat it, from twenty
minutes to half an hour; then set it to
rise; it should be light in three hours.
CALVES FooT BROTH FOR THE SICK.
Boil two feet in three quarts of water,
until it is wasted to three pints. Strain
it and set it aside in cool place. When
time as it is wanted, and add salt, nut
meg, and if approved, spoonful of good
wine.
SOFT GINGERBREAD.-Melte butter
half cOhee-cup, molasses two coffee
cups, one egg, one tablespoon of ginger,
one cotfee-cup Of sour milk, two heaping
teaspoons of soda, added the last thing
before baking, and flour to make a stiff
batter. Bake at once in an oven with
steady heat. No cake burns as easily as
molaSses cake.
Cup CAKE.-One cup of butter and
three cups sugar, worked to a cream, a
half wine glass of wine, five eggs, beat
separately, one teaspoonful OF soda sitted
with five cups OF si1ted flour, little nut
meg, and lastly a cup of sour cream;
bake in round tins in a rather quick
oven; fruit may be added if desired;
frost while the cake is warm; it will
keep sometime.
To CLEAN FURNITURE.-The folio wing
is recommended by one "who knows:''
Cold drawn linseed oil, one quart; gin or
spirits of wine, half pint; vinegar,
lalf pint; butter of antimony, two
ounces; spirits of turpentine, half a
shaken before it is used. A little of it is
hen to be poured upon a rubber, which
must be well applied to the surface of the
furniture. Several applications will be
necessary for new furniture, or for such
Is has previously been French polished
,r rubbed with beeswaX.
DYSPEPSIA AND VNEGAR.-As soon as
food reaches the stomach of a hungry,
healthy man, it pours out fluid sub
stance, called gastric juice, as instantly
Is the eye yields water, if it is touched
0y anything hard; this gastric juice dis
solves the 1ood from without inward, as
jumps of ice in a glass of water are
Melted from without inward. If from
my cause the food is not thus melted or
dissolved, that is indigestion or dyspep-
ia. Vinegar, in its action on l"od, is
more nearly like the gastric juice than
ny other fluid known; thus it is that
PICKLE or a little vinegar will sEsettle the
tomach," when some discomfort is ex-
after eating.
Projecting RooFs FROM FIRE.-The
Journal, which ought to be
ood authority on such matters, says:
l wash composed of lime, salt and fine
and, or wood ashes, put on in the ordi-
ary way of whitewash, is said to rem
er the roof fifty-fold more safe against
dhLlS 11Ol1 VI
Iise in case of fire in the vicinity. 1t
ays the expense a hundred fold in its
reserving influence against the effect of
ne weather; the older and more wealth
rbeaten the shingles, the more benefit
hey derive. Such shingles are generally
lore or less warped, rough and cracked.
he application of this wash, by wetting
he upper surface, restores them to their
riginal or 1irst form, thereby closing
he spaces between the shingles; and the
me and sand, by filling up the cracks,
revent their warping.
HOP REFUSE FOR PAPER.-A large pa
er manufacturer near Marseilles,
rance, has sent agents to the various
op merchants of the Continent to pur-
hase the waste hop vines for the pur-
ose of mixing it with other stock as a
for wood and straw. The fiber
said to be strong, and well adapted for
aper. The process by which the raw
lateral is worked up is kept as trade
ecret, but it cannot materially vary from
lie treatment to which wood and straw
re now subjected. As hop raising has
ecOme an important branch of agTicul-
Ire in Northern New York and Canada,
would be well to take note of the
rench example and save the refuse for