Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-07-05
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Facts for Houseikeepers.
WIDOWS CAKE.


four tablespoons of molasses, two tea
spoons of saleratus To be eaten hot,
with butter, for tea or breakfast.
EGG STAINS ON SILVER.
Tofemove the stains on spoons caused
by using them for boiled eggs, take a
little common salt, moist between the
thumb and finger, and briskly rub the
stain, which viii soon disappear.
SOLVENT FOR OLD PUTTY AND PAINT.
Soft soap mixed with a solution of
potash or caustic soda; or pearlash
and slaked lime mixed with sufficient
water to form paste Either of these,
laid on with an old brush OF rag, and
left for some hours will render it easily
removable.
TO REMOVE GREASE SPOTS FROM WOOL.
In removing the grease from wool.
use very weak alkaline solution as a
substitute for soap, because if the So
luton is too strong it viii act chemic
ally upon the wool, tending to dissolve
it, and thus impair its strength and
lustre.
TO PREVENT FLIES FROM INJURING PIC
TURE FRAMES, GLASSES, ETC.
Boil three or four onions in one pint
of water; then, with a gliding brush
do over your glass and frame, and the
flies will not alight on the articles SO
washed. This may be used without
apprehension, and it will not do the
least injury to the frames.
BOILED BREAD.
Two cups Of Indian meal, two cups
Of rye, one Of -four, two-thirds cup of
molasses, pint and a half of milk a
little salt, and teaspoonfuI of salera-
tus +; pour it into long tin pail; put
it into pot; have just enough water
to keep it boiling; cover tight, and do
not boil into the pail, and keep it boil
ing three hours, and you viii have a
loaf of bread without any crust
POTATO PoULTIcE.
Perhaps it is not generally known how
much pleasanter and more agreeable,
as well as more effacaeious, is a poul-
tice made of potatoes than one made of
bread. It keeps heat lonrer and can
be reheated several times and does not
wet the clothing. Peel, boil and mash
the potatoes; inclose in muslin bag.
and apply to the affected part. To boil
them IN hot water has a very soothing
effect, and enhances their value. A
poultice made of boiled beans is by
some thought to be better than pota-
toes, but both are worthy of a trial.
TO KEEP JAMS, JELLIEs, AND PREsEsvEs
FROM MOLD.
The closet in which sweetmeats are
kept should be perfectly dry and cool.
IF +hat &c tho ezJ
recipe used, preserves will keep for
years. Cut a round circle of writing
paper, the size of the interior of the
pot, and one about an inch and half
larger. Take the white of an egg and a
paste brush, and lay a coating of white
of egg over the surface of the smaller
circle, and then lay that piece on top of
the jam, with the untouched sides of
the paper next to the jam. Take The
large piece and coat that on one side
with white OF egg, and let the surface
thus coated be the one turned inward.
This circle is to cover the pot, and the
white of egg renders it adhesive, and
pastes it firmly down all around the
edge of the crack.
REMEDY FOR GROUP.
The following remedy was given by
Professor Bronson: "Let a healthy
person fill his lungs with pure air, then
slowly breathe upon the patients throat
and chest, commencing at the point of
the chin, and moving slowly down to
the bottom Of the wind-pipe. Repeat
for few minutes, and it viii give re-
lief IN cases where all other means fail. -
. A mother, " writing to a medical Jour-
nal, says IN relation to that recipe ::
My boy was always subject to Group :;
came near dying with the rafting, noisy
kind at about eleven months old. [
saved him with water, and ever after
preventing serious attack by watch
fulness and water. But when three
years old, [ let him play in the brook
one warm, raifly day, and he took Sc
we're cold, and had the still kind of
Group, the first and last time he had it.
In spite OF all could do, he grew con-
stantly worse, until he could only gasp
and breathe with his head thrown back
We thought his last moments had
come, when l thought Of and applied
Bronson's remedy for minute. When
stopped, he looked up and said, q Do
so again, mother, do, y though he could
not speak when began. You may be
assured did SO again, and [ believe it
saved his life
PAPER-HANGINGs AS A MEANS OF DECoRA-
TON
In discussing on this subject to the
edinburgh Architectural Society, Mr..
Inomas Hall gave the following practi-
cal suggestions. AS to the selection of
patterns for bedrooms, the paper
should be cheerful, with a little Light
ground, tinted to suit the aspect of the
room; the designto be cheerful, either
a chLntz pattern, or a conventional
flower, or plain wall of watered or
dlapered pattern, surrounded on each
wall with nice floral or ornamental
border For drawin9-rooms, the pa
per should also be light, and lust sng-
9eStlVe OF richness, without giving the
IMPRESSION OF extravaganza either in
8oId or color, Gliding is one of the
most dangerous as well as one of tbo
most seductive elements at a naner-
stalner's disposal.
100 much glitter is to be avoided
ana happy IS the man who can bit the
proper medium, as he who errs bv pm
nlng 10 the opposite extreme drsousts
by the contempt thrown upon the ord.
nary usages of modern society. For
aln1ng-rooms, the only papers that
ought to be used are oil painfed fo Cjl,sO
winch can be treated to suit any asneci
or any description Of furniture. For
libraries or offices, The color of the "a
per should be rich but quiet in tone
with quiet, unobtrusive pattern
elIher III deeper shade of the same
GGol9f' OF geometric pattern, with a
th gliding. Paper-hangings Cat least
nose nnose with printed PATTERN, should
never be used on ceilings.