The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-05-02

From the Mobile Register.
Crumbs for she Housewife.

To the Agricultural Editor 81 the Register
Your kind note asking me to contribute
an occasional article 10 your paper has
been read with interest, particularly that
part Of il speaking in praise of my hum.
bic contributions % tie papers. and re-
ferring 10 the articles copied hy YOU.
How could il be otherwise. since ] am
but a woman? But no matter. YOU have
struck the right chord. and az ] ann
person of but few extra words, iet mc to
business
uAKINo HAMS.
lam going % bake a ham to-day. and
as that Is, therefore, most ON my mind al
present, may as well tell my lady ua.
ders how / propose doing IL. Most per-
sons boil ham. IL is much better baked
right. Soak il for an hour In clear water.
and wipe it dry; next spread 30 an over
with thin batter. and then put ID into q
deep dish with sticks under ii t0 keep it
out Of the gravy. When IL Is fully done
take Of the skin and the batter crustod
upon the flesh side, and SET 10 away %
cool
sEIDrLETz POWDERS.
One Of my neighbors dropped in thi
morning to borrow some Scidtlczpowders.
had none az hand but / told her hos
any farmers wife might make itatu
small expense, and thus have 10 ready 900
all occasions. Ii is an excellent corrgc.
tive of the stomach, and. In fact. u0tu
bad beverage. Mix twelve drains OF
powdered EPSON salts with twelve seru.
plies of powdered carbonate Of soda. and
divide into six parts. IN blue papor.-a
Divide also into six parts. in white papcrs,
four drains of tartaric acid, In SIX pow.
ders; 20 take the powders miw one ot
each paper in two glasses and pour Co.
gether. All the proportions as above
given should be- weighed ont and put bee
separate parcels at the drug store, and,
after that you can buy all iu bulk, for by
measuring the proportions in spoon you
will ever after be able 10 arrive go the
quantities to compound.
MOTHS.
This is the season in which moths DO
begin 10 mot trouble as in our fur- and
wooden goods, but their myagc- may
generGY be prevented by packing cam.
phor among the goods The most agree.
able preventive 10 use on wearing apparel
and as good one ~ any, perhaps, rs GO
mixture Of one ounce Of cloves. ono
ounce Of rhubarb, and one ounce of cedar
shavings, tied up in q bag, and kept Boa
box or drawer. Ii the substance bo dry,
scatter it in the folds of the cloth, carpets,
blankets or furs; it liquid, scatter 10 free
" in the boxes, or on the cloth OBJ wrap.
per laid over and around IL.
BoPs
These are not insects, but something
good 20 eat. One pint OF milk, three
eggs, one spoonful of butter, four spoon
iuls Of flour, mix well together and bake
on plates, and in "A quick oven. They
ought 10 be buttcrod while hot. and put
one above another, before sent iu.
BREAKFAST ROLLS.
My near neighbor, who Is young in
housekeeping, has just called o. ask how
| make breakfast rolls. Pour q sufficient
quantity of boiling water on one pint OF
corn meal 10 make a thick Cruel; then Ia
il stand till nearly cold, then add sale
and one large spoonful of yeast; mix 100
wheat flour until 10 is still dough: knoad
il well. and then let il stand in warm
place for seven or eight hours to rise,
when light make into rolls, and bake one
hour.
In return for the above information
she told me how her stepmothor had
directed her 10 make
DIXIE PUDDING.
Take slices OF light bread, spread Chin
with butter, and lay ia n pudding dish
layers Of this bread and raisins, till with
in an inch Of the top. Add five eggs
well beaten, and a quart of milk, and
pour over the pudding; salt and spice TO
taste. Bake il twenty on twenty-five
and eat with liquid sauce.
Before using the raisins, boil them iu
little water, and put il all ia.
MARY G.. WEST.
Mobile County, Ala.