Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-07-24
The Home.

The Home.
To REMOVE paint from window glass.
melt some soda in very hot water and
wash them with it, using soft flannel.
1t will entirely remove the paint.
FIG JELLY.-Wash, and add water
sufficient to cover the fruit boil TWEEN
ty minutes strain, then add sugar and
boil as above.
WILD CRAB APPLE.-Cover the fruit
with water and boil soft, then strain
add one pound of sugar to each pint of
juice; boil from fifteen to twenty
minutes.
HAw.-Cover with water, boil until
soft, mash, strain, and add one half
pound of sugar to each pint of Juice :;
boil twenty minutes.
SLoE JELLY. Mash, boil, strain :;
one half pound of sugar to pint of juice.
PLUM.-Mash, boil, strain, as above.
PEACH JELLY-Wash, without re-
moving skins or pits; cover with wa
ter; boil until soft, strain, add one
half pound of sugar to pint of Juice;
boil twenty minutes.
! JELLIEs OF STRAWBERRIES AND BLACK
BERRIES. the fruit, put in
thin cloth, and allow to strain over
night. Next morning add half pound
of sugar to each pint of juice; boil
twenty minutes.
GRAPE JELLY.-Bruise and boil the
fruit, then strain; add one half pound
of sugar to each pint of juice, then boil
from ten to twenty minutes.
DIR. NICHOLS advises glass Jars. for
| fruits because undoubtedly many
persons are greatly injured by eating
tomatoes, peaches, etc, which have
been placed in tin cans"
To REMOVE proud flesh, pulverize
loaf sugar very fine, and apply it to
the part affected. This is a new and
easy remedy, and IS said to remove it
entirely without pain. It has been
practiced in England for many years
No ORNAMENT is so appropriate for
the dinner table or mantel as vase of
flowers. If a small quantity of spirits
of camphor is placed in the water con-
tanned in the vase, the color and fresh
ness of the flower will remain for
much longer period.
WHEN, as in case of sickness. a dull
light is wished, or when matches are
mislaid, put powdered salt on the can
die till it reaches the black part of the
WICK. In this way a mild and steady
light may be kept through the night
by small piece Of candle.
CANNED FRUITS Make syrup with
sugar and water, averaging a quarter
of pound of sugar to each pint of
juice; boil the fruit until done, fill the
jars boiling hot, seal up Immediately.
Keep jars warm before filling with the
! fruit.
BRANDY PEACHES. One pound of SUI
gar to each pound of fruit boil fruit
until soft, make the syrup with as little
water as possible. Take the peaches
and lay separately on a dish, boil the
syrup again until the right consisten-
cy; put the peaches in the Jar, then
add one part brandy to two parts of
syrup, stir and fill up the jar.
WHEN you wish to clean lamp
chimney, hold linen cloth against one
end of the chimney and place the 9TH
er end In your mouth; breathe in it
until it is covered inside with moisture.
push the cloth into the chimney with
smooth, slender stick, and rub it
around until the moisture is absorbed:
repeat the process and breathe over
the outer surface also rub this with a
cloth until dry, and you have clean,
bright chimney. Soft newspaper will
take the place Of a linen cloth. Do
not use Gotten cloth on any glassware