Connecticut western news., 1873-11-28
Farm, Garden and Household.
Housekeeping Department.

URBAN 0AUCE.-Auu d cup Of Suga
 to half cup of thick sour cream, Bes
 these together ten minutes. Grat
 nutmeg over it. Nice for Indian pud
 dings.
 PLAIN DoUGHNUTs.-One pint of ric
 buttermilk, one heaping- -teaspoonful c soda, half that quantity of salt. thre
 tablespoonfuls of melted lard, flour t knead we'll.
 LEMON JELLY.-Take paper of eela tine, and let 1t soak in a pint of warn water an hour then add quart of boil ing water and the juice of two lemons and pint and half of sugar.
 BAKED Eaes.-A matron says: Bea up six eggs, one tablespoonful of flour six of sweet milk ; melt your butter i, the frylng-pan when hot, turn tn whole In, we'll beaten and bake in ho oven.
 COLD SAUcE.-Four tablespoons of su gar, two of butter. When these have been rubbed until very white anc smooth, add the beaten white of an egg Flavor 1t and mold it into some brett, shape.
 BAKED TOMATOES. them wher fully ripe, cut off slice from the stem side, scoop out the pulp of the tomato and salt. Ell the empty shell with the mixture, replace the slices, put them in shallow pan, and bake an hour.
 BATTER PUDDING. eggs, seven tablespoons of four, one quart of milk, boiled, reserving enough to wet the flour. Beat two eggs, cold milk and flour together, and pour them into the milk. Add @ little salt. If berries are used, add 1-3 more flour. Bake, and serve with sauce.
 PUDDING SAUcE.-Four tablespoons of sugar, two tablespoons of butter, one tablespoon of flour beaten to a cream. Add the white of an egg beaten to froth, and pour into the whole a gill of boiling water, stirring it very fast. Flavor with lemon, rose-water, nutmeg or wine.
 To REMOVE SILVER STA1Ns.-One of the best ways is to wash the spots with a concentrated solution of sulphate or chloride of zinc, and to rub the worst places with metallic zinc. Then rinse in pure water, and complete the washing with soap. Ink stains can be removed In the same way.
 A cheap and pretty hanging basket can be made of a carrot. Cut the root end of, leaving about finger. Scrape the inside out smoothly cut off the leaves and stems. Hang it up at an east window, taking care to keep it filled with water. In short time the leaves will curl up and cover the car rot.
 SOFT GINGERBREAD.-Melt butter half coffeecup, molasses two cups, one egg, one tablespoonful of ginger, one cetfeecup of sour milk, two heaping teaspoons of soda added the last before baking, and flour to make stiff batter. Bake at once in an oven with steady heat. No cake burns as easily as molas- ses cake.
 FRIED APPLES any nice, sour cooking apples, and after wiping, cut in slices without pairing. Have a fry ing-pan ready in which is small ouan- tlty of hot fat-that from fried salt pork is the best, but if not convenient. lard slightly salted will answer: put in the apples, caver and fry till soft then re- move the cover and brown them nicely.
 Transplanting in the Night.
 A gentleman, says the Western Ifu' Gktst, anxious to ascertain the effect ef transplanting at night, instead of by day, made an experiment with the fol lowing results He planted ten cherry trees while ln bloom, commencing at four o'clock in the afternoon. Those transplanted during the daylight shed thelr blossoms, producing little or no fruit, while those planted in the dark their condition fully. He did the same with ten dwarf trees, after the fruit was one-third grown. Those during the day shed their fruit; those transplanted during the night perfected their crop. and showed no injury from having been removed, With each of these trees he removed some earth with the roots. The incl dent is fully vouehed for, and if a few similar experiments produce like re- suit, It will be strong argument to &c., to do such work at night. Of course this method does not apply to plants, about which, however, as being scarcely remote from the sub- Ject, we give a hint. They require watching. Never allow them to mature CT go to seed. Cut your flowers, all of them, before they begin to fade. Adorn your rooms with them put them on your tables. You will surely find that the more you cut off the more you will have. All roses after they have ceased to bloom should be cut back, that the strength Of the root may go to forming new roots for next year. On bushes not seed should be allowed to mature.
 currant Vines.
 The system known as ssrine-cuttinp " or peehng circle off the currant vines while they are in blossom, is greatly practlced in Greece. It is considered to a1d the secretion of portion of the sap of the tree in the young forming perry, producing heavier and more delicate fruit, with thinner skin. The quality of entrants is judged by size and color, which should be of purply- blue. The red berries are either un- ripe, or else the produce of young vines. Vines do not yield proftably after seven years. The weight of cur rants produced last year in Greece was 82, 900 tons.
 For a Corn.
 Put two or three small mother of pearl buttons-commonly called pearl buttons-in any small glass or crockery vessel, squeeze over them tablespoon ful or two of lemon juice. Let it stand all night. There will be peculiar film cover the top; take this and apply to the corn let it remain for twelve hours. Should one application not be enough, repeat, and the corn can be easily removed.
 CONTINGENCIES the few "con- tlngent" expenses to be considered in