The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-05-01
FIELD AND FAMILY.


ANcHovIEs are generally put on the
table in a glass dish full of water a; but for
the sake of economy they can be taken
from the bottle and washed in a glass
bowl at the table, one by one, as they are
wanted.
Corn STARCH SPONGE CAKE.-Whites
of six eggs, one and half cups OF sugar,
one-half cup of butter, one and one-half
cups of flour, one-half cup of milk, one
half cup of corn starch, one-half teaspoon
soda, and one teaspoon cream of tartar.
A PIECE of red pepper, the size of your
finger nail, put. into meat or vegetables
when first beginning to cook, will aid
greatly in killing the unpleasant odor
arising therefrom. Remember this for
boiled cabbage, green beans, onions,
chickens, mutton, etc.
NEVER allow bed comforters to get
pressed down in any way for they are not
so nice and warm; have them tied in
stead of quilted so that they can be easily
taken apart when they need washing. Ii
they are used between two quilts they
will keep clean several years.
You cannot fatten hogs on raw pota-
toes. They contain only about fifteen
per cent. Of solid matter. The rest is
water. Corn contains about eighty-five
per cent. of solid matter. Therefore the
fifty or sixty bushels of corn will make
more pork than the 200 bushels of pota-
toes. Besides this, the cost of raising
the acre of potatoes, including seed, Will
be three or four times the cost of the acre
of corn.
A FRENCH agriculturist, after trying
every method known to him for the de-
| "a, 90 .+z s,,fo Il
succeeded in effecting his purpose in the
most complete manner by placing a mix
ture of arsenic and sweetened water in q
saucer at the foot of the trees. For the
larger species he made use of honey in.
stead of sugar, and in few days time he
claims to have exterminated them com.
pletely.
VELVET CAKE.-Whites of six eggs
two yolks, one cup butter, two cups SUI
gar, four tablespoons flour, one-half cur
sweet milk. Use nearly one paper corr
starch. Beat butter and sugar together
to cream; add two yolks of eggs lightly
beaten, then the milk. Mix one teaspoon
of baking powder with the flour and stil
in, then the whites of eggs beaten to {
froth-lastly corn starch. Flavor will
vanilla. Bake in patties or its falls.
OLD residents in the vicinity of the
White Mountains say the winter there ha'
been the toughest known for quarter o
a century. The quantity of snow ha'
been almost cedented-observinS
farmers estimate that no less than on'
hundred and forty-four inches have fallen
In some sections the Thermometer ha
ranged for several days successfully a
forty degrees below zero. and certail
springs have frozen which never befor
were known to commit such an indiscre
ton.
The kitchen should be the lightest, air
lest and sunniest room in the house
Cookery in the dark is abhorrent to al
our ideas of cleanliness and purity. 1t i
worth a great sacrifice, in building
house for ones own use, to arrange tina
the kitchen should be on level with tn
ground, or, better still, one or two cas-,
steps above it, and should face the soutl
as directly as possible, sothat the CHEEKY
lighting, drying, beauteous sInshin
should stream into its large windows ant
doors all day long.
WHEN mice get into frames, as the,
often do, they produce a fearful amour
of mischief in few days, if not destroy
ed. This may easily be done by mixing
sugar and butter or lard smoothly togeth
er in which little strychnine is incorpo
rated, spread this on thin slices of bread
and cut into small cubes and distribut
them among the plants, and, at the sam
7 time, place vessels of water in some cor
venient place where they may drink. o.
if preferred, the phosphorus compoun
sold by druggists for this purpose may b
used, but we have always had the best sue
cess with the first named mixture.
either case care must be taken that chi
dren do not have access to the prepare
bits of bread.
WIND-GALLs, so called, are produce
from strains of the tendOns, and are NOR
or less observable in nearly all horses.
ordinary cases they do not produce lame
ness, constitute unseundness, nor unfit tn
animal for work, and yet it is difficult
not impossible to remove them. Wher
the tendons are exposed to pressure G
friction, and especially about their e1
tremities, they are fabricated by mucou
fluid. From extreme pressure, violer
action and straining of the tendons, an
sometimes, perhaps, from predispositiO
in the animal, the little sacs centainin
this mucus are injured. Inflammation el
sues, and until this subside there may
some lameness. but afterward, unless the
attain great size, they do not interfel
with the action of the animal. They ma
be temporarily reduced by means of flal
mel bandages, with pads resting upon tt
.enlargements. Wet the Dandages wit
vinegar, with little alcohol added. Bill
tering the parts is more effectual, but cal
not be recommended. Firing the par
will remove the unsightly appearance, #
the reason that the skin will be draw
tightly over the parts, but this will not a
sist the animal, but only cover up Il
blemish, or rather contract the skin ov,
it. Except upon very valuable horse,