Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-07-10
RECIPES, ETC.

-Molasses Cake.-One-half cup butter,
one and one-half cups molasses, half cup
water, one egg, one and one-half teaspoons
saleratus-moderatel stiff with flour.
Soft Gingercake.-Three cups molass-
es, one cup butter, one cup cream, one cup
hot water, one teaspoon saleratus, one
tablespoon ginger, five cups sifted flour,
four eggs.
Composition Cake-Three lbs. of
flour, two and one-half lbs. of sugar,
one and one-half lbs of butter, eight
eggs, one quart OF milk, two tea
spoontuls OF saleratus, two lbs
ralslns, one lb. currants, one ID citron,
cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg. This cake
will keep good all winter
Marble Cake.-White-On cup of
butter, three cups white sugar, five cups
flour, one cup new milk, one and one-half
teaspoonfuls soda, whites of eight eggs
Dark-One cup of butter, two cups brown
sugar, one cup molasses, one cup sour
milk, four cups flour, half teaspoonful
soda, one whole egg, yelks of eight eggs
all kinds of spice. Bake in two deep
tins. Put layer Of dark cake in at the
bottom, then one of light, and so on.
When you cut 1t, the effect is beautiful.
TO Destroy Notwithstanding them is
recommended by one who has tried it as
follows:-"Be out early in the morning
with the gun when they are busy roofing,
steal quietly to the place Cup wind, get
the gun almost perpendicular over them
-muzzle about foot or foot and a-half
from the ground, consistent with safety
watch until they commence to root, then
blaze away. Dig down afterwards, ten
To tho al Ie,t lo,
ring, although he has been six or eight
inches below the surface
"A Cooling Cup.-In these warm sum-
mer days cooling cup is desideratum
All "hot and rebellious liquors" should
be adjured; but such dainty drink as the
following may be taken con dnaore: Half
pineapple Che rind cut therefrom) and
lemon cut very thin arranged in alternate
layers, each layer being thickly strewed
with white granulated sugar. Pour over
the fruit as much claret wine as will fill
the bowl cover closely, and let it stand
six hours. Then put in piece of ice,
and when cold, turn into it bottle of
plain soda-watcr, and serve, in large COB
lets, with slices Of pineapple and lemon.
Preventing the Decay of Shingles
nv i'iioN my lIOi1 lit tttC -tH6Ft-
can, is said to et1ectually prevent the de
cay of shingles: Take a potash kettle Or
large tub, and put into one barrel of wood
ashes I've, five pounds of white vitriol,
five pounds of alum, and as much salt as
will dissolve in the mixture. Make the
liquor quite warm, and put as many shin
giles in it as can be conveniently wetted
at once. Stir them up with fork, and
when well soaked take them out and put
in more renewing the liquor as necessary
Then lay the shingles in the usual man
ner. After they are laid, take the liquor
that is left, put lime enough into it to
make whitewash, and if any coloring is
desirable add ochre, Spanish brown, lamp
black, etc, and apply to the roof with a
brush or an old broom. This wash may
be renewed from time to time Salt and
I've are excellent preservatives Of wood.
1t is we'll known that leach tubs, troughs,
and other articles used in the manufacture
OF potash, never rot. They become satu-
rated with the alkali, turn yellowish in
side, and remain impervious to weather.