The weekly Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1872-190?, 1873-09-13
HOUSEHOLD.


says al am one of those whose lot in life
has been to 60 out in an unfriendly world at
an early age and OF nearly twenty families,
about thirty years, there were only three
that could be designated as happy families.
The source of trouble was not SO much the
lack of love, as the lack of care to manifest
it."
The closing words of this sentence give US
the fruitful source of family alterations, of
heart aches innumerable, of sad faces, and
gloomy home circles. Mot so much the
lack of love, as the lack of care to manifest
it." What world of misery is suggested
by this brief remark Not more than three
happy families in twenty-and the cause so
manifest, and so easily remedied.
All in "the small. sweet courtesies of
life," what power resides! In look, a
word, a tone, how much of happiness or
disquietude may be communicated. Think
of it, reader, and take the lesson home with
you.
CLEANING FEArHERs.-A correspondent
of an exchange says:
How shall we renovate old feathers, and
so clean old ticks? This inquiry [ have
seen in the paper. My way is this In
June, when the weather portends heavy
shower of rain, l lay the feather tick on the
lawn or clean grass, and smooth it over
evenly. One-half hours heavy rain will
clean one side of a badly soiled tick, unless
there are grease spots. In this case take
pail of hot suds, pour it on the spots,
brush them, and let the rain rinse it out. l
then turn it over and serve the other side
the same. If the shower be Of short dura-
ton, put the bed out in next rain.
To dry the bed, lay up the tick on slat-
work, clean rails or something of the kind.
If the feathers are much wet so much the
better. When drying, shake up, beat with
light rods, pick up Jumps if there be any.
When the bed is dry the tick will be clean,
and the feathers almost as good as new.
Some of our beds have been used thirty
years. have laid them in rain every sum-
mer they are now clean and good. 1t
takes but short time to dry the bed, but
when it is dry to appearance, it is not hit to
sleep on, but should be laid on an empty
bedstead month or more, with the win
dows up.
This caution may be unnecessary, as no
wise head sleeps on feather beds in summer.
AS for the labor, would rather clean five
beds in rain, than one in the manner gener-
ally recommended-by pouring the feathers
from the tick on sheet in an empty room
when there is no empty room in the houes),
washing the tick, stirring up the feathers
thoroughly, returning to the tick, and lay
ing in the sun for several days, turning and
beating up often.
A NICE OMELET-Beat two eggs, yolks
and whites together, in bowl until very
light. In a cup put one teaspoonful of
corn starch add Slowly half teaspoonful
of milk (new milk is best) when well stir
red and smooth, pour this over the eggs, and
beat them all well together for few min
utes little chopped parsley can be added
if wished. Cook as other omelets. In
making any kind of omelet salt and pepper
should not be added until sent to table; and
to have them perfectly light and tender,
the ingredients must be well and quickly
beaten with the fork.
TRANSPARENT PUDDING.--Warm halt
pound of fresh butter, do not allow 1T to
melt. Mix with it half pound of powder
ed loaf sugar, and stir them together till
they are perfectly light. Add small nut
meg, grated, or half a large one. Beat
eight eggs as light as possible, and stir
them gradually into the butter and sugar.
Finish fine with sufficient extract OF roses
to give it a fine flavor. Stir the whole very
hard, butter deep dish, put in the mixture,
and bake it half an hour. Serve it up cold.
You may bake this pudding in puff paste.
BOILED BREAD PUDDING.-Crumb your
stale bread in pudding pail and cover with
sweet milk, and set by the stove to warm
and soften. Then to every quart Of the
mixture add two well-beaten eggs, cup of
sugar, and handful of raisins or sweet
dried fruit of any kind. Do not have your
pail full, as it needs some room to rise. Put
the cover on tightly, set it in boiling water
and do not allow it to stop boiling till done.
If you try that once you will never make a
baked pudding again. Serve with cream.
ARRowRooT BIscUIr-Rub together three
quarters of pound of sugar and the same
weight of butter. until they rise, beat three
eggs well and mix with it, then stir in two
cups of sifted -four, roll out thin, cut them
with biscuit cutter, place them in butter
ed tins and bake in slow oven.