Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-11

head with a soft sponge; then rub the
head with a dry towel. Use once week.
ST. PAUL seems to have held cremation
among the higher Christian virtues, as
witness: " And though l bestow all my
goods to feed the poor, and though I gige
my body to be burned, and have not charity,
it profteth me nothing. ~. Corinthians,
Gi5j. chap, Sd 0erse.
NICELY trimmed mutton chops put in
a covered jar, with little water, pepper
and salt, and cooked in slow oven for
three hours, form, it is asserted, ex-
cellent food for an invalid or delicate
child, as the meat is not so hard as in the
ordinary ways of cooking.
WHILE American women are so shy of
going out to service, it is said that many
of the Eastern college students exc out
their income by spending the summer as
walters in the larger country hotels. One
landlord in New Hampshire says he has
forty walters of this stripe engaged for
this season.
PRUNE PIE FOR DEssERT.-During the
scarcity Of pie material the following
recipe makes wholesome and nice des-
sert: Stew the prunes, take out the pits.
Sweeten to taste, and if liked add a little
lemon. Cover a plate with nice paste;
when cool put the prunes in and cover
like an apple pie.
No MORE buff or gray kid shoes are
worn by little girls, black being firmly
settled as the favorite color, or rather no
color. Wee things in their first short
dresses, and BARNS just trying independ-
ent lOcOmOtiOR, wear dainty buttoned
shoes Of pink, scarlet or blue, without
heels, and fastened with pearl buttons.
A STRAWBERRY grower states that to
two barrels of rain water he put One-quar-
| ter of a pound of ammonia, one-quarter
of a pound of common inter, and with
this solution he sprinkled his strawberry
beds every night when poisoning. The
result was double the amount Of large
strawberries to that just adjoining not so
treated.
CORN MEAL PUDDING.-Two pints meal,
one pint grated bread, one of mOlasses,
one of brown sugar, one of sour milk, two
tablespOonfuls butter a half teaspoonful
of ginger and two Of cinnamon, three
eggs, half teaspoOnful soda; slice soft,
juicy apples and add one teacupful if
liked; bake half an hour. Sauce, cream
and sugar
APPLE TARTLETs-Peel six large APP.
piles, boil to a pulp, mix with sugar,
cloves and lemon-peel to taste; let this
mixture stand till quite cold, then mix
with it two ounces of dried currants.
Make light puff paste, obtain large flat
baking tin, and pour the mixture in. Cover
it with the pastry and bake half an hour
in very hot oven.
RAILROAD CAKE.-FOur eggs, one cup
sugar, one cup -four, one teaspoonful
cream of tartar, one Tablespoonful of
soda; beat the yolks of eggs and sugar
together, then add the cream of tartar and
soda, then the whites beaten to a stiff
froth; lastly add the flour; bake in a long
pan When done spread on jelly and roll
up. 1t makes a splendid cake and quite
cheap.
LEAKING teats have been closed by the
application of collodion to the teat imme-
diately after milking. To apply it wipe
the teat perfectly dry and with a small
brush or cancels hair pencil paint the end
of the teat over with three or four coats
Of the collodion. 1t dries instantly, and,
contracting as it dries, closes the orifice
Collodion is gun cotton dissolved in
ether.