The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-04-13
Farm Garden and Household.


soda, as much milk as will make thick
batter. Bake in a shape, butter and
serve hot.
To CLEAN WALLPAPER. NEoisten
fresh, dry calcined magnesia with pure
benzole, and cork It for use rub this
on fresh grease-spots, and they will fee
at once il they are Of long standing,
spread the paste on the spot, and leave
it till tho benzole eyaporates, then re-
move the mass carefully with paper
knife, 80 as not to scratch the surface.
and brush the magnesia away with a
nice dry brush.
A Poisonous ANuINE Co1oR.-The
dye'stuf called rosanilin, which gives
q beautiful carmine color, is, it is sta
ted, IN arseniferous production, allied
TO arsenlate OF lime, and is soluble in
Tactic acid. 1t is used in lithography
and for painting wooden vessels, etc.
Asst is very poisonous, it should never
be employed in confectionery, and
bright sugar sticks should never be
given to children.
MNoE WITHOUT MEAr ron PARTIES
Crate the rind Of two or three lemons,
and add 10 them ono and half pounds
OF beef suet, of apples, OF raisins, Of
currants and OF brown sugar, respect
lively, nequarter OF o pound Of candied
peel, very little salt, some mace, nut
meg and cinnamon. Add a small bottle
Of any kind Of fruit syrup preferred.
Should be mixed only short time be-
fore wanted.
MORN PREyESTrvE.-The following
recipe for keeping moths out of cloth
ing is o fayorite in some families: Mix
half pint Of alcohol, the same guam
tity OF spirits Of turpentine, and two
ounces OF camphor. Keep in q stone
bottle, and shake before using. The
clothes or furs are TO be wrapped in
linen, and crumbled.up pieces Of blot
ting;paper dipped in the liquid are to
be placed in the box with them, so that
1t smells strong. This requires renew.
ing about once year.
RAISED NUr.oAKrs.-NIabe sponge
over night, with one quart of new milk
and half q cake Of dry yeast, dissolved
in Q gill OF water. In tho morning, il IL
is light, add half pint OF butter, n
pound OF sugar, three eggs, half nut.
meg, half teaspoolful Of soda, q little
salt, and flour enough to make dough
somewhat stiff; knead well, and set TO
rise let it get very light, and then
mold and put 1t into q pan, Thoroughly
the pan.
RoL1s.-one quart of flour, one cup
OF milk, three tablespoonful Of lard or
butter. one tablespoonful OF sugar, one.
half cup Of yeast. Put the -four in n
dish, make hole in the centre, put the
yeast, milk, lard and sugar in without
stirring, and stand till noon. Then stir
altogether, mold in little more flour,
and let it rise till two hours before tea.
time. Roll out little thicker than pic
crust; cut out with pint pail cover !:
after cutting, butter very slightly, fold
over, and rise fifteen minutes before
baking.
An ExcRlIEST DOMESTIC CoyPEc.
TlGN.-onnge.peel, preserved in sugar,
is one Of the most delightful confeo.
tons which a family can use, far supe.
rior to the extracts sold in the shops.
The peel should, OF course, be perfectly
clean, and should be cut in long, thin
strips. Stew in water till all the bitter.
ness is extracted, then throw away the
water and stow again for half an hour
in thick syrup made of pound Of
sugar to ono OF peel, with water Just
enough. Put away in cool place for
flayoring buildings, pies, etc. For this
purpose it should DO chopped.
Measuring Hay.
To measure the contents Of stack Of
hay proceed as follows: II it is round
stack, tapering to point from the
ground, measure the width half way DO.
tween the ground and the peak OF tho
stack multiply this width by itself,
and divide the sum by 1854; this will
give the average area OF the surface
covered by the stack. Then multiply
that by tho height from the ground to
tho point where the width was meas
ured. II these measurements are feet.
tho sum found is the cubic feet in the
stack. II the hay is timothy, orchard
grass. millet, or Hungarian, 500 feet
will mako ton, or n cube eight feet
each way. II the stack is very solid.
md was cut when dead ripe, $50 feet
will make ton, or cube Of seven feet
each way. II the hay Is mixed with
clover, about 700 feet, or q cube OF nine
feet each way, will make ton. Ifiti
all clover or light meadow grass, or red.
top, 800 feet will be required to weigh
q ton, unless il is pressed very hard,
when some allowance must be made,
These estimates are made from notes OF
a great many stacks and mows OF vari.
Gus kinds, and will give a fair average.
Water Pals.
Wooden water pals whetherto DO used
in the kitchen or at the stable, should
receive two or three good coats OF gum
shellac varnish, dissolved in alcohol,
well laid on both inside and outside.
This will last year or more before the
wood will begin to soak water. 1t is
much better than lead paint for tho in.
side OF pals. Lead is poison and soon
heels of in freezing weather, and then
the pals soak water and get very heavy
to lift besides which they rot fast and
leak through the pores OF the wood.
Shellao can be procured OF any painter,
ready mixed, and, il corked tightly, will
keep any length Of time.
HIS KEEPERS. the Tichborne
claimant q Az .,s..,.l -. Al. =. -.