Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-26


Of draught is such as to keep crowding
his hind feet ont of the furrow on tho
plowed ground. The length of the
double whitiletree and the neck-yske for
a sleigh should be just Us long rs the
sleigh is wide from the centre of one
runner to the other.
Useful Household lliuts.
TREATMENT OF CHILBLA1Ns.-We rec
sulphurous acid in this affec-
lion. It should be applied with cam
el-hair brush, or by means of a spray
producer: One application Of this
usually effects cure. The acid should
be used pure. A good wash for hands
or feet affected with chilblains, is sui.
phurous acid three parts glycerine,
one part !; water, one part. The acid
will be found particularly useful in the
irritating, tormenting state of chilblains.
LOTION FOR THE HAIR, AS REcoMsrEND-
ED by DIR. LococK.-Aqua ammonia, oil
sweet almonds, of each two drachms !;
spirits rosemary, one ounce oil Of
mace (essentia) one-half drachm rose
water, two and one-half ounces.
First, mix the almond oil with the
ammonia then, having added the oil
OF mace to the rosemary, shake them
up with the oil and ammonia and
finally add the rose-water by degrees,
and mix well. To be used as lotion,
applied once aday with a soft lair-brush.
SWEEPING CAP.-For the pattern of
this cap, cut a paper complete circle,
the diameter of which is twenty-one
inches.
For the material of the cap five
eighths Of a yard of light blue, pink or
green Chambrey !; cut by the pattern,
turn the edge under by a narrow hem,
and then upon the right side of the
goods, one inch and a quarter from the
edge, stitch narrow bias band of Irons
dale cambria en- tirely around the cap.
This is designed to hold the rubber
cord which draws the cap into shape
and size to fit the head. The edge may
be prettily finished by sewing on a mar
row cotton trimming or lace, or it can
be bound with the cambria instead.
After inserting rubber cord between
the bias band and Chambrey and draw
ing it to the size of her head, the cap
is completed by placing tiny bow Of
ribbon upon the left side in front, and
another with streamers at the back.
The bows may be made of the goods
and bound in cambria, if preferred.
The cap is worn with the longer diane
ter from back to front, and when shap-
ed by deft fingers looks not unlike the
fashionable Normandy Cap" Pink
bows wre pretty on light green caps
and light blue upon pink.-Cor. Ohio
Farmer.
How TO Cook .PorAroEs.-Care
should be taken to select from the
bins all alike in size, being sure to
allow them just sufficient time to be-
come nicely crisp and brown at the
hour the remainder of the dinner is
ready. They should not be allowed in
the open oven one moment after
done, there to shrink, as if pro-
testing against delay; neither to be
sent to the table to wait five or ten
minutes the movements of some tardy
husband and children. Mashed pota-
toes, that are nicely pared, boiled and
dried, seasoned richly with salt, cream,
Oh milk and butter, are always good,
always nice, if smoothed down into the
dish with care, and prettily spotted with
pepper. The mashed potatoes leftfrom
dinner makes fancy dish for break
fast, by making into little cakes or
patties, with the hand, and frying
brown in dripping or butter. The but
ter should be hot when the cakes are
put in.
The boiled potatoes, left from yester-
days dinner, are very good chopped
fine and warmed for breakfast in good
milk and butter with salt and pepper
When you are boiling your tea-kettle
tonight you can boil half dozen good
sized potatoes, and when cold slice them
the long way, something less than a
quarter of an inch in thickness. In
the morning lay them one by one on
the griddle, to slowly toast or brown in
good butter or fat, sailing them care
fully and evenly, after placing them in
q covered dish. Gentlemen always like
these with their coffee and these or
the potato balls, are an addition to the
tea-table when gentlemen are present.
Still another way to fry is to pare the
potato round and round, like an apple,
until all is used. cooking slowly and
evenly in a covered "spider," until
brown
In the spring, when the potatoes are
poor, difficulty is experienced in pre-
pairing them to relish, Pare and cut
them half an inch in thickness, putting
to boil in salt water until tender then
pour off the water and put on cream,
good milk, seasoning and thickening
carefully with only little -four. For
those who have no milk, fresh boiling
water can be used with nearly as good
result.