Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18
RECIPES, ETC.

Keep softsoap three months before
using.
Bar soap should be kept in dry
place several weeks before using. 1t viii
last much longer.
1t is said that a plaster made Of fresh
Stacked lime and fresh tar is a sure cure
Tor a cancer, which, with all its roots,
Will soon come out.
-Molasses Candy.-One cup sugar;
one cup molasses; piece Of butter an inch
square; stir; boil until it will rope; last
OF all one teaspoon of soda.
Simply wetting and rubbing the
stained cloth in cold water will remove
al! traces OF grass stains. Fruit stains
Will disappear on application OF boiling
not water. No soap should be used in
either case.
breakfast Rolls.-IncOrporate well
TWO teaspoonfuls of cream-tartar and one
teaspooniul Of lard with one quart of
hour. Dissolve a small teaspoOnful of
SOFA, and mix the whole together with
cold sweet milk, and bake immediate.
Cherry Pudding.-Three cups butter
milk, three eggs, three cups cherries, one
teaspoontul soda, pinch Of salt. Stir
well, ana thicken with -four, and bake.
Serve with sauce, sweet cream and sugar.
ANY other fruit is as good as cherries.
Mutton Chops with LemOn.-Wash
the chops and wipe them dry; grease the
bars OF gridirOn and brOil them over
hot Goals; when done lay them on dish,
season with salt and pepper, and basic
with butter; peel and slice lemons and
lay slice on each chop.
Cream Candy.-One pound loaf sugar; ;
one teaspoon cream tartar; one tablespoon
vinegar; twO-thirds tumbler of water one
teaspoon butter. Let the candy boil with
out stirring; then add one tablespoon fla
Vorlng. When it will drop hard in cold
water turn in buttered dish to cool, then
pull 1t the same as mOlasses candy.
Mock Mince Pie-One cup powdered
crackers; one cup mOlasses; one cup
chopped raisins; two cups sugar; one
half cup warm water; one cup vinegar
one-half cup melted butter; one table
spoon cloves, cinnamon, alIspice and nut
meg. If the vinegar is very strong, two
thirds vinegar filed with water This
will make three round tin pies. They are
delicious
-Bed-bug Poison. - Corrosive subli-
mate, one ounce; common whisky, one
pint; shake occasionally until the subli-
mate is dissolved, and then add about a
teaspoonful of spirits Of turpentine, more
to give smell than anything else, to pre-
vent acciuents by being mistaken for
something to drink. Too much turpentine
will precipltate calomel from the solution.
This is certain death to the night-crawlers,
and can be applied with goose quill to
their quarters without injury to furniture.
If there is worn-out Brussels carpet
in the house without holes, but the wool
worn off, a very serviceable floor-cloth or
carpet can be made by covering it with a
thick coat Of Iinseed oil and burnt umber
Nail it, wooden side down, to the floor of
an attic or kitchen chamber not in use,
and put on thick coat Of the paint, which
should be mixed at the paint shop IN right
proportions; let it dry thoroughly, then
give it another coat; when perfectly dry,
nail it down in the kitchen and you can
scrub and wash it like an oilcloth, and
with yearly coat of paint will do duty
much longer than any common oilcloth.
Every year fresh coat of paint can be
applied and allowed to dry before using
the floor, and it can be kept looking very
nicely for years.-C0antry Gentleman.