The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-07-09
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Housxxxrr and others are much
troubled to h ri their dried fruit free
from worms. contemporary says that
. handful OF kssafras bark sprinkled
through bus ] of fruit is preventive
from this pest.
ARRowRooT BIscuTT.-Rub together
threequarters Of a 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 flour,
roll them out thin, cut them
with biscuit-cutter, place them in but
tered tins, and bake in slow oven.
POTATO PuDDka.-Peel, boil and mash
two pounds of potatoes; when ready,
take three eggs and well beat them; now
gradually add three-quarters of pint of
milk, two or more ounces of moist sugar
and pinch of powdered allspice; finally
blend the whole well together and bake
for three-quarters of an hour. Serve
with or without sweet butter sauce.
TREATMENT OF THE GALA LILY.-This
beautiful plant is native of the Nile
and revels IN rich, warm situation. 1t
fiourishes best when watered with tepid
water. To insure winter blooming, turn
the pot on Its side under tree or shrub
and give 1t no attention until fall; then
water rreely with warm water ard it will
abundantiy repay, by luxuriant bloom
ing, for the rest given it during the sum-
mer.
To Color PCRPLE OR LILAc-For one
yard Of yarn or cloth dissolve one ounce
Cudbear, with a gentle heat, in sufficient
water to cover the yarnor cloth. First dip
The yarn or cloth in saleratus water wiring
out and put into cudbear; let it stand
one-half nour or more; if you wish a
dark color, wiring out and wet again in
saleratus water; then again into cud-
bear, with the cudbear and two ounces
of alum.
PoTATO CHOPS and mash some
nice mealy potatoes, then with one or
two wellbeaten eggs make them into a
paste, work it well, dust it over with
flour and roll out Take some nice thin
neck of mutton or lamb chops, carefully
trim off the fat, pepper and salt them on
both sides, cut the paste into shape
cover over like puff, pinch the edges
and fry of light brown; they look bet
ter if about an inch of the bone is lef,
visible.
Do NOT be content with having we'll
regulated front yard only, but see to i,
that the back yard is tidy and clean. II
only covered with grass it is neat, as
well as useful for bleaching purposes
| Place here plat of bright flowers tc
give some variety, even if it be done al
the expense of the front yard. Keep il
orderly; don't let sticks, old hoop-skirts
tin cans and all kinds of rubbish lie
around, to be moved from place to place
annoying you and breeding pestilence.
| To CLEAR room of mosquitoes, take
OF gum camphor piece about one-third
the size of an egg, and evaporate it BY
placing it in a tin vessel and holding il
over lamp or candle, taking care that il
does not ignite. The smoke will soor
fill the room and expel the mosquitoes
One night, not long since l was terribly
annoyed by them, when thought of ant
tried the above, after which | neither
saw nor heard them that night, and mex
morning there was not one to be found
in the room.-Cor Inter- Ocean.
| FRENCH CREAM-CAKE.-S one tea
cupful; flour, two teacupfuls; milk, one
half teacupful; eggs, three; baking pow
der, one teaspoonful. Bake like jelly
cake, but have the layers thicker. Whel
done, split open with sharp knife ant
place one above another, having tn
crust down, with mock-cream between
each layer, made thus: One pint boilin!
cup of sugif, two tablespoonfuls o
corn-starch, eeand lastly add one-hal
teacupful of.s, otter This cake is bette
two or threg tbs old. 1t makes yer,
nice desse' Z BoaM Neo Yorker.
/ ONE l.1aims