The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-06-27
FARM AND FIREsIDE.

of killing burdOcks: In the spring.
when they first come up, cut OH the tops
and sprinkle thiekly with salt, ana you
will not be bothered any more Win die
ones treated in this manner"
For ehafed shoulders in horses, WASH
with warm soft water and CASTLE soap ana
then dress with crude petroleum. II III
cerated, wash them with carbolic soap ana
apply petroleum afterward. IT possible,
let the horse rest few days. 4
SIMPLY wetting and rubbing the stained
cloth in cold water will remove all traces
of grass stains. Fruit stains will dlsap-
pear on application of boiling hot water
No soap should be used in either case.
To dispense freckles, take l ounce OF
lemon juice, draehm of sugar; mix and
let them stand a few days in glass bottle
till the liquor is fit for use, then rub 1t on
the hands and face occasionally.
FUAnGATING poultry houses with sui
phur, thrown on glowing Goals in an earth 9, tn
en- vessel, and keeping the house closed for
several hours, is said to be perfect RENE
dy for insects of all kinds. The poultry
must be removed before the experiments.
CRACKED STovEs.-Don't let your stove
smoke, merely because there is crack in
it; but take common wood ashes and salt,
make paste with little water, apply it
to the aperture and the crack will be
closed in a moment. 1t can be put on
when the stove is hot, as easily as when it
is cold.
SPANISH PUFFs.-Put into saucepan a
teacupful of water, teaspoonful of pow
dered sugar, half a teaspoonful of salt, and
ounces of butter. While boiling add
sufficient flour for it to leave the saucepan;
stir in one by one the yelks OF eggs,
drop spoonful at a time into boiling lard,
fry them light brown, and pour white
wine and melted butter over them.
PLAIN CHEEsEcAKEs.- Turn 8 quarts of
milk to curd, break it, and drain the whey;
when dry, break it il pan, with ounces
of butter. till perfectly smooth; put to it
| Il pints of thin cream or good milk, and
add sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and ounces
of currants. Put a light puff paste in the
pattypans, and three parts fill them.
MUFFNs.-1 quart of milk, 4 eggs, lit
| tie salt. and teaspoonfuf of melted but
| ter. Beat the yelks of the eggs, add the
milk, salt, and butter, and flour enough to
make batter; then add yeast enough to
make it rise. Beat the whites to froth,
and 81 ir them in at the last. As soon as
| the batter is light, grease the muffin rings,
| fill them about half full, and bake slowly.
LOAF CAKE.-1 pound of flour, pound
OF butter. pound of sugar, eggs, tea
spoonful cream-tartar. and J teaspoonful
of soda dissolved separately. Beat the
butter and sugar together, whisk the eggs
very light and add them. Then stir in the
cream-Tartar and flour with milk eRough
to make very stiff batter; add the soda
and bake in a moderate oven.
HARD SoAP.-One % cent box of con-
centrated I've dissolved in gallon of rain
water; pour in a vessel to cool; melt 5
pounds clean lard or tallow when milk
warm pour in your I've, very slowly, and
! stir rapidly; continue stirring until it be-
gins to thfcken; add any perfume desired ;
| have ready a clean box foot square; pour
or four days, then cut up in cakes.-Couss-
| try Gentleman.
CocoANUT CRAcKNELs.-To l quart
good oatmeal, medium grade THAT usually
known as Scotch oatmeal), add spoon
fals of sugar and of desiecated cocoanut,
or 6 of freshly grated eocoanut. Then
add 81 gills of boiling water, or what will
barely wet it, so it can be rolled out.
| Flour the board well and roll to one-fifth
Of an inch thick, cutout with a cake cutter,
! stick currant in the center of each, and
bake in a moderate oven about twenty
minutes. or until they will break readily
between the thumb and fingers. Watch
them closely that they do not brown.
Serve them as cakes.
THE Country Gentleman advises grass
garden walks. A correspondent spaded
up all his walks, added good soil enough
to raise them to level with the adjoining
beds, raked and rolled them till they were
| firm and even, and then sowed them with
mixed lawn-grass seed, scratching in with
rake. 6 In three weeks l had the pleas
ure of walking on green velvet instead of
gritty gravel, and with the help of the
lawn mower have no further trouble with
| my paths. Always green and pleasant to
weedy, never muddy, never wet, being
above the garden level, they are Joy
forever and the perfection of garden
walks"