The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-08-05
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IT Is said that dry rot in cellar timbers
can be prevented by coating the wood with
whitewash to which has been added
enough copperas to give the mixture
pale yellow hue.
GRAHAM MUFFNs.-Take l pint sweet
milk. teaspoonful of salt, tablespoon
ftlls brown sugar, teaspoonful of baking
powder, / teaspoonful of butter, not melt
ed mix aud make as for gems.
The care and much of the labor in bak-
ing Is lust as great for a small family as a
large one-for one family as for eight or
ten. By-and-by we shall have co-Opera-
ton among housewives in this respect,
each one furnishing the material and one
of the set baking for all until the round
shall be completed.
ERAsTvE SoAP.-The Manufacturer 8
Journal gives an excellent recipe for max
ing genuine erasive soap that will remove
grease and stain from clothing. pounds
of good CASTLE soap, pound carbonate OF
potash, dissolved in J pint OF hot water
Cut the soap in thin slices, boil the soap
with the potash until 1t Is thick enough to
mold in cakes also add alcohol, ounce ;
camphor, J ounce; hartshorn, J ounce !;
color with ! ounce of pulverized charcoal.
AFTER DINNER NAPs.-Many persons
are in the habit Of sleeping for half an
hour Immediately after dinner. Ten min
utes' sleep before dinner is worth more
than an hour after Ii rests and refreshes
and prepares the system Tor vigorous. di
gestion. If sleep Is taken after dinner, il
should be in a sitting posture, as the hori-
Zontal position is unfavorable to healthful
digestion. Let those who need rest and
sleep during the day take it before dinner
in tead of after and they will soon find
that they will feel better and that their DR.
ge-tiou will be improved thereby.
PEPPER SAUCE-Take dozen peppers
and cut them up fine. with double the
quantity OF cabbage; root Of horserad-
| ish grated ] handful of salt. tablespoons
| ful of mustard seed, tablespoonful OF all
| spice, dessertspoonful of cloves, table
| spOonfuls of sugar and little mace. Boil
| the spice and sugar in two quarts OF the
best cider vinegar, which, as soon as re
moved from the fire and while yet boil
ing, pour over the other ingredients
When cold, put it in jars, cover close anC
keep ia a cool place.
BAKERS BUNs.-Mix II lbs. OF sugsI
with 2 lbs. of flour make a hole in the cen
ter of the flour, and pour in half pint o
warm milk and two tablesPoonfuls o
yeast, make the whole into thin batter
and set the dish before the fire, covere'
up, until the leaven begins to fermeht
add to this ID. of melted butter and mill
enough to make soft paste of all tn
flour, and lett rise again for half an hour
shape the dough into buns, and lay apar
on buttered tin, in rows, to rise for hal
an hour; bake in quick oven. A fey
currants are added with the butter.
CANDIED HoNEY.-The candying G
honey is due to a part of the sugar becon
ing crystallized. The honey is just a
good and as pure as ever, but not quite s
pleasant to eat on account of the SINAI
grains of sugar. There is no way know
TO prevent this, and the best honey, tina
made from clover early in the season,
more apt to be candied at the present tim
than the later made. By placing the bo
tie or jar containing the honey in vesst
of water, with sticks under it TO keep
from direct contact with the bottom of tn
vessel, and gradually heating it, the suga
will be dissolved and the honey becom
clear, and last in that condition create
or less time, according to the temperatur
at which it is kept. If it should becom
canded again the heating may be RI
peated.