Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-12-17
Hints to Housekeepers.

A little wet salt will get ink out of
boards.
A little wet whiting will get oil
out of boards.
Boiling Goldfish in hard water makes
the fish tirmer.
Soap should be cut in pieces that
it may get hard.
Never store any articles of food or
drink in old petroleum barrels. They
are poisonous even after being clean
ed.
Cookies One cup of sugar, one
cup of butter, three-fourths of a cup
of milk, three eggs, three teaspoon
tuls of baking powder.
To Make Flannels Keep their Col
or and not Shrink.-Put them into a
pail, and pour boiling water on, let
ting them lie till cold the first time
of washing.
Delicate Cake.-Add to the whites
of nine eggs, two cups of sugar, pow
dered, one-quarter of Il cup of butter,
three cups of flour, one teaspoontul of
baking powder.
Fine Backing for Boots and Shoes.
Take four ounces of ivory black,
three ounces Of coarsest sugar, a ia
blespoonful of sweet oil, and a pint
of small beer; mix them gradually,
cold.
Watery Potatoes.-If your pota-
toes are watery, put piece of lime,
about as large as Il hens egg, in the
pot, and boil with them, and they
will come out as mealy as you
please.
TO Keep out Moths.-The simplest
and most effectual recipe is to keep
red cedar chips in drawers, ward
robes, closets, trunks, &c. They are
a positive preventive Of the ravages
of moths.
Spice Cake, very tine.-One cup of
molasses, one cup of sugar, two-thirds
Of a cup Of butter, one cup of sour
milk, three eggs, one teaspoonful of
soda, one teaspoonful OF nutmeg, one
and one-half teaspoonfnls of CHINA
mon, one teaspoontul Of cloves, three
cups of flour.
TO Color Purple.-For every pound
of ..1Afh fnlyn fxx-n Of
Cudbear, rinse the cloth well in soap
suds, then dissolve the Cudbear in
hot suds mot quite boiling) and soak
the cloth until of the required color.
The color is frightened by rinsing
in alum water.
Rye Coffee.-Take a peck of rye
and cover it with water, let it steep
or boil until the grain swell, or
commences to burst; then drain or
dry it. Roast to deep brown color,
and prepare as other coffee, allowing
twice the time for boiling. Serve
with boiled milk.
Table of Domestic MeaSures.-Oi
fluids for medicinal or other purposes,
60 drops make l teaspoontul or
drachm; 2 teaspoonfuls, l dessert
spoonful; 2 dessertspoonfuls, l table
spoonful, or half an ounce; table
spoonfuls, l wineglasstul; wlne-
glassfuls, teacupful, or gill.
Common Cup Cake.-One cup of
butter, two cups of sugar, four cups
of flour. four eggs, one cup Of sour
milk, one teaspoontul of saleratus in
water, one teaspoonful of essence of
lemon, and half a nutmeg. Beat the
mixture well. Butter couple of
two-quart basins, and divide the mix
ture between them. Bake it in a
quick oven for three-quarters Of an
hour.
Cleaning Tinware, Brass or Coz
per--Acids should never be employed
to clean tinwarc, bcca sc they attack
the metal and remove it from the
iron, of which it forms a thin coat
We refer to articles made of tin plate,
which consists of iron covered with
tin. Rub the article first with rotten
stone and sweet oil, then finish with
whitening and a piece of soft leather.
BY doing SO you will save money
Keep your tinware bright by keel ing
it in IA dry place.
Pickle for Beef, Pork, Tongues or
Dried Beet.-Mix in four gallons of
water a pound and hllf of sugar or
molasses, and two ounces of saltpetre.
Of it is to last month or two put in
six pounds OF salt; if over summer,
use n!ne pounds of SALTY Boil all to-
gether gently, skim and let it COOL
Put the meat in the vessel in which
it is to stand, and pour the pickle on
the meat until it is covered. Keep
the meat down under the pickle with
stone. Use these same proper
tons for a larger quantity, if re-
CURED.
To Make Good Food of Poor
Brcad.-lf dry or sour bread is cut
into small pieces and put in pan,
and set in very moderately warm
oven till of light brown, and hard
and dry in the center, it can be kept
for weeks. Whenever you wish to
use q portion of them for buildings
or griddle-cakes, soak them soft in
cold water or milk. If the bread is
sour, use sufficient saleratus or soda to
destroy the acidity of it in making
the pudding or cakes. With proper
care there there need be no waste of
even poor bread.
A Cheap Paint.-Take one bushel
of unslaked lime and slake it with
cold water; when slaked, add to it
20 pounds of Spanish whiting, II
pounds of salt and IL pounds Of
sugar; strain this mixture through
wire sieve, and it will be ready for
use after reducing with cold water;-
this is intended for the outside of
buildings, or where it is exposed to
the weather; in order to give good
color, three coats are necessary on
hrioL oo1 two nm wood. If NOV ho