The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-10-25
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


OF flour; teaspoonful OF salt two
eggs, beaten very light. Beat oil free
from Jumps. Bake rs soon rs made, on
n well,greased griddle.
GINGER SSArs.-One pint OF molasses,
one cup OF sugar, ono cup OF butter or
lnrd, one tablespoonful OF ginger and
cloves each, one teaspoonful Of cayenne
pepper; flour enough to roll ont very
thin. Bake on fat tins.
APPLE FRITrEEs. Take one quart Of
sweet milk, three eggs well beaten, n lit.
lie salt, and flour enough to make bat.
ter stiff enough for pancakes. Nix it
with it very thin slices Of sour apples.
Drop by the spoonful into hot lard, and
fry like doughnuts. Serve with cider
and sugar, or foaming vino sauce.
WATER CAKE.-Take Tour cups of
sifted flour, two cups Of White sugar,
half q cup Of butter, two eggs, and one
cup OF water. Turn the water over the
butter; stir the sugar into it. Add the
eggs we'll beaten. Dissolve small ten.
spoonful Of saleratus in little boiling
water stir it in; mix two small tea.
spoonfuls of cream of tartar with the
Hour. Nutmeg, lemon or mace for
tiayoring.
APPLE JouN--Pare, quarter and core
enough apples to fill u three or four
quart crock. Mako batter little
thicker than for pancakes; put layer of
apples on the bottom OF the crock, then
pour over some of the batter; then an-
other layer OF apples, then batter, and
so on until all is used; then put thick
soda crust on the top and bake for three
hours. To be eaten with sweet sauce.
Very nice.
CREAM MUrriSs.-One quart rich
milk, or if you can get it, half cream
and half milk; one quart Of flour, heap.
ing six eggs; one tablespoonful OF but.
ter, one Of lard, softeneG together.
Beat whites and yclks, separately, very
light; then add flour and shortening,
and scant teaspoonful OF salt, and
stir in tho flour the last thing, lightly
as possible, and have the butter free
from Jumps. Half fill your well.buttcred
muiiu rings, aud bake Immediately in
hot oven, or your mullins will not be
good. Send them to the table the mo.
ment they arc done.
The Potnio Bus.
A correspondent writes It may be in.
teresting to some Of your readers to
learn what the potato bug is doing in
these times Of political nominations and
financial trouble. In Milford, Pa., n
great change has come over this scourge
since the potato harvest. They arc seen
crawling almost everywhere, even in our
houses Mt times. Every little ditch and
excavation has been almost alive with
them, where they have fallen in, and
numbers arc found floating upon the
streams that run near our village. We
saw almost quart crowded into cor.
ner by our back door, and nearly half.
peck at the eastern end OF q trench that
is now being dug for the water pipes Of
this place.
Since tho cooler weather they are uu-
able to fly, and only crawl along ut n
very slow pace. Nothing seems to 20
amiss to them i'll tho way OF food in
these days, although they still show n
partially for the potato. Crushed pota.
toes lying in the road are soon covered
with them, and Feelings and cut pato.
toes arc their special delight. However,
we havc seen them in large numbers as
sailing bruised tomato vines and the
fruit, too, while cucumbers and other
vegetables do not scem TO be unpalat-
able. Anything from which juice
exudes appears to satisfy their wants,
and there is reason to think that they
arc not at all particular in their diet.
Tho cool weather, we would add, has
very greatly hiudered their peregrina.
tions-or migratious. il itbe so-though
they are still seen crawling pretty lively
on tho sidewalks in the middle OF the
day.
Sulphuric Acid and Weeds.
4 correspondent OF the Journal OF
horticulture writes Take IN old black
ing bottle. with a wire around it to carry
it by, aud stick to dip with. The
stick should not be pointed, but shouldb
notched round for an inch or two ut the
end, the better to hold the liquor. Just
one drop quite in the heart OF the plan-
tain il sufficient to cause death, and the
notched stick will contain at one dip
enough to destroy three or four plants.
II the acid ID good, the work OF death
eau both be seen and heard, for the
vitriol hisscc, and it burns up the plan.
tain in moment. a row OF plantains
n foot wide sprang up on lawn where
IN iron fence formerly ran. Tho owner,
seeing at place he visited the good
effect Of vitriol, put the hint in practice.
The plantnins were killed in IN hour,
and have never appeared again. 1t is
three years since, md it is impossible to
recognize the limo Of tho fence it com.
pletely burns the roots out. l have
tried it oil large dandelions with the
same result. One of the young men
there amused himself by hunting ont
tho longest thistles lie could find to
experiment Gu; the vitriol completely
killed them by eating the roots out.
One drop will do. Caro- is required TINT
it does not touch tho skin, boots or
clothes it is not safe in the hands Of
children, but n man or woman with ten
minutes practice can kill plantains much
more quickly than any Ind can eat goose
berries.
Selecting Seed.
Ono OF the first aid most important
considerations in tho cultivation OF wheat
is tho production OF superior seed.
Seed Of primo quality will often make
difference Of more than ono.half in the
crOD. Grain TINT has not heen savnl