Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-09-02
FARM a'O boussbolD.
Prom the New England Farmer.
4 Chapter Of sIair:es.


Mr. EDITOR AS several OF your lady
contributors have given much useful intor-
nation in articles of this kind, | venture TO
offer few Suggestions, which | trust IN a,
prove OF use TO some.
Oftentir.es one little item telling OF a la
bor-saving method of doing some particu-
lar Kind of work, or how to renoyate and
make useful something that had been dis
carded as worthless, will do great
amount of good. being quite unheard of by
many people, even though it had been a
lifelong practice with the persou writing
OF it.
Last autumn. as We were preserving a
great many peaches, We dreaded to pare
them with knife as We had usually done
90 tried the experiment of dropping some
into Kettle OF boiling water and skimming
them out Immediately; when heated lust
enough and not too much they peeled as
easily as tomatoes. thus saving us much
time as well as some fruit, for pairing them
wastes considerable. As We tried none
but frost peaches, do not know whether
other kinds could be peeled in the same
way or not, but have no doubt they could
unless partially decayed.
Ii beef or fowls that are to be baked are
steamed by placing over a little water in a
closely covered kettle, until they REQUIRE
but an hours baking, they will be less DRY
aud hard. and consequently more enjova.
bic to people with poor teetb the water
over which they were steamed should be
used for the baking and gravy.
If those who us0 English currants Just a.
they buy them should once try washing
them, think they would always continue
the practice, for although they shrink .
good deal it is an agreeable shrinkage
when washed as clear as possible of grave
stones. spread on plates till thorou ghly
dry then roll in 1iiodr and they will keer
good a long time.
futting cream on onions instead of but
terror even little milk If one has No
cream.) seems to remove much of IN,
strong havor, and render them less liable
to effect weak stomachs unplea sanity.
Oid velvet ribbon that is badly crushed
can be smoothed out nicely by spongina
quite damp, and drawing the wrong sid,
Of it over the bottom of hot datiron iii
dry. 10 freshen up silk. ribbon, or lac
that has become limb and stringy, spong
nicely with a weak solution of gum ara
bic and water, and iron on the wrong sid
with cloth over them. Ribbons of firr
colors that are badly soiled can sometime
be washed to look quite well: wash. rinse
and sponge them with gum-arabic waite
that Is just strong enough TO make then IN
stiffness OF new ribbon, avoiding wringin
as that makes them look wrinkled. an
iron as quickly as possible with cloth oy
er them.
Gum-arabic is useful for so many Dur
psoes that it should always be Kept in III
houses few cents wor tn of it, Cf nc
bought at an apothe carv's) will max
quite parcel. Sponging old black alp AGA
that is to be made ov er, with cold tea. i
which a little gum arabic is dissolved. i'm
proves its looks wonderfully. if ironed o
the wrong side. Always keep a vial of
dissolved for mucilage, as it is just as goo
as that webuy and much cheaper; shout
think tablespoonful of gum arabic woul
be required for half cup of hot water, bu
il that does not make it the desired consis
tency (about the thickness of molasses
add more gum arabic or water as the cas-
may require. When one gets accustome
TO having mucilage constantly at hand
they find it very inconvenient' to do with
out it, at least we should, for there is sci
dom day but it is wanted for something
to paste papers together, put labels on al
ticles. do up bundles to send of, to men
artificial flowers, and for dozens of othe
purposes.
TO remove iron r0st or fruit stains
dissolve one teaspoonfdl Of oxalic acid il
two-thirds of a cup of boiling watar, an,
soak the spots in it until they disappear
then rinse thoroughly, Is there is DANCE
of its rotting the cloth. If the strains ar,
Gerry hard to remove, it may be necessary
to make the water stronger than this.
A FARMERS GIRL.
Worcester Co., July LIST. 1875.
Potatoes upon moist ground cannot b,