Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-06-02
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Mrs. WATsoN's HERMITs. One cup of
butter, one and one-half cups of brown
sugar, three eggs, one cup of chopped
raisins, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved
in two tablespOonfuls of milk, all kinds
of spice and flour enough to roll out; cut
as cookies and bake.
To Color PERMANENT YELLOW AND
ORANGE.-For five pounds goods, seven
ounces sugar of lead, in which dip the
goods five minutes. Make new dye
with four ounces bichromate potash al
low the goods to remain about ten min
utes, or until the color suits. For orange
pass it through strong lime water
BLIND BRDs.-Take a piece of beef
steak as large as your hand and spread it
on the table, cut a piece of bacon as large
as a finger and lay it in, then cut up
some onions fine and spread them over,
salt and pepper it to taste, add pinch of
juniper berries, roll it up and tie it with
some thread so it will not open, then stew
and fry an hour.
Ice CREAM Take three pints of milk,
four eggs, well beaten, three-fourths pound
Of sugar, and one tablespoonful corn
starch; mix in three-quart tin pail ;
boil in kettle of water till quite thick :;
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taste. Freeze in common water.pail or
any vessel of suitable size, with equal
parts of ice chopped fine, and coarse salt.
Rotate the pail and stir frequently.
To Color PERMANENT GREEN ON Cor
ToNs.-First color blue; then dissolve five
ounces sugar of lead in four gallons of
water Dissolve in another vessel four
ounces bichromate potash in four gallons
soft water Dip the goods first in the lead
water few minutes, then in the potash
water; wiring out ary; atterward rinse in
cold water. If you wish dark green,
first dye a dark blue; if light green, a
light blue.
To CURE CoRNs.-Take a lemon and
roll it until it is soft; cut thick slice and
bind in on the corn on retiring at night.
In the morning, if the corn is white and
disintegrated, pull it out with your finger
nails-never cut a corn. Sometimes sew
eral applications of the lemon slices will
be necessary, but the cOrns are bound to
succumb, and you can dance the next
night if you like. After you remove the
corDs wear shoes that fit and are not too
stiff in the soles.--Inter-O Ocean.
To Color DURABLE BROWN FOR FIVE
POUNDS GOODS. Two ounces copperas Tor
alum) in sufficient water to wet the goods.
One pound japonica dissolved in water.
Take as much weak lye as will wet the
goods well Tor eight ounces bichromate
potash-this is more expensive, but nc
better); put in the japonica water; dip
the cloth first in the copperas water, then
in the japonica water, having it hot. Care
must be taken in using weak lye, and moi
have it too strong, else the color will bC
too dark.
To COLOR PERMANENT BLUE ON Cor.
TON. For five pounds of goods, dissolve
one ounce Of copperas in four gallons o.
soft water. Wet the goods in warm suds
put them in the cOpperas water, let then
remain ten minutes. Dissolve in another
vessel two ounces prussiate potash in foul
gallons soft water. Wiring your goods
put into this solution, let them remair
| five minutes; wiring out again, now ado
one ounce oil vitrol to the potash watel
and stir well; put the goods in again and
bring to boiling point, letting them re
main until you obtain the desired shade
! STRAWBERRY SHORT CAKE.-One quar-
of flour, sifted one teaspoonful of salt
| two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar,
piece of butter the size of large egg
rub it in the flour we'll dissolve one tea
spoonful of soda in a tablespoonful ofwater
anu put the soda-water in two cups o
milk; bake in quick oven. Take thre,
pints of berries, press half, and then pu
the other berries in; save some of tn
juice and mix some sugar with it; spill
the cake, butter it, and lay mixture be
tween. Peaches cut up, sugared, AM
mixed with little cream or milk; o
oranges cut up with sugar and laid be
tween the cake, are also very nice.