Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-03
Agricultural and Domestic.

A little ammonia in a few spoon
fuls Of alcohol is excellent to sponge
silk dresses that have grown shiny
or rusty, as we'll as to take out spots.
A SYSTEMATICALLY a black-be-
comes almost like new when so
sponged.
For washing windows, looking
glasses, ETC., little ammonia in the
water saves much labor, aside from
giving better polish than anything
else; and for general house-cleaning
it removes dirt, smoke and grease
most etfectually.
Rye Muffins.-One pint of milk,
three eggs, three pints rye flour, one
handful of wheat flour, half tea-cup
homemade yeast or a penny's worth
of bakers yeast. Make over night.
Set in a warm place to rise and bake
in rings or round tins, half an hour.
Any poison which has been swal-
lowed, intentionally or by accident,
may be rendered harmless by swal-
lowing two gills of sweet oil. An
individual with a very strong consti
tuition should take twice the quantity.
The oil neutralizes every form Of
vegetable or mineral poison with
which physicians are acquainted
Good Lights.-To have a good
light the wicks of kerosene lamps
should be changed frequently. They
may be washed, if not too short, or
replaced by new ones. The unsatis-
factory light sometimes afforded by
kerosene lamps is often caused by
the pores of the wick being filled
with refuse matter, which obstructs
the free passage Of the oil.
A good way to mend glass:
Pound tlint-glass as fine as it can
possibly be made on painters stone,
and mix it with the unbeaten
white of an egg. Rub the mixture
on the clean edges of the broken
glass, place them carefully together,
and, where it can be done set aside
for some days or weeks, and one can
scarcely discern that there ever was
a crack in your bowl or dish.
If the wall cracks in any part of
the house, get five cents worth of dry
plaster of Paris, wet with cold water
and rub into the cracks with your
finger. Rub till it is smooth. Bad
nailholes in the wall may be filled in
the same way, and look just as well
as if 4 plasterer had been sent for
and a bill to be paid. If the top of
lamp become loose take it off, wash
it with soap and water, wash the
glass also to remove all the grease,
then spread the wet plaster around
the glass; put the brass top on quick
before the plaster has had time to
harden; let it stand till qnite firm,
and it will be ready for use. Kero-
senc softens the plaster, and there
fore should not be filled quite full.
This is what they call farming
in Georgia: "Many country people
are selling their eggs and butter to
buy their bacon ;and using the bacon
to feed the hands who make the cot
ton, which is mortgaged to pay for
the fertilizers used in making 1t"
SPONGE CAKE.-Five eggs, one
cup of powdered sugar, beaten with
the yolks; then beat the whites of the
eggs to stiff froth, stir in one cup
Of -four, and bake in quick oven.
BREAKFAST RoLLs.-Use one pint
of sweet milk, one egg, half tea
spoonful of salt, one large table
spoonful of lard, two tablespoonful
of yeast; mix with one quart of flour;
mix them at night, place i'll warm
place to rise; in the morning roll out,
cut into rolls, place in the pans, and
place over kettle of warm water;
let them get very light and bake
about twenty minutes.
PoT PIE CRUsr.-One quart of
flour, three teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, stirred through the flour,
one teaspoouful of salt, two table
spoonfuls of lard, one egg, milk
enough to mix more stiff than bis
cult; cook your meat until tender,
then roll ont the crust cut it and lay
over the top of the meat, put in a.
lump of butter the size of an egg;
boil steadily thirty minutes without
raising the cover.