The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-18

vessel containing them as nearly steam
tight as possible. The clothes after
ward should be washed out and rinsed in
the usual way. The soap and water
may be reheated and used second time.
but in that case teaspoonful Of turpen.
tine and . teaspoonful OF ammonia
must be added. The process is said to
cause great economy of time, labor and
fuel. The clothes will not be injured at
all. As there will be little necessity for
rubbing, unless there are places exceed
lngly dirty. When wristbands and collar
bindings have been saturated With pres
piration, and the dirt has been dried in,
there Is no washing preparation in use
that will remove the dirt without some
rubbing. &a
MAPLK-SUaAR MAKINa-It is said
that "cleanliness is next 10 godliness,"
and in no department of labor is perfect
neatRess more essential than in sugar
making. 1t is of course the part Of the
men to do the most laborious part of the
business, but the women are compelled
sometimes to furnish clothes, as a re-
minder that the buckets and pans need q
thorough washing, and q strainer made
of unbleached cotton is requisite.
make ours a square bag, and sew the top
on a hoop, the size of sap bucket.
When the sap is gathered, it should be
nicely strained, so as to remove bark,
buds, dry leaves and all insects, and
good skinner is also needfuld in the
sugar house. With proper care, the
syrup will be clear and free frsm all bit.
ter taste. l always sugar off over the
kitchen stove. The syrup is therefore
brought to the house in kegs, and
emptled into perfectly clean jars or
buckets, and settled. Twelve hours will
accomplish this, and one who has never
tried it will be astonished at the amount
of sediment that gathers on the
bottom of the syrup. l then
run it through fine flannel
strainer into the sugar pan. When near
scalding hot. turn in few spoonfuls
of new milk, or beaten egg, to cleanse
it from any impurities of color that may
which will rise in the scum, and |
must be respectfully taken of as often as
it rises to the top of the pan. If it is
tor syrup, eleven pounds to
gallon is the desired weight; and it can
be tested by measuring out the quantity
and weighing it, taking note of the time
and manner of boiling so that after one |
batch is boiled the maker can tell very |
nearly the weight and quality without
If il is wished to grain it, 1t needs to
be cooked much longer, and when it
chips from the skinner in scales 1t will |
gram; remove it from the stove, and stir
it slowly, so as to make the gram fine;
otherwise it will form in coarse, hard |
crystals. Stir occasionally after emptying
into the tub or jar in which it is to be
kept; when the tub is full, scoop out a
portion from the centre, and the molasses
will drain into it, leaving the sugar
around the sides dry. prefer this way |
TO the method of having a spout |
in the bottom of the tub, as
it is all kept nicely from the air;
and for many uses, wet sugar is
preferable to dry, or to syrup. TO cake
sugar, it must be kept boiling till the
mass boils into continued bubble over
The pan, "like hasty pudding" as some
.ay. 1 sometimes test it by dropping it
INTO cupful OF cold water; fit goes to
he notion in hard lump it is done.
stir thoroughly till it is very thick;
hen have dishes dripping in cold water
ready and dip into them quickly; let
hem set quiet till the cakes are perfectly
nard and cold, when they will turn out
rom the dishes. This is nice way to
preserve sugar, as it retains the maple
,aste; and by adding a little cold water,
md melting, one can have hot, fresh
'yrup at any season.
To sugar off dry, it needs still more
polling, but very slowly, and stirring
Great care has to be exer-
Used that it does not burn. There
should be no blaze In the stove. only
Goals. When it is very thick, and the
mass begins to break apart, or crumble,
let it off from the stove, and with a
wooden paddle keep stirring and break
ng the Jumps, till it resembles crushed
coffee sugar. This is very nice, but very
aborious. All the rinsing of strainers,
Kegs and sugar pans can be put into
ub, and at the close of the sugar season
trained and turned into vinegar cask
md in few weeks it will turn to excel
ent vinegar. FARMERS WIFE.