The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-11-23
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
THE cold and mud are at hand. The
farmer is not doing his duty to him
self and family who does not provide
dry walks to his barn, corn-crib, well,
wood-house, front gate, water closets,
etc. Many diseases result from wet
feet.
A CROW was killed in the orchard
of Barbric, of Plymouth, Me-, and up
on opening his crop more than twenty
nests of eggs of the moth of the tent
caterpillar were found, showing that
this much-abused bird had dined on
about 5000 eggs.
Now THAT evenings are becoming
longer, farmers and their sons should
devote more time to study and reading
upon subjects connected with agricul-
ture, such as agricultural chemistry,
vegetable physiology, botany, mete-
orology. entomology, etc.
CABBAGE SALAD.--TWo eggs, two
tablespoonfuls of sugar, one of butter,
one half cup sweet milk well beaten,
with little salt and pepper, stir into
one pint of boiling vinegar, and keep
stirring till it boils again; then cool
and pour over Very fine sliced cabbage.
WHAT can be done on rainy days?
Clean out the stables; oil the harness;
repair horse stalls; grease the wagons;
file the saws; grind the tools; prepare
kindling wood; make aX-handles: re-
pair baskets; hoop barrels, tubs and
pals; repair all kinds of tinware;
shell corn. etc.
FLOAT.-He one pint sweet milk,
yelks three eggs, one tablespoonful
cOrn-Starch, two of sugar; beat sugar,
eggs, starch, wee bit of salt and fla
yoring, together; add three spoonfuls
cold milk; stir the above into the hot
milk briskly till cooked; then have
ready the whites of the eggs in froth
place on top of float; stand in oven
to brown little.
IT is worthy of remark that, among
the many hundreds of specifics and
remedies used and recommended for
the prevention and cure of hog chOl-
era, salt and wood ashes are in almost
every case leading articles-partly be-
cause swine, up to the very last STAGES,
eat of the mixture, and partly because
the concurrent testimony of 1000 in
stances show results more or less ben
etcial to have followed their USE
IoaC0 State Register.
For CANDYING ORANGE.-Choose
fine sweet oranges. Peel and quarter
them. Make sirup Of one pound of
sugar to a pint of water, and let it
boil until it comes to the candying
point. Dip the oranges into this can
died sirup, and place them on a sieve
to drain. Put this sieve over a long.
fiat dish, which will catch the dripping
sirup, and let the oranges remain so in
a warm place until the candied sirup
upon them is dry and crystallized
CODFIsH BALLs.-Pick up fine a tea
cupful of nice white goldfish, freshen
over night in water; pour away this in
the morning; add one-half teacup of
fresh water, one large spoonful Of but
ter, two eggs, beat all well together
and heat till hot, but do not boil; mash
and season nicely some potatoes, stir
into the Goldfish mixture till stiff
enough to put in flat cakes, and fry in
hot butter nice brown; should be
turned once. As it is a morning dish,
it is much quicker to use potatoes from
the dinner before.
SPONGE CAKE.-Twelve eggs, the
weight of ten eggs in powdered sugar,
the weight of six eggs in sifted flour,
the grated rind and juice of one lemon;
beat the yelks of eggs and sugar to-
gether to light froth. This is essen
tial. Add the whites of the eggs, we'll
beaten, then the lemon and pinch of
salt stir in the flour gradually until
well mixed; bake in long, narrow pans
three inches deep, on buttered paper:
fill the pans two-thirds; bake in
quick oven. The shape and depth of
the pans have great deal to do with
The quality of the cake.
PASTRY MADE WITH sUET. Get
pound of the best suet, with very lit
tie membrane running through. Roll
the suet on the paste-board for several
minutes, removing all the skin and
tibers that will appear when rolling
it, and this will leave the suet pure
and sweet shortening, looking like but
ter. Rub this into the flour, salt, and
mix with ice water. When ready to
roll out for the plates put on a little
butter in flakes, rolling it in as usual
After making up paste it is good
plan to put it on the ice or in very
cool cellar for an hour or two before