Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-02-25
USEFUL AND suaGEsTIYE.

RossoLET OF Cold ROAST CHICKEN. -
Mnce the white and good parts; warm
the mince in white sauce, well rendered !,
season with mace, white pepper and nut
meg, and, when cold, roll this up with
two silver spoons into balls the size OF
large eggs wrap these in thin paste and
fry and serve them with fried parsley.
A LADY says would like to tell your
readers how have kept my house-plants
through the coolest nights, so far this win
ter: l set them on the table, draw the ta-
bic into the center Of the room, drop the
curtains at the windows, leave the lamp
burning in the middle Of the room, and
find my plants all right in the morning.
Cost, one cent per night.
BLACK WALNUT STAIN.-Take one
quarter of u pound of asphaltum, one-half
pound Of common beeswaX and one gal
Ion of turpentine. If the mixture is
found 100 thin, add beeswax; IL too light
in color, add asphaltum a very little will
make great difference in the shade.
Vanishing is not necessary, as the wax
gives good gloss. This is good stain
fer pine.
DRIED POTATOES, which may be kept
any length of time, and which, when
boiled with little salt, are not distinguish
prepared as follows: After being peeled
and cut into disks, they are treated with
cold water to which has been added one
per cent. of sulphuric, or one to two per
cent. of muriatic acid. Washing in pure
water follows, aId the pieces are then
| placed on wire frames and dried in an
oven. When done, the disks are of
slightly yellowish tint, and re transpar-
ent, like gum Scientific 1mericdn.
A MOTHER writes that her son is left
handed, and asks 'it il will be an injury
to him when grown if he continues to
write with his left hand" BY no means.
Left handed persons suffer from certain
inconvenience in being in this respect un-
| like most other people, but it does not
amount to an injury. Our foremost edu-
Gators say that both hands should be alike
educated, and might be, if parents and
teachers would be at the pains of requlr-
ing children to be ambideXters. One of
our prominent generals in the 'Hlate un-
peasantness" lost his right arm, and
writes a very legible backhaud with his
left hand. N. y. Tribune
VENETIAN FRTTERs Pick, wash and
drain three ounces of whole rice; put it
into full pint of cold milk and bring it
very slowly to boil stir it often and let it
simmer gently until quite thick and dry.
When about three parts done, add to it
two ounces of pounded sugar and one of
| fresh butter, pinch of salt and the
grated half of a small lemon. Let it cool
| in the saucepan, and when only just warm
mix with it thoroughly three ounces of
currants, four of apples chopped fine,
teaspOonful of -four, and three or four
small, well-beaten eggs. Drop the mix
ture in small fritters, fry them iD butter
from five to seven minutes, and let them
become quite firm on one side before they
are turned. DO this with a slice Drain
them as they are taken up, and slit white
sugar over them after they are dished.
| A PLEA FOR NATIVE TREEs.-It is
shame that there exists necessity for
eulogizing our native evergrecns, but so it
is our people seem to think them too
common for their yards and lawns, and so
these really handsome trees are neglected
almost entirely. Their value in an orna-
mental point of view is misunderstood,
mainly on account of the appearance of
the wild specimens growing generally to-
gether in a mass, or else from various
causes becoming mutilated or possibly
from the uncongenial character of the soil
A healthy young plant cultivated in the
nursery and carefully removed shows a
character that astonishes the skeptic in
every instance. 1t developes itself into a
regularly formed tree, possessing bright
healthy color and is always an object of
beauty, not at all thrown into the shade
by many of its Transatlantic COUSINS
N. Y. Tribune. 't