The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-07-10
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


SUPP lJOllluB AUVt 1utO tuo ttuCeu NGlS
slowly, stirring the egg all the time; Use
iorce.meat balls and slices OF lemon in
the soup.
REcooKlxG CoLp MEAT.-Takc any
kind OF cold meat, cut into dice, taking
care to turn of NIL gristle; place in n
stewpGn, with sufficient COLI water to
cover it, and ono or two onions, accord
ing to quantity of meat; season with
cloves, pepper, salt and mace, according
to taste; simmer gGItly until the meat
is quite tender; tLickcn it with flour
and n SNAIL piece OF butter; tako m
iron spoon, put teaspoonful OF sugar
in it, mud burn the sagar; stir quickly
into tho hash. Toast slices OF bread
brown; cut in squares, and lay them
round II flat dish; then pour ont your
hash aud serve hot. II veal or poultry
is used, omit the Glove and browning,
and add fresh parsley, chopped fine, Just
before sending to table.
CoRv BREAD.-One pint Of corn meal,
One-half teuspoonful OF soda, one tea
spoonful Of cream OF tartar, one.half
teaspoonful OF salt, one egg, and milk
enough to form stiff batter. Bake in
hot oven. The illus in which you bake
should be hot and well creased before
the batter is put in.
STUFFED ToaiAToEs.-Get them rs
large aud firm rs possible; cut q round
place in the top Of each, aud scrapo out
all the soft parts; mix with stale bread
crumbs, corn, onions, parsley, butter,
pepper and sllt; chop very fine, and fill
The tomatoes carefully; bake in mod
erately hot oven; PIT little butter in
the pm, and see that they do not burn
or become dry.
suEr PUDDING cupful Of -four,
one cupiul OF milk, one egg, one ounce
Of suet; mix well, add dried fruit in any
quantity you wish; boil two hours; eaten
with liquid sauce. Sauce-White OF
QUO egg, thicken with sugar and little
butter, beaten to froth; add cupful
OF boiling water, stirring oil tho time;
Navoring to taste.
PIcKLEp PEAEs.-Ten pounds Of
pears, three pounds Of light brown su-
gar, ono quart vinegar, one ounce CHINA
mou, one ounce cloves (ground), one
quarter pound citron; put all in together
and boil until the pears are tender;
skim out and let the syrup boil half an
hour longer.
TArIocA PuDDISG.-Put three table
spoonfuls of tapioca to soak over night
in lukewarm water; in the morning. pour
on this one quart OF milk and set it on
the stove till it comes to boil, add n
pinch OF salt and four or five tablespoon
fuls oil white sugar, the yolks OF three
eggs, which. when you pour in, cools it;
let it come to boil again, or until it
thickens, stirring all lifetime, then pour
itinto your pudding dish; then beat the
whites OF the three eggs to froth, add
four tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar,
and spread over the top; put il in the
oven and bake light brown.
Apple Borers.
A correspondent gives suggestion in
relation to the apple borcrs which he
considers cheap and sure protection
from the ravages OF not only the apple,
but other borers. It. is washing the
stems Of the trees with clrbolic soap
suds about the first OF July, when the
eggs are being deposited. This both
kills the eggs that are Ibid and prevents
their being laid after it is applied.
Strong oap suds will also kill the eggs
il applied soon after they are laid, but
several applications OF it are necessary,
rs it does not prevent their being depos.
tied. This same correspondent, having
noticed complaints Of "midge and other
insects that have been troubling spring
wheat more or less, said that if the far
mer will take the prccaution to soaK his
seed in salt pickle fifteen or twenty
honrs, then rake it in ashes or lime, he
will have no trouble from insects, and
will furthermore have remedy against
smut.
..s7y Hay Caps.
Hay caps, for protecting hay cocks
while curing, can be made very cheaply
of heavy brown sheeting one yard wide.
The cloth may be torn in pieces yard
long. md the edges hemmed with sew.
ing machine. Strings should be fashion
ed ut each corner, which may be twisted
around wooden pegs thrust into the hay.
The top Of the cock only needs to be
covered; il it il bnilt properly the lower
part will shed the rain. 10 build hay
cock properly it should be kept round
ing, with the center higher than the
sides; then the rain cannot possibly
panctrato it, even if exposed for several
days. Tho cocks should DO placed on
tho ridges and never in deep burrows, SO
that the bottoms may be kept dry. The
proper kind OF shecting should DO the
medium or heavier qualities.
New MANURE and Grub Destroyer.
A correspondent reports some expert.
1nents which he made with paraiflne oil
as grub destroyer and manure. His
crop OF onions has every year been Mt
tucked with maggots, md his turnips
with fly. For tho last eight years, as
sOon rs the vermin made their appear.
nnce, ho watered between the rows two
ounces Of parailine oil to six gallons OF
water. Both maggot and fly instantly
disappeared, aud the crops and quality
have always been extremely fine. His
garden also suffered from rats and mice,
and hn had sometimes to SOW his peas
and beans twice over. But since he
took to soaking his peas aud beans in
paraitine, not one has been touched and
he has had M enormous crop.
Lost Their Lirey.