Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-16
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.


A GOOD sizing to apply to outside
brick work before painting, is boiled
linseed oil and carbonate of lead.
Cur cold cod in neat bits or flakes
from the bone; place in a dish any
sauce left Of it, and lay the bits on it,
pouring over them four ounces of butt
ter melted In cream and thickened and
seasoned to your taste with cayenne,
made mustard, and Harvey's fish sauce.
Heat thoroughly In Dutch oven. The
elsh may have a paste Or potato border
or be served on another dish on a puff
fed napkin.
Stock should be well fed at this sea-
son. Do not spare feed, but do not
waste any. 1t is easier to keep flesh on
an animal now than to put it on in
March.
INCOMING COWS should be we'll cared
for. Some linseed cake meal or bran
In their feed will do no harm, but more
exciting food should be avoided. A
roomy stall or loose box should be pro-
vided in which the COW may remain at
night without being tied. Milking COWS
will be benefited by a pailful of milk
warm water with two quarts of bran or
middlings stirred in it twice day Cold
water for drink will greatly reduce the
quantity of milk.
BOILED INDIAN PUDDING.
Two eggs, a piece of butter the size
of an egg, one pint of milk, one half
teaspoonful of soda dissolved In boiling
water Thicker with about three tea
cups of Indian meal. Steam about two
hours. This makes only a small pud-
ding,
Parker HOUSE ROLLS.
Two quarts CT -four, one teaspoonful
of salt, two tablespoonfuls of lard, one
pint of scalded milk, half cup of
yeast, scant half teacup of white
sugar Mix we'll flour, lard, and salt,
when the milk is but lukewarm; then
add the yeast and sugar Make deep
hole In the flour, pour in the mixture,
just covering it lightly with flour; let
rise seven or eight hours; then mix as
soft bread; roll out, cut round and lap
over, putting a lump Of butter between
the lap. Then let rolls rise in pan
previous to baking.
sCRAP-BoOK PASTE.
Dissolve teaspoonful of alum in a
quart of water; when cold, stir in as
much flour as will give it the consis-
tency of cream, being particular to beat
up all the humps; stir in as much powd-
cred resin as will lay on dime, and
add also six cloves Put in another
vessel a teacupfull of boiling water set
over the fire, pour the flour mixture
into it, stirring well all the time 1t will
be soon like mush. When cool, lay a
cover on it; keep it cool. For use soften
with warm water 1t will keep twelve
months. ". b. S.
TO EXTINGUIsH KEROSENE FLAMES.
Kerosene flames are readily extin-
guished by throwing cloth over them,
thus sitting them But cloth is not
always in the kitchen, where kerosene
accidents are most likely to occur
Flour is recommended as a substitute
Thrown upon the flames, it quickly alb
serbs the fluid and deadens the fame.
COSMETIC VINEGAR.
The Druggist gives the following re-
cipe from Piesse and Lubin: Spirit, 1
quart; gum benzoin, 3 ounces; concen-
trated aromatic vinegar, ounce; bal
sam Peru, l ounce; otto neroh, l
drachm; otto nutmeg, half drachm.
HOW TO DETECT COTTON.
Cotton is now so treated in manufac-
ture that it is frequently taken for
merino and even for silk To cause
the cotton to resemble wool, it is
scratched and the surface raised by a
particular process, and made into
"merino underwear To test it, draw
out thread and burn it; if it be cot
but if it is wool, it will twist and curl in
the fame, make black ash, and re-
veal its origin by the odor.
SQUASH PANCAKES.
Having some cold boiled squa b left
over one day, mothe1, thought to ex-
pertinent; so she mixed with ii, after
thoroughly rubbing all Jumps out, two
eggs, salt, q little baking powder, sweet
milk and -four to make a stiff batter,
and fried it on the griddle. They were
delicious, and now squash pancakes are
regular dish at our house. They are
a regular dish at our house. They are
as light as feathers.
HEATING THE OMEN FOR CAKE.
Cake requires slower fire than bread
but it must not be too slow, or the cake
will not be thoroughly cooked through,
and, will fall when taken from the
oven. IF the fire is too hot at first it
Will crust over before it is light, and
burst through the crust and rise rough
and homely. If the cake is large, some
nails or bits of iron should be placed
under it, and paper spread over it,
else it will scorch before it is cooked
through. Any kind of bread or pastry
mixed with water requires hotter fire
than if mixed with milk.
PUMPS FREEZING.
1t is common to have small hole in
the pump tube a few feet below the
exposed portions, to let off the water
and prevent its freezing. Where this
provision has not been made, the same
result Eaay be obtained by placing a
small nail, tack or small wire, just
under the edge of the leather valve
which retains the water, sinking it PAL !.
ly into the leather to hold it. This will