The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-01-31
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


ing hints about making pastry. Every
housewife will thank us for publishing
them:
Success in making pastry depends on
several things, which l will name i'll
their order. The right sort OF flour,
good shortening, proper baking. The
best recipe will full without these essCn-
tails. Pastry flour is tho finest and
lightcst known to the trade. Good
pastry cauuOt be made with ordinary
cheap flour, Ruch as is put up in bNgs.
The shortening should in all cases DO
only pure leaf lard md sweet butter.
Grease from pork, beef drippings, etc.,
is only cheap device to cheat the
stomach. Since tho shortening is to be
eaten, it is only common sense to get
tho best. The heat required is about
240 deg, Or Just so the hand can be held
in about minute. The process is rs
follows: To q pint OF flour, measured,
take half pint Of shortening, lard and
butter in equal parts, turn the flour on n
board. put the shortening in tho middle
mud chop it up with knife till it is
about the sizc OF walnuts; putall back in
bowl or small pan, and put just water,
ice cold, enough TO mako still dough-
rs littlG water rs You can use. Put an
other cupful Of flour on tho pastry
board, turn the paste into it, flour the
rolling pin, md roll it ont flat, always
on tho Toured board; turn all the cor
hers over toward the confer, like MI en-
volopc, md roll again; repeat this pro.
cess hall dozen times, and then lay it
one side for m hour or two-ont-doors
il it is freezing weather; in tho ice box
il it is warm; Wien ready to Use it roll
it ont once or twice and make up.
Pun paste rs generally male is very
greasy and indigcstible. The sample
sent may be eaten by any one with i'm
punity, and has the additional advantage
OF not costing much. Puff paste is made
us the first receipt given, only it has
rather moro shortening, and has no
more wafer in it than will unite the flour
and shortening. l am n man Of great
strength, weighing 16j pounds, but it
requires my whole force, when the paste
is cold, to roll it ont. You CAN see
whether it is good or not. Tarts 70 pade
cannot DO cut with knife when fresh;
they go into flakes ut the touch. They
arc about onc-third Of M inch thick be-
foro bahing, possibly ono half M inch,
and they rise more than four times their
original size. You may roll pastry in
any direction, from you, toward you,
silewise, any way, it matters not, but
you must have pastry -four, leo water,
and very little Of it, and strength, il you
would succeed.
borrowing Tools.
There is n miserable habit prevalent
among farmers which Ought to DO treat.
cd aud cured as n disease. Just what
remedy might DO prescribed, would per-
haps he difficult to tell. In some farm.
ing districts dozen or so Of the III.
habitAuts Rro always down sick with this
terrible complaint. II they could be
cured it would be Il blessing to their re-
apnctivo neighborhoods. Land would
rise in value, mud property would be
more desirable from tho moment it could
he sail that that class OF individuals had
beCn cured or "moycd away" To BIZ
compelled to borrow n farm tool is en-
harrassing enough, but to never return
it, or, after months have elapsed, return
it in damaged condition, is aggnvat.
ing. There is no class OF people in the
world more generous and accommodate
igg than tillcrs OF tue soil. They like
to do rs they would bo done by. that is,
the better portion OF thom. But even
the golden rule and its prompting spirit
wear ont when practiccd by n certain
class Of men At their continual expense.
heard au old farmer say once: 81
have learned to do rs l am done by, and
not as I would he done by. Self-protec.
lion first, aud the golden rule after
ward" Tho old farmer was right us the
world goes, ii wrong in auy higher
sense. Now, caunOt this great evil DO
cured, and society in this respect bore.
furmcdl What wo ask is, that all Dor.
rnyed tools be taken home at once, and
be returned III asgoodcondition rs when
thoy left their owners hands. II they
are cracked or broken, take them to the
shop aud have them repaired, or buy
new ones to return in their stead. Ii our
advice is needed aud 4 new era ushered
il, grauder stop will be taken towards
the worlds regeneration than anything
The Sunfrngists can 10 by their votes or
their conventions. When fnrmers in
their upward progress get so that they
can return borrowed tools immediately
alter they lnye used them, tho eigus Of
letter time will have come.
70 Keep Potato OnIon-.
As soon rs pulled they must be dried
in tho shade, for they will not bear the
sun. Spread them out thin on 4 barn
floor aud leave them until Just before
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