The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-06-02
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.
-Dahlias need stalking up.

-DahllaS need stalking up.
Double violets are seedless.
Some asparagus beds need cutting
twice a day. Il l. F.4
Cream Pie.-One pint of rich sweet
cream, the whites of two eggs well beat
! en-; sweeten to taste with pulverized su-
gar; one crust. i...
Jenny Lind Pie.-Four eggs, one
cupful sugar, one cupful molasses, one
cupful vinegar, three cupfuls water, spice
to your taste; raisins.
Calves Feet.-Boil them until ten
der; cut them in two, taking out the large
bones. Season with pepper and salt and
sweet marjoram, and dredee well with
flour; fry light brown in lard and but
ter mixed. Serve with parsley sauce.
-Salve for Burns.-The following
recipe is said to be first-rate: Make a
salve of lamp-oil and beeswax, about
the consistency of lard in summer, and
apply to the burn. In a few hours the
pain will be relieved.
For bee-pasturage there are few
plants that excel mignonette as 1t grows
readily on light soils and blooms through
out the hottest and dryest weather, when
many of the more hardy perennials fail.
If you keep bees SOW bed of mignonette
for bee pasturage in times of droughts.
"A succession of fodder crops should
be planted for dairy COWS, horses, calves,
sheep and pigs. For all these animals "a
green crop, to be cut when pasture be-
gins to fail, is of the greatest value. 1t
must be something that will grow quick
ly, will furnish a heavy cutting or two,
and be agreeable and nutritious.
Mint Sauce.-Take large bunch of
young green mint-if old the taste will
be unpleasant; wash very clean; pick all
the leaves from the stalk and mince very
fine; cover with cold vinegar and pow
dered sugar, sufficient to make quite
sweet, and tiny pinch of salt. Some
persons prefer dark brown sugar and
brown vinegar
Eggs in Cups,-Place cups in drip
ping-pan of boiling water and place on
fire, where the water will keep boiling;
in each cup put lump of butter the size
of hickory nut and let it become very
hot; then put in, carefully, one egg in
each cup. 1t is best to break each egg
in a dessertsaucer first. When cooked
serve on thin-buttered toast
An English paper, the Builder, has
the following: A correspondent states
that he has made the simple discovery
that hard waters are rendered very soft
and pure, rivaling distilled water, by
merely boiling two-ounce vial, say in a
kettleful of water. The carbonate of
lime and any impurities will be found
adhering to the vial. The water boils
very much quicker at the same time.
The knowledge of this fact will prove a
boon to housewives and laundresses.
Lamb Pudding-Cut neck of lamb
in thin outlets; season with white pepper
and salt, chopped parsley and onion; line
a pudding dish or tin pail with paste and
place the meat in it, with new potatoes
sliced; cover with paste, and tie a heavy
cloth over, if in the pail, and boil in a
pot of boiling water; if in the dish, it may
be placed in pan and set in the oven,
with boiling water poured around it, and
plate turned over the top of it.
-Asparagus.--Boi in sailed water I'M
til tender; have very thin buttered toast
on hot dish, and place a layer of aspara
gus, with the heads all one way; then
more toast, and layer of the asparagus
with the heads directly opposite from the
other layer, and soproceed until you use
up the asparagus; cut, with very sharp
knife, the asparagus across the middle,
and pour your drawn or melted butter
over it. 1t can be served out much nicer
this way, and each person will get the
usual amount of head.
Why use lime for the bodies and
large branches of trees? 1t has an I'M
natural and unsightly appearance, while
soft soap leaves the bark smooth and of
a natural color, and my experience is that
it is more efectual. 1t is an article that
most country people have; if not, it can
be obtained cheaply from the manufact-
urer. Potash is equally good. Dilute
each pound to a gallon and half of
good water; put it on with a stiff brush,
and when not in use it should be kept in
water. The person using it should be
careful not to get it. on his hands and
clothes. Soft soap should be put on as
thick as it can be used. Any rough
bark should be scraped off before wash
ing the trees and when washed annually
no rough bark will:appear.-C. ,D0tonjng.