The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1877-12-15

SOlOTS IAncu Dy h1us VIII rPfucn
by the application of hartshorn and
water.
Fanny's Fritters.--One pint milk.
three eggs, salt and -four to make a
thick batter. Beat well, and fry on
q griddle.
Douginuts.-Tcn tabiespoonfuls
sour cream, two cups sugar, one pint
milk, three eggs, two teaspOoniuls
soda, cinnamon. Mix with -four as
soft as you can and roll.
Moths.-To prevent, use camphor,
Persian powder or benZine freely.
Careful wrapping in paper or cotton
cloths will secure clean wonlrnS, but
the moths will attack soiled spots.
Bed bugs are destroyed by merc,,-
rial ointment or benzine. Coal oil j.
destructive to many insects.
Cockroaches disappear before IA
liberal sprinking of powdered borax.
Carbolic acid or coal oil is certainly
$ficacious.
Blood Stains.-Rub soap upon the
spot and allow it to dry thoroughly;
ordinary washing will afterward re-
move the stain.
To Cleanse Hairbrushes.-W Wash
them in water in which has been dis
solved a tablespoonful of spirits of
hartshorn: little soda in warm wa
ter serves the same purpose.
To take out mildew, mix soft soap
with starch powdered, half as much
salt, and the juice of lemon: lay it
on the part, on both sides, with
brush. Let it lie on the grass day
and night till the stain comes out.
Cheap Dressing TabIe.-You can
make q very convenient dressing ia
BILE for q chamber, 6y standing up a
dry goods box of right size aud hight,
covering the top and curtaining it.
Let the open part be in front. and
put shelves inside and you have
substitute for a bureau. The handy
boys can arrange the box and the
girls can cover it.
Founder in Horses.-I send Won q
recipe for founder in horses. 1t is n
sure and speedy remedy. Take ia.
blespo0nfal of pulverized alum, pull
the horses tongue out of his mouth
as far as possible, and throw the alum
down his throat; let go of his tongue
and hold up his head until he swal-
tows. In six hours time (no matter
how bad the founder) he will be fit
for moderate service. I have seen
this remedy tested to so often with
perfect success, that ! would not
make five dollars Offence in horse
foundered (if done recently and one
that was not.
Sweet Tea Cake.-Take two cups
OF sugar, one cup of butter, one cup
OF milk, half teaspoonful of soda.
Beat the sugar and butter together:
and then add the milk. Dissolve the
soda In little water. and add it.and
as much flour as will make stiff
dough. Crate in a little nutmeg, or
sprinkle in some caraway seed. Roll
out and cut in small cakes, and bake
light brown.
Sally Lunn-One quart -four. piece
OF butter size of an egg, three table
spoonfuls sugar, two eggs. two tea
cups of milk, two teaspOonfuls cream
tartar, one teaspoonful soda, a little
salt. Stir cream tartar, salt and SUI
gar into the f1our. Add the eggs
without beating, the .bptter melted.
and one cup of the milk. Dissolve
the soda in the other cup of milk.
ana stir altogether. Bake in three !
pans, the size of q small plate, fifteen /
or twenty minutes.
Save the Best Turkeys.-Nfen who
raise turkeys too frequently kill the
best for the anksgiving or Christ
mas market, and save the small late
ones for mothers. This is worse man.
agement than it would be to raise
the poorest calves for the future dali
~, or Keep the poorest pig for n
breeder. The larger and finer the
bird, the stronger will be the young
ones when strength means life, and
the earlier they will be in readiness
tor sale in the fall. The most suc-
cessful raisers have as much care in
the selection of their turkeys, as the
breeders OF animals do in the selec-
ton OF the sire and dam, which are
expected to perpetuate points that
Will make for the owner of them both
fortune and fame.
HINTS TO FARMERS. buy n
piano for your daughters while your
sons need a plow
Don't let Your horse he seen stand
ing at the tavern door; it don'5 look
right.
Don't gisc the merchant chance
TO dun You. Prompt payments MAKE
independent men.
Keep good fencts: ESPECIALLY line