Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-05-25
Farm AND HOUSEHOLD.

Liquid Glue.-A bottle two.thirds
full of the best common glue, and filled
up with common whisky; cork up, and
set by for three or four days.
--Seventy-five pounds of decomposed
potato tops are equal In value, In the
nitrogen they contain, to 100 pounds Of
barn-yard manure.
Berkshire, Mass, farmers are talk
ing of cultivating the sugar beet and
uniting In sugar manufactory on a CO.
operative plan, managed like cheese fac.
tories.
Work horses, if at all, should be
checked very low; they can thus pull to
greater advantage. Protect their eyes
from rain OF snow and they are less
liable to stumble or injure themselves.
Pound Cake. One pound of -four,
one of fine sugar, eight eggs, three
quarters pound Of butter. Beat butter
and sugar to cream, then add the yelks
we'll beaten, lastly the flour.
Filthy and wet poultry yards are
likely to produce disease known as
scurfy.leg, just as low, wet lands for
pasture bring on foot.rot in sheep and
cattle. 1t is much easier to prevent such
diseases than to cure them.
To protect his excellent pear fruit,
we are told, Mr. d. B. Campbell, on the
night of the list, took the beautiful mot.
to " In God We Trust" used on one of his
little daughters Christmas trees last
Christmas, and placed it in pear tree.
The fruit was not hurt.-BOt0tiag Green
(Ry) Democrat.
Brides Cake.-Two cups of sugar,
one of butter, one cup of milk, four cups
of -four, the whites only of six eggs,
one-half teaspoonful soda, one whole one
of cream tartar. Beat butter and sugar
well to cream, add the whites beaten
to stiff froth, then the flour and tartar
then th3 milk and soda, and lastly one
pound of sliced citron.
--Cocoa-nut Pudding.-Grate one CO
coa-nut, pound or roll fine five Boston
crackers, and mix with the cocoa.nut
add to them pint and half of boiling
milk, and three tablespoonfuls melted
butter, or one pint of sweet cream; beat
six eggs, yelks and whites separately
and stir in the mixture; add a small cup
full sugar and favor with rosewater; bake
or boil like custard. To be eaten cold.
Cosmetic. Bitter almonds, blanehed
two ounces Troy; sweet almonds
blanched, one ounce Troy; beat and rut
in mortar to paste, and add rosewater
two pints; mix well together and strair
through muslin into bottle; add corro
sive sublimate, twenty grains, dissolved
in two tablespoonfuls alcohol; shake wei
before using; wet the skin, using a soft
flannel; generally wipe off with dry
| cloth.
Goldfish Balls.-Boil your cod6sl
until tender, also your potatoes; wher
the latter are done, mash them, leaving
no Jumps; then with silver fork separate
the Goldfish in very fine pieces (neve
chop the fish, as it makes the balls heav,
and indigestible); then mix the potatoes
and fish together, with very little -four
and make into balls. II you wish adj
the whole yelk of an egg. Heat tn,
spider and cook in lard. If you wish tn
balls for breakfast they can be prepared
the night before.
-Stewed Potatoes. es.-Take steamed O
boiled potatoes which are thorough,
cooked, but not hard in the middle; Gu
them as thin as possible without break
ing; put them in shallow pan; cove
with milk; when thoroughly hot, through
and through, stir them so that they will
not stick or burn, as milk burns yer,
easily; for potatoes enough for six per
sons, have ready one teaspoonful o
wheat -four, mixed smoothly with littl
cold water, as if for starch; add thi
when the milk is hot; mix all thoroughly
let it cook five or ten minutes slowl
after the flour is added. At the las
minute before serving, salt properly AM
add one tablespoonful of sweet butter
If kept on the fire very long after tn
salt is added, the milk will curdle. Thi
should be remembered in making clan
or oyster soup when milk is used.