Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-09-05
Farm and Household.

ms, three cups of flour, one teaspoonful
of soda two teaspoonsful Of cinnamon,
and one teaspoonful Of cloves. Steam
two and one-half hours, and serve with
sweet sauce.
DoUGHNUTs-Two cups of sugar,
two cups Of buttermilk, two eggs,
one-haf nutmeg, and two teaspoonfuls
of melted lard Mix soft.
CREAM CAKE-One cup of cream,
one cup Of sugar, two eggs, two cups of
flour, one teaspoonful of cream of tar
tar, one-half teaspoonful of soda.
LEMON PIE.-Beat the yolks of two
eggs with four tablespoonful of sugar,
one tablespoonful of melted butter, and
the grated rind and juice of lemon.
! Put into a crust.
RECIPE FOR CANNING ALL KINDS OF
| FRUIT EXCEPT BERRIEs.-To four
| pounds of fruit take two pounds Of SUI
gar, two ounces of neutral sulphite of
lime, and enough water to cover the
fruit. Put the lime into the water first,
let it boil, and skim it until it is clear;
then put in the sugar, let it boil, and
skim again until clear; then put in the
fruit and cook until tender Cook in
porcelain Or brass.
SAUCE FOR PUDDING.-One egg, the
yolk and white beaten separately, one
third cup sugar beaten with the egg,
and one cup of milk. Flavor with
essence of vanilla or lemon. Serve as
soon as made. Eaten on buildings that
are not sweetened it is delicious.
!
EVERGREEN CORN.,-The St. Paul Dis
patch has the following: While we
claim good seed will terminate under
very unfavorable circumstances, we
must allow little charity for some
sorts, prominent among which is ever
green sweet corn. The seed is so SEN
sitive to cold and wet that good seed al
most always fails if planted too early,
To thoroughly test this, last spring we
planted half of a quart package on the
18th of May, which failed to come up
at all satisfactorily, but suspecting the
seed was good, the balance was planted
during the warm, rainy time, about
June 10, and so per cent. is green,
strong and doing finely The best seed
of this sort hardly ever exceeds 70 per
cent. that will terminate. AS ever
green corn is not wanted early, but is
most desirable when late, planters
should delay sowing until the ground
is warm, and save themselves much
annoyance and seed-men much blame"
WATERMELoN's AS FooD.-The water
melon stands perhaps only second in
public estimation to the cucumber, for
it's bad effects as an article of food.
Like all other traditional opinions there
are some grains of truth in the belief
Melons picked before they are ripe, and
transported by rail hundreds of miles,
and then allowed to lie in the store or
on the sidewalk until they are "mel-
low, are undoubtedly among the most
vicious of fruits that can be taken into
the stomach. Allowed to ripen on the
vines, picked early i'll the morning, and
kept cool until eaten. there is no fruit
of its season more gratifying to the
taste, or more hearhful to the system
Like the tomato they are a mild aperi-
ent, but may be eaten literally every
day, not only with no i'll results, but
with decided benefit. 1t is said of the
Egyptians, that during the season of
ripening, the watermelon is a regular
article of diet for the poorer classes
In all the oriental countries, and es-
pecially in Persia, they are cultivated
with the most assiduous care, and free
ly eaten by all classes. The only rea-
son why they are in SO ill-repute here,
where the soil and climate are entirely
natural to them, can be from no other
cause than the one mentioned, that of
being stale before they are eaten. In
this respect the farmers need have no
fear. They can have them fresh and
in perfection, and they eat them morn
ing, noon and night, not only with i'm
punity, but with decided benefit to the
health But, like any other ripe fruit
or vegetable, they should be eaten judi
ciously That is, the stomach should
not be glutted. If eaten daily during
their season and in moderate quaint
ties, we consider them the peer of the
tomato, not only in the promotion of
health, but as among the most valuable
of fruits, in keeping the system clear of
those bilious disorders incident to our
climate, and which are often intensified
by an irregular indulgence of those
fruits and vegetables which all farmers
should, but unfortunately do not, raise
| for themselves.
CULTIVATE THE BEAUTIFUL-We plead
for the beautiful, says an exchange,
even in farm life. That sentiment of
Goethe: eve should do our utmost to
encourage the beautiful, for the useful
encourages itself "-should to certain
extent be the watchword of every farm
err A we'll kept farm, with neat build
ings, and yard in which flowers and
trees are more conspicuous than broken
crockery and cast off hoop-skirts, is
worth more TO keep Or to sell than one
where no attempt at identifying the
premises has been made. Some years
ago a gentleman Of our acquaintance
purchased a farm in the front yard OF
which, put out by a former owner, were
several ornamental trees that had at
tanned quite growth, some flower beds,
shrubbery, etc. Almost one of the first
acts Of the new occupant was to tear
away the fence, cut down the trees and
turn the pretty yard into the common
highway. We never pass that place but
we are panied by the thought of the
vandalism that has given barren and