Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-10-15
Gaaies' Column.
RECEIPTS.

sugar, and nutmeg to taste. Have only
an undercrust.
SUGAR CAKE.-One cupful sugar and
tablespoonful butter rubbed together,
one well-beaten egg, two cupfuls slfted
-four, little salt, two teaspoonfuls bak-
ing powder. one cupful sweet milk
flavor with nutmeg or lemon; bake in a
loaf.
SUET PUDDING.-Two and one-half
cupfuls -four, one teaspoonful salt, one
cup suet chopped fine, two eggs, scant
pint milk, one-half teaspoonful soda,
one-half cup apples chopped fine, one
cup raisins, one teaspoonful each of
cloves and cinnamon, three teaspoonfuls
molasses; steam one and three-quarter
hours.
MoTH-PATCHEs ON THE FACE.-Add
about one teaspoonful of pulverized bo-
rax to a basin of water when washing
the face morning and evening or a
more convenient way would be to keep
quantity already dissolved in bottle
of water, and pour it in the wash-basin
as often as needed. Twice day is
quite often enough to use it, and the
moth patches should slowly disappear
in about 10 days or two weeks.
LE-BUTTER.-Boil down one bar
rel of cider to about one-half; then add
the quarters of two or three bushels of
sweet apples, according to the strength
required; as soon as the apples begin to
stew use stirrer continually until done,
being careful to have all pieces of ap-
pie stew up; when the apples are stew
ing you can season with cinnamon or
sassafras, as desired for sweet apple
butter use sweet cider; use copper ket-
ties.
Corn BREAD.-Put into quart meas
ure two tablespoonfuls wheat flour, fill
it up with Indian-meal, put this into a
sieve with two teaspoonfuls sugar, half
teaspoonful salt, two teaspoonfuls cream
tartar, one teaspoonful soda sift all
into bowl, mix it with one quart milk,
one egg, and two teaspoonfuls melted
butter; beat we'll, pour into medium
sized drippingpan, we'll creased; when
baked cut in squares, and serve hot for
breakfast.
FRENCH CREAM CAKE.-Boil scant
pint milk take two eggs and two small
tablespoonful corn starch beaten with
little milk; when the milk boils stir
this in slowly with scant cup sugar, one
tablespoonful butter. two teaspoonfuls
lemon essence make cake of three eggs
one cupful sugar, one and one-half cup
fuls -four. teaspoonful baking powder,
two tablespoonfuls milk bake in three
layers, and while warm spread with
cream.
FRIED CHIoKEN.-Put one pint oil
cream into frying-pan large enough to
hold a chicken, and set it over moder.
ate fire until it begins to color; then
lay into it one chicken, nicely dressed
and cut in Joints and fry until che un'
der side is nicely Drowned; when the
cream acquires a rich brown hue, diE
out enough to serve as sauce for the
dish, and set it aside to keep hot. Sea-
son the chicken with pepper and salt
and turn it over in the pan. Let i
brown equally all over. Do not let tn,
cream burn. When done lay it upon ;
fiat dish, and pour cream in the center
A REMEDY FOR CATARRH.-Dry anC
powder mullen leaves as fine as yol
, would powder sage; then smoke as yol
would tobacco, letting the smoke escap
through the nostrils instead of the mouth
This is one of the best of remedies TO
=, catarrh in the head. 1t has entirel
J cured case of over 20 years standing
. when every other remedy heard of ha
a failed to do so. 1t may require littl
= practice to let the smoke escape throug
the nostrils. Mullen will be stronge
= gathered before the frost Injuries it, bu
will answer even if dug from under th
= snow. 1t will also be found an excellen
remedy for cold in the head
4 To PRESS AUTUMN LEAvEs.-Pres
;. the leaves carefully between newspaper
, taking care to avoid tapping one owe
: another. The next day take out tn
- leaves and dry the papers. Put tn
u leaves again in press, and the next da
a repeat the drying process. This shoul
>, be done three or four times, until a
- the moisture is extracted from the leave
\ This is troublesome, but the result WI
- be brilliant. If the face of each lea
W after the first pressing, is brushed ov'
with sulphuric acid diluted one-ha
with water, the color will be still brigh
rs er. Do not wax or varnish the leave
r, as it gives them an unnatural CLOS
1T They can be made into sprays or ga
. lands by means of the fine wire whit
p florists use twisted lightly around the
~ stems.
THE TRUE WOMAN.
o. Keeping her house we'll and makir
lv the little world over which she rul