The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-01-19
not starve on hard corn and water
neither will they pay profit so kept.
Recipes

Household Recipes.
CRANBERRY PIE.---There are various
WAYS to make these, some make tnem
open like custard or squash pie. inns
is good, but not so good as to cover IKE I
an apple pie. Do not stew the Oeiiies
before baking, but slit each berry WIN
knife, as this will preserve the freshness
of the fruit, most important matter. a
coffee cup full of berries, and an equal
quantity of white sugar will make me-
dium-sized pie. Those who like sweet 1
pie should have more sugar. also more
berries, if desired Bake as usual A
little flour sifted over the fruit gives 1t a
thicker consistency. One thing should
not be forgotten-add little water
To BRo1L A FowL---Split the fowl
down the back season it very wen WITH
pepper, and put it on the gridiron' With
the inner part next the fire, which must
be very clear Hold the gridiron at
considerable distance from the hre' and
allow the fowl to remain until IL Is
nearly half done; then turn it, taking
great care that it does not burn. Broil
it to a fine brown, and serve IL up with
stewed mushrooms, or sauce with
picked mushrooms. A duck may be
boiled in the same way If the fowl is
very large, half roast it, then cut it into
quarters, and finish it on the gridiroI.
1t will take from half an hour to three
quarters of an hour to cook.
COFFEE CAKE.--One and hall cups
made coffee; one and a halt cups sugar
one-half cup molasses one cup of chop
ped raisins one of currants; nearly one
cup butter one teaspoon soda; Que nut
meg a little citrOn, cinnamon, cloves,
spices of any kind yeu have. First
stir together sugar, molasses, spices, fruit
and butter and pour on the coffee hot.
Add flour to make stiff as fruit cake. 1t
improves with age.
TEA-CAKEs.-Two quarts of -four,
two tablespoonfuls of butter or lard,
two even teaspoOnfuls of soda, the same
of cream of tartar, one pound and
quarter of sugar dissolved intwo and ahalf
cupfuls of sour or sweet milk; if thelsst,
use double portion of cream of tartar.
Bake in small moulds, after seasoning to
your taste. One large nutmeg has been
found sufficient to impart an agreeable
flavor.
BUCKwHEAT BATTER.-Keeping buck
wheat batter is often very troublesome.
especially in mild weather. 1t can be
kept perfectly sweet by pouring cold
water over that left from one morning
and which is intended to be used for
raising the next mornings cakes. Fill
the vessel entirely full of water. and
put in a cool place when ready to use,
pour off the water, which absorbs the
acidity.
THE EARLY USE or COIL G4S.
Great was the amazement of all Eng
land when at the close of the last centu-
~ William Murdoch discovered the use
of combustible air or gas. So little was
the invention understood and believed
in by those who had not seen it in use
that even great and wise men laughed at
/ the idea elbow could there be light
without a wick?' said member of par
lament when the subject was brought
before the house. Even sir Humphrey
Davy ridiculed the idea of lighting the
towns by gas, and asked one of the pro-
prietors if they meant to take the dome
of st. Paufs for a gas meter. XSltel
Scott, TOO, made himself merry oeSp the
idea of Illuminating London by smoke
/ though he was glad enough, not so long
after, to make his own house at AbbOts
/ ford light and cheerful on winter night,
by the use of that very smoke. WheT
the house of commons was lighted by
gas, the architect imagined that the ga.
ran on fire through the pipes, and he
therefore insisted on their being placed
several inches from the wall, for fear o
the building taking fire; and member
might be observed carefully touching
the pipes with their gloved hands, anC
wondering why they did not feel warm
The first shop lighted in London by tn,
new method was Mr.. Ackermann's,i in tn,
Strand, in 1910 and one lady of ranl
was so delighted with the brilliancy o
the gas lamp on the counter that sh,
asked to be allowed to take it home il
her carriage. Mr.. Murdoch was, how
ever, too busy with other pursuits t.
continue to study the use of gas, anC
though he was undoubtedly the first tt
apply it 10 practical purposes, many
others laid claim to the honor, and othe
people quickly reaped the benefit of hi
cleverness and ingenuity. In this h
shared the general fate of inventors
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