The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-03
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

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To Keep Lemons.-Lemons can be
kept long time in silver sand perfectly
dried Place the stem of the lemon
down and have them three inches apart;
keep in a cool place.
Mock Chicken Liver-Take liver
and boil several hours until quite soft,
with teaspoonful of sugar and spice,
if desired; then cut up and stew with
chicken, or slice and dip in batter, and
fry.
To Help Gala Lily to Bloom. BE
sure it has good rich soil; water with
warm water, with a little ammonia or
bone dust added once in a week or two.
Every morning pour boiling water in the
saucer of the pot the lily is in, and give
it plenty of heat and sunshine.
-Ammonia Cake.-One cupful butter,
two of sugar, three of flour, half pint of
cream, piece of ammonia the size of
small hickory nut, one pound of fruit,
three eggs, reserving the white of one.
This cake should not be cut for two
weeks; it will keep long time.
Gloss on Shirt Bosoms.-Takc two
ounces of fine gum-arabic, put in Il
pitcher and pour on it one pint of boil
ing water, cover it and let stand all
night. In the morning pour it carefully
from the dregs into a bottle; use one ia
blespoonful to pint of starch, made in
the usual manner; use a polishing iron
also. ..t
To Fry Beefsteak Pound but do
not hack it,; have your pan very hot;
put small piece of butter in it, and let
it brown; season the steak on both sides
with salt and pepper; place in the pan,
and turn constantly, letting it cook
quickly; when done and nicely Drowned,
turn plate over it and stand where it
will cook slowly few minutes; a spoon
full of mushroom or tomato catsup added
to the gravy is a good addition.
-Escalloped Oysters To two quarts
of fine oysters, one dozen fresh crackers
powdered fine, one cupful of oyster
juice, one cupful of milk, piece of but
ter the size of an egg, a little pepper
and salt. Place alternate layers of oys-
tiers and crackers in deep earthen dish,
seasoning each layer of oysters with
pepper and salt; when the dish is full, !
put the butter on top of the cracker
crumbs, and pour the oyster juice and |
milk over all; set in moderate oven
and bake fifty minutes.
Saratoga Potatoes.-If they are to |
be eaten at breakfast they should be
peeled the evening before and shaved |
into slices the thickness of an old-fash-
Toned wafer, and left in water over night; |
in the morning drain them perfectly dry
from the water, and have ready kettle |
of boiling lard, into which drop a few
pieces at time; when nicely Drowned !
on one side turn them, and when both |
sides are brown take them out with
skinner and send them to the table hot.
For ordinary washing, use a table
spoonful of boraX to every five gallons
of water, and two ounces of soap; soak !
the clothes in this over night; give them
a thorough boiling without wringing.
When the clothes are very much soiled, |
sec that the water is made soft with the
borax. Clothes thus washed will not
turn yellow. In washing fannels, use
one tablespoonful of borax to five gal !
Ions of water, without soap. 1t will not
shrink then.
"A French railway conductor, motto
ing that the boards of mortar beds be-
come very hard and resist decay, has in
vented a process for preserving wood by
impregnating it with lime. Lumber is
piled in a vat and covered with quick
lime, which is Stacked by sprinkling
The vat is filled with water up to the top
of the wood, which remains some DAYS
l,ct,, bol Ill.
the lime through its whole structure, be-
coming hardened and secured against
dry rot.
1t has been estimated that on every
large farm there is not less than $500
lost every year in the waste of manure,
and on most smaller ones fully half that
sum. This waste is almost beyond com
putation when applied to whole State.
"Gather up the fragments that nothing
be lost" is one of the wisest utterances
of wisdom. 1t is an Injunction which
every farmer should heed and continu-
ously enforce. There is millions in it"
to the State and nation, and hundreds in
it to each individual.
-Picklette.-Chop head of cabbage
very fine, and a number Of onions &C
cording to the size of the cabbage; put
them in stone jar with salt stirred
through them; let stand over night, when
drain all the water off them; take cider
vinegar sufficient to cover them, and |
boil, adding to one quart of vinegar one
pound brown sugar, one tablespoonful |
ground mustard, two tablespoonfuls |
black pepper, two tablespoonfuls ground
cinnamon, two tablespoonful celery
seed, one tablespoonful allspice, one
tablespoonful mace, one tablespoonful
pulverized alum, and two tablespoonfuls |
horse-radish; pour boiling over the cab
bage and onions; let stand over night,
when strain the vinegar off and scald |
again, pouring over as before; repeat
this three mornings, and on the fourth
boil all ogether-cabbage onions, vine
gar and spice; when cold pack in jars
1t is fit for use at once, but will keep
quite time.