Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-01-30
FIELD AND FIREsIDE.
The Kitchen.


ems aud how to keep them clean, appeared
not long since in Scribner's monthly:
The first consideration in cooking room
is cleanliness. Tried by this test, pspered
walls arc an abomnation in such place.
You canuot darken this room through parts
OF the day in summer, as you do others, aud
consequently fly specs will be numerous.
These walls absorb the kitchen odors and
steam, and the smoke rests lovingly upon
them. lfcreeping things gets into the house,
they are sure to insinuate themselves into the
paper on the walls are moro clearly, for they
can be washed; but unless they arc flashed bet
ter than in any kitchen We have seen, they
soon look dirty, aud this is the next worst
thing to being go, for such finishing soon be-
comes di,colored and "splotchy." Th're Is
nothing that will compare with the old FASH
toned whitewash, pure and simple. The color
wash may give the walls pre;tor tint, but
it must be put on by prac,iced hand, whereas
whitewash may be applied by any one, when
ever dirty spot makes its appearance.
1t is true Impractical hands do not apply
the brush as evonly as could be wished, but
few s,reaks more or less don't matter; wo
can all see the strcaks are white and clean.
Don't have the wood work painted; don't
have anything painted; things in kitchen
will get soiled. 1t follows that they must be
cleaned. Soap is foe before which paint
invariably quits the field. Very soon tho
color will be off in spots, and nothing less
than repaiuting the whole room will ever
make it look clean again. 1t is still moro OBJ
jectionable to leave the wood in its native
state. 1trcquires frequent scrubbing to keep
this clean, and even this process will not suf
fee to keep all sorts of wood in good condi-
ton. Some woods actually blacken under
l. L al az,
oven common kind, is we'll oiled and varuish,
ed lightly, the room will be prs,tier for it,
and with very little washing the wood work
can be kept sweet and clean.
FATTENINa Fowls IN Two WEEKS
A writer in the London Field states that
poultry properly fed will acquire all the fat
ness needed for marketing purposes, in fort.
nigh. or three weeks at most. Their diet
should be Indian oat or barley meal, scaldcd
in milk or water-the former is the best, as
it expedites the fattening process. They
should BIO fed carly in the morning, at noon,
and also in the evening, just before going to
roost, aud given plentiful supply of pure,
fresh water, plenty of gravel, sliced cabbage
or turnip tops. If the fowls required to
be very tat, some trimmings of fresh mutton
suet may bc,choppcd and scalded with their
other feed, or they may be boiled in milk
alone and poured over the meal This rem
ders the flesh firmer than it otherwise would
be- When fl to kill, tho feeding should be
stopped for twelve hours more, that the
iutestines may become comparatively empty.
MAKE FEED RAcKs.-A stormy day i'm
proved by making few racks to hold hay
and fodder for CATTLE sheep and horses, will
return large profits before summer comes, in
saving the feed from being trampled under
foot and in the mud and thus wasted and
destroyed. Plenty of feeding racks about
the barn-yard is an evidence of careful,
painstaking farmer-aud only such can make
anything now days. 1t is not those who
make the most that thrive best, but it is those
who save the most of what they do make.
The secret of success is in saving all that can
economically and wisely be saved.
REMEDY FOR DEAFNEss-Drop three or
four drops of gyccrine in the before
firing at night; in the morning syringe the
ear with warm water, and continue this prac-
tice faithfully for some time. The deafness
and singing often result from collection of
wax on the tympanum or drum of the ear,
and the glycerine has the effect to loosen it,
while the water removes it: | have known
this experiment to be successfully tried on
persons eighty years old, when the hearing
would naturally be very imperfect.
BOILING FIsu-Fish is exceedingly in
sipid if sufficient salt is not mixed with the
water 10 which it is boiled; about four ounces
to one gallon of water is enough for small fish
in general an additional ounce, or even
more, will not be too much for Goldfish, Holsters,
&C., and salmon requires eight ounces. To
render the boiled fish firm, add little salt
petre to the salt quarter of an ounce is
sufficient for gallon.
.. SPANISH FnITTEHs.- Cut slices of stale
bread thick your finger, divide and cut
off the crust. Prepare the following mixture.
Beat well three eggs, add one pint Of milk,
alittle salt aud cinnamon. Dip the bread in
this. Take out the pieces when little soft,
aud fry in boiling fat. When brown lay, as
fast as done, in covered dish. Pour over
rich pudding sauce and serve desert.
BurrERM1LK CAKE-One pound of -four,
one pound of sugar, a half pound of butter,
fi7e eggs, n half pint Of buttermilk Beat
the eggs we'll; add by degrees and alternate
the -four, sugar, butter aud milk. The latter
must be washed and creamcd Tho butter
milk should be fresh if decidedly sour,
pinch of soda will be found needfu
ADULTERATIoN OF SUGAR.-If brown
sugar be adulterated with sand, by no means
uncommon practice with unprincipled
dealers, the fraud may be detected by taking
glass full of clear water, and dissolve a
quantity of the suspected sugar therein. Il
sand, or any similar substance, be present, it
will fall to the bottom when the solution has
stood some time
KINDNESS TO YOUR HoRsE.-Don't Me-
glect, during cold weather, to warm bride