Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-02-09
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD,


Kerosene and whiting will scour tins
brightly, with little labor.
To remove paint splashed upon win.
dow glass, use hot solution of soda and
a flannel.
To clean Drowned porcelain kettle,
boil peeled potatoes In it. The porcelain
will be rendered nearly as white as when
new.
-Sprigs of wintergreen scattered about
house will drive away red ants. Worm
wood will serve the same purpose for
black ants.
Egg Plant Fried.-Several hours be-
fore using peel and slice, then salt each
layer, placing a heavy weight on the
plant. Make batter of -four, water,
one egg pepper and salt, and fry in boil
ing hot lard.
"A certain way to keep ants from
sugar barrels, lard cans and preserve
jars, says one who has tried it, is to tie
a string wet with kerosene around the
barrel, can OF jar. Repeat the wetting
of the string with the kerosene oil every
few days.
Orange Pie Crate the peel of one
fresh orange, take the juice and pulp Of
two large oranges, add to them one cup
of sugar and the beaten yelks of three
eggs, mix one cup OF milk with the whites
of the eggs, beaten to stiff froth. Bake
in puff paste.
Lemon Layer Cske.-Two cups
sugar; half cup butter; one cup milk
three cups -four; three eggs; two tea.
spoons baking. powder. Jelly: One cup
sugar; one egg; one tablespoon butter;
the grated rind and juice Of one lemon,
all boiled till thick.
In painting woodwork, a printing
coat followed by dark coat, such as
chocolate or purple brown, and finished
off with coat of common varnish, is
cheaper than, and as durable as, four
coats of common color; il looks better,
is more rapidly executed, and stands
washing well.
Orange Custard.-The juice of six
oranges, stained and sweetened with loaf
sugar; stir over a slow fire till the sugar
is dissolved, taking off the scum; when
nearly cold add the yelk of six eggs, well
beaten, and one pint of cream or milk
Stir over the fire till 1t thickens, and cool
and serve in glasses.
Chocolate Cream.-One small cup of
grated chocolate, one pound Of sugar,
one quart of milk, one box of gelatine
soaked in half-pint of water one hour.
Boil all together four minutes; then add
one pint of rich cream and boil one min.
ute. Flavor with vanilla and pour into
molds. This makes nearly two quarts
of cream.
An excellent lip salve may be made
as follows White wax, three drains,
spermaceti, one and half drams, olive
oil, six drams, alkanet root, one dram.
Melt the wax and spermaceti in cup,
then the oil and root in another, near the
fire; strain through muslin, or fine linen,
and mix with the wax; add balsam of
Peru, one dram, essence of bergamot, ten
drops, altar of rose, five drops.
"A Pudding for State Occasions, -
One quart bread crumbs; one pint sweet
milk; one-quarter pound currants; one
quarter pound suet; five eggs; one-half
cup white sugar. Dip your pudding bag
in hot water; dredge -four thickly on the
inside; give il room to swell; steam three
hours; and if all the conditions are full.
filled you will have light, digestible
dessert. Serve with lemon nsauce or
cream and sugar.
"A correspondent gives the following
as his way of testing seeds: A sod cut
from an old pasture is placed, grass up,
in pan or on a board, and boiling water
poured on; on this is laid a piece Of
straw paper, and the seed is sprinkled
on this and covered with another paper,
then another sod, grass down, well wet
with warm water Keep wet and warm,
and in few days the seed, If good, will
sprout.
To Remove Warts.-A medical ex-
change states that dram of nitrate of
silver dissolved in an ounce Of nitro
muriatic acid makes a solution which,
applied to warts with a fine brush, will
permanently cure them in four days.
The leaves of the common bean are also
recommended. Crush the leaves be-
tween the fingers, and squeeze out the
juice upon the warts two or three times
a day, until they dry up and disappear.
The cure will generally be complete in
less than week.
-Currant Loaf Bread. d.-Make q batter
of one quart of -four and one pint of
warm sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls salt,
and half a cake of compressed yeast dis.
solved in little water; cover and set in
warm place until very light. Then
rub to cream one cupful granulated
sugar and piece Of butter the size Of
an egg; add this to the sponge and one
teaspoonful powdered cinnamon and the
half of a small nutmeg grated. Have
one-half pound of currants cleaned; rub
through them little -four and put in the
dough; mold up very soft and place in
the pan or dish you intend baking it in;
cover warm and let it get quite light.