Sharp County record., 1878-03-15
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

HINTS FUN IhL hUUcLnOLD'
CruUers.-G ounces butter, : pound
sugar, Il pounds -four, 6 eggs, l nut
meg; fried in lard.
To RemoUe Threads from q Brussels
Carptt.-Use a clean, new broom; make
it wet; then shake the loose water from
it. and rub the carpet back and forth
well with the broom. The threads will
collect on the broom, or roll in wads on
the floor, and are easily picked up
To Rid q House from Bedb@gs. Stake
10 cents worth OF quicksilver and the
white Of an egg; beat them well together
until the quicksilver is like fine pepper
all through the egg. 1t may take one
hour to beat. Do not use an egg-beat-
er, for the silver is poisonous. Then
apply the mixture with feather to all
cracks or places where there are any
bugs. This, if perSeyered in, is a GER
tain remedy.
Puff PaSte.-To every pound Of flour
add pound of good butter, the yelk Of
l egg; use ice-c0ld water; chop half the
butter into the flour, then stir in the
beaten yelk, and as much water as need
ed; work all into dough, roll out thin,
spread on some Of the butter, fold close
", butter-side in, and re-roll; repeat
this until the butter is all used up.
Keep the paste in cool place until you
wish TO make il in pattieS or pies.
C0z'ared Porb.-A leg of fresh pork,
2 tablespoonfuls powdered sage, 2 of
sweet marjoram, l Of sweet basil, /
ounce mace, powdered, ! ounce cloves,
2 nutmegs, one bunch pot-herbs, chop
ped fine, l loaf stale bread grated fine,
J pound butter, 2 eggs, l tablespoonful
salt, black pepper to taste; mix all with
grated bread and egg; take out the bone
of the leg of pork, rub the meat on both
sides well with salt, spread the season.
ing thick in the hole made by taking
out the bone, and tie up tightly and in
good shape, and skewer well; put iii q
dripping-pan with water, and bake 2
hours, baSting well.
Cure for Ear ache.-Put about 4 drops
of Iaudanum and 4 drops best kerosene
oil into teaspoon; put in little bit OF
cotton batting-about enough to absorb
the mixture; hold the spoon and con-
tents over a lighted candle or gas-light
till it begins to hiss with the heat, turn
the cotton over, apply spoon and con-
tents once more to the heat, then pinch
out the cotton; put it hot into the ear; ;
tie bandage over the ear to keep the
heat in, and relief is immediate. lfyou
are subject to ear-ache, keep little box
with a small vial of each of the articles
named, and you can get relief at all
hours of night or day in a few moments.
SculZoped OaSterS.-Have plenty Of
fine crushed cracker crumbs-either
soda or butter crackers-put layer in
the bottom of buttered pudding dish,
wet slightly with oyster liquor and milk
mixed, pext layer Of oysters, season
with salt and pepper and small bits of
butter, then more crumbs and oysters
alternately until the dish is full. Let
the top layer be of crumbs. Beat an
egg and mix it with little milk to pour
over the top, place little humps of butter
all over the top, cover the dish, ana
bake half an hour. Remove the cover a
few minutes before taking from the oven
to let brown.
Custer PaHies.-Put the oysters in a
saucepan with enough of the liquor to
cover them; let them come to a boil;
skim well; add 2 tablespoonfulS of but
ter for l quart of oysters; season with
pepper and a little salt; 2 or ) spoon
fuls of cream will add to the richness;
have ready small tins lined with puff
paste, put 8 or 4 oysters in each, ac-
cording to the size of the patty; cover
with paste and bake in quick oven 20
minutes; when done wash over the top
with beaten egg and set in oven for 2
minutes to glaze. Open patties are more
troublesome to make, but also very
delicious; the paste mus: be cut INTO
round cakes, less than half an inch
thick; rings cut the size Of the cakes
and placed around the edge, so as to
leave a cavity for the oysters. After
filling, add small, round cover the size
of the cavity or a tride smaller. The
oysters are boiled in half milk and half
liquor Gust enough to cover them)
then stir in l tablespoonful of butter, l
tablespoonful of corn-starch wet with a
little milk, lite salt, boil until it thick
ems, then fill the paste shells bake a
nice brown in quick oven; glaze with
beaten egg.