Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-10-11
Farm AND HoUsEHoLD.

TO Clean Brass.-I would recon.
mend any of the following: Rotten.
stone, mixed with sweet oil, rubbed on
with leather; vinegar, we'll rubbed in,
or rock alum, boiled to a powder and
rubbed on with tripoli.
Cold Water Cake.-Three and q
half cups of flour, two of raisins,
chopped fine; two of sugar, cup OF
butter, a cup of cold water, the yelks OF
six eggs, well beaten; half teaspoon
full each of cloves, cinnamon and soda,
and little nutmeg.
Rat Poison.-The Germans extirpate
rats by furnishing them with cakes
made of two parts squills and three
parts chopped bacon and meal enough
to make a stiff mass. The rats go away,
as any animal of taste naturally would,
if provided with such meal.
--Rice.-A very nice pudding may be
made by stirring carefully boiled rice
into a boiled custard and stirring ii
frequently while it cools. Serve with
frosting made of the whites of the eggs.
This pudding is much more wholesome
for dyspeptics than baked rice.
Chocolate Jumbles. s.-One cupful of
butter, two cupfuls sugar, three cupfuls
of flour, four eggs, two cupfuls grated
chocolate, and, if you do not use pre-
pared flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, or one of soda and two of
cream tartar, and little salt Roll out
thin.
Rich cheese feels softer under the
pressure of the finger. That which is
very strong is neither very good nor
healthy. To keep one that is cut, tie
it up in bag that will not admit flies,
and hang it in dry, cool place. If
mold appears on it, wipe it off with a
dry cloth.
"A Delicious Beefsteak. -. Have your
frying pan very hot, wipe the steak
dry, place in it and cover tightly; turn
frequently and keep covered. When
done, add to the gravy one tablespoon
full hot coffee, a good-sized lump of
butter; salt and pepper to taste. Pour
over the steak and serve hot
Filled Peppers. Cut the lids off
two dozen large green peppers, leave
out seeds and soak in salt water over
night; slice fine cabbage, mix
with it one ounce white mustard seed
and one ounce of cloves, fill the peppers
and tie the lids on; cover with cold
boiled cider vinegar.
1t is a good plan to cover bird
cage at night with a wooden or other
cloth having a rough surface, as ver-
min which infest most birds will be at
tracted by the greater warmth, leave
the bird for the covering, and in the
morning the latter may be scalded and
they will thus be destroyed.
Enamel for Shirt Bosoms. Melt
together with gentle heat, one ounce
white wax and two ounces spermaceti;
prepare in the usual way a sufficient
quantity of starch for a dozen bosoms.
put into it piece of this enamel the
size of hazel-nut, and in proportion
for larger number. This will give
clothes beautiful polish.
"A Simple Insecticide.- Hot alum
water is the best insect DESTROYER
known. Put the alum into hot water
and let it boil till it is all dissolved; then
apply the solution hot with a brush to
all the cracks, closets, bedsteads and
other place, where any insects are
found. Ants, bedbugs, cockroaches
and creeping things are killed by it;
while it has no danger OF poisoning the
family or injuring property.
The best, as well as the cheapest
and surest remedy for lice on cattle
we have ever used is kerosene. 1t is
easily applied. First, saturate a sponge
with water, then dip it in the oil, and
go over the parts infested. We purpose
trying oil in the whitewash, for the
house this fall, and think it
will prove a sure cure. 1t may make
the place look little streaky or smeared
and if it does, it will not hurt; but it
will, we think, rid us of pests. When
we told "Dick" TO paint the roosts and
nests with it, and put little under the
wings, he thought our idea was to kill
off his broods because of their raid on
the small fruit bushes; now he, too, has
learned its value.