Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-03
HOUSE AND FARM.
Household Recipes.


cream one cup of butter with three cups
powdered sugar; when light beat in juice
of lemon, two teaspoons nutmeg.
Pop-oUers.- pint of milk, one pint
Hour, butter size of walnut, three eggs,
beaten light, pinch of salt, add eggs last.
Bake in cups, filling them half full.
To PreUent StOUes from RustinQ.-Ker-
osene applied with rag 10 stoves will
keep them from rusting during the sum-
mer; also, good for iron utensils on the
farm.
Butterx:slk Pies One cup sugar, two
cups buttermilk, two eggs, two table
spoonfuls flour, two tablespoonfuIs but
ter; flavor with lemon. This makes two
pies
Odors from cooking preoented.-Put one
or two red peppers, or few pieces of
charcoal, into the pot where ham, cab
bage, ETC., is boiling, and the house will
not be filled with the offensive odor.
Lace curtains should never be ironed.
Wash and starch them, using in the rims
ing water a Tablespoonful of powdered
borax. This makes them very stiff.
When wet spread on sheet, either on
the floor or bed, and pin down two or
three inches.
Lemon JeIIy-Grate the rind and take
the juice of one lemon, pare and CRATE
six sour apples, one cup ofsugar, one egg,
one teaspoonful of flour; beat all thor
oughly together and let it come to boil.
This is very nice TO use between cakes in
place of other jelly.
Preserved Currdnts.-Ten pounds of
currants, seven pounds of sugar Take
the stems from seven pounds of the cur
rants, and press the Juice from the other
three pounds. When the juice and sugar
are made into q hot syrup, put in the cur
rants and boil until thick and rich.
To preUent the hair from failing Out.-The
common application, in Oriental coun-
tries, is the bruised bulbs of the Aph0deIus
buE6osus, garlic or onions, mixed with
gunpowder. An infusion Of the small
leaves of the orange or lemon tree in red
wine, containing twenty grains of tannin
perlitre, has also proved serviceable.
There are two ways to Judge silks
Note the clOseneSs and eveuness of the
rib in it, and hold it to the light to judge
the better of this That shows the texture
And then crush it in the hand and release
it suddenly. 1t it springs out quickly and
leaves no crease behind, it has verve, and
the quality OF the silk is denoted by the
verve.
To Cure U FeLOB. Take pint of COM
mon soft soap and stir in air Stacked lime
till it Is of the constancy of glaciers put
ty, Make leather thimble, fill it with
this composition and insert the finger
therein, and the cure is certain. This is
domestic application that every house
keeper can OBTAIN pr~mptly.
Cream Beer-Two ounces of tartaric
acid, two pounds of white sugar, the juice
of half lemon; boil five minutes, and
when nearly cold, add the whites of three
eggs we'll beaten, one half cup of flour,
One-half cup of wintergreen essence. Take
a teaspoonful of this syrup to tumbler'Of
water, then add one-half teaspoonful of
saleratus, and drink at once.
Apple DumpLjngs '-Quarter and core
the apple for each dumping, then put
the parts together with sugar in the mid
die; surround each apple with pie crust;
If you wish to bake them, put them on a
pan like biscuits, and set them in the oven.
If boiled, tie each in a seperate cloth,
baked and boiled, with liquid sauce.
No water that has stood in open vessels
during the night should be used for drink
ing or cooking. By exposure to the air it
has lost IFS ''aeration," and has absorbed
many of the dust-germs floating in the
apartment. If convenience requires wa
ter to be kept in vessels several hours be-
fore use, it should be covered, unless the
vessels are tight. Wherever practical, all
distributing reservoirs should be covered.
Filtering always adds to the purity of
water. Drinking water should not be ia
ken from lakes or rivers on a low level.
Surface water or water in lakes, pools, or
rivers, which receive the surface wash.
should be avoided as much as possible.
Do not drink much water at a time.
More than two tumblers full SHOULD not
be taken at meal. Do not drink be-
tweeI meals unless to quench thirst, as
excess Of water weakens the gastric iuice
and overworks the kidneys. Excessive
potations, whether of water or other fluid
relax the stomach, impair Its secretions,
and paralyze its movements. By drink
ing little at time the injury is voided
An English epicure who has travelled
everywhere has lataly recorded his opin-
ion of things edible throughout civiliza-
ton. and AYERS thai this country surpass-
es the world in the variety and excellence
of its vegetables and fruits He saws
that ali the English garden stnff grows
far more abundantly and lusciously than
in Europe, and counts our peas, aspara.
gus and tomatoes beyond praise. Green
corn, when it is first eaten, makes an
.sPeeh, he declares, in ones gastronomic
life. Succotash he ranks as a most tooth.
some mystery, and sweet potatoes and
yams give him thrill of physical JOY
While we have all the European vegeta
bles infinitely superior here, he is amazed
at the different kinds that are entirely
unknown in the Old World. He lauds
our pears and peaches without stint, and
thinks we have more rea on to bless oul
land for its intimate productiveness thar
most O: us are aware. What excites his
wonder is the cheapness of vegetable:
and fruit, which places them within reach
of all classes. He likes, too, our method
of serving dishes, deeming 1t similar tt
the French, an | wholly superior to the
British, method. The gustatory English
man has evidently employed his palate
actively and Discriminatory in "Tht
States" and would not disrelish, appar
entity, close CONTINENT in the center 0
the fertile Republic, provided he coult
have the privilege of eating his wa.
out
cure for Asthma.
/ have been fortunate in finding
remedy for terrible affection from whicl
have been a sufferer for fifteen years