The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-06-06
Home and Farm Rrexities.

THE good old rule for grating wax
is one of tallow, one of rosin, and four
of beeswax. The wax works fairly on
a warm day and does not run in the
heat of summer.
A PAIL of milk standing ten minutes
where it is exposed to the scent of a
strong smelling stable, or any other of
fensiVe odor, will imbibe a faint that
will never leave it.
For Indian meal pufs, in one quart
of boiling milk stir eight tablespoonfuls
of meal, four %spoonfuls of sugar; boil
five minutes, stirring all the time; when
cool, add six beaten eggs; pour in but
tered cups; bake half an hour.
WOODEN floors are objected to for
poultry houses for the reason that they
tend to cause the birds to become duck
footed, and what is of more consequence,
absorb, and retain dampness from the
droppings, and so prove a source of
cramp and other ailments.
LEMON Meringue pie: Beat the yolks
of four eggs, ten tablespoonfuls of SUI
gar, three of melted butter, and the
juice of one lemon and a half; add three
tablespoonful of milk or water; bake in
an undercrust, then beat the whites,
pour over the top, and put back in the
oven to brown.
CORN bread: One pint corn-meal,
pour over it one pint boiling water, a
teacupful molasses, shorts or graham
-four enough to make a stiff batter, two
eggs, one ~teaspoonful of soda dissolved
in a little boiling water; steam three
hours by putting in a par in a steamer
over a pot of hot water; keep the water
boiling all the time.
RUNAWAY cake: One-haif cup of
sugar, one cup of milk, two eggs, one
spoonful of butter, t~easpoonful of
soda and two Of cream of tartar, -four to
make a stiff batter. This is a good tea
cake, plain or with berries stirred in for
the summer season or with currants for
the winter. Being plain, tits only good
when freshly baked.
THERE are good reasons for regarding
cheese as a wholesome and valuable
food, and tits worthy of even more lib
eraI consumption than it nov receives.
English people probably consume more
cheese than any other nation on the
globe, or in proportion of about ten
pounds yearly to each inhabitant. In
the United States it is about half that
quantity.
WHEN seeds, either in the cold frame
in pots, or out-of-door seed-beds, come
up too quickly, it is we'll to cut off the
first leaves with sharp-pointed scissors
rather than pull them up, which de
ranges the soil and interferes with the
delicate roots of those that are to re
main. The tiny plants are, at this stage
dependent upon the first leaves for life
The same may be said of radishes, let
tuce, etc., which, sowed too thickly il
rows, have to be thinned out.
HERE'S a receipt for a pie. 1t is sale
to be delicious. Beat to a cream three
fourths of a cup of butter and one cul
of sugar; add the well-beaten yolks o.
five eggs; flavor with vanilla. Linz
two tins with puff paste; pour in thu
mixture and bake at once. Beat tn.
five whites to a stiff froth; sweeten witt
powdered sugar; flavor with vanilla anc
, spread over the pies when done. Brow
, d~elicately and cut the pies while hot t.
prevent the eggs from falling.
: SMALL rails from quartered poles ar
laid, with less than the ordinary crool
of a worm fence, to the height of fou
rails. Halved poles are used for tn
) two upper rails; these are placed IN tn
edge to give greater height to the fence
Two small stakes at each angle are let il
: the ground a few inches, spreading som
3 at the bottom to give strength to tn
e fence, and are held by a wire, above tn
| fifth rail, just far enough apart to admi
the half poles, the top rail being sup
: ported by the wire, some inches abov
: the fifth rail, if desired.
RATS and mice will go into a ira
much more readily if a piece of look
|, ing-glass is put in any part OF the ira
! where they can see themselves. The,
!, are social little creatures, and wher
l they can see any of their tribe, ther
they will go. Our informant says: ar
, quite sure of the effect the looking-glas
. has, as 1 properly bated my trap for
whole week without being able to Goa:
one of the d~epredators in; but the firs
night after putting in the looking-glas
: 1 caught two-one very large and on
small rat; and every night since the dc
!, vice has made one or more prisoners.
. For good cream-cakes, take one-hal
pint of boiling water; three-fourths of