The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-05-16
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

The busy season for farming is upon
us. RecOllect there is no resurrection
for dead time.-StGte Register.
Coop dairymen contend that milk is
partly absorbed when kept for long
time in the udder; also assert that cows
MIXED thrice a day produce more and
better milk than if they were MIXED
only twice day.
To MEND THE KErTLE.-Take piece
of copper, heat red-hot, shape it to fit
the hole, and rivet it with a hammer on
both sides; if it gets cold before you get
it tight, heat again and pound till
closed. --Erchange.
JUMBLEs.-One cupful of butter, two
of sugar, one of milk, six of flour, half
q nutmeg, one teaspoonful of soda; roll
them out, cut with a tin cutter, brush
them over with the white of egg and
sift granulated sugar ON before baking.
To KEEP THE HANDS SMOOTH.-Take
glycerine and ammonia, equal parts;
wash the hands clean, and, without
wiping, pour little in one hand and
rub we'll all over and dry; worth good
deal of money to one who has as bad
rough hands as ! had-COr. Chicago
Inter- Ocean.
COOKIES. One cup butter, one cup
sugar, one-half cup cream or sour milk;
flavor with anything you like; one-half
teaspoonful soda, enough flour to roll
easily, roll thin; bake with moderate
fire. They are done when they can be
lifted from the tin on a case-knife with
out breaking.
RoCK-woRK should be introduced
only in the wilder and more irregular
portions of the grounds, and never on
a smooth and finished lawn. 1t should
never resemble a heap of stones, but
appear like natural rocks projecting
from steep or sloping banks.-Io,0a
State Register.
The following is highly recommended
as q homemade court-plaster: One
ounce of French isinglass; one pint of
ten-cents' worth of pure glycerine and
five-cents' worth of tincture of arnica;
lay a piece of white or black silk on a
board and paint it over with the mix
ture.
MOLAssES FRUIT CAKE.-One large
cup sugar, one of molasses, one small
cup sour milk, one teaspOOnful soda
dissolved in the milk, one-half pound
butter, three eggs, one and half
pounds raisins and currants, one-quar-
pound citron, one nutmeg, one table,
spoonful cloves.
CURE FOR SICK HEADACHE. If you
get up in the morning with sick head
ache take one third teaspoonful soda
(baking), battle the feet in water as hot
as can be borne, or otherwise warm
them, and keep quiet, and in two hours,
if relief is not obtained, take a grain of
quinine every hour till three are taken.
-Erchange.
My recipe for cOcOanut candy is this:
Crate very fine sound, ripe cocoanut;
spread on plates and lie: dry naturally
for three days; use one pound of white
sugar to four ounces of the nut; boil
the sugar down thick and white, then
do not stop stirring until done; keep
the pan little above the fire to keep
from burlington. Inter- Ocean.
Corn STARCH BLANC NANCE
Nearly boil one quart of sweet skinned
milk and add five tablespoonful of corn
starch, wet smooth in little cold milk
and little pinch of salt; stir till it
thickens. Serve cold, with ounce or
other jelly, or, if it is to be eaten with
sugar and cream, add one teaspoonful of
vanilla, when taken from the fire.
The following is a simple method OF
making a freezing mixture: Pulverize
finely chloride of ammonia and nitrate
of potash, five parts of each, and mix
with sixteen parts of water. The tenn
perature of the mixture will be re-
duced so low that if test-tube with a
little water in it be used to stir it, the
water in the tube will be converted into
ice.
APPLE TRIFLE. as many ap-
pies as, when pulped, will cover the
dish you design to use. to the depth OF
two or three inches. Before you place
them in the dish add to them the rind
of half lemon grated fine, and sugar
to taste. Mix half pint of milk, hall
pint of cream and the yelk of an egg;
scald over the fire, keeping it stirring,
and do not let it boil; add little
sugar, and let it stand till cold, then
lay it over the apples. and finish with
the cream whip.