Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-12-20
FAMILY MATTERS.

wafer, anu DaIR tHcHl III sna0y place
TO dry.
Mix lightly one pound of Graham
flour with pint of thick, sweet cream
add salt, roll thin and bake as other pas
try, and you will have n fine Graham
pastry.
A piece ofred pepper,th size Of your
tinger-nail, put into meat and vegetables,
when first beginning TO cook, will add
greatly in killing the unpleasant odor
arising therefrom. Remember this for
boiling cabbage, green beans, onions,
chickens, mutton, etc.
Fruit or wine stains can be removed
from wooden or cotton goods by spong-
ing them gently--do not rub the goods
lin ammonia and alcohol; teaspoon
full Of ammonia To a wine-glass of alco-
hol. Then if needed the material may
be washed.
Ifhorse-radish be prepared in the fall,
as follows, it may be kept all winter:
To each coflee-cupful of horse-radish
allow one tablespoonful Of salt, one
tablespoonful Of white sugar, and pint
and half Of good vinegar; bottle and
seal
10 make buckwheat cakes, mix one
gill Of wheat flour with one quart Of
buckwhoat -four, add one large tea
spoonful of salt, then add gradually a
scant quart Of warm water mixed with
one gill Of yeast. Let it rise I'LL night,
and in the morning add u quarter tea
spoonful of carboDate Of soda, and bake
Immediately.
RAT TRArs Rats and mice will go
into trap much more readily if u
small piece Of loOkin-glass be put in
any part Of the trap where they can
see themselves reflected. They mistake
the reflection for another rat, and
where others 90 they follow.
Fox Bous.-The skin of boiled egg
is the most cfIicaclous remedy that can
be applied 70 boil Peel it carefully,
wet and apply it to the part affected.
1t will draw of the matter and relieve
the soreness in u lew hours. Simple
but eilicacious.
NlcE BREAKFAST DISH. Cold mashed
potatoes, made into little balls, and
slightly flattencd; dip them into an egg
slightly, SO as to mix the yolk and white;
roll them in cracker crumbs. Fry them
in hot lard or butter. Send to the table
hot.
SORE THROAT. "A 'garglc Of suit and
vinegar, with II little cayenne pepper,
will do more to dispense soreness Of the
throat than any other remedy Of which
we have heard. 1t stimulates the
glands promotes free secretion, and
will sometimes cure III II few hours.
70 CuRE A STIFF NECK. Apply over
the place affected piece of black oil
cloth, with the right side to the skin;
then tic up the neck with II thick hand
kerchef. In II short time the part will
grow moist, and, by leaving it thus
twelve hours, the pain will be removed.
CRAMr IN TIE STOMACH. Opium and
other powerful remedies often fail to re-
lieve eramp in the stomach. Hot
water, sweetened with brown sugar and
taken freely, rarely fails to relieve this
painful trouble. Swift remedies are Ill
ways the most desirable, ~ they do not
disorganlze the system or cause reac-
ton.
liousE PLANTS. smoke
(nnder cover will be found an enectual
remedy for aphides; but the larvae Of
many other insects, especially Of the
tipula and the tcnthredinldm which oc-
casions the wrapping up and shriyeling
of the leaves, can be removed by wash
ing with lime-water, or manipulating.
The SICK. Room. An invalid requires
something besides physic. Good nnrs-
ing and common-sense rules, gently
and pleasantly enforced, do more to-
wards recovery than the doctor can.
Heat the sck-room, if possible, by III
open grato fire, or wood upon the
hearth; the latter is the best Of all
modes.
70 REMOVE TAN.--Lemon Juice used
freely upon the face mt night, nnd per-
mitted To dry there, will be found, after
II few applications, to remove tan from
the features, though we consider II y
matter Of little Importance. Some ladies
are sensitive about the matter OF tan,
but men should never be; il is becom-
ing to them.
HERES. When YOU gather your
herbs, dry them and rub the leaves
through sieve, and bottle them tight
~ till you need them. Tie the stalks
together and save them till you want
to make what the French call boquet
for soup or stew. 4 boquet of herbs
is made by tying together u few sprlgs
ofparsley, thyme and two buy leaves.
PErrER S.ucE.--Fou dozen green
peppers, five onions, one handful lady
garlic, three tabe-spoonfuls of grated
horse.radish, two quarts best cider
vinegar, one quart of water. fut the
whole into kettle on the fire and boil
until soft enough to mash i'll u sieve
with spoon; then add two tablespoon
ful of black pepper, one tablespoonful
each of allspicc powdered, mace pull
veriaed, and one teaspoonful of cloves
pulverized, and one teaspooniul OF salt
Place the mixture on the fire and boil
ten minutes.
4 Battle IN the Mountains.
The war correspondent of the London