The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-08
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

To keep custard and lemon pies
from soaking the crust sift a half tea
spoon baking powder in enough flour
for one pie.
lea Hair Tonic.-Strong infusion
OF black tea, one pint; bay rum, four
ounces; oil of lavender, one dram; alco-
hol, four ounces; glycerine, four ounces.
For Gloves. -One quart deodorized
benzine, one-fourth ounce aqua ammo
mia, strong; One-fourth ounce ether; dip
a cloth in the mixture and rub the glove
with it.
The best way to clean old iron pots
and pans is to fill them with water in
which few ounces of washing soda is
dissolved, and set them on fire. Let
the water boil until the inside of the pot
looks clean.
Lemon Meringue Pie.-Beat the
yelks OF four eggs, ten tablespoonfuls
of sugar, three of melted butter, and
the juice of one lemon and 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.
Mountain Dew Pudding.
crackers pounded or rolled fine, one
pint milk, yelks of two eggs; bake thir-
ty minutes. Beat whites of two eggs to
stiff froth, add one cup white sugar and
pinch of salt; flavor with lemon, pour
over the pudding and set in the oven
and delicately brown.
Brown Bread.-One pint corn meal,
pour over it one pint boiling water, a
teacupful mOlasses, shorts or Graham
flour enough to make stiff batter, two
eggs, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved
in little boiling water; steam three
hours by putting in pan in steamer
over pot of hot water; keep the water
boiling all the time.
The Currant Slug.-The best rem
edy, in our Judgment, for this pest is
the application of solution of whale
oil soap, in the proportion of one pound
to five gallons of water, sprinkled over
the leaves from watering-pot with a
fine rose. 1t is certain death to all it
touches. Carbolic soap will, no doubt,
answer the same purpose; so that the
most convenient can be used.-Germaaa-
IOOV Iete9TdpR.
Baked Indian Pudding-Scald
three pints of fresh milk. into which,
when hot, stir gradually one pint of
sifted Indian meal. Don't let it lump
when stirred in; add one teacup mo-
lasses, ginger and salt to suit the taste,
and little chopped suet if desired
Bake moderately from six to eight
hours. If the meal inclines to settle
when it begins to bake stir it up from
the bottom few times. If mixed Just
right it will not settle. When done it
should be of deep reddish color
Christian Union.
Mothers Crullers.-No milk; one
and half teacups of sugar, half tea
cup of butter, three eggs, three table
spoonfuls of water, salt and nutmeg
Mix very stiff, roll thin, cut in sections
two by four inches, then cut six or more
Sits in each section, across the narrow
way, about one-fourth of an inch from
each edge, press the two ends firmly to-
gether, thus giving the appearance of a
little basket; it must be given a final
squat so as to press the little bands out
ward just as it is dropped into the hot
lard.-LaljeS' Floral Cabinet.
For the last five years have not
lost cucumber or melon vine or cab
bage plant. Get barrel with few
gallons of gas tar in it; pour water on
the tar; always have it ready when
needed, and when bugs appear give
them liberal drink of the tar water
from the garden sprinkler, or other
wise, and if the rain washes it off and
they return, repeat the dose. 1t will
also destroy the Colorado potato beetle,
and brighten the old long potato bug
worse than thrashing with brush.
Five years ago this summer both kinds
appeared on my late potatoes, and l
watered with the tar water. The next
day all Colorados that had not been
well protected from the sprinkling
were dead, and the others, though their
name was legion, were all gone, and |
have never seen one of them on the
farm since. l am aware that many will
look upon this with Indifference because
it is so cheap and simple remedy.
Such should always suffer both by their
own and their neighbors' bugs, as they
frequently do Chicago Tri61ne.
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