Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-01-20
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RECEIPTS.


with spirits of turpentine Prepare it
and apply thick plaster of it.
RELIEF FOR DYsPEPTICs.-Eat peel
ed apple every night before going to
bed. A sure cure for this distressing
complaint, as those can testify who have
suffered for over twenty years with it.
Poor MANS PUDDING.-Three cups
of -four, one cup of molasses, one cup of
milk, one cup of suet. one cup of raj
sins, one teaspoon of soda, spice to
taste; boil two hours eat with sauce.
To TAKE WHITE STAINS FROM DARK
WooD.-Use equal parts of vinegar,
sweet oil, and spirits of turpentine
shake all well together in bottle; ap-
ply with flannel cloth and rub dry
with old silk or linen.
A REMEDY FOR RHEUMAT1sM.-Fou
ounces of saltpetre in one pint of alco-
hol; shake we'll and battle the parts af-
fected wetting red flannel with it, lay
it on. 1t does not cure. but takes away
the redness, reduces the swelling, and
relieves the torment and agony.
Soft GINGERBREAD.-One tablespoon
full of butter, one tablespoonful of GIN
GER one half cup of brown sugar, two
cupfuls of molasses, two cupfuls of wa
ter or sour milk one and one half tea
spoonfuls of soda; do not stir very
long; bake in moderate oven.
GOOD CEMENT FOR INTENDING TABLE
KN1vEs.-Coulter's cement for fastening
the blades of dinner knives in the ivory
handles consist of rosin, four parts Of
beeswax, one part ; brick dust, one part
Fill the hole IN the handle with the &C.
ment, heat the tang of the blade and
press in.
APPLE MANGE.-Stew and mash well
three pounds pippins then add three
pounds of sugar. Just before done
add few drops of lemon-juice. Put il
moulds and it will keep two years
Turned out and sliced, it is nice dish
for tea. Ounces are as nice as apples
prepared this way.
IRISH Moss.-Wash in cold water on
ounce of Irish moss have two quarts o
boiling water and pour it on the mos
after all the cold water is strained off
let it stand all night and strain it il
the morning. If it is too thick adj
some cold water; put in some sugar ant
the juice of two large lemons.
BAKED INDIAN PUDDING.-Take near
ly one pint of sifted meal and make in
to mush pour over it one quart Q
boiled sweet milk. Add one gill of me
lasses, one gill of sugar, six eggs beat
en- separately, half pint of choppe
suet. If you like, add few currantI
raisins, or little citron. Bake nearl
two hours. Eat with sauce.
DRAWN BUTTER one pint c
sweet milk, piece of butter the size {
an egg, two or three tablespoonful {
-four or corn starch rub the butter an
-four together; when the milk is boiling
stir in the butter and floor have read
two hard boiled eggs; take off the shell
and chop or slice them stir them in ;
you take the butter from the fire pei
per and salt to the taste send to tab
Immediately.
ONIONS CURE EoR CRoUp.-A lad
who speaks from experience says TIL
probably nine children out of ten wi
die of Group might be saved by t
timely application of roast onions, mas
ed, laid upon folded napkin and goo
oil, sweet oil, or even lard poured
and applied as warm as can be Dor
, comfortably, to the throat, and upp
part of the chest, and to the feet al
hands.
To TAKE OUT GREASE STAINS FRI
CARPETs.-Get quantity of blue ella
which is required to make fire. brio
. which is free from sand, bruise and SC;
ter small portion of 1t over the grea
= spot in the carpet, and rub it slight
4 with the hand, the carpet remaining
- the while on the floor. After two
three days sweep off the clay, and I
y grease will be gone. By similar p
/ cess grease will be removed from |
collar of coat.
DOUGHNUTs.-One coffee-cupful
> pulverized sugar, four eggs, two SIN
: dessert-spoonfuls of melted butter, t
cupfuls of sweet milk, six teaspoon
, baking powder that has been mixed W
the -four. Use -four enough to roll tn
taking care not to make them stiff,
- they soon become dry and hard. {
with a biscuit cutter then cut from
r. middle with smaller cutter, leavin
= ring of the dough. Flavor with n
= meg or cinnamon, if liked. Fry in
= lard, turning frequently.
DOING UP SHIRTs.-A husband c.
planned that his shirts bosoms and {
ID lars were badly done up, and the C
u was referred to knowing shirt-mal
n who said: "The fault is with y
laundress. While doing up your
lars she stretches them the wrong "
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