Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-09
Farm AND PIREsIDR.


Never mix, or place on tho came
dish, meats or vegetables that are un.
like In flavor
Zach hair Of the head usually ro-
tains It's vitality three years, then dies
and drops out
If your goldfish die, II is attribute
bic, as a rule, 10 one Of three causes
handling, starvation or bad water.
Mrades.-F eggs beaten very
light, one cup Of butter, two teaspoon
tuls Of baking powder, and only flour
enough TO roll out; roll thin, cut in
squares, and fry In hot lard Efcellent
coffee cakes.
The day has passed for regarding
cooking menial and vulgar labor, and
those who give thought and study 10
the preparation Of their daily food al
ways gain m vigor and cheeriulness.-
Household Hints.
In marketing, go early, so as N
secure a choice Of fresh articles. Trade
only with honest dealers, and where
possible, for cash only. Credits are al
ways costly. If a dealer wrong you in
weight or measure, leave him.
Sugar Cakes. One pound and a
quarter of sugar, one cupful Of sour
cream, half cupful of butter an even
tea-spOOnful Of soda. and enough flour
to make the dough Of the right consist
ency for rolling Out-say, about two
quarts-and ilavoring Of spice or cara
way seed to suit the taste.
"A Cheap Barometer.--Put a small
quantity of finely pulverized alum in a
long half-ounce vial, and fill It with
spirits of wine. When the atmosphere
is dry and clear the spirits will be clear
rs crystal, but on the approach of rain
or bad weather the alum will raise in
the center in the form Of a spiral cloud,
which is said to be an infallible indica-
tion Of rain or bad weather.
-Cocoanut Cake-Mix two cups of
powdered sugar and half cup of
butter to a cream; add half cup of
sour milk, two and n half cups of sifted
hour with tablespoonful of cream Of tartar
mixed and sifted through it, the whites
of eight eggs, and half a teaspoon of
soda dissolved in teaspoonful of hot
water Bake in layers or else in a single
loaf. The latter win make the whitest
cake: 1t must be set aside until perfectly
cold then cut it in layers with long
thin knife and be careful to keep Il
even and not break it. For the filling
beat the whites of three eggs to stiff
froth and add four ounces of powdered
sugar and half grated cocoanut.
Spread this between the layers and on
the top; then cover the balance of the
cocoanut mixed with three tablespoons
of powdered sugar.--Prairie Farmer.
Snow Mountain Cake.-Prepare a
pound sponge-cake thus: One pound
of eggs, one pound Of sugar, ten ounces
of -four, aud the rind and juice of one
lemon for fiavoring. Bake in a mold.
Meanwhile pare and cut into thin slices
six fine oranges, and CRATE up a fresh
cocoanut. Prepare also a meringue,
allowing one pound of sugar to the
beaten whites of four eggs. Now with
sharp knife cut the sponge-cake
transversely into four or six divisions,
and laying the bottom slice on dessert
dish, cover it with layer of the merin.
que, then cocoanut, then slices Of
orange. Now fit upon it the next slice
of cake, covering it in the same manner,
until the whole cake is built up again
when finish off with icing and the re-
mainder of the cocoanut, heaping it ur
high on top. Let it dry in warm
place, and you will have a dessert dish
at once ornamental and delicious. -Rdr.
| Ier'S Bazdr.