Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-14
HOME AND EARN.

KETTLES and stew-pans should be
washed outside as well as inside.
SAGE leaves in small quantity make
an excellent addition to tea.
SoAP-sUDs and soapy water supply
the manure for garden soils.
AN oyster shell put into a teakettle
will prevent its becoming furred.
LEMON juice will allay the irritation
caused by the bites of gnats and flies.
COLD potatoes mashed with peas,
make an excellent and light peas pud-
ding.
HONEY and castor oil mixed are ex-
cellent for the asthmatic. A teaspoon
full night and morning.
THE white of one egg, beaten to
froth with little butter, is a good sub
stitute for cream in coffee.
CLoTHEs-LINEs should be well wiped
and taken down after each wash. Gutta
percha lines are the best.
GINGER-BREAD.--On cup molasses,
one-haf cup of butter, one-half cup of
boiling water, tablespoonful of ginger,
a teaspoonful of soda and flour suffi-
cient to roll out.
AS A rule, the size of the seed will in
dictate the depth to plant it, starting with
the smallest at one-haf inch, such as
celery, parsnips, etc. while peas and
beans may be put one and half inches
deep.
CoCoANUT PUDDING. TO one large
cocoanut, grated, add the whites of eight
eggs, quarter of a pound of sugar,
quarter of a pound of butter, two spoon
fuls of rose water; bake it in paste.
SWEET Potato PUDDING Take five
eggs, half a pound of butter, a quarter
of pourd of sugar, add as much potato,
previously boiled, as will thicken it, the
juice and grated peel of one lemon.
BEEF TEA.-Beef tea for the sick is
made by boiling a tender steak nicely,
seasoning it with pepper and salt, cut
ting it up and pouring water over it, not
quite boiling; put in a little water at
time and let it soak the goodness out
then heat it hot.
THE Ontario Fruit Growers Associ-
alton agreed that the yellows in peach
trees is contagious disease, and that
every tree showing signs of the disease
should be rooted up and burnt. They
favored steps being taken by the Gov
ernment to stamp out the disease.
SPINACH.-Look over carefully, pick
the leaves from the stem, wash, cook
twenty minutes in salted water, drain,
chop fine, return to The fire, season with
butter, pepper and salt, press into a hot
mold or bowl, turn out and garnish with
sliced egg.
THE quality of the feed improves the
quality of the milk, but only by slow and
persistent efforts can this be done with
the average COW, and it may be consid-
cred useless to try and make a Jersey
out of a Holstein by feeding her corn
meal, nor can Jersey be made Hol-
stein by feeding straw alone.
To PRESERVE CARPETS. Carpets
should be shaken often. The dirt that
collects under them grinds out the
threads. But do not sweep them oftener
than is absolutely necessary. Take a
brush and dusting-pan and remove the
dirt in this way, and your carpets will
wear enough longer to pay for your
labor.
SALMON CRoQUETTEs. One can
of preserved salmon-drain off the
liquor; yelks of two eggs; one raw egg;
one-half cup bread-crumbs; tablespoon
full of butter; pepper and salt Mince
the fish, add the powdered yelks, the
raw egg, the butter, then the crumbs
and seasoning. Form into egg-like
cakes, roll in flour and fry in sweet lard,
or lard and butter.
THE smell of onions and other odors
can be removed from kettles and sauce
pans. Put some wood-ashes into the
utensil, add boiling water and let it
stand a short time on the back part of
the stove. Or if you have no wood
ashes, use potash, soda or concentrated
lye with water, then wash in hot suds.
All cooking utensils in which onions,
cabbage or turnips have been cooked
should be thus cleansed.