The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-07-03
FARM AND PRESIDE.

Silk OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and deep
blue factory cotton will not fade if dip
ped in salt and water while new.
Rubber makes serviceable cover
inc for the bit of tender-mou thed
horse. Each side of the bit should be
protected with stiff, circular piece OF
leather.
To prevent club root in cabbages
an exchange says throw tablespoonful
of fine salt around the stalk of the cab
bage soon after it is planted. This will
make it uncomfortable also for the cut
worm.
Keep your farm buildings and all
your premises absolutely clean. Use
absorbents such as dry earth and ashes,
and all offensive gases will disappeari
thereby promoting health and prosperl-
ty.
To take marks off vanished furni- |
ture, wet a sponge in common alcohol
camphor, and apply it freely to the fur
niture. 1t has nearly, if not quite, the
same effect that varnish has, and is
much cheaper.
Potato Cheese Cakes.-One pound
of mashed potatoes, quarter OF pound
of currants, quarter of pound of sugar
and butter, and four eggs; mix well to-
gether; bake them in patty-pans, hav-
4 ing first lined the pans with puff paste
1t ought to be more generally
4 known that wheat flour is probably the
! best possible article to throw over fire
caused by the splitting and igniting OF
kerosene. 1t ought to be known, be-
cause flour is always within convenient
reach.
Fruit Trife.-Put one quart of straw
berries, or any other fresh fruit, in the
bottom of a glass dish; sugar the fruit,
cover it with layer of macaroons, pour
over it a custard made with one quart
of milk and the yelks of five eggs, well
beaten: sweeten to your taste; when
cold. place on the top the whites OF the
eoos. beaten to a stiff froth with little
sugar.
-Horse-Radish Sauce.-The follow
ing method of preparing horse-radish Is
said to be an excellent relish with cold
ham, corned-beef or eggs. One table,
spoopful of melted butter, one OF pre-
pared mustard, three of grated horse-
radish, one of vinegar, one teaspoonful
Of sugar. and half a teaspoonful of salt
Beat together until thoroughly mixed
This viii keep for two or three days.
To Color Ices.-For yellow, use
yelks of eggs or bit Of saffron stepped
in the LIQUOR and squeezed The flower
! of the crocus is also used; it has no
| taste. For white, use almonds timely
pounded, with drop of water; or use
cream. For red, use beet root sliced
and some liquor poured over. For green,
g Mound spinach leaves or beet leaves, ex-
! press the Juice and boil in a tea-cup in
saucepan of water to take of the raw
' ness.
Veal Cutlets.-Make a batter OF
: cup of milk, beaten egg, pinch OF sal
u and flour with half teaspoonful OF bak
!, ing-powde-- mixed in. First fry thu
u u veal a nice brown in drippings or butter
then dip into the batter and fry agaii
y - brown. Any batter that may be ieit ma.
- be dropped by the small spoonful mt
!. the hot fat, turned and when Drowned
!. placed on the meat. The veal shoui'
" be cooked ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
of an hour, at least, over a moderat
!, fire. Serve with few slices OF lemon
=; = "A correspondent of the Chicag
=, Inter Ocean SAYS: :" / have been nigh
"A operator ON railroads for over twelv
= wears, and know how to clean lamp
~ chimneys, and want to tell the win
o min folks how to do it. Whittle out
"a stick half an inch square, and, say,
~ foot long. In one end drive four or nv
= small nails, brads or small tacks, lettin
=. them project quarter of an inch, the
n set your lamp chimneys for a momer
~ where they may become cool as poss
in BILE; next take piece OF soft rag fol
;r- or twist it into bunch, place 1t IN tn
MT chimney and taking your stick. piat
AZ the end containing the nails on the clo'
'or and it will be seen that the stick acts
10. an arm and the nails as fingers to gras
70 the rag. Now all that remains is
go moisten the inside of the chimney wi
90 the breath and rub, repeating Il
.ov breathing into the chimney often
~ necessary. 1 can clean as well al
liz twice as quickly this way as by wat
o. or powders. Then lay your stick al
,Sv rae away for another time. Try tn
nnt and with little practice you will
as delighted with the ease with which y
40 ,,l,o a chimney snarklen