The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-10-14
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

time is the best remedy for sleepless-
ness.
An excellent grease for wagons
may be made of one pound of tallow, a
quarter of pound of castor oil and q
quarter of a pound of black lead. Melt
the tallow and grind the whole together
until cold and well mixed.
Settling Coffee.-After using the
white of an egg to settle coffee one is
frequently puzzled to dispose OF the
yelk. If it is beaten and stirred in
to the milk designed for the coffee, it
will so closely resemble cream that few
will notice the difference.
To Stew Carrots.-Haf boil, then
nicely scrape and slice them into stew
pan. Put to them half q teacupful
of any weak broth, some pepper and
salt and half cupful of cream; simmer
them till they are very tender, but not
broken. Before serving up rub very
little flour with a bit of butter and
warm up with them.
The Prairie Farmer wisely advises
farmers to eat more mutton and less
pork. It declares that mutton is the
cheapest and the healthiest kind of
meat, and withthe exception of poultry,
the most convenient meat for the farm
er. A sheep is easily killed and dressed
by a single hand in an hour, and in the
warmest weather it can be disposed of
before it spoils.
"A Nice Dessert of Apples.-Pare
and weigh two pounds green apples.
Cut them in small pieces and drop them
in rich sirup made of pound and q
quarter of sugar and little water. As
soon as the sirup begins to boil add the
juice and grated rind of one large lemon
or two small ones. Boil till the apples
become solid mass. Turn ont in q
wet mold to stand till cold. Serve on
a dish surrounded with boiled custard,
or eat with seasoned cream.
One of the first things necessary in
the education of child intended to be
farmer is the cultivation of the habit
of observation. With the habit once
formed he never becomes stupid, be-
cause he is busy seeing things and re-
flecting over what he has observed.
This faculty is especially necessary
while preparing the soil and watching
the growth of crops. In farming the
conditions of things are so various and
the process often so hidden that we
constantly find something new to add
to our knowledge and increase our skill.
French Rolls.-To one pint of scald-
ed milk add half cup sugar and one Ia
blespoon of butter. When the milk is
cool add a little salt and one compressed
yeast cake. Let it rise till light, then
work with the hand and let it rise again.
Do this three times, then turn the dough
on to the board and pound until it is
thin enough to cut. Cut with tumbler
and brush the surface of each with
melted butter, then fold over. Let the
rolls rise again, then bake.
Rest would cure half the accidents
that horses receive, but people will not
give it to them because it costs money.
A pet horse of mine had q very bad
sprain, consequent on groom's dis
obedience; his leg was almost as useless
as though it were broken; he was seen
by many veterinaries and pronounced
incurably injured. I was advised to
sell him or kill him. I did neither. l
had his plates taken off, put him into
the largestloos box I have-one eighteen
feet by thirteen feet-with straw up to
his knees; and then giving him no treat
ment except cold water bandages, kept
him doing nothing for a year, gently
walking him about on the soft paths Of
my woods when it was fine weather.
He recovered entirely after twelve
months rest. and now he is ready to
jump over the moon, and the only hard
task is to make him not gallop.-Er-
change.
"A good white or silver cake may be
made with the whites of six eggs, scant
three-fourths of cup of butter, one
and half cupfuls of pulverized sugar,
two cupfuls of -four, essence of lemon
to flavor, and one teaspoonful of bak-
ing powder. Mix the baking powder
well with the flour and pass it through
the sieve several times to distribute it
equally. Beat the butter to q light
cream and add the -four to it, stirring
it in gradually with the ends of the fin
gers until it is smooth paste. Beat
the whites of the six eggs to stiff froth,
and mix them in with the pulverized
sugar; now stir the egg and sugar grad
ually into the flour and butter, adding
also the lemon essence, and mix It
smoothly together with an egg-whisk.
As soon as smooth put it into q moder-
ately heated oven. When done and still
hot it may be frosted with good effect.