Sharp County record., 1880-11-25
FARM AND FlRESiDE.

For Taking Out ScOrch. shirt
BOSOM or any other article has been
scorched in ironing, lay it where bright
sun will fall directly on it. 1t will take
it entirely out.
Mock Mince-Pie.-Four Boston
crackers rolled, two-thirds of cuptul
of cold water, a cupful of mOlaSseS,
hall cupful each of sugar and vinegar,
an egg, and raisins and spices as for
mince-pies,
Apple Batter Pudding. -Four beaten
eggs, and pint of rich milk, two cups OF
-four, one teaspoonful of salt, two even
teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Peel
and core eight ripe, tart apples; put into
a deep baking-dish; fill the center OF
each with sugar and pour the beaten
batter over them. Bake an hour and
eat with cream and sugar, Favored with
nutmeg or lemon.
"A Delicious Way ofCooking a Rab-
bit.-Take nice fresh rabbit, cut it in
to Joints, and fry it brown, with some
slices of picked pork, and some onions
shred fine. When nice and brown, take
it out of the frying pan, and put it in
stew-pan, with water sufficient to cover
it. Pepper and salt to taste; thicken
with some flour and butter; add force
meat balls, but be sure not to put the
fat out of the frying-pan. Let the gravy
be the thickness of rich cream.
White Hard Soap.-Good hard soap
may be made as follows: Ten pounds
of soap-grease-refned tallow is best
for white soaps boiled in lye made OF
five pounds of soda, half as much fresh
lime, boiled for half an hour in seven
gallons of water. When the lye is cold
it is drained from the soda and lime,
and boiled with the grease for one hour
or longer, until it is clear, when it is
poured into tub to cool. The soap
floats on the top, and may be cut into
bars to be removed.
Symptoms of Spavin.-Spavin is
not always shown by an enlargement at
the hook joint. 1t is sometimes "oc-
cult or hidden, and occurs within the
Joint where one bone works upon the
other. Any tenderness there is very
painful, and the animal is lame without
any external sign as to the locality.
The disease is characterized by an OBJ
lection to put the heel to the ground and
by frequent stumbling or knuckling un-
der of the lower joint, also by stepping
on the toe when running, causing the
undue wearing at the toe of the shoe.
A blister is the best remedy.-N Y.
Times.
Salt fish to be used to advantage
must be soaked the afternoon previous
to using. the water changed before bed
time, and again early in the morning.
Once more change the water after
breakfast, put it on the back of the
range or stove and never allow it to
boil, scarcely simmer until you find it
soft enough to pick apart very fine with
fork. 1t must not be chopped, but
carefully picked; it takes more time, but
is the only right way. For Goldfish cakes
have the potatoes nicely mashed with
milk and little butter, proportion of
one cup of fish to three of potatoes, a
little pepper, red or black. Dip in egg
or not, as you prefer, before frying
brown. To be made into cakes not too
thick.
--Sauer Kraut Slice the cabbage on
"cutter." Prepare an oak barrel or
keg; line the bottom and sides with cab
bage leaves; put in layer of cabbage,
about four inches in depth; sprinkle
lightly with salt; pound down the cab
bage until compact; add another layer
of cabbage and salt; repeat, pounding
each layer, until the cabbage'is within
few inches of the top. Cover with
leaves; spread over cloth; have a
board 10 fit inside Of the barrel and put
on a heavy weight. If there be not
brine enough 10 cover the cabbage
within two days, pour over some weak
brine. Examine every day as the scum
rises. Lift up the cloth carefully and
wash off all scum-attend to this faith
fully. Keep in warm place until fer
mentation ceases, which will be from
three to six weeks, Then keep in q