The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-06-26
HOME AND FARM.

of a pound of butter, quarter of pound
of loaf sugar, one pound flour; add the
butter by degrees and work with the
hand; roll out and cut with a glass.
If there are iron stains upon marble,
they can be taken out by moistening
them with vitriol or oxalic acid. If they
do not come out readily, leave the acid
on for half an hour.
CURD PUDDING.-Pour quart OF
boiling milk on pint and a half of but
termilk; strain and press the curd light
ly; then beat well with one ounce OF
butter, one ounce of sugar, teacupful
of bread-crumbs andafour eggs; bake in
cups half an hour.
For furniture polish, take two parts
sweet oil, one part alcohol; shake well
before using. Apply with soft cotton
cloth and rub dry, the more rubbing the
better. If this mixture has stood for
some time add more alcohol. This will
clean and improve the appearance of
any kind of furniture.
THE CURRANT WoRM.-When this
rascal begins operations he must be sum-
marty dealt with, or he will soon ruin
the finest bushes in the garden. The
following mixture has never been known
to fail: Dissolve heaping teaspoon
full of white hellebore in pail of water,
and sprinkle it on the bushes wherever
you notice worms.
A WISCONSIN man has experimental
with potato seed for more than twenty
years. He has concluded that it is best
to plant small potatoes whole, selecting
the most perfect specimens of the varie-
ty to be raised. He thinks if all would
adopt this plan we would hear less of
potatoes running out. He has planted
the White Peachblow for twelve years
or more, and the last crop was better
than the first.
RASPBERRY TART WITH CREAM
Roll out some thin puff paste and lap it
in a patty-pan of what size you choose;
put in raspberries; strew over them fine
sugar; cover with thin lid, and then
bake. Cut it open, and have ready the
following mixture warm: half pint of
cream, the yelks of two or three eggs
well beaten, and little sugar; and,
when this is added to the tart, return it
to the oven for five or six minutes.
THE parasite that causes gapes in
fowl is of red color and about three
quarters of an inch long. The remedies
are numerous, but chiefly consist in re-
moving the worms. One way is to
moisten feather from which all but
the tip Of the web has been stripped,
with oil, salt water, or a weak solution
of carbolic acid, introduce it into the
windpipe, twist it around once or twice,
and then withdraw it. A teaspoonful
of sulphur mixed with a quart of corn
meal and water, and fed to the fowls
morning and evening, is also good
remedy.
BREAKFAST CAKEs.--One coffeecup-
full of new milk, one of water, the beat
en- yelks of three eggs, teaspoonful of
sugar, one of salt, four tablespoonful of
potato yeast, and sifted flour to make
quite stiff batter. Stir well and put
in warm place to rise over night. In
the morning beat whites to stiff froth
and stir in. Bake on a griddle. These
are excellent.
STRAWBERRY FARINA PUDDING.-
Fill coffee-cups loosely with strawberries
and pour over farina of a consistency
tlll W Ill bL6 lubcISJlCCS D0-
tween the berries and yet thick enough
to be firm when cool-three tablespoon
fuls to quart of milk is the quantity of
farina l use. Turn out on to fat dish
Or arrange in glass dish. Eat with
cream and sugar favored as liked. This
makes pretty as well as healthful des-
| sert.
CLOSETS and eupboards should be well
ventilated, and this is defect-ill-venti-
lation-that but few try to remedy or
even think Of This can be remedied,
however, in a very simple way. If pos
sible, have perforations made through
| the back of the closet and few in the
door; when the wall of the closet can
not be perforated, bore holes freely in
the door at the top and bottom. To
prevent dampness, with the accom-.
panying unpleasantness and injurious
effects of mildew in cupboards, tray of
quicklime should be kept and changed
from time to time as the lime becomes
slaked. This remedy will also be
found useful in safes or imminent.
rooms, the damp air of which is often
destructive to valuable deeds and otLer
contents.