The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-10
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

A little dry sand covered over po-
tatoes when they are first put into a
cellar, will destroy any unpleasant
odor they may have. A sprinkling OF
dry air-slacked lime will mitigate ten
dency to rot.
To Remove Finger Marks. Sweet
oil will remove finger marks from var
nished furniture, and kerosene from
oiled furniture. Patient rubbing with
chloroform will remove paint from
black silk or any other goods, and will
not hurt the most delicate color or
fabric.
Oyster Forcemeat.- Strain a dozen
oysters, mince, add quarter pound
finely grated bread crumbs, ounce and
a half butter broken small, dessert
spoon parsley, grated rind half lemon;
season little with mace, cayenne and
salt; mix we'll; bind together with the
yelk of an egg unbeaten, and little of
the oyster liquor. Let the oyster flavor
predominant. t
"A Bucks County farmer indorses
the following recipe for the foot dis
ease in cattle: Take one pint of fish
oil Gard oil will answer; add two
ounces of Oil of vitriol; let it stand I'M
til the vitriol and oil are one liquid;
then add half pint of turpentine. Be
careful to pour in little of this at q
time or it may explode the bottle; had
better set in a bucket of cold water
when this is added.
= Chocolate Caramels. one
quart of good New Orleans molasses
until it hardens when tested by cooling
a little of it in water. just before re-
moval from the fire, add four ounces of
chocolate finely and uniformly grated.
Pour thin layer into tin trays slightly
creased, and when the surface of the
candy has become hardened q little,
mark with knife into squares. They
may be favored. but the natural flavor
of the chocolate and molasses is gen.
orally preferred without addition.
Wood Ashes for Onions.-Farmer
who are so fortunate as to have an
open fireplace should place as an offset
to the cost of the wood the value of the
ashes produced. For onions there is
no fertilizer equal to wood ashes, as
they require great deal of potash.
Market gardeners and others who make
speciality of growing onions well I'M
derstand that to succeed with the crop
they need larger supplies of potash
than they will ordinarily receive from
barnyard manure.
Salt for the Canada Thistles.-
The New York Herald says: We know
of no better way to get rid of the
Canada thistle than by the use of salt.
The mistake made in regard to this
troublesome weed is in allowing it to
ripen seed. Cut the plants in the spring
and apply gill of salt to each root, or
If they are too numerous to be treated
in this way, cut the plants as before,
and SOW two barrels of salt to the acre.
If any sprout a second time apply salt
again.
Tea Cakes.-Dry before the fire
quart of fine flour, and run into it
quarter of pound of butter; then,
beating up couple of eggs with two
teaspoonsfuls of moist. or powdered
loaf sugar, and a tablespoonful of yeast,
pour the whole into the centre of the
flour, and keep mixing it we'll with
pint of warm new milk. Beat it up
with the hand till it comes off without
sticking, and set it, covered with
cloth, to rise before the fire. After it
has remained about half an hour, make
it up in round cakes about an inch
thick; put them on a tin plate, set them
before the fire to rise a little for ten
minutes, and, having baked them in a
slow oven, butter them, and eat them
hot.