Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-09-01

Useful Hints Concerning Common Things

Some articles that are very palaiable when
odors while being prepared that one inelnes
/ to dispense with their use rather than make
! the house so uncomfortable. But little
| care will remedy the evil almost entirely.
| For instance, What can be more sickening
| than the smell Of boiling cabbage OF turnip>
A lump of charcoal put into the boiling
water with the cabbage will almost entirely
remove the ofense and If a cook can be
made 10 understand that the doors leading
TO the halls and dining from the ki'ch-
en- must be kept closed, and those leading
outdoor, together with the windows. must
be kept open, no one will be ANNOYED by the
| fumes from the boiling cabbage.
In boiling greens" the atmosphere all
over the house is often tainted with the Of
fensiye smell until i, seems like low clas,
boarding house. Take lump Of bread a.
large as q hens egg, tie it up IN clean
cloth. and put into the kettle with the
greens. and il will absorb all troublesome
! odors.
Housekecpers are often greatly troubled
and perple1ed by mildew, damp closets and
from rust BY Pu;iing an earthcn bowl OF
deep plate full Of quick lime into the closet,
the lime will absorb the dampne>s and also
sWeeten and d..infect the place. Rats. mice
and many bugs that arr ap, TO oongregate IN
damp places. have a dislike TO lime. A. Of
ten As the lime becomes Stacked. throw !, ON
the oompos, heap il in the country, or into
the ash barrel # in the CITY.
We have lately been informed b, an &C
complished hou>ckecper that ,hc does not
waste time in TRYING ali the ncu moth De
s;roycrs or preventi,es. For Years .hc has
used nothing but ground black pepper. She
spread, out her blankets and such thing, a.
she desires 10 pack a~ay for winter and
sprinkles them pleutifuily with fine black
pepper such a. she use, on the table. She
doe, not study econom, in IT, Use, but. buy
ing j, b, the pound. slf,s It over with au IN
.paring hand In the fall il can he ca,li,
shaken out into sheet. then pat INTO
tightly covered can and KEEP, Tor next scsr.
In the fall, when needed for daily Use, spread
the articles on the line, and, mag ming that
a good chance to sneeze uurc,iraiued y com
fortIng and cheering give each article a
faithful beating. If no lampne>, Ia, come
near them While packed away. the hne. Or,
pepper viii be easily dislodged and leave no
annoy ance or di>agrccahle smell behind,
like camphor and the VARIOUS papers and
preparations of carboIic powder. We
have been in the habit Of using cayenne
pepper Of late. and found it a thorough pre-
veniive, but il j. verN severe on those Who
use ii, The black pepper may be equal, cf-
feotive and far less Troublesome.
Red pepper plentiful! sprinkl,d in the
tracks Of rat. and mice. thrown into their
noles wherever found. and about the places
where the, have broken through. will most
surely drive them away. Their feet are very
tender. and if they once walk over such
fiery path they are not inclined to repeat the
experiment Why should not the moth be
equally sensitive and sensible
Cheese canno, be long kept after cutting
withou, growing hard and difficult to man
age except by grating, unless carefully GOV
cred. Farther OF glass cheese dishes, with
bell top to cover closely, are good. al
least much better than 10 risk il uncovered.
Blu, if linen or cheese cloth is dipped in
white wine, wrung so dry that it does not
| drip, the cheese perfectly wrapped up in it,
there will be no difficulty in Keeping any
cheese quite moist, and the favor will i'm
prove rather than deteriorate.