Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-02-11
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To GET RID OF CoCKRoAcnEs.--A cor
respondent writes as follows: II beg te
. forward you an easy, clean and certail
: method Of Graduating these loathsome in
!, sects from dwelling houses. A few years
! ago my house was infested with cock.
reaches Tor clocks" as they are called
here,) and was recommended to try Gu
| cumber peelings as remedy. l accord
ingly, immediately before bed time, strew-
ed the floor of those parts of the house
most infested with the vermin with the
green peel, cut not very thin from the Gu
cumber, and sat up half an hour later than
usual to watch the effect. Before the ex-
piratlon OF that time the floor where the
pee lay was completely covered with cock
reaches, SO much 80 that the vegetable
could not be seen. 50 voraciously were they
engaged IN sucking the poisonous moisture
from it. adopted the same plan the fol-
lowing night, but my visitors were not
near so numerous-I should think not
more than fourth of the previous night.
Va the third night did not discover one;
OUT anxious to ascertain whether the
mouse was quite clear Of them, I examined
the pad after / had laid it down about half
An hour, and perceived that it was cover
ed with myriads of minute cockroaches.
about the size of a flea. therefore allowed
the peel to lie till morning, and from that
moment have not seen cockroach in
| the house. It is q very old building; and
| can assure you the above remedy only
requires to be persevered in for three or
four nights to completely eradicate the
pest Ut course it should be fresh cucum-
Der peel every night.
LARD.-Leaf lard, skin carefully, wash,
drain, cut into bits, put into tin pail and
vet into pot Of boiling water. After
melting, throw in a small qant1ty of salt
to make the sediment settle, then simmer
for half an hour or until clear Strain
through a coarse cloth into jars Tie over
bladders or paper and cloth, the latter
dipped in melted grease. The other fatty
portions, wash, drain, cut into bits and
put into an iron kettle over e slow fire.
Add small teacupful of water. to prevent
burning. When the bits of fat are redu-
ced to fibers, take ont with a skinner.
Watch constantly, and towards the last
stir constantly. The fire should be mod
crate from first to last. Sprinkle in lit
tie salt, and when the fat looks clear take
from the fire, and when cool enough strain
through sieve or coarse cloth into jars.
When straining lard, do not press the cloth
As long the clear fat will run through and
when you do squeeze it, strain that part
into another jar. Lard keeps best in small
quantities. so it is we'll not to use over large
vessels Keep closely covered in cool,
dark place.
To KEEP LAMP CHIMNEYs FROM
CRACKING. The following recipe for
keeping lamp cnlmneys from cracking is
taken from the Diamond, Leipzig journ-
al devoted to the glass interest: Place
your tumblers, chimneys or vessels which
you desire to keep from cracking in poJ
filled with cold water; add little cooking
salt;allow the mixture to boil well over fire,
and then cool slowly. Glass treated ia
this way is said not to crack even if expos
ed to very sudden changes Of tempera-
ture. Chlmneys are said to Secome very
durable by this process, which may also be
extended to crockery, stone ware, porcelain
,tc. The process is simply one of anneal-
ing. and the slower the process, especially
the cooling portion of it, the moro effective
Will be the work.
FINE SOUP WITHOUT MEAT.-Boil q
can of tomatoes until thoroughly cooked,
hen press through sieve. To one quart
II pulp add teaspoonful of soda. Put
into saucepan butter the size of pig
con 8 egg; when it bubbles sprinkle and
stir in a heaping teaspoonful of -four
When it Is cooked stir into this quart of
hot milk, little cayenne pepper, salt and
handful of cracker crumbs. When it
comes to boil add the tomatoes. Heat
we'll, but do not let it boil; serve immedi-
ately as it spoils to stand. The salt mixed
with the tomatoes prevents the milk from
curdling.
EvERTON TAFFY.-In shallow vessel
melt one pound of brown sugar, quarter
pound Of butter, stir together over brisk
fire fifteen minutes, or until the mixture
becomes brittle when dropped in water;
lemon or vanilla favoring. Butter a fiat
plate and pour the taffy on it to cool.
when nearly cold mark into squares with
a knife; it can be easily broken.
To PREVENT LAMP ExPLos1oNs.-It
is not generally known that tablespoon
full of fine salt dropped into lamp will
effectually prevent the explosion of the
lamp and also prevent the breaking of the
chimney after washing in cold water.
EWES which are to lamb early ought to
be by themselves and have better care as
their time approaches. Feed few more
turnips and give them little more liber-
al sprinkling of cornmeal and bran, or oil
cake.
For TAKING OUT SCoRcH.-lf a shirt
bosom, or any other article, has been
scorched in ironing, lay it where the bright
sun will fall directly on it. 1t will take it
entirely out.
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