Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-09-29
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Liquid Gtue.-Melt a little ising glass ia
spirits of wine, adding one-fith water. and
using gentle heat when perfectly melted
and mixed, it will form transparent glue.
which will unite glass so fast that the trac
ture will hardly be seen.
Portable Soup.-Bol down the meat 70 a
thick Jelly; season highly with spices dry
IN the sun. Put it away out of the air: when
aoout 70 ccok, to one inch square put one
quart Of boiling water vegetables are then
added.
10 Make Calicoes Wash Well.-Infuse three
glIls OF salt into four quarts Of boiling wa
ter, ana put the calicOes in While hot and
leave them till cold; in this way the colors
are rendered permanent and will not fade
by subsequent washing.
Whitewash.--Pour kettle of boiling wa
ter on peck of unslacked lime put IN two
pounds OF whiting and halt a pint Of salt:
Wlieh all are mixed together. put in half an
ounce of Prussian blue. finely powdered !:
add water to make it proper thickness tn
put on y wall.
SteDea OYsters.-fn large saucepan nuf
one pint OF strong and clear beef broth. one
pint of cream, four unces Of bntter throa
'''oiespoohtnls OF salt, two each OF white
pepperand ground mace, and halta tcaspoon-
'ul OF extract of celery; while cooking
ored'e III hnely-powdere cracker dusf tin
su'Hcientiy thickened and we'll cooked
nave ready nifty parboiled oysters in \ hot
tnreen, pour the above sauce over ,h.m AN
serve piping hot. -
a Lsght Fadding.S-- little nutmeg
ana cinnamon in pint OF new milk, then
take out the spice; beat eight yolk@ and
four whites Of eggs, glass Of sweet wine.
little salt and sugar; mix sponnfn, of
ilolir very smooth, in II little of the milk.
then put all together, with tile crunb Of n
Small roll grated; tie this in a small cloth.
DOH it an hour; serve it with melted butter.
and wine and sugar poured over it.
euea'noer Preseroes.-Gather Young c,,-
cnmbcrs, about the length of ones middle
niger, and lay in strong brine one week I:
WASH and soak them day an.l mig ht in fair
water, changing this four times. Wine.
ana with small knife slit them down one
SIDE; dig out the seeds, stntf with mix.
ture OF chopned raisins and ctron. sew m
the slit with \ fine thread; weigh them AMI
make syrup, allowing pound OF sugar to
pound of cucumber. and one pint OF water.
Heat TO boil. skim and drop in the fruit
simmer half an hour; take out and spr.ad
upon dish IN the sun, while ynu boil down
the syrup, with u few slices of ginger root
added. When thick, put in he cucumber,
again. Simmer tive,minu,es and put up in
glass jars, tying them up when cold.
A Durable Whitesonsh A correspondent
OF the Scientific Anae,ica,s writes to that iour-
nal:
In regard to the query Of C. B. c.. in re-
latlon to Whitewashing. I believe | have
tried every known wash. The so.called
White House tucco wash is no better than
any ordinary Whitewash. No hri, k wall
that ever is intended to be painted should be
whitewasiied. All washes absorb water.
and in damp weather lose their color.
The best wash that have ever heard offs
made as follows: For one barrel q; color
wash, half a bushel of white lime. 3 pecks
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pounds ochre. one pound Venetian red.
quarter pound lampblack.
Slake the lime; cut the lampblack with
vinegar; mix well together; add The cement
and fill lhe barrel with water. Lei i, stap,
twelve hours before using, and sir ireauent-
ly while putting on.
have known rough board barn washed
with this TO look well for i've years. aud
even longer, without renewing. The ceu-
ent hardens, BIZ, a rough surface will not
SCALE,
This is not white, but of light stony
color, without the unpleasant glare OF y hiic
Ihe color may be changed by adding more
or less OF the colors named. or other col,rs.
This wash covers well, needing only nne
coat, and ia superior to anything known,
excepting oil paint.