St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-08-20
HOME, FARM AND GARUEN.

Cold Slaw Dressing. -Scald five
tablespoonf,hs of milk, and while hot,
stir in one Well beateneggi ada apiece
Of butter the size OF a small egg; stir it
constantly till it thickens; add vinegar
and salt to your taste, and pour over
the cabbage Or salad. Let it get cold !
before eating.
--Chicken-and-Ham Rolls. = Take
half the crumb from the hearts of
French Or light home made rolls; but
ter the cavity and till with a mixture of
minced chicken and ham. Stop the
hole in the side with wad of crumb
or bit of crust. These are very nice.
Chicken Sandwiches -2Cutthe flesh
from the bones OF cold roast fowls, and
dispose in close neat strips between
buttered slices of bread, or halves of
biscuit. Sprinkle with pepper and salt
If lou like, you. may chop tae fowl fine,
and spread almost half-an-inch thick on
the buttered bread.
Soap for Removing Grease Spots. -
Dissolve in a half pint o: water half a
pound OF washing soda, put in two
pounds of good hard soap, cut in Sizes,
and boil until a mass is formed. Thea
add a halt ounce each of alcohol, cam
phor, ether and lilu ammonia anal
mold into cakes.
-Rice water. barley water, oat meal
water, with lemon and sugar. should be
ready in every house where children
are. These drinks are surely better
than cold tea, which is often given, or
doubtful milk. However, milk is bet
ter than anything, when it is sweet and
pure. gzzssgg 4aas seg zgagg>s
4 Do mot Put clothes into the blueing-
Nv atcr until trey have been well shaken;
ii tossed in while folded as they come
trough the WI niger they are almost
certain to be streaked with bue!ng-
Dad, although after repeate Washlngs
these StreakS vii cone out, every one
knows how aggravating it is to use
NAPKINS or handkerch efs that show
traces o, careless washing.
-Flakel Fish. MIKE Il sauce BY
dredging some tour into two ounces OF
hot water in a stewpan; add hall a
pound OF cold fish, nicely ilaked, one
ounce OF cold butter, a dessert-spoon
n ful'e each Of Aanchovy sauce and mixed
&lmustard, zone teacupfukot-cream, some
pepper, salt. and few bread crumbs.
Make hot and serve as it is, or you may
pour it into buttered dish, with the
addition of Il few bread crumbs, and
brownjthe top in the oven. 49, :
Mixed Chow chow Take radiSl
pods. green peppers, long and round.
green grapes, nasturtlums, peaches.
cherries, string beans, cauliOWer.
! button onions, pour over them hot
brine, that will bear an~egr,-and lel
, them, s and four days Weu make {
pickle very warm with spices, and
after it has been boi ed and the in
} gradients we'll dried rom the brine
pour it over them boiling h It; mustard
seed may be added, and then it must
! The covered close froma thes air. q fhis
L wllhkeep, if veal pug :lTea two SeaEs
- Hrs. L. g. A0eN.
-Sassafras Mead. Two quarts O
boiling water; three and half pound:
: OF sug ar; pint and hall Of molasses
, one-i fourth pound Of tartaric acid; quar-
ter OF ounce essence Of sassa ras. Still
= thesemall gradually tegeta shs pc SURE
strain into large Jug y Ras; and ad.
the yessence Of sassaffaa Put it il
II DOtMeS, ScOrk q ghly anMh%p Ill COO
I PLACE. To prepare a aas ssfor drlnkin:
I pour a little Of the mead ina glass. Ill
z three Quarters fun of coN water, they
. stir in little carbonate OF soda, and i
j will foam to fill the glass. "A @pieasan
/ drink for warm weather. sSEgf
$ The cheapest, best, easiest put ~
a and strongest lightning conductor
5 copper wire, says writer in the New
York Tribune Get at metal store
= coil of the length required, and as larg
! as, or larger than, common telegraph
| wire. Fasten-one end over your chin
t ney- top. run along the ridge and dow
4 1.-THE end of your house. fasten
e ing with common >blind-staples drive
5 into The wood. Be sure to have tn
g | lower end terminate in permanent
n moist earth Or in well, not a cemente
4 cistern. Use no glass insulatofs, paten
{ tips or other humbHg nonsense, and yo
J. win have the cheapest and most perfec
y lightning conductorthat can be made