Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-02-05

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DoN'r pile manure around the stems
or body Of your fruit trees. 4as
DIR the tip of nails in grease and thew
will easily drive into hard wood.
ICELAND Moss CHocoLArE.-Dis-
solve one ounce of Iceland moss IN one
pint Of boiling milk; boil one ounce of
chocolate for i've minutes in one pint of
boiling water; thoroughly mix the two.
and give it to the Invalid night and
merniag. This is-a higkly nutritive
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CHEESE PUDDISG.-Into two. quarts
OF boxing water. containing two table
spoonfuls OF salt, stir one pound of
yellow Indian meal and a quarter OF
apound OF grated cheese; boil it for
twenty minutes. stirring it occasionally
to prevent burning, then put il in a
creased baking pan. sprinkle over the
topa quarter OF a pound Of grated
cheese, and brown in quick oven.
Serve hot. II any remains slice it cold
aud fry it brown.
How SHOULD CATTLE-YARps BE L.
PRovED?-Let portions Of them. at
least, always be kept dry and comforta-
BILE, so that when it thaws or rains the
animals will not be obliged to stand or
lie in the mud They should be well
Uttered. In addition to their comfort.
and Of course TO their thrift. litter adds
largely to the stock of manure. No
one need give as reason for neglecting
1t. that he has no litter. Enough OF
something Or other may be found.
PRovENCALE PorArors. one
quart each Of potatoes and onions; boil
them tender in boiling water and salt,
then drain them, rub them through a
fine colander with potato masher, sea-
son them palatably with salt and pep
per, press them into bnttered dish or
mold and bake them half an hour in a
moderate oven. When wanted for the
table place a dish Gu the top of the
mold. turn it upside down, and gently
shake it so that the potato will fall out
without breaking.
To WASH FLANNEL SKIRTS. pre-
vent them fading or shrinking up, first
set the color by soaking for n quarter Of
an hour in cold water in which sugar Of
lead has been added. A teaspoonful of
sugar of lead is enough for a pailful Of
water After this preparation wash it
in tepid water with borax enough in it
to make it soft. What soap is used dis
solve in the water; do not rub it in the
skirt. Rinse in tepid water. shake out.
and hang where it will soon dry.
MINUTE PUDDrNG.-Put n pint Of
milk properly sailed into clean quart
stewpan; have ready basin of -four:
as soon as the milk boils take some
flour in the left hand and let it fall
lightly into the milk (Which must be
kept boiling fast the whole time). stir
without ceasing. adding flour until it is
about the consistency of porridge. then
let it boil few minutes longer, still
keeping it stirred Turn it out on
hot dish, stick pieces of butter all over
it. sprinkle sugar. and CRATE some nut
meg, when the butter and sugar will
melt and mingle, aud. running all over
and around it, form delicious sauce.
Do not be too sparing of butter and
sugar, and the cook need not be dis
if she does not succeed in her
first attempt. as experience alone can
teach her how to sprinkle the flour in
II it is not done very light
", Jumps Of uncooked -four will be the
result. 1t may be favored with vanilla.