The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-11-26
FARM AND FIREs1DE.

II
"A piece Of zinc placed on the live
Goals IN hot stove will, it is said, eff
fectually clean out stove pipe, the va
Pors produced carrying of SCOT by chem.
ical decomposition.
Ink stains on mahogany or black
walnut furniture may be removed by
touching the stains with feather wet
IN q solution OF inter and water-eight
drops to spoonful of water. As soon
as the spots disappear rub the place at
once with a cloth wet in cold water.
II the ink stains then remain, repeat,
making the solution stronger.
Ham Cake.-A capital way of dis.
posing of the remains of ham and
making an excellent dish for breakfast
Is: Take pound and half of ham,
lat and lean together; put it into NOR.
Tar and pound it, or pass it through q
sausage machine; boil large slice OF
bread in half pint Of milk, and beat it
and the ham well together; add an egg
beaten up. Put the whole into mold,
and bake rich brown.
Cream of Fish. For each quart Of
soup mix together over the FIRE one ia
b!espoonful each of dour and butter un-
til quite free from Jumps; then grad
ually add one quart of hot milk, stir
ring constantly, until the soup is quite
smooth; then season it palatably with
salt and pepper, dust in very little
grated nutmeg, and stir in with an egg.
whip cupful of cold boiled fish PURGE
rubbed through . sieve with potato
masher.
Egg Loaf. -One pound of dough,
two ounces of butter. two ounces Of
pounded sugar, two eggs. Beat all
well together, in basin, in the same
manner as eggs are beaten, only using
the hand instead of the whisk; set in Z
plain mold to rise for three-quarters OF
an hour, then bake In o quick oven.
When cut, it should have the appear.
ance of honeycomb. This is very
nice breakfast-cake, and will make de-
icious toast when stale.
Steamed Fruit Pudding. Two Guns
Of suet, chopped fine, two cups Of boil
ing hot coffee, two cups Of sugar, hall
pound of raisins, half pound of currants,
quarter pound of citron, five cups Of
hour, teaspoonful of salt, three tea
'poonfuls Of baking powder. Mix these
Ingredients well together, cutting the
raisins, currants and citron fine: put all |
n bag and steam three hours; do not
lit the cover till the pudding is done;
serve with 8 nice sauce. a. s
The practice of whitewashing trees
8 useful and beneficial, and one can af
ord to be laughed at for doing it, for /
those who win may laugh" with the
pest reason. The whitewash reflects I
he heat OF the sun, and prevents SUM-
cald OF the bark in warm, bright win
er days; it kills eggs of insects and re-
'els the borer, and the lime, washing
rom the stems, reaches the roots and
ertilizes the trees. All this will over
'alance any ridicule that may be cast
N the practice by over-wise and hyper
ritical persons who know nothing
bout the business. 80
For the sake of variety and to please
hildren, who seem sometimes to Sc fas.
mated by pie, make once q year meat
nd potato pie. Make Q crust As for
hicken pie, and fill it with pieces Of
eef stake, either partly cooked or raw;
eason it well. and make q gravy Of
,elted butter and water thickened with
our; pour over the meat and then put II
q layer of mashed potato, and the 4
rust on the top Of that II it il too
luch trouble to mash the potato, put in
mall cooked ones whole; be sure and
ave enough gravy 50 the pie will not |
9 dry. Do not make the crust 30 rich
to be unwholesome. II
-Idleness begets vice Just as wen in
he horse as it does in man, and among
he various vices thus begotten in the
orse is the mischievous one of kicking.
here are several methods of prevention
'sorted TO. with moro or less success I
ne is to let the horse 90 loose IN q
'omy box stall or . shed, instead of
ing him up. Another method Is 70 I !
lckle strap around the leg above the
sstern, to which strap is attached
!ain about a foot long, to the end Of
hich is fixed 3 log of hard wood,
eighing about two pounds. Every
me the horse kicks he will hurt him.
II. and after some ineffective trials Of
tding himself of the attachment he
laily gives In. and viii gradually ;,
'andon the practice Of kicking; but i :
ay be necessary to keep the device :
piled to his leg for long time, espec- /.
lily II he is an inveterate kicker.
.metimes . horse only kicks to one
ie, or only with one leg. and it will {.
en- only be necessary to apply the q
ain to that leg. But If he kicks ia
tn sides it win be necessary to apply !
g on each leg. Q