Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1881-11-24
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WY Woolem Fabrics Sh,luk. The tibres
of wool and certain kinds of hair are tooth
ed orjngged at the edges, the teeth Tor inn
brications1 pointing upward-that is. from
the root TO the point. When subjected.
therefore, to compression or friction. these
nbres being tree to move only in one di-
reclon BY reason Of their asperiies at sur
face, have great tendency 10 Unite aud
lock together. This explains The peculiar
capabilty possessed by wool for telling, and
also the shrinking Of fabrics Of wool. In
the latter case, tile excessive rubbing to
which they are subj jectel causes i mating
Or binding together Of tile ultimate tibres,
which causes shrinkage, and this Is intensi-
fed by changing the goods from hot to cold
water, which is usually practiced as the
contraction OF the fibres which this causes
is itself a felting process. For washing
weolen articles it is recommended TO place
them IN warm water, never in cold. anlff
changed from one water to another, they
should gofrom lottolhotter. They should
be cleansed with as little as geatle tric-
tionlas possible. The tibres Of cotton and
linen are straight and smooth, and possess
none OF the surface Toughness that clarac.
terze the structures Of wool, hence thev a.
not shrink In washing lfunut act,xre1,,f NH oa,ud
Builder. IN 3h s.l t4t@ 4H1 aAaa5as
loaf CAKE Doughnuts. One cur or suoar
half cup of milk. one cup OF yeast spices
and saltto taste. Stir as stiff with flour Ms
possible with q spoon and let it rise as Tor
bread, then mould tlthem up and cut and LEI
rise an honr by the fire, or till they seem
light, then bake. -sHyl ~.EtHs.as+ 4s, MAJ sts.E
r du67ns.-One quart of sweet milk. one
quart Of flour. two eggs, little salt; beat
well. bake IN little earthen cups, IAN hour.
They will seem very thin when put in, but
when baked they are delicious.
Picked Cabbagc.-Chop nice white. cab
bage fine and sprinkle on about as much
salt as you would TO cook. Let stand one
night, then pour of the brine and cook o
few minutes in vinegar prepared as tor
sweet pickles. An onion or two will give it
fine flavor. s4gHal 44e ss.r
Stale Bread F3'itters.--Cut stale bread in
thin slices and put it to soak for. several
hours in cold sweet milk. Then fry in
sweet lard, or butter tile slices and try them
and eat with sugar, molasses, or sweet sauce.
10 make it more delicate remove the hard
crust before using. i si4 A tssA@sse#k.
w. F2orcntines.- - Roll some nice puff.paste to
the thickness of an eighth OF an inch and
lay 1t ON thin baking tin. Spread over it
layer OF green gage, or any other preserve
orjam, and bake it in moderate oven,
xSha t;,1I
ing ng whipped some whites Of eggs with ssl.-
gar, put the whip over the preserve, and
streW some minced almonds all over the
surface, finishing with sitted sugar. Put It
once more intotthe oven until the whip ID
quite stitf GThe iiorentines should be ora
pale color, and u few minutes after the paste
Is finally removed from the oven ittshould
be cut into dianons, and when served up.
placed ona seryiette, or on ornamented
paper. .aa-, ..-a.
A Dish Of Potatoes.-A nice dish for sup
per is matte of sweet or Irish potatoes.
which have been left from dinner (eitler
baked or boiledl. Slice them, hut not In
very thin slices, lay in baking tin or pu,,-
ding dish, and cover eacll layer with little
Jumps of butter and with pepper aud salt.
If you like the flavor of pork, put two or
three thin slices of salt pork on top. Bake
for half an hour. Raw potatoes may be
prepared in the same way, but will require
aonger time to bake them. TO give an
excellent flavor to warmeu-oyer potatoes
take some of the fat that you cut from slices
of heefsteak, fry in the pan till you have as
much as you need, then take ont the scraps
and put in the potatoes. This is better than
butter.
White Candy.-One cup of granulated su-
gar, one pint of water, two tablespoonfus
OF vinegar; boil just as You do moiasses
canda, tut do not stir it. You can tell when
it Is done by trying it in colt water Pull
as II 1t were nosasses candy; have Il dish
near by with some Vanilla in it. aud work it
enough to flavor 1t as yen pull it; pull it in
cold room and the next day you will have
delicious candy