The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-03-24
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


-Chal'ring wood adds 10 its dura-
bility.
Roses need very rich soil to bring
them to Perfection thriving best in
mixture of weil-rotted manure, sand
and garden loan. and to stint them of
nourishment is indeed poor economy.
Whipped Potatoes Whip boiled
potatoes to creamy lightness with
fork; beat in butter, milk, pepper and
salt; al last, the frothed white of an
egg; toss irregularly upon dish. set in
the oven two minutes to reheat. but do
not let it color.
Quaker Plum Pudding. of
bread, butter, raisins, tive eggs, one
quart OF milk, salt, spice. Take thin
slices of bread, butter them. and lay
them in the pudding dish with raisins
between each layer; when the dish is
nearly full, pour over it the milk and
eggs we'll mixed together, with little
salt and the spice. Bake it about hal;
an hour, and serve with a nice sweet
sauce.
Salt Pork and Apples.-Cut half a
pound OF nicely-cured pork in slices
quarter of an inch thick. fry them slow
| ly until brown in 4 deep frying pan
and take them up on a hot dish. Mean
! time wash, wipe and slice six sour
apples, and when the pork is taken up
| put them into the frying-pan to cook
! until they are tender, but not broken.
Lay them on the dish with the pork and
! serve them hot.
| Harmless Face Powders. rs.-Rice
! powder, though expensive, is warrant
| ed perfectly harmless. Refined chalk
! is the safest thing to use, and costs far
less than if put up under some other
name and sold in boxes. Cascarilla
powder is much used by Cuban ladies,
and is considered harmless. Wash the
face with thick suds from glycerine
soap, and, when dry, dust on the pow
der with puff or piece OF chamols skin
i had at one time calf and several
sheep with broken legs. Every ore
| was repaired in this manner: Strips OF
bagging were wound about the limb,
plastered over with calcined plaster
mixed to thin paste, and other strips
wound over that and more plaster ap-
piled; the leg was fastened to splints
of wood until the plaster set The ami.
NAL would limp shout for a few days
on three legs. but all recovered without
II blemish. Cor. Rural NeU Yorker.
Corn Flour Pudding. Zone table
spoonful of cGrn-fiour, one pint OF milk
an ounce and half of sugar, a little
grated nutmeg, and two eggs. Yot
nix the corn-flour with a tablespoonful
Of cold milk, put tine rest of the milk u
to:!, and directly it comes TO the boi
take the saucepan off the fire and put il
/ the rest of the cold ingredients, viz.
she mixed corn-fiour, the sugar, and th'
! yelks of the eggs. Put the whites o
the eggs on another plate, and bea
them up with little salt till they are
very stiff froth. You have meantim
, creased a pie-dish. When the white
are stiff enough on mix them with til
: corn-four, etc, in the basin, and lhel
put the whole mixture into the grease'
pie-dish. CRATE a little nutmeg over tn
/ pudding, and bake it for about went
| / minutes"
Bloody Wart.--If the wart be larg
, or So situated that stran9lng it Oil nIt
!. a stout string cannot be readily done
! secure the colt in a recumbent position
and remove with u knife. Considers
BILE bleeding often succeeds such re
| moval; but it may be stopped by aI
| plying q hot iron to the end OF the bloc
| vessels When bleeding has ceased. az
ply by means of wooden stick, shape
like small knife blade, dipped into
bottle of nhiriatic- acid, a small porto
at a tine The raw surface should b
touched all over, but care must be take
not to touch the surrounding health
;, skin; wherefore it is best to anoint til
o same with some lard. After the appl
: cation of the acid, which should consi:
L in merely moistening the raw surfac'
:. the animal should be tied SO as TO pre-
L vent it from interfering with the teetl
= No bandaging is necessary. Repe;
) the application after three or four day
with the same precautions as befor'
and subsequently once weekly until til
$ surface assumes healthy aspect, b
IS degrees yet smaller, and finally hea
y oyer.-Prairie FaTnier.