St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-06-20
FARM AND PRESIDE.
Cool care, together with good fee

Good care, together with good feed.
will produce you handsome results.
Good Cookies: One cupful butter.
two cupfuls white sugar, one cupful
sweet milk, one teaspoonful baking
powder, two eggs, flour to roll nicely
Toledo Blade.
Cottage Pudding: One cup sugar,
one cup milk, one egg. one teaspoonful
soda dissolved in the milk, two tea
spoons cream tartar in the flour. Flour
to make stiff as pound cake, about one
and one-half cups. Bake forty-five min
utes. The same can be made with two
ounces of butter and two eggs.--Ihc
Household.
The pastures are greatly damaged
in the spring. and their whole summer S
growth retarded. by having the stock
turned on them too early. The pastures
should be allowed a good start. to get
oughly settled before any stock is al
lowed to range on them.-Prairie
Farmer.
Hair Tonic: To prevent the hair
from falling out after Sickness. batl e
the scalp each day with tonic prepared
as follows: Pour over three ounces of
sulphur one pnt of alcohol. Shake
well and add one half pint Of castor o |.
II, after settSng some time, it should be-
come too thick for use. add alcohol and
oil in the same proportions; if too thin.
add sulphur. --EGchdnJe.
Lemon Jelly: Dissolve one ounce o.
good gelatine IN about half pint OF
water; let it stand two or three hours,
then place it in saucepan with one
pint more water, the juice of three lem
ons, the rind of two (cut very thnl.
and rather more than one quarter pound
of loaf sugar. Let it boil five m,nute,,
strain through a sieve, and place in Il
mold for the next day. y. Maj.
Oh nese Charm Cake: Three eggs
one cupful sugar, one AMI one-half cup
fuls flour, one-fourth cupful butter,
Scant one-half cupful sweet milk. two
teaspoonfuls baking powder. Beat the
sugar and butter together, then add tho
milk; beat well. then break in one egg
beat all together. then add another egg
beat well, then add the other egg: beat
well, then stir in the flour and bake.
This is good cake and easily made
n. Y. Posi-.
A useful articleto hang in bed
room or closet is case made of linen,
in which umbrellas and canes can be
kept. The ease should be cut in the
form of Il closed umbrella is. ii
should slope from the top to the bottom
gradually. There should be division.
81 that the canes VIII not be in the
same pocket with the umbrellas; bind
this all around W tn brown RIBBON or {.
heavy brad. and with brown crewe
embroider On the front the outlines o.
an umbrella and Il cane.
Young colts can be easily broke il
the right method is pursued. The one
we prefer is the following: When the
proper PERI Cd arrives to do so. place the
saddle on its back and let it stand for Il
dav or two at time. the bride. etc.
should follow the same course; then
harness into the wagon and let stand
for day or so: also. do the same out
of doors. Food and drink. should b
given at the proper times in tie stall
then try leading it with the harness on;
then with the carriage attached. and
finally try to drive it. Use it carefully
- '~Ntience will succeed.-Ho Home and
Farm.
~. j. r. Irwin says that one OF the
best and most pleasant things that can
be used to relieve toothache is chewing
cinnamon bark. 1t DESTROYS the sensi-
oilits OF the nerves. and snspcnd> thu
rain Immediately. if the bark is of good
quality. After repeated TT ais. and in
different cases. he is convinced that it is
generall. as elficac.ous as any of the
other remedies suggested for odontal-
gia. and not att ,nded with the unplfas-
ant consequences of creosote, carboljc
acid. etc.. which relieve the pain. bat
leave the mouth as sore and painful a.
the tooth was previously: though these
results are usually due to carelessnes>
in using.-Bos,on journal of Chemistry.