Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-11
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-ventilate the cellar by opening the
windows only at night and early morn
ing in summer and during tho middle
OF the day in winter.-M E. Farmer.
Iii is wise, if you are going to put
English crrrants into cake, to dry them
on a cloth by the fire after washing
them, as sometimes the cold water will
cause the cake to fall.-Al6any Journal.
Graham mush is a good substitute
for a rich pudding on some occasions.
Make just as you do corn-meal mush,
but add a few berries or raisins or En-
g!ish currents. Serve with milk and
sugar.--Boston Globe.
Meat that is to be hashed or used
on a second day in any way would
always be much better if the slices were
cut from the joint or large piece as soon
rs it leaves the table and soaked in the
gravy of the dish until the next dav.-
THE Caterer.
DIR. D.. N. Patterson writes to tho
New England Farmer that on no &C.
count should a cloth or bandage on a
boil, %carbuncle, sore, ulcer, cancer or
any raw or healing surface be used q
second time. The one thing to do is to
burn the cloths.
The statement that Indian corn de-
rives its nitrogen from the atmosphere
is probably o correct. But the clean
cultivation given to corn and the thor
oughly friable and disintegrated cundi-
ton of the soil induce the formation OF
nitrogen within it's pores-a fact worthy
OF attention in view of the costly nature
OF this important soil constituent
Country Gentleman.
Chicken a III cream: Cut the chick
en- up and stew until well done; then
make . rhickcning of cream or rich
milk and >ifted flour, seasoning with
butter, pepper and salt. Have ready
baked u pair Of short"cakes made as for
piecrust, but rolled thin and cut in
squares. Lay the crusts on a dish, and
pour over them the chicken and gravy
while all are hot. Many prefer light
soda biscuit instead of piecrust, but both
arc nice.-7he Household.
Washing woolens: To wash wooden
goods so that they will not shrink, put
three Of four pals of cold. soft water in
the washtub; then take two tablespoon
tuls OF borax and one-half pint of soft
soap, dissolve in about one quart of hot
water; when thoroughly dissolved stir
into the tub Of water. Put in goods
and let stand an hour before washing.
Rinse in cold rain-water. Bright col
ors should stand but a short time. -Bos-
ton Bulletin.
For external scalds aud burns there
is nothing SO cooling and curative as
an ointment of oxide of zinc. but
as every one does not have this
in the house it is as we'll
to plunge the injured part in cold water
as to do anything else, whenever the
plunge is practicable, and when it is
not, to keep the cloths upon it wrung
out of ice water. This excludes the
air, at any rate, and allays the pain,
allowing the strength to rally, while it
is within the reach of everybody.-E1-
change.
Good Housekeeping gives this rule
for making coffee: "'fIave coffee finely
ground, but grind only the quantity
you wish to use; Il part Mocha to
two of Java is a good mixture. Add,
for each cup of coffee, n tablespoon
of coffee and one cup of cold water;
stir well together, place upon the fire
and let coffee come to a boil, then fill
up with boiling water, pour out q cup
of coffee, then pour back into the coffee
pot. Serve with good cream and sugar.
This coffee will be clear, fragrant and
enjoyable. The use of cold water in
making coffee is not fully understood,
but its superiority will be at once &c
knowledged."