The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-07-31
FARM AND FIREslDE.

-Bonnets in the form Of horseshoes
are loves in new millinery.-M r
Mail.
1t is the neglected pasture that is
run out, and it is the abused tillage land
that has grown unproductive.-Er-
change.
The housewife who cares for the
poultry is usually a reading woman.
A few hens pay for the newspapers for
her own and family use.-M. Y. En-
ansiner.
French Toast Take one egg, beat
and add one tsacup of water, dip in
slices of bread and fry brown in hot
fryings'or butter; very little grease is
needed. This is good way to use dry
bread and makes good breakfast dish.
Don't forget to salt slightly when fry.
ing.-BostOn Globe.
Florida water, that agreeable &C.
cessory to the bath, may be made mex
pensively from these ingredients !: Oil
bergamot, one ounce; tincture benzoin,
one ounce; alcohol, four pints; mix.
To this may be added any amount OF
cleanly- filtered water to suit the grade
required Chicago Tribune.
Corn Pudding: Mince the
corn fine. Beat up three eggs, add
two tablespoonful of sugar, the same
of melted butter, an even teaspoonful
of salt and a cupful of milk, lastly the
corn. Beat hard and bake, covered in
a creased pudding-dish half an hour
Then uncover to brown delicately.-
The Caterer.
I'm upholstering old furniture at
home it is an excellent plan to rip off
the worn-out cover and employ it as a
pattern by which to cut the new one.
A good fit is thus insured without the
nuisance of measuring and planning,
with the possibility of committing a
blunder that may cause the labor to
be wasted. IN. y. Post.
An Excellent Relish: Dried herring
make an excellent relish. Split, skin
and bone, cover with cream, and heat
through in the oven. Place each one
on strip of buttered toast, thicken the
cream with -four, season well, pour it
over the fish, and give each dash Of
lemon, and send it to the table hot. =
Teras Siflings.
Delicate Cake: To three-quarters
of cupful of butter, beaten to cream,
with two cupfuls of powdered sugar,
add three cupfuls of flour sifted with
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one
cupful of sweet milk, one teaspoonful
| of essence of almonds and the whites OF
| six eggs that have been beaten to stiff
froth. Bake in fat tins, we'll buttered,
and cover with icing when cooled
N. =. Herald.
| TO make bedroom stand cover.
Get piece of brown linen one yard
square. Turn the edges as if for hem
four or five inches deep. Herring-bone
stitch it around, then cut the edge and
ravel it up to the line of work. At
short intervals fasten few threads OF
red worsted. Fitch pretty pattern in
the corners with red. This makes a
good serviceable cover that will do up
well and wear long time. 1t may be
used in the sitting-room with good
effect. Cincinnati Times.
-Potatoe rot first makes its appear
ance in the tops, showing as small,
frosty spots, usually on the underside
of the leaf. As the spots enlarge the
center secomes brown and dies, ant
the leaf, or part, withefs. Then the
stem is attacked, and next the tuber
The rot often appears first on the half
ripe seed end, or knobby points. In
most situations the diseased portions
are soft and watery, but in dry situa
tion the affected parts dry and shrive
up.-N. y Times.