The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-04-03
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FARM AND FiREslDE.


-Brooms dipped for minute or two
in boiling water suds once a week will
last much longer than they otherwise
would. --Cincinn0ti Times.
In opening an oven door always hold
the head back till the first blast of heat
has escaped, for it is almost enough to
put ones eyes out, and may be likely
to injure them seriously. Exchange.
Potato stalks should be left through
the winter where they grew. They are
rich in fertilizing value, and protect
the surface from blowing and washing
through. the winter Chicago journal.
Meat Cheese: Two cups of cracker
crumbs, one of meat chopped fine; stir
well together with water. Flavor with
pulverized herbs and spice high. Bake
In a bowl or mold one hour.-1&e
Household
Good Ginger Snaps: One cupful
molasses and one cupful butter brought
to boil; then add one cupful sugar,
one tablespoonful ginger, two beaten
eggs, flour enough to roll. Roll thin as
knife blade, and bake quick. Keep in
tin box.--I'0ledo Blade.
Roasted Pork: Separate each loin
of the Joint and make an incision into
thick part Of the meat in which to place
the stuffing. made as follows: Mix one
cup of bread crumbs with one chopped
onion, pepper, salt, sage or summer
savory and quarter of cup OF hot
water. Press into the meat, sew the
edges together to keep it in place, bake
in quick oven.-Boston Budget.
"A Novel, Plum Pudding: One pound
mashed boiled carrots or potatoes
Carrots are better,) one pound beef
suet chopped fine, one pound of -four
mixed with molasses, one pound OF dried
currants, one teaspoonful of ground
cloves, one teaspoonful of ground Gin
namon, one teaspoonful of ground all
spice, one teaspoonful of grated nutmeg
and little salt. Boil for three and a
half hours The Cook.
1t is not good practice to give
sheep grain early in the morning, I'M
less they sleep out doors and have an
opportunity to get up and stir around
bfiskly awhile before feeding In a
flock of sheep there will always be
some that resemble certain persons
destitute of appetite in the morning.
If the grain ration is given out they will
not get fair proportion, and they will
lose conditions-7lAJbanyJ Journal.
"A towel folded several times and
dipped in hot water and quickly wrung
and applied over the seat Of pain in
toothache or neuralgia will generally
afford prompt relief. This treatment
| in collie works almost like magic.
have seen cases that have resisted
other treatment for hours yield to thi'
in ten minutes. There is nothing thai
will so promptly cut short congestion
Of the lungs, sore throat or rheuma
tism as hot water when applied
promptly and thoroughly. Troy Times
The Philadelphia Press says frui
and flowers may be preserved from de
cay and fading by immersing them in I
| solution of gum arabic and water TIVE
or three times, waiting sufficient tim
between each immersion to allow tn
gum to dry. This process covers tn
surface of the fruit with thin coat o
gum, which is entirely impervious II
the air, and thus prevents the decay o
the fruit or the whitening of the flowers
Roses thus preserved have all the beaut.
of fresh plucked ones, though the.
have been plucked several months.
| is reliable, and something all may try
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