River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-06-21
HOME AND FARM.

Potash water is the quickest cure
or wasp and bee stings. A small
quantity should be kept in a glass
topped bottle. Open the sting with a
icedle and put on one drop of potash
water.
Strawberries Italian: Place as
many berries as will form a layer al
he bottom of dessert dish, and
'prinkle thickly Over powdered loaf
'ugar; then another layer of berries
md sugar. until the dish is full. Then
'queeze over the top the juice of &
iresh lemon; stir them around before
serving, that they may imbibe the
emon and sugar.
Lemon Turnovcrs: Four dessert
'poonfuls of flour. one dessert spoon
,ul of powdered sugar; the ;iud and
Juice of one lemon. two ounces Of
melted butter, two eggs and little
milk, mix flour. sugar and lemon Will
he milk to the consistency of butter.
add the butter and eggs well beaten.
Fry and turn over.
The successful farmer must be {
good business man. There is as mucl
in the selling of farm products as il
The raising. so far as the profit is con-
cerned; and, in order to sell well. the
farmer must understand value. and
be reasonably well posted in business
matters. -HJme. Farm and Fdctory
If a hen be properly fed she viii
continue 10 lay without desiring to in
cubatc. She should not be allowed
to become fat. The supposition tina
hen lays a certain number of eggs
or 'clutch," or n Glitter" rs it il
sometimes called, is erroneous.
properly fed hen will continue t.
lay until the period shall have arrived
for her to mott.
Chocolate Meringue Padding: Boi
one pint of rich milk, add half a tea
cup of butter. one tea-cup Of sugar
and three ounces of grated chocolate
let it boil. and when cool add the
whites of four eggs; pour this into a
pudding-dish lined with slices o
sponge cake and bake; cover will
meringue and let it brown. Eat will
lemon sauce
-Granulated Gems: To pint o.
mixed milk and water add n salt
spoonful of salt and teaspoonful Of
melted butter. Stir slowly into this ;
pint Of granulated wheat flour. beat
ing the mixture rapidly and as long a
strength lo'ds out. Have the gem
pans well buttcred and very hot. Fill
quickly and bake in a very hot oven
For filled eggs boil four or fiv'
eggs till quite hard, lay them in cole
water, shell and cut them in halve
crosswise. carefully remove the yclks
and cut the tips OF the whites. SO tina
they will stand in q dish. Pat III
yclks in a basin. and rub up with then
n small piece of stale breadcrumI
slightly soaked in milk, and tw,
washed. boned. and finely minced sar
dimes. Add very little oil, vinegar
pepper and salt. Mix all well togcth
CT, fill the whites with the mixture
and keep in n cCol place till wanted.
1t costs no more to- keep n thor
oughbred than scrub; it takes II
more vital energy 10 assimilate good
wholesome food than the commo
dietetic denominations; it takes n
more labor to operate good implc
mcnt than poor one; it takes NJ
more time TO read instructive book
than gossipy. sensational newspape
trash; it takes no more mental effor
to live a good life aud bless mankin
with its fruits than to cooperate wit
the evil one by Sinking honest labo
and beating the world out of living
In brief it pays to have the best-th
best implements, the best food, tn
best literature aud the best morality