Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-01-22
FIREsIDE FRAGMENTS.

If you will put tin of water in the
oven, you cake or meat will not burn.
"A house is no home unless it con-
tains food and fire for the mind as well
as the body.
-Feet-ache: Soak the feet in hot
water, wipe slightly, then rub hard with
extract of witch hazel.-Household.
An old reliable household remedy
for hiccough consists of teaspoonful of
pulverized sugar wet with the same
amount Of wine vinegar, taken at one
dose.
Equal parts of bay rum, borax and
ammonia make a nice preparation for
cleaning the head; apply freely to the
scalp with brush, and then wash in
clear water.
Steamed Oysters: Lay some oysters
In the she'll in steamer, set over a pot
OF boiling water, until the shells open.
Serve at once with little salt, pepper
and butter.-Ladies.
Frequent changes Of shoes and stock
ings are not only refreshing, but good
preventive to cold feet. Keep old shoes
on hand, both at home and place of bust
ness to effect this change.
Paris Cake: One pound of butter,
one pound of sugar, one pound of corn
starch, two teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der, the yelks OF eight and the whites of
Twelve eggs; beat we'll together and
bake one hour; use great care in baking,
because it is delicate; ice with vanilla
frosting.
Baked Steak: A good way to cook
steak when the top of the stove is occu-
pied is to place it in a tin, season with
pepper and salt, cover with another tin
and bake one hour. To those that rel
ish them, onions placed between the
slices make another dish for the table.
Fine Canada balsam is said to make
good transparent cement for glass-a
cement for uniting large pieces of por-
celain is made by adding plaster Of
paris to strong solution of alum till
the mixture is of the consistency of
cream. 1t sets quickly and is claimed to
unite porcelain quite firmly.
Fruit Spice Cake: One and two
thirds cups of molasses, ono cup OF
shortening, one cup of sugar, one whole
egg and the yelks Of three. ono cup of
sour milk, ono teaspoonful each of
allspice and nutmeg, four cups of sifted
-four, one teaspoonful of soda. Add as
much or as little fruit as you like.
Flavor with lemon. Two large -loaves.
Potato Roly Poly: Take a pint of
hot mashed potato, pint of -four, one
fourth pound of butter, pinch of salt,
and moisten with milk into dough. Roll
out the paste, spread it with any jam
that has no stones, roll and tie up, and
steam for an hour and a quarter. A
nice sauce for this pudding is made by
beating together two ounces of butter,
two tablespoonfuls of sugar, and one
egg. Continue beating, and pour in by
degrees little boiling water until the
sauce looks like cream. The egg must
be beaten well previously.
Boiled Lemon Pudding: Squeeze
and drain the juice out of six lemons;
CRATE the peel OF one with same Jumps
Of sugar; froth into it the yelks of six
eggs; rub into one-half pound of dried
-four, four ounces of butter, eight of
sugar a little nutmeg. four ounces of
chopped peel and blanchcd almonds, and
six apples also chopped fine; mix all we'll
together in one bowl. then butter mold,
tie in cloth, put in the padding and
steam steadily and gently two hours.
Make the sauce as follows: Scald. one
cupful 81 cream and. when sufficiently
cold. flavor, whist Il into fr0th and set
Il the fseezer before serving.