The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-11
FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

To fill the unsightly nail holes In
the walls, take one part plaster Of paris
and three parts of fine sand; mix with
cold water and apply with a case knife.
One Of the prettiest ways of doing
over old wooden chairs of good shape
is with enamel paint in white or cream
color. A light spindle backed chair
painted white. with perhaps line or
other simple decoration in gilt is both
handsome and quite the fashion.-N. Y.
World.
Ear ache may be relieved by the use
of equal parts of chloroform and laud'
anum, introduced by means of cotton
dipped in the mixture. The first sensa-
ton is that of GOODNESS, followed by
scarcely perceptible pain, and later, RS
freshing sleep.
To make essence of ginger, bruise
we'll four ounces of Jamaica ginger and
put it into pint of rectified spirits OF
wine. Let it remain fortnight, then
press and filter it. To add pungency,
put with it a little essence of cayenne.
Drowned flashed Potatoes: Chop
two cold boiled potatoes fine and sea-
son. Put one tablespoonful of butter
into frying pan; when hot put in the
potatoes, smooth them carefully over
the bottom of the pan, and cook slowly
without stirring until the potatoes are
brown and stick together. Lift with a
slice. If more are wanted, they must
be Drowned in separate ts.-Rural
New Yorker. -r--s
Summer Pudding: Put a quart of
milk on to boil. Mix two tablespoon
fuls of corn starch, smooth, with lit
tie milk, and stir in. Beat the yolks of
four eggs and half cupful of sugar to-
gether, and add to the boiling milk;
take it from the fire; flavor and pour
into baking dish. Beat the whites of
the eggs, sweeten, and heap on top of
the pudding; put in the oven to brown
slightly. Set on ice and serve very cold
-Housekeeper.
Raspberry Vinegar: Take ripe rasp-
berries, put them in pan, and mash
them with a large wooden spoon or
masher Strain the juice through a
jelly bag, and to each pint of juice add
one pound of loaf sugar and one quart
of vinegar. When the sugar has dis
solved place the whole over the fire in
n preserving kettle, and let it boil a
minute or two and skim it. When cold
bottle it, cork it well. and it will be fit
for use.-Boston Budget
Hamburg Mounds: Chop fine one
no
and one tablespoonful parsley, make
into balls by adding one cup bread
crumbs, one cup boiled rice boil in
sailed water until cooked then remove
to platter to keep warm while you
make a brown sauce, or gravy. Brown
together two chopped onions, two
tablespoonfuls flour and two table
spoonfuls dripping Add by degrees
water in which meat was boiled, boil
five minutes, pour around meat and
serve hot. Very cheap meat may be
used for this dish.-Home.
-Buttered Lobster: Boil lobster.
take the meat from the shell, and mince
or chop it fine; put the coral and green
inside (but leave out the "lady;') to a
wineglass of vinegar or hot water, add
a quarter of a pound of fresh butter;
add one saltspoonful of cayenne pepper,
one of mustard, and put it with the lob
ster into a stewpan over a gentle fire:
stir it until it is thoroughly heated
through; cut three heads of lettuce,
wash them thoroughly and put them at
the sides of a salad bowl, lay the hot
lobster in the middle, garnish with a
hard boiled egg cut in circles, and serve
hot Boston Herald.