Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-12-11
PRESIDE 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 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 a 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- tion is that of coldness, followed by scarcely perceptible pain, and later, re- freshing sleep.
 To make essence of ginger, 'bruise well four ounces of Jamaica ginger and put it into pint of rectified spirits of wine. Let it remain a 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 ta 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 lots.-Rural New Yorker
 Summer Pudding: Put a quart of milk on to boil Mix two tablespoon fJI1S of afaroh smooth with a 1it- tie milk, and stir in. Beat the yolzs of four eggs and half a 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 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 a preserving kettle, and let it boil a minute or two and skim it. When cold bottle it, cork it we'll, and it will be fit for use.-Boston Budget
 Hamburg Mounds: Chop fine one half pound beef, one onion, one carrot and one tablespoonful parsley, make into balls by adding one cup bread crumbs, one cup boiled rice, boil in salted water until cooked, then remove to platter to keep warm while you make 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 Out leave out the "lady;') to a wineglass of vinegar or hot water, add a quarter of pound of fresh butter; add one saltspoonful of cayenne pepper, one of mustard, and put it with the lob ster into a stewpan over 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 salad bowl, lay the hot lobster in the middle, garnish with a hard boiled egg cut in circles, and serve hOt-BOstOn Herald