The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-11-19
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ITO keep flies away from gilt frames.
boil four orifive onions in q pint OF
water and pat it:on, with 4 ,soft,brush.
!, Observation-Disclosures of -four,
one cup of sweet milk, one cup of water
and 'one-half teaspoonful of SALT Bake
twenty-five minutes in quiolS'oven.
They are very nice.-Detroit Free Press.
1Tarragon egar.,-patfhtda wiaeT
mouthed bottle, one cup of freshly gath
sred,tarragep leaves, and cover with a
quart of good, cider vinegar. Cork the
bottle and stand aside for two sveeks,
shaking frequently; then strain and
squeeze through a flannel bag. Pour
into small Bottles, cork, and keep in a
cool place Christian Union;
RAISED Cake-One pint of melted
butter, two pounds white sugar, one
/ Quarter oifricc-of mace, a. teacnpftf OF
yeast, one quart Of milk -four enough
to make stiff batter. Beat and set it
irt O, warmplace to rise. Mkt atnight
and let it rise until morning, then add
onepoupd of stoned raisins,t work well
.throu gin and half ill your cake molds.
Bake ma hot oven for half an houE-
Boston Herald.
Lemon .Custard. xieggs, beaten
separately, three teacupfuls of sugar.
one-half cup of butter; four. cups of
water, five tabfespoonfulso of cornstarch,
two large lemons. Slice the lemons,
and put them in the water to boil till
the strength is extracted; then dip them
out and drain the water. Beat the
yolks, butter and sugar. together and
pour the water over them; return to the
! jar, and when ready to boil stir in the
| starch: beat the whites to stiff froth,
and Stir in lightly after it is taken off
the stove.-Boston Budget.
"A large. padded chair, with high
back and high sides of the kind known
as winged chair" is especially de-
.sirable for an ipvalid's room, as jt sup-
ports the head and is protection on all
sides against the insidious draughts. A
simple table, just the height of the bed,
two legs of which may be folded up, SO
4 that it may rest acros the lap of the in
valid, is sometimes convenient to serve
meals on It is desirable usually to
change the furniture in the room; to add
fresh pieces of c-a-brac,i and take
away the old ones; and to change the
pictures; SO rs to. give the room, which
has. bscome, monotoncuS nafresh ap
pearance.-N. Y. Tribune.
Pressed Chicken.-This is delccta
BILE dish for picnic and one that !:
much more wholesome (at this season
of the yearh than pork in ANY shape
Boil two chickens of pretty good sizt
(if tough boil with chunk of broker
glass in the pot-,this is an old .Drtcl
way of making aged fowls tender) .un
til thoroughly done and the bones par
readily from .the flesh. Pick then
clean of bone and gristle, chop the mea
as fine as possible, add a small handful
of bread crumbs, season to taste will
butter, pepper. salt and little sugar
Pour in enough of the liquor'to moistel
it and mold in a crock under heav,
weight. Place in the ice chest an
serve when coldand firm, cutting int
slices and placing them -iappn, q bed o
fresh green parsley. = Detroit Ere
Press.
/ "A Delicious Cough Gandy.-A dc
lightful cough candy is maae-from tn
following receipt, andiwilI be found
most agreeable medicine. as well a
beheficial to ali swho use their, voice
and are troubled with throat affections
Break ups a cupful of slippery cir
bark, let it soak an hour or two in
cupful of water. Half fill cup wit
flax seed and fill up to the. brim wit
water, leaving it tosoak the same tim
as the slippery elm. When, you ar
ready omai1e the candy, put one poun
and half of brown sugar in n porcelai
stew-pan over the fire. Strain tn
water from the flax seed and slipper
selm. and pour overit. Stir CONSTANT
rntil it begins to boil and turn back I
sugar. Then pour it out and it wi
sbreak. up into small crumbly pieces.
little lemon juice may be added if de
sired. Be sure to use the same meas
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