Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-10-14
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If bruised place be well bathed in
hot water Immediately it will prevent
discoloration of the skin.
If grass stains in white goods are
rubbed with alcohol before articles are
put into soap and water the stains
may be readily removed.
1t is said that if camphor gum is put
in the drawers in which silver is kept
which is but seldom used the camphor
will prevent the silver from becoming
| furnished.
A good antiseptic dressing for sores,
etc. is made by dissolving two hun
bred and forty grains of boric acid and
thirty grains of salicylic acid in two
pints of water.
Put a piece of horseradish root into
each jar of pickles. The vinegar will
retain it's strength longer and the
pickles will be less likely to become
soft and mould.
If clean cloth wrung out of water
to which half teaspoonful of am
monia has been added Is used to wipe
off a carpet which has been recently
swept, it will remove the dusty look
and brighten the colors.
One of the most convenient things to
be found in kitchen is a set of tin
measures with small lip. They
should measure from a gallon down to
half a gill. They fit one inside the
other, and so require very little space.
Do not throw away old preserve jars
which have lost their covers or whose
edges have been broken SO that the
covers will not fit tightly. They are
excellent for holding pickles. When
filled tie piece of cotton cloth over
the top to keep out insects and put the
jars away in the storeroom closet.
When swandown becomes soiled it
can be washed in the following way:
Basic the strips on a piece of muslin
and wash in warm water with white
CASTLE soap; then rinse and hang in
the wind to dry. Rip the pieces from
the muslin and rub them carefully be-
tween the fingers to soften the skin.
If an unexpected lunch box has to be
prepared and there is no meat avail
able for sandwiches, take the yolk of
a hard boiled egg and mash it smooth
with tablespoonful of melted butter;
add half teaspoonful each of salt,
white pepper and mustard, and one
quarter of pound of common cheese
grated. Then stir in a scant table,
spoonful of vinegar and spread between
thin slices of bread. Such sandwiches
will be hailed with delight.
The following is an excellent substi-
tute for cream to eat on fresh fruits:
Beat together the whites of two eggs,
level tablespoonful of sugar, piece of
butter the size of hickory nut, and
one teaspoonful of corn starch. Stir in
half cup of cold milk and beat very
hard. Put one cup of milk over the
fire, and when it boils draw the dish
to cooler part of the range and pour
in the egg mixture. Let it simmer I'M
til the milk thickens a little. When
cold strain through sieve.
If you have not a cool storeroom
where any amount of butter may be
kept sweet and firm, cover the butter
with a brine. First make the butter
into rolls and wrap them in pieces of
muslin. Make a brine of six quarts of
wafer, using so much salt that an egg
will float in it. Add two tablespoonful
of graduated sugar and half table,
spoonful of saltpetre. Have the brine
come to boil, and when it is cold
strain it over the butter. The brine
should more than cover it. A weight
can be put over the rolls to keep them
under the surface to exclude the air.