Year: 1877

BAKED SwEETBREAD.--Parboil; then
let them soak in cold water for fifteen or
twenty minutes; wipe them dry place
them in dripping pan with plenty of
butter; baste them soften with the
melted butter until they are done.


Do NOT waste your soap -suds. If the
hogs will not drink, as it IS very beneficial
to them, give it to the grape vines.
While stable manure Is injurious, soap
suds is the best fertilizer yet discovered,
except bone meal, for grape vines.


ONE of the most agreeable materials
for curtaining windows is coarse un-
bleached cotton. The irregularity OF the
thread and the rouqhness of the surface
gives its soft fold much of the charm of
a Russia crash, and its hue warns the
light of cool windows almost to the glow
OF sunshine.


\ CERTAIN way 10 keep ants from
sugar barrels, lard cans, and preserve
Jars, says one who has tried it, is to tie a
string wet with kerosene around the bar
rel, can, or jar. Repeat the wetting of
the string with the kerosene oil every
few days.


To CURE THE CROUP.-The following
is said to be an excellent remedy for the
Group: Take one teaspOOnful of pulyer-
lied alum, one of sulphur and the whites
of two eggs; mix all well together and
put it in small piece of muslin and
hold it up and let the water drip from it
and then give to a child, say sixteen
years old, one teaspoon ul in little mint
tea, or any pleasant tea; and smaller
children less. say half teaspoonful for
five years old, and less Tor younger, all
in tea.


0oLAssEs FRUIT CAKE.-ODe pound
of sugar and three-qusrters OF a pound
of butter, beaten to a cream. Slightly
warm two cups of molasses and mix well
with the buttar aud sugar next the
well-beaten yelks of six eggs and half a
cup Of sour cream; one teaspoonful of
cinnamon and one of cloves; one tea
spoonful of ginger if desired two pounds
of sifted -four, with the well-beaten
whites of six eggs; one beaping tea
spoonful of soda, dissolved in hot water,
and at the last one pound OF raisins,
seeded and chopped one pound of cur
rants, well washed and dried. Flour the
fruit well before mixing. Bake in two
bread pans in a slow oven.


YEAST CAKES FROM ONE CAKE-Dis.
solve the cake in two cupfuls of water
when dissolveS, stir in flour enough for
thick batter, and set in warm place to
rise; when risen well, which will be in
from three to nine hours, mix it stiff
enough to roll out with white Indian
meal roll thin, cut into square cakes,
and dry on your bread board.


RoLY Poly PUDDISG.-Take a quart
of -four, rub into it three tablespoonfuls
of lard roll it out, cut into four pieces
place lump of butter on each : -four
well; place one above another. then roll
out again about six inches wide and
twelve long; take some preserve. (pIum
Is best,) spread it on pretty thick wet the
edge of the paste to make it stick closely,
then roll it over and over; tie II ND Sc.
curely in well-foured cloth boil two
hours, and serve with nice melted butter.


To MAZE AND KEEP Sorp SrocK-
Take leg or shin of beef, put il TO boil
in gallon of water-or if yerv larre in
gallon and half; boil it steadily. but
not fast, until all the strength Is boiled
rom the meat; then strain if and put it /
% cool, when the fat must he skinned I
IF and the jelly can be taken ont in small /
portions when soup is needed and the
vegetables added, or whatever is liked for
'ariety; but if the vegetables are boiled
nth the stock it is apt to become sour by
eeping. Should the stock be wanted
rown it is well to fry some of the meat
efore boiling.