Year: 1879




Agricultural ana Domestic.


Flowing should be engaged in at every
opportunity. Every days work thus
done helps forward the labors of the
busy spring time and opens the ground
tor the ameliorating effects of freezing.


Persons who store harness "under foot''
may like to know that dressing of oil
in which is mixed cayenne pepper-at
the rate OF teaspoonful to the pint--is
said to afford sure protection from tile
gnawing of rats.


Cottage 1'asGdsng.--With two cups of
i1our mix thoroughly two teaspoons bak-
ing powder, one egg, one teaspoonful
butter, three quarters of cup of sugar,
one-half cup Of sweet milk; flavor with
lemon: To be baked quickly and eaten
while hot.


Washing soda weakens the fabric of
goods washed in it, and German chem
ist advises the use of hyposul phite of So
ga instead of the common soda. He as
sures US that it does not 1niure the
strength of any goods, but has some pc
cullar bleeching properties by which lin
en- and calico are greatly improved in ap-
pearnace.


To Clean Carpets. Shake and beat
them we'll; lay them upon the floor and
tack them firmly; chen with clean fan-
mel wash it over with one quart of bull
locks gall, mixed with three quarts Of
soft cold water and rub it off with a
clean flannel or house cloth. ANY par
ticularly dirty spot should be rubbed
with pure gall.


The wicks Of kerosene lamps should
be changed frequently, or if not too short,
washed IN strong, hot soapsuds, with some
ammonia in the rinsing water. We
think the trouble with poor light from
kerosene lamps probably arises from the
wicks being full OF the sediment or re-
fuse matter which comes from the oil,
and that impedes the free passage of the
kerosene through the wicks.


Scotch Broth.-Remove the fat from a
gallon Of meat broth that in which any
meat, either salt or fresh, has been cooked
will answer. Mix half teacupful of oat-
meal into smooth paste with a little of
the liquor, and add t. it a small onion,
chopped fine. When the broth is boiling,
stir IN the paste; season to taste with
pepper and salt and boil for twenty
minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent
Jumping and burning.


Plants in the winter require very much
less water than in summer. Never water
unless the surface Of the soil is dry.
There are exceptions to this in the case
OF callas and such plants as require a
great deal OF water, but this is a good
rule for most plants. A great many per
sons persist in watering plants every DAY,
whether 1t is needed or not In this way
the soil becomes sour and heavy, and the
plant diseased. Always use water moder-
ately warm.


Breakfast R0Zzs-One pint Of new
milk, half cup of butter; heat the milk
and butter until near boiling, let cool
until lukewarm; add half cup of good
yeast, mix in -four to make soaft dough,
cover warm and leave until morning.
Roll into sheet an inch thick, cut with
biscuit cutter, spread over them melted
butter with feather, fold each one and
apply the butter to the upper side: fill a
pan, let rise thirty minutes; or until they
are like rufs; bake in quick oven.


Cream Cajte---Three eggs, one cup of
sugar (whlte,D one and one-half cups flour
three tablespoonful of water, one tea
spoonful baking powder; bake in two Or
dlnary pie tins; when done split open and
fill with the following cream: One pint
of sweet milk, one cup Of sugar; put
over the fire; let it come to the boiling
point and add two eggs, we'll beaten, two
tablespoonfuls of cornstarch, dissolved in
little milk, butter the size of an egg;
boil and stir quickly so as not to scorch :;
add lemon Or vanilla favoring.


Flour starch is much used by those
who like their calicoes or muslin dresses
very stiff. They may keep clean longer
when thus stifened, but the rustic of a
stiay starched dress is annoying, and
certainly no one would mistake such a
dress for new. Wet four tablespoonfuls
of flour in enough cold water to mix it
perfectly smooth and free of Jumps; then
put one quart Of boiling water into a
clean tin or porcelain kettle, and stir to
this the paste of -four and water. Stir
steadily until it boils, and after that Of
ten enough to prevent it's burning. It
should boil about five minutes; then
strain through towel kept for that pur-
pose, or a coarse and slazy linen bag.
This is sufficient for one dress.