Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1892 — AROUND THE HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

AROUND THE HOUSE.

Use sal-soda toclcan jugs and pitchers. A little milk added to the dishwater is better to use than soap in cleansing china. Glass in oven doors, which enables cooks to watch the food without opening the door, is a late contrivance. In carrying a lighted match it is much less likely to go out if it is carried with the lighted end away from the person. New earthenware should be soaked for twenty-four hours in cold water before taring, as it will then be less liable to crack. When there is danger of frost in the cellar during cold weather, carry down several pailfuls of hot water and sprinkle the contents all over the floor. Even if -his should form into ice there will be less danger of freezing trait and vegetables, for wafer in freezing takes the frost out of the air.