Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1880 — HOME, FARM AND GARDEN. [ARTICLE]

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

When the glass-stopper of a bottle water around the nook of the bottle and the stopper ou be eaafly removed. A good way to keep cut flower* fresh is to lay them la wet cloths. Take them out of-the vases at night, sprinkle with cold water, and then wrap them in cloths made very wet with oold water. The weight of the doth will not crush the most delicate flowers, while it keeps oat the air, and prevents their tailing to pieces or opening farther. Now n the time, says the Germantown Telegraph, to look after the spades, scythes, hoes, chisels, saws, ate., and wisely adds: A good grindstone and a set of files are among the best of farm investments, especially at this season. It is always nice to be forehanded, to get things well ahead; bat the best of all forehandedness/is that which prepares in advance a fall set of good and well-repaired tools to work with. Cheese Fondu. —One cupful of stale bread-crumbs, two scant cupfuls of milk, one-half pound of cheese, grated, three eggs, one small tablespoonful of melted ratter, pepper and salt, and a pinch of soda, dissolved in hot water and stirred into the milk. Soak the crumbs in the milk, beat into Chese the eggs, the batter, the seasoning, and, lastly, the cheesrf. Batter a Bakingdish, poor the fondu into it, and strew dry bread-crumbs on the top. Bake till a delicate brown. Serve hot. A delicious dessert dish: Peel five oranges and slice in small pieces into a pudding-dish. Sprinkle as yoa layer with one cup granulated sugar. Boil one pint of milk, three teaspoonfuls corn starch, one-half cup sugar and a pinch of salt When boiled add yelks of two eggs well beaten. When nearly cold pour this over the orange. Make a meringue of the whites of the eggs with one-half cap of sugar. Brown for a minute in a hot oven, or by bolding a hot lid over it being carefuf ijbt to heat the orange, as that would maze it bitter. Serve oold.

Cold Slaw. —Half pint cream or rich milk, half pint good vinegar, pepper, one small teacup sugar, three eggs beaten very light, heaping teaspoonful ground mustard, English, one large slice batter melted, a little pepper and salt; stir all these things into the well beaten egg; put on the fire and stir constantly until the cream thickens; will be thicker than rich custard and as smooth; put into cool place and pour over the shreds or cat cabbage. This is the only slaw dressing that is fit to eat. Sometimes a little cold turkey or chicken cat np in it improves it. In answer to the question of a correspondent we say that the best method of clearing a house of rats is to out a few slices of bread, and put on the under slice a little butter, then spread this over with calomel until it becomes white, and cover it with another slice. Put three or four of these calomel sandwiches at places most frequented by rats and mice, and put by the side of each sandwich a small basin of water. After giving this a thorough trial we know it to be effective. The rats instantly leave the house, after eating the bread and'calomel. The theory is that the calomel creates a burning thirst, and the calomel and water gives them a griping pain which makes them scamper for dear life.— Farmer's Review.