Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1874 — FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. [ARTICLE]

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

—A genuine corn-pone is made thudy: Corn meal and water mixed to a rather stiff batter, salted to taste, and baked well in a hot oven. ■ —Corn meal cakes fora morning dish: One quart sour milk; two or three eggs; a teaspoonful of saleratus, not heaped; two level full of salt. Mix thick with corn meal, and fry after steak, or in lard. —Light Cbm Bread.—Scald one quart white com meal with one quart hot water; then add half cup molasses, one teaspoonful salt and one quart cold water. Stir well, and add one quart meal, half pint yeast. Let rise in a warm place for ten hours, then stir well, put in the skillet and bake by the fireplace four hours. If you haven’t bop yeast add half pint saltrising yeast before putting to bake. —A Nice Omelet.— Beat two eggs, yolks and whites together, in a bowl, until very light. In a cup put one tablespoonful of corn starch; add slowly a half teaspoonful of milk (new milk is best); when well stirred and smooth, pour this over the eggs, and beat them all well together for a few minutes; a little chopped parsley can be added if wished. Cook as other omelets. In making any kind of omelet, salt and pepper should not be added until sent to table; and to have them perfectly light and tender the Ingredients must be well and quickly beaten with tjie fork. —Remedy for Bore Throat.—Take one large red pepper, such as are grown for family use; steep in half a pint of water, after which strain in a quart of molasses, adding a little vinegar; boil all together to a thin syrup; use this whenever the throat feels dry or disagreeable; if it be in dead of night it will soothe the throat (and not irritate) and warm it up well. If sharper than can be borne in the mouth, put it back near the palate with a spoon and swallow; apply outwardly a thin slice of salt pork, warming it up well in vinegar and pepper; apply as hot as can be borne on the throat.— Medical Journal. —Give Them Cold Water.—lt is very doubtful if there is a single possible disease in which the patient should not have cold water adlibitum. Oh, how the babes often suffer for cold water. A nursing babe is given, no mater how thirsty, noth’ ing but milk. The little lips are ary and cracked, and the little tongue so parched it can scarcely nurse, and yet it has nothing but milk to assuage its craving thirst. Try it yourself, mother, when you have a fever, and we are sure that ever after, when your darling is dying with thirst, the teaspoon and tumbler of cold water will be in constant use.— Exchange. Don’t Tamper with a Cold.—Perhaps in the whole category of diseases to which humanity is susceptible, the cough is most neglected in its early stage. A simple cough is generally regarded as a temporary affliction—unpleasant, and nothing more; but to those who have paid dearly for experience, it is the signal for attack for the most fearful of all diseases—Consumption. A cough will lead to consumption—if not checked—so sure as the rivulet leads to the river, yet it is an easy enemy to thwart, if met by the proper remedy. Allen's Lung Balsam is the great cough remedy of the age, and it has earned its reputation by merit alone. Sold by all good druggists. Dr. Wilhoft’s Anti-Periodic or Fever and Ague Tonic!—Wilhoft’sTonic h <s established itself as the real infallible Chill cure. It is universally admitted to be the only reliable and harmless Chill medicine now in use. Its efficacy is confirmed by thousands of certificates of the very best people from all parts of-the country. It cures malarious diseases of every type, from the shaking agues of the lakes and valleys to the raging fevers of the torrid zone. Try it llt has never been known to fail. Wheelock, Finlat & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. For sale by all Druggists. The Organ as a household instrument has been rapidly growing in favor, and the yearly sales are now enormous. A food Organ remains in tune, is easily ept in order, and blends naturally with the quality of the voice. The advertisement of the Smith American Organ Co., in anotiier column, is referred to the consideration of our readers. This house has an enviable reputation for good work and fair dealing.-