HARVEST BUGS, Bites from. — A little benzine sprinkled over
the stockings will prevent these insects from attacking the flesh. If this
precaution has been neglected and a bite has resulted, by no means scratch
the place, but bear the irritation until benzine can be obtained, the applica-
tion of which will immediately kill the insect. A small drop of tincture of
iodine has the same effect.
HASTY PUDDING (BAKED). — Stir half a pound of flour into
a pint of cold milk, pour it into a saucepan, and bring it to a boil ; let it
stand till cold, then add two well-beaten eggs, a little spice, and sugar
enough to sweeten✪ Hasty Pudding (Baked) ; mix well, pour into cups, and bake.
HASTY PUDDINGS (BOILED). — Grate some bread, and
finely chop a little suet, add a few currants, the yolks of three eggs and the
whites of two, some grated lemon peel, and ginger✪ Hasty Puddings (Boiled) ; mix, and form it into
balls about the size of an egg, with a little flour ; put them into boiling
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water, and let them keep boiling for twenty minutes. Serve with sugar and
butter.
HATFIELD (ICED). — Put four slices of lemon into a large jug,
adding a quartern of the best gin, and one teaspoonful of Noyeau, with a
moderate proportion of clear ice ; then add a bottle of ginger beer, a bottle
of soda water, and a bottle of lemonade✪ Hatfield (Iced) ; mix well together and drink
quickly. This is a very cooling and refreshing drink, and being pleasant
to the palate, is much drunk on the cricket field.
HATS (SILK), Wet. — A silk hat should be handled very lightly
when it is wet. Wipe it as dry as possible with a silk handkerchief, then
apply a soft brush. Should any portion of the nap be found to stick to-
gether, damp it slightly with a sponge moistened with beer or vinegar, and
brush it before a fire until quite dry.
HATS, Stiffening for. — Dissolve three ounces of borax in half a
gallon of warm water, pour the liquid into a copper pan, and add three
pounds and a half of shellac, half a pound of amber rosin, two ounces of
gum-thus (or resin from the spruce tree), and two ounces of gum-mastic.
Boil the whole together until the rosins are melted, adding more water if
necessary ; then add a gill of wood naphtha, and a quarter of a pound of
copal varnish. Stir all together, and while hot strain through a sieve.
Use while hot, previously washing the hats with hot potash-water and
thoroughly drying them. When the stiffening is dry, steep the hats for
twelve hours in a weak solution of sulphuric acid, and dry them on blocks.
HAWTHORN FLAVOURING. — To one pint of grain spirit
(over proof) add half a pound of hawthorn buds. Cork up, and leave it
to infuse for eight days ; filter through blotting paper. A weak solution
for immediate use can be made by pouring boiling water upon the flowers
and letting them steep till cold.
HAY FEVER, To Cure. — This unpleasant complaint may be
cured by aconite and white wine whey taken at bed-time. Boil half a pint
of milk, add a little aconite and a glass of sherry, strain through muslin,
and sweeten the whey with white sugar.
To twelve parts of absolute phenol, eight parts of carbonate of ammonia,
twenty-two parts of strong solution of ammonia, half a part of oil of
lavender, and one and a half parts of camphor, add a little sifted pine
sawdust. Inhale five or six times a day, or when the sneezing comes on.
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HARVEST BUGS, Bites from. — A little benzine sprinkled over the stockings will prevent these insects from attacking the flesh. If this precaution has been neglected and a bite has resulted, by no means scratch the place, but bear the irritation until benzine can be obtained, the application of which will immediately kill the insect. A small drop of tincture of iodine has the same effect.
HASTY PUDDING (BAKED). — Stir half a pound of flour into a pint of cold milk, pour it into a saucepan, and bring it to a boil ; let it stand till cold, then add two well-beaten eggs, a little spice, and sugar enough to sweeten ; mix well, pour into cups, and bake.
HASTY PUDDINGS (BOILED). — Grate some bread, and finely chop a little suet, add a few currants, the yolks of three eggs and the whites of two, some grated lemon peel, and ginger ; mix, and form it into balls about the size of an egg, with a little flour ; put them into boiling
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water, and let them keep boiling for twenty minutes. Serve with sugar and butter.
HATFIELD (ICED) (ICED). — Put four slices of lemon into a large jug, adding a quartern of the best gin, and one teaspoonful of Noyeau, with a moderate proportion of clear ice ; then add a bottle of ginger beer, a bottle of soda water, and a bottle of lemonade ; mix well together and drink quickly. This is a very cooling and refreshing drink, and being pleasant to the palate, is much drunk on the cricket field.
HATS (SILK), Wet. — A silk hat should be handled very lightly when it is wet. Wipe it as dry as possible with a silk handkerchief, then apply a soft brush. Should any portion of the nap be found to stick together, damp it slightly with a sponge moistened with beer or vinegar, and brush it before a fire until quite dry.
HATS, Stiffening for. — Dissolve three ounces of borax in half a gallon of warm water, pour the liquid into a copper pan, and add three pounds and a half of shellac, half a pound of amber rosin, two ounces of gum-thus (or resin from the spruce tree), and two ounces of gum-mastic. Boil the whole together until the rosins are melted, adding more water if necessary ; then add a gill of wood naphtha, and a quarter of a pound of copal varnish. Stir all together, and while hot strain through a sieve. Use while hot, previously washing the hats with hot potash-water and thoroughly drying them. When the stiffening is dry, steep the hats for twelve hours in a weak solution of sulphuric acid, and dry them on blocks.
HAWTHORN FLAVOURING. — To one pint of grain spirit (over proof) add half a pound of hawthorn buds. Cork up, and leave it to infuse for eight days ; filter through blotting paper. A weak solution for immediate use can be made by pouring boiling water upon the flowers and letting them steep till cold.
HAY FEVER, To Cure. — This unpleasant complaint may be cured by aconite and white wine whey taken at bed-time. Boil half a pint of milk, add a little aconite and a glass of sherry, strain through muslin, and sweeten the whey with white sugar.
To twelve parts of absolute phenol, eight parts of carbonate of ammonia, twenty-two parts of strong solution of ammonia, half a part of oil of lavender, and one and a half parts of camphor, add a little sifted pine sawdust. Inhale five or six times a day, or when the sneezing comes on.
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