Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1860-06-07
Useful RecciDtS.

Papering IThitewashed Walls. Other cor
respondents of the same paper, give the an
noxed hints: One of them, says, where tho
coating of whtowash is very thick, being
the accumulation Of years scrapiug is the on
y sure method | know Of But have tri-
ed with good success the following: Apply a
solution of common glue to the wall, hot
Cannot give definite recipe; but the soIu-
ton may be quite thin, and as it grows thick
add more boiling water. The brush should
be applied thoroughly IA clean whitewash
brush is best) and the wall must be well sat.
urated with the solution. Apply day or
two before papering. In paperng, mix flour
for the paste, with a weak solution Of glue
In this way you can avoid using thick past,
which is very detrimental to the beauty and
durability Of a papercd wall.
Another says:-"make strong brine Of
salt and water, heat it boiling hot, then take
a broom and scrub the wall with it. When
dry put the paper on as you would on new
wall, and it will stick quite as well. Having
tried it on wall that had been whitewcshed
for years, know it to be good"
Another-W Wash the walls with strong vim.
csar previous to putting on the paper, and
IN guarantee your paper will stick "closer
than brother" Give the walls q good
thorough sweeping first.
Bakers Gingerbread - One tablespoonful
of puvcrized alum; one do. saaratus; to this q
add cup of boiling hot water. Let the mix
ture cool, then add . cups of molasses; 2 cup
of butter; y tablespoonful Of ginger. Bake
quick This is good.
Rhu5arb Winc.-Wine or something CALI
ed wine has been made from the pie plant
= fa,t, o.t nun brnlra.l l..
Of stalks trimmed for grinding, it is said, will
make ten gallons of juice. They are usually
ground and pressed in the portable cider mills.
An acre well cultivated, will, therefore, givo
u great amount of juice. j. d. Gilbert, of
'Kenosha, Wis, gives the following process
of making the wine:
Take the juice from the stalks of the gar
den, or Cahoon's rhubarb, one gallon, and to
il add one gallon of water and seven pounds
Of sugar. Put the mixture into cask, with
the bung hole open, and let it ferment Keep
the cask full by adding sweetened water, Tor
what is better some of the wine made at the
same time, and kept in another vessel) SO
that it may purge itself When it is sufficient
y fermented, bung down. Fine with isingass
before bottling, two ounces OF isinglass, ds-
solved in quart Of wine, is sufficient for q
barrel. ! do not know rs the above is ex-
actly Mr.. Cahoon's process, but the proper
ton of sugar and watei: to the juice Of pie
plant, is thes me, and now that the wine is
o. X. bcievcit to be better way to make
pie plant wine, and also current wine. in o.
pen vessels and as soon as the principal part
Of the scum has raised, tsay in forty eight
hours skim, and then put into barrels, as a.
bove. In this way you get rid Of the princi.
pal part Of what rises, without much troub-
le."
For Flm,.--I will Lers give my recipe for
taking a ilm from the eye of any domestic
animal 1t is simple and effectual, and with
al humane, think: Take of strained honey
in a spoon, Tor anything that suits the con-
venience Of the operator,) as new as can be
had, and open the eyelid and turn the honey
in the eye, letting the lid close over it. l per.
form the operation night and morning; never
had failure of a cure 10 few days. The
longer the film has been on the eye the longer
It will take to removs 1t. think it better
remedy than have ever sesn 10 print, east
ly obtsired, an5 nere. scss hs.n.-RroS
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