The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-10-05
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DOMESTIC RECEIPTS.

GuSENNE NtlNs IN SAsc-"hv VhO H'eaa
of fruit put quarter Of q pound OF white
loaf sugar. Put them over the ire together,
Let them boil up once. Then have your cans
in . pail Of water a. hot a possible without
breaking them; have them also filed with
water Of the same temperature. Let then
remain 20 fsr few minutes. Then while
the fruit and sugar are boiling hot Gil thu
cans while they are setting in the water
Then put the cover on and seal with cement
After they cool turn them over on the cove
side, and let then remain 50 until you wisl
TO use them.
have sared iruit this way icr three years
and have nov Strawberries and peaches tha
are fresh as though they were PICKED thu
year, which are year old.
always usc the glass cans, fer I consider
them more pure than any other kind.-Cs.n'
try Gentleman.
R,srnErar SANDWICH. Take half a pound
ofsiited sugar, halfa pound Of butter, two
eggs, and two ounces Of ground rico, work
them well together, then add seven ounces OF
Hour. Spread half this mixture ON buttercC
writing paper. in shallow dish. then layel
Of raspberry preserve, and next cover will
the other half Of the paste. Bake in aquicl
oven. and when required for use cut il int
thick piece like sandwiches, having previous
ly sifted siitte sugar over ii.
ToslroEs FoR IAslE.-Takc good ripe to-
matoes, cut them into slices. and sprinkle
over them finely pulverized white sugar, then
add claret wine sufficient TO cover theu.-
Tomatoes are sometimes prepared in this way
with diluted vinegar, but the ciaret wine i'm
parts 10 then richer and moro pleasant
aaror. moro clearly resembling the stravber-
~ than anything else.
SauAsm CAks.-MiI fne aour with half
its bulk Of stewed squash or pumpkin, and
add milk enough to make thick batter /;
cook on griddle.
GRKrS CoRs for eating should never be
boiled more than four or five minutes. IL
hard and tastelos.
PRKsKnrNG INDIAN CoRS.-Tbc prairie
farmers Of che West preserve their indian
corn in the ear, without the loss OF single
grain from heat and moisture, by piling u
up in common fence-rail cribs about III feet
square and nine feet high. the mas being
rounded Of At the top and exposed To the
weather. Covered cribs are found to be
ruinous 10 the grain, as experience has am
ply proved. SO what would seem to be q
sbittless style Of husbandry, Is the result ol
skillfui experiment.
DRIxp uKRBs.-All herbs which are to be
dried should b. washed, separated, and care
fully picked over, then sTread ON coarse pa
Der and kept in room until perfectly dry
Those which are intended Tor cooking should
be stripped FROM the stems and rubbed Yer,
fiue. Then put then in eattic and eors
tightly. Put thoss which are Intended fo'
nedic,nsl purposes into paper bags, and keel
them in = dry place. =
Drills r,. Brssdoast Sced;rg. The Home
stead argues in favor OF drillsceding, thai
grain 80 grown Is more likely TO grow than
when dstribsted broadcast. Tho kernels
arc all sowu at the same time, and this the
most desirable depth; they are not covered by
sods, nor dropped upon the same; they arr
uniformly dropped, and the ground between
the rows ahor,ls pa<age-way for clearing out
coarse weeds II IL Is desirable, ~ ID often Is.
coou u tne rAspoerry crup
Ia over, the shoots that bore the fruit should
NJ once be cut out, and all the suckers no,
wanted for fruit the next season thinned ou,
ana taken away. Thee two points are very
important in raspberry. culture. When
rightly managed in this respect, very lev
cros are more reliable or more satisiacsor,
70 the grower than this one.
To Sror BLrxpSo.-C. @. Lyon, . den
tis, Of Maspcth, L. l.. writes 10 the Scien
ti6c American ~ follows: 'Obsering rcccntl,
a case cf death caused by hemorrhage from
the extraction Of tooth, the following shoul'
be universally known a. an iniallible remedy
Mako Plaster of Paris into the consistency o
.oi, putty, and GIL the cavity. 1t will scor
become solid plug. -
L,avrp pMAxras.-The compost hesPshoulS
be arranged with cistern and pump a. TN
lower end, % - 10 throw on top the nais
drainage, adding water when il is not suinct
cnt. Ths will cause the whole mass, in du'
time, TO DO converted into huid, without the
los OF ammonia, and may then be applied d
the soil with great advantage.
Hsw TO get rid Of Mosquitoes IN the NgAi,
Mosquitoes. says somebody, love beef blood
better than they do any that hows In the
veins of human kind. Just put couple Of
gsoerOus pieces on plates near your bed a'