The Shasta courier., 1866-12-22
SHASTA COURIER.
Domestic Recipes.


To make nice corned beef. use eight gal.
Ions of water. add two pounds of brown
sugar, one quart of molasses, four ounces
OF saltpeter, and fine salt until it will float
an egg.
To Destroy Nice and Rats.-Mice and rats
are very easily destroyed if we set about it in
earnest. Get live plaster Of Paris and -four.
mix dry in equal quantities. lay it in drv
places. and sprinkle a little sugar amongst
1t. Both ra's and mice eat raven.usly. the
plaster sets firm directly after it is moisfened.
becomes lump inside of them and kills to a
certainty.
To Destroy Fgies.-To one pint of milk
add quarter of pound of raw sugar, and
two ounces ground pepper, simmer them
together eight or ten minutes. and place it
about in shallow dishes. The flies attack it
grerdily and are soon sufOcated. By this
method, kitchens, etc, may be kept clear of
fiji all summer without the danger attend
ing poison.
A small, clean potato, with the end cut off.
is very convenient medium of applying
brick dust TO knives. keeping it about the
right moisture, while the juice of potatoes
assists in removing the stains from the sur
face. We can get better polish by this
method than by any others we have tried,
and with less labor
Cure for Paisoa Oak-The sulphate Of
copper is an infalible remedy for the same
Make a strong solution of blue stone and
wash once or twice Herewith the itching
ceases almost Immediately, and the eruption
dries up and disappears.
Do not place manure about the roots of
young trees unless you want tn kill them, but
fresh surface soil Manure should be added
when preparing the ground.
Planting IN Large Holes. This is very
Objectionable. The whole ground should be
so prepared that it is '' all hole
Deep aud S4allow Planting Trees, es-
peciallv the pear. planted with their roots
deeply in the ground, often die. They must
he planted so that the sun and air can infu
ence them One foot is about the proper
depth Surface planting. the other hand,
is as had IS deep planting.
Carpets in Sick Rooms For sick room,
a carpet is perhaps the worst expedient
which could. bv any possibility, have been
invented. If you must have Garnet the
only safety is to take it up two or three
times year. instead of once. A dirty ear
pet literally infeets The room. And if YOU
consider the enormous quantity of organic
matter from the feet of people coming in,
surprising.
Baking HIM Most people boil hun. 1t
is much better baked if baked right. Soak
for an hour in clean water and wipe dry {;
next spread it all over with thin butter. and
then put it in deep dish with sticks under
it. to keep it out of the gravy. When it is
fully DONE take off the skin and matters
crusted on the flesh side, and set it away to
cool. You will find it very delicious, but
too rich for dyspeptics.
Those who pl mt sun-howers aronnd their
dwellings generally escape fevers. The sun
flower, in it's rank growth. absorbs the ma
laria and purfes the atmosphere.
For FreckieS -Murate of ammonia, hall
drachm; lavender wafer, half "a pint
Applied with sponge two or three times a
day.
1t is not generally known that piece of
loaf-sugar will instantly stop the most tr ,ub-
lesome hiccough.