Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-09-28
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From the Germantown Telegraph. |


PACKING BUTTER IN SUMMER.--A Ver-
mont butter maker writes to the n. Y. Far
mers Club, concerning packing butter to
keep Pack it in well soaked tubs or fir
kins put little damp salt in tue bottom,
and place it in cool, dry cellar, on bench
10 inches from the cellar bottom, and the
same from the wall. Stone or earthenware
does not keep butter well, as the moisture
from the surrounding atmosphere in warm
weather conGenses on such vessels, and soon
affects the butter Put no salt on or between
the LAYERS. Fill to within half an inch of
the top, place clean wet cloth over the
butter, pack the edges down with knife,
and then spread thin wet salt on the cloth.
Having made and dealt in butter for some
time, can say the above mode of packing
butter will be useful to many, and cause
smile of delight to the buyer"
REMEDY FOR ST. VIRUS DANCE OR SEVERE
NERvoUsNEss.-Take handful of each of
the following herbs: Solomon's seal, grate
brake, comfry, spikenard and burdock cas-
tor tincture or; handful of isinglass,
sarsapsrilla, and rasped hartshorn add ! ID.
rasins. Boil the above ingredients in four
quarts of water until reduced to one quart;
keep we'll covered while boiling, then strain
| and cork we'll. Dose for an adult, wine
glass three times day. The ingredients
can be purchased at Thompsoniar drug
store.
This is remedy for the above disease.
we'll tested and proven most efficacious in
many cases. NJ. b.
! SCALps AND BURSs.--Dr. Hall, in his ex-
cellent periodical, the Journal Of Health,
| gives US the following advice on the treat
| ment of Scalds and Burns and as this adj
vice is peculiarly applicable to Housekeepers,
VIC place it in this department of the Ameri-
can. He says:
"On the instant of the accident, plunge
the part under cold water. This relieves
the pain in a second, and allows all hands
70 become composed. If the part cannot
be kept under water, cover it over with dry
flour, an inch deep or more. In both cases
pain ceases because the air is excluded. Iu
many instances nothing more will he needed
after the flour; simply etit remain unit, it
falls off, when a new skin will be found un-
der In severer cases while the part injured
is under water, simmer leek or two in an
earthen vessel, with half their bulk of hogs
lard, until the leeks are soft, then strain
through a muslin rag. This makes green
ish-colored ointment, which, wien cool,
spread thickly on a linen cloth and apply il
"a
let out the water. When the part becomes
feverish and uncomfortable, renew the oint-
ment, and rapid, painless cure will be the
result, if the patient, in the meanwhile, lives
exclusively on fruits, coarse bread, and other
light, loosening fruit"
CURE FOR CoRNs.-The following recipe
is vouched for as a sure cure for corns: "Put
the feet for half an hour, two or three sue
cessiye nights, in strong solution OF soda.
The slkali dissolyes The indurated cuticle,
and the corns fall out sponia aneously; lesv-
ing a small cavity, which soon hlls." An
exchange saws: I'VE know the above RENE
DIV for corns to lie effectual. We have tried
it, aud found it acts like magic. But We
do not think a strong solution is desirable.
We know a friend who tried the remedy on
our recommendation, but be made the solu-
ton SO strong that, with the corns, 1t took
off a portion OF the skin on the foot. From
one to two tablespoonsful soda in small! foot
tub of hot water is sufficient to remove the
corns, by letting the afflicted member re-
main in it ten or fifteen minutes"
REMEDY FOR EAR-AcHE-My wife was
once suffering intense pain from ear ache
caused by tumor inside, and after our rem-
edies all failed to give relief, called in a
neighbor, who poured vinegar upon hot
brick, aud with q funnel conducted the
steam into the ear Relief was quick and
permanent.
To CURE FELoS.-When indications of
felon appear, take piece of rennet and
soak il in warm milk until 1t becomes soft,
then apply it to the part affected, renewing
IL occasionally, and keeping on until cure
lie produced.