Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-07-04
Home, Farm and Garden.

I'll. W. BEECHER says: "The man that
would shoot robin, except in the fall, and
then really and conscientiously for food,
has in him the blood of cannibal, and
would, if born in the Fejee Islands, have
eaten ministers, and digested them too"
A Pennsylvania paper says: A short
time ago we published an article from an
exchange, to the effect that salt in kero-
sene lamp was a great saving of Oil. We
have since fully tested it, and it is a greater
saving than was stated in the article refer
red to. Fill the lamp half full Of common
salt, then fill up with oil. 1t burns with q
clearer flame, and it is a sacj'ag Of 9a0rel
than taoentyj3oe per cent in oil Try it's
STRAWBERRY JELLY Express the
juice from the fruit through cloth, strain
it clear, weigh and stir to it an equal pro-
portion of the finest sugar, dried and re-
duced to powder; when this is dissolved,
place the preserving pans over very
clear fire, and stir the jelly often until it.
boils; clear it carefully from scum and,
boil it quickly from fifteen to twenty-five
minutes. This receipt is for mod
crate quantity of the epreserves;ia very
small portion will require less tlmeg@ ,i''t
THE following is too good to be lost,
whether real or imaginary & IA good story
is told of shrewd farmer in Lewis coun-.
ty, who rather "did one of the ILowville
butter buyers last week. Thesarmer ci-'
svided an excellent onion with tho merchant, ;!
ann, after the wholesale buyer had RECALLED
himself upon the Dubious root, Mr. Far
mer allowed him to examine a tub ofbutter
in which the "leek" was unable to over
come the onion, and the butter was pro-
nounced "first rate" and sold at first-c
price. Moral; Eat onions in advance of
strong butter aa3ata,7 sli' 1a5s. ssser5s ,.ai !.
To PRESERVE FuRs AND o DOL g
FROM MOTHs.-An old housekeeper saysl:i
To preserve these articles with entire
safety, shake them thoroughly, in order
that any moth already inthem may be dis
lodged; then place them In close cotton or
linen bags, and tie them as tightly as pos
slble to exclude the miller, and there will
be no danger of damage from moth.
There need be no special place to hang
the bag in. Wardrobe, closet, garnet, or
wherever you please, is all the same. Old
newspapers, entirely gwlthoutg fractures,
will answer just as well in which to wrap
up furs and woolens, but they must be SO
pasted together as to leave9no place for
the entrance Of the millers. q ss,4.
CANNING FRUIT.-As the season of fruit
is just commencing, anything that will en-.
able it to be successfully canned at small
expense, will very much prolong the sea-
son. Only those who have tried it know
the satisfaction derived from eating a dish
of strawberries or peaches in mid-winter
as fresh as when gathered. The annexed
method of canning fruit was furnished at
the New York Farmers club by Mrs Pow
els, of Oswego county, New York
L will suppose your fruit and glass cans
all ready. prefer cans with glass covers.
scald the fruit in large tin pan with
juice or water to cover it. Put a half
tea cup of cold water into every can, and
fill up with hot water; put the covers and
rubbers also into hot water Now empty
the can and fill up with hot fruit, and then
another.
Let them stand open till the hand can be
held upon them without burning. As soon
as filled cut writing paper the size of the
cam one for each, and when cool, slip one
over the fruit entirely, and fill up the can
on the top of the paper with boiling juice,
and seal at once. Ladies, try this way, the
fruit will never mould and keep any time
if you don't eat it, The paper keeps the
fruit from rising to the top of the liquid.
There is no use of setting cars into water
to heat them, or of putting them in quilted
bags, it is too troublesome. let the fruit
shrink, and then fill up to the cover as close
as possible. Ladies must be governed by
their own common sense. Men attempt to
give directions, but their wives have to tell
them, and they are likely to forget. 4gs