Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-07-11
RECIPES, sc.

A writer in the Journal of Agricoltury,
gives the following remedy for the bite of
venemous snake, aud we reprint it for what
it is worth
Il know a remedy that is sure cure for
rattlesnake bite. Take q thimbiefuli of riffs
powder, wet it so that 1t will burn slowly,
then place It on the part bitten, and burn it
off burning the wet powder draws the poison
to the surface then wipe the poison of
with cloth, then split a rev. onion, bind
one half Or the wound, and go about your
work as usual. In the year 1925, 1 was
resident in Waterloo, Monroe Mo, Ill. Mr.
Brady Rust, a resident at the samo place
was bitten by a yellow rattlesnake on the
instep of his foot. l applied the above re-
! medy by his (B. Rust's) direction, B. Rust
had seen an Indian in Onandaga Hollow, ir
the State of NewYork, who was bitten by
a rattlesnake, use the wet powder, of when
b. Rust learned the above cure The DOW
der was applied within one hall hour after
he was bitten"
FRENCH METHOD OF RAISING TOMATOES.
As soon as a cluster of flowers is visible,
the stem is topped down to the cluster, SO
that tho flowers terminate the stem. The
effect is, that the sap is Immediately impell-
ed into the two buds neyt below the cluster
which soon push strongly and produce
another of flowers each. When these ere
visible, the branch to which they belong is
also topped down to their level ana this is
done successfully. By this means the plants
became stout dwarf bushes, not above eigh-
teen inches high. IN order to prevent their
falling over, sticks or strings are stretched
horizontally along the rows, so as to keep
the plants erect. In addition to this, all
the laterals have no flowers, and after ths
fifth topping, all laterals, whatsoever, are
nipped of. IN this wey the ripe sap is di-
rected into the fruit, which acquires beau
ty, size, and excellence, unattained by other
mcsns.
RATs-How TO FIX THEM.-Chlo7ide of
lime has frequently proved sure thing to
drive rats from any place infected 10y them.
An exchange says: An ounce Of 1t scatter
ed in the place where they come to feed, or
wrapped in muslin and put in their holes,
where 1t acquires dampness, produces gas
that Is not offensive to man, but is to rats.
If chloride Of lime is n!pistened with muri-
attic acid, and placed in q drain, vault or
cellar, and closed from the air little while,
the rats will depart, because it will be death
to remain. This is also a good disinfec-
tant, and will, for time, cure the eff1uvia
OF q. dead rat. ope application of chloride
OF lime to rat holes has driven them away
Tor year, when renewal of it started
them again.
TO CLEAR Room or MosouIToEs.--Take
OF gum camphor piece about one-third the
size of an egg, and evsporate it by placing
1t IN tin vessel, and holding it over lamp
or candle, taking care that it does not ig-
mite. The smoke will soon fll the room
and expel the mosquitoes. One night, not
long since, was terribly snnoyed by them,
when | thought of and tried the above,
after which | neither saw nor heard them
that night. The next morning there was
not one to be found ip the room, though
the window had boen left open all night.
CLEANING WHITE OR CoLoREp KID
GLoVEs.-Haye ready little new milk in,
one saucer, and piece of brown soap in
another, and a clean cloth or towel folded
three or four times on the cloth spred out
the glove smoothly and neatly /; next take
a piece of flannel and commence to rub the
| glove downwards towards the fingers, bold,
ing it firmly with the left hand ; continue
this process till the glove, if white, looks OF
dingy yellow, though clean II coioreo'
| till it looks dark and spoiled. Lay IL out
to dry, and you will have the pleasure OF
seeing old gloves look equal to new. ihey
will be soft, glossy, smooth, elastic, ano Oh
uninjured shape.
ToAns FOR GAnDrNs. correspondent
of the Lamoille Meps Dealer says he success
fully defends his vine patch by laying boards
between the rows, ia such manner as to,
afford shelter to toads in Che day time, and
leave II undfstrtbed, so that they will make:
THAR home under it, which they willdo in
great numbers. At night they sally out
and deyour every bug, and grow fat as al.
dermep. He says he has dozen or more of
these little philanthropists making, their
home under single board not more than
six feet long. " -.
To DESTROY INSECTS OK FRUIT TREEs.-
A writer to the London Journal Of Hortiel-
tars says that either common alcohol or me.
thylic alcohol (wood spirit) as wash, will
destroy the woody aphis and other insects
on fruit trees more effectuglly than soft
soap, sulpher wash, or any other compound
generally used for that purpose