Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-04-23
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.


1T is said that passing red-hot iron
over old putty will make it so soft that il
may be readily removed.
MIXING hen feed with strong suds Of
common soft soap is recommended both as
preventive and cure of gapes.
WE see it stated that if well. seasoned
shingles be dipped in limewash, and dried
before laying, they will last much longer,
and not become covered with moss.
Mr.. JOSEPH HARRIS writes to the
AmerScon AgricuZturist that one of the
most convenient methods of reviving
chilled lambs or pigs is to bury them up
to their heads in a barrel of steamed chat
or straw.
IA You've men and boys should be instruct
ed in the use of every kind of hand-tool
from broad hoe to hay tedder. Il
farmers do not feel competent to instruct
beginner in the use of plow or hoe
for example, it will pay well to employ a
teacher who can handle such tools with
as much dexterity as a good chopper
shows in the swing Of his axe.--Heart1
and Home. owl sio
COFFEE is highly recommended as a
neutralizer Of foul odors, and can be used
to advantage where other disntectants
would be inadmissable. In cases where
rats or mice die in spaces between the
floors of dwellings, pound or two OF
freshly burnt coffee will produce the de-
sired effect. It is also said to be in
comparably superior in sick chamber to
most other disinfectants it has a bene-
fetal chemical action on the atmosphere,
besides giving out an agreeable perfume.
Hearth and Home. oa ''
GINGER BREAD.-Four ounces of bruised
ginger root, one ounce cream of tartar,
five pounds of white or light brown SUI
gar, and the juice and rind of one lemon.
Put these in vessel which can be Gov
cred and pour on them five gallons OF
boiling water. Let them stand for eight
or ten hours in cool place, and then add
one pint of porter; stir thoroughly, strain
clear, and bottle in strong bottles and tie
the corks down Immediately. Place in a
moderately cool cellar, and in three or
four days it will be fit for use.--E;rctdnge.
ELDER OINTMENT writer in the
Country Gentleman says: 81 have recipe,
used by my mother, for making the oint-
ment Of elder foaoers, instead of the bark,
which might possibly be more acceptable
to some. Take double handful of dried
elder flowers separated from the stems,
and boil them in one quart of water,
until it is reduced to half pint; then
strain if, and add to this strong elder tea,
two large spcontuls of melted lard (fresh,)
two large spoonfuls of melted mutton
tallow, and simmer it until the water is
all evaporated. This makes an excellent
healing ointment" Another correspond
ent gives this recipe for making an ONT
ment from the bark of elder. Take the
inside bark of sweet elder, boil to strong
infusion strain it, then add equal parts
of bees-wax and mutton tallow say to
onehalf pint ofthe liquid, piece of NUT
ton tallow and bees-wax, each the size Of
hens egg; simmer until the water is
out. If softer ointment iis desired, use
fresh butter instead of mutton tallow
Here you have recipe fer an ointment
which is invaluable as healing remedy
for erysipelas, sores, cuts, chilblalns and
sores Of all kinds, and especially excellent
for b,1rns -