The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-26
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
USEFUL RECIPES ETC.

wear Il nat OF cap az me tune OIccp Ill u
close night-cap, and keep the hair well
can buy. To expedite matters, battle
with liquors, bay rum, &C.. =; bit 6elodre Of
clean acater and soap.
ALL decently-inclined persons should
use tooth brush daily. Nothing can be
more conducive to health. We have heard
people Drag that they "never cleaned their
teeth in their lives" Such an admission
is just as creditable to themselves as an
assertion that they never washed their
toes, nor small-toothed their hair.-Er
change
BLACKBERRY WINE.-POur boiling wa
ter over your berries; let them stand until
cold; then mash the berries, strain through
a cloth, and add two pounds of sugar to
every gallon: mix sugar and Juice thor
oughly and let it stand for eight days;
then strain again; dissolve an ounce of
isinglass to six gallons wine, and mix in
before setting away for use.-Ercltdnge.
PRESERVING CORN-A lady sends the
following recipe to the Farmers Club ::
I" NV method is to cut from the cob and
put it down III large stone jars, two fourths
corn and one of salt, by measure mix we'll
We have no trouble at all in keeping it
good all the year round in that way" An
other contributor says There is as much
difference between corn scraped from the
cob and that cut from the cob as there is
between cOrn-starch and an ordinary hasty
pudding have tried several ways and
find it really delicious only when it is
scraped from the cob Immediately after it
is huskcd Then put it in dishes about the
stove and ovens and dry as soon as posi-
Bile"
To MANAGE 4 REARING HoRsE.-When-
ever you perceive horses inclination to
rear, separate your rcins and prepare for
him. The instant he is about to rise slackcn
one hand and bend or twist his head with
the other, keeping your hands low. This
bending cOmpels him to move Il hind leg,
and of necessity brings his fore feet down.
Instantly twist him completely round two
or three times, which will confuse him
very much, and completely throw him off
his guard. The moment you have finished
twisting him around, place his head in the
direction you wish to proceed, apply the
spurs and he will not fail to &c forward.
CRUSHING AND DRAWING STROKES
Every edge tool will operate most etfec-
lively when it is welded with drawing
stroke. a person may press his bare hand
on the keen edge of a razor without cut
ting the skin. But let the hand or the
razor be drawn on a trifle, while pressure
is being applied, and the cutting edge will
enter with far less pressure As many
cutting instruments must be worked with
crushing stroke, it is of great impor-
ance that the cutting edge be brought to
as perfect ain edge as practicable, by means
of a fine-gritted oil-stonc. Axes, chisels,
planes, and the knives of most straw cut
tiers, are all operated with crushing
stroke. Consequently, after such edge
tools have been ground on coarse grind
stOne the edge should be rubbed up with
an OIl-stone until the cutting edge is as
sharp as the edge of an excellent knife
Hearth and Home.
To PRESERVE QUINCEs.-The orange
ounce is the best to preserve. Peel and
core the ounces, v cigh pound of crushed
sugar to pound Of Quinces put the peel
and cores into kettle with just water
enough to cover them. Let this simmer
about two hours; then strain the liquor,
put it back into the kettle, and put in as
many ounces as the liquor will cover; boil
them until they are tender, take them out
and put them on flat dish to cool; put
in more until they are boiled, then put the
sugar in, and let it boil until it becomes a
syrup; then put in as many ounces as
the syrup will cover; let them boil about
thirty minutes; put them on a fiat dish to
cool; and then more until they are all
ooiled; then boil the syrup until all the
water is boiled out of it, When the
ounces are cool, put them into the jars
and strain the syrup while it is hot through
a very fine sieve on the quinces.-lNrs
Putnam's Recipe Book
Observation-Disclosures Broad, of New
Jersey, furnishes the Farmers Club with
the following bit of experience: zone OF
my farmers planted corn in a field, forty
rows of which nearest the building |
planted myself The night before plant
ed put the seed to soak in warm water
and rolled it in plaster while planting. l
remember of getting an ear last March
near Newark, of friend. / planted the
ear dry without plaster, planting directly
| across the forty rows, and where The
ground was as good as any. This morn
ing l called the attention of the farmer to
it. There had been no plaster put upon
any since planting, and we decided that
there was almost half difference, that
which was rolled almost twice as large, of
a good healthy color, the other having a
sickly yellow shade. The soil is IA heavy
clay loam."
CHANGING THE Color OF Flowers
Our young readers will find much interest
and pleasure in the following experiment
for the above purpose: Take II teaspoon
full of flour of sulphur, place it in an old
saucer, and set fire to it with a common
match; when it gets fairly burning, take
some high-colOred tlower-double ones are
the best, such as double Dahla or
double Zinnia-and hold it above it, at
such distance as to prevent its being
burnt by the fame of the sulphur, and the
tips of the petals will be changed into
another color; for instance, a double pur-
pie Dahlia will have the petals tipped
with white, or double red one viii be-
come tipped with yellow, and if the flower
is exposed long enough, the whole flower
will become changed in color. Care must
be had not to inhalc the fumes of the sui
phur, nor should it be done in the house,
for it may fade the color of the curtains,
paper-hangngs, or furniture, besides filling
the house with unpleasant fumes On the
piazza or some sheltered place in the open
air is the best place for doing it.-Hcdrh
and Home.