Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-17
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

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"ETERNAI, vigilance is the only sure
preventive of weeds. '''5 '8s1 h'.1 - =
SOAKING seed-wheat in brine is said to
be preventive against smut. MI. .y-te
| IT is better to spend an hour hanging
loose doors and gates than in, hanging
round taverns and stores. '' u2'i" =
| HoT milk has been very successfully
tried in Bengal as remedy for diarrhea,
A letter from resident says that, pint
every four hours will check the most vio-
lent diarrhea, stomach ache, ineipient
cholera, or dysentery. Half a pint every
pleasantly any ordinary diarrhea = " r
| DIR. BUCKINGHAM has an article in the
Medical and St3yscaz Journal, in which he
recommends strongly the use of ripe fruit,
particularly peaches, for ordinary diarrhea
and dysentery sometimes with, sometimes
without morphia, as the presence or absence
of pain dictates He says he had just pre-
scribed quart Of peaches a day fora pa
tient.
PLACE bone in the earth near the root
of grape vine, and the vine will send
out a leading root directly to the bone. In
when it reaches the bone, the root will en-
like lace, each one seeking pore of the
bone. On, this bone the vine will continue
to feed as long as nrltriment remains to be
extracted Erttange. 9ds i.oo BE 1s3v ri,
MORE horses are killed by hard riding
and driving than are. worn out by hard
work although too many are worked to
death. 1t is strange that horse owners will
not see their own interest in taking better
care of SO valuable an animal. A horse
should never be put to the. road without
having his feet examined to see that the
shOeing is all right. Be careful about.
watering when, the horse is warm, Rub
his legs well after every days work. Stock
Journal. E.' '''''i-. 80 '1.'.i 81 'fft =
A CURE FOR PoLL-EvIL. The follow
ing recipe is furnished to the Farmers
Club by resident of Genesee County, N.
Y: "Take a handful of pine and steep it
in fresh butter until it becomes crispy ;;
strain it; add teaspoonful of the oil of
peppermint to hall, pint of the butter
when cool; take a piece as large as a
small walnut and put into each ear, taking
care to keep. it closed until melted In a
few days it will effect cure. 1t is also
good remedy for horse distemper. Vote
The orifice should be-kept clean by wash
ing with soap-suds.9 y1DL
How to preserve ice for considerable
length of time, for domestic purposes, and
especially the sick room,is; told by an, ex-
change Make two bags of stout wooden
fabric; the outer bag should be made at
least two inches wider each way than the
inner one.a After placing one bag inside
the other, stuff feathers between the two,
and sew the bags together at the top Put
block of ice into bag of this description,
and it will be preserved for nearly a week,
when, under exposure, it will melt in less
than an hour. - .r.a 2 Zir,ii
= INFLUENCE OF LIGHT UPON PLANTS
The influence of light upon plants, has
always been well known, and recently
some experiments made in France gives
us some further knowledge of it's influence
in, its less obvious phases. A climbing
plant placed in dark place continued to
grow, but did not twine in the usual spiral
convolutions. 1t grew straight up in the
dark; but when replaced in the light, it
recommended to Irvine as usual. The ex-
pertinent was repeated several times, and
always with the same results, thus show
that light was essential to its power of
twining-Heaath and Home. = 4--,, +, e,..
A. WASHING FLUID.-Jennie T. Hazen,
in Weste7n Rat7'dl recommends the follow
ing formula: "Take one pound of sal
soda and half a pound of yunslacked
lime and putu them in gallon of
water boil twenty minutes, let it stand
till cool, then drain off and put in
small jug or jar; soak your dirty clothes
over night, or until they are wet through,
then wiring them, and rub ON plenty of
soap, and with water add one teacupful of
the washing fluid; boil half an hour or
more, rinse, and your clothes will look bet
ter than by the old way of washing twice
before boiling. This is an Invaluable
recipe, and every poor, tired woman,
should try it. no1 j. si.9 ':rcq Hoo atiqoy