Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-26
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

A uoRsEMAN says he has cured the
worst kind of scratches ne ever saw with
two applications of white pine turpentine,
thoroughly rubbed in.
IT is said that common shellac dissolved
in alcohol makes the strongest cement for
wood. 1t will unite the fractured legs of
your chairs and tables as firmly as if they
had never been broken.
To CURE SORE TuRoAT.-Beat the
whites of two eggs with two spoonfuls of
white sugar; CRATE in little nutmeg, and
half pint of lukewarm water. Beat up
well and take wine glass of it every three
hours.
SUGAR CANpY.-Six cups of sugar, one
cup of vinegar, half cup ofwater. Boil
about half an hour iciti0m stirring. Try
q little in cold water, and add any essence
You choose when done. Stirring turns IL
back 10 sugar, Pull it until white, and cut
in sticks.
TuE OHIO Farmer recommends paving
milk yards with blocks of wood sawed five
or six inches long and squared by taking
of the top, The surface of the earth
should be removed at suitable time,
made smooth, the blocks laid close to,
gether, ard the interstces filed with
gravel
FLANNEL CAKBS,-Warm tablespoon.
ful of butter in a quart of milk put in a
little salt, and stir in two tablespoonfuls of
yeast, and flour enough to make thin
batter. Then add two we'll beaten eggs.
Let it rise, and after five hours standing,
bake ON griddle in cakes the size Of q
tes-platc. The griddle should not be
creased after the first baking.
BEEFsrEAK DUMPLING. Choose q Juicy
| piece of beet without much fat, and cut Il
into neat slices about half an inch thick,
sprinkle some salt and pepper over them,
place small lump Of butter ON each, roll
! them up tight, and flour them little.
| Line basin with plain suet paste, fill ii
with rolls of beef add y few mushrooms
and little catchup cover up the meat
! With the paste, tie up the basin In Toured
cloth, and boil it three hours.
CHEMICAL WASH Take ofwhite vitriol
thirty two parts and of burnt copperas
one part until you get tablespoonful
then add one quart of soft water, bottle
and II is fit for use. This wash is the best
thing for burn ever used, 1t is also
excellent for bruises, frosted feet and sore
eyes. For the eyes take several folds OF
liRen, wet II well with the wash reduced
one half, and bind 1t on,-RUrdl Nsg
! Yorker.
IN q paper before the Newcastle Farm,
er's Club, Mr. Throckley said A few
things strike me which ought always q
be remembered In the management oi
cattle; First never buy a bad bred
beast Second, buy them cheap, and they
are half sold. Third, feed them on the
best food. Fourth, give them their food
regularly, and let II be clean and whole
some. Fifth, keep them warm and com
Portable, Aud lastly, sell as soon as they
are good beef, as that is the time the
farmer gets the most profit out Of them.
A WRITER for the Germantown 74s
graph accidentally discovered that hi
hens liked the bone meal that hsd beer
s,rewn upon the ground near some bushes
Thinking the food might be Of service, n,
gave shem Of ii for two or three weeks
when the eggs began "a "eOme down a
they had never been known to do before
Ii nest was broken up 70 prevent hei
from sitting Il was but few days befor,
the hen would be laying again. The cor
! respondent, though testing this food fo