The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-07-28
FARM, GARDEN 3, HOUSEHOLD.

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For PrcSerVing Green Cbrn.-Take the
corn when It IL sufficiently matured for
table use, remove the huak from II, and
boil II nearly as much as you would II
you were going 10 use It on the table:
let 1t cool; cut II from the cob; take any
sized stone JaT put the corn In thejir
With common salt; drst d layer OF salt
half an inch. then layer OF corn two
inches; pack closely; then half an inch
OF salt and two inches OF corn until the
jar Is filled; tie cloth over the jar and
set Il aWHy. It will not form brine,
and will only take up certain guam
tity OF salt, SO that there is no danger OF
puttlng7toO much on Is, To prepare 1t
for use soak it over might In Sf1aAh
water, remove the water In the morn.
Ing, putting on II fresh water for a
short time. Stew and serve for dinner.
Washing Nid.-TEis Is a receipt
worth $1,000. Take one pound Of sal.
soda and halt u pound Of unslacked
lime, put nem ina gallon OF kRaler,
boil twenty hhnu(6d; let Id Stand tlli
cool; then drain or and put In Jug,
Soak your clothes one night; wiring
them out, rub In plenty OF soap, and In
one boiler Of clothes, well covered with
water, add oneteaspoonful OF the wash .
Ing fluid. Boil half an hour, then wash
them With suds, rinse, and your clothes
will look Bplendid.-F. Il. 'R0D, Ir,, in
Moore'S RUrdt Net0 Yorker. y
10 Keep be Bugs .Away,-Protect
your Melon sqaBsh and cucumber
vines thus: Take sticks four inches
long rand one half Inch in diameter
pIne Is be6t.a Wrap one Finch ibf one
end In a piece of cotton or linen. Dip
this In turpentine and stick one or two
~ each bill, leaying only the wrapped
part above ground. The odor. Of the
turpentine d6esathe business. Il I have
tried this r1yeRrsn says the corres-
pondent OF an exchange paper, with
uniform success. .IlaihV 70 lp0af FII az
A SIN Dry House. THE best dried
Fruits that dried In the sun, but dry
Ing In the sun In the open air IN this
climate is preCariouS business, az
many know to their sorrow. Two years
ago Ihit upon a plan that secures all
the advantages of sun-dEyIu g,-as- usu.
ally prRpu Iced ith nouepfyits defects.
Ny pfHn Is toNtnke hUt.bed sash and
lay them on Rirane similar to'tlist tjf
the hot -bed-in fact, II the hot-bed has
not been removed, the dry. house h ait
ready built, and Il ia!only neeasSary 10
lay q floor itnsideion which 10 lay tbe
fruIt.. When the fruit has f5eeu fSfaced
inside, put OH the sash, but raIse nj h
ends about two inches from the frame.
DO the air can circulate. Phe sun'5ravs
will penetrate through the Rlasa freely.
and give out their heat Below ttie glass
and being confined, will cause h Ia Neal
10 be !mnnh greater than, Il Ne In ihe
open afr. The hotter the atmosphere'
the greater 10 lie capacity for holding
moisture; hence, the hot air abSorbs the
moisture from, lhe fruit :, and the pash
being raised % little, the hot ALI escapes
Of The higher end oflthe sGsbI md fitSb
air supplies Its place, 1t tte 10 wer enii
and thusttherei Is a constant currentIof
hot, dry air passing over the fruit And
it dries Win aStotlishIt,p ranfdit . 'T{v9
yeGTa agoiA wishing 10 dry Some epTa nE
sugar corn (which IL about (he hhfdesi
thing u dry OF which I haye snv
knoWledge), i fixed up nv hol sbad n 4
described, and the corn JTasI 1aikstSd
from The field1y husked.5 tarbbiISd cSt.
from the COB, placed Ia the bnt.bha
and by evening we had the corn, 4 ~ ~
a bone. As good dried corn neysr 49,
hefore:rours sobpivii lSStad t~.h vsStS
and the last was as good M ths I, III !"
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