Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-07-29

servant girls of dipping their hands in the
mix while milking the cows, is disgust
ing Irish practice that should not be toll
Grated Cows are just as easily mike with
dry hands, and if they are not. the teats
should be softened IN tepid water. and
great care taken to allow nothing TO drop
lrem them or the hands into the milk paii.
while the operation of milking is going ON.
MAKING SWEET PICKLES. the toma-
toes through, or, if large, slice In three
pieces; let them stand IN weak brine over
night. To quart of vinegar, add three
pounds OF sugar; in this cook the tomatoes
until fork can easily be passed through
them. AS fast as they are cooked. take
them out with fork and lay them down
IN a jar say two or three layers of toma-
toes; sprinkle pulverized cinnamon and
cloves, and a thin layer OF sugar: then al
tefnately tomatoes spices and sugar cook
ng all the tomatoes In the same yineear.
if necessary, add moro sugar and vinegar.
When the jar is filled, cover the tomatoes
with good cider vinegar cold. throwins
away the vinegar In which the tomatoes
were cooked. Lay some horse -rsaoissh root
over the top of the pickles, and put a
weight on to keep them covered. This re-
cipe is equally good for ripe cucumbers.
CANNING SWEET CoRN.-aTrs Zena A
Lindsey writes to the New York Farmers
Club that corn can be canned 80 that n
viii stay canned in the following way: Boil
the corn fifteen minutes on the cob and
then cut IT off tand dry i'm the sun. The
corn should then be seasoned TO the tasie
with salt, and put IN the cans with very
little water. The covers must then be
placed on the cans, leaving only "A very
small aperture for The escape of Gas, then
place the cams in kettle of water and boil
slowly three quarters ofan hona, when the
can may be sealed with drop of solder OF
even little putty. Corn preserved in this
way VIII always keep AZ long as 1t is nee.s-
ssary to keep 1T, and there is no dancer q,
bursting the cans
Coax HIM. correspondent of the \.
H. Farmer, speaking Of the difficulty of
swine-drlylng, Says it is "as easy as whist
ling, alter you know how" To wit: 10 th..
end OF stout cord tie AN ear of corn; drop
1t III front of the pic, 20 within five or six
inches of his nose. and commence waIking
slowly away I'm the direction yOu wish HIM
To propel. II his pigship shows evidence
oi blIghted hopes, or alteration of mind.
from the singular conduct OF the corn. Sc
duce hIm INTO the belief that il is all right.
by letting him nilble at il. ana then r..
sumo your line of march In this way the.
most obdurate pig may he decoyed amy
reasonable distance.
PoTATo BUGs.-H. Capron. Paris. Prov
mce OF Ontario, assures the Rural New
Yorker that he succeeds In keeping h.s
grounds clear of the striped bug, hy pull
ing up and burning the vines as soon rs
done bearing, with the weeds vhich grow
among them, burning them mp all clean.
believing That he thus DESTROYS the eggs OF
germs of the incoming crop of bugs.
FUNERAL OF A HoRsE. A curious affair
took place in Pontiac Mich, OH the even
ing of the 7th INST. IL was that OF hold
ing ceremonies over the charred remains
of the favorite Morgan, n horse owned 10y
Mrs. Hodges. which was considered very
valuable animal a large coneourse of
people assembled on the spot, and the
grave being dug, and n solemn chant by
the Pontiac eornet band, the remains of
the favorite Morgan were consigned 10
earth.