Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-27
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
USEFUL RECIPES ETC.

" you wish to become bald headed,
wear a hat or cap all Me time. Sleep In
close night-cap, and keep the hair well
sopped with any fatty oil or tallow you
can buy. To expedite matters, bathe
with liquors, bay rum, &ci bit btcdS Of
clean pdtor and soap.
ALL decently.inclined persons should
use toothbrush daily. Nothing can be
more conducive TO health. We have heard
people brdg 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, nGr small-toothed their hair.--Er.
change. - I
BLACKBERRY WINE.-Pour boiling wa
ter over your berries; let them stand until
cold; then mash the berries, strain through
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
| singlass TO six gallons wine, and mix in
before setting away for Exchange
PRESERVING CoRN.-A lady sends the
following recipe to the Farmers Club I:
my method is to cut from the cob and
put 1t down IN large stone Jars, two fourths
corn and one of salt, by measure; mix well
| We have no trouble at all In keeping il
| 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 IL really delicious only when IL is
| scraped from the cob Immediately after il
is husked. Then put it in dishes about the
stove and ovens and dry as soon as posi-
ble." ..
To MANAGE A REARING HoRsE.--When-
ever you perceive horses inclination TO
rear, separate your reins and prepare for
him. The instant he is about TO rise slacken
one hand and bend or twist his head with
the other, keeping your hands low This
bending conpels him to move hind leg
and of necessity brings his fore feet down.
Instantly twist him completely round two
or'three times, which viii 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 go forward.
CRUsnING AND DRAWING STROKES
| Every edge.tool will operate most eflec-
| 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 q 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, 1t Is of great impor-
ance that the cutting edge be brought to
as perfect an edge as practicable, by means
of fine-gritted oil-stone Axes, chsels,
planes and the knives of most straw cut
ters, are all operated with crushing
stroke. Consequently, after st1Ch 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 QUNCRs,--The orange
| ounce is the best to preserve, Peel and
core the quinces, weigh 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 a fiat 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 flat dish to
| cool and then more until they are oil
boiled then boil the syrup until all the
water Is boiled out of IL. When the
ounces are cool, put them into the jars
and strain the syrup while 1t is hot through
every fine sieve on the quinces.-Mrs.
Ptttndm's Recipe Book.
PLAsTER-Abraham 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 l
planted myself. The night before plant
ed put the seed to soak in warm water
and rolled it in plaster while planting.
remember of getting an ear last March,
near Newark, of q friend. l planted the
ear dry without plaster, planting directly
across the forty rows, and where the
ground was as good as any. This morn.
ing called the attention Of the farmer to
1t. 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 heavy
clay loam"
CHANGING THE Colon OF Flowers
Our young readers will find much interest
and pleasure in the following experiment
tor the above purpose: Take teaspoon
ful of flour Of sulphur, place il in an old
saucer, and set fire to it with common
match; when it gets fairly burning, take
come high-colored fiower--dorble ones are
the best such as a double Dahlia 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 will 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 inhale the fumes of the sui.
phur, nor should il be done in the house,
for 1t may fade the color Of the curtains,
paper -hangings, 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--H0drth