The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-10-15
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.


TIE farmer who stints his fields is as
unwise and improvident as he who starves
his working cattle-in both cases ne Is Oh
minimizing the ability of faithful servant
to be useful to him.
ALEXANDER DUMAS recommends onion
soup a. an infallible remedy for nervous
prostration, headache, and debility. de
prepares his soup, which has become quite
famous among the gourmands OF the
French capital, of cream and onions.
To CLARITY TALLow AND HARDEN IT.
Take two pounds of alum to every
twenty pounds of tallow Dissolve it in
water, and put in pint of the tallow be-
fore the water gets hot. Boil whole day,
and next day melt and strain the tallow.
To REMOVE WHITE SPoTs FROM FUR
N1TuRE.-Rub the spots with pulverized
pumice-stone wet with water, and then
with buckskin moistened with sweet-oil ;
or, put piece of paper on the spot, and
hold warm iron over it, and rub with an
oiled cloth.
To MAKE CALIcoEs WASH WELL.-In-
fuse three gills of salt in four quarts OF
boiling water, put the calicoes In while hot,
and leave them till cold in this way the
CtuOIS arc ACuuOAOo pCi hohCueS "t.eA "AA1
not fade by subsequent washing. So says
lady who has frequently made the ex-
pertinent herself
To RESTORE OLD BLACK SnK.-Boil an
old black kid glove in pint of water un.
| til all the black is extracted. Then sponge
the silk with the glove dipped in the water
The black from the glove will restore the
lustre of the silk. Or cold coffee may bt
used instead Silk never should be dipped
in water, but spread out smoothly anC
sponged carefully.
To CLEAN IRONS FROM RUsT.-Poun(
some glass to fine powder, and having
nailed some linen or a wooden cloth upoI
board, lay upon it a strong coat of gun
water, and sift thereon some of your pow
dered glass, and let it dry. Repeat thi
operation three times, and when the las
covering of powdered glass is dry, 20,
may easily rub off the rust from iron uten
sils with the cloth thus prepared.-Ar
thurs Magazine.
LET THE Young CLOVER GRow.-Kee]
stock of all kinds off the fields wher
young grass, and particularly young Glove
of any kind, is growing, as the tramp O
heavy animals, and the close nipping G
colts and sheep, will damage the growtl
of such young plants more than the valu
of hay necessary to maintain the sam
animals while they may be feeding on
given field where young clover is growing
No stock should be allowed to Craze O
young grass or clover until after the en-
of the growing season. And even theI
it would be more profitable to purchas
hay, and allow the new heritage to renal
where it grew to protect the roots durin
the winter, and after decaying to affor
pabulum to promote the growth of th
crop the following season. Very FEY
farmers really apprehend how much dan
age is done to their young grass by pastul
ing it before the roots have attained
large size.-Hearth and Home
j EVERY bsdy should live on the sum
side of their houses as much as possible
and allow the suns genial rays to PEN
trate the rooms. Darkened parlors al
fashionable evils. True, it is gloom
enough to be ushered into a tomb-lik
apartment, where one can scarcely groI
his way to seat; and to discover, whe
his eyes become accustomed to the dill
light, that every chair and sofa has on i
linen "duster," apparently equipped ft
travelling to some unknown land. BIZ
ladies must have their carpets kept brigl
and fresh, even if their cheeks are Il
paler for it! And so the shutters al
tightly closed, and the heavy curtain
drawn. But for the sake of health an
beauty, ladies, let this be done only in til
"best parlor," if it must be done at al
Let the rooms where the family live
cheerful and sunny. No lady would e!
pect her house plants to send out ful
brilliant blossoms, unless she placed the
at window where the sunshine wOul
invigorate them. No more should 81
expect her children to show fresh, ros
compilations, or to develop genial dispos
tions, Iunless they live in light, sunny, all
, rooms.