The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-10-07
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.


unwise and improvident as he who starves
his working cattle-in both cases he is di-
minishing the ability of faithful servant
to be useful to him.
ALEXANDER DUMAS recommends onion
soup as an infallible remedy for nervous
prostratiOn, headache, and debility. He
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 a pint of the tallow he
fore the water gets hot. Boil whole day,
and next day melt and strain the tallow.
To REMOVE WHITE Spots FROM FUR
NITURE.-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 TAKE Ink FROM FURNITURE, CAR
PETS AND FLOORs.-Wipe the spot with
oxalic acid; let it remain few minutes,
then rub it with cloth wet with warm
water. Colored paint, mahogany and car
pets, will require washing with the harts-
horn-water to restore the original color.
To MAKE CALICOEs WASH WELI.-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
colOrs are rendered permanent, and will
not fade by subsequent washing. So says
a lady who has frequently made the ex-
pertinent herself
To RESTORE OLD BLACK SIIK-BOil an
old black kid glove in pint of water nm
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 be
used instead. Silk never should be dipped
in water, but spread out smoothly and
sponged carefully.
To CLEAN IRONS FROM RUsT.-Pound
some glass to fine powder, and having
nailed some linen or a wooden cloth upon
a board, lay upon it strong coat of gum
water, and sift thereon some of your DOW.
dered glass, and let it dry. Repeat this
operation three times, and when the last
covering of powdered glass is dry, you
may easily rub off the rust from iron uten
sis with the cloth thus prcpared.-Ar
thurs Mdgdzine.
LET THE YOUNG CLOVER GROw.-Keey
stock of all kinds off the fields wher,
young grass, and particularly young clover
of any kind, is growing, as the tramp o
heavy animals, and the close nipping o
colts and sheep, will damage the growtl
of such young plants more than the valu,
| of hay necessary to maintain the same
animals while they may be feeding on
| given field where young clover is growing
| No stock should be allowed to Craze OF
young grass or clover until after the enC
of the growing season. And even then
it would be more profitable to purchas
| hay, and allow the new heritage to remain
| where it grew to protect the roots durin:
the winter, and after decaying TO aflort
pabulum to promote the growth of tn
| crop the following season. Very few
farmers really apprehend how much dam
age is done to their young grass by pastur
ing it before the roots have attained
large size.-Hedrh and Home.
EVERY body should live on the sum,
side of their houses as much as possible
and allow the suns genial rays to pene
trate the rooms. Darkencd parlors ar
fashionable evils. True, it is gloom,
enough to be ushered into a tomb lill
apartment, where one can scarcely crop
his way to a seat; and to discover, whel
his eyes become accustomed to the din
light, that every chair and sofa has on it
linen "duster," apparently equipped 70
! travelling to some unknown land. Blu
ladies must have their carpets kept brigh
and fresh, even if their checks are tin
palcr for it And SO the shutters ar,
tightly closed, and the heavy curtain
drawn. But for the sake of health ant
beauty, ladies, let this be done only in th
"bcst parlor," if it must be done at all
Let the rooms where the family live b.
cheerful and sunny. No lady would cx
pect her house plants to send out full
brilliant blossoms, unless she placed then
at window where the sunshine woulC
inyigoratc them. No more should sh,
expect her children to show fresh, ros,
compilations, or TO develop genial DISPOSE
tons, unless they live in light, sunny, air,
| rooms.