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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-10-01
To Make Apple Butter.

SELECT two bushels of sweet apples
and two bushels of sour apples, and peel,
core and quarter them. Take barrel of
good sweet apple cider, and boil 1t in a
copper kettle until all the impurities have
risen to the surface. After this is done,
and the impurities SKINNED of, take out
two-thirds of the cider. Then put in the
apples, and as the quantity boils down
put in the rest of the cider. After putting
in the apples the butter must be stirred
without interruption until it is taken off
1t will take about five hours boiling after
the apples are put into the cider 1t should
be boiled until the whole mass becomes
smooth and of the same consistency, and
of dark brown color. Spice with ground
cloves and cinnamon, to taste The but
ter can then be taken off and put into yes
sells for use. Earthen crooks are best for
this purpose. Tie the vessels over with
heavy paper and set them away in dry
place. The butter will keep a year if
wanted. -
Peach butter is made much in the same
way. Sometimes the peaches are not
peeled, though the butter is better if the
peelings are taken of. Itdoes not require
so much boiling to make peach butter, and
as soon as the peaches are thoroughly
boiled up and the butter is thick enough it
can be taken off. Cover the vessels with
paper moistened with whisky. This will
keep the butter from moulding on top
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Watering Horses.

HORSES should never be kept so long
without water that they will drink largely
when they get it. Give it to them often,
and they will never injure themselves with
it. Nothing is more common than to
hitch team to the pillow, and make them
work half a day without drop What
man would submit to such treatment If
the pillow is started at seven in the morn
ing, water should be given again before
ten; and again in the afternoon by four
o'clock. Even if half an hour is thus con-
sumed, more work will be done in a day.
The objection that horses on the road
should not be loaded with water" is not
valid. A horse weighing 1900 pounds
will not be much encountered additionally
by 90 pounds of water, while the disten-
sion win give him additional strength.
Every farmer knows that when he him.
self undertakes to Lift large log or heavy
stone, he can do more by first initiating
himself with air, and not unfrequently he
loses button or two from his pantaloons
in the operation. Some degree of imitation
by water will add to . horses strength in a
similar manner. Ip driving horse on the
road at q natural gait of nine or ten miles
an hour, have frequently had occasion to
observe that he was laboring with perspira-
ton until let him drink freely, when he
ceased to sweat and evidently travelled
more freely. Don't be afraid to give your
horses water; the danger is in making
them abstain too long-in which case, care
is needed.-Country Gentleman.
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USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

CHOPPED PICKLEs.-One gallon green
tomatoes chopped fine; green peppers /;
8 onions: handful of salt sprinkled over
them. Let them stand 6 hours-drain off
the liquor and add tablespoonful of
ground pepper, 1 of allspice, of made
mustard, 4 pint mustard seed, pints
vinegar. Cork tight.
ROLLING or sledding the field after SOW
ing wheat always pays. II the ground
mas been plowed lumpy, after the wheat is
sown, . good roller or sled will press the
soil close TO the seed, and will crush and
smooth and level would always recon-
mend it.-Erchange.
WHEN vinegar has lost its acidity it can
be restored by the following process: As
it is wanted for use draw two gallon Jug
of it and put into 4 half teacup full of
molasses. Set the jug near the stove or
in the sun few days, and the vinegar will
be of the best quality. By using q jug
which has had vinegar in it, the acidity
will be hastened.-Fdrm Journal
WHAT Mulch Is.-A mulch, says Hearth
and Home, is any loose-lying substance,
which distributed over the surface of the
ground, will keep that surface moist dry
leaves, chopped hay or straw Dieter than
long straw, coarse manure, sawdust, tan
bark, or even coarse pebbles, will form
mulch. A mulch is never to be dug in,
but has effect from its position upon the
top of the ground. sa'ai
LIME is almost universally used by
Pennsylvania farmers. When crop of
clover or grass is plowed down, from fifty
IL l:oI
acre, and after being slaked is scattered
over the surface and narrowed in. The
wheat or other seed is then drilled in.
One-half the quantity of lime used on
limestone soil will do on slate soil. Lime
and clover will make slate soil very pro-
ductive, and oyster-shell lime has q still
greater effect on it than that made from
common limestone.
AN experienced horticult urist says that
kerosene oil is sure death to the apple
tree scale. He applies it in autumn, after
the leaves have fallen, with large syringe
or hydropult, one quart OF the oil mixed
with twenty to thirty of water As the
oil and water will not intermingle very
freely, it is necessary to stir the mixture
while it is being applied.
PLANTING STRAWBERRIES IN AUTUMN
If man has strawberries in his own
garden or conveniently at hand, 30 that
he can select rainy day for the operation,
then fall-planting viii answer very well.
But to send distance for the plants and
have to take the chance of having them
arrive in good order, and at time suitable
for planting, it becomes rather uncer-
tain. operation. Spring appears to be the
rzcr>er time for removinD ST1ch delicate
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] FARM "a II AND HOUSEHOLD.
Weeds.

WHAT toll and trouble they occasion I
But by the thrifty farmer all this toll and
trouble will be willingly taken If he can
exterminate these troublesome and intru-
sive pests that 30 pertinaciously thrust
themselves in field, garden, and meadow,
where they are neither asked nor wanted
for any useful or ornamental purpose
And would it not crafty the curiosity of
some to learn that the most obnoxious of
these are foreign to our soil, and were not
known to the aborigines, being introduced
by Europeans The most Objectionable,
the Canada thistle, is of European origin
The ox-eyed daisy is from the same source,
and is often in Pennsylvania called the
park-weed and was first s0wn by Gov.
Keith, more than hundred years ago in
his park. ss1og
From over the ocean also came the dock,
the mullen, the common thistle, chess,
buttercup, wild parsnip and carrot, garlic,
St Johns wort, dandeliOn, plantain, bur
dock, and tsazel ,sa.cn.oa
+ Not many American plants have We
given in exchange for these to the Old
World, and whether our Indian corn and
the potato have neutralized the evil
caused by the introduction of tobacco by
Sir Walter Raleigh, may be questioned. /
cannot now think of single native nnx-
ious weed that is troublesome to the farm
er: they are all exotic to our soil Our
common medicinal herbs also came from
over the waters with our fathers: tanzy,
comfrey, mint, sage, thyme, balm, elecam-
pane, horehound, and catnip were, no
doubt, brought as household treasures
Seldom in China is weed to be seen ;
there every foot of soil being carefully
economical and filed to overlooking with
hungry population. all kinds of noxious
weeds are carefully and timely extermi-
mated. And if John Chinaman will bring
his economic virtues In this respect to our
land, he win not be an unwelcome Eu est,
for weeds are here spreading slowly but
surely. Go where we will-north, south,
east, or west-the thistle, the ox-eye, the
dock, and that vile native of Asia, the
jimson-weed, are gaining ground.
1t seems sometimes impossible for the
farmer in the busy season to find the time
to destroy all kinds of weeds before the
seeds mature; the proper way of disposing
of them then is to put in heaps, and when
dry to burn them, instead, as the practice
Of some is, of throwing them into the
roads for the next rain to wash back again
on the neighboring fields, thus spreading
instead of destroying the frail thing
Hearth and Home. ,71 zof
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lloMeffnr the SASH dxi Or eight inches at
the top In the middle of the day, and II
the plants are soft wooded, such a. Zonale
geraniums, they may be pruned In some
what; but Begonias, BouvarS1ias, Carns-
tons, etc. should be left unpruned. When
the plants have made fresh roots which
win be in from ten to fourteen days, they
may be removed to the greenhouse or par
lor.-HearA and Home Y.lF
How 10 MAKE CoFFRK.1The Ameri-
can Buizder ays:-First, solemnly deter
mine in your mind never to allow an
ounce of ground coffee to enter the door
of the kitchen. If no one about the
premises understands the art Of roasting
coffee, then buy it ready roasted, and try
and find dealer who has not soaked all
the essential juices from the coffee before
putting it into his oven. If the roasted
berry is about twice as large as when
green, depend upon it, the scalawag
Great Humbug Tea and Coffee company
have defrauded you. Get an earthen pot,
you cannot make goed coffee or tea in q
tin vessel--and put the ground coffee in a
clean white flannel bag. and be sure to put
enough in, and drop the bag into the pot.
Pour on boiling water, and let 1t steep, do
not boil it. The coffee will steep in TWEEN
ty minutes Never break an egg into
coffee, and never I'LL up with water the
second time. Pour on, in the beginning,
the amount of water needed. An ordina-
~ teacupful of ground coffee is sufficient
for three persons. Use Java, Mocha, or
Java and Rio mixed. Follow this receipt,
and you will never complain of poor
coffee. ~, ...fs .--r.r ,...,. ....,-.-g
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of hair, and the Colonies bullet ended its
career in the fleshy part of my thigh. The
Coloners left shoulder was clipped little.
They fired again. Both missed their men
this time, but got my share, a shot in the
arm. Al the third fire both gentlemen
were wounded slightly, and had a knuckle
Clipped. then said believed would
go out and take a walk, as this was pri-
waite matter and I had dclicacy about
participating in it further. But both gem
tlemen begged me to keep my seat and
assured me that I was not in the way.
had thought differently, up to this time.
They then talked about the electipnsand
the crops awhile, and Ifell totying up my
wounds. But presently they opened fire
again with animation, and every shot took
effect-but it is proper to remark that five
out of the six fell to my share. The sixth
one MORALLY wounded the Colonel, who
remarked, with fine humor, that he would
have to say good morning, now, as he had
business up town. He then inquired the
way to the undcrtaker's, and left. The
chief turned to me and said:
al am expecting company to dinner and
shall have to get ready. 1t will be a favor
TO me If you will read proof and attend to
the customers"
1 WINGED little at the idea of attending
to the customers, but was too bewildered
by the fusillade that was still ringing in
my ears to think of anything to say. He
continued:
zones will be here at three Cowhide
him. Gillespie will call earlier, perhaps
throw him out Of the window. Ferguson
will be along about four-kill him. That
is all for to-day, / believe. If you~have
any odd time, you may write blistering
article ON the police-give the Chief In
spector rats. The cowhides are under the
table; weapons in the drawer-ammuni-
ton there in the corner-lint and band
ages up there in the pigeon holes. In
case of accident, go to Lancet, the surgeon,
down stairs He advertises-we take il
out in trade" flIt'f II
He was gone. Ishuddered. At the end
of the next three hours had been through
perils so awful that all peace of mind and
all cheerfulness had gone from me. Gil.
lespie had called, and thrown nse. out Of
the window. Jones arrived promptly
and when got ready to do the cowhiding
he took the job off my hands. In an en-
counter with a stranger, not in the bill o.
fare, had lost my scalp. Another stran
ger, by the name of Thompson, left me 9
mere wreck and ruin Of chaotic rags
Buffalo Express.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-10-01
The Fever and Ague Season.

When the leaves begin to change, remittent and
Intermittent fevers make their appearance. From
the surface Of the earth, bathed nightly in heavy
dews, from marshes and swamps, surcharged with
moisture, from the dying foliage Of the woods,
from fostering pools and sluggish streams the sun
OF September evolves clouds of miasmatic yapor
perilous to health and life. The body. deprived
by the burning Temperature Of July and August OF
much Of its vgor and elasticity, is not in proper
plight to resist malsria and hence all diseases that
are produced by . deprxved condition Of the
atmosphere are particularly prevalent in the Fail.
There Is no reason why the health Of thousands
tory course of HOSTETTERS STOMACH BIT
TIERS is 4 certain protection against the epidem mics
and endemics which Autumn brings In Its train.
Let all jewellers in unhealthy localities liable to
suca visitations. give heed to the wuning and adj
vice conveyedtin this advertisement, and they may
bid defiance to the foul exhalations which are now
rising, night and day, from the soil around them.
No farm house in the land should be without this
Invaluable exhilarant and nvigorant at any period
of the year, but especially in the Fall. Ii Is not
safe to go forth into the chill misty atmosphere OF
q September morning or evening with the stomach
unfortihed by q tonic, and OF all the tonics
which medical chemistry has yet given to the world,
HOSTETTERS BPTTERS are admitted to be the
purest the most wholesome, and the most bene-
hcial
Let all who desire to escape the billions attacks,
bowel complaints and malarious feyers, take the
BFTTERS At least twice day throughout the pres
ent season. II Is n wholesome as II is infallibe.
Look to the trade mark, "HOSTETTER'S STOM-
ACH BrTTERS, engraved on the label and en-
bossed on the bottle, and their revenue stamp
covering the cork, - counterfeits and limitations
abound. 49,.
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How to Quiet = Horse when being
b.. E-a Cleaned. 96

W. lf EH Sra.
An English journal, LUad-and- Water,
tells us how, thus:
First contrive so that the horse shall
not hurt you, then teach him that you are
not going to hurt him. 1t is almost always
thin-skinned horses that become savage
while being cleaned. Make out of four
inches of spade handle or rolling-pin, q
bit 50 large that the horse cannot close his
mouth; common brass rings screwed into
each end of the wooden bit will enable
you to fasten it to the head-stall. This
alone will generally make q horse quiet.
1t is Rarey's plan, and seems to occupy the
horses attention. But if he is very FESTIVE,
put on knee caps, strap up one leg, and
clean him on deep litter, so that if he falls
he may not hurt himself Then take
sponge and wash him all over with or with
out soap, according to his condition; dry
him with coarse cloth after washing q
hard brush is necessary. u e
If he viii stand it, use the usual hay
wisp; but if he is very tender-skinned be
content with the cloth and very soft
horse with fine silky coat. Washing in
hunting stables is made great ceremony,
performed by two grooms with hot water
auu SOdp, WulC Wy oSohAo AShNy W
clothe each part when finished, but I am
convinced that all horses when in condi-
ton may be safely washed in cold water.
Messrs. Sangers, the circus proprietors,
have stud of eighty horses, including
several thoroughbreds; for some of these
they have refused offers in three figures
Two purchased at General Angerstein's
sale cost each, unbroken, over 100 guineas.
These horses are all washed with cold
water twice day, frequently after q
journey of twenty-five miles, and they are
more healthy than any stud l ever saw.
Yet as they never stop more than two
days at any place for nine months of the
year, they are always at work. Since
seeing this example / have treated my own
horses in the same way, even after driving
fifteen miles at best pace, and with most
satisfactory results. 1t must be re-
membered the circulation and power OF
reaction in horse is greater than in a
man.
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Impure Drinking Water.

IT is said that mans palate is like a
policeman, stationed at the door of his
stomach to prevent the entrance of i'm
proper company. To a certain extent this
is true, but our safety requires that the aid
of the reason be called in to exercise a
wiser discrimination than our tasting
faculty can do. Many articles, more or
less injurious, are either of agreeable taste,
or are tasteless. For instance, it is not un-
likely that cholera, typhoid fever, and
epidemic diarrhea, are prOpagated by
means of fresh and Sweet-tasting drinking
water, more than in any other way. 1t is
not positively proven, but it is undoubtedly
true, that the presence in the water of
wells and springs of matter emanating
from the excrement of persons sick with
the above diseases, and perhaps some
others, is sure means of disseminating
them. 1t is also generally believed among
those who have paid the most attention to
the subject, that any excrementitious mat
ter in drinking water is not only highly
injurious, but is often a cause of the out
break of diseases. There is good reason
to suppose that these diseases are also COM
dy contamination of the at
mosphere Especially of sleeping rooms),
oot ehC W CiSue Va auehOAiSy cSSAAAo W oe-
tach even greater importance to pure
drinking water than to pure air. As an
instance in point, we refer to the fact that
in the summer of 1854 a sudden and most
violent outbreak of cholera Preaching q
mortality of 131 in single day, within a
circle of about 200 yards radius), which
occurred in London, was distinctly traced
to a well in the center of the fatal area,
that received the leakage of house-drain
through which the excavations of
cholera patient passed Immediately before
the outbreak of the pestilence. The water
of this well las is often the case with water
containing organic impuiities) was pecu-
liarly fresh and palatable. On the re-
moyal of the handle of the pump by order
of the vestry of the parish, the disease
rapidly diminished. 1t seems perfectly
clear, In this instance, that the cholera
poison contained in the excavations OF q
single invalid was distributed BY means OF
this well throughout the whole district,
dealing death on every hand.
It is stated that, few years since, the
of the filth-vat Of the Atlantic
House, at Newport, r. L.-sending q
poisoned stream throughtheg gravel stratum
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Western Patents.

I TIE following Western patents were
granted by the Commissioner of Patents
for the week ending Sept. IA, 1860, as
reported by Farwell, Ellsworth &
Co., solicitors of patents and counsel0s
in patent cases, 1862 Lake street, Chicago,
Ill: s. atI 1lEzoy -
Corn Marker-Joscph Bearden, Bath.
Saw Clamp-B. Blackstone, Warren. aH
Cultivator-W. A. Dryden, Monmouth.
Nashing Machine-L C. Field, Galesburg.
Napor Buner-Edward Savage, Chicago. .ff
Hay Raker and Loader-J r. Isden, Wyanet.
Street Scraper-J. X. Thompson, Chicago. n
Flute-O. J. G. Wardrum, Chicago.
Velocipcdc-G. Hoberland, Pontiac. ~
Axle Bolt. r. Hendricks, Clayton. ~.
Planter and Cultivat0-A. j. Aisenkimer, Oska-
Washing Machine-Orin skeel, window.
Hobby -Horse-L. Anderson, Chicago.
Stove Pipe <helf-Bagiey q MaSoa, Rlgin ef1
Horse Rake-Jesse Hudson, Charleston r
Clothes Line Holder-John Robins, Centralia.
IOWA. - 80 t,'i iloi
Sled Runner William N. Berkly, Cedar Rapids.
Tumb'ing Rod Clsaner-F. Heeuermann, Daven-
Churn-wlldcsin 4 Peek, St Charles.
Hay Loadcr--I 6 schorn, Iowa City. -
-Cultiyator-k II AsncA Davenport o
Hand Com Plantef-W.S s. Pelham Kirkville.
head Rest-Willey Kenyon, Crawfordsville.
God Fender-L. II. Sheeler, Charlottesville.
velocipede-C. n. Tyler Indianapolis.
Rotary Clod Fender-L n. Doddrdse, Mount
Pleasant
Machine Filing Saws F. NJ Husten, Orange. 81
Gate-Wm. Leonird, Orleans. ~
Knitting Machine. NJ Cune. Auburn.
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Quite sensation has Just been created
in Chicago by the imposing show rooms
of D. B. Fisk & Co, the oldest and largest
millinery house in the West. This firm,
now in their sixteenth year, have recently
enlarged their premises by addition of the
main floor of Nos. So and IS Lake street,
and now occupy the entire double build
ing, fifty feet wide by one hundred and
sixty-five feet deep, five stories and base
ment, making nearly an acre and a
quarter of room. The fittings up cost
about $50, 900, and are nowhere surpassed
in elegance. Among the novelties is q
ladies' parlor, with wash-room, and all the
toilet accessories. The business Offices
are finished in black walnut, ebony and
French plate glass.
The curious are informed that the base
ment contains fuel, heating apparatus, &c.
The frst floor. silks. ribbons, French
flowers and feathers. The second, hats, bon
nets. straw goods. fancy goods, ladies' fur
nishing hosiery, gloves, white goods, dress
and cloak trimmings. The third floor is
the pattern bonnet department, where a
,arge number of skillful women are en-