Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-10-21
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FARM, GAEDEN, AND HOUSEHOLD.

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FARM, GAEDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
COMFORTABLE quarters and good food are
OF moro importance in tho management of
swine than is generally supposed. Salt and
sulphur in small quantities prevents kid
ncy worm. and com soaked in very strong
lye cures it. Hogs require sulphur, and in
tho winter season, carbon; it is q good plan,
therefore, to supply them with soft coal in
the winter time, which contains both in
grediontR, and in the summer plenty Of
wild mustard will fill the bill.
CARROTS AND ONIONS. into thin slices
some carrots and one-third tho bulk of
onions. and fry them in tho pan, with a
good lump of butter or dripping, taking
care That they do not adhere at the bottom
season with salt and pepper, and when they
have colored, dredee flour over them, moist
set tho pan over the fro and lot them fn-
mix i'll yelk of egg and little vinegar, and
season with parsley chopped very fino.
SIMPLE WAY TO KEEP Raw TOMATOES.
Choose ripe tomatoes of good shape, and
place them carefully in large Jar, filling it
nearly to the top. Pour into the jar water
III which cooking salt has been dissolved to
the point of saturation, or until it will
bear al egg, and place on the tomatoes a
little piece Of wood weighted with stone.
to keep Thorn from floating.
In this way tomatoes keep perfectly for
several years, preserving their form, color
and taste. 70 uso them, soak out the salt
in fresh water. Petit .'ou,nal.
.PoTAro PUDDING. Cook in water two
quarts and g halt Of fine potatoes, and
mash them through fino colandcr. Mix
them then with a quarter pound of melted
butter and tho same quantity of powdered
sugar. When the mixture is thorough, add
six eggs beaten rs if for an omelette, a glass
Of brandy and quarter pound Of Zante
currants. Mix again, turn tho whole into
a cloth, tie it that the pudding may not es.
cape. Put it to cook in boiling water, boil
for quarter of an hour, take it out of the
cloth. Set it on dish, and serve it bath.
ed in a sauce made of a glass Of wine in
which sugar and melted butter have been
mingled.
PUTTING UP PICKLES. ono-halt
.bushel of cucumbers, more or less, and
put them in brine made in the proper.
ton of two gallons of water, to one and q
half pounds of salt: Let them remain
four days, then take them out and rinse
vel, in clean water. Then have ready
some good vinegar. Add the vinegar to thu
pickles.; put weight on, to keep then
under, and cloth which must. be wrune
out MS often as twice week, and rinsed il
clear water. More cucumbe.s and vinega1
Can be added as occasion requires. DON
use key or barrel that has ever had an,
kind of meat sailed in it.
RATIONALE OF CHuRN1Na.-A writer il
the Irish Farmers Gazette says: The "a
tionale of the process: of chnrning is OK
ceedingly simple. BY violently agitatint
the milk, the little capsules or bags con
tanning the butter are ruptured, and thei
contents becoming tree, agglomorate AM
ascend to the surface. During the opera
ton of churning, the friction raises tn
|.temperature of the liquid several degrees
and a considerable amount of atmosphere
air becomes mixed with the milk. The &C
ton OF heat and air on the sugar of mill
converts portion of it into sour sub
stance termed tactic acid, which latte
body, acting upon the casein, causes it Il
separate in the form Of curd.
Our young readers will find much inter
est and pleasure in the following expert
ment for changing the color of flowers:
Take q teaspoenful of. -four of sulphur
place it in an old saucer and set fire to
with common match. When it gets fairl
burning, take some high-colored flower
double ones are the best-and hold it abov
it, at such a distance as to prevent its bein
burnt by the flames of the sulphur, and tn
tips of the petals will be changed int
another colon: for instance, q double pun
pie dahlia will have the petals tipped wit
white, or double red one will becom
tipped with yellow, and if the flower is 81
posed long enough, the whole flower vii
become changed in color. Care must b
had not to inhale the fumes of the sulphu,
nor should it be done in the house, for
may fade the color of the curtains, paper
hangings, or furniture, besides filling th
house with unpleasant fumes.
SUGAR FOR HORSES. gentleman j
New York is the possessor of loo
horse, whose organ for appropriateness
so prominently active that he can
coaxed, but rarely driven against his vii
When the considerate owner enters the sts
bic the horse greets him with heart
whinny, his only language, which is equt
to cheerful expression Of delight. He
at once treated to lump Of loaf sugar
which the beautiful and sagRcious creatur
knows is usually carried in vest pocket
for he rubs his nose directly in there. O
Jumps. As two are invariably forthcomin
dence to the horse that his conduct aud g
forts were satisfactory. The sight Of
whip to that animal would be an insult an
an outrage to his aftectionate regard ft
one who looks carefully to his health, sect
rity and comfort. Such an instrument
barbarity does not belong to that goo
mans carriage, and may God speed the il
coming day when they will only be seen
museums, to illustrate the conditions {
countries that ultimately became Christian
lied.
TABLE MANNERS. To meet at the break
fast table father, mother, chii>.1en, all vel
ought to be happiness to any heart;
should be a source of humble gratitude
and should wake up the warnest feeling
OF our nature Shame upon the contemI
tible and low-bred cur, whether parent Q
table, where all the family have met i
health, only to frown, and whine, an
growl, and fret; it is primo .fdcie evidenc
Of q mean, aud grovelling, and selfish, an
degraded nature, whencesoever the chul
may have sprung: Nor is it less repreher
sible to make such exhibitions at the to
table; for before the morning comes som
OF the little circle may be' stricken Wit
some deadly disease, never to gather roun
that table again forever. '''1'
Children in good health, if left to them
selves at the table, become, after fe,
mouthfuls, garrulous and noisy; but
within ut all reasonable Or bearable ground
it is better to let them alone; they eat LEST
because they do not eat so rapidly as
compelled to keep silent, while the YER
exclamation Of spirit quickens tho circula
ton Of tho vital fluid, and energizes diget
ton ;xd assimilation. Tho extremes {
society curiously meet in this regard
The tables of the rich and mobiles c
England are models of mirth, wit an
bonhommie; it takes hours to &c
through a repast and they live long
If anybody will look in upon the negroe
Of a woll-to-do family in Kentucky, Will
at their meals, they cannot be but impress
ed with the perfect abandon of jaber, each
ination and mirth; it seems as if they coui
talk all day, and they live long, It follows
then, that at the family table all Shout
meet, and do it habitually, to make con
mon exchange of high-bred courtesies, {
warm affections, of cheering mirthfulnes
and that generosity of nature which lift
us above the brutes which perish, promo
tive Us these things ore OF good digestion
high health and q long life.-HaUs Jousna
HoMEoPATHY.-The sixth edition {
Hahneman's Organon, containing the pri,
ciples Of this science, has just appeared i
Germany, edited by the distinguished D,
Lutte OF Coethen, who enjoys the highes
and most lucrative practice of any Home
opathic physician in Europe. Its appear
ance has created profound sensation il