Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-10-21
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GARDEN. Any HOUSEHOLDS.

FARM, GARDEN. Any HOUSEHOLDS,
COMFORTABLE quarters and good food are
OF more Importance in the management of
swine than is generally supposed. Salt and
sulphur in small quantities. prevents kid
ncy worm. and corn soaked in very strong
lye cures it. Hogs require sulphur, and in
tho winter season, carbon; it ia a good plan,
therefore, to supply them with soft coal in
the winter time, which contains both in
gredionts, and in the summer plenty of
wild mustard will all the bill: -
CARnors AND ON1oNs.-Out into thin slices
some carrots, aud one-third tho bulk of
onions, and fry them in tho pan, with q
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, dredge flour over them, moist
EN- with soup or with soup mixed with milk !;
set the pan over the fro and lot them 6n-
ish cooking; at the moment of serving
mix i'll yelk of egg and little vinegar, and
season with parsley chopped very fine.
SIMPLE WAY TO KEEP Raw TOMATOES. 49,
Choose ripe tomatoes Of good shape. and
place them carefully in a large jar, filling it
tASuA1y ~ VIC tOIe OuI HUI LAO lux W0tCT
in which cooking salt has been dissolved to
tho point of saturation, or until it. will
bear All egg, and place on the tomatoes q
little piece of wood weighted with stone,
TO keep them from floating. i 81, s-st
In this way tomatoes keep perfectly for
several years, preserving thor form, color
and taste. 10 uso them, soak out the salt
in fresh water.-IetH journal.
-PoTATo PUDDING. Cook in water two
quarts and halt of fine potatoes, and
mash them through a fine colandor. Nix
them then with quarter pound of melted
butter and the same quantity Of powdered
sugar.. When the mixture is thorough, add
six eggs beaten as if for an omelette a glass
of brandy and quarter pound Of Zante
currants. Mix again, turn the 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 sauce made of glass of wine in
which sugar and melted butter have been
mingled.
PUTTING Or Piioeax111s.!4Tale on,,o,-hali
-bushel of cucumbers, moro or less, and
put them in a brine made in the proper.
ton OF two gallons Of water, TO one and a
AAesAA PVSsAk&A9 0dIvs- ~ x1ot Gu6u x0UV1}U
fogr days, then take e. then ssH s o9t spd rinse
some good vinegar. Add the vinegar TO ths
pickles; put weight on to keep them
under, aud cloth which must hs wrunp
out as often as twice week, and rinsed in
clear water, More cucumbezs and vineas,
Y cam be added as occasion requires. Don't
nse . key or barrel that has ever Had any
| kind of meat sa1ted in il.
RATIONALE OF CHURnMo.-A writer in
the Irish Farmer g Gazette says: The IA.
tionalej Of the process; of chnrning is:ex
ceedingly simple. BY violently agitatine
the milk, the little capsules or bags con
tanning the butter are ruptnred, and thei,
contents becoming tree, agglomorate ant
+ ascend to the surface. During the opera
ton of churning,, the friction eraises tn,
J, Temperature of the liquid several degrees
and a considerable amount Of atmospheric
air becomes mixed with the milk. The ao
ton of heat and air on the sugar of mill
converts q portion Of it into 3 sour sub
stance termed tactic acid,: which latte
body, acting upon the casein, causes it K
separate In the form Of . curd. A'"l
OuR young readers will find much inter
est and pleasure in the. following; expert
ment for changing the color Of flowers: ;
Take @ ,teaspoenful Of Hour Of sulphur
place it in an old saucer and set fire Ii; ]
with common match. Whenit gets fairl,
burning, take some hgh-colored flower
i double ones are the best-and hold it abov,
i it. at such q distance as to prevent its beinl
burnt by the flames of tho sulphur. and tn
tips of the petals will be changed int
another color: for instance, q double pur
pie dahlia will have the petals tipped viii
white, or q double red one will becom,
tipped with yellow, and if the flower is OK
posed long enough, the whole flower vii
become changed in color. Care must b
had not to inhale the fumes Of the sulphur
nor should it be done in; the house. for i
may fade the, color of the curtains; paper
hangings, or furniture besides filing til,
house with unpleasant fumes. ~,
7 SUGAR FOR HoRsEs.-A gentleman 1,
New York is the possessor Of: q $1,O0
horse, whose organ for approbativeness
so prominently: active that he cam b
coaxed, but rarely driven against his viii
When the considerate owner enters the sta
bic the horse greets him with . heart,
whinny, his only language. which is equs
to cheerful expression of delight. He i
at once treated to lump Of loaf sugar
which the beautiful and ,sagacious creatur,
knows is usually carried in vest pocket
returning from drive he expects tv
Jumps. As two are invariably forthcomin,
when embarrassed, it is unmistakeable evi
dence to the horse that his conduct and 81
forts were satisfactory. The sight of
whip to that animal would be an insult an,
an, outrage to his afFeetonate regard 70
one who looks carefully to his health, secu
rity and comfort. Such an instrument o
barbarity does, not belong to that goo,
mans carriage, and may God speed the in
coming day when they will only be seen il
museums, to illustrate the conditions O
countries that ultimately became Christian
lied. 20, ...,....a ,.,.,.,, >: ....1..
1 TABLE MANNERS. = To meet at the break
fast table father, mother, children, ali Vel
ought to be: happiness: to any heart; j
should be source of humble gratitude
and should wake up the warmest: feeling
j Of our nature.'y Shame upon the contemp
tible and low-bred cur, whether parent o
child, that can ever come to the bfeakfas
table. where all the family, have met 1,
health, only to frown, and twhinef ant
growl, and fret; IT ii pi,imu tdcte evidenc,
! Of a. mean, and groyelling, and selfish, ant
degraded nature, whencesoever the chur
may have sprung: N6ri II less ;rreppirehen
siblo to make such exhibitiQns>at,t the te,
table; for before the morning comes some
Of the little, circle may b, stricken viii
some deadly disease e never r. gather rount
Children in good health, If left to- them
selves at the table, become, after o few
mouthfuls. garrulous and noisy; but /
| within ut all reasonable or bearahle ground,
it is better to let them alone; they eat less
because they do not eat so rapidly az j
compelled to keep silent, while the. very
exhilaration Of spirit quickens the circula
ton of the vital fluid, and energizes diRes
ton and assimilation The extremes o
society curi0usly meet in this regard -
The tables OF the rich: and mobiles o
England are models of mirth, wit ant
bonhommie;' it takes hours to re-
through a repast and they live long
II anybody will look in upon the negroes
Of w6ll-to-do family in Kentucky, whil'
OF their meals, they cannot be but impress
ed with the perfect abandon of jaber, each
ination and mirth; it seems as If they oouii
talk all day, and they live long: 1t follows
then, that at the family table all shoult
mon exchange of hi&h-bred courtesiss, o
and that generosity Of nature which lift
Us above the brutes which perish, promo
tive as these things ore OF good digestion
high health and long life.-l1aTs Journal
HoMRopArHY.-The sixth edition O
Hahneman's Organoa, containing the prin
ciples of this science, has just appeared i,
Germany, edited by the distinguished DR.
Lutte of Cethen, who enjoys the highes
and most lucrative practice Of any Home
opathic physician in Europe. Its appear
ance has created q profound sensation ir