The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-22
Agricultural.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

ney worm. and corn soaked in very strong
I've cures IL. Hogs require sulphur, and in
the winter season, carbon; IL is n good plan,
therefore, to supply them with soft coal in
the winter time, which contains both in
gradients, and in the summer plenty of
wild mustard will fill the bill.
OARRors AND ON1oNs.-Cut into thin slices
some carrots, and one-third the bulk of
onions, and fry them in the pan, with n
good lump of butter or dripping, taking
care that they do not adhere at the bottom;
season with saltand 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 fire aud let them fn-
ish cooking; ut the moment of serving
mix in yelk of egg and n little vinegar, and
season with parsley chopped very fine.
SIMPLE WAY TO KEEP Raw TOMATOES.
Choose ripe tomatoes of good shape, and
place them carefully in n large jar, filling IL
nearly to the top. Pour into the jar water
in which cooking salt has been dissolved to
the point of saturation, or until il will
bear an egg and place on the tomatoes II
little piece of wood Weighted with q stone,
to keep them from floating.
In this way tomatoes keep perfectly for
several years, preserving their form, color
and taste. To use them, soak out the salt
in fresh water. -PdH journal.
PoTAro PUDDING Cook in water two
quarts and q halt of fine potatoes, and
mash them through a fine colnnder. Mix
them then with n quarter pound Of melted
butter and the same quantity of powdered
sugar. When the mixture is thorough, add
six eggs beaten M If for an Omelotte, n glass
of brandy and a quarter pound Of Iante
currants. Mix again, turn the whole into
u cloth, tie it that the pudding may not ca
cape Put IL TO cock in boiling water, boil
for quarter of an hour, take il ont of the
cloth. Set II on a dish, and serve IL bath.
ed in n sauce made Of a glass of wine in
which sugar and melted butter have been
mingled.
PUTTING UP PICKLES. Take ono-half
bushel Of cucumbers, more or less, and
pnt them in n brine made i'm the proper
lion Of two gallons of water, to one and q
half pounds of salt. Lot them remain
-four days, then take them out and rinse
well in clean water. Then have ready
some good vinegar. Add the vinegar TO the
pickles; put n weight ON 10 keep them
undir, II n cloth which must be wrung
out ~ often % twice n week, and rinsed in
clear water. More cucumbers and vinegar
can be added Az occasion requires. Don't
use a key or barrel that has ever had any
kind of meat sailed In it.
RlrGoNALE or CHURNINd.- "A writer In
the Irish Farmers Gazette says: The ra-
tiOndk Of the process Of churning is ex.
ceodingly simple. by violently agitnting
the milk, the little capsules or bags con
tanning the butter are ruptured, and their
contents becoming free, agglomorate and
ascend to the surface. During the opera
ton Of churning, the friction raises the
temperature Of the liquid several degrees,
and a considerable amour of atmospheric
air becomes mixed with tho milk. The nc
ton Of heat and mir on tho 4 of milk
converts n portion of IL into n sour sulf-
stance termed Tactic acid. which latter
body, acting upon the c%asein, causes it 10
separate in the form Of n curd.
Dun Young readers will find much inter-
oBt and pleasure in the following expert
ment for changing the color of flowers:
Take n %teaspoonful of flour of sulphur,
place il in an old saucer and set fire to IL
with n common match. When IL gets fairly
burning, take some high-colored flower
double ones ARE the best-and hold il above
it, ut such n distance as TO prevent its being
burnt by the flames OF the sulphur, and the
tips of the petals will be changed into
another color for instance, q double pur-
pie dahlia will have the petals tipped with
white, or n double red one will become
tipped with yellow, and if the flower is ex-
posed long enough, tho whole flower will
become changed in color. Care must be
had not TO inhAle the fumes of the sulphur,
nor should IL be done in the house, for il
may iade the color of the curtains, paper
~hangings, or furniture, besides filling tho
house with unpleasant fumes.
SUGAR FOR HoRsEs.-A gentleman in
New York is the possessor of a $1,000
horse, whose organ for appropriateness is
80 prominently active that he can be
coaXed, but rarely driven against his will.
When the conBiderate owner enters the sta
BILE the horse greets him with a hearty
whinny, his only language, which is equal
to n cheerful expression of delight. He is
Mt once treated 10 a lump of loaf sugar,
which the beautiful and sagacious creature
knows is usually carried in q vest pocket
for he rubs his nose directly in there. On
returning from a drive he expects two
Jumps. As two are invariably forthcoming
when embarrassed, it il unmistakeable evil
dence 10 the horse that his conduct and eff
forts were satisfactory. The sight of II
whip 10 that animal would be an insult and
an outrage to his afleotionate regard for
one who looks carefully to his health, secu-
rity and comfort. such an instrument of
barbarity does not belong to that good
mans carriage, and may God speed the in
coming day when they will only be seen in
museums, TO illustrate the conditions of
countries that ultimately became Christian
lied.
Table MANNERS. TO meet Mt the break
fast table father, mother, children, all well,
ought to be happiness 10 n heart; il
should be a source Of humble gratitude,
and should wake up the wermest feelings
OF onr nature, Shame upon the contemp-
tible and lOw-bred cur, whether parent or
child, that can ever come 10 tho breakfast
table, whore all the family have met in
health, only to irown, and whine, and
grOwl, and fret; il il prinla facie evidence
of a mean, and groyelling, aud selfish, and
degraded nature, whencssoever the churl
may have sprung. Nor il il less reprehen-
sible to make such exhibitions at the tea
table for before the morning comes some
of he little circle may be stricken with
deadly disease, never TO gather round
that table again forever.
Children in good health, if left to them,
BEL yes Mt the table, become, after n few
mOuthinls, %garrulous and noisy; but If
within at all reasonable on bearable grounds
II in better 10 let them alone; they eat less,
because they do not eat 80 rapidly az il
compelled to keep silent, while the very
eEhilantion Of spirit quickens the c%ircula-
ton Of the vital Auid, and energizes diRes-
ton me assimilation. The eXtremes of
society curiOusly meet in this regard -
The tables OF the rich aud mobiles of
England are models of ninth, wit and
bonhommie; it takes hours 10 get
through n repast and they live long.
II anybody will look in upon the negroes
Of n well-to-dO family in Kentucky, while
at their meals, they cannot be but Impress
ed with the perfect abandon of jaber, each
nation and mirth; it seems az il they could
talk all day, and they live long. II follows,
tlan that % iha E,p,fIy t,i1a IN ,I-.Ii /