Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-09-17
AND HOUSEHOLD.
USEFUL RECIPES. ETC.

"ETERNAL vigilance " is the only sure
preventive of weeds
SOAKING seed-wheat in brine is said TO
be a preventive against smut. ..4i
1T is better TO spend an hour hanging
loose doors and gates than in hanging
round taverns and stores
HoT milk has been very successfully
tried in Bengal as a remedy for diafrhea.
A letter from resident spys that. pint
every four hours viii check the most VIC.
lent diarrhea, stomach ache, incipient
cholera, or dysentery. Half pint every
meal generally reduces gradually and
pleasantly any ordinary diarrhca.
DIR BUcKNGHAM has an article in the
| Medical and Surgicdl Journal, in which he
recommends strongly the use of ripe fruit
particularly peaclIes, for ordinary diarrhea
| and dysentery sometimes with, sometimes
interchangeable, as the presence or absence
liof pain dictates He says he had just pre-
scrtbed quart of peaches day for a pa
t.tient
| PLACE bone in the earth near the root
tof d grape vine and the vine will send
out leading root directly to the bone. In
Tits passage IL throws out no fbers-but
when it reaches the bone, the root will en-
tirely cover il with most delicate fibers,
| like lace, each one seekinga pore of the
bone. On this bone the vine will continue
to feed ms long as nutriment remains to be
xtracted.-ErchdRge.
MoRE horses are killed by. hard riding
and driving than are worn out by hard
work although too many are worked to
death 1t is strange that horse owners will
not see their own interest in taking better
care of so valuable an animal. A horse
should never be put to the road without
| having his feet examined to see that the
| shoeing is all right. BE careful about
watering when the horse is warm. Rub
his legs well after every days work. Stock
Jarrndt.
A CURE FOR PoLL-EvIL. The follow.
| ing recipe is furnished TO the Farmers
Club by IA resident of Genesce County, N.
Y: "Take handful of pine and steep 1t
| in fresh butter until II becomes crispy;
strain it; add teaspoonful of the oil of
peppermint to half u pint of the butter
! when cool; take piece as large as n
small walnut and put into each car, taking
care to keep it closed until melted. In q
| few days it will effect cure 1t is also n
| good remedy for horse distemper. Note-
| The orificc should be kept clean by wash
ing with soap-suds."
| How to preserve ice for q considerable
|
especially the sick room, is told by an ex-
change. Make two bags of stout wooden
| fabric; the outer bag should be made at
| least two inches wider each way than the
| inner one. After placing one bag inside
the other, stuff feathers between the two,
and sew the bags together at the top. Put
u block of ice into bag ofths description,
and it will be preserved for nearly week,
lwhcn, under exposure, il will melt in less
/ than an hour.
| INFLUENCE OF LTGHT UPON PLANTS
The influence Of light upon plants has
always been well known, and recently
some experiments made in France gives
us some further knowledge of its influence
in its less obvious phases. A climbing
plant placed in dark place continued to
grow, but did not twinc in the usual spiral
convolutions. 1t grew straight up in the
dark; but when replaced in the light, il
recommended to twine as usual. The eX-
pertinent was repeated several times, and
always with the same results, thus show
that light was essential to its power OF
twining-Hedifh di,d Home.
i a WASHING FLUID.--Jennie Il. Hazen
in Western RuTd recommends the follow.
ing formula: "Tabe one pound of sa
soda and half II pound of unslaclled
lime and put them in a gallon ol
water, boil twenty minutes, let it stand
till cool, then drain off and put in
II small jug or jar; soak your dirty clothes
over night, or until they are wet through,
then wiring them, and rub on plenty OF
soap, and with water add one teacupful of
the washing fluid boil half an hour OF
more, rinse, and your clothes will look bet
ter than by the old way of washing twice
before boiling. This is an invaluable
recipe, and every poor, tired woman
should try it.