The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-09-03
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
USEFUL RECIPES ETC.


IF you wish to become bald headed,
Wear q hat OF cap all the tims. Sleep in d
close night-cap, and Keep. the haif well
sOpped with any fatty oil or tallow you
can buy. To expedite matters, battle
with liquors, bay rum, &c; but 6escare Of
clean soater and soap.
ALL decently. inclined persons should
use toothbrush daily, Nothing can be
more conducive to health. We have heafd
people 6rtg that they never cleaned their
teeth in their lives" Such an admission
Is just as cfeditable to themselves as an
assertion that they never washed their
toes, nor small-toothed their haif@Et-
change.
BiAcKBERRi WMf.-Pouf boiling wa
ter over your berries; let them stand until
cold; then flash the Berries, stfain through
a cloth, and add two pounds OF sugar to
every gallon mix sugar and juice thor
oughly and let it stand for eight days !;
then strain again; dissolve an ounce OF
isinsla:s to SIX gallons wine, and mix In
before setting away fof tise.--Assadngs.
PRESERVING Gonna lady sends the
following recipe to the Farmers Club:
hMt method Is to cut from the cob and
put it down IN large stone Jars, two fourths
corn and one of salt, by measure mix well.
We Lave no trouble at all in keeping it
good all the year round in that way" An
other Contributor saws "There is as much
difference between corn scfaped from the
cob and that cut from the cob as there Is
between corn starch and an ordinary hasty-
pudding. / have tried several ways, and
find it really delicious only when it is
sstared from the cob Immediately after it
Is husked: Then put It IN dishes about the
stove and ovens and dry as sooh as posi-.
b1e."
TcMsssss i REARING RsE.-When-
ever you perceive noises inclination TO
rear, separate your reins and prepare tor
him. The instant he Is about 70 rise slacken
one hand aud bend or twist his head WITH
the other, keeping Joott hsttds low; This
bending compels him to move hind leg,
and of necessity brings his fore feet down.
Instantly twist him completely round two
or three times, which will confuse him
yery much, and completely throw him off
Ills guard. The moment you have finished
twisting him around, place his head I'D the
direction you wish to proceed, apply tie
spurs and he will not fail to 60 forward.
CRUSHING AND DRAWING STRoKEs.-
Every edge-tool will operate most effec-
lively when it is welded with drawing
stroke. A person may press his bare hand
On tile keeii edge, Of q razor without cut
ting tie skin, But let, the Hgnd OF the
fazof be drawn on tftfe, while pressure
is being applied, and Tie Quilting edee viii
enter with far less pressure. As many
cutting instruments must be worked with
crushing stroke, it is of great impor
ance that the cutting edge be brought to
IS Perfect en- edge as practicable, by means
of q fine gritted oil-stoife. &tes, chisels;
planes, and the knives of most straw-cut-
tiers, are all operated with a crushing
stroke. Consequently, after such edge
tools have been ground on a coarse grind
stone, the edge should be rubbed up with
aii oil-stofie Until the cutting edge is as
sharp as the edge Of an excellent Erife:~
Hearth and Home.
To PRESERVE QuINcEs.-The orange
ounce is the best to preserve. Peel and
core the ounces, weigh pound of crushed
and eofes Into q kettle with just water
enough to cover them. Let this simmer
about two hours; then strain the liquor,
put it back into the kettle, and put in as
many ounces as the liquor will cover; boil
them until they are tender take them out
and put them ON fat dish to cool; put
in more until they are boiled, then pitt the
sugar in, and let it boil until it becomes
syrup; then put in as many ounces as
the syrup will cover; let them boil about
thirty minutes; put them on flat dish to
cool: and then more until they are all
Joiled then bell the syrup until all the
water Is boiled out of it: When the
duinces are cool, put them into the jars
and strain the syrup while 1t is hot Though
very fine sieve on the quinces.-INrs.
Putnam's Recipe Book.
PLAsTER.-Abraham Broad, of New
jersey furnishes the Farmers Club with
the following bit of experience: "One of
my farmers planted corn in field, forty
planted myself The night before plant
ed put the seed to soak in warm water
and rolled it in plaster while planting.
remember of getting an ear last March,
near Newark, of friend. l planted the
ear dry without plaster, planting directly
across the forty rows, and where the
ground was as good as any. This morn
ing / called the attention of the farmer to
it. There had been no plaster put upon
any since planting, and we decided that
there was almost half difference, that
which was rolled almost twice as large, of
a good healthy color, the other having a
sickly yellow shade. The soil is heavy
clay loam."
CHANGING THE Color OF Flowers
Our youpg readers will find much interest |
and pleasure in the following experiment !
for the above purpose: Take teaspoon
full of -four of sulphur, place it in an old |
saucer, and set fire to it with a common |
match; when it gets fairly burning, take
some high-colored flower-double ones are |
the best, such as a double Dahlia or
double Zinnia-and hold it above it, at |
such a distance as to prevent its being |
burnt by the flame of the sulphur, and the
tips of the petals will be changed into
another color; for instance, double pur-
pie Dahlia will have the petals tipped
with white, or double red one will be-
come tipped with yellow, and if the flower
is exposed long enough, the whole flower
will become changed in color. Care must
be had not to inhale the fumes of the sui
phur, nor should it be done in the house,
for it may fade the color of the curtains,
or furniture, besides filling
The house with unpleasant fumes. On the
piazza or some sheltered place in the open