Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-05-20

in consistency, and when cool IL Is better
than pudding made with eggs, as there
is no watery whey. Essence Of lemon OF
raisins are an improvement American
AgricuJturist
THINNING OF FRUTTs.--In urging the
necessity Of thinning crops of fruits, Mar.
shall 7. Wilder in an article In the Jour
nal Of Horticulture says one Of two farm.
ers near Boston always thins his nuits
the other neglects this. The first sells his
Baldwin apples at 81 80 per barrel. the
latter receives less than SO so. He thinks
the danger, when there Is large crop of
the young fruit, is in not thinning enough
rather than in over doing.
To gild q silver silk thread, gold or all.
yer leaf Is rubbed on stone like paint
honey being the hest substance to mois.
ten lt-until reduced to fine powder
The silk thresd is soaked or boiled ia q
solution OF Chloride of zinc, and, after be-
ing. wsshet', Il Is boiled In water with
which the gold or silver powder has been
mixed. When washed and dried, IL will
be found coated with fine layer of gold
or silver, which may even be polisbed in
the usual manner This method has been
patented In England ErchdnQe.
To SOFTEN HARD PurTY.-Break the
".
a small portion of linseed oil, ard water
sufficient to cover the putty; boil this in
an iron vessel for about ten minutes, and
stir 1T when hot The oil will mix with
the putty. Then pour the water off and
IL WIN be like fresh made. For removing
hard putty from a window. sash, take a
| square piece Of iron, make the same red
not, and run 1t along the putty till it gets
soft. The putty will peel off without in
! juring the wood work. Concentrated lye,
made of lime and alkali, will affect ihe
wood and make it rot quicker
SOMETHING ABOUT Milk -PAn,s-Milk-
pals grow yellow by standing, and always
before being used in the spring should be
secured with clean water and clean sand
When used, they should be always scald.
ed at least once a day in boiling water
and then wiped with cloth wrung out Of
hot water as dry as possible. There
should be one cloth used alone for this
purpose. They should be laid on the
side, and not bottom up, to dry and every
thing that could possibly give them the
least tsint or semblance of anything mo-
perfectly clean, should be most carefully
kept from them.-Hedrth and Home
WHEN SHOULD PIas BE WEANED 3
Eight weeks old is the best age. Sever
WIN W. luCy DcCDitlt
to food such as is ordinarily given to hog
before weaving, and then there will be NJ
need of any loss in growth by the loss o
the mothers milk. If they are at all in
clined to scour, one of the best prevent
ives is an occasional days feed of who'll
corn, or few kernels with their sthe
, food each day. They should have all the,
: will eat, and even it the farmer is mde
3 the necessity of buying corn TO keep then
3 along till his own harvest Is ready in tn
! fall, the growth will generally pay a
least fifty per cent. over and above tn
cost.-HeGrth and Home
CEMENT FOR FASTENING INSTRUMENT
IN HANDLEs.-A material for fastenin
: knives or forks into their handles, whe
y they have become loosened by use, is
D much needed article. The best cement 70
4 this purpose consists Of one pound (
e colophony (purcbasabie at the druggist'i
: and eight ounces of sulphur, which are {
i be matted together and either kept in baI
a or reduced to powder. One part of til
r powder is to be mixed with half qual
T of iron dlings, fine sand or brickdust an
: the cavity OF the handle is then to be tile
, with this mixture. The stem of the knil
4 or fork is then to be heated and inserte
0 into the cavity; and when cold it will b
d found fixed in its place with great tenac
n ty-ErcbdHQe