Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-04-28
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

SWEET are the uses Oh duNSIsibyJ pul
q very little goes q good way.
SoRRow can never wholly fill the heart
that is occupied with others welfare.
melancholy is rebellion.
PoTAToEs FOR BREAKFAsT.-Take the
mashed potatoes left from dinner the day
before, mix them smooth with a little hot
milk and butter, put them by spoonfuHs
n an iron biscuit-pan previously heated, l.
and brown them in a hot oven. They are
light and nice.
To REMOVE OLD IRON MoULD.-It is
recommended that the part stained should
be remoistened with ink, and this re-
moved by the use of muriatic acid diluted
with five or six times its weight of water,
when it will be found that the old and
new stain will be removed simultaneously.
To RAISE hickory trees, pillow the
ground and plant the hickory nuts in rows
five feet apart. Sow the nuts thickly at
first, and thin them out as they become
crowded. Plant in autumn, and fresh
nuts, for those too well dried will not
grow. Cultivate the trees for two or
three years, or until they begin to shade
the ground. i
SHOULDER OF MUTToN.-A shoulder of
mutton, weighing about six pounds, re-
quires n o and a half to roast; If
stuffed, a quarter of an hour longer. Be
fore cooking it, take out the bone, and fill
Liz 6PoCC Will q IL OOA6k Va b4(60 4
crumbs, pepper, salt, parsley, sweet mar
joram, one egg, and a small piece of but
ter mixed together.
> POLISH FOR PATENT LEATHERG Goods
Take half a pound ofmolasses or sugar, one
ounce of gum arabic, and two pounds of
ivory black boil them well together, then
let the vessel stand until quite cooled, and |
the contents are settled after which, bot
tie off. This is an excellent. revlver, and
may be used as a backing IN the ordinary
way, no brushes for polishing being re-
required.-ScientJfc AneTIcdn.
BLEEDING from the nose is always re-
garded as an unwelcome event, yet, in the
opinion of DR.. Hall, it always is benef-
cial, preventing headache or more serious
illness, and sometimes arFesting apoplexy
and sudden death. Therefore it should
not be Immediately arrested. When the
nose threatens to bleed excessively, it can
sometimes be arrested by putting the feet
in hot water, or by applying a mustard
plaster between b shoulders.
SALT AS A MANURE.-A subscriber of
the Maine Farmer, a most careful and ex-
emplary farmer, purchased last spring a
large quantity of damaged salt for dress
ing. 1t was applied to grain and root
crops at the rate of ten bushels to the
acre, being spread broadcast after the.
gram was sowed, and narrowed in. Its
A4 -
peciaIy upon a crop of peas, although
the gentleman says he believes him.
self that he used alarger quantity than
was necessary.
THE CASTOR BEAN.-The California
Farmer says: Thus far, all who have
raised the Castor~Bean-who have given
it proper care and attention@have made
it a very profitable CROP 1t should be
borne in mind that the1arge bean does not
4~o- Groo1v, 4Aa enoo1 Tnfr.Aio haan nrQapc
without trouble and is easily gathered.
There is a market now for all that can be
raised, and there should be no delay in
planting. If there were one thousand
acres planted nov, IN addition to all that
has been planted, there is a ready market
for the crop.
A CELLAR ELL-A writer in Hearth
and Home says: "Idug the well in my
cellar IN the usual way until "a good sup
up about three feet making a good reser-
voir ; then inserted a IL inch galvanized
iron pipe, placed some fiat stones over the
well, and filed in even with the cellar
bottom with dirt. The pipe leads directly
to the sink, where a good iron pump Is at
tached-esThe advantages are, pure water,
absolutely free from insects or Vermin
and all surface rubbish, and a saEingsof
the expense of stoning up to the surface.
am very much pleased with the plan"
How MUCH SALT Is ENoUGH-In Eng
land it is ascertained by experience that
sheep require half a pound week, which
Is twenty eight pounds, or half a custom.
house bushel per annum; cows require a
bushel and a half per annum; young cat
tie, a bushel draught horses and draught
cattle a bushel colts and young cattle,
from three peaks to a bushel each per an
mum. It is also customary to use, in cur
ing a ton of hay, ten or fifteen pounds of
NEVER I'LL kerosene lamps after dark,
but always in day time. Never allow a
lamp to be placed on a mantle-piece,
whether the room has a CRATE or stove
fire, as the heat of the same will caus
the oil to be more inflammable, and more
liable to explode when lighted. 1t is a
common practice in factories to have their
lamps hung on wire from the ceiling;
they should be removed when not in use,
as the heat of the stove ascends towards
the ceiling, the effect being the same as in
the second suggestion. Do not allow the
wick to get baked Dr. crusty; trim it-fre-
quently.
For diptheria in fowls, take half an
ounce of tincture of myrrh, n drachm
powdered borax, one drachm powdered
chlo-ate of potash dissolve the borax
and chlorate of potash in three and a half
ounces of hot water, and when cold, put
in a vial, and add the tincture of myrrh /;
apply this solution p~lentifully, with a
feather or camel's hair brush, three or four
times a day, to the mouth and throat, and
rub the outside sores with some cooling
ointment. An ointment made from white
wax one part, lard four parts, is very
good but much better is some medicated
salve, such as many keep by them for
burns, scalds, Sores, etc.-Erchdn9e.
How TO SECURE Coop OATS FOR SEED.
"A correspondent of the Country Gentle
man says q Place your oats in a heap on
the middle of the threshing floor, on the
end that the wind blows to. Get you a
milking stool and a small scoop-yeur
wife's flour scoop will do-and throw the
oats, with a light turn of the wrist, to the
other end of the floor, against a gentle
wind. A little practice will soon enable
you to throw it in a half circle, and at the
same distance. Sweep off now and then
if you have much,-the utmost circle of
seed, the light oats for feed, and the weed
seed to burn. You will now have seed
oats worthy to SOW, without buying at So
per busheL. / have seen oats grown in
Sweden until I was forty years old, but l
never saw a heavy crop where the seed
was not selected as above"
MANURE AND CUT-W oRMs.-Farmers
and gardeners suffer more or less every
spring from the depredations of cut
WOrma upon their vOunp nlants. cabbapeS.