Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-07-14
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

their use. The rust occasioned by the
nails renders them less liable to disease.
A NEW ENGLAND farmer gives the fol
lowing as a remedy for film on an ami
mails eye: Pound and u alum into a
powder, making it as fine as flower. Fill
a common goose-qui1 partly full with it,
and from that blow it into the eye. But
if the eve is bruised by a blow, that is an
other matter, and the alum would proba-
bly, do. no good.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Oneida Dis
patch says: "To destroy the cuTrant
worms, go out at eight or nine O'Clock in
the evening and jar the bushes SO as to
throw the worms on the ground; DO THIS
three successive evenings when the worms
make their appearance. b will finish
them for the present season, and If every
body will do it for three successive years,
it will destroy the race"
CURIOUS HANGING BAsKET.-Procure a
large sized turnip and scrape the inside,
leaving a thick wall all round fill the
cavity with earth, plant in it some
clinging vine or morning glory. suspend
the turnip with cords, and in a little lime
the vines will Irvine around the strings,
and the turnip sprouting from below
will put forth leaves and stems that will
! turn upward and curl gracefully around
the base.
JOSEPH Harris, ESQ, in his Wallis
dnu 1dlh6 III Tx Il d4h4g IL eHS <LbsNf SONse
AoTfcultu7ist, says: mo matter what
branch of farming we discuss, either the
oretically or practically, we are brought
back to the old, old story that, as a basis
of successful operation, we must nave dry,
clean land. Everything must be directed
to this n point. We can do nothing
without it; we can do everything with it.
THE Massachusetts R0ughmdn, in reply
to an inquiry,a as to whether ashes will de-
compose bones, says: "The bones should
be pounded as finely as possible; then put
into O tight tank and the ashes put upon
them from time to time, and kept moist
by drawing out the I've fIom the bottom
Of the tank, and pouring it upon the
ashes" It thinks that this process will
result very satisfactorily in decomposing
bones.
A CORRESPONDENT of TILton's Journal
of Horticulture says that in all cases where
grating wax is generally used, it is better
to apply instead a clay paste, tempered
Il with fresh COW dung, to make it more ID
hesive. The least excess of tallow or oil
in the composition of the grating wax is
very deleterious-iS kills the wood as deep
as it strikes in, besides it is thus a worse
than useless. expense, and is very tedious
in application.
THE Canada Farmer says that the at
tacks of the apple tree borer may be pre-
vented by washing the whole trunk OF
| me Tree uD 10 hHu lnCluuluR LuC 1OIA6 vi
the main branches, with soft soap, or a
solution of potash. The alkali kills the
eggs or young grubs as soon as Matched.
Insects are endowed with wonderful in
stincts, and it is very doubtful whether
the parent beetle ever deposits eggs on q
tree that is covered with strong alkali.
To CURE GAPEs-Put one teaspoon
full of wheat into a vial and pour on spir.
its of turpentine sufficient to cover the
wheat, and keep the vial well corked
Whenever you find symptoms of gapes
} in q chick, open its mouth and compel il
to swallow N or W grains of the satu
| rated wheat. Repeat b operation morn
; ing and evening as long as may be need.
ed, and if commenced in time, it will cure
} nine times u of ten.-COr. Cincinnati
, Gazette.
W. D. GENTRY, of Nashville, says: "Ai
a telegraph operator and a type-setter, ]
would say to the public that, if in making
the letter I (capital) writers would put
under it the telegraph character repre-
senting that letter, which is two dots
: thus, :. operators and many type-setterl
would be enabled to distinguish l from j
; and avoid many annoying errors; and l
the public generally, and especially schoo
teachers, would adopt the suggestion, the
misfortune suffered by all who write tn
: English language would be removed"
FRIED BREAD.-Put into a common bis
cult pan a heaping ~teaspoonful of butter
and let it melt and spread owe the pan
, then take enough slices of bread (stal'
/, answers as well as any to cove the bot
tom of the pan, and make a mixture Il
dip them in by heating welltwo eggs and
/. pouring in milk enough to soak the bread
season it with a little pepper and salt
a make the bread quite moist; then lay in
, the butter and fry brown on one side, ant
!. if too soft to turn, put them in the oven
to brown on the top.
T If any poison is swallowed, drink in
| stantlv half q glass of cool water, with
l heaping teaspoonful each of common sal
4 and ground mustard stirred into it. Thii
vomits as soon as 1t reaches the stomach
!, But for fear some of the poison may re
/ main, swallow the white of one or two
eggs, or drink a cup of strong coffee
: these two being antidotes for a greater
? number of poisons than any other dozeI
of articles known, with the advantage o
their being always at hand; If not, a pin
r of sweet oil, lamp oil, drippings, melteC
. butter, or lard, are good substitutes, espe
cially if they vomit quickly.-AmaerFcG'
Housewife.
A RETIRED BAKERS RECIPE FOL
e BREAD.-Take an earthen vessel, large.
. at the top than at the bottom, put in on
: pint of warm water, one and half pound
: of -four, and half q pint of malt yeast
? mix well together and set away in a warn
place until it rises and falls again, which
: will be in from three to five hours. Thel
9 put two large s~poonsful of salt into tw'
quarts of water, and mix with the abov
rising; then put in about nine pounds O
s flour, and work it well let it rise unit
light; the make it into loaves. New an
runny flour requires one-fourth more sal
: than old and dry -four. Bake as o a
: light.
+ PEACH LEArHER.-Crush the peaches
o and force through a large colander o
o coarse sieve by rubbing until nothing bu
the skin and pits remain in the sieve, tn
juice and pulp having passed through
into a trough or receptacle. The skin
and pits are thrown away, and the pulp.
n substance poured and spread evenly upol
planed boards with raised edges, to avoit
its running of, or large sheet iron pans
which have been previously CREASED
e These are placed in an oven to dry. Whel
e the preparation is sufficiently hardened
. it is peeled off from the board or pan ant
n packed away for use. 1t is a deliciou
e nutritive, and healthy esculent, in its raw
state; can be used as sauce, for pies
n oakoa yRro O q uo1I oa the ordinary dria