The Plymouth Democrat., 1870-08-18

this mixture add three pounds of white |
sugar. Place in any suitable vessel to
ferment, substituting a piece of gauze |
neatly pasted on for stopper. After |
fermentation, loosely place the stopper in
Rack off and bottle it in October.
To HARDEN A PoKER.-The fire poker
by constant use, becomes soft, and is gen.
orally more or less bent. This arises
from its being left in the fire and becom-
ing hot, then being put on the fender,
where it slowly cools an operation which
sottens the best Steel When a poker has
thus become soft and bent, it NAV be
again hardened by making it hot again
two or three times, and plunging it every
time that it is hot into pail of cold wa
ter The rapidly cooling Of steel makes
it again hard.
MANY men are supposed to be self
taught. No man was ever taught in any
other way. Do you suppose a man is a
bucket to be hung on the well of knowl-
edge and pumped full? Man is a crea-
ture that learns by the exertion OF his
own faculties. There are aids to learning,
of various kinds; but, no matter how
many OF these aids man may be sur
rounded by, after all, the learning is that
which he himself acquires And, whether
he be in college or out of college, in school
or Out Of school, every man must educate
himself. And in our times and our COM
munity every man has the means G doing
it. hgchaaage.
RAW TOMATOEs.-The almost universal
popularity Of the tomato has led to a
great variety of ways of eating it. Proba-
bly, more are consumed raw than in any
other way. The manner Of dressing them
varies greatly. Some use only vinegar
and salt. Others, vinegar, salt and oil,
and others again, vinegar and sugar. We
often see them served with reguler salad
dressing, but the general way is to place
them upon the plate plain, and allow each
one to prepare them to suit his own fan
cy. They are usually sliced with theil
skins on, but those who are very particu
lar about such matters scald and pee
them before slicing, and tie slices are pu
with pieces of ice to cool them and restore
, their firmness. Tomatoes, when eater
raw, show the qualities of the differen
varieties better than when cOoked.-Aaaer
, scan Agriculturist.
How TO Treat KICKING Cows
friend told us the other day of metho(
of treatment that he had found successful
in curing COWS of the habit of kicking
while being MIXED. It is as follows A
the COW stands in the stancheon, he put
q bullring in her nose, throws the rop
attached TO the ring over beam or CIR
l above the head Of the COW, and drawini
her head as high as possible without rails
> ing her feet from the floor, makes fast tn
end of the rope. The cow cannot kic
while standing in this strained position
: and the milking process is then cOnducte
: gently and rapidly. AS soon as she learn
that she has nothing to fear from th
I mixer, but everything to fear from th
S ring-aEd this knowledge she is said t
d acquire rapidly-she is cured of her dist
a greeable habit. A young heiter may ofte
4 be thus cured by single application
d Prairie Farmer.
T GRAHAM MUsH-Faith Rochester say
T in American Ag'iculturist: Does an,
: bOiy want TO know how to make Grahal
r. mush? There are people who raise th
? best Of wheat, year sfter year, and live o
. fine flour always, and have no idea hO'
. sweet, as well as healthful, the unbolteC
! or Graham flour is. Make Graham mus
:. as you do corn-meal hasty pudding, sif
4 ing the meal with your hand slowly ini
! boiling water, stirring briskly meanwhil
. A few minutes boiling seems to cook
= sufficiently, though many cook it longe
; Sweetened cream is an excellent dressin
: for it, and then if you add fresh berries
9 well, just try it! Many persons like
. with unsweetened cream or milk, as the
= eat hasty-pudding Wheaton grits al
. usually bought in pap.r parcels wit
' directions for cooking They are tn
wheat kernels with the outer woody fbe
stripped off, and are excellent, especial
. for persons with iDflamed stomachs wh
cannot bear the bran Of Graham.
8 ASHES A SPECIFIC FOR FRUIT TREE
:, DR. George B. Wood, of Philadelphia
t. has communicated 10 the American Phi
e osophical Society, Of which he is Pres
: dent, the results of experiments made
h him, which indicate that unleached woo
! ashes applied around peach and appl
IS trees give them renewed life and activit,
e and greatly promote vigorous bearing
If Decaying trees hsve been wonderful
IS stimulated into healthy growth by diggin
t. four or five inches deep around the baS
d of the stem, scraping away the worm
d and filing the hollow thus made Wit
V fresh wood ashes. This was done in th
t, fall Of 1868, and the following spring the
II put forth bright, green leaves, and bol
d a crop of fruit lar exceeding anythin
J. they had done previously. All of h
@ orchards SO treated give promise
o great crops Of fruit also this presel
o season.