Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-04-15
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


GAIN gotten with an i'll name is real
loss.
NEVER let day pass without an effort
to make some one happier.
Snow may be easily purchased, but
is homemade article.
RECLUsENEss has its uses. Men, like
trees, must stand far apart to grow large.
NEVER be above your calling, or be
afraid to appear dressed in accordance
with the business you are performing.
No man is more nobly born than
another unless he is born with better abili-
ties and a more amiable disposition. 9
AN eminent agriculturist says, "I had
rather leave to posterity 1000 trees than
$lO00-living groves than decaying man
slohs,"
THE direction in which plants twine is
not direct result of the position of the
sun in regard to them the French bean
turns from right to left the hop from left
to right, and the common bryony either
way.
RAZOR PAsTE.-Take putty powder l
o., oxalic acid Ii o., and honey enough
to mix with these so as to make stiff
paste. Apply to the strop, and wrap the
MENDINe BROKEN CHINA.-Diamond
cement for glass and china Is made in The
following inaiiner Take isinglass i Oh,
distilled water ozs., alcohol ~ ozs.,
warm in water bath till dissolved, and
strain the solution. Add, to the clear So
luton, while hot, milky ei,'ul-iou of gum
ammoniac 15oz, alcoholic solution of gum
mastic dracbms; this possesses great ad'
hesive qualities American
For worms in calves' windpipes, dis
ease most prevalent In dry summers, and
often occasioning great mortality, v. Fl
Hubbard, Rochester, VT, eomriun 'cates
the following remedy AsatGtida, three
ounces vinegar, one quart. Give each
calf a teaspoonful in each nostril every
third morning, taking care to hold the
head well up to prevent waste,
A WRITER In an exchange states thai
he cured cow that was badly afflicted
with the scours, ny the following remedy
One qiart of wheat -four tied tight in g
cloth, put into kettle of boiling water
and boiled three hours After it wa:
taken out and cooled, it was pounded fine
and given her to eat dry BY twice feed
ing her with this she was cured, ant
never troubled with it again. II is sale
to have been equally effectual in cases o
dysehtery with persons
INGRowiNa Tot NAIf,.-This paitfu
abnormal condition OF the toe.nail may
be cured by allowing the nail to continue
to grow without pairing it. The boot ol
shoe will depress the nail at the end as i
grows longet, which will gradually ele
vate it at the point, where it presses dpor
and into the soft tissues of the toe; thu
removing the irritation, the sore sooI
heals. This is far preferable to the rasl
and painful operation of tearing off thu
toenail with forceps.
In reply to an inquiry the American
AgriculturiSt says Potatoes, cabbages
beets, rhubarb, and radishes will not mi,
if planted near each other unless yol
raise seed. Corn shows the mixture tn
first season. Pumpkins, melons and Gu
cumbers do not mix with one another
the different varieties of each crop mi
readily, but the mixture does not gene
rally show itself in the fruit until tn
next generation. Varieties of beans an
peas mix more or less, probably by tn
agency of insects.
A CONTRIBUTOR to the Maine Fdrme
gives the following experience in reliey
ing choked cattle A year ago last fal
while driving drove of cattle to Brigt
ton, a heifer got choked with an apple
and was so far gone that she could hardl
stand. got pint of soft soap at hous
near by, which was rather thick, and
added little water, and poured it dow
,, her throat In five minutes she was wei
had never known this to fail of remoV
ing the obstruction either up or down i
short time.
EARLY AND LATE PLANTING. Pes
may be sown very early, even II the so
, is quite cold, as considerable frost or COO
{ nights will not injure them. Beans wi
rot if the soil is cold and wet-therefoI
wait until 1t is warm. Wheat, oats an
barley will do we'll if sown early, bl
keep the corn out of cold wet soil, or
will either rot or grow feeble. Onion
beets, solsify and parsnips should be SOW
early; carrots later; melons and cucun
bers still later. Plant all kinds of hard
trees and shrubs just as early as the so
is suitable, and the earth will become sc
tied about the roots by the time war
weather commences. A little haste
spring will usually prove Of great adval
.Age, before the close of the season, bl
be sure that it is properly applied. Hear
and Home.
: MoLAssEs CANDY.-One quart of m
lasses or sirup, two pounds of cofft
sugar, or one pound of brown and Il
same of crushed. Boil over a slow FIRE
a brass or porcelain kettle. Try it b
putting some in cup of cold water
when it is brittle, it has boiled enougl
Then take 1t out into buttered pan. Pr
1t on ice, or in cool place. When II
edge IS cold, the centre will be warn
then bring 1t In. Have buttered boar
to work it on. While you are working
the time to flavor it; work it till it is a
of the same degree of heat. Pull it on
hook until it is white. Now, handle
lightly, or it will be dark and hard Pu
II out in long string before you take
from the hook. Put it on the table, an
! when cold, break into such sized sticks ,
you please, You will have to work Eas
or 1t will be dark and hard Candy mad
this way is equal to sugar candy 10
change.
} A STRONG CEMENT FOR IRoN.-To fol
or five parts of clay, thoroughly drie
and pulverized, add two parts of iron fl
ings free from oxide, one part of peroxiC
OF manganese, one half of sea salt, an
one half of borax. Mingle thoroughly
and render as fine as possible; then n
duce to thick paste with the necessar
aH III Il. 4 n