The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-12-15
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

A TEAsPOoNFUL of common salt, dis
solved in water and drank each morning for
three successive days, is reported as sure
cure for fever and ague.
BAKED pple-dumplings are delicious
Make them as if for boiling in the usual
way; set them in a shallow pan; bake in
a hot oven, and serve with hard sauce
Mr.. WILLARD, in the RurM Ne1c Yorker,
says there is no root superior to carrots as
a feed for mich COWS in winter, when nice,
yellow, well favored butter is the object.
Ak exchange, discussing kerosene lamps,
says that ii the wicks are soaked in strong
vinegar for twenty four hours, and thor
Oughly dried before used, all smoke will be
avoided, the wicks will last longer, and in
creased brilliancy will be obtained.
TIE LAST Two POUNDs.-Do not kill
the turkeys until they are fat \ poor
bird is always slow of sale, even at low
price; while good one will sell much
quicker, and bring from three to five cents
a pound more. Reckon the last two
pounds at the extra price the turkey will
bring and every turkey raiser will see that
these two pounds bring him in nearer fifty
cents pound than twenty -five.-Erctdnge.
a LADY florist says, to grow very pref
ty vine from the sweet potato, put a tuber
in pure sand or sandy loam in hanging
basket and water occasionally. 1t will
throw out tendrils and beautiful leaves, and
will climb freely over the arms of the bas
ket aud upward toward the top of the Win
| dow. Not one visitor in hundred will
know it, but will suppose it to be some
rare foreign plant.
How many take wrong view of life,
and waste their energies and destroy their
nervous system in endeavoring to accumu-
late wealth, without thinking of the pres
/ cnt happiness they are throwing away. 1t
is not wealth or high station which makes
a man happy. Many of the most wretched
/ beings on earth have both but it is ra-
diant, sunny spirit, which knows how TO
bear little trials and enjoy little comforts,
and thus extracts happiness from every in
cident of life.
/ HALLS Journal Of Health urges rest
| from stimulating brain labor Insanity, it
says, always comes on with increasing
slecplessness, and the first step toward re-
covery is growing ability to sleep. Too
much business stimulates the brain; and il
this is continued too long the inevitable
results are either insanity, paralysis, or APP
oplexy Insanity is caused by too much
/ blood being in the arteries of the brain
paralysis is loss of power-the parts
! have worked SO much they can work no
more apoplcxy is where the vessels of the
brain are so full, so distended that they are
rupturcd The person who is kept up to
/ the working point by any artificial stimu-
liant runs dangerous risk of losing life or
: reason.
To CLEAN Rusty PLOw-Take a
/ quart of water and pour slowly into it half
pint of sulphuric acid (The mixture
will become quite warm from chemical &C
ton, and this is the reason why the acid
should be poured slowly into the water
rather than the water into the acid) Wash
the mould board Tor any other iron that is
rus,y) with this weak acid, and let it re-
main on the iron until it evapOrates Then
wash ii again. The object is to give time
for the acid to dissolve the rust. Then wash
with water and YOU will see where the
worst rusty spots are. Apply some more
acid and rub those spots with brick.
The acid and tie securing will remove
most of the rust Then wash the mould
board thoroughly with water to remove all
the acid and rub it dry. Brush it over
with petroleum or other oil, and let it be
until spring. When you go to plowing
take bottle of the acid water to the field
and apply it every bout TO any spots OF
rust that may remain. The acid and the
securing of the earth will soon make il
perfectly bright and smooth. If all iron
work be washed over with petroleum as
soon as we put our tools, implements, and
machines aside for the winter, it will kceI
them from rusting, and save a great deal
of trouble and annoyance, to say nothing
of depreciation and loSs.-American Ag' T.
cultu3i&.