The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-01-07
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC,

THE latest remedy for dyspepsia is
popped corn. 1t is as well to mention
that the popped corn is declared to be use
less as a REMEDY if the patient uses to-
bacco.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Country Gen.
tlcman kills Canada thistles by covering
them with straw twenty inches or two
feet deep, and leaving it until noted down.
PROF. ]. B. TURNER, of Jacksonville,
ILL.,. one of the pioneers in the work of in
PRODUCING the Usage orange as q hedge
plant, now advises setting the plants only
four or five inches apart.
SOME one says that cows temper can
be determined by breathing, in her nose.
When you have breathed q few times in
her nostrils, if she is kind she will hold
up her nose; otherwise she win catch it
away.
RECENT experiments have shown that
squills is an excellent poison for rats.
The powder should be mixed with some
fatty substance, and spread upon slices of
bread. The pulp of onions is also good
Rats are very fond of either.-Journd de
Chimie. JEr
A CORRESPONDENT the Prairie Farmer
estimates the shiinkage of hogs, or the
difference between the live and dead
weight of well fattened hog, at a little
less than one seventh of the gross weight.
He has made several test on the average
of lot d 80 or 40 hogs
GLYCERINE and lithsge, mixed into a
paste, furnish an extremely firm cement
for iron and stone, asFwell as fastening
iron to iron, and is said to be particu larly
adapted to fixing iron In stone: as for rail-
ways, etc. The material hardens very
quickly, and must therefore be used at
once. l. is insoluble ia water, anda only
attacked by concentrath acids. Ay-ticles
joined with it can be used in q very few
hours afterward.
To STEAM A TuRKEy-Fill the body
with oysters, and let it boil by steam with
out any water. When sufficiently done,
take it up, strain the gravy that VIII be
found in the pan, and which, when cold,
will be fine Jelly; thicker it with little
flour and buttef, add the liquor of the
oysters intended for sauce, also stewed,
and warm the oysters up in it; whiten it
with a little boiled cream, and pour it over
the turkey.
To Fry OYsTERA-Take fifty large fresh
oysters, and dry them well, have six fresh
eggs well beaten together with plenty of
pepper and salt, have two pounds of good
butter crackers pounded and well sifted !;
then dip one oyster At time in the eggs,
and roll them in the crackers, and lay
hsvs e. on yod ca S9q fo ~ o NO.
again. Fry in good butter and fresh lard,
halfand- half; quick fire; . light brown.
A coRRxsPofDEkr Of the Rochester Er-
press says that, in order to prevent the
currant. caterpillar from destroying the
foliage of currant bushes, 1t is only neces.
sary to mulch thoroughly all the ground
under the bushes with anthracite coal
ashes This should be done late in the
autumn or early in the spring. When the
pupa endeavors to make its way to the
surface, to change into fly, it cannot
come through the coarse, sharp, gritty
ashes, and perishes in the attempt.
How TO CLEAN LAMP CHIANEYs.-
Most people in cleaning lamp chimneys
use either brush made of bristles twisted
into wire, or rag on the point of scis-
sors. Both of these are bad for, without
great care, the wire or scissors will scratch
the glass as diamond does, which, under
the expansive power of heat, soon breaks,
as all scratched glass will. If you want a
neat little thing that costs nothing, and
will save half your glass, tie a piece of
soft sponge, the size of your chimney, to
a pine Western Rural
A New WHTEwAsH FOR WALLS, re.
commended by the Boston Journal q
Chemistry, is as follows: Soak one-fourth
of a pound Of glue over night in tepid
water. The next day put it into tin YES
sci with quart of water, set the vessel in
q kettle of water over the fire, keep il
there till it boils, and then stir until the
glue is dissolved. Next put from six to
eight pounds of Paris white into another
vessel, add hot water and stir until it has
the appearance of milk of lime Add the
sizing, stir well, and apply in the ordinary
way while still warm. Paris white is sui.
plate of baryta, and may be found at any
drug or paint store.
A CHEAP PAINT FOR FENCES, ETC
Two quarts of skim-milk, eight ounces O.
4 fresh Stacked lime, six ounces o.
boiled linseed-oil, two ounces of whit.
Burgundy pitch; dissolve in the oil by
gentle heat. The lime must be slaked il
cold water and dried until it crumbles int
fine powder, then mix it with one fourtl
part of milk, adding the oil and pitcl
4 (mixed) by degrees. Stir the mixture
adding the remainder of the milk, ant
then add three pounds of Spanish white
Other colors may be used instead of tn
Spanish white if necessary. This paint i
highly recommended by English gardener
for painting gates, sheds, or other farm
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