Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-09-21
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

USEC UA AND 6UU0E6I4VE
PHYsIo, for the most part, is nothing
but the substitute for exercise and temper
ance.
How TO CURE WARTs.-I will give the
readers of your paper simple and easy
way of curing warts. take sharp knife |
and pare them off until they bleed little;
then put on spirits of salt once or twice a
cay for week, and they will disappear,
leaving the skin smooth, making no sore.
Five cents worth will do for whole |
eighborhood.-Cor Western RurdI.
THE color of yolks of eggs may or may |
| not be slightly affected by the kindof food |
eaten. But it is said to be certain that the |
| yolk of a new-laid egg is always of a |
| light lemon color, and that age causes it |
to grow darker. A yolk of deep orange |
color simply denotes an old egg. The |
lighter the color of the yolk the fresher
the egg.
CANVAS FOR SKETCHING.-To prepare
canvas for sketching in oils, first strain
it tightly upon frame, and then wash
over with thin glue. When dry, paint
with coat of oil color made of white
lead, red led, linseed oil, and turpentine,
and afterwards with a second coat in which
the red lead is omitted and sugar of lead
with little coloring matter substituted.
| FEEDING NETTLEs TO LAYING HENS
The Vienna Agricultural and forest Jour
nal states that hens fed in the winter with
chopped and boiled nettle leaves, or with
the seeds, and kept in warm place, will
continue to lay during the entire winter.
The experiment was first suggested by
noticing the eagerness with which both
domestic and wild fowls devour the nettle
leaves and seeds whenever the opporuni-
| g, a. IaJ ,r,t = Ill.
to be one reason why, with the enormous
yield of seeds on the part of the net,le,
comparatively so few plants spring.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Gardeners
Monthly says that on the 18th of April he
planted two rows of Eugene peas close
together. The seed in one row had been
kept during the winter in a warm room
that of the other in an empty stable, per-
fectly dry, but exposed to severe cold.
Previously to the cold both seeds were in
the same pot. The result was that the
peas which had been hept in the warm
rooms all came up very vigorously, while
: in the other row only small psrt came up,
: and the plants were very weak. There
must have been some influence of the tenn
perature on the seeds while lying in dor
mant state.
!, WE should all have our flowers of time,
|
sible, brighter moments in expectation for
the morrow. We must toll, and toll in
: cessantly. That fact cannot be shirked,
> avoided, or p ssed by; it stands sentinel
! at our very bedside, and speaks to US even
1 in the land of dreams. But our tolls,
! tapestried with merry minutes, sweet
smiles, cheerful music, eventful episodes,
fair flowers, and frolicsome faces, if we
add these enjoyable trifies, and we can il
we will, no passing moments will not be
. the pleasanter for them, and also for the
9 playful little times gone by, and the antici
y patton OF pleasant hours to come.
+ A CORRESPONDENT of the Canada
Il Farmer says that there is no doubt in his
a mind that cuttings taken from the tomato
h plant in autumn, just before frost, stuck
). in damp soil, and when well rooted re
moved to six-inch pots, kept in an atmos
phere OF forty to sixty degrees, ant
watered just sufficiently to keep then
alive during winter, is the true way of OBJ
tanning the earliest fruit The shoots
v should be pinched back, and also part o
}. the large leaves, so as to retard the winter
l. growth as much as possible. If properly
attended to the plans will be thick anC
n strong at the base in spring, and as woody
n almost as wall flower, while plants forced
d In hot beds will be weak and spindling.
T, PICKING CUcUMBERs.-Take cucum
l, bers, wipe them Clean, and lay them into
'e some stone jars. Allow one quart o
coarse salt to a pail Of water; boil tn,
salt and water until the salt is dissolved
J. turn it boiling hot on the cucumbers
le cover them tight and let them stand to-
twenty-four hours; turn them into
s basket to drain. Boil as much best eide
an vinegar as will cover the cucumbers; wasl
81 out the jars and put the cucumbers int
them; turn the vinegar on boiling hot
u, cover them with cabbage leaves and cove
~ them tight. In forty-eight hours they vii
be fit for use. Here is another moe
aI much liked: Pick cucumbers each morn
u ing; let them stand in weak brine thre
III or four days, putting in mustard pods an
v. horse radish leaves to keep them greer
u Then take out and drain, covering wit
viaegar for a week; at which time tax
y out and drain again, putting in new vim,
IL gar, adding mustard seed, ginger roo
le cloves, pepper and red pepper pods, {
each about one or two ounces to suit di
ferent tastes, for each barrel. The vinegs
al must be changed once, as the large amour
of of water in the cucumber reduces tn
ne vinegar so much that this change is abs
lutely necessary, and if they seem to los
r. their sharp taste again, just add little m,
of lasses or spirit, and all will be right
|
OF Cows HOLDING UP THERE MILK
Vi; b. H4rtshOrn, West Cheshire, Ct, has
re COW that holds up her milk, apparent
Ct without cause. He wants a remedy. W
'e- have been led to the conclusion that it
due to some irritating circumstance TIL
n has brought on fit of the sulks, if "
n might be allowed to use such an EXPIRE
OF sion In connection with cow. We hav
lie often noticed a curious sidelong CLAN,
"a given by the cow when endeavoring
We bring her to reason and to her milk, whic
has conveyed to us the idea that the bea
ar was spiteful about something. Our pls
" has therefore been to have patience,
ed manipulate and gently rub the udder, al
avoid anything that would further irrita
he the animal; to avoid giving any lit
S. dainty, or even to be led out of our reg
t." lar course of feeding, lest habit might
els confirmed. This treatment has general
resulted in bringing the milk, though
at has sometimes failed. Many plans ha-
le- been suggested by which to overcome til
trick, for trick we believe it to be. Pre-
S. sure over the loins between the last +
st, and the hip bones is one; smart and su
he den stroke of a whip which would chan.
the current of the animals ideas is a
nd other; giving some enticing article of foe
nd to effect the same purpose is another; if
ir- fresh COW, letting the calf suck-all havi1
le. the same end in view, namely, to eau
,er the cow to forget all about her milk: b
an we have not found any of them effectu
es. puI tne thlro mentioned, and that v
,er were aVerse to enc0rra 5ing.-Hedrth al
an Home.
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ed Absorbent Powers of Mellow Soil.
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