Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-03-23
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

| FROSTED FEET. To relieve the intense
! Itching of frosted feet, dissolve a lump of
| alum in little water, and battle the part
with it, warming it before the fire. One
or two applications are said to give relief
| MRS r. SKINNER advises the readers of
the Rural Nep Torker who may have q
choked COW 10 give her a pint of strong
vinegar, poured down the throat through
| funnel. She says it win afford immediate
relief
RICE.--For side dish with roast meats
put cup Of rice into cold water, with
| spoonful of salt; keep it covered while
boiling, that the grains may swell; do not
stir IL so as to break the kernels, Add q
cup of hot milk and lump Of butter just
before serving
TUE State Entomologist of Missouri
says that the washing of fruit trees with
soap, or the application of any alkaline So
luton, is an iniallble protection against
borers; and this is confirmed by the ex.
perience of some of the most extensive
! fruit growers in the State
To MAKE BOILED ONIONS LOOK WHITE
Take a white or yellow skinned kind
Skin them thoroughly, Put them to boil
| When they have bOiled q few minutes
pun pli VIC Nuttls dhI AtiNi tI'Sdil, tOil
water, and then set them to boil again
Paur this away, and add more cold water,
when they may boil till done. They will
be white and clear.
TO DESTROY RED SPIDERS on FucH-
sIAs--A Philadelphia correspondent Of
the Amsrican 1gicnlturtst says: "Fill a
barrel nearly full of water and slake in il
about a quarter Of peck of lime, and let
IL aIu until al ~ 81,
plants affected in the water (bottom up
for about five or ten minutes, then wash
them with pure water"
TO PROTECT THE SLEEVES OF A DRESS
1t often is necessary to make biscuit for
tea or to wash supper-dishes in very
nice dress. protect the sleeves of mine,
at such times, as follows: Take pair of
worn out stockings. Cut them off at the
ankle. Hem them, if you wish. When
you want to use them, draw them on to
the arms, top end first, They are so elias
tic that, if care is used in drawing them
on, they will not crush the sleeves.--Er-
change.
TIE Medtca1 and SargieR Reporter esti-
mates the cost to the people of the United
States Of medical services and medicines
at 100000, 900, and adds $25,000,000 for
the quack medicines swallowed. "Let the
people, it says, study these figures
awhile, and then reflect that probably one
half is incurred by deliberate inffaction
of the laws of health that, if they tippled
less, smoked less, were slower, exercised
more judiciously, were less fast and
self indulgent, they would save some
thirty or forty millions veal"
REMEDY FOR Hoe LlcE.-I herewith
send you remedy for hog lice that will
prove, on trial, inIallble Procure some
leaf tobacco, boil to a strong amber in
water enough to float it, mix in while hot
enough lard or refuse grease to make a
thin salve; rub on the pigs or hogs
troubled, and in less than twenty four
hours they will not have a louise on them,
if we'll rubbed Also put enough leaf
tobacco in their beds to make them smell
strong, and the hogs will never be troubled
with lice again while they sleep in the
beds. The tobacco will not hurt the pigs
in any respect, even If but a day old
RuraI Nep Yorker.
GRAHAM BREAD. Try the following and
you viii find there is no need of working
with yeast or OF baking bread from one to
three hours, when made of unbolted wheat
flour; Take one pint of sour milk, two
even teaspoons of Soda add salt and
sugar or molasses according to taste. Stir
all together, and then work in enough
flour to make a batter rs stiff as for drop
cake. Drop in small battered tins or
muffin rings, or bake as two loaves on
common pie pans, in quick oven. If in
loaves, the batter should be little sitter
and the baking slower. One or two eggs
may be added if desired, il which case use
less soda and sour milk, One quart of
flour is the amount usually required TO
make the batter of the required stiffness.