The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-04-22
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PEANUTS are good for liver complaint.

PEANUTS are good for liver complaint.
ONE or two applications Of buttermilk
/ will destroy lice on cattle, and it is safe
remedy to drive of the vormin.
/ A SIMPLE and very cffsctual remedy for
sore back in horses. is plaster made Of the
yolk of an egg and spoonful Of turpentine.
Ten bushels of boiled potatoes, mashed
and mixed with three bushels of finely
ground corn meal, will make as much pork
as double the quantity fed in raw state.
AaoNG the best cf remedies to cure sore
/ teats Of milk COWS. is to smear the teats with
! syrup molasses before milking. Il is cleaner
and pleasanter than some other greasy rem
/ edies.
/ IN feeding potatoes and turnips to cattle
/ they sometimes will get a potato or turuip
/ lodged in tie passage to the stomach, in which
! case a common flexible wagon whip pushed
/ gently down the throat. will remove the
object and give instant relief.
! To CLEAN PAINT.-Save the tea leaves for
/ a few days, then steep them in a tin pail or
pan for half an hour, strain through sieve
and use the tea to wash all vanished paint.
! Whiting is uuequaled for cleaning white
/ paint. Take small quantity on damp
! flannel. rub lightly over the suffaca, and you
/ will be surprised at its effects.
CURE FOR FELoN.-As soon as the f.lon
makes its appearance. bind on to it poultce
Of yellow clay wet with cold water, from an
/ eighth to a quarter of an inch thick Wet it
often as it begins to get dry aud put on
a fresh pouitice two or three times in twenty
four hours. 1t viii almost entirely relieve
the pain, and the frlon will be ready to lance
in an almost miraculously short space OF
, time.
TIE following recipe for the cure Of in
/ famed eyes IS given Take a potato. aud
! after quartering il CRATE the heart as fine as
/ possible, and place the grating between a
| piece Of cambria muslin. Place the poulljce
over the eyes iuaamed. and keep it there fl
teen minutes. Continue the operation three
successive nights, and perfect cure ensues. -
1t Is worth trying by those afflicted with sore
eyes.
Coop CoFFEE.-Make lag Of coarse, thin
muslin, and sew it at the top to metal rim .
J that will fit the top Of the table cofee-top.-
Fit this to the pot, and pour in boiling water.
let it stand till the pot is heated. pour of the
water, and put the ground coffee into the bag,
allowing four tab!espoonfuls to a pint water.
/ Pour IN boiling water very slowly until the
pot is full, close the lid. aud when all the
water has passed through the grounds. re
move the bag and serve
CURE FJR COUGHS AND CoIDs.-Comm0n
sweet ciier boiled down to one half makes
( a most excellent syrup for coughs and colds
! for children, is pleasant to the taste. and will
| keep through the year in a cool cellar In
recovering from an illness, the system has a
/ craving for some pleasant acid drink. This
! is found in cider which is placed on the fire
as soon as made. and allowed to come to a
boil, then cooled. put in casks and kept in a
cool cellar. Treated thus. it remains for
months as good as the day it WAS made
GOOD METHOD OF GETTING UAY.-In
these days Of high prices for farm labor and
low prices for products Of the farm. any way
Of producing desired result hv less ex-
peuslve process than the usual one. IS 10 be
adopted by the progressive farmer without
hesitation correspondent Of the New
England Fu7n3ey gives the following plan Of
getting hay, which he says has been pIac-
iiced successfully by several Of his acqu5int-
/ ances, who think it a great saving OF labor
over the way commonly pract.cei Of moving
IN tho morning. The bay is all cut in the
afternoon, when entirely free from external
moisture. Mkt day. after the dew is ali off
it Is turned After dinner it Is raked and
got IN without delay. There IS no cooking
at night and opening next day. All such
labor is saved. One man who has p7acticed
tins sc veral years. is justly considered one
OF the best farmers in the community. His
stock looks well, and produces as much as
any. His farm improves yearly, and he
makes an annual investment every wear out
side, He considers his hay to be better than
when cured The old fashi ned way, and it
certainly looks and smells as well as any !
ever saw.