Connecticut western news., 1871-10-06
Farm, Garden and Household.

Farm, Garden and Household. CEMENT.-To make good cement for crockery, take one pound of white shell lac pulverized two ounces of clean gum mastic put these into bottle, and then add one-half pound pure sulphuric ether. Let it stand half an hour, and then add half gallon ninety per cent. alcohol, shake occasionally until it is dissolved. Heat the edges of the article to be mend ed and apply the cement with pencil brush; hold the article firmly together till the cement cools.
 ABRowN COFFEE eight ounces of butter add one pound and quarter of moist sugar, and quarter of pound of molasses boil these ingredients together until they are sufficiently cooked. This may be tested by dropping little of the liquid into cold water if it harden quickly, the coffee is made. Butter some plates, pour the liquid into them, and before 1t cools, drop in 8 few drops of essence of lemon or any other favoring that may be approved of.
 PEAR MARMA1ADE-To six pounds of small pears take four pounds of sugar ; put the pears into 8 saucepan, with 8 little cold water; cover it and set it over the fire until the fruit is soft, then put them into cold water pare, quarter and core them put to them three teacups of water set them over the fire roll the sugar fine, mash the fruit fine, and smooth, put the sugar to it, stir it we'll together until it is thick like jelly, then put it in tumblers or jars, and when cold secure it as jelly.
 CLEANING STRAW MATING AND Om- CLeTH.-It is said that straw mating may be kept new-looking and bright by washing 1t twice during the sum- mer with warm solution made by dis solving pint of salt in half pailful of soft water, tine object of the salt being to prevent it from turning yellow. Af- ter washing, the mating should be quickly dried with soft cloth. It is also said that by wiping oil-cloth all over, after being scrubbed and dried, with cloth dipped in milk, the colors will come out clear and bright, and re- main distinct throughout the year. This does not track off like oil used for the same purpose.
 IMPROPER MU1oHNa.-We lately saw some trees that had been killed, we have no doubt, by excessive mulching. They had been planted in lawn, and the cut grass had been gathered up and heaped around them. Grass newly cut will heat when gathered into heaps, and this heating will cause much evaporation from the soil, besides seriously affecting the roots which are near the surface. Thus, an exactly opposite effect to that produced by proper mulching is caused and instead of an accession of moist ure to the soil, the soil is rapidly de prived of what it already had, by the heat. Mulching should not be so exten sive as to cause heating, but only suff cient to prevent evaporation from tht soil and to retain moisture. e.-Hedrth 0pt Home.
 SPomNa HORSES FEEr-It is almos impossible to get horse shod w1thou having the frog cut away. All veterinar, surgeons, all horsemen, all leading black smiths agree that the frog should not b. pared-not aparticle-not even trimmed No matter how pliable and soft the fro, is, cut it away smooth on all sides, an' in two days it will be dry and hard as chip. You might as well cut off all tn leaves of trees and expect them to flour ish as to pare away the frog and have healthy foot. The rough spongy part C the frog is to the foot what leaves are t the tree-the lungs. Never have red hot shoe put upon the foot to burn level. If you can find blacksmith tha is mechanic enough to level the foe without red-hot iron employ him. Tn burning process deadens the hoof an tends to contract it. If you do not thin so, try the red-hot poker on your finger nail, and see how 1t will affect the growt of that. There are many other impol tant points in shoeing horses, but thes two are of more importance than all th rest, level to the apprehension of me not skilled in horses, and the two mos disregarded.
 CLEANING SOLID MARBLE SLABS enced by the soiling of marble table fectly satisfactory method of removin such stains is still desideratum. It
 said that if slacked lime be mixed wit a strong solution of soap into a past mass and spread over the spot in que tion, and allowed to remain for twent, four to thirty hours, then carefully wasl CO OA W1Iu 0OoP HdCCI, uudll with pure water, the stain will be a most entirely removed, especially if tt application be repeated once or twic, Another preparation consists in mixin an oxgal with quarter of pound ( soap-boiler's lye, and an eighth of
 pound of oil of turpentine, and addin enough pipe clay earth to form past which is then to be placed upon u marble for time, and afterward scra] ed off the application to be repeate until the marble is perfectly clean.
 is quite possible that with all our e1 deavors faint trace of the stains ma by left but it is said that this will | almost inappreciable. Should the spo be produced by oil, these are at fir treated with petroleum for the purpo, of softening the hardened oil, and tl aforementioned applications may made subsequently. Ink spots may removed by first washing with pure W ter, and then with weak solution of O. aic acid. Subsequent polishing, hoy ever, will be necessary, as the lustre
 the stone may became dimmed. Tn can be best Lecured by very fine powdered soft white marble, apple with linen cloth first dipped in " ter and then into the powder. If u place be subsequently rubbed with d cloth the lustre will be restored.