The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-11-13


iodide OF potassium, one dram water,
four ounces. Mix dose, teaspooniul
five or six times day.
CoUou SYRuP.-'rhe following is a
valuable cough syrup: Take syrup Of
to'u, four ounces; tincture OF lOlwlia,
one teaspoOuful; tinctnre Of Opium,
thirty drops; hydrate Of chloral, one
dram. Mia. A teaspoonful is dose.
APFLE MARMALADE.-Tnke any kind
Of sour apples, pare and core them, cut
them in small pieces, and TO every pound
Of apples put three.tourtls OF n pound
Of sugar. Put them in preserving pan
and boil over a slow fire until they are
reduced to fine pulp Then put them
in Jelly jars and keep them in cool
place.
BREAKFAST Rolls. -Pour sufficient
quantity boiling water on one pint Of
cornmeal TO make n thick cruel let it
stand till nearly cold, then add salt, and
one large spoonful OF yeast; mix in
wheat flour until il Is still dough kneed
it well, and then let It stand in n warm
place seven or eight hours to raise when
light, make into rolls and bake one hour.
To REMOVE THE TASTE OF NEw Woop.
To prevent this inconvenience, first
scald the vessel with boiling water, let
ting the water remain in it until cold /;
then dissolve some soda or pcarlash in
lukewarm water, adding lime to it and
wash the inside Of the vessel with this
solution. Afterwards scald it well with
plain hot wntcr, and rinse it with cold
wnter before you use it,
SPONGE CAKE.-Six eggs; two coffee
cups Of siitcd sugar; two cups of siftcd
flour. Beat the white Of Che eggs 10 n
stiff roth stir the sugar and yOlks to-
gethcr, and when light Md one and one.
half cups of the flour Stir it lightly
until thoroughly mixed. then add the
whites of the eggs and remainder Of the
-four, stirring MS little n possible to have
II mixed. Put in n butter"d lin, and
place it in n moderately heated oven
WHEN DOES LAMB liECoME A
SHEEP ?-This question has been decid-
ed-nccording tn lqw-in suit which
was lately brought aeninst railroad
company for damages for killing thir
teen sheep. Il WE commended that they
we've lambs; Int The evidence sufficient
to prove them sheep was not their age
which wns fifteen months-but tho fact
that they had got their first pairs Of
teeth. So that larnb becomes sheep,
legally, when it has its first permanent
teeth.
TREATMENT or MoULTNo Fowls
The moulting season is critical period
with poultry not so much because they
lnck the protection OF d warm coat, as
because Of the drain upon their system
caused by the growth Of the new plum.
age. Feathers can be furnished only
through n great outlay Of nntriment.
Hens need ut this time soft and easily.
digeSted food, and tempting variety.
Hard grain alone is not suitable. They
should receive more attention while
moulting than at any other time of the
year; but arc frequently neglected be-
cause they are not laying. Their thrift
for the whole year depends to great
extent upoI their condition during
moulting, or Immediately after It. -
Hearth aud Home,
KEEprSG WINTER APPLES. has
been found a good practice among fruit.
growers to pack their fruit in close bar.
rels or boxes, and seclude them rs much
rs possible from the mir. We remember
the case OF man who packed all his
fruit this why in the orchard upon the
open ground, then covered them with n
load Of hay, left them nearly all winter I;
and when opened, some six months
Inter, they were found to be in perfect
condition. Some varieties shriye badly,
and nre not considered good keepers
such us the talman sweet, spitzenberg,
etc. II they are packed in this way,
aud kept in dry and yet cool plnce,
they will he found to do well. Another
farmer says: al have found universally
that they keep better to let them lie
without picking over. It is much bet
ter to pile them into large bin across
the cellar, say six or seven feet high and
four or five feet wide, and cover them
up tight, than to lay them on shelves.
/ once saw bin that n farmer kept
through the winter. About the first Of
April he thought he would open the
windows on the side Of the cellar next TO
the bin, to let in the air, that they
might keep better. was at his place,
aud he called my attention TO the fact.
Two windows over the bin were opened
about ten days or two week and the
apples exactly opposite the windows,
about one-third, rotted for as much us
foot in depth, aud the remaining part
on either side were not rotted at all.
CIsTTRSs FOR SURFACE WATER-Each
year over considerable portions OF the
country farmers nre put 10 much annoy
nnce and cxtn labor, and their stock to
considerable actual suffering on account
OF scarcity Of water. Where water from
the wells is difficult 10 obtain, n good
oistern is perhaps the best way by which
TO obtain water. But many farmers in
the west hive small buildings and the
water from their roofs would be but OF
limited amount. osuch we recommend
the digging Of cisterns in which to col.
loct and hold water from the earth's
surface. In q very largo number OF
cases sufficient fall eau be found near
the inrm buildings, for the purpose.
The water from the winter ruins and
melted snow from n half acre Of land
even, will be very large amount.
Dig the cistern, II possible, above tho
stables. so AZ not TO catch the water
tainted with manure. As n manner OF
convenience and chcapncss in building,