Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-09
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.


HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.
DIR. Poillon, French physician, says
e cold in the head can be cured by inhaling
hartshorn. The inhalation by the nose
should be seven or eight times in five
minutes.
The Prairie City Qowa) Lader has
friend who tells it that, if posts are bored
three or four inches above ground with an
augur, and spoonful of salt inserted and
the hole plugged up, they will last twenty
five years. In fact, the part put into the
ground will not rot at all.
To Cure one Beef Tongue-Taketw two
tablespoonfuls of salt, two of brown sugar,
one of saltpeter. Rub the tongue with
the mixture daily for one week. Then add
two more spoonfuls of salt and rub for
another week. The tongue is then ready
for smoking and drying.
The Boston journal Of Chemistry
states that manure is never so valuable as
when it is fresh. 1t then holds in associa-
ton not only all the fixed soluble sub
stances natural to the solid eXcrement, but
much that is of great value found only In
the liquid. 1t is in a condition to undergo
quickly chemical change, and the gaseous,
ammoniacal products secured are double
! those resulting from that which has been
weathered in heap out OF doors for sew
epal months.
Jelly for Invalids aleg Of we'll
fed pork, just as cut up, break it, and
| break the bone. Set it over a gentle fire,
with three gallons of water. and simmer to
one Let half an ounce of mace, and the
same sof nutmeg, stew in it. Strain
| through fine sieve. When cold, take oil
the fat Give q chocolate cup the first
| and last thing, and at noon, adding salt to
suit the taste This is very valuable in all
cases of debility where animal food is adj
missible.
-Doughnuts- one quart of new
milk, and melt it in half pound Of but
| ter. Beat three eggs with two pounds of
sugar, then pour on the boiling milk,
stirring all the time. When nearly cold,
! stir in teacup Of yeast, a teaspoonful OF
| salt, and flour enough to make stiff bat
ter. When quite light, knead in flour
enough to make soft dough. Add a
grated nutmeg and a little mace. Let 1t
rise again until very light, roll it out, cut
! in strips. or according to fancy, and fry in
| hot lard
-Buckwheat Cakes.-Have ready two
cups put one teaspoonful OF tartaric acid
| in one cup, one teaspoonful of soda in the
other cup; add to each about two table
spoonfuls of cold water; stir it well.
Make one quart Of buckwheat meal into a
thick batter, with moderately warm
water; add the contents of one of the
cups; stir it well, then pour in the con
tents of the other cup; stir that well,
also add to the whole one tablespoonful
of melted butter, and bake on a griddle
.la cd nd cod with rood la rH
The batter is ready for use as soon as
mixed.
How an Ohioan Makes Home Attract
IVES. r. Thornton, Wooster, o. has a
family of boys and girls, whom he man
ages as follows; Soon AS they are able to
handle them, give the boys tools OF every
description. / have boy of fourteen
years old who can halfsole pair OF boots,
make leather halter, mend all the mar
ness, and can make dove tail box as
well as most iourneymen mechanics. We
have shop and work bench and chest of
tools, and on rainy days do our own re-
pairs give my children plenty of inter
esting books to read, and piano for the
girls, and we make home interesting, and
they have no desire to be rambling away
in bad society. | find it cheaper to do
this than to defend them at court, as many
fathers are compelled to do.
Wheat Meal Griddle Cakes.-Make a
porridge with about three heaping spoon
fuls of oat meal, hominy, rice, or very
coarse corn meal, in pint of water Boil
twenty or thirty minutes, or if you have
either of these articles already cooked, it
can be made much quicker. Add one
pint Of cold water and wheat meal, sitting
it slowly, enough TO make a batter little
thicker than for raised griddlc cakes.
Bake ON slightly oiled or a soapstone
griddle, spreading out with the spoon as
you put them on Bake them brown, and
put them on each other as fast as cooked
Keep them close and warm, and let them
stand ten or fifteen minutes before serving
If soft and sticky after standing you have
made them too thin. Try again.-Rural
Ne5o Yorker
Chicken Pie.-Singe the bipeds first
everybody ought to know that there's
nothing like alcohol for singing poultry.
A tablespoonful will SINCE fifty pounds.
Set it on fire, and proceed to SINCE; not 9
spot of black will be produced. After be
ing well cleaned, cut up into small pieces
wash thoroughly and let them cook for
twenty minutes in water sufficient to cover
them. Mix tablespoonful of -four in
cold water to thin paste, and stir in the
gravy; add lump Of butter and season
thoroughly with pepper and salt; let all
cool. To make paste, equal quantities
in measure of lard and water, little salt
mix roll out thin; line the deep pie dish
after rolling out the top crust to half its
size required, spread over it butter to the
depth of one quarter Of an inch; roll up
and roll out again, and repeat the operation
| two or three times; put in the chicken,
and put on the top crust, and pinch the
edges well together; cut slit in the top
crust. Exchange.