Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-07-20
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

DARK brown kids are said to wear bet
ter than any other color.
TAN CoLoR.-The best way to make
this shade is, to get pail of ground bark |
from the tannery but if that can't be done,
make hemlock bark as fine as possible, |
soak or beat it until you think the strength |
is out; make your goods as soft as posi- |
BILE by washing them in strong soap suds, |
and immerse; tif not dark enough add |
more bark. Don't color in iron, it will |
make drab; If you want drab, add little |
copperas.- Western Rural
Coon ADvICK.-Don't be discouraged if
occasionally you slip down by the way,
and others tread on you little. In other
words, don't let failure or two dishearten
you; accidents will happen, miscalcula-
tions will sometimes be made, things will
turn out differently to our expectations,
and we may be sufferers. 1t is worth
while to remember that fortune is like the
skies in the month of April, sometimes
cloudy, and sometimes clear and favorable.
GREEN PEA SoUP-Four pounds beef,
cut into small pieces, half peck of green
peas, one gallon of water. Boil the empty
pods of the peas in the water one hour be-
fore putting in the beef. Strain them out,
add the beef and boil slowly for an hour
and half 10. ger. Half an hour before
serving add the shelled peas; and tw 5nty
minutes later, half a cup of rice -four, With
salt and pepper. After adding the rice
flour, stir frequently to prevent scorching.
Strain into hot tureen.-C0Mnaoa Sense
in the Household.
SCRATCHEs.-A farmer writes to the
Rural Neso Yorker from Cansndaigue, N.
Y, that the following is recommended for
the worst cases: One pint curriers oil and
two ounces oil of vitriol. Put it into a
bottle, and shake well together, when it
is fit for use /; bathe wfll the affected part
or parts with it once day. 1t will eject
a cure in the course of three or four days.
Ii the parts are covered with a rough scab,
soften it by rubbing hogs lard upon it
every day until the scab slips off 1t will
soon slip off and leave the legs smooth as
| ever.
THE good people who have become ex-
cited on the vaccination question may be
pacitied by the tact that a special commit
tee of English doctors has lately reported
to the world that maladies imputed to vac
cination in no wise proceed from it, and
| that almost universal medical authority
commends it as one of the greatest safe
| guards ever introduced for the protection
of the human family. The committee
moreover report that, from the logic of
this fact, it is the duty of the State to Sc
cure its universal adoption, allowing only
such as are prejudiced Inception of paying
twenty shillings as an exemption fee.
BLACK TEETH IN PIGs.-It has been
said that there is a grain of truth in every
error. 1t is erroneous to believe that
"black teeth are disease in pigs, and thai
thay should be knocked out with ham
mer." The fact is, that the incisors, or, as
they are commonly called, dog teeth, are
ofien placed so near the tusks or curved
teeth in front of them as to interfere will
their growth and render the young pig un
able to eat, or compel it to swallow its ioot
whole. This stunts the animal. To pre-
vent this, draw, with pair of pincers, tn,
small, sharp teeth back of the tusks, whe1
they crowd on them, or when the pig i
seen to be failing-Hearth and Ro1ns
WEAVING LAMBs.-The Canada FdTzae
gives the following suggestions in regarC
to weaving lambs: "When separated
from the ewes, lambs should be placed il
field as distant as possible from them. s.
as to be out Of reach of their bleating, anI
, they will become contented and thriving
The pasture to which the lambs are pu
ought to be somewhat better than tha
to which they have been accustomed, We
, not too luxuriant, and if the ewes en-,
/ lambs can be turned into it together for
week, and then taken away, the lamb
2 will not then fret so much as would
: the case were they removed to field tina
4 is strange to them"
How TO BRIGHTEN STRAW MATTIN
9 AND OILCLoTH. FELL your readers, write
Mrs. G. E, that if they wish their stray
: mating to keep new looking and brigh
! they must wash it twice during the sun
, mer with salt and water, say about a pin
: of salt, dissolved in half pailful of warn
f soft water, drying the mating quickl
= = with soft cloth. The salt, she says, wi
prevent it from turning yellow. Fa
) away, and from quite an opposite quartz
: we hear another friendly voice, begin
= US to say to our readers that after oilclot
q q is scrubbed and dried, it should be rUbbe
), all over with cloth dipped in mill
J you've no idea," says our friend, "ho'
. brightly the colors come out. Husban
= = says it's the albumen in the milk, but
= think it's the very thin film of grease d.
= posted. Meantime, our oilcloth shines IL
y y whole year through."-Scientlfo AnssT