The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-16
Farm, Iiarden aud Household.

10 PICKLE OSlONS.-feel ana DOL
them in milk and water few moments
put cloves, spice, pepper, and suit into
your vinegar, boil them in brass, turn II
on your onions, and cover them tight.
WASHING SoAp.-To make superior
washing soap, take five pounds bar soap,
or seven pounds good soft soap, four
pounds good sal soda, two ounces OF
bonnx, one ounce hartshOrn 10 be dis,
solved in twenty-five quarts of water and
boiled about fifteen minutes. For hard
soap, add to the above half a pound of
rOSin.
RrxG WoRM-This disagrceable aflec-
ton may he easily and speedily cured as
follows Upon retiring at night apply n
poultice of damp gunpOwder to the part
affected. Generally one application is
sufficient, but il, on the following night,
there are no positive indications Of a
cure having been effected, apply again,
and the eruption will speedily vanish.
To CLEAN On-PArSTED SURFACES
Take n piece Of soft flannel, put it in
warm water aud squeeze It till It feels
dry next dip it gently on to some very
finely pulvCrized French chalk, and rub
the painted surface with the flannel ;
the effect will be the removal OF all
dust, greasy matter, and dirt the sur
face is next washed with a clean sponge
and water, and dried with piece Of
wash.leathcr This method does not in
lure the paint like soap, and produces Il
very good result
How TO Do UP SHIRT BosoMs. Take
two ounces OF gum arabic powder, put
it into pitcher, and pour on it pint of
boiling water according to the degree
Of strength yOu lesire), and then having
covered it, let it set all night. In the
morning pour it carefully from the dregs
into clean bottle, cork it, and keep it
for use. A tablespoonful Of gum water,
stirred in n pint Of starch that has been
made in the usual manner, will give to
lawns, either white or printed, look of
ncwncss when nothing else can restore
them after washing. It is also good
(much diluted for thin white muslin and
bObinct.
To PRESERVE PEARs.-Takc small,
rich fair fruit rs soon as the pipe are
black , set them over the fire il kettle,
with water to cover them let them
simmer till they will yield to the pres
sure of the finger, then with a skinner
take them into cold water; pure them
neatly, leaving on little Of the stem
md the blossom end pierce them ut the
blossom end Of the core then make u
syrup OF pound Of sugar for each
pound of fruit when II is boiling hot
pour it over the pears, drain II Of, max
ing it boiling hot, and again pour it
over; after day or two put the fruit
in the syrup over the fire, and boil gent.
" until it is clear; then take il into the
jars or spread il on dishes boil the
syrup thick, then put it and the fruit in
jars.
DEF CULTIVATION OF Pooh LANDS
|. Waters, Rochester. Vt, asks Hearth
and Home il he could injure IL piece Of
very poor land by blowing it deeply this
fall, and leaving il until spring. lie
thinks the frost would have a beneficial
effect on ii. II the land is very poor,
certainly no injury can occur by break.
ing it up deeply, and possibly, we will
say probably, good might be done. 1t
is Just such soils MS those which nre
benefited by deep blowing in the fall.
The exposure to n winters frost may
amcliornte the subsoil so much as to
permit crop Of clover to grow, which
might be turned under as manure.
though the land may have been reduced
TO poverty by shallow blowing and con-
slant cropping, it does not follow that
deep blowing will restore it, hut rather
that il the same cOurse Of treatment is
continued it will lie more efIectually
impoverished. Pillow deeply, manure
literally, il the land must he restored.
LAMESEss IN HOUSES. -Lamcness of
whatever kind should have prompt Mt
tention. However trivial it may appear,
il may end in chronic lamencss md
perhaps in SPAWN and ringbone. II the
cause is not clear to the owner, he had
better consult one that is skilled,
though il may cost II little trouble and
money. There are various causes and
kinds Of lameness. 1t frequently arises
from shooting or by picking up some
foreign bodies. Removing the cause
will generally he sufficient to effect n
cure, but II the incisiOn is deep, dress it
with frr baisna or mixedsoNp and sugar.
In stiile Joint lamencss the symptoms
nre head and tenderness, and the limb
is advanced with difficulty; rest, 70.
mcntntions with infusions Of poppy
heads, cold wter, and sometimes physic
will he the most proper means Of cure,
For chronic lamencss (of the stillcl,
originating IN adhesions or infltrations
Of the surrounding tissues, a few appE.
cations Of The acetate Of cantharides will
probably effect a cure.