Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-07-28
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
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Taylor, editor of che La Crosse (Wis) Lead
err, who has been an inveterate stammerer,
writes as follows about the way to cure the
habit No stammering person ever found
any difficulty in singing. The reason of
this is, that by observing the measure OF the
music-by keeping time-the organs OF
speech are kept in such position the enuncl-
alton is easy. Apply the same rule to
reading or speech, and the same result Will
follow. Let the stammerer take a sentence,
say this one-Leander swan the Helles-
pont-and pronounce it by syllables, scan
it, keeping time with his finger if necessary,
letting each syllable occupy the same time,
thus, Le-an-der-swam- -the-Hel--
les-pont and he will not stammer. Let
him pronounce slowly at first, then faster,
but still keeping the time with words in
stead of syllables, and he will be surprised
to find that by very little practice, he will
read without stammering. and nearly as
rapidly as persons ordinarily talk or read.
Then practice this in reading and converse.
ton until the habit is broken up. Persoyer-
ance and attention is all that is necessary to
perform perfect cure.
DRY EARTH FOR BEDDING. R. Giddings,
of Illinois, saves the manure, and adds to
the comfort of his stock by using dry earth
in the stables. To do this he fills stall or
large bin in his stable during dry weather,
with pulverized clay, road scrapings, Or
common soil. With this he covers the
floor of each stall three inches deep, and
then places the litter for the animals bed
ding on it f.; by this means all the urine will
be absorbed, and its wealth of nitrogen
saved, and such is the absorbing power of
dried earth, that one three inch flooring will
not be so thoroughly saturated in long
time as to require replacing. He says his
experiment required but one bin of pulver
lied earth to absorb the urine of ten or
twelve cattle during the stabling season =
and that two men with a team filled the bin
in one day. One ton cf the saturated earth
is worth more than the same weight of even
fresh-saved dung. The aggregate amount
Of plant food thus saved from the stalls is
fully double, and in much better condition
for use.
To KEEP TOMATOES FOR WINTER USE
A correspondent of Webster, New York,
sends the Rural New Yorker the following:
GAS the tomato season is approaching, l
can contribute one way of keeping them for
winter use that may be new to some of your
readers. [ ate them in February, sliced
and seasoned them with sugar and little
vinegar, that seemed every way as nice as
tomatoes fresh from the vines They were
prepared thus Dissolve teacupful of salt
il a gallon of water. Pick ripe tomatoes
but not over ripe, leaving a little of the stem
on. The tomatoes must be kept well COW
cred with the brine and they will keep till
Spring or longer"
To HARDEN P1oKLEs.-Alum will har-
den cucumbers To gallon of vinegar,
add one ounce of powdered alum. If the
vinegar is put into bottles tightly corked,
and set in a kettle of cold water, with hay
or straw between them to keep the bottles
from knocking together, and allowed to re-
main over the fire until the water boils,
then removed. and kept in the kettle until
nearly cool, the vinegar will keep perfectly
clear when used for pickles; but it should
be added to them cold. Shreds of horse-ra-
dish root will prevent all pickles from moul-
ding. ..-....
To RENDER MusLINs FIRE-PRooF There
is very simple process by which muslins
used for ladies and children's dresses can be
prevented from catching fire. Dissolve a
small piece Of alum in the water in which
muslins are rinsed. When dry, if light
be put to them, they will shoulder slowly
away, but not break out in blaze. And
this. SO far from being injurious to musins
improves its appearance greatly.
EVERY FAMILY SHOULD KEEP IcE.--In
! all inhammations, whether internal or ex-
ternal, the application Of ice diminishes rap
idly the size Of the blood vessels, and thus
relieves the pain which they cause by press
ing against the nerves located by them
Swallowing ice broken into small Jumps will
reduce and often cure Inflammation of the
stomach.
A SIMPLE CURE FOR SORE TnRoAT.-A
well-informed friend sends us the following
Take the white of two eggs and beat them
in with two spoonfulls of white sugar, crate
\ in little nutmeg, and then add pint of
luke.warm water. Stir well and drink Of
ten. Repeat the prescription if necessary.
Our friend thinks it will cure the most OBJ
stinate case of hoarseness in short time
To GET RID OF FL1Es.-The smoke of
the dried leaves Of a pumpkin burnt on q
bright fire, will cause flies to quit an apart.
ment instantly, Or it will kill them. Birds
must be withdrawn before the operation,
and persons should abstain from going into
apartments Immediately after, as the smoke
causes headaches. The employment of lau-
rel oil is also preservative against flies, as
they cannot bear the smell of it. s7 --
BLACKBERRY CoRD1AL.-To half bushel
Of blackberries, we'll mashed add quarter
Of pound of allspice, two ounces Of CHINA.
mon, two ounces Of cloves. Pulverize we'll,
mix and boil slowly until properly done;
| then strain Or squeeze the juice through
homespun or flannel, and add to each pint
of the juice one pound Of loaf sugar. Boil
again for some time, take it off, and, while
cooling, add half gallon best Coguac
brandy.
To Boil A MAeKERE1 WITHOUT Soaking.
Wash the mackerel and put in cold water
with half teaspoon of sode and let it boil
few minutes. Then pour off the water and
put in sufficient cold water to boil it, omit.
ting the soda. In few minutes it will be
done, and I've thought it very nice, almost