Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-25
Farm, Garden aud Household.

perfectly dry; and put them away with
out wiping off the brick dust.
RIBBONS RENEWED. Wash in cool sud,
made of soap, and iron when damp
Cover the ribbon with a clean cloth, an(
pass the iron over that. Ii you wish tt
stitfen the ribbon, dip it, while drying,
into gum arabic water.
To PRESERVE CLOTHES Pms CLOTHES
pins boiled few moments and quickly
dried, once or twice month, become
more flexible and durable. Clothes lines
will last longer and keep in better order
for w0sh.d0y service, if occasionally
treated in the same way.
ACANDLEToD BURN ALL NIGHT When
as in case Of sickness, dull light is
wished, or when matches are mislaid,
put powdered salt on the candle till il
reaches the black part of the wick. In
this way mild and steady light may he
kept through the night by small piece
Of candle.
COTTAGE CHEEsE.--Boil two chickens
till tender take out all the bones, and
chop the meat fine, season to your taste
with salt, pepper and butter, pour in
enough OF the liquor they were boiled in
to make it moist, put into whatever mould
you wish, and when cold take out and
cut into slices. 1t is excellent.
To FARMERS. The Mount Vernon 70
Banner SAWS the country there il full oil
patent right swindlers, who delight to go
for farmers The best way for farmers TO
do is to have nothing to do with such
vagabonds. Buy agricultural imple-
mepts Of regular dealers in your nearest
village, then you will be sure not to be
swindled.
a Coon WAY OF COOKING ONIONS -
1t is a good way to boil onions IN milk
aud water it diminishes the strong taste
of that vegetable. 1t is an excellent way
OF serving up onions, to chop them after
they are boiled, and put them in stew
pan with little milk, butter, salt and
pepper, and let them stew about fifteen
minutes. This gives them n fine favor,
and they can be served up very hot if 50
desired.
APPLE CHARLoTTE.. Pare and slice your
apples put half pound Of white sugar
to every pound of apples, and as much
water as will be sufficient to stew. Ii the
apples are very acid, add little more
sugar; flavor with lime syrup; butter n
dish, nnd line it with buttered bread,
and so on, until the dish is filled. The
last layer should be apples. Take the
crust Off the bread. It should be baked
in slow oven.
To PICKLE MEAT IN ONE DAY--Get n
tub nearly full OF ain or river water, and
put two pieces of thin wood across it, and
set the beef on them, distant about an
inch from the water. Heap as much salt
as will stand on your beef, and let it re-
main twenty-four hours then ia c the
mept off aud boil it, and you will find it
as silt as ii it had been in pickle for six
weeks, the water having drawn the salt
completely through the beef.
Coal ASHES. -Coal ashes are only ben
cfcial to trees, says RnGi Ne@ Y0rher
when applied as a mulch where the trees
stand in grass. At least we have never
found them useful in any other way,
when applied alone. They keep the grass
down, il applied in sufficient quantity,
and the soil loose. But they are excel.
lent to mix with any kind of fementinS
manure. They arc very gnod deouori-
zers, tr ab'orbents, and can be used
with the most profit in this manner, we
think.
HENS EATING EGGs.-Build laying
room a little dark, so that they cannot see
70 do that kind of mischief. Hens natu-
rally like to retire out Of sight to lay, in
O snug, coy place. 1t prevents hens
that are laying from being disturbed by
going into the house and strolling hens
do not bother, for they cannot see to pick,
A room six by eight feet, is large enough
for scvellcy.fve Or one hundred hens for
it will accommodate twenty nests or
more. Shelves are necessary to set the
nests upon, with aprojection in front for
the hens to walk on.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FARMERS CLUB.
ASPARAGUS. .-Silas Smith, of Char
lottesviIle, Va, asked how to cultivate
asparagus. Mr.. Bruen said he had sue
cessfully cultivated it on a bed which
had grown that crop in succession hun
dred years. He planted the roots shall
low or sowed the seed in the corners of
tqumes, two feet apart, and by manuring
literally and dressing with salt annually,
he had sprouts on his table before any
market-gardener in his neigbolhood had
them ready to cut. All the white part
OF the sprout below ground was no bet
ter than maple stick to chew, and deep
planting caused these white hard sprouts.
How TO HATCH TROUT EGGs-I. Pike,
New York, had a cold spring ON his
place, which he thought would do to
breed trout in he desired to know how
to proceed Dr. Crowell advised any
farmer who had a clear, cold spring on
his farm to get o shoe.box and cut it
down to half the depth, put it in the
stream, make flannel screen at one end
and wire screen Of one-sixteenth part
Of an inch mesh at the lower end. In
the box, place some gravel that has been
boiled and washed to make it pure aud
clean ; on this thousand trout eggs may
De placed, and the wafer filtered through
the flannel allowed to run over them.
When Matched, the trout will make their
way over the flannel screen to the stream
above, where they should be fed.
MATTERS. The Chairman, in reply to
Mr.. A. H. Way, of Virginia, said check
reins and binders were being discarded
rs worse than useless, and the fact of n
horse being without them was a proof
that it was kind, gentle and docile.
About fowls DIR. Dodge said there
were four distinct purposes to which
certain fowls were adapted, namely, the
Dorkipgs and Bolton Grays for flesh,
Black Spanish and White Leghorns for