The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-11-30


Never was world more fair than now.
From the harvest moon as 1t rides so
purely
To the red ripe apple upon the bough.
What do I mourn? Alas, no knowing
Nothing is lost that is worth the showing,
only feel that summer is going
Summer is goIng-summer is gone!
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
CARBoLIc ACID.
Carbolic acid is said to be q SOW
ereign remsdy for mosquitoes and
flies. A few drops evaporated in
room, or poured upon the clothes,
viii keep the winged pests at com
Portable distance.
BLOSSOMS.
If the blossoms of towering
| plants are cut off as soon AS they
fade, it win greatly extend the sea
son of their blooming. The plant
exhausts itself more in maturing the
seed than in all the previous growth.
LAMPS.
Lamp chimneys are most apt to
crack after being washed. They are
/ less apt to break if moistened with
the breath and polished with white
cloth or paper, and afterward with a
! chamois skin, which gives them
clear brilliancy.
AIINCE PIE.
/ One cup OF raisins, one cup OF
currants, one cup of strip, one of
sugar, three fourths of cup of vim
egar, one teaspoonful of cinnamon,
three cups of water. Boil ak to-
gether, and when cool add three soda
/ crackers rolled fine. This will make
three pies.
CARPETS.
Brilliant red carpets as well as
green ones are often found to contain
arsenic. Lead 10 various forms, is
also used in the glazing of some
cuffs and collars made of paper
When the hands and neck perspire,
or any abrasion Of the skin occurs,
the lead is absorbed, and poisoning
results.
CHEESE.
Boil two chickens till tender, take
ont all the bones, and chop the meat
fine. season to your taste with salt,
pepper, and butter, pour in enough
Of the liquid they were boiled in to
make It moist, put into whatever
mold you may wish, and when
cold turn out and cut into slices. 1t
is excellent.
BEAN SOUP. \
Wash the beans and boil them with
salt pork When soft, take them
out, and pass through the colander.
Then put hem back into the same
water they were boiled in. with four
Pei, II you TKe Dcf -, ND
serve. This soup is very nice.
CREAM PIES.
Four eggs, one cup of flour, one
of sugar, beat together, thinned |
with u little milk; bring one quart of /
milk almost to a boil, add a little /
salt, cool, and add extract of lemon.
Make a nice crust and bake the up
per and under crusts separate; and /
when baked place the cream pies be- /
tween.
DRIED FRUIT.
Place your fruit in a steamer over
q pot of boiling water, covered /
tightly. When thoroughly heated,
tie them Immediately in a clean lin
en- or cotton bag, and hang them up. I
This method is preferable tc heating
in an oven, as thaJ is apt to render
them hard, even if you are SO foriu-
nate as not to burn them This Will
keep worms from your fruit.
BED BUGS.
An exchange gives the following
as sure way to drive bed bugs from
old beds: Take green tomato vines,
put them IN a basin or tray, pound
them to pieces as fine as possible,
then stsin the bedstesd which they
inhabit with the juice, fill the
crevices with pieces of vines, and
lay leaves under the ends of the
Stats. IF this is practiced twice
year, not bug will remain in the
bedstead.
TOOTH WASH
Dissolve two ounces Of borax in |
three pints of water; before quite |
cold add one teaspoouful of tincture
of myrrh and one tablespoonful of
spirits Of camphor; bottle for use.
A wine glassful of the solution add
ed to a half pint of tepid water is
sufficient for each application. This
solut on applied regularly preserves
and beauties the teeth, arrests de
cay and induces healthy action of
the gums.
CRACKER PIES.
Roll six crackers fine and put
them in a four quart pail or kettle,
pour over them three-fourths of a
SEES and quart of water. Boil on /
the stove half an hour, adding more
water, II necessary, to make quite /
thin. Add salt, raisins and all kinds /.
of spices, and make short crusts for
four pies. Bake about twenty min
utes, or until the crusts is done. A 1
little sugar may be added before the
top crust is put on.
FIGS.
Take good peaches, prepare and 1
cook them as for the table, but as
dry as possible; dip them out on
plates and spread them about half
an inch thick, put them in the sun
or stove until they are quite dry
Set the plates away for several days.
they can then be taken off easily;
sprinkle little cinnamon or other
spice and some sugar over each
piece, and roll it up tight; when
wanted for use cut them in slices.
Apples and pears can be dried in the
same way, but are not as nice as
peaches; If no sugar or spice is used