Connecticut western news., 1872-01-05
Farm, Garden and Household.

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 Farm, Garden and Household.
 HAM ToAsr.-Chop some lean ham put 1t m pan, with 8 little pepper, @ lump of butter and two eggs beaten 7 when we'll warmed, spread it on hot buttered toast, and serve.
 RHODE ISLAND BROWN BRRAD.-One quart Indian meal, one pint of rye flour, small cup of molasses, one teaspoonful each of saleratus and salt with hot wa ter thin it enough to pour bake three hours.
 SAUsAaE.-To every twelve pounds of sausage meat three tablespoons of salt, three of pepper, half a teaspoon red pep per, six tablespoons of sage. When the sausage is all seasoned as above, throw In two or three more tablespoons of sage
 SALLY LUNN.-Seven cups of slfted flour, half tea-cup of butter, warmed in pint of milk, one spoonful of salt and three .weI-beaten eggs, two tablespoon fuls brewers yeast if the yeast is home made, use twice as much; Pour this in to square pans to rise, and then bake it before it sours.
 DISEASE IN Fow1s.-David Wright, Wattsville, Ohio, describes disease amongst his fowls, which he calls Group in the tongue" A horny plate grows on the end of the tongue, which prevents them eating, and they die from weakness. When this is pulled off with the finger and thumb, the fowls recover.
 SUGAR BISCUITS. Dissolve one tea-cup of white sugar in quart of new milk ]; then stir in @ pint of lively yeast, with sifted flour enough to make stiff sponge; let it rise until very light, then work in- to sponge three-quarters of pound of melted butter, with sifted flour enough to make stiff dough work the dough thoroughly, cut into buiscuits, let them stand on buttered tins to rise; sift sugar upon each and bake in quick oven.
 CIovER-How SHOULD IT BE PAS FuRED ?-Ex-Senator George Geddes, of Onondaga, N. r., gave his views on clo- yer to the Farmers Club In pasturiug it. caution should be used. It should be permitted to get fair growth, and be- fore stock were turned on it they should be turned on to grass field where they ceuld take off the sharp edge of their ap- petite when the dew was off they might be left on to the clover. Clover should not be pastnred very early or late.
 BLACK DYENa.- dyelng heavy black upon silk, an extract of horse-chestnut wood has recently acquired great im- portance. It is perferred to nut gals or div1-divi for this purpose. To what particular principle in the wood is to De ascribed the important property of which use is now made, has not been determin- ed with certainty {; but it appears to be ascertained that the attractive matter of horse-chestnut wood now plays an im- portant part in the silk manufacture in Europe.
 BLACK BEAN SoUP.-Soak one quart of black beans over night-add six quarts of water-put them on the fire early in the morning slowly with two chop ped onions, pepper and salt to taste add Q dozen cloves and one pound of beef. When the beef is well boiled, take it out, chop fine, mix with bread crumbs, season with sweet maiorum, cloves, salt, and pepper, and fry brown. : Put some of them into the tureen strain the soup over them. Stir hard boiled eggs and lemon into it before sending on the table.
 How TO LENGTHEN SHORT SKIRTs.- Modistes have devised Q plan for length ening the short skirts of street dresses, so that they may trail on the floor when worn in the house. Make the six-gored skirt of ordinary walking length-that is, just escaping the ground cut the placket hole in the middle of the back sew the three front breadths with slight gathers to the belt, and finish the bell with hooks and eyes, leaving the three back widths hanging then face the up per part of the back widths, and put il drawing-string. When the skirt is tC be worn in the streets, draw the bacl breadths up to the belt when it is re quired to train slightly in the house, lei the fullness droop low over the tournure and the over-skirt or polonaise will coH ceal the loose hanging breadths.
 REMOVING THE SMELL OF PETROLEUM. - Professor Stolba publishes what he con siders the best method of completely re moving from glass or other vessels tn smell of any petroleum which may hay been previously contained in them. Thi simply consists in introducing suitabl quantity of milk of lime and shaking around thoroughly, and, after allowing it to stand foA time, repeating the op eration in few minutes. At the sam tune the external surface of the vessel to be washed with rag dipped in tn same substance. Petroleum forms al emulsion with the milk of lime, and ca thus be readily removed. If particles 0 thickened petroleum adhere to the glass these can be removed by washing wit fine sand, or by other mechanical means After emptying out the emulsion pro duced, it is only necessary to rinse wit water, after which as much chloride ( lime as will go on the point of knife to be introduced and shaken with water and then allowed to stand about an hou the exterior being rinsed off in simila