Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-01-19

following day attended the funeral in
body, after which they returned TO their
rooms at Annapolis, the mourner being
obliged to leave behind him his young and
mOtherloss children.
SHELTERINa STocK. An experiment
made in England shows that one hundred
sheep fed under shelter on twenty pounds
OF Swedish turnips each per day, ut the
end OF few wteks, had gained three
pounds each more than another hundred
which were fed twenty pounds of the
same kind OF turnips each, but in the
open air, or field Five sheep were fed
in the open air in November the temper.
ature being at forty-four degrees. They
consumed ninety pounds of food per day.
AT the end of ten days they weighed two
| pounds less than when at first eNppsed,
| Five other sheep were then placed in a
shed, the temperature being forty-nine
degrees; at first, they consumed eighty
two pounds per day, then seventy pounds,
and at the end of the time they had gained
! twenty-three pounds. This is proof sufli.
cient of the advantage of sheltering stock
| in winter.
PooR PoTAToEs MADE PAIATABLE.-
itall the people who eat potatoes to-day
Will find them cutting like piece of bar
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taste. The fault, according TO q lady
writer in tho.IiouSehOtd. Is not ia the til.
| bers, but in the cook. She SAYS she never
has any but dry, mealy potatoes on her
table, and this is her mOdUs 0peyuH6 of
| preparations "If old, ! pare them and
letthem remain in cold watersc vciel hours.
/ When time to cook put them in kettle
OF boiling water salt as brine When
they are boiled sufficiently, turn off the
/ water and set the kettle on the fire till the
steam has all dried out Prepared i'm this
way, old potatoes are delicious md whole
! some. New potatoes need not be pared,
nor need they remain in cold water.
/ Wash them thoroughly, and if there bp
any rough places cut them OF place
them in boiling sallcd water, and when
/ done always pour the water oil and place
them over the fire again.
TIGHT Doors -Wearcrs Of tight boots
will, no doubt, find the following interest
ing reading Hard corns are caused by
too much pressure of the shoe, or by lis
being so loose as to slide back and forth
on the spot where the corn aftcrward
shows itself Medical books record sew
eral cases where pairing hard corn caus
ed bleeding which no means could arrest,
and death ensued. Nothing harder than
the finger nail ought ever be allowed to
touch the corn, which can always bccured
or Kept from causing Inconvenience by
simply batning the part in warm water
Tor half an hour for several days I'm cue
cessiOn often single bathing will accom-
plish the object of softening the parts ad
jacent to the actual corn so that il can b,
picked out with the finger nail, and the
shoe can be instantly worn without dis
comfort, which an hour before gave grea
pain 1t may return in week, or
month, or a year, hut the same treatmen
will always prevail. PAIRING causes then
to spread and take deeper root
CURE FOR SMALL -PoN.-A correspond
ent of the Cincinnati Gczefte vouchGs TO
the efficacy Of the following treatment o
smallpox: Take clean common barley
boil it in water the same as you would rice
until ii bursts; pour off this water, an,
use it exclusively for your drink, adding
to each days drinking of this water fiji
teen grains of saltpetre Continue to us
this drink (which should be about milk
warm) until the pocks make their appear
ance on the skin, which will be i'm abou
three days after the fever sets in. TIL
effect of using this drink is to cut off til
backing fever. Now stop the use of thi
! drink and take good wine, reduced wit
! water, and sweetened with loaf sugar
/ Using this as drink stimulates and fills tn
pocks. The use of wine, water and lOa
: sugar should always be commenced whe
| the pocks make their appearance in tn
= skin. Use no other medicine and partak
of light diet, This mode of treatmeI
was prescribed by the celebrated Surgeo
: Dixon, of Ireland, and has been used /
, many cases with success in this country.