Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-09-27
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

FARE AND FIRESIDE.
, EFFECTS OF SALT ON THE BLOOD. DIR.
Stevens, French physician, saw butcher
killing a pig He observed that be stirred
the blood of the animal and added hand
full of common salt to it while stirring, which
Immediately made it crimson, and the stir
ring being discontinued, it remained fluid.
The change of color awakened his curiosity
The butcher could give no explanation of
the phenomenon, except that it kept it from
jellying and spelling. DR.. Stevens seized
a vessel, caught some blood, and made sew
eral experiments by putting salt into it. and
found that the blacklist blood was instantly
changed to bright vermilion by salt
"And, said he, "here is a fact that may
lead to practical rule" He had observed
in cases of yellow fever in the army, that the
blood drawn was very black and fluid, and
on adding salt it became vermilion and re-
tanned its freshness whereas, putridity of
| the blood is one of the characteristics of yell
. low fever. He therefore abandoned the usu-
al mode of treating it, and gave his patients
a mixture of various salts, and, as is said.
with great success.
A CURE.-Captain Hall was the comman-
| der of the great Eastern steamship. He had
fallen into such habitual drunkenness that
his most earnest efforts to himself proved
unavailing. At length he sought the ad-
vice of an ancient physician, who gave him
a prescription which he followed faithfully
for seven months At the end of that time
he had lost all desire for liquor, although
he had been led captive by most debasing
appetite. The prescription, which he after
wards published and by which so many 9TH
er drunkards have been assisted to reform
is as follows: Sulphate of iron, five grains
magnesia, ten grains; peppermint water,
eleven egrains spirits of nut meg, one
drachm-twice day. 81 s,..-,.
VEIL AND HAM PIE.-Put one pound and
half of veal outlets, or pieces from breast
of a veal, and a half pound of lean, mild
ham, thin, and in small pieces trim from
skin or bone, and season the veal with white
pepper, salt, pounded mace, and grated
lemon.peel put the veal and ham in layers,
and fill up the veal broth or water egg or
foreemeat balls may be added. Put the
meats into the dish, cover with paste, and
bake in moderate oven two hours. This
and other savory pies may be brushed over
with yolk of egg before they are baked, or
the bones or trimmings of the veal, and ham,
and herbs, put into stew-pan with water,
s9ay be made gravy to fill up the dish
PoULET AU MAccARoNI What is left of
fricasseed chickens is very nice for this dish.
Cut it off the bones in thin, small pieces.
season it to taste and put it in a stew-pan
with gravy, and some maccaroni which was
previously boiled till tender, and cut in bits
an inch long. Cover the stew-pan and set
it where it will become hot gradually Line
a pie dish with puff paste, fill it with dry
rice and bake Immediately in a. brisk oven.
When done, turn out the rice, slip the pie
on to plate, and fill it with the warmed
chicken, spreading the maccaroni over the
top, and CRATE a little hard cheese over il.
Serve the gravy separately in a tureen.
SWEET HAY OVER BARN CELLARS For
eighteen years I have had my hay over
barn cellar, says correspondent, and it has
uniformly comeout sweeter than when put
in on ground NOW, and feel satisfied with
my barn cellar for that very reason John
Dewberry says: ssLet us take common
sense view of this" and I am willing to 90
with him on this point. Isay .ventilate your
barns, and there will be no trouble. have
NOW directly over my horses and hogs,
and there is but asingle floor over the latter,
yet Ihave sometimes had hay that remained
in the bottom of the NOW two years that
came out perfectly sweet. s'fsei
i, BREEDING IN;AND-IN During recent
discussion in England it was stated that the
those in which one animal was the sire Of
the sire and dam also, thus making the par
ents half brother and sister by the same sire
out of different dams. This system Of breed
ing had produced some of the finest cattle in
the country, 1t was also said that where
cattle were closely inbred and preserved
their constitutions, they had a tendency to
lose color. save perhaps in the ears, and to
become white.
To Color PICKLES. Don't use copper
vessel for that purpose and poison yourself.
Boil together water, one gallon; common
SALT two pounds. Pour the hot solution
over the cucumbers and allow it to remain
two or three hours. Then pour off and COW
er with good vinegar, scalding hot Let
stand three days, then pour of, heat and re-
turn the vinegar, after which they may re-
main undisturbed until ready for use. This
imparts dark green color, and we know it
is not poisonous.
SURE CURE.-Horses and mules attacked
with collie can be quickly relieved by drench-
ing with tablespoonful of lime Stacked in
bottle of water. Repeat the dose every
half hour until relieved. Be careful not to
raise the head too high, as this apt to injare
This is the experience of an old planter
whose opinions are worth knowing Cali
fornia Farmer.
OUNCE JAM.-Peel the ounces and CRATE
them on coarse Crater, and to one pint of
ounce add three-fourths of pound of su-
gar boil it half an hour, put in small jars,
and cover same as other preserves. Squeeze
the cores in your hands so as to get out all
the juice. This is very nice preserve and
makes delicious filling for Washington
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