Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-01-19

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How TO Brighten STRAW MATING AND
| O1LcLcrH it twice during the Sum.
mer with salt and water, say about pint OF
salt dissolved in a pailful Of warm, soft wa
ter, drying the mating quickly with soit.
cloth. The salt will prevent it from turn
ing yellow. Far away, and from quite an
opposite quarter, we hear another frienaly
voice begging us to say to our readers tnat
after oilcloths are scrubbed and dried, they
should be rubbed all over with cloth dip
ned in milk. "Yeu've no idea," says our
friend, show brightly the colors come out
Husband says it's the albumen in the milk,
but think it's the very thin film of grease
deposited. Meantime our oilcloths shine
the whole year round
To KILL REACHES, writer. IN the
Country Gentleman gives his experience IN
killing reaches as follows; l moved into an
old house the reaches soon made their ap-
pearance in the kitchen and cellar under
it was lathed and splastereds between the
ioists. went down. the cellar after can
delight it Just gave me the horrors
thought we should have nothing tit to eat
over the victuals shelf could not spread
nv hand between them-the largest ever
saw. I got OF, red waters. broke them
up, and strewed them where l could among
them. In short time there was not one
to be found. Where they went L never
knew they were never found dead.
SALT YOUR CHIMNEY in building
chimney, put quantity of salt into the NOR
tar with which the inner course OF BRICK is
to be laid. The effect will be that sd there e
~ chimney: The philosophy is thus
stated d ..,'rne. salt in the portion of mortar
which is exposed, absorbs moisture from the
atmosphere every damp day. The SCOT thus
becoming damp, falls down to the IRE place,
This appears lo.ha SIN English discovery =
It is used With success In Canada
PUMPKIN PRESERVES. a nice ripe
pumpkin into pieces third of an inch thick,
pairing them. Take equal weight in white
sugar. Allow the juice of one lemon to
pound of pumpkin. Let the pumpkin re-
main in pan, with the sugar and juice, all
night In the morning put into preserv-
ing kettle, cooking till perfectly clear BE
sure to skim we'll. Then add lemon peel
cut in pieces small as marbles. Take out
and strain the syrup through a jelly-bag and
pour over the pumpkin.
LEMON HoNEY.-To fill the puffs take six
we'll beaten eggs, grated rind of three lem
ons, one pound of white sugar and quarter
of a pound of butter add the juice of the
lemons stir butter and sugar to cream ;
then add all but the eggs, and simmer
When hot turn in the eggs stir quickly
for five minutes and remove from the lire,
setting the pan into cold water. This can
be kept in jars for months, and used for jel-
Iy cakes or pufs when desired.
AYRSHIRE Cows AND Mixers. On the
New Jersey Agricultural College Farm the
Ayrshire COW is preferred to the common
stock, proving to be not only better milk
ers but kept in better condition on the food.
One Ayrshire COW, only medium in yield,
gave 1857 quarts of milk last year. The
greatest yield of milk reported from the
Ayrshire in one year was 1853 quarts
The usual yield Of Ayrshire cows is from
80 to SO pounds per day.
MILK TO A Pound OF BUTTER.-A cor
respondent kept an account of the milk
from his kerd of nine grade short-horn COWS,
beginning June and continuing for l42
days, together with the butter made from
( the same, and ascertained that it has taken
"a pounds of milk to make I pound of but
ter, or "about eleven quarts to the pound"
This is not guess work, he adds, but the
actual result of correct record.
A Coop WAY OF COOKING ONIoNs.--It
is a good plan to boil onions in milk and
water it diminishes the strong taste of that
vegetable. It is an excellent way of serv-
ing up onions, to chop them after they are
boiled, and put them in a stewpan with a
little milk, butter, salt and pepper, and let
them stew about fifteen minutes. This
gives them fine flavor, and they can be
served up very hot.
70 KEEP PoRK.-Pack in layers of salt,
and cover with strong brine, ard in the
spring, or once in while, pour off the brine,
boil it and skim off the impurities which
rise to the top Pour back on the pork
when cool. If this is we'll done, and the
salt pure, this will keep pork as long as any
one wishes.
CHEAP HoT-BED-A correspondent of
the Rural Caroziniaa gives the following
Prepare box or tub, fill it with rich earth;
SOW your seeds, then put the box under the
stove until the seeds come up, then put it
out in the open air, but protect from frosts.
This may be repeated several times in one
season."
LEMON PuFFs.-Make rich paste, roll
out thin, and cut with buiscuit-cutter. In
the centre of every other round cut hole
with wine-g lass and fit it on the circle left
uncut. Before putting in the oven, brush
over with white of egg, with little suga
added to it.
To relieve the intense itching Of frosted
feet, dissolve a lump of alum in little wa
ter. and battle the part with it, warming it
before the fire. One or two applications
are sure to give relief.