The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-11-15
FARM AND PRESIDE.

CANDY.-Take one pint of molasses, one
cup full of sugar, half cup OF butter.
Boil twenty minutes.
Coon RuIEs.-The following brief
rules for the care of furniture are 20 the
point and easily remembered: : Keep
water away from everything porous. alco.
hol from varnish, and acids from marble"
How TO CLIP A Fowls WNG.-lt is a
very simple thing to cut chickens wing
to prevent flying. Do not cut the quiz or
shaft of the feather at all; only trim the
feather partly off with a pair OF scissors,
except about one inch at the end. lt
shows but little when the wing is closed,
and does not disfigure the fowl, but lets
the wind through. so as to prevent. lying.
PARsNIP STEw.-Pare and slice together
in the proportion of one large parsnlp TO
three or four mediunl-siZed potatoes:
Cook thirty or forty minutes III small
quantity of water, so that when you have
put in little flour thickening 1T VIII pc
nearly as dry as hash, though some might
prefer it more moist. A little cream I'M
proves it. With no other addition than
little salt, this forms delicious 1000.
THE Utica IN. " correspondent OF the
Inter Ocean says much Western cheese
sent to the New York market sells Tor less
than it would were the shape dI1iefeht.
The sizes preferred are IA to log inches
wide, and 8 to 104 inches deep. Ihose
who send fiatter cheese do themselves an
injustice. Flat cheese is generally ranked
as skim-milk cheese. For the Southern
markets. a broad. flat cheese is desirable,
but the Cheddar shape is decidedly prefer
able for cheese to be shipped East.
A New POLISHING AGENT.-Dr. Elsner
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F1unklin Institute, that the accidental use
in his household of the water which had
been employed to boil potatoes, for clean
ing silverware, led to the unexpected re-
suit that this was much superior III IT'S
cleansing action to the polishing powder
so generally employed. 1t was found
that by simply rubbing the article with the
fine deposit of potato flour it took on an
excellent polish. without the disagreeable
necessity of subsequently using the brush
to remove the material, as is necessary
where powders are used in tead.
FooD FOR HENs.-In winter, when all
green things are among the things that
were, do not neglect to provide plenty OF
cabbage chopped up. Some use dry mid
dlings or shorts; but you should put very
little in each pan, or they will choke them
selves. You should furnish abundance OF
water. Don't let their pans freeze up.
The easiest plan is to tip over the water at
night and then there is nothing left to
freeze. Be sure and refill the next morn
ing early. They lovemilk, either sweet or
sour. The latter is the best for them and
they should have it often.
EDUCATING BEEs.-A correspondent of
an English rural journal relates a case
from his experience which may be a hint
to.other bee faneiers. Taking possession
of new premises, he placed his bee shed
where it would be least in the way OF his
alterations and improvements. But he
soon found that he could no longer go
among the bees with impunity as hereto
fore. Becoming unaccustomed to seeing
their keeper, they ''relapsed into the con-
dition of savages." Thus it appears that
those who would keep bees must place
them where they become accustomed to
people passing and repassing while tn ose
who hide them away as creatures UNI
worthy of their confidence will ''ffnd them
a little difficult to manage