American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-09-20
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

THE upper crust of the soil is richer
| in plant food than the lower portion, or
subsoil
SUET PTIsAN.-Take of sleeps suet
two ounces, milk, one pint, starch, half
| an ounce. Boil slowly for half an hour
This may be used as a common drink in
dysentery.-IHe Druggist.
BLUING FOR CLOTHEs.-Take an ounce
| of soft Prussian blue, powder it and put
it in a bottle with one quart of clear rain
| water, and add one-quarter ounce of
oxalc acid. A teaspoonful is sufficient
| for large washing.
The air assists the various processes of
decomposition by which dead animal and
| vegetable matter is made to yield pro-
ducts of the highest value as elements of
| the food of plants. If the soil is full of
water of course the air cannot get into
the soil to perform this Office but drain
ing, drawing off the water from beneath,
| gives the air free admission to the soil,
| and each shower of rain, by displacing
the air already present.
| PLUM BUTTER. - Select nice wild
plums, wash and boil them in tin or
porcelain, till soft. Let cool sufficient to
use your hand to rub them through a col
ander, or sieve out of tanning mill, as
flour sieve is too fine. Measure the pulp,
and to every pint of pulp add one pound
| Vi WHllc sugar, anu tHtH SlllllItT uOWn 10
the consistency of old-fashioned apple
| butter. 1t is very nice.
BRANDY PEACHEs.-One pound of sugar
to each pound of fruit; boil fruit until
soft, make the sirup with as little
water as possible. Take the peaches
and lay separately on Il dish, boil the
sirup again until of the right consis-
tency; put the peaches in the jar, then add
one part brandy to two parts strip, stir
and fill up the jar.
THE PRIcKLY PEAR To HARDEN tai
LOw.-The Mobile Register says: Take
the common prickly pear and boil or fry
it in the tallow, without water, for half
| an hour, then strain and mould. We use
about six average sized leaves to the pint
of tallow (by weight one pound of leaves
to four of tallow), splitting them up fine.
They make the tallow as hard as stearine,
and do not injure its burning qualities in
the least''
SETTING OUT BLAcKBERRIEs- The
Fruit Recorder prefers to set out blackber-
ries in autumn, as the roots become well
| established and start early in the spring
The rows are eight feet apart, and the
plants three feet in the row; and, after
setting, the pillow is passed on each side,
throwing two burrows together over the
roots-which carry off the surplus water,
and protect from heaving by frost. In
early spring harrow is run across the
ridges to level them down.
PUDDING SAUCE.-One quart of boiling
water, four large tablespoonful of white
or light brown sugar, two of flour, one of
butter, one teaSpOonful of salt; nutmeg or
cinnamon to taste. Two teaspoonfuls of
currant or blackberry wine or cider are
a great improvement. Let the whole be
boiled together for about ten minutes 1t
is necessary to mix the flour with a pOr-
| tiOn nf cold haf,nrss aIdin,r fha bci1
ing water.
| SCRAMBLED EGGs.-Melt tablespoon
full of butter in saucepan; beat the
yOlks of six eggs few minutes; then
add to them six tablespoonful of milk
and a teaspoonful of salt; beat little
longer and pour them into the melted
butter When they thlcken slightly pour
in the whites. unbeaten, and mix them
with the yolks carefully with a fork, and
serve on pieces of toast in a hot dish, or
if preferred, omit the bread The whites
should not be beaten in hard, only stirred
with the fork enough to mix slightly with
| the rest.
A HORSE should not be old until he is
twenty, and we have known many very
vigorous several years in advance of that,
and the secret of the longevity was not in
the peculiar vitality of the horse, but IA
genuine humanity in the owner. 1t does
! not injure horse to labor any more than
it does man, and it is only by over-ex-
, ertion, exposure, and ill treatment that it
is jaded at time when it should be in
, its prime. When men learn to exercise
humanity towards animals for the right
of it, which should be sufficient incent-
! i've, they will find a second compensation
in the way of absolute money profit.
PICKLED CAULIFLOwERs.-TheC Country
, Gentleman gives the following recipe:
Take good white heads, break them into
small pieces, and boil for ten minutes in
strong salt and water. Skim out the
pieces, which should be so tender that a
splint of broom corn can be run through
t the stems. Lay them on a towel to drain
. off the water, and when thoroughly cold
. put them into pickle jar, with a few
, whole cloves, allspice, pepper and sticks
of cinnamon, tied up in cloth. Boil
and skim thoroughly; then pour it di-
rectly over the caulifiowers. If few
beets are sliced up in the vinegar while
/ boiling, they will color the cauliflower
, stalks bright coral red, and make them
, more attractive to the eye.