The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-21
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

tomatoes allow the Sraleu peel Oh lcuOu
and six fresh peach leaves; boil them
slowly till they are all to pieces, then
squeeze them through a bag; to each
and the juice of one lemon; boil them to-
gether till they become thick jelly; then
put them into glasses and lay double
tissue paper over the top.
Il want to give simple remedy for a
felon. Burn copperas on shovel until
it is soft and can be made fine. Then mix
a small quantity of it with enough of the
yolk of an egg to make plaster. Only
soon becomes hard. Put a new one on
whenever it gets stiff, and the felon will
soon come to an end. So many people
suffer so long with felons, I think any
thing that will help shorten their career
ought to be known.-Cor. Western Rural.
Pineapple Preserve-To every pound
of fruit, weighed after being pared, allow
one pound Of loaf sugar and quarter of
a pint of water. The pines should be
perfectly sound but ripe. Cut them into
rather thick slices, as the fruit shrinks
very much in boiling; pare off the rind
carefully, that none of the pine be wasted,
and in doing so notch it in and out, as the
edge cannot be smoothly cut without
great waste. Dissolve portion of the
sugar in a preserving pan with quarter
of a pint of water; when this is melted,
gradually add the remainder of the sugar,
and boil until it forms clear syrup,
skimming we'll. As soon as this is done
put in the pieces of pine, and boil we'll
for at least half an hour, or until it looks
nearly transparent. Put it into pots, cover
down when cold, and store away in dry
place.-Queen.
"A writer in the Maine Farmer says ::
"In the fall of 1870 we bought barrel of
cider for three dollars, and put it into a
dry cellar, with the bunghole open. There
it lay a year, and on examining it proved
to be good vinegar, and we sold it to a
trader for ten dollars. Here was a net
profit of more than three hundred per cent.
Hundred of barrels of cider were sold
from the town that year at ten cents gal
Ion, all of which would have sold readily
in year at thirty cents per gallon. There
is always ready market for good cider
vinegar, and if every gallon of cider made
in this country should he turned into vim
egar, the supply would not equal the de-
mand. For want of pure cider vinegar,
thousands of barrels of villianous COM
pound, injurious to health, are annually
sold in the name of vinegar"
The best method of bleaching or re-.
storing whiteness to discolored linen is to
let it lie on the grass, day and night, SO
long as is necessary, exposed to the dews
and winds. There may occur cases, how
ever, when this will be difficult to accom-
plish, and when quicker process may be
desirable. In these cases the linen must
be first stepped for twelve hours in lye
formed of one pound of soda to a gallon
of soft boiling water; it must then be
boiled for half an hour in the same liquid.
A mixture must then be made Of chloride of
line with eight times its quantity of
water, which must be we'll shaken in a
stone jar for three days, then allowed to
settle; and being drawn off clear, the
linen must be stepped in it for thirty-six
hours, and then washed out in the ordi-
nary manner. To expedite the whitening
of linen in ordinary cases, little of the
same solution of chloride of lime may be
put into the water in which the clothes
are stepped; but in the employment of
this powerful agent great care must be
exercised, otherwise the linen will be in
jured.
Among all the refreshing stimulants,
ginger takes first rank and beer prepar-
ed from it is very delicious and palatable;
and if provided for farm hands it will
surely have the effect of banishing the
whisky bottle and rum jug from the ields.
Take three gallons of boiling water, three
pounds of sugar, three ounces of best root
ginger, well bruised, powered ginger will
dol, and three ounces of cream of tartar /;
stir until the sugar is all dissolved, let it
stand until milk-warm, add three table
spoonsful of yeast poured on to a slice of
bread; cover with q cloth and let it stand
for twenty-four hours; then strain and
put into bottles, filling them only two
thirds full. Cork tightly and tie
down the corks, and it will be ready to
drink by the next day. Lemons can
be substituted for the cream of tartar
and the beer can be kept in jug. For
giDger-beer powders, take two drains
Of powdered ginger, ten drains of car
Donate of soda, and half pound Of pow
dered white sugar; mix all well and di.
vide into twenty-four equal parts, putting
each part into q colored paper. Take two
ounces of tartaric acid divide into TWEEN.
ty-four equal parts; put each into white
paper. Dissolve the contents of each
paper into separate glass, one-third full
of water; mix and drink while efferves
cling. This is a very cheap, refreshing
and palatable drink, not only for farm
hands, but for all persons in city or coun
try.