Richland beacon., 1873-05-03

OF SIX eggs, one ana 49,
One-half cup of butter, OneX
cups of flour, one-half cup of h!nlsl
half cup of corr. starch, ne-half teaspO'flR
soda, and one teaspoon cream OF tartar.
a PIECE of red pepper, the size of your
finger nail, put into meat or vegetables
when first beginning to cook, will ald
greatly in killing the unpleasant odor |
arising thcrefrom. Remember this for
boiled cabbage, green beans, onions, |
chickens, mutton, etc.
NEVER allow bed comforters to get !
pressed down in any way for they are not
so nice and warm have them tied IN
stead of quilted so that they can be easily
taken apar; when they need washing. II
they are used between two quilts they
will keep clean several years.
/ You cannot fatten hogs on raw pota-
/ toes. They contain only about fifteen
per cent Of solid matter. The rest Is
water. Corn contains about eighty-five
per cent of solid matter. Therefore the
fifty or sixty bushels of corn will make
more pork than the POO bushels Of pota-
toes. Besides this, the cost of raising
the acre of pO atoes, including seed, will
be three or four times the cost of the acre
Of corn.
every method known to him for the de-
struction of ants infesting his fruit trees.
succeeded in eilecting his purpose in the
most complete manner by placing mix
ture of arsenic and sweetened water in
saucer at the foot of the trees. FOR the
larger species he made use OF honey IN
stead of sugar, and in few days time he
claims to have eyterminated them COM
pletely.
VELVET CAKE.-Whites of six eggs,
two yolks, one cup butter. two cups SUI
gar. four tablespoons flour. One-half cup
sweet milk. Use nearly one paper corn
, starch. Beat butter and sugar together
to a cream; add two yOlks of eggs lightly
; beaten. then the milk. Mix one teaspoon
of baking powder with the flour and stir
in. then the whites of eggs beaten to a
froth-lastly corn starch. Flavor with
vanilla. Bake in pattieS or its falls.
OLD .esidents in the vicinity of the
White Mountains say the winter there has
been the toughest known for a quarter OF
: a century. The quantity of snow has
! been almost misunderstanding
f, farmers estimate that no less than one
! hundred and forty-four inches have fallen.
In some sections the Thermometer has
ranged for several days successfully nj
forty degrees below zero. and certain
= springs have frozen which never before
: were known to commit such an indiscre-
. ton.
n The kitchen should be the lightest. air
n lest and sunneSt room in the house.
: Cookery in the dark is abhOrrent to all
!. our ideas of cleanliness and purity. 1t i
y worth a great sacrifice, in building a
: house for ones own use. to arrange that
;. the kitchen should be on a level with the
;. ground. or. better still. one or two easy
4 steps above it, and should face the soutt
o As directly as possible, so that the CHEEKY
a lighting, drying. beauteOus sInshin,
!. should stream into its large windows ans
@ doors all day long.
+ WHEN mice get into frames, as they
S often do, they produce fearful amour
n of mischief in few days. if not destroy
II ed. This may easily be done by mixing
l. sugar and butter or lard smoothly togeth
e er in which a little strychnine is incorpO
y rated. spread this on thin slices of bread
n and cut into small cubes and distribute
a them among the plants, and, at the sam
a time place vessels of water in some con
re venient place where they may drink. Or
'r if preferred. the phosphorus cOmpOun
II sold by druggists for this purpose may b
Y used. but we have always had the best sue
:. cess with the first named mixture. L
e either case care must be taken that chi
p dren do not have access to the prepare
g bits of bread.
y WIND-GALLS, so called, are produce
II from strains of the tendons, and are NOR
I o: less observable ia nearly all horses. |
,. ordinary cases they do not produce lame
!. ness. constitute unSeundnesS. nor unfit til
II animal for work. and yet it is difficult
= not impossible TO remove them. Wher
=, y, the tendons are exposed to pressure c
~ ~ friction. and especially about their e,
~ tremities. they are fabricated by mucou
:" fluid. From extreme pressure. viOler
!, action and straining of the tendons, an
!" sometimes. perhaps. from predispOsitio
~ in the animal. the little sacs centainin
~ this mucus are injured. Inflammation ei
=. sues. and until this subside there may /
=. some lameness. but a.terward, unless the
=, attain great size, they do not intertt D..
~ y, with the action of the animal. They ma
~ be temporarily reduced by means of flai
= mel bandages, with pads resting upon ii
engagements. Wet the Dandages wit
vinegar. with little alcohol added. Bill
tering the parts is more effectual. but cal
not be recommended. Firing the par
d, will remove the unsightly appearance. tC
li- the reason that the skin will be draw
~ tightly over the parts, but this will not a
~ Sist the animal. but only cover up I'll
Is Is blemish, or rather contract the skin Ovt
al.,..I Ill