Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-18
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

THE upper crust Of the soil is richer
in plant food than the lower portion, or
subsOil.
SUEr PTrsAN.-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.-The Druggist.
BLUING FOR CLoTHEs.-Take an ounce
of soft Prussian blue, powder it and put
it in bottle with one quart of clear rain
water, and add one-quarter ounce of
oxalic 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 col
ander, OF sieve out Of fanning-mill, as a
flour sieve is too fine Measure the pulp,
and to every pint of pulp add one pound
OF white sugar, and then simmer down to
the consistency of oldfashioned apple
butter. 1t is very nice
BRANDY PEACHEs.-One pound of sugar
to each pound of fruit; boil fruit until
soft, make the strip with as little
water as possible. Take the peaches
and lay separately on a dish, boil the
sirup again until of the right consis-
tency; put the peaches in the lar, then add
one part brandy to two parts sirup, stir
and I'LL up the jar.
The PRICKLY PEAR TO HARDEN TAI
Low.-The Mobile Register says: Take
the common prickly pear and boil or fry
1t III 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
FrH1 Rec0rder prefers to set out blackber-
rles 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 tablespoonfuls of white
or light brown sugar two of flour, one Of
butter, one teaspOontul of salt; nutmeg or
cinnamon to taste. Two teaspoonfuls of
currant or blackberry wine or cider are
great Improvement. Let the whole be
boiled together for about ten minutes, II
IS necessary to mix the flour with "a Dor
ton Of cold water before adding the boil
ing water.
SCRAMBLED EGGs.-Melt tablespoon
ful OF butter IN saucepan; beat the
y0lks or SIX eggs a few minutes then
add to them six tablespoonfuls of milk
and teaspOontul of salt; beat a little
longer and pour them into the melted
butter. When they thlcken slightly, poar
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.
y 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 a
genuine humanity in the owner. 1t does
not lnJure horse to labor any more than
it does a man, and it is only by over-ex-
ertion, exposure, and i'll treatment that il
IS Jaded at time when it should be in
its prime. When men learn to exercise
humanity towards animals for the rirlt
OF It, which should be sufficient incent
i've, they will find a second compensation
IN the way Of absolute money profit
PICKLED CAULIFLOwERs- C0gqfry
GeAt5eHlan 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-cOr can be run through
the stems. Lay them on towel to drain
off the water, and when thoroughly cold
put them into a pickle jar, with a few
whole cloves, allspice, pepper and sticks
OF cinnamon, tied up in q cloth Boil
and skim thoroughly; then pour it di-
rectly over the caulitioWers. II few
beets are sliced up in the vinegar while
boiling, they will color the caulifower
stalks Il bright coral red, and make them
more attractive to the eye