The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-04-24

lead is acid, or contains acetate Oh lead,
the water will turn yellow.
To PICKLE RED CABBAGE. -Get n
head Of the darkest red cabbage, and
slice it very thin shake on n little
coarse salt, and let it rest twenty-four
hours to drain. Boil an ounce Of black
pepper and an ounce Of allspice into a
quart Of vinegar, and when cold, pour
it over the cabbage then pack it close
and keep it well covered. Some sliced
onions mixed in would improve it,
KNors ON PLUM TREES "A cores
pendent of the Farmers Cub, New
York, says that for removing knots
from plum trees, he takes a paint-brush,
dips it in spirits of %turpentine, and
thoroughly saturates the knot, being
careful not TO touch the tree except in
the diseased parts. The turpentine
kills the excrescence, and the tree puts
out healthy branches below. He burns
all branches of diseased trees which no
has removed in pruning,
AsBETos. There are very extensive
deposits of this important mineral
within the limits OF the United States,
that found on the eastern slope Of the
| Green mountains and Of the Adiron-
dacks being Of the best quality for fine
ness and tensile strength, The fiber of
New York and Vermont asbestos varies
in length from two to forty inches, and
resembles unbleached flax, when found
near the surface, but when taken at u
greater depth, it is pure white, and
very strong and flexible. 1t is found
also, in considerable quantities in the
Tyrol, in Hungary, Corsica, and
Wales.
MULCHING STRAWBERRIES. "A cores
pondent to IN exchange says: The
snow fell before / had n chance to cover
my strawberry beds. Will it do any
good to put on mulch now? 1t an
swers The snow is IN excellent mulch,
and answers all purposes, if it would
remain ON the ground until April. Put
on the mulch by all means on the top
of the snow, and rs the latter disap-
pears the hay or straw will settle down
on the plants and protect them from
the bad effects of alternate freezing and
thawing, which on wet or clay ground
will "hease" the stock.
STEAMED INDIAN PUDDING. Take
one cup of meal, n cup of flour, one
cup Of suet, II cup of molasses, one
cup chopped r~aisins, n cup of Zante
c%nrrants, II cup sweet milk, one-half
%teaspoOnful soda, a pinch Of salt mix
well put into a t~wo-quart basin, steam
two hours. To be eaten with dressing
made of II cup of sugar, one-half cup
of butter put in a basin, and pour on a
pint Of boiling water; set on the stove ;
take a tablespoonful of flour, mix in q
little water 80 that it will not be lumpy
and stir into the. gravy, stirring it until
it boils season with nutmeg or lemon
extract.
How TO Cook Coop BEEFsTEAK.-
Have your steak cut thick, put it on
your meat-board, and with II sharp
pointed knife prick it every imaginable
way to make it tender, put it on the
gridiron over the fire, turning it very
often. Put II lump Of butter, and some
salt and pepper into II tin dish. Put
your steak dish where it will get warm
ed. When the steak is cooked put it
into the tin dish and double it over
press out all the blood you can, and
lay the steak on your plate. Set the
tin dish with the blood, pepper and
salt on the stove, and as soon a. it boils
up and ~thickens, pour it over your
steak. You can add Il can of mush-
rooms to the gravy. This recipe was
never known to fail.
A Coop WAY TO USE Dry Bread
Make a batter of wheat flour. not quite
so thick AZ for pancakes, using equal
parts Of sweet and SOU milk for the
wetting, one tablespoonful of corn
meal, and one %teaspoonful of salt. Now
cut very dry bread into thin slices, dip
as many into the batter AS can be ried
at once, being careful to cover both
sides of the bread, and fry Immediately
on IA well buttered griddle, just hot
enough to brown them nicely. When
done, butter the slices, place them in
layers and bring to the table ut once,
as a half hours steaming on the stove
would spoil this dish that is excellent,
and more wholesome than the ordinary
wheat pancakes.
OPPRESSION after eating, headache,
nervous debility, are the effects Of indigestion.
One, or two at most OF Parsons Purgative
Pills will give immediate relief.
JoHNsoN's Anodyne Liniment may be
administered to children with perfect success,
in cases Of Group, whooping- cough, influenza,
and almost any of the diseases to which they
are liable.
AGE does not impair DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgative Pellets, or Tasteless,
Coated, Concentrated Root and Herbal Juice,
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