Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-30
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.

Moderation is the silken string run
ming through the pearlchain of all viz
tues.
Hogs that run in an orchard picking
up the windfalls, and occasionally good
apples, never have the hog cholera, which
is another proof of the value OF fruit
diet.
Keeping Cider Sweet-Heat the cider
until it boils, pour into the bottles, which
have been previously heated to prevent
cracking. Cork tight, and seal immedi-
ately, as in canning fruit. The cider will
keep unchanged for years.
AS harvesting appliance for gather
ing fall customers we know of no better
invention than judicious advertising in the
most widely circulated and best read
newspapers. Merchants who use this inn
plement invaribly secure the largest crops.
Egg Plant.-Pare the fruit, cut il
into slices third of an inch thick, slight
ly salt the pieces and stack them on
plate. In an hour or two they will have
lost considerable water. They are then
to be dipped in beaten egg, sprinkled with
cracker crumbs and fried. Serve very hot.
-Wintering Grapes.-Orrin Brown, OF
St Joseph, Michigan, kept seventeen has
kets of Diana grapes last winter, by simply
putting the baskets In cool, dry cellar,
covering them with paper, and then leav-
ing them alone 1t is said the flavor of the
grapes was wholly unimpaired.
Celery Sauce.-Pick and wash two
heads of celery, cut them into pieces an
inch long, and stew them in pint of wa
ter and teaspoonful of salt, until the
celery is tender. Rub large tablespoon
full of butter with spoonful of flour well
together; stir this into pint of cream,
and put in the celery and let it boil up
once. Serve hot, with boiled poultry.
of with your hat, my boy, when you
enter the house. Gentlemen never keep
their hats on in the presence of ladies,
and if you always take yours of when
only mamma and the girls are by, you
won't forget yourself and be mortified
when guest or stranger happens TO be in
the parlor. Habit is stronger than any
thing else, and you will always find that
the easiest way TO make sure of doing
right on any special occasion, is 10 get in
the habit of doing right. Good manners
cannot be put on at moments notice
Hearth and Home.
Advantages of Draining.-A drained
soil will pass off the water as it falls, or
nearly as fast And what then? There
is only moisture, and air is admitted; and
the land is seldom so cold and wet That
no progress of the seed is made; and once
begun, it will stand good deal, protect
ed as il is by the soil. Trust your land,
if it is drained, either naturally or other
wise, especially if there is considerable
fertility, and the soil is dry and mellow at
the time of sowing. Fertility has a
warming effect AT least this is our ex-
perience, and that of those around US.
Waterproof Shoe Polish. Take a
widemouthed bottle, and half fill it with
shellac vanish having the consistency of
thin syrup. Mix some Iampblack with a
little of the same varnish and when well
blended, add il, with bit Of gum cam.
phor, to the contents of the bottle, and
keep it well corked. The rule is-to one
pint of varnish add half an ounce each
of good lampblack and gum camphor.
With this preparation chldren's shoes
may be kept polished and waterproof all
the year round and it is a nice applica-
ton for the larger shoes as well. And
if gentlemen ever read such article as
these---let me whisper, it will freshen up
your old harness considerably; and may
be used 10 advantage in many similar
ways, answering every purpose to which
French dressing is application. Chris
tidn Union.