The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-06-05
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.


When linen has become discolored,
rinse It in . very blue water after wash
ing, and let 1t remain in the open air all
night. Repeat this treatment and ex-
posture for several days, Until 1t has be-
come white. .s. =
.-Corns and Bunions.-Burn with caus.
tic, after bathing; repeat if necessary.
Another remedy: apply the pulp of lemon
until the hard pulp can be removed. Cot
ton creased with linseed oil or turpentine
is very good, as it softens the corn.
The teeth, it should be impressed
upon children, should be cleansed as we'll
and nearly as often as the face-at least
after each meal. The habit of taking care
of the teeth should be early formed by
the child, until it becomes as essential to
its owtl comfort as cleansing any other
part of the body:
Boiled Corn Bread.-Take two cups
of corn meal, one of wheat -four, half q
cup of brown sugar, one pint Of sour milk
one and half teaspoon of soda, one tea
spoon of salt. Mix we'll. Put in well
buttered tin pail, cover tight and set In q
kettle of boiling water. Cover and boil
two hours.
Apple Meringue.-Pare, core and
stew ten tart apples in a very little water
season as for pie and put in fruit pie
dish into not very hot oven. Beat up
meanwhile the whites of four eggs as you
would for icing, piling on the apples like
rocks, avoiding the edge Of the dish; re
turn it to oven and nicely brown. SliI
all out carefully by aid of knife or spoor
into China dish and serve with cream
but If you have not cream, make custarC
of the yolks of the eggs, favored will
vanilla, etc.
Paris Green for Vines.-It is not gen
orally known that Paris green mixed il
the proportion of one part by'measure t
twenty-five parts of -four, will kill tn,
striped bug from off cucumbers, squashes
muskmelons and other vines, except wa
termelons, the leaves of which latter ar,
sometimes spotted if the mixture be uset
strongly. It may be busted ON from ,
slazy bag or dredging box. Usually tot
much Of the powder is cast on; thu
slightest possible quantity evenly dis
tributed is sufficient, and it should be ap
piled in the morning while the dew lie!
on the plants.
Permanent Flower Bedside save tim,
and labor of reshaping flower beds every
spring, when made in the sod, lay out TIN
form you wish them, take off the surfac,
to the depth of eighteen inches, cut tn
side straight down, set large, long shaped
| stones edgewise around, even and upright
supporting each other firmly, preservin.
| the same height above the surface. Thu
stones should stand six inches above; thi
will prevent the grass growing into tn
bed. Replace the sod to the height of on
foot; fill up with soil and compost, rals
ing the centre eighteen inches higher thar
the edge. Dressed up, and rich soil added
every spring, you have bed that will las
over twenty years. The stone sides keel
the roots moist, and enable them to stant
the heat and drouth of summer.
Choosing Matching Eggs.-Eggs TO
Matching should he chosen of the fai
average size usually laid by the hen the,
are from; any unusually large or small
being rejected. Some hens lay large eggs
and others small ones. A fat hen will al
ways lay small eggs, which can only pro
duce small and weakly chickens. Absc
lutte size in eggs is, therefore, of but littl
importance. Round, short eggs are usu
ally the best to select; very long eggs
especially if much pointed at the small
end, almost always breed birds with som
awkwardness in style of carriage Meth
er should rough-shelled eggs be chosen
they usually show some arrangement of tn
organs, and are often sterile. Smooth
shelled eggs alone are proper for hatch
ing. 1t is a farce to suppose that the Sc!
of bird can be determined by the shap
of the egg.