The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-11-22
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

HoUsEKEEPERs should know that the
expressed Juice of garlic is an everlasting
cement for broken china, glassware, and
the like, leaving no mark of fracture II
neatly done.
CRACKERS nine cups flour, one
cup lard, two cups water, two teaspoons
cream-tartar and one teaspoon saleratus.
First rub the lard into the flour and add
two teaspoons salt.
MoLAssEs CANDY.-Two cups molasses,
one cup sugar, one tablespoonful vinegar,
butter size Of hickory nut. Boil briskly
twenty minutes, stirring all the time.
When cool pull until white.
PICKLE FOR HAMs.-For 100 pounds OF
ham take six gallons of water, nine pounds
salt, one quart of molasses, three ounces OF
saltpeter and one ounce saleratus. When
ready to smoke they can be soaked and
then freshened to taste if too salt.
To CURE collie in horses, melt a pint OF
hogs lard over slow fire, add SCOT from
the chimney until it becomes as thick as
cream, add two or three pods of red pep
per, pour the mixture into bottle and give
to the animal. If the horse is not quickly
relieved, repeat the dose.
SPONGE CAKE.-One cup of sugar, one
cup of flour, sifted, four large or five small
eggs. Beat the sugar and yolks nicely to-
gether. Beat the whites to stiff froth,
add to the sugar and yolks; then stir in
the flour. One teaspoonful of essence OF
lemon. Bake in quick oven.
The AgricuEtu1-ist gives this remedy for
founders AS soon as the horse is found
to be stiff swab the legs and feet with hot
water-so hot that the hand cannot bear to
touch it, but not so hot as to scald. After
short time the legs should be rubbed dry
and the horse gently exercised. Has never
known this to fail to remedy the trouble
EXCELLENT JoHNNYcAKEs.-One cup
meal, one of flour, one of sugar, one OF
milk, one egg, butter the size of an egg,
soda and cream-tartar or, another: four
tablespoons of corn meal, three tablespoons
of flour, one teaspoon of soda, one and a
half of cream-tartar, one cup milk, small
lump butter, two tablespoons sugar, little
SALT
CHOICE MUCILAGE.-Ina wide-mouthed
bottle to the best glue add one-eighth as
much gum tragacanth and enough cold
soft water for the proper consistence after
standing. The warmer the weather the
less water is required, and the bottle may
stand open. This mucilage will not dry
up nor mold. and will fasten paper, wood,
or earthenware.
The Neeo Yorker says that the skin of an
animal, whether COW, calf, colt, or horse,
that dies on the farm, is worth more at
home than at the tanners. Cut it into
narrow strips, and shave off the hair with
sharp knife before the kitchen fire, or in
your workshop, on stormy days and even
ngs. You may make them soft by rub
bing. A rawhide halter-strap an inch
wide VIII hold horse better and last
longer than an inch rope. 1t is stronger
than hoop-iron and more durable, and
may be used to hoop dry casks and boxes,
and for hinges. Try it on broken thill,
or any woodwork that has been split. Put
it on wet, and nail fast. Thin skins make
the best bag-strings in the world. A raw-
hide rope is good substitute for a chain.
1t is valuable to mend broken link in a
trace chain. For some purposes it is best
to use it in its natural state. For some
purposes it may be dressed soft.
To DYE STRAW HATs.-Btack.-Bon two
pounds of logwood and half pound of
fustic together for four hours; boil thehats
or bonnets in this first; then add a quarter
of apound of green copperas to the above
mixture, and reboil the articles an hour
longer. Expose them to the air for ten
minutes, place them in the liquid an hour,
clean and brush. This will dive twelve
bonnets or hats. Gray-Boil three-quar-
tiers of an ounce of cudbear for three
hours add two ounces of blue paste, mix
with as much water as will cover the bon
nets, let them remain in soak ten clear
days, rinse and dry. They are ready for
blocking. This is enough for six bonnets.
BrotOn.-Half a pound of fustic chips,
quarter of pound of peach wood, half
an ounce of madder boil these four hours
and add half a pound of green copperas !;
boil the hats for two hours, dry and brush.
This will dye two or three bonnets.-New
York Tribune.