Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-29

tered lust before rain, over 1resniSS pio"
ed land To exterminate caterpliiars On
trees they may be sprink!ed WIN soiu,
ton of one part of sulphide OF potasSIu l;1i
in 500 parts of water This, IL IS saiu' VIZ
kill the insects, and do no harm 70 'iio
trees.
A MASSACHUSETTS medical man has re-
Gently been examining into the cohlposl-
ton of the daily food OF the average
Massachusetts person. he estllnates tliaI
every resident of the Bay State, VINO IS
above the age Of five years, IS III 'lle
habit of consuming pie at least twice each
day' A more appalling picture Of reck-
less and widespread intemperance mas
never before been presented.-NeD or"
Times.
A CONNECTICUT man purchased horse
of a neighbor, which upon trial ana not
nrove the kind he anticipated. Not car
ING to keep the animal, he applied aye
to his hide that made him lovely black,
and resold him to the aforesaid nelghbor
The animal was subsequently sold 10 the
first purchaser, his appearance having I'D
the meantime been again changed, ana
now both parties desire to know which
man should sue the other"
EVERYBODY has heard of the quack
doctor who was in the habit Of giving his
patients medicine which would throw
them into fits and then dOctoring them for
fits which he considered his specially.
This case has been paralleled by that OF
an old man calling himself DR.. Teasdills,
who was found dead IN his office in
Buffalo few days ago. An examination
of his correspondence and accounts led to
the belief that the principal part OF his
income was gained by persuadlng credul-
Gus patients that they were suffering from
the presence of frog in each OF their
stomachs, and then going to work vigor-
ously to cxterminate the frog.
IT is within the experience Of many to
find stove pipes that were put away IN the
spring apparently sound, almost eaten up
with rust when taken out in the fall for
use. a cheap and effectual remedy for
| the rust is the application of coal or lin
| seed oil. When the pipe Or sheet iron is
| new, apply coal or linseed oil inside and
| out 1t does not dsfigure the iron, and is
not apparent after the first day that fire IS
made. Afterwards, every spring when the
stove is taken down, clean the inside of
| the pipe and apply coal oil thoroughly to
! the inside, and the rust will not disturb
the iron.
OLD RECIPE FOR CUsTARDs.-The an
tiquity of the following may be as accepta-
be as its excellence. The date Of it is
| 1869: Take two quarts of cream, and boil
| it well with whole spice, then put IN the
yolks of twelve eggs, and six whites, well
beaten and strained then putin these eggs
over the fire, and keep stirring lest they
| turn; then, when they are thoroughly hot
take it off and stir it till almost cold; then
put in rose-water and sugar, and take out
the whole spice; then put your custard in
| to several things TO bake, and do not let
them stand too long in the oven. When
| YOU serve them, strcW on small French
| comfits of divers colors, or else fine sugar,
which you please.
SALT FOR PEAR TREEs.-Salting around
pear trees to prevent the blight is bccom-
| ING a general practice in Central New
| York. From 400 to 600 pounds per acre
are regularly applied each year, with sat
| isfactory results. \ correspondent of the
| Small F'i2tt Rec0rder writes as follows on
this subject; Last spring | put up a
| small shoyclful of the refuse material from
| the salt Works-Which is composed, | be
lieve, of salt lime and ash-around four
| year old pear tree 1t has made a very
| thrifty growth, and the leaves are all free
from blight or spot and have very CLOS
| sy, healthy look; while others of the same
lot MANFRED with barnyard manure, have
| grown but little, and the foliage is spotted
and dull.
THE United States Consul at Dundee,
| Scotland, writes to the Department Of Ag-
riculture, stating that firm in that city
has shipped 10000 plants of what is
| known as the Scotch fir, or Highland pine,
for distribution in the great prairie States
of the West The plants are sent in pack
ages, each containing $50. 1t is thought
that these trees will be peculiarly suited
to the plains, as they are very hardy, and
| of free growth The same firm proposes, if
it is acceptable to the Department, to
make another shipment of 10000 Of the
same kind of plants. The plants average
eighteen inches in height, and the Com
missioner of Agriculture proposes to dis
| tribute them in the original packages
from New York to parties who desire to
test their utility, and are willing to incur
the expense of their transportation from
| New York to their place Of destination.
IN France, the honey is extracted from
the hives by smoking" the bees, DR..
| Chairvou's system is now coming into
! general use Select bright, clear, sunny
day; place large table-cloth under the
hive and introduce inside good quarter
of an ounce of chloroform on pocket
handkerchief; then knot the table-cloth
on the top of the hive so as to exclude the
air; a loud buzzing will be heard, similar
| to when the bees are about swarming, and
at the end of a few minutes complete sll-
ence will ensue. Unite the table-cloth,
raise the hive, and the bees will be found
in a lethargic heap on the cloth, and the
few remaining inside will prove too
drowsy to interfere with the removal of
the combs. On exposing the bees to sun
and air, they will gradually waken up and
return to their hives.
| LEMONS are recommended as very whole
some and useful in certain states of the
system. People often crave an acid of
some kind, particularly in the warm,
weak-feeling days of spring and early
summer When lemons are cheap in the
market it may not be amiss to purchase a
quantity and prepare them for future use.
The following method is suggested: Press
out the juice of the lemons, and remove
the seeds, which give a bitter taste; separ-
ate the pulp from the peel, and boil the
former in the proportion of dozen pulps
| to pint of water, to extract the acid. Ten
minutes boiling is sufficient; strain the
water into the juice; add pound Of white
sugar to pint of juice; boil the whole
ten minutes, and bottle it, One or two
tablespoonfuls of this lemon syrup in a
glass of water will make cooling, health
full beverage.