American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-07
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

SUGAR Observation-Disclosures cup OF
sugar, one cup of sour milk, piece OF
butter half the size of Il hens egg, one
scant teaspoonful of saleratus, and Hour
| enough to make it as stiff as molasses gin
gerbread. Flavor with lemon or nutmeg.
CHICKEN CHoLERA.-The following pre-
scription we find in the Southern CultiUd-
tor, and it is said to be very etlicacious in
chicken cholera: Glycerine and water,
each halfounce; carbolic acid, ten drops.
When the first symptoms of the disease
are apparent give five drops, and repeat at
intervals of twelve hours. Usually the
second dose effects Il cure. \ neighbor
informed me that cholera was very de
structive among his poultry, and at my
suggestion he tried the foregoing recipe.
He reports that the progress of the disease
was promptly arrested, and in almost
| every case cure was accomplished.
BREAD OF BRowN OR GRAHAM FLOUR.
Measure one teacup of flour into the
pan the bread is to rise in, and on that
pour one quart of boiling water, and let it
cool till you can bear your finger in it;
then add a dessert-spoonful of salt, IA tea
spoonful of brown sugar. piece of lard
| as large as walnut (the lard must be per-
fectly sweet and niece, two tablespoonfuls
d yeast, and as much more flour as you
can stir in with stick; put in Il warm
place to rise all night; in the morning
grease well a cast-iron baking pan sheet
iron burns too readily, pour the risen
dough into it, smooth it nicely on the top;
bake, in half an hours time, just one
hour.
How TO MAKE PosTs LAST FOREVER
A correspondent of the Western Rural
says: l discovered many years ago that
| wood could be made to last longer than
iron, in the ground, but thought the pro
cess so simple and inexpensive that it was
not worth while making any stir about it.
l would as soon have poplar, Eastwood
or quaking ash as any other kind of tim
Der for fence posts. l have taken out
| Eastwood posts after having been set seven
years. that were as sound when taken up
as when they were first put in the ground.
Time and weather seemed to have no
effect on them. The posts can be prepar-
ed for less than two cents apiece. For
the benefit of others | will give the recipe:
Take boiled linseed oil and stir in it pull
verified charcoal to the consistency OF
paint. Put coat of this over the timber,
and there is not man that will live to see
it rot.
How TO MAKE MUSTARD PLASTER
How many people are there who really
know how to make a mustard plaster?
Not one in hundred, at the most, per
haps and vet mustard plasters are used in
cNCly anu Ihs SitiiHo PiSo'iio'
their application, never telling anybody
how to make them for the simple reason
| that the doctors themselves do not know,
as rule. The ordinary way is to mix the
mustard with water, tempering it with
little flour, but such plaster as that
makes is simply abominable. Before it
has half done its work it begins to blister
the patient. and leaves him finally with
painful, flayed spot, after having produc-
ed far less effect in beneficial way than
was intended. Now a mustard plaster
should neUer make WisterMt all. If a Bills
ter is wanted, there are other plasters far
better than mustard for the purpose.
When you make mustard plaster, then,
use no water whatever, but mix the mus
| tard with the white of an egg, and the re-
suit will be a plaster which will draw"
perfectly, but will not produce blister
even upon the skin of an infant, no matter
how long it is allowed to remain upon the
part. For this we have the word of an
old and eminent physician, as well as our
own experience and Home.