The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-14
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

cream, three cups of sour milk or butter
milk, one-half cup of sugar or molasses.
two teaspoonfuls Of saleratus. Mix stiff
enough for the spoon to stand erect. A
little salt helps it.
Plum Preserves.-Plums are equally
good done in molasses as sugar. If sugar
is used, take an equal quantity of fruit
and sugar. Make q clear syrup and boil
the plums gently forty minutes. They
willrequire heating over once if to he kept
Beech plums are very excellent prepared
in this way, as well as for pies.
Iced Apples.-Pare, core and slice ten
apples of large, tart kind. Bake them
till nearly done. Put them away to get
entirely cold; then prepare some icing as
all the juice, lay the icing thickly on the
turn them to the oven to just harden and
be set. Serve with cream. This is very
beautiful either for dessert or an evening.
Imitation Coral Baskets-Bend bon
net wire into the shape of a scolloped
basket; and two wires, crossed at equal
distances, for the handle and then sew on
few raisin stems, short and long ones
Melt some beeswax, coloring it with
Chinese vermilion or red aniline; if the
aniline is used, it must be dissolved in a
little warm water and poured into the
beeswax. Apply this while hot, pouring
it on with teaspoon, being careful to
just cover the frame.
"A correspondent of the Rural Nep
Yorker gives the following as sure cure
for scratches and collar-gall and good for
man and beast: One quart linseed oil :;
one quart spirits turpentine; two fluid
ounces sulphuric acid. Put oil and tur-
pentine together in common stone jug;
add the acid slowly, Creeping it uncorked)
and keep it in motion until cool. To cure
scratches use no wash but the oil, and
after two days application rub the affect
ed part with a cob and apply oil every
day.
"A southern editor, whose palate has
been delighted and whose heart has been
made glad by an offering of blackberry
Jam, gives the recipe by which it was
made. 1t reads as follows: Select fine
ripe blackberries; float them in cool fresh
water, take out and drain we'll, then
weigh, and to each pound Of fruit add
one pound of best coffee sugar, placing
each in large porcelain-lined kettle,
layer of fruit and layer of sugar alternate
ly; let stand four or five hours, when the
berries will float in their own rich juice,
no water being necessary. Now put on a
brisk fire and cook until just done, which
may be easily told by tasting; too much
cooking makes the berries black and
tasteless. Put away in jars and they will
keep any length of time.
-Carbolic Acid.-That great disinfect.
ant, carbolic acid, should be on hand in
every household, and if bought by the
gallon or quart it is cheap; if bought in
walls it isdear. An objection hitherto has
been its unpleasant odor, but this was on
account of its strength. Solutions will
kill the eggs of all kinds of vermin, will
destroy ants in the hill, and annihilate the
germs of disease and plaques in stables
and outhouses, but general cleaning out
is required in connection. All drains
sinks, and pipes conveying water should
have sprinkling.
Saving the Shingles.-The Scientific
american says: Take potash kettle OF
large tub, and put into it one barrel OF
wood ashes I've, five pounds of white
vitriol, five pounds of alum, and as much
salt as will dissolve in the mixture
Make the liquor quite warm, and put as
many shingles in it as can be conveniently
wetted at once. Stir them up with a fork,
and when well soaked take them out and
put in more, renewing the liquor as neces
sary. Then lay the shingles in the usual
manner. After they are laid take the
liquor that is left, put enough lime into il
to make whitewash, and if any coloring is
desirable, add ocher, Spanish brown
lampblack, etc., and apply to the ROOF
with brush or an old broom. This wash
may be renewed from time to time. Salt
and lye are excellent preservatives Of
wood. It is well known that leach tubs
troughs, and other articles used in the
manufacture of potash, never rot. They
become saturated with the alkali, turn
yellowish inside, and remain impervious
| to weather.