Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-08-07
USEFUL AND sUeGEsrIyE.


SUBSTANCES containing tannin are the
best for preserving wood. ....
GRAPE-vINEs must have the supernu-
merary shoots rubbed of as soon as their
needlessness Is seen
To FIX pencil drawings apply thor
oughly-skimmed milk with cameLhair
brush or soft sponge
HoED crops cannot be cultivated too
much, and Il Is better to cultivate with
horse-labor than the hand-hoe.
For preserving iron, coal oil of q
medium density, between burning oil
and good lubricating oil, has been found
TO be the best
II costs about one cent per quart to
condense milk, and takes three pints of
milk to make pound of the sugared,
condensed article, which sells at twenty
five cents.
A WRITER in the Rural Men Yorker adj
vises every farmer who is doing well in
! his special line of farming not 10 change
for dairying. He believes the profits
from dairying are often over-estimated
To MAKE pastry for three pies, take
three cups of sifted flour, one tablespoon
ful of white sugar, one tablespoonful of
salt, one cup of lard and half cup of
cold water; stir with a spoon, and roll
out for your pies.
CURRANT CATsUP.-Three pounds cur.
rants, two pounds sugar, one pint vine
gar, one tablespoonful cloves, one table
spoonful cinnamon; cook slowly several
hours. 1t Is splendid relish with cold
meat-warm either.
IT is said that the simplest method of
sharpening razor is to put il for half an
hour in water to which one-twentieth of
its weight of muriatic or sulphuric acid
mas been added, then lightly wipe it off,
ana after afew hours set it on hone.
To remove tattoo marks from the skin,
blister the part with plaster little
larger than the mark; then keep the
place open for week with an ointment;
finally, dress 1t TO get we'll As the new
skin grows the tattoo marks will disap-
I pear.
! To EXTRACT ink from cotton, silk and
woolen goods saturate the spots with
| spirits of turpentine and let il remain for
several hours; then rub il between the
hands. It will crumble away without in
| 1uring either'the color or the texture of
the article.
IL you have been picking or handling
acid fruit and have stained your hands,
wash them in clear water, wipe them
lightly, and while they are yet moist
strike match and shut your hands
around it so as to catch the smoke, and
the stain will disappear.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Country Gen
tLe1ndn says good application of two or
three bushels of blacksmith's cinders
spread around young fruit trees, particu-
larly pears, not only keeps down the
grass but affords some principle which
gives health and vigor to the growth OF
the trees. . o..
PRUNE your rose bushes pretty severe
ly as soon as the period of blooming is
over, unless it should be very dry, in
which case the pruning should be de-
ferred until just as the fall crop begins.
by this course we get an abundance of
young spurs or shoots for Towering the
next season.
A REMEDY for choked cattle that has
never failed is to take teacupful of
soft soap, dissolve in pint of warm
water and pour it down the throat of the
choked animal. As soon as administered
the apple or potato is thrown up instant
ly, upon passing the hand upon and
along the throat.-ErchaRge
CAMPHoRATED WATER has strange,
qulckening power over the latent life of
vegetable germs. soak any kind of gar
den seeds in water impregnated with
camphor and their termination will be
vastly hastened, and the young plants
thus set shooting will continue to grow
with a vigor and vivacity much beyond
those not so treated
A PATENT NEsT.-A nest has been
patented for egg-eating hens which is
described thus: 1t consists of four boards
inside of box, sloping gently from the
top to the center. Straw is attached to
them by twine, as also an artificial egg.
When the egg is laid it rolls gently down
the sides to the center, there striking IA
trap which gives way, letting the egg
roll down another inclined plane to a
door, from which it can be removed
To REMOVE mildew, make a very weak
solution of chloride of lime in water
about heaping teaspoonful to quart
OF water strain it carefully, and dip the |
spot or the garment into it, and if the |
mildew does not disappear Immediately |
lay it in the sun for IA few minutes, or |
dip it again into the lime-water. The !
work is effectually and speedily done |
and the chloride of lime neither rots the |
cloth nor removes delicate colors when |
sufficiently diluted, and the article |
rinsed afterNard in clear water.