Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-12
e Hav water ia a great sweet

necessary Hay water is a great sweet
ener of TIM wooden and iron ware. In
Irish diaries everything used for milk
is scalaed with hay-water. I -" -
To MEND AND CLEAN KID Gloves
Turn them on the wrong side and sew
them over and over in the ordinary
way. They will last longer and look
better than if mended on the right
side. Turn them back again, and go
over them with a clean towel dipped in
skim milk, wearing them during the
process until they are quite dry.
REMEDY FOR CUTs AND ABRAr1oNs OF
eHE SKM.-Take live coal, pulverize
it, apply to the wound, and cover the
whole with rag. The charcoal alb
serbs all the secretions, and is antisep-
tic. Quinine in powder may be used
instead, as it possesses most of the
virtues OF pulverized charcoal, and is
besides stringent and tonic, and gives
white scab instead of black one.
ALMOND CAKE. Half cup butter II
cups pulverized sugar; half cup sweet
milk; the whites of eggs :; 2 cups
Hour; 2 teaspoons of baking powder.
Take the whites of eggs for the icing !;
l pound of almonds, weighed in the
shell, blanched. The cake to be made
In two shallow pans, and cut in two /;
put on a layer Of icing, then layer of
almonds, another Of icing, then the cake
For cold feet the best remedy is to
dip them every night and morning in a
nf Il
them dry with acoarse towel. 4 To hard
on the feet fannie acid has been used
with success. Employ it in the proper
ton of five grains to fluid ounce of
water. To correct offensive smell of
the feet, battle them in a weak solution
OF permaganate Of potassa; one scruple
to eight ounces of water. For absorb
ing excessive perspiration of the feet,
mix together seven ounces of carbonate
OF magnesla, two ounces of powdered
calclnen alum, seven ounces of orris
root, and half dram of powdered cloves.
To DRY CoRN.-Cut the corn from
the cob when the grains are filed with
their milk, full young for present eat
ing; and, without boiling, but when
cut off, put it in a large bread-pan and
slip it into hot oven till it is about
half cooked. and then dry in the sun as
usual. Corn prepared in this way may
be dried an one bright days sun suf-
fciently to be put into sacks, which
may be laid in the sun few days and
then stored away. Corn dried in this
way Is much more sweet aud tender
than when boiled, as it is evident the
water takes away much of it's sweet
ness. Try it and be convinced. .g,g 81.
To DRY SWEET Corn. Boil it ten
minutes, cut from the cob, being care
ful not to cut too close, but after the
principal part is. removed, scrape the
cob to get the hearts of the corn out.
This keeps it from having any of the cob
in it, and preserves all the goodness of
the corn. Take 1t some clear hot day
and spread on cloth in the sun. If
got out early it will be nearly dry by
night. Corn or fruit is better to be
stored in paper bags for safekeeping
when dried. They are very easily made
of stout paper-ot course it must be
perfectly whole-by FASTING the edges
together. s.al, II u..D.r
RUSSIAN PICKLE. This piquant pickle
is thus prepared: Take seed cucun-
bers yellow on the vine), cut in Ealf
lengthwise, rinse, and scoop out the
seeds, Divide them in the middle and
put in strong salt and water, to remain
from four to nine days, as convenient.
Take out, drain and wipe them. Then
scald in sufficient vinegar to cover
them. Drop in small bit of alum the
size OF cherry to each gallon of vine
gar, and let it boil well. Stuff the Gu
cumbers with one quart of small onions,
half pint of garlic, one pint of mus
tard seed mixed white and black, half
pound Of horse-radish, quarter of a
pound Of black pepper, three ounces of
cloves, three ounces of allspice, and,
lastly, two nutmegs pounded. Tie up
each cucumber neatly with Irvine string,
and add to large three gallon jar full
three pounds of English Island sugar
that is to say, the very best quality of
brown.
4lligators Swallowing their Young.
Colonel Caleb G. Forshey, of the
New Orleans Academy of Science.
propos of the question whether snakes
swallow their young, states that this
habit is certainly found among alliga-
tors. "That alligators swallow their
young" says Prof. Forshey, 81 have
had ocular demonstration in single
case; and have the universal tradition
Of negroes and whites in this region of
Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas that
such is their habit. In the winter of
1843- A I was engaged making survey
on the banks of the Homochitto Lake.
The day was warm and sunny, and, as I
halted near the margin of pond partly
dried up, to pick up some shells, I
started litter of young alligators, that
scampered off, yelping like puppies,
and retreating some twenty yards to the
bank of Lake Homochitto. Isaw them