River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-02-13

WATER PALS. Wooden water pals.
whether TO be used in the kitchen, or
at the stable, should receive two or
three good coats of gum shellac var
nish, dissolved in alcohol, well laid on
both inside and outside. This will
last year or more, before the wood
will begin to soak water. 1t is much
better than lead paint for the inside of
pals. Lead is poison and soon peels
of IN freezing weather, and then the
pals soak water and get very heavy to
lift besides which, they rot fast and
leak through the pores OF the wood
Shellac can be procured from any
painter, readily mixed, and if corked
tightly, will keep any length of time. -
N. Il. Farmer.
RAPID PICKING OF MEAT. The fol
lowing is an English recipe Roll the
meat in mixture of sixteen ounces of
salt, one-half ounce saltpetre, and one
ounce sugar, SO that all parts be com
pletely sailed then wrap closely IN a
piece OF cotton cloth, previously well
scalded and dried, and place in a por-
celain or other vessel. The cloth is
essential with small pieces, to retain
the brine formed in contact with the
meat. After about sixteen hours, how.
ever, some brine will drain off into the
bottom of the vessel, and 1T will then
be necessary to turn the meat, still
wrapped up, daily. A piece of SIX
pounds treated in this way for six DAYS,
then unwrapped and boiled, will be
found quite palatable and sufficiently
picked. For larger quantities the
cloth may be dispensed with, since the
qrine formed will be sufficient to cover
the mass, provided the pieces are close
ly packed, and any unavoidable cavi-
ties filed with stones.
To DESTROY BUGS, ANTS, ETC. No in
sect which crawls can live under the
application of hot alum water. Ii
will destroy led and black ants,
eockIoaches, spiders, chintz bugs, and
all the myriads of crawling pests
which iniest our houses during the
heated term. Take two pounds of
alum and dissolve it in three or four
quarts of boiling water; let it stand on
the stove until tina alum is all melted f;
then apply it with brush, while nearly
boiling hot, to every joint and creyiee
in our closets, bedsteads, pantry
shelves, and the like Brush the
crevices in the floor of. the skirting or
mop boards, il you suspect that they
I harbor vermin.
Ii III whitowasling u ceiling plenty
Of alum is added TO the lime, it will also
serve to keep insects at distance.
4 Cockroaches will flee the paint which
has been washed in cool alum water
Sugar barrels and boxes can be freed
from ants by drawing a wide chalk
m ark, Just around the edge of the top
ofthem. The mark must lie unbroken,
or they will creep over It, but con-
hnuous chalk mark, half on inch IN
width, will set their depredations at
naught.
Powdered alum or boraX will keep
the chintz bug at a respectful distance,
and travellers should always carry a
bundle Of il in their hand bags toscat
ter over and under their pillows IN ho-
tells, etc. While staying ~ q hotel N
Denver, Col, with q party, most q
whom complained sadly Of the nightly
attacks ofthese disgusting insects, ] was
able 60 keep them entirely AZ bay by
its use, and ! distributed the contents
of my bundle among the party, not on
+ ~ 90 their great relief, but 70 the uttcI
discontinue If the bugs, who were
forced to seek Lea pastures.