Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-03-13
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

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4 obliged to call attention to a sad waat and
neglect in the home Of many a farmer. The
children, no less than the wife, are left too
much to themselves. There is SO much
other stock to attend to at the barn by the
man, that, alas, those creatures OF the &C.
nus homo-young immorta!s, with minds as
we'll as bodies, hold quite asecondary place
in his thought. And the wife, crowded,
jlded, worn with the never, ending round
osduties, while the husbands demands in
respect to keeping the farm affairs, within
as well as without, going ahead, are not
abated a jot, she mast slight those children.
They must go unkempt and often in tat
tiers, unless there is somebody to help her
i'll the kitchen.
Besides all this daily and hourly pressure
the farmers wife generally feels obliged to
keep at home too closely. If she only had
a breathing spell now and then That fine
horse of yours is let loose every day or two
to frisk and ganbol at pleasure for an hour
but the wife feels tethered continually
She ought to get away from home duties
now and then-onee a week at least. You
have your freedom. You ride up town to
the store and postoaice, and stop to talk
and gossip qaite frequently. But that poor
wife-she must stay al home, notwithstand-
ing she might enjoy a ride and a word of
| gossip full as well as yourself. At least.
don't go home without taking along with
you some of the papers ike Hearth and
Home, OF IIarper's Weekly, or Soribner'S
Monthly, with its choice reading matter
and beautiful illustrations, or Appleton's
Journal, or the st. Nicholas for the chill
Idren. Treat your wife and children with
something to read, instead of the crowd
with something to drink,
MEDICAL VALUE OF AsPARAGUs.-A
medical correspondent Of an English Jour-
nal says that the advantages of asparagus
are not sufficiently appreciated by those
who suffer with rheumatism and gout.-
Slight cases of rheumatism are cured in a.
few days by feeding on this delicious escu.
lent and more chronic cases are much re-
lieved, especially if the patient avoids all
acids, whether in food or beverage. The
Jerusalem artichoke has also a similar eff
feet in relieving rheumatism. The heads
may be eaten in the usual way, but tea
made from the leaves of the stalk. and
frank three or four times a day, is a cer-
tain remedy, though not equally agreea-
BILE.
BALKYH oRsEs.-A writer in The Coun-
try Gentleman says that this vice in a horse
cannot be overcome by whipping or swear
ing at him. His b1ain seems capable of en-
tertaining but one thought at a time, and
The stubborn resolve not to move seems to be
ippermost in it. Therefore you must en-
deavort to give him a new subject of thought,
dIa tncIcRy Observation-Disclosures of his
brain.
The simple trick of puttinga small guam
tity of earth or gravel, taken from the
roadside, upon his tongue, will suffice to
turn his attention to the new kind of fod-
der offered to him. Now cluck to him,
but don'i strike him, and almost before he
$ aware Of it he is walking along, and
| soon trots as fast as is needful.
FRIcAsEED TURKEY.-Cut up a small
young turkey, rinse it in cold water, put it
into a stew-pan, and set it over a gentle
fire; take off the scum as it rises, and add
a large ~teaspoonful of salt, when it is ten
der and white, and the same of pepper
Work a tablespoonful of -four with a quar-
Ter of a pound Of sweet butter, and stir it
with the frieasee by the spoonful. Dip a
bunch of parsley in hot water, chop it small
| and put in the stew-pan, cover and let SIM
mer gently for fifteen minutes, then serve
| with boiled rice or mashed potatoes for
| breakfast or dinner.
| A FEW WORDS ABOUT WASHING
Put your clothes in a g good suds the day be-
fore washing; in the morning wash out of
the water. warming it by the addition of
hot water if desirable put into boiling
water, let them hoil ten or fifteen minutes;
wash out the boil siIds with the hands
rinse, hang out and dry. If you are not
satisfied with the plan please let us know
through The Rural. / have, washed in
this way for some years, and am always
successful inhaying white clothes, and get
ting my washing out early in the day.-E.
Lonadrtine, Pa.
ENGLISH BREAKFAST RoLLs.-Roll a
| quarter of a pound of butter into a pound
| of flour; then add a tablespoonful of good
| yeast, and break in one egg. Mix it with
| a little warm milk poured into the middle
of thedour; stir all well together, and set
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light dough, and again set it by the fire.
Make up the rolls, lay them on a tin, and
set them in front Of the fire before you put
them into the oven, and brush them over
with egg.
WINTER PEA SOUP.-Boil one pint of
split peas in three quarts of water till soft.
Then stew i'll the soup pound and a half
of beef and a slice Of bacon, with a few
cloves and a little mace. Lett it stew for
W. hours, run it through a calendar, pep
per and salt to taste, and add q lump OF
sugar. Serve with bread, fried and cut in
to dice, on a separate dish.
LIGHT IN THE Room FOR THE SICK
| The late physician to the Emperor Of Rus
STA made a careful study of the effect of
light as a curative agent in the hosital of
st. Petersburg. He discovered that the
number of patients who were cured in
rooms properly lighted was four tines as
large as it was when they were contend in
dark rooms.
MUFFINs.-One pint flour, two eggs we'll
ho,ton nc mrch milk as will make a Snita-