The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-10-24

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Farm and Household Column.
CHEAP V1xEaAR.-Take a quantity
Of common Irish potatoes, wash them
until they are thoroughly clean, place
them in a large vessel, and boil them
until done. Drain off carefully tho
water that they were cooked in,
straining it, if necessary, in order to
remove every particle of the potato.
Then put this potato water in a iuc
or key, which get near the stove, or
in some place where it will he kent
warm, and add one pound Of sugar
to about two and one-half gallons Of
the water, some hop yeast, or a small
portion Of whiskey. Let it stand
three or four weeks, and you will
have excellent vinegar Mt = cost of
six or seven cents per gallon.-Jour.
hal of Chemistry.
TAKE TINE FOR MEAIs.-A very
bad, and probably the most iniuriou,
habit tho American people have-es-
pecially mecllanics-is that Of randi
eating. We should cat slowly, and
give our victuals more time to digest,
and We would find it much better for
our health. Germans do not rise ~
hastily from tie table as We; for time
with them is not 90 precious; life is
not 80 crowded time can be found
FIR after.dinner talk. The cigars and
coffee, which appear before the cloth
is lemov ed, keep the company to-
gether; and in that state Of suffasel
comfort " llich quiet digestion creates,
they hear without anger the opin.
ions Of antagonists.
TO Dr. PLuMs.-Gather the plums
when not too ripe. Prick each one
with da rning- needle in several pla-
ces. TAN 70 half a pound of sugar to
each pound of fruit. Melt the sugar
with little water; skim it thorough
~; then add the plums, and boil for
half an hour. Lift out the plums, and
boil the sugar for twenty minutes
longer, or until it nearly candies.
which you can tell by taking M :.
small quantity in a spoon and letting
it drop down until it threads out in
strings. Turn it over the plums, and
put them to dry in a cool oven, STIR
ring them up every few minutes.
When candied, put them into boxes.
ENGLISH JUXKEr.-Tako one wine.
glass Of brandy and, two tablespoon
fuls Of moist sugar. Mix we'll these
ingredients, then pour upon this mix.
ture one quart Of milk warm from
the COW. Stir all together, then add
three or four tablespooufuls of e.
seuco of rennet. II that used il
home. made ffon, sailed wells, Que ia
blespoonfal will be required. Let il
stand an hour or An hour and a half.
keeping it covered at first, not to cool
too suddenly, or it will not turn 10
firmly, nor will it be 60 tender. Then
CRATE nutmeg over it. aud cover it
with cream. Tho juuket should, for
obvious reasons, be mixed from the
first in the dish in which it is to bo
served on the table, for it would
otherwise appear in broken frsc-
,nents, instead of the white, tender.
delicious whole.-LOndon Agricultu.
raj Gazette. @''
A few sheep should be kept on eve.
~ grain farm; . great many should
be fed during soIne portions of the
year. But . small flock is a clear
gain, for, there is always room for
tham in some Of, the fields and somo-
thing for them, to eat in the winter.
Suppose q farmer cultivating a hun.
dred acres and not in the habit of
keeping sheep buys, say twenty. In
the spring they will do we'll on tie
planting ground before it 10 plowed,
they will clean out q lane or any
rough coroer on a farm, aud are one
Of the best helps the farmer can have
on bis GUNNER faliow. After harvest
they will CLEAN the stubbles and clear
out tho fence corners; and later, in
the autumn, they will tread down tho
new seeding and prepare it to stand
the winter. In an old pasture where
cattle and horses arc kept, q few sheep
will improve the feed. They viii
crop the bushes and weeds, bite the
coarse grass, sleep on the kuolls and
manure them which the cattle eat
bare. And tho income from 4 small
flock Of sheep may be from five to :
ten dollars each, yearly.-Roch. Dem.
SIMPLE. CURE FOR Bo1Ls.-Dr. ST.
mon, a physician, Of Lorraine, gives
as : new cure for boils, Damely-by
treating them with camphorated al
cohol. Az coon ~ the elimination
point of = boil makes ito appearance Z
be puts . little Of tho liquid in =
saucer, and, dipping the ends Of bis
little fingers In IL, rnbs the infamed
surface, especially tho central part,
repeating tho operation eight or ten
times for about half . minute. He
then allows the surface TO dry. Dla-