Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-06-05
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

BRASS TIPS ON CATrLE's HORNS
Screw them on with any kind of wrench
that will fit the button. II the horn is
slender the point which protrudes
through the button should be cut of.
They are not usually put ON until the an
imai is at least three years of age. We
do not remember seeing them on any
animal younger than that-Ccuntry Gen
tlemdn.
To MAKE HAIR CURL, The method
employed by professional workers in
hair is as follows: Wet the hair to be
curled, wrap 1t smoothly around oylin-
drical stick or tube of proper size, tie Il
in place, then put it in water and boil IL
two or three hours, remove IL from the
boiler, wrap II carefully in newspaper
and bake 1t in q moderate oven for an
hour. Thus treated, 1t will stay in curl
permanently.
IT is admitted on all hands that the
quicker the milk is withdrawn from the
cows udder the better are the results in
every respect. 1t is obvious that milking
can be done quicker with both hands than
with one. Time is saved TO the mixer,
while the COW Is not so liable TO become
restless. The sooner milk is strained and
aired after IL is drawn the less is the liza
bility of its becoming sour II is gener.
ally conceded that slow and protracted
milking serves TO dry up COW and to
make her hard TO milk.
CHOCOLATE CAKE.-Butter, one-half tea
cupful; sugar, two tea-cupfuls; -four.
three teacupfuls; milk one teacupful eggs,
four; baking powder, one teaspoonful,
Bake as jelly cake and put between the
layers the following mixture: Into one
pint of boiling milk stir one teacupful
each of grated chocolate and sugar and
one tablespoonful of corn starch. Boil
until it forms smooth paste. In boiling
milk, always set the pan with the milk
into another vessel containing water and
thus remove all danger of burning.
How TO RAISE BLACKBERRIEs.- If you
have access to only few bushes dig up
the roots with care without mutilating the
bark, lay them on block, cut them in
pieces about three inches long with an
ak or hatchet; prepare the ground as fol
corn or potatoes and plant one piece o.
root in the furrow or drill about four ol
five feet apart, covering each one witt
about one inch of rich and mellow soil
step on IL with one foot so IS to press tn,
moist dirt firmly about the piece planted
and then draw on more mellow earth L
the depth of one or two inches. This car
be done at the North at any time from thl
1st of April until the middle of June
Every piece of root will send up from on,
to three canes before autumn. If the sol
is rich and mellow the bushes will yiel,
some fruit the next season, provided tn
ground is kept free and clean from gras
and weeds, or the surface mulched t
keep down all vegetation. Try shor
row. The roots of any variety of black
berries, If planted in this manner, vii
soon form large and productive bushes. :
N. Y. Herald.
USEFUL HINTs.-A lady writing to til
Country Gentleman thus recapitulate
some of the valuable suggestions sh
has had the good sense to lear
from her servant girls. She says
"The other day Mary was iror
ing and asked for a piece Of sand-pape
to rub her irons on. l was astonishe
J that l had never thought of it before;
} is so nice, removes every bit of starch o
r anything else, and makes them so smooth
One girl taught me that old corsets max
? the best stOve-cloths. Just one-half at
/ time is a convenient size. They are read
e made and much better, when unfolded, I
E take hold of anything with than mad
|
I throw them in with the brown towels, 9
: many as you happen to get soiled durin
A the week, and they come out clean an
! ready to use again. Another girl poul
q hot water on the blades only of ste,
e knives and they wipe easily and do M
2 need drying. Another one told me ih
|. best way to keep hams and dried beef ws
t to pack in dry salt. We have tried it Sc
q eral wears with perfect success An oil
s salt barrel is convenient. Set it in som
J. cool, dry place; put quite thick layer
e using tne pieces oil uried DeeI, II you nay
n any, for chinking; cover with salt; the
hams and salt again till the barrel is ful
], There is not the least danger from insect
!. If the hams are smoked and the beef drie
:. and put away early before the flies con
i around; and they are much nicer to hal
It die than when put in ashes or oats,
anything Of that kind"