The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-24
HOME AND FARM NOTES,

HOME AND FARM NOTES
The state grange holds its annual session
on the 18th, in this city. Let every granger
come, bringing turkey under his arm and
spend thanksgiving in the city.
In making frosting for cakes and puddings.
a little lemon Juice, ~tartsric acid or cream OF
tartar is a very pleasant addition to the
taste, besides making the frosting much
lighter.
To any quantity OF glue use common
whisky instead of water. Put both together
in a bottle; cork tight, and set it away for
three or four days. 1t will then be At for
use without the application OF hest. 1t will
be found a useful and handy article in every
household.
In cooking oatmeal, hominy, wheaton
grits, cracked wheat or any of those nice
breakfast dishes, cook IL in a covered tin
dish set in a kettle of boiling water. In this
manner there is no danger Of scorchinr.
Cornstsrch pudding, see moss, farina and ell
other articles mixod with milk can be
cooked In the same way.
Hogs and hops are winning cards this
year. Both scarce and prices high. But
don't go crazy and quit = good line OF farm
ing to rush into something else. If you do
by the time you are ready hogs and hops
will be cheap, and there will DO 4 fortune in
the very business that You abandoned.
Some farmers work altogether too hard.
They make slaves of themselves, and II they
gain wealth, it does them no good. There
is another class who get into a bad habit Of
loaing around the towns snd don't work
enough. 1t is a very nice problem for one
to put in the time of his short life to the best
advantage. One is not likely to hit the mark
without study.
A correspondent writes to the Scientific
American that the worst ~toothache or neu-
ralgia coming from the teeth, may be
speedily and ~deliGhtfully ended by the ap-
plication of a small bit Of clean cotton, sat
urated in a strong solution OF ammonia, to
the defective tooth. Sometimes the late
sufferer is prompted to momentary nervous
laughter by the application, but the pain
has disappeared.
KEEPING ONIoNs.-The London Garden
SAYS that when the Cheshire market garden
ers wish to keep their onions for an unusual
length of time they nail them in bundles on
the outside of the house, and in this way,
slightly protected from wet by the caves,
they keep, on an average, five weeks longer
than those of the same varieties and of the
same crop, stored in the ordinary manner.
A STRING OF HINTs.-In roasting poultry,
one thickness of writing or nice brown
wrapping paper tied round the wings and
drumsticks, will keep them from being
baked to a crisp and spoiled.
Bleeding from the nose may be stopped
by putting bits of lint into the nostrils, and
by raising the arms over the head.
Vegetables should never be cooked in
iron pots unless the latter are enameled or
otherwise coated internally.
''who drinks beer thinks beer" says the
old proverb; but nobody can think at all
rightly with bad food in his stomach. And
if only we would study cause and effect as
we ought, we should find that a great many
evils now attributed to a mysterious Provi-
dence, or to Satan, would fall into position
and label themselves, "Pie crust, ""Grease,"
"Soda," "Hurry," the stomach, that patient,
long suffering little servant, being found to
be at the bottom of many of those insurrec-
tioas of our nobler faculties over which we
mourn.-Charlotte Soulard.
Some observing traveller in Southern In
diana writes the Couri~er-Journal: Every
dealer and speculator in Jacksonville, New
Albany, Seymour and Columbus has the po-
tato mania, Notwithstanding the potato
crop was about the average, all are buying
immense quantities of this esculent, brought
from Northern Indiana, Michigan and
Western New York, and storing them away
for big prices next spring. Already a very
large quantity of these potatoes nave been
stored, and they still come. A gentleman
who watches the market closely declares
that potatoes will be cheaper next spring
than they are now.
Forney's Weekly Press, speaking o.
farmer boys, gives them a very good hint
Even though the "boy on the farm" never
earns a dollar by his tongue in the profes
1;o-a1 Go1I hn wi1 GaA fha a-Oa~;a-o<
gained in the study of his own language anC
in the exercises of a lyceum of Immense
benefit to him in after life. He need MOI
neglect farm life to do this. Indeed be
may put his best energies into farm pur.
suits, and if he shall ever become famou:
for the excellency of his stock, or the su
periOrity Of his farm crops, he may theI
make another fortune at lecturing out o
those who like to see a successful man q!
well as TO hear what he says.
SELLING WOOL, Nor 4 DIRT.-George
Geddes, of Onondaga county, N. Y, says
The leading wool grower of this county SOLD
his wool this spring, amounting to 900
pounds or more in the dirt, to be weighed
price was one dollar a pound. This is what
we should come to. Honesty on both sides
will be best promoted by the grower selling
when he can, directly to the manufacturer
and receiving pay for his wool, and not TO
dirt, and thus doing away with all uncer
tainty as to the quantity of wool reall.
bought and sold.
A NEW BUTTER MARKET.-Says the Rura
New Yorker: A package of Danish butter
packed in tin, seventeen months ago and Ii
prime condition. was received by the presi
dent of the butter and cheese exchange, thi
morning. 1t came from Bolivia, where
had been sent from London, and was accom-
panied by a note stating that if as good but
ter could be produced here, New York woul
soon have control of the trade of the Sout
American markets., as the cost of butte
from London was too great. A meeting c
merchants was held, this morning, when
was decided that, as good butter could b