The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-13

within the reach of those whose limited
means preclude them from employing
the services of physician. It's this:
Take an onion and cut in halves; cut
out portion of the centre, and into the
cavity put a spoonful of saffron; put
the pieces together, then wrap in cloth
and bake in an oven until the onion is
cooked 80 that tie juice will run freely,
then squeeze out all the juice and give
the patient teaspoonful, at the same
time rubbing the chest and throat with
goose grease or rancid bacon, if there
is any cough or soreness in the throat.
In short time the fever will break out
in an eruption all over the body. All
that is then necessary is to keep the
patient warm and protected from
draught, and recovery is certain. Mr..
Christie says he has been employing
this remedy for many years, and never
knew it to fail when proper care was
taken of the patient after its applica-
ton. One family, in which there were
five children down with the disease at
one time, recently, used this simple rem
edy upon his telling them of it, and
every one of the little ones recovered in
a short time.
There are at least two dairymen and
butter makers in the neighborhood of
Philadelphia who always sell their but
ter at one dollar pound and cannot
supply all who desire to be their CUSTOM
ers. One Of these attributes his sue
cess to three points-good food to his
COWS, uniform temperature of SO degrees
in the milk room, and neatness, cleanli-
ness and dainty nicely at every step from
when the milk is obtained until the dol
lar is paid for the pound of butter. He
feeds his COWS often, and not much at a
time, on white clover and early mown
meadow hay, which he cuts fine, moist
ems and mixes with wheaton shorts.
Pastures and meadows are kept quite
free from weeds. The milkroom is
kept at temperature of So degrees by
flowing spring water. Gas good butter
can be made without water as with, but
the milk and cream must be kept at all
times little below 80 degrees" The
other point-cleanliness-he secures by
keeping the milk house free from all
unpleasant surroundings, allowing no
milk to sour upon the floor Of the room
or to decompose in the crevices Of the
milk pans, churns or other utensils.
The above is descriptive Of the care
with which the costliest Philadelphia
butter Is made; but the ordinary article
sold at half the price is not much infer
ior in quality, thanks to the tidy habits
Of the housewives in Chester, Delaware
and Montgomery counties.-Philadel.
phia Ledger.
1t is pleasant, if only for the sake of
variety, to he able to say good word
for weeds, as Mrs. j. j. Mechi does IN
the following communication to the
London Agricultural Gazette. "Into
my pond runs a stream, Of rs gallons
per minute, of pure water from a drain
which cut II feet deep some thirty
odd years ago. Weeds will grow and
thrive in this pond, ami we have an
nually to rake out large quantities of
them. They look very beautiful as they
grow in the pellncid water, which is
used for household purposes. Said a
visitor to me one Gay, If you had a
pair Of swans your pond would be free
of weeds;' so kind friend presented
me with a pair, and very soon they
cleared the pond, pulling up the weeds
by the roots and feeding on them. My
people were delighted with the swans
and the removal of weedy Instructions
to boating; but although the pond was
free Of weeds the water was no longer
pure and pellucid, but most decidedly
muddy in taste, and when the steam
issued from the kettle, the smell of mud
was unmistakable. Well, no one
thought it could be the swans, but at
last l came to that conclusion, and,
despite family and other remonstrances,
returned them to their original owner.
After short period the weeds reap
peared, and as they increased in bulk
the water gradually assumed its pellu-