Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-08-12
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

To Prepare Fruit for Dessert-Beat
well the white of an egg with little
water; dip the fruit in and roll 1t lmme-
diately in some fine crushed sugar; place
it on dish and leave it five or six hours,
then serve A more slightly and exquisite
dessert than plate of currants thus
dressed cannot be had.
To Keep Ice-Water Cold.--Place be-
tween two sheets of thick brown paper a
layer of cotton batting half an inch in
thickness; fasten the ends of paper and
batting together, forming a cylinder ike a
section of stove-pire. Place this over an
ordinary pitcher filled with ice-water,
making it deep enough to rest on the table.
Put over the top circular cover, made in
the same way as the cylinder. This will
keep boiling water hot, as well as ice
water cold. as il excludes the air from
either-N Y. Tribune.
A correspondent of Home and Garden
describes a homemade ice-chest thus
Procure two dry-goods boxes Tor make
them) one about eight inches smaller than
the other. Procure some thoroughly dry
and clean sawdust, sift ii and PACK the
space between the boxes Herewith as solid
as possible, making cover land packing
it also) 10 shut tightly; put small pipe
from the bottom of the inner box to the
outside of the outer one, to draw on the
water as the ice melts. On the inside box
nail cleats on which TO place racks, made
of lath. The ice is placed at the bottom
and whatever YOU wish to keep cool, such
as butter, fresh meat cream, etc, placed
upon the racks. Such d box is also excel
lent to keep articles of food in when there
is no ice in it,
While almost all farmers keep hens
there are but very few who give them any
special attention during the summer
months. There seems to be very general
impression that in warm weather hens car
take care of themselves. While 1t is true
that they win generally manage TO pick
up food enough to keep them alive, 1t u
also true that they need something more
than they can obtain by their own exer
tons. II obliged to run around all OF the
time in order to get enough to satisfy then
appetites they will not and cannot do a
well as they will if properly fed. grea
deal of trouble which is caused by hens
scratching in gardens would be avoided i
the owners would feed their biddies anc
not compel them to scratch for living
Hens should have good food, clear watel
and plenty of thick milk. When thes,
things are provided they will have time Il
do something beside run all over the barr
in search of food.-N. II. Homestead.
The life of farmer is not necessarily
hard or slavish Thought, skill and care
| have their reward here as surely as any
where, and in as large measure. Mer
who lack these find any business hard ane
slavish enough But the fault Is in thu
man, not in the occupation. II is rare Il
| find men honest enough TO see and con
| fess the cause of their failures. Wer,
they to do so the unskillful and therefore
unsuccessful farmer would be compelled
TO say: Farming is not a bad business
| 1t is, when rightly conducted, honorable
| and profitable. Money has been made In
| ii by men who have the faculty of making
money. Almost any man, with average
skill and industry, can make a comtorta
BILE and honest support by farming. lt Il
| | who am failure for undertaking
business which demands thought, skill
and labor, when ] have them not o
am not willing 10 give them as the pric'
of success" When we have men In an
business talking TO themselves thus plain
| w of the cause Of their failure the worl'
will have the first and most needed ele
ment in doing away with incompetent,
| and its natural result in failure.-Lturd
| Ne,o YORKER