Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-30

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| ing knife, set of planes, auger from
one half to two inches, fine hand saw,
with coarse cross cut aud rip saw, large
cross cut saw for logs, and a grind
stone.
Practical Suggestions.
AN inexpensive, but durable method
of painting old buildings is as follows:
First give them a coat of crude petro-
leum, which is the oil as it comes from
the wells, and can be procured for about
81 OR SIS a barrel in almost any town or
city. Then mix one pound OF ''metalic
| paint" which is brown or red hemaS,te
| iron ore finely ground, to one quart o.
linseed oil, and apply this over the pc
troleum coat. The petroleum sinks
into the wood and makes good gror Id
work for the iron and oil paint. The
color of the oil paint is dark reddish
brown, and is not at all disagreeable;
it is color not readily soiled, very dur
able, and is fre-proof.
THE Canada thistle is gradually work
ing it's way westward, having now reach
ed Iowa and Kansas. 1t appeared in Il
linois several years ago, but vigorous
measures were taken on the part of the
State, and the warfare is constantly kept
up. Men are employed at regular wages
to dig and burn the plants, it being in
efectual to leave them on the surface O
the ground to dry and die. Wherever
this thistle gets foothold in COM
munity, the damage is equal to tax of
10 per cent. on all the farming land, at
FOL vol mo- r. ic t1,ok &l~
seed was first introduced, and it is still
introduced, In the hay with which fruit
trees are packed. It would be better to
raise ones own trees, and have even in
ferior fruit, than to be thus bu1dened.
! Oranges, agricultural societies, and
| clubs should make it an especial bust
ness to watch the Canada thistle.
/ In all the departments in France and
Germany where beet-sugar is grown
and manufactured. the yield of wheat
produced by those departments has
been more than doubled, and that not
outstanding that potash and soda are
made from the refuse of sugar and sold
and taken away from the land, thus
RALLY depriving the land of important
mineral constituencies fertilizing to
the farms is found the feeding of beet
root pulp, and the increase of manure
from the numbers of cattle kept on it,
in spite of the loss of potash and salts
In the sugar crop.
The simplest mode of sharpening a
razor or other edge tool, is to place the
blade for about half an hour in water
containing one-twentieth of it's weight
of sulphur1c Or muriatic acid. Upon
taking the razor out, wipe it off lightly
on piece of soft rag, and in few
hours afterward ssset'' it on strap.
The acid supplies the place of whet-
stone by corroding the entire surface
uniformly, SO that nothing but a good
polish is afterwards necessary. This
process never INJURIES good razors, while
poor ones are improved by it.
| rhe Household.
A FINE YEAsT.-Bol two ounces OF
hops IN four quarts Of water for half an
hour. Strain this and let it cool to milk
warm, when add small handful of salt
and half pound of sugar. Take sufi-
Gent of this liquid to beat smooth one
pound OF flour; then mix all together.
Leave this near the fire for two days,
stirring often, then add three pounds of
mashed potatoes. Stir this frequently
until the next day, when it should be
bottled. Two tablespoonfuls of this
yeast is sufficient fer three or four
/ loaves of bread. Always shake well be-
fore using. No yeast is required to
raise it but [ leave little of the old
yeast to put in with the new, and it
makes it better.
CoCoANUT PIEs-One pint of grated
cocoanut, one quart of milk, four eggs,
sugar, butter size of hickory nut, one
Boston cracker, pastry. Frosting-
Whites of two eggs. one-half cup of
pulverized sugar. Crate the cocoanut,
Heat the milk; then place the cocoanut
in it for six or eight minutes. Beat the
eggs thoroughly. When the milk is
cool, add the eggs, and sugar to taste.
Roll the cracker very fine, and add it to
the mixture, Pour this into two plates,
having an under crust of delicate
pastry in them. Cut the butter into
small pieces, lay them on the mixture.
Bake. Frosting-Beat the whites of
the eggs to q stiff froth. ther. beat the
sugar IN well. When the PIE is taken
from the oven and cool, spread it with
the frosting, and return it to a quick
oven to give delicate brown to the
frosting.
| WASHING HOUSE PLANTS. a
large pail or tub filed with warm soap
suds, then, spreading the fingers and
palm OF the left hand over the soil in
the pot, turn the branches topsy-turvy
into the warm soap suds, swing the
plant briskly in the water till every leaf
has become completely saturated, then
put it through pail of clean water, and
rub each leaf with the thumb and finger:
give it good shake, and when dry, re-
turn it to its place in the window. The
leaves of plant are its lungs, each leaf
being furnished with hundreds OF
minute pores, whence the plants
breathe IN carbon and exhale oxygen
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