American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-13
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

-Castor-oil is found to be the best and
most durable lubricator for buggy axles.
Meat will keep good for a long time
in cold weather, and, if frozen through,
may be kept for months. Frozen meat
must be thawed before it is cooked, by
plunging it into cold water or placing it
before the fire before setting it down to
roast. 1t will never be dressed through if
this precation is not taken, not even when
twice cooked.
"A correspondent of the Baltimore
american writes that he prevented his
horses from having the epIzOotic by an ex-
pectorant treatment, and friends used the
same means with success. He dissolved
ash in a bucket OF water, this amount max
ing morning dose for four horses. An
other dose was given at night.
Chicken Pie.-Cut up a chicken, boil
it until tender, take out the meat, simmer
down the gravy to pint, add three pints
of milk and one half pound of butter, two
tablespoonfuls of flour, a little salt; bring
the gravy to boil; line tin pan with a
crust made by taking onefourth as much
butter as sour milk, and a little soda and
flour, to make a nice paste; line the tin
pan, put in the meat, pour over it the
gravy, put on top crust, leave a vent,
and bake two hours and half.
1t sometimes happens from some I'M
foreseen circumstances that large quanti-
ties OF cooked meats, prepared tor party
which did not come off, perhaps, remain
on hand, which are measurably lost. Such
should be potted. Cut the meat from the
bone and chop fine, and season high with
salt and pepper, cloves and cinnamon.
Moisten with vinegar and Worcestershire
sauce or melted butter, according to the
kind of meat, or to suit your own TASTE
Then pack it tight in stone jar, and
cover with about quarter of an inch OF
melted butter. 1t will keep for months,
and always afford a ready and excellent
dish for the table.-Western Rural.
Many things do much better if
planted in the fall if the work Is properly
done. Indeed, quite number of bulbs
must not be disturbed in the spring, such
as tulips, hyacinths, crocus and some
other bulbs. PeOnies and the dielytra are
better if set out in autumn, as they grow
very early in spring. Of fruits in partic-
ular, we prefer to set out currants and
gooseberries in the tall. Cuttings of these
are almost worthless if planted in the
spring. So too the cuttings of most
shrubs. Lilacs, spireas, tartarean or up
right honeysuckle are best set in autumn.
In fact, about everything that starts to
grow very early is best set in the fall
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"A wash might be invented suitable to
be put on the stems of trees that would
prevent the attacks of mice in winter But
there is always more or less danger of in
juring the trees by direct application of
offensive materials. The more general
and better practice is to wrap the stems
with paper, cloth, or bark, and apply coal
tar or some other substance of similar
nature to the outside. Old coffee-sacks,
bass mats, or even strong kind of paper,
will answer for this purpose. The soil
should be banked up over the lower edge
of the wrapping, to prevent the mice from
crawling under, and the stems of the trees
covered one or two feet in height. Coal
tar is probably the cheapest and most eff
fectual material for this purpose, as mice
will not trouble it.-Prdirie Farmer.
1t seems that housekeepers are all
wrong in using soap to wash dishes.
The right way to do is to have your water
quite hot, and add very little milk to it.
This softens the water, gives the dishes q
fine gloss and preserves the hands; it re-
moves the grease, even that from beef, and
yet no grease is ever found floating on the
water as when soap is used. The stone
vessels should be set On the stove with q
little water in them, when the victuals are
taken from them thus they are hot when
one is ready to wash them, and the grease
is easily removed. Tin-ware keeps bright
longer cleansed in this way than by using
soap or by securing. The habit SO many
of us have acquired of securing tins is a
wasteful policy; the present style of tin
ware will not bear It. The tin is soon
scrubbed away, and a vessel that is fit for
nothing is left on our hands.-Inter-Oc Ocean.
The routine Of the farmers work has
got to threshing buckwheat, and people
are talking about pancakes. Everybody
knows that buckwheat pancakes (when
properly made and nicely baked) are de-
licious food, but the wholesomeness of
said diet is not generally known. 1t is
a well-attested fact that the use of buck
wheat pancakes makes some people itch !;
hence it is believed that said diet is not
desirable. What are the facts in this case
When the liver is torpid some tonic is
necessary to carry off and expel the sur
plus bile which has accumulated in the
system; hence we hear and read of blood
purifiers, both liquid and globe-form, and
some people prefer to take the nauseous
quack medicine rather than eat nice pam
cakes, which give tone to the stomach,
action to the liver and general health to
the person by cleansing the vitals, NOV
ing inward disease to the cuticle; then
when people scratch, they say hard words
against nice buckwheatpancakes, which
are both nutritious food and palatable med
icine.-C0r. Western Rural.