Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-11-12
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

| -Castor-oil is found to be the best anC
most durable lubricator for buggy axles.
Meat will keep good for long time
in cold weather, and, if frozen through
may be kept for months. Frozen mea
must be thawed before it is cooked, by
plunging it into cold water or placing i
before the fire before setting it down tt
| roast. 1t will never be dressed through il
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 ep1zootic by an ex
| pectOrant treatment, and friends used the
same means with success. He dissolved
one teaspoonful of crystal chlorate of pot
ash in 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 salti bring
| the gravy to boil; line tin pan with a
crust made by taking One-fourth as much
| butter as sour milk, and little soda and
flour, to make nice paste; line the tin
pan, put in the meat, pour over 1t the
gravy, put on top crust, leave vent,
and bake two hours and a half.
1t sometimes happens from some un-
foreseen circumstances that large quantl-
ties of cooked meats, prepared for a party
which did not come off, perhaps, remain
on hand, which are measurab1y lost. Such
should be ported. Cut the meat from the
bone and chop fine, and season high with
ddH oil
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 All inch OF
melted butter. 1t will keep for months,
and always afford ready and excellent
dish for the table, Western Rurdl.
Many things do much better if
done. Indeed, quite a 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 entrants and
gooseberries in the fall. Cuttings OF. these
are almost worthless if planted iii 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
st. Paul PSosaeer-P Press.
"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
Il, 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 a similar
nature to the outside. Old coffeesacks,
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.-Prdaaae 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 a 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 a
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 vessel that is fit for
nothing is left ON our hands.-Inte1' Ocean.