The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-07-03
Farm and Household Column

Farm and Household Column
How He SAVED A CHOKING CHILD.
"A correspondent, writing from Re
no, New, to the Sacramento Union,
tells how be saved the life of child
He writes: II was engaged in HAIL
ing wood from 4 timber ranch II
Austin, Reese River, New. There
was a house over the summit frOM
the above place, where resided two
families belonging to the wood-chop-
pes, and on arriving in sight Of tho
house a woman came out and beck.
oned me to make haste, that some
thing was wrong. did 40, and just
in time, for the other woman came
out holding a child in her arms, ap-
parentlv dead. 1t was black in the
face. She told me the child had been
eating pine-nuts, and had got shell
in its throat, had choked, aud was
dying. Immediately got . piece Of
board about fonr feet long and placed
it across the door-siil. She sat tho
child on one end and I tipped the
other, making u sudden jar, which
caused the shell to pass downward,
and gave the child immediate relief.
No person can imagine how over !
joyed that mother was for saving her.
only child. l know Of several caseA
in which this process has proved sue
cessful."
The Neck.-Perfect health demands
that the clothing about the neck
should be very moderate in quantity,
aud worn so loose, as to prevent the
slightest compression. The great er-
ror frequently committed in clothing
this part OF the body consists in
wearing such an amount as to over.
heat aud weaken the throat, and thus
render it easily susceptible to cold, OF
in wearing it so tight as to retard tho
circulation of the blood to aud from
the head. Great care should be ex-
ercised upon this point, a. the arte.
ries and veius leading from the heart
to the brain are situated so near the
surface in the neck that a slight com.
preston there serves to check tho
flow of the blood. Many cases OF
congestion of the brain and headache
are caused BY too tight collars aud
cravats.
A Few Needed Small Things
There are q great many farms that
are supplied with the best of all kinds
of large field implements, such a.
reapers and mowers, horse rakes,
horse. pitchforks, hay leaders, gang
aud single plows, cnltivators, plant
crs, harrows, markers, and 80 on
through the list, but then you can not
find about them many little conven.
fences, trifing SO far as cost is con-
cerned, that save time and labor and
that be- +. ,, "aauy Of the vexatious
farms farm are ftlhe craft. How many
for i;, fir fruit. picking, @ i;5}itna with ladders
or barn, or with step-ladders fnnao
aSittfuassi The garden, or even tho
found With any great frequency, yet
they are exceedingly convenient at
most all seasons Of the year. Tho
wagon jack is another little thing
that finds a welcome place in the
considersto farmers hands. The
farm. scale should not be forgotten,
neither should a small kit Of carpen :.
ter's tools, including q plano or two,
saws, chisels, &c. We only enumer-
ate q few of the many little articles OF
tools not often found bnt always
needed, and call upon readers to fill
ont the list with all the smaller con-
trivances that they have invented, or
whose usefulness has been proven by
Others. Another thing, when pur-
chasing these things, always get the
best; they may cost little more at
the start, but their durability more
than rcpays. When got, beware Of
the borrower. Choose your custo-
mers in this respect.
Scrap Pudding.-Put the scraps Of
bread, crust aud crumb, into a bowl,
with sufficient milk to cover them
we'll. Cover will, q saucepan lid or a
plate, and put it into the oven to soak
for half IN hour. Take it out aud
mash the bread with a fork until it il
q pulp then add q handful of raisins
md as many currants, y teaspoonful
Of brown sugar; half q cup Of milk,
some candied lemon peel, and one
egg. Stir it up well, grease a pdd
ding-dislI, aud pour the pudding in.
Grate over little nutmeg put it into
q moderate oven, and let it bake for
an hour and half.
Portslade Apple Pudling.-parc
and core half = dozen good apples
and boil them in as little water AZ
will cook them; reduce the fruit to :,
pulp, add the Juice Of one lemon and
about a quarter of it's grated rin.l,
and half a teaspoonfal Of fresh pow.
dered ginger. Next make q mixture
of 4 we'll beaten eggs with q I of q
pound Of butter, warmed to 6uidity
and 6 ounces Of bread crumbs; mois,
sugar to taste--say 4 Ounces-and q
good dash Of nutmeg. Lastly, blend
all together, and put into q dish which
has been buttered, and spread Owe,
with bread crumbs; then bake fo,
one hour. To serve, turn out Of thu
dish and dust with white sugar.
Ivies tastefnlly trained around ,
picture or window-how pretty the,
are! For this purpose the hardy En-.
glisll ivy is best, for though Of slowr,
growth than it's German cousin, it will
bear the shade aud sudden changes q
temperature better. Farther wall
pockets, into which they may Ike set
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