Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-07-16
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

IT is said that common salt scattered
over the ground will drive away the
chinch bug. A barrel of IL will SOW over
ten acres.
To SOFTEN THE HANDs.-Half a pound
of mutton tallow, one ounce of camphor-
gum and one ounce of glycerine; melt,
and, when thoroughly mixed set away to
cool. Rub the hands with this at night ;
IL will render them white, smooth and
soft.
WHEN wheat is fed there is fat enough
in ii TO supply all that is needed for the
yolk, and gluten enough to make the white
and lime enough TO furnish the shell, and
il does not seem difficult now to under
stand why corn-fed hens should not lay,
as they do not, and why wheat-fed hens
should lay, as they do.--N. Y. Herald.
CURRANT IcE.-Take one quart of red
currants, one pint of raspberries, one pint
of water and one and half pounds of SUI
gar mash the berries add them to the
water squeeze out the liquor; add the
sugar and freeze. Where raspberries are
unattainable use more currants, and
flavor with extract of raspberry or straw
berry.
SOFT JUMBLEs-One teacup butter, two
teacups sugar, two eggs, one cup sour or
sweet milk, four or four and ahalf teacups
flour, small teaspoon soda, two small tea
spoons cream tartar Beat the butter and
sugar to cream, add half the milk fla
vored with one teaspoon vanilla; then half
the flour; add the eggs well beaten, then
the other half of the flour with the cream
tartar mixed thoroughly with it, and, last
ly, the half cup milk with the soda Make
in small cakes and bake quickly.
rose leaves as possible Pound them in
an iron mortar with an iron pestle until
reduced to perfect pulp. Then shape in
to round balls the size desired for your
beads. Pass a very large pin or needle
through the middle of each and expose to
the sun on board or dish When dry
they will be nearly as black rs jet, very
sweet, and ornamental in proportion as
they have been neatly rounded and dex-
trously handled. They may be strung up
on finest wire, india-rubber or thread, as
the wearer prefers.-Bdzdr
A GENTLEMAN of my acquaintance, who
is quite chicken fancier, says he has tried
the tar and turpentine remedy but thinks
he has killed with il more chickens than
he has cured; that the method of extract
ing the worm or worms from the wind
pipe by means of II horse-hair or very
slender wire is not always to be relied on;
that the following is remedy unfailing
and instantaneous: Put dry air-slacked
lime into box and let 1t be so stirred as
to fill the box with the dust of it; then sud
denly put in the chicken and cover with
piece of carpet. Let the chicken he in
from half minute to minute. The lime
being inhaled causes the worms to be
thrown out. The lime is very severe on
the eyes and il is well to wipe off what re-
mains about them, but it does no perma-
nent injury. Collins.
To DISTINGUISH mushrooms from toad
stools: 1. Sprinkle little salt on the
spongy part or gills Of the sample to be
tried. If they turn yellow they are poi
sonous-if black, they are wholesome.
Allow the salt to act before you decide the
question. 2. False mushrooms have a
warty cap, or else fragments of membrane,
adhering TO the upper surface, are heavy
and emerge from vulva or bag; they
grow in tufts or clusters in woods, on the
stumps of trees etc, whereas the true
mushrooms grow in pastures 3. False
mushrooms have an astringent, styptic
and disagreeable taste. f. When cut they
turn blue. 5. They are moist on the sur
face, and generally-6. OF rose or orange
color T. The gills of true mushroom
are of pinky red, changing to liver
color. s. The flesh is white. 8. The stem
is white, solid and cylindrical.-Ohto
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